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Gregory Power

@gregorywpower.bsky.social
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My opinions are my own and not of my employer. ISO-8601, Apache Arrow, and neovim enjoyer. they/them

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/07/2026
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Awesome read!
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The threat of their and their support staff is on the line.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I can understand the frustration and having to use multiple tools to recreate a new workflow—then throwing up your hands and having to learn a new one.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hooray! What distro are you going with?
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/05/2026
Joined the Times Tech Report to talk about how nobody can measure the ROI of AI, the reality check of token-based billing, and how firms spending millions on AI are only doing so because of the executive incompetence of Business Idiots disconnected from production. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXiO...
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AI Bubble: ‘Business idiots’ are finally seeing the downside of uncapped AI | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by The Tech Report
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hopefully something comes of the StopKillingGames movement.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I’ve heard good things about Natron for specifically After Effects.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
If you’re looking for alternatives out there, Reaper and other open source software’s pretty dope.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Starting with a git “bare” repository makes it easier.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I feel like git worktrees are easier to reason about since all of your branches/changes are in separate directories/folders.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I don’t like their moves to expose the age of users through the OS. This, I like.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Anything is possible with PostGIS and triggers. 👀
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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies. martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
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bliki: Frequency Reduces Difficulty
"If it hurts - do it more often". Good advice if the amount of pain raises exponentially with the time between actions, such as for integrating software.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
That Project Manager extension seems pretty nifty!
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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
You can also do math with vim. 👀
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Hackers: Your goal is to launch the Calculator.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Someone finally wrote the data-center/electricity inflation story. @nytimes.com #CPI www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My personal opinion? Not much better when it comes to the quality of the data. Is it easier to download? Maybe? osm2pgsql is a dope tool too. #gischat #geosky
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I know Ibis integrates well with BigQuery as far as python packages go. I’m a little vendor lock-in averse. #gischat #geosky
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I’m at a Azure/Microsoft shop for the time being. I’ll be sure to keep the GCP solution in my noggin though. #gischat #geosky
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This is so cute I absolutely love it! #rstats
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Am I crazy for wanting to use Apache Airflow and PostGIS to build a geospatial data platform for my org? Is that a dumb idea? #GISchat #geosky
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I’m tempted to go down the rabbit hole of either GRASS functions or setting up safeguards in PostGIS to solve this problem.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I’ve found pixi to be pretty darn helpful for geospatial, uv is solid if you need only Python stuff. #gischat
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Are you looking for courses? I’ve got a course on geospatial modeling that has been helpful: ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/geospatial-m...
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GIS/MEA582: Geospatial Modeling and Analysis
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
PSA to GIS Professionals: friends don’t let friends create data products with invalid geometries. #GISchat
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Nah, you’re good.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I was referring to the xkcd comic strip. 🤷🏼 in this case, it is what it is.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Instead of saving a csv, why not give Arrow a try?
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
None of this is official, but there have been NWS bots setup to get weather info, alerts and warnings. nws-bot.us
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NWS Bots for Bluesky
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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I remember seeing 18F at Pycon a few years back. Godspeed.
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Lindsay @not-young.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites. Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Locate Press has a pretty great book on the topic: locatepress.com/book/spatial...
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Spatial SQL
What is Spatial SQL? Why is it needed for querying geospatial data in a database?
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
You may enjoy ruff as a replacement for your Python linting—it’s wicked fast.
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OpenStreetMap US @osmus.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
OSM US voting members: make sure to submit your votes for the board by midnight on March 2nd! Check your inbox for more info
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Jed Sundwall @jed.co · 12/02/2025
We're seeking funding to take @source.coop to the next level.
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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.
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Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service
NOAA and the NWS provide public weather data that private companies cannot recreate
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I vouched for the “incorrect_name” to be used. #gischat
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I know that’s what some folks in the OpenStreetMap community were waiting to see if the GNIS record to change since folks were committing vandalism.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/02/2025
Tell me you're redlining without telling me you're redlining
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Unfortunately, it’s what the GNIS says. 🤦
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
ISO-8601 saves time, money, and is the nirvana of date formats. Next best thing is the meter.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
the first good post i think i've ever seen from a democratic committee account
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Krista West, Ph.D. @rsfirenerd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🔥🔭🌲 What is something you want to try that connects your professional and personal worlds? I would love to stay in a fire lookout tower. firelookout.org
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Preserving the Legacy of Fire Lookouts - Forest Fire Lookout Association
Founded in 1990, the Forest Fire Lookout Association is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of wildland fire lookouts and their legacy. Through its chapters and members, F...
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Glad to see you on BlueSky! Your presentation was awesome!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.
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Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
@justjami.bsky.social Here’s the link for GeoNode which includes a link to the demo site: github.com/GeoNode/geon... Link to OSGeoLive: live.osgeo.org
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GitHub - GeoNode/geonode: GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.
GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. - GeoNode/geonode
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