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Fiona Gregory

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Geographic Data Analyst , specializing in Earth Observation / Remote Sensing 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mapstodon.space/@fionag11, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Great opportunity for #arctic researchers interested in #earthobservation events.coastal.hub.copernicus.eu/e/…
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The Copernicus Arctic Hub
Explore how the Copernicus Arctic Hub supports work in the Arctic through accessible data, practical tools, and up-to-date information. This session highlights resources that help researchers, policymakers, and operational users better understand environmental change, monitor Arctic conditions, and support informed decision-making.
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
RE: masto.ai/@Nonilex/117190389552428891 See thread from @Nonilex "A record-breaking #ElNiño & a #marine #heatwave in the #Pacific Ocean have combined to load the atmosphere with moisture, helping fuel the deadly #flooding. " mastodon.social/@Nonilex@masto.ai/1…
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:mastodon: mastodon admin @amministratore.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
A tutte e tutti su Mastodon: La vera lezione dell’attacco USA ad Autistici/Inventati è semplice: domani potremmo essere noi. I server Mastodon, nella loro stragrande maggioranza non sono strumenti di sorveglianza, spesso si trovano fuori dagli Stati Uniti e rappresentano un’alternativa […]
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everton137 @everton137.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
The case of the small Italian collective Autistici/Inventati (A/I) should make us think twice about how we choose a domain. I bought my domains through a Lithuanian registrar, but that alone is not enough. What also matters is who operates the top-level domain. ".org", for example, is […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
Track #HarmfulAlgalBloom on six popular #Alberta #lakes with this satellite based tool ee-habs.projects.earthengine.app/vi… Behind the scenes is Sentinel-2 and an algorithm trained on several years of chl-a lake samples #earthobservation
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AlgalBloomsTrackerapp6lakesv2
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
This article shows why having satellite data is not going to help with effective fire prediction and response, without processes in place to process and analyze that data in a consistent and timely way. Unfortunately governments at federal and provincial level are actively laying off the exact […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/1170… With SpaceX's megaconstellation, we will see more satellites than stars
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Relatedly, Hugh Lewis just recently posted a paper showing that even by making the most conservative assumptions possible about size and orbits, and ignoring everything else that's already in orbit, all 3 of these proposed megaconstellations have so many satellites that they could cause Kessler […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
Keepers of the Water have prepared a report on the Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture and Storage #carbonStorage #Alberta Note the chapter "CCS and Induced Seismicity" www.keepersofthewater.ca Carbon capture is not only ineffective, it is dangerous
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We Are Keepers of the Water
Keepers of the Water are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, environmental groups, concerned citizens, and local communities working together for the protection of Water, air, land, and all living things within the Arctic Ocean Drainage Basin.
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
Kaitiakitanga indigenousinsider.substack.com/p/th…
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The World Just Named Its Most Beautiful Word- And It’s a Lesson for All of Us
Kaitiakitanga (Māori) means guardianship. In a world on fire, it might be the most important word we’ve never used.
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
Detailed summary of the recent Cloud Native Geospatial Forum in London by Akis Karagiannis www.spectralreflectance.space/p/cng… #gis #OpenSourceGIS #earthobservation
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CNG London: People Who Fight With Data for a Living
I like events like CNG London more than most conferences, mainly because the people in the room tend to be practitioners.
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026
Petition to sign - share please. Ottawa is gutting pesticide rules. And they’re betting you won’t notice - Ecojustice | Ecojustice ecojustice.ca/news/ottawa-is-guttin… #pesticides #canada
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Ottawa is gutting pesticide rules. And they’re betting you won’t notice
Hidden inside two budget bills is the biggest rollback of pesticide protections Canada has seen in a generation. There was no major announcement, just a quiet burial in the Spring Economic Update 2026…
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
QGIS for Planning and Local Government. Virtual Workshop next week! #QGIS #urbanplanning www.albertaplanners.com/civicrm/eve…
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APPI Virtual Workshop - QGIS for Planning and Local Government | Alberta Professional Planners Institute
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026
"For years, the gradual thinning of African woodlands has mostly gone unnoticed because most monitoring systems were designed to spot clear-cutting, not slow declines in biomass" Kamusoko makes the case for better use of fully polarimetric L-Band #SAR #earthobservation #biomassEstimation […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
So is there currently a way to follow a BlueSky account from Mastodon, or does the BlueSky user have to enable it first by "bridging"?
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026
Carbon capture and storage causes earthquakes www.keepersofthewater.ca/news/fucsf… #fracking #carbonStorage #earthquake #alberta
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Brace for Shakes: More Earthquakes Pending NE of Edmonton
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
#ElNiño is coming, and with El Nino + climate change it looks like it's going to be another record breaking year www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-54…
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Prepare for El Niño, UN warns - it could be the strongest in decades - BBC News
Scientists fear the combined effects of El Niño and human-caused climate change could reshape weather around the world
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026
#Mexico City is sinking #earthobservation #subsidence #radar #SAR #NISAR www.nasa.gov/missions/nisar/us-indi…
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US-Indian Space Mission Maps Extreme Subsidence in Mexico City
One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City. The findings show how quickly and reliably the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite can track real-time changes across Earth’s surface from orbit, unhindered by clouds or vegetation […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026
Need an easy way to lookup upcoming Sentinel-2 and/or Landsat overpasses? The good news is there are for this year only three S-2 satellites in operation so more overpasses than ever. The bad news is a lot of the tools out there are outdated and will give you incorrect answers, including LLMs! […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026
"The LLM era has made it very easy to make software appear, while the slower work remains: maintenance, validation, messy remote sensing details, and earning trust. Making something exist is no longer the hard part. Making something worth depending on still is." […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
In Yesterday's IO Keynote Google declared war on the remnants of the Web. While they packaged it as a lot of "AI" talk what their whole approach of decontextualizing information, of taking away links to sources and instead producing some LLM generated response means is that they want to […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
An interesting analysis #Alberta #pipeline #oil thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/12/01/New-…
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026
The "Oilsands Region" refers to not just the active surface mines, but a large region across 1/5 of Alberta that overlays #bitumen deposits. Most of it is in fact still native vegetation, but it is highly fragmented by seismic lines and other human footprint. After ten years, Alberta […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026
A little while ago, while looking for something else, I came upon an obscure #Firefox extension (also available in #Chrome that shows you a beautiful #satellite image from #GoogleEarth every time you open a new tab. It brings me so much delight! […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
gogeomatics.ca/canada-trusted-ai-ve… This sentence is key :Human oversight must remain central, with validation and authorization processes required for high-impact decisions. The article doesn't mention the biggest elephant in the room: nothing AI does is worth […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026
As a Canadian #geospatial professional, it is the first time I have heard of #JMap or K2 Geospatial. Likely a "two solitudes" thing. But I am interested! Apparently there are 700+ organizational users - anyone out there? #K2Geospatial #CanadianGIS #geospatialDataSovereignty
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/science/csa-lunar-r… #Canada #lunarRover I am going to write to the Minister of Industry asking this programme be restored. Maybe if there is a public outcry...and there should be! Canada was the 3rd country in space, has always been a leader in […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026
Anthropic's Claude Code's full source code leaked. Claude is seen by many to be the best coding LLM on the market with Anthropic proudly stating that Claude Code itself is mostly written by the LLM. Now this sounds good as long as nobody can see the code which is quite the trash fire. Detecting […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026
So 99% of the maps we produce are conventionally oriented with north facing up. What do you think of people who insist every map has to have a north arrow? #cartography
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The turbines are ruining the natural beauty of the giant hole
An aerial view of a massive, tiered open-pit coal mine that dominates the entire landscape with dark, excavated earth and industrial machinery. In the far distance, three small white wind turbines are visible on the horizon, circled by a hand-drawn red ring. White text at the top of the image sarcastically reads, "Look how ugly these wind turbines are!"
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026
This is a really beautiful video production, as well as being very interesting in its subject: Long term satellite records confirm the #borealForest has moved north by 23 km since 1985. It's a net gain of trees, which could be helpful for #carbon sequestration #biodiversity #climateChange […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026
Something wrong with this picture #alberta Graphic from abresistance.substack.com
Between 1993 and 2025, resource revenue to the government went from ~$18 billion to ~$75 billion, but hospital beds per 1000 people dropped from 2.7 to less than 1.8
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026
Publication of this paper was delayed for months and the lead author forbidden to give media interviews www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic… thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stalled-coal-…
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Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026
A new study using the longest high-resolution satellite record of tree cover has found that the boreal forest has expanded by 12% and shifted northward over the past four decades....The results show an expansion of approximately 0.84 million square kilometres […] [Original post on mapstodon.space]
Image showing distribution of boreal forest cover and density trends from 1985 to 2020. There is a significant upward trend, r2 = 0.83 , slope 0.185x where x is % tree cover
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026
RE: mapstodon.space/@mapsmania/11604178… I love this!
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026
Well, everyone, you can now submit a comment to let the FCC know what you think about SpaceX asking for 1 million satellites for "AI datacenters" whatever the fuck that means. docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-… Comments due March 6. I am having a very hard time believing […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026
It's not looking good for #caribou in #alberta " the review of the Section 11 Agreement with the feds is now due, yet instead of completing the required planning, the Alberta government is doubling down on industrial conversion of the landscape...Perhaps the […] [Original post on mapstodon.space]
Map showing Integrated Risk Assessment for Boreal Caribou Ranges in Canada. In Alberta all the caribou ranges are rated as Very Unlikely for self-sustainability, the worst rating of all provinces and territories with caribou.
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2026
Is there anyone else on here who lives in the town of #Athabasca ?
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Tony McQuail @tonymcquailgreenprogressive.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025
Sign Elizabeth May's Petition e-6993 concerning #proportionalrepresentation "...We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to: 2) Commit to implementing a proportional-representation voting system before the next federal election […]
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Tony McQuail @tonymcquailgreenprogressive.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026
Join Tony McQuail and the other Leadership candidates @votetanille.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social for a Community Marathon. Starting at 10 am EST. Schedule to follow. #ndp2026 #ndp #PR youtube.com/@tonymcquail
Poster of the upcoming Livestream:

12 Hour
COMMUNITY *
*MARATHOIN
January 24  10 AM -10 PM EST
With Tony McQuail & These Special Guests 
(all of the other Leadership Candidates)
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026
Maps showing why Trump wants #Greenland and maybe why he wants to keep that #climatechange going www.cbsnews.com/news/greenland-maps…
North pole centred maps showing how shipping routes around the east of Greenland and through the Canadian NW passage that were previously (2006-2015) possible for polar class vessels will in the future (2014-2059) be navigable by regular vessels
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026
I wonder why I'm not able to see images on Mastodon today
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026
Very interesting. " a landmark study .... provides rigorous, data-driven proof that Indigenous-led conservation efforts—specifically #Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)—are just as effective, and often more effective, at sequestering #carbon and preserving #biodiversity than […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026
If you are in Edmonton #yeg , check out this book launch presentation of <i>Move slowly and build bridges </i> , a book about Mastodon and the #fediverse by Robert Gehl […]
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GRASS @grassgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026
2025 was a big year for GRASS: modernized documentation, faster parallel raster algebra, a new Python API with NumPy integration, JSON outputs for data-science workflows, new addons, and a major developer summit in North Carolina—plus tutorials, workshops, and community support. Read the full […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026
Wow. New #buildings height dataset based on Planetscope data #geospatialdata #opendata "We introduce GlobalBuildingAtlas, a publicly available dataset providing global and complete coverage of building polygons, heights and Level of Detail 1 (LoD1) 3D building models. This is the first open […]
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025
open.substack.com/pub/spectralrefle… This is so full of insights I don’t know which to quote. Must read for anyone interested in the current state of #earthobservation
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Earth Observation in 2025: Acceleration Without Direction
What 2025 revealed about priorities, trust, and direction in EO
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Fiona Gregory @fionag11.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025
Fun and engaging video on the CABIN procedure for sampling aquatic invertebrates in beautiful upper tributaries of the #Athabasca river lnkd.in/eUVJZyTG As always I recommend you download the #freetube app to watch videos from Youtube without giving Google your data #aquaticEcology […]
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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 19/12/2025
Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news: Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he […]
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GRASS @grassgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025
🎬 Missed today's webinar on the new #GRASS #Python API? The recording is now available! Learn how upcoming GRASS 8.5 lets you use GRASS tools as Python functions, integrates NumPy, and simplifies #geospatial automation with JSON outputs and context managers. Thanks to Natrx for supporting this […]
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