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Colleen Sharpe
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Wife, mom, grammy, sister, aunt, mostly retired GISP, mountain lover who doesn’t post much.
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COMMENTARY: It appears Rep. Lauren Boebert did a brave thing today and deserves all our thanks. #copolitics
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Cartography is about telling stories.
Who tells them, from what perspective, with what values, are all intensely political questions.
Is this my land or yours?
What do you mean by "yours"?
How do you know?
How did it get to be yours?

What a powerful project.
"Palestine Open Maps is a platform that allows users to explore, search and download historical maps and spatial data on Palestine...The platform includes historical maps with layers [from] detailed British maps from the 1870s up to the mid-1940s"

www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46592
Palestine Open Maps
Aside from a historical archive, we view Palestine Open Maps as a critical component of a larger project of reimagining the space and politics of the region through a geographic lens. The genocide in ...
www.jadaliyya.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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If you’re a government employee, thank you for your service & here’s a resource you may find helpful. Stay strong. www.civilservicestrong.org
Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants
Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...
www.civilservicestrong.org
February 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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In response to the fires in the LA area, we saw many maps, tools, and datasets being shared. We created a list of geo-resources to assist responders, researchers, decision-makers, and analysts. Thanks to my amazing colleagues @kiricarini.com and @maxrjones.bsky.social docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Map and location data and tools for wildfires
docs.google.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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COMMENTARY: FEMA's administrator, a longtime Coloradan, is being attacked as a "DEI hire" because she's a woman. Here's how we straight white guys, regardless of politics, should respond to that trendy slur. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqX2...
January 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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(1/n) For those following the fires in Southern California, I am threading some of the interactive maps I have found helpful for tracking what is going on. I have family that has been evacuated and am following very closely:
January 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Calling all snow architects! Children's Hospital Colorado needs your help to bring their patients' snowy designs to life.

www.9news.com/article/news...
www.9news.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Well, this is incredibly cool
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December 23, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM