David Bitner
@bitnerd.missinglink.run
Geo/Database Engineer @developmentseed.org
Trail/UItra Runner/Coach/Race Director @missinglink.run
Trail/UItra Runner/Coach/Race Director @missinglink.run
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The OSM US team will share the work of the Trails Stewardship Initiative at #FOSS4GNA next Tuesday (Nov. 4th).
Check out the entire schedule: www.foss4gna.org/schedule
Check out the entire schedule: www.foss4gna.org/schedule
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The OSM US team will share the work of the Trails Stewardship Initiative at #FOSS4GNA next Tuesday (Nov. 4th).
Check out the entire schedule: www.foss4gna.org/schedule
Check out the entire schedule: www.foss4gna.org/schedule
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MAGA: If you want to know what the rest of the world thinks of Donald Trump, here you go.
They think he's an idiot and a buffoon.
Because that's what he is.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
They think he's an idiot and a buffoon.
Because that's what he is.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
MAGA: If you want to know what the rest of the world thinks of Donald Trump, here you go.
They think he's an idiot and a buffoon.
Because that's what he is.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
They think he's an idiot and a buffoon.
Because that's what he is.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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DevSeed intern Beatriz Peres used ESA’s new Sentinel-1 Zarr to analyze the 2024 Valencia floods with lightweight, time-series workflows.
Her blog shows how Zarr + xarray make flood monitoring faster & more flexible: developmentseed.org/blog/2025-09...
#BiDS25 @thrivegeo.bsky.social
Her blog shows how Zarr + xarray make flood monitoring faster & more flexible: developmentseed.org/blog/2025-09...
#BiDS25 @thrivegeo.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
DevSeed intern Beatriz Peres used ESA’s new Sentinel-1 Zarr to analyze the 2024 Valencia floods with lightweight, time-series workflows.
Her blog shows how Zarr + xarray make flood monitoring faster & more flexible: developmentseed.org/blog/2025-09...
#BiDS25 @thrivegeo.bsky.social
Her blog shows how Zarr + xarray make flood monitoring faster & more flexible: developmentseed.org/blog/2025-09...
#BiDS25 @thrivegeo.bsky.social
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I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
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Best cat video of the day
April 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Best cat video of the day
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Trans Day of Visibility should be a day of joy, but it feels somber this year. The onslaught of attacks against trans folks seems endless, so I just want to say this:
Trans people deserve respect, freedom, and autonomy. They deserve to live their lives as their true selves without fear.
Trans people deserve respect, freedom, and autonomy. They deserve to live their lives as their true selves without fear.
March 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trans Day of Visibility should be a day of joy, but it feels somber this year. The onslaught of attacks against trans folks seems endless, so I just want to say this:
Trans people deserve respect, freedom, and autonomy. They deserve to live their lives as their true selves without fear.
Trans people deserve respect, freedom, and autonomy. They deserve to live their lives as their true selves without fear.
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🌲 ARTISTS WANTED! 🎨
Showcase your BWCA-inspired work in our Ely office! Five spots available May-Sept.
Any media welcome (as long as it fits)!
⏰ Apply by MARCH 31ST
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Showcase your BWCA-inspired work in our Ely office! Five spots available May-Sept.
Any media welcome (as long as it fits)!
⏰ Apply by MARCH 31ST
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🌲 ARTISTS WANTED! 🎨
Showcase your BWCA-inspired work in our Ely office! Five spots available May-Sept.
Any media welcome (as long as it fits)!
⏰ Apply by MARCH 31ST
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Showcase your BWCA-inspired work in our Ely office! Five spots available May-Sept.
Any media welcome (as long as it fits)!
⏰ Apply by MARCH 31ST
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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When my house and community burned - where was the satellite information? A very raw blog post I am putting up so folks in the satellite, geospatial and tech fields can listen firsthand why I think we are failing the situations that need us the most.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-o...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-o...
When our community burned where was the satellite information?
Video of our home burned down taken by a neighbor after the Palisades Fire. I am writing this as a follow-up to my brief post last week showing a video of our home destroyed by the Palisades fire.
www.linkedin.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
When my house and community burned - where was the satellite information? A very raw blog post I am putting up so folks in the satellite, geospatial and tech fields can listen firsthand why I think we are failing the situations that need us the most.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-o...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-o...
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🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst 🌍
Join Development Seed to shape finance processes, support global impact projects, and work with a mission-driven, remote team tackling the world’s toughest challenges.
📍 Remote | 💼 $90k–$125k
Apply now: developmentseed.org/careers/seni...
Join Development Seed to shape finance processes, support global impact projects, and work with a mission-driven, remote team tackling the world’s toughest challenges.
📍 Remote | 💼 $90k–$125k
Apply now: developmentseed.org/careers/seni...
March 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst 🌍
Join Development Seed to shape finance processes, support global impact projects, and work with a mission-driven, remote team tackling the world’s toughest challenges.
📍 Remote | 💼 $90k–$125k
Apply now: developmentseed.org/careers/seni...
Join Development Seed to shape finance processes, support global impact projects, and work with a mission-driven, remote team tackling the world’s toughest challenges.
📍 Remote | 💼 $90k–$125k
Apply now: developmentseed.org/careers/seni...
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Please share! 👇
I know the job market is wacky right now with all the unjustly laid off federal employees. Come work with us and continue to make a difference!
I know the job market is wacky right now with all the unjustly laid off federal employees. Come work with us and continue to make a difference!
🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst 🌍
Join Development Seed to shape finance processes, support global impact projects, and work with a mission-driven, remote team tackling the world’s toughest challenges.
📍 Remote | 💼 $90k–$125k
Apply now: developmentseed.org/careers/seni...
Join Development Seed to shape finance processes, support global impact projects, and work with a mission-driven, remote team tackling the world’s toughest challenges.
📍 Remote | 💼 $90k–$125k
Apply now: developmentseed.org/careers/seni...
March 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Please share! 👇
I know the job market is wacky right now with all the unjustly laid off federal employees. Come work with us and continue to make a difference!
I know the job market is wacky right now with all the unjustly laid off federal employees. Come work with us and continue to make a difference!
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I (and a bunch of other fun folks) are headed to Snowbird, UT 30 April through 02 May for @cloudnativegeo.org's 2025 conference. I'm chatting about "Right-sizing your #stac" and will show off some fun experiments we've been doing at @developmentseed.org
Registration: 2025-ut.cloudnativegeo.org
Registration: 2025-ut.cloudnativegeo.org
March 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I (and a bunch of other fun folks) are headed to Snowbird, UT 30 April through 02 May for @cloudnativegeo.org's 2025 conference. I'm chatting about "Right-sizing your #stac" and will show off some fun experiments we've been doing at @developmentseed.org
Registration: 2025-ut.cloudnativegeo.org
Registration: 2025-ut.cloudnativegeo.org
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Excited to welcome @briannaritapagan.bsky.social as a Technical Project Lead! 🚀🌍
She brings expertise in remote sensing, cloud infrastructure, & geospatial data, across startups, research labs, open-source communities, and NASA.
Welcome to the team! 🙌
🔗 developmentseed.org/team/brianna...
She brings expertise in remote sensing, cloud infrastructure, & geospatial data, across startups, research labs, open-source communities, and NASA.
Welcome to the team! 🙌
🔗 developmentseed.org/team/brianna...
March 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Excited to welcome @briannaritapagan.bsky.social as a Technical Project Lead! 🚀🌍
She brings expertise in remote sensing, cloud infrastructure, & geospatial data, across startups, research labs, open-source communities, and NASA.
Welcome to the team! 🙌
🔗 developmentseed.org/team/brianna...
She brings expertise in remote sensing, cloud infrastructure, & geospatial data, across startups, research labs, open-source communities, and NASA.
Welcome to the team! 🙌
🔗 developmentseed.org/team/brianna...
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As we push adoption of stac-geoparquet, we've found some cases where we might want to store multiple collections in the metadata. I made a light RFC here, if you're intersted: github.com/stac-utils/s...
#stac
#stac
[RFC] Multiple collections in metadata · Issue #88 · stac-utils/stac-geoparquet
The spec currently describes how to store a single collection in the metadata: stac-geoparquet/spec/stac-geoparquet-spec.md Lines 72 to 77 in 121f648 ## Including a STAC Collection JSON in a STAC G...
github.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As we push adoption of stac-geoparquet, we've found some cases where we might want to store multiple collections in the metadata. I made a light RFC here, if you're intersted: github.com/stac-utils/s...
#stac
#stac
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Statement: U.S. leadership in scientific innovation is at risk, with wide-ranging consequences for public safety and the economy. The AMS urges strong support for NOAA & other federal scientific agencies working in weather and climate.
Read the rest of our latest statement: bit.ly/3DhfegUI
Read the rest of our latest statement: bit.ly/3DhfegUI
March 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Statement: U.S. leadership in scientific innovation is at risk, with wide-ranging consequences for public safety and the economy. The AMS urges strong support for NOAA & other federal scientific agencies working in weather and climate.
Read the rest of our latest statement: bit.ly/3DhfegUI
Read the rest of our latest statement: bit.ly/3DhfegUI
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Naming things is so hard
It's been brought to my attention that stac-rs/stacrs is very confusing
We're workshopping a name change to "rustac", RFC: github.com/stac-utils/s...
If you'd like to weigh in, please do!
#stac 🦀🤝🐍
It's been brought to my attention that stac-rs/stacrs is very confusing
We're workshopping a name change to "rustac", RFC: github.com/stac-utils/s...
If you'd like to weigh in, please do!
#stac 🦀🤝🐍
[RFC] Rename this repo to `rustac`, update ecosystem accordingly · Issue #641 · stac-utils/stac-rs
Right now our two main repos are stac-rs (Rust crates) and stacrs (Python package). There's some obvious problems: It's not clear, at first glance, why stacrs is a Python package It's not clear whi...
github.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Naming things is so hard
It's been brought to my attention that stac-rs/stacrs is very confusing
We're workshopping a name change to "rustac", RFC: github.com/stac-utils/s...
If you'd like to weigh in, please do!
#stac 🦀🤝🐍
It's been brought to my attention that stac-rs/stacrs is very confusing
We're workshopping a name change to "rustac", RFC: github.com/stac-utils/s...
If you'd like to weigh in, please do!
#stac 🦀🤝🐍
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For her performance of "Strange Fruit" a song about lynching African American people, she would silence the crowd, a spotlight on her face. On the final note, all lights went out and she was gone....
Singer Billie Holiday,1947 #WomensArt
(Image by D.Hagerman)
Singer Billie Holiday,1947 #WomensArt
(Image by D.Hagerman)
February 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
For her performance of "Strange Fruit" a song about lynching African American people, she would silence the crowd, a spotlight on her face. On the final note, all lights went out and she was gone....
Singer Billie Holiday,1947 #WomensArt
(Image by D.Hagerman)
Singer Billie Holiday,1947 #WomensArt
(Image by D.Hagerman)
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Back in Arizona after a simultaneously energizing and exhausting week with the @developmentseed.org team.
We’re more determined than ever to make a real difference with earth data.
We’re more determined than ever to make a real difference with earth data.
February 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Back in Arizona after a simultaneously energizing and exhausting week with the @developmentseed.org team.
We’re more determined than ever to make a real difference with earth data.
We’re more determined than ever to make a real difference with earth data.
Great night watching the 40 Below documentary on the Arrowhead 135 winter ultramarathon with the Missing Link Running crew last night on the patio!
February 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Great night watching the 40 Below documentary on the Arrowhead 135 winter ultramarathon with the Missing Link Running crew last night on the patio!
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Malcolm X was assassinated 60 yrs ago today. See his timeless wisdom on the true meaning of “progress.”
“If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”
“If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”
February 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Malcolm X was assassinated 60 yrs ago today. See his timeless wisdom on the true meaning of “progress.”
“If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”
“If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”
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I was just added to someone’s list called “engaged scientists in climate change” and for a minute, I misread it as “enraged scientists in climate change” … which would probably be 100% accurate …
February 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I was just added to someone’s list called “engaged scientists in climate change” and for a minute, I misread it as “enraged scientists in climate change” … which would probably be 100% accurate …
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"Today, we’re thrilled..
The #Parquet specification has officially adopted geospatial guidance, enabling native storage of GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY types
Iceberg 3 now includes GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY as part of its official specification"
@mattfry-ukceh.bsky.social
cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2025/02...
The #Parquet specification has officially adopted geospatial guidance, enabling native storage of GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY types
Iceberg 3 now includes GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY as part of its official specification"
@mattfry-ukceh.bsky.social
cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2025/02...
Geoparquet 2.0: Going Native
GeoParquet 2.0 introduces native GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY support in Parquet and Iceberg, marking a major milestone in geospatial data integration and interoperability.
cloudnativegeo.org
February 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Today, we’re thrilled..
The #Parquet specification has officially adopted geospatial guidance, enabling native storage of GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY types
Iceberg 3 now includes GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY as part of its official specification"
@mattfry-ukceh.bsky.social
cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2025/02...
The #Parquet specification has officially adopted geospatial guidance, enabling native storage of GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY types
Iceberg 3 now includes GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY as part of its official specification"
@mattfry-ukceh.bsky.social
cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2025/02...
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The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government.
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
February 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government.
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk