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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 9h

I'm going through the citations that Google Scholar has for the original publication about Literature Mapper and all 4 research papers are from research outside the US & are written in Indonesian, Spanish, and Italian! All of them are about tool development.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 10h

I'm writing a grant application to fund features and improvements to Literature Mapper, a plugin for QGIS that makes maps of Zotero citations. Has anyone out there used it in it's current state? Or would you use it if only... ?

micheletobias.github.io/maps/Literat...

#gischat

Maps by MicheleTobias

micheletobias.github.io

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 17h

I suspect my claustrophobia would kick very quickly in an inflatable costume, but I appreciate the offer!

Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about making some kind of frog hat to wear next Saturday because Saturday just feels like a day to dress up like a frog.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 3d

Can't take credit for the awesome Amphifa logo, but the one I designed is free to use!

Here's a png with no background. You can buy sticker paper everywhere and use a normal printer to print them out!

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 6d

Ooh! Thanks! I'm home sick today so I didn't have the energy to look.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 6d

The California Voter Information Guide has never had so many maps! This is for the Statewide Special Election to temporarily change our congressional voting districts. There are 6 pages of maps! I wonder if the data is available somewhere... #gischat

The California voter information guide booklet is open to pages showing the current and proposed congressional districts.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 12d

Plus, who knows if anyone is ever gonna read NSF proposals again.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 12d

Having a bunch of publications with large lists of collaborators sounds amazing until you have to fill out one of the COA forms for NSF listing all of the people you've worked with for the last 4 years like it's a background check for the FBI.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 13d

My office at UC Davis is talking about running a class to communicate data science with art, mainly around making zines and one-page "cheat sheets".

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Stacks Journal @stacksjournal.bsky.social · 13d

We're so thrilled to be partnering with @foss4gna.bsky.social on this Special Issue!

Be on the lookout for some exciting new research on #OpenSource #GIS and #GeoSpatial analytics.

🧪

Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 19d

If you're presenting research at @foss4gna.bsky.social, join our special issue with @stacksjournal.bsky.social as an author! You can also participate as a reviewer whether or not you're presenting!

The call for posters is still open #gischat #geosky #opensource #geospatial

www.foss4gna.org/journal

Stacks-Journal — FOSS4G North America

www.foss4gna.org

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 13d

I've been a Sustaining Member of PBS since 2020 and today I became an Evergreen Member of NPR because I value independent, non-profit journalism, storytelling, and education.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 13d

We deserve better than this.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 13d

Excellent plan. I've got a scarf that's the size of two scarves and feels like a throw blanket. I'm breaking that thing out as soon as the high is under 70 degrees here in the Sacramento area.

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California Sea Grant @caseagrant.bsky.social · 27d

The little pockets of people who know the Pismo clam consider it an icon. But for Marissa Bills, the species offered a reminder: There are a whole lot of species that have been overlooked, waiting for scientists to dig in. Read more at https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/clams-tiktok #clams #caseagrant

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 15d

I watched Reading Rainbow as a little kid and while I don't remember any episode specifically, I have a very vivid memory of my happy emotional response to the theme song. That song said something special was about to happen.

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 15d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 19d

The more I read the comments I got back on a proposal the more I feel like the reviewer didn't actually read it. This is frustrating. I don't know how to make it more clear. I'm pretty sure it's gotta just be text and I can't put blinking arrows in this.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 19d

I love thrift store art! I have two modern paintings I picked up at my local SPCA thrift store. One turns out to be a known artist. The other, probably not, but I like it anyway.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 19d

If you're presenting research at @foss4gna.bsky.social, join our special issue with @stacksjournal.bsky.social as an author! You can also participate as a reviewer whether or not you're presenting!

The call for posters is still open #gischat #geosky #opensource #geospatial

www.foss4gna.org/journal

Stacks-Journal — FOSS4G North America

www.foss4gna.org

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 20d

I like that definition! I was thinking about the scientific method and, strictly applied, I think a lot of what we think of as science doesn't fit into that model.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 21d

Well, yes. I did read that. 😁

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 21d

I have to clearly articulate how something I want to do is science, which has sent me down a rabbit hole of understanding what "science" actually is. Even NSF doesn't seem to have a definition of science on their website, but maybe I missed it.

Does anyone have a good working definition?

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 22d

I recently told a couple of high schoolers to keep an open mind about careers because my current career didn't even exist when I was in high school. Things are changing so fast right now, both in terms of tech and what's available in the public sector.

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 23d

"Consistently, it is women who are ultimately expected to shoulder the burdens of the nation’s failure."

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23d

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why fascist strongmen rely on women at home

Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

www.theguardian.com

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Michele Tobias, PhD @micheletobias.bsky.social · 25d

Does anyone use a visual project planning tool that they really like and has decent functionality for free?

I recently looked at Milanote but I'll outgrow the free version quickly.

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