Dave C. Smith
@davecsmith.bsky.social
GIS Professor. Occasional cartographer. Novice wildlife photographer.
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Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/201916168@N06/albums
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I was reflecting this morning on why I love the cartographic community so much:
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I was reflecting this morning on why I love the cartographic community so much:
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
Map makers are often competent technology people but they have too much invested in art, the humanities and the sciences to ever be "techies."
Never mind AI slop. I can't help but imagine that the artless trash that Microsoft's grammar check tries to impose on everything we write is causing its own kind of subtle cultural damage on society as a whole.
August 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Never mind AI slop. I can't help but imagine that the artless trash that Microsoft's grammar check tries to impose on everything we write is causing its own kind of subtle cultural damage on society as a whole.
The thing about being a perfectionist that I don't think a lot of people understand is that it's not that you look at something you've done well and say "it's good, but it's not good enough". There's a cognitive dissonance. You look at something you've done well and you actually see only the flaws.
August 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing about being a perfectionist that I don't think a lot of people understand is that it's not that you look at something you've done well and say "it's good, but it's not good enough". There's a cognitive dissonance. You look at something you've done well and you actually see only the flaws.
This yellow warbler was not amused by the hummingbird's shenanigans. #birds #photography
August 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This yellow warbler was not amused by the hummingbird's shenanigans. #birds #photography
Went out yesterday to get in a hike before the big heatwave. Quiet day for birds, except for this pair of pileated woodpeckers. They seemed to be enjoying themselves. #birds #photography
June 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Went out yesterday to get in a hike before the big heatwave. Quiet day for birds, except for this pair of pileated woodpeckers. They seemed to be enjoying themselves. #birds #photography
Yellow-Rumped Warbler #birds #photography
May 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yellow-Rumped Warbler #birds #photography
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May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today is another Bandcamp Friday!
Support your favorite independent music artists by picking up some tracks or merch. 100% of proceeds go to the artists today!
bandcamp.com
Support your favorite independent music artists by picking up some tracks or merch. 100% of proceeds go to the artists today!
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Eastern Kingbird, in the style of Sears Portrait Studio #birds #photography
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April 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Eastern Kingbird, in the style of Sears Portrait Studio #birds #photography
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Well, here's something. On this date in 1945, Benito Mussolini was executed. I just thought that was interesting for no particular reason.
April 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Well, here's something. On this date in 1945, Benito Mussolini was executed. I just thought that was interesting for no particular reason.
You know how there are some words that, for whatever reason, you just seem to mistype every single time? I've given up and started pronouncing them that way too. Two of my favorites: "tomaties" and "smoot".
April 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You know how there are some words that, for whatever reason, you just seem to mistype every single time? I've given up and started pronouncing them that way too. Two of my favorites: "tomaties" and "smoot".
Finally got out to take some photos a couple times this week. Here's a nice Palm Warbler. #birds #photography
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April 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Finally got out to take some photos a couple times this week. Here's a nice Palm Warbler. #birds #photography
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Who is it that's teaching college students to begin emails with "I hope this email finds you well" like they're writing to the matriarch of a mid-tier Victorian family in the hopes that her tedious but still sufficiently respectable son is still unmarried? Because it's adorable.
April 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Who is it that's teaching college students to begin emails with "I hope this email finds you well" like they're writing to the matriarch of a mid-tier Victorian family in the hopes that her tedious but still sufficiently respectable son is still unmarried? Because it's adorable.
Reposted by Dave C. Smith
Some brightness in dark days.
This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
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April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Some brightness in dark days.
Just sitting here grading exams and one student came up with an answer so wrong that I literally had to go for a walk because I couldn't stand to be in the same room as the exam form it was written in.
February 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Just sitting here grading exams and one student came up with an answer so wrong that I literally had to go for a walk because I couldn't stand to be in the same room as the exam form it was written in.
American Crow
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February 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
American Crow
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February 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Terrible photo, but it looks like we had a 2nd year bald eagle hanging around in addition to the familiar juvenile from this year.
February 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Terrible photo, but it looks like we had a 2nd year bald eagle hanging around in addition to the familiar juvenile from this year.
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Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...
Defense Against Dishonest Charts
This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.
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February 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...
For people who actually buy music (which I strongly encourage you to do), Bandcamp is donating all of their proceeds from sales made today to MusiCares, who provide aid for musicians impacted by the Southern California wildfires. bandcamp.com/lafirerelief.
Bandcamp & MusiCares Wildfire Relief Fundraiser
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February 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
For people who actually buy music (which I strongly encourage you to do), Bandcamp is donating all of their proceeds from sales made today to MusiCares, who provide aid for musicians impacted by the Southern California wildfires. bandcamp.com/lafirerelief.
Buffleheads! Not a fantastic shot, but I do enjoy a tiny duck. I might go see if they're out there again today.
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February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Buffleheads! Not a fantastic shot, but I do enjoy a tiny duck. I might go see if they're out there again today.
www.flickr.com/photos/20191...
www.flickr.com/photos/20191...
Same! When I'm not working on mappy stuff--or teaching mappy stuff--I've been taking photos. Mostly local wildlife.
Here's a Merlin I spotted last week.
#gischat Share your non-mappy stuff.
Here's a Merlin I spotted last week.
#gischat Share your non-mappy stuff.
January 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Same! When I'm not working on mappy stuff--or teaching mappy stuff--I've been taking photos. Mostly local wildlife.
Here's a Merlin I spotted last week.
#gischat Share your non-mappy stuff.
Here's a Merlin I spotted last week.
#gischat Share your non-mappy stuff.
Always nice to see the local bald eagle couple just hanging out together.
January 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Always nice to see the local bald eagle couple just hanging out together.
I don't know who needs this, but here's an adorable tufted titmouse to enjoy #birds #photography
January 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I don't know who needs this, but here's an adorable tufted titmouse to enjoy #birds #photography