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Vitor George @vgeorge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On my way to State of the Map 2026! Sixteen years since my first OSM conference, and it's amazing to see how much the community has grown. I'll be catching up on the latest for @developmentseed.org and presenting the refreshed osmforcities.org on Saturday. Found this 2010 photo with the 🇧🇷 flag 🥲

State of the Map 2010 group photo, with about 200 people stading, flags of Vietnam Brazil and Bangladesh are hold by the audience in the front.

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 26/08/2026

We're en route to FOSS4G. We're excited to share our work and connect with the community. Check out all the details in this thread 🧵

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 27/05/2026

The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF

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New Grant Disruptions at NSF - We Need Your Help to Report! – Grant Witness

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Kyle Barron @kylebarron.dev · 15/05/2026

Big speedups in deck.gl-raster v0.7: Retina display support, faster GPU pixel filtering, minimized latency to render 200GB COGs, center-out tile loading developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast... Thanks to @developmentseed.org for supporting this work!

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 29/04/2026

I absolutely should buy a zoom lens for my iphone to be able to take photos of the hummingbird nesting in my yard, right??

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 28/04/2026

And this cute little one that iNaturalist says is a Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 23/04/2026

I really only care about documenting saguaro blooms right now.

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 23/04/2026

Fish don’t stay put — they migrate through spawning grounds, feeding areas, and long corridors. But most policy still relies on catch locations. We helped build the Global Fish Tracking System with @Ifremer and @SimulaRL to change that.

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 14/04/2026

Sometimes, often lately, I feel like taking care of myself is a part-time job on top of my full-time job, on top of parenting. It's fine, though, just makes me realize how much I wasn't taking care of myself in the past.

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 13/04/2026

Kinda forgot about Bluesky for a bit. I get really burned out on LinkedIn, though, and then I come back around. I'm working on a bunch of blog posts that are cool - deck.gl-raster, NISAR, osm-seed, titiler-cmr, healpix visualization, and more. And the saguaros are blooming already!

Close-up of a curved saguaro cactus arm heavy with green buds and creamy white flowers, set against a desert landscape with scattered cacti, dry brush, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 18/03/2026

Good to see Lyft stepping up as an @osmus.bsky.social organizational member 👏 Using OSM at scale and contributing back is what keeps the ecosystem alive. openstreetmap.us/news/2026/03...

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 25/02/2026

Groundwork 04 is our quarterly look at small, practical experiments by our team that are shaped by real questions we’re hearing across the cloud-native geospatial community. GeoAI agents. Browser-native raster rendering. STAC tooling. Transit data as GeoParquet. ds.io/groundwork04

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 20/02/2026

New preprint! We propose "anergiobiosis" to describe microbial life at thermodynamic limits as a way of separating the physiological state from questions about aeonophilic extremophile specialization. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #Microbiology #Extremophiles #SubsurfaceMicrobiology #MicroSky

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Anergiobiosis: a testable framework for microbial life under extreme power limitation

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Kyle Barron @kylebarron.dev · 15/01/2026

Visualize a mosaic of NAIP imagery loaded from @microsoft.com Planetary Computer COGs, all in your browser, no server involved. Render true color, false color infrared, or NDVI. developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast... Built at @developmentseed.org with deck.gl-raster: github.com/developments...

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 22/01/2026

Earth observation data is everywhere. Getting it in time is still the hard part. EO Predictor is a map-first tool that estimates where satellite observations are likely to happen over the next 48 hours—useful for disaster response & other time-sensitive work. developmentseed.org/blog/2026-01...

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 03/02/2026

🏔️ Snowpack futures The VEDA Dashboard shows how climate change could reshape Western U.S. “water towers.” Explore + share your ideas for resilience. 👉 www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/s...

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Kyle Barron @kylebarron.dev · 03/02/2026

Introducing 𝐀𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜-𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐅, a new library for reading GeoTIFFs and COGs. developmentseed.org/async-geotif... - Fast, with a Rust core - Uses a non-blocking thread pool for image decoding - Integrates with NumPy, PyProj, Affine & Morecantile - Remote data support with Obstore - No GDAL dependency

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Introducing Async-GeoTIFF - async-geotiff

A fast, async GeoTIFF and Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) reader for Python.

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 06/02/2026

What does “cloud‑friendly” Earth data mean? In this @thrivegeo.bsky.social interview, @yayyyimee.bsky.social breaks it down — from NASA’s cloud migration to why geospatial needs its own “Amazon fulfillment center” moment. Great listen! scenefromabove.podbean.com/e/scene-from...

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 09/02/2026

Just published: our story working with the Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics to make climate science and satellite data practical for local decision-making. Tutorials & an interactive dashboard are open and reusable. Read more: ds.io/vanuatu

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 04/02/2026

Join us on Tuesday, Feb 24th, for an epic send-off for our Washington, DC office. Food, beverages, music, community & memories! RSVP: luma.com/d8leo2k9

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 16/02/2026

• STAC-based discovery • Browser-based visualisation • Reproducible openEO workflows • No downloads Explore: explorer.eopf.copernicus.eu Read more: developmentseed.org/blog/2026-02... Webinar on March 9: www.tickettailor.com/events/thriv... 🧵2/2

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EOPF Sentinel Zarr Explorer

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 16/02/2026

Sentinel data is moving to Zarr. The real question: is the ecosystem ready? We built the EOPF Sentinel Zarr Explorer with @esa.int , @eox.at & @thrivegeo.bsky.social to demonstrate cloud-native Sentinel workflows in practice: 🧵 1/2

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 16/02/2026

Fun part of my job is testing out new shirts. This one looks cool but the graphic is like crunchy. I had a hard time picking a shirt color for this graphic but ultimately just went blue on blue. @kylebarron.dev released v0.14 last week: developmentseed.org/lonboard/lat...

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 05/02/2026

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

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Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell

Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 04/02/2026

I'll be in DC later this month. Stop by the @developmentseed.org spot for the last time and celebrate with us!

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 29/01/2026

cutest little skateboard sticker for the fastest little visualization tool. #lonboard #geospatial #dataviz art by real human: @gusbusdraws.bsky.social

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 23/01/2026

Congrats to Overture for joining such an esteemed organization. 😁

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OpenStreetMap US @osmus.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

After discussing with the creators of OSMCha and MapRoulette, both projects will become OSM US Programs. This transition enables OSM US to allocate a portion of our main budget to support the maintenance and development of both projects. 🔗 openstreetmap.us/news/2026/01...

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MapRoulette and OSMCha Become OSM US Programs

The OSM US Charter Projects program provides a long-term home for significant projects in the OSM ecosystem. MapRoulette and OSMCha have been Charter Projects since 2023, which provided both projects…

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OpenStreetMap US @osmus.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

It’s election season at OpenStreetMap US! We are seeking two mapping enthusiasts to fill the open seats. Nominations for the #OpenStreetMap US Board of Directors will open on Monday, January 26, 2026. If you are interested in running, check out this blog post:

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Nominations for the 2026 Board Elections Open January 26!

It’s election season at OpenStreetMap US! We are seeking two mapping enthusiasts to fill the open seats. Nominations for the OpenStreetMap US Board of Directors will open on Monday, January 26, 2026.…

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 22/01/2026

ooooo I just did my first vibe coding using Cursor. Pretty dang cool. I know just enough to sort of follow along with what it did with my instructions, but not enough to have been able to do it myself. Now I'm just sitting here letting the possibilities sink in. 🤯

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 16/01/2026

I don't have a fancy microphone, so I'm just wondering. Do you have to have it really close when you talk into it, and that's why all the podcasters have their mic in frame? Or is it just to look cool?

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 15/01/2026

I will never forgive Slack for not making the hyperlink/URL shortcut be command + k

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 09/01/2026

I don't remember the last time I gave a talk (probably when I worked at UA), but I'm challenging myself to do some this year. Forcing myself to rip the band-aid off and give a talk next week to a small group about the cloud-native geospatial zine I made last year. Feeling pretty rusty!

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 07/01/2026

“Rain is a blessing counted drop by drop…The desert’s children learn to be patient…they like the land they live on, so they treat it well...They never hurt it. And the land knows.” ~Byrd Baylor, The Desert is Theirs, 1975

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 04/01/2026

Will this year be the year that I have time to do this???

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 22/12/2025

Found some zine inspiration at my local REI

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 17/11/2025

Had a great week spending time IRL with my @developmentseed.org team in Lisbon. I work with the smartest, kindest people and I’m feeling energized to finish the year strong and looking forward to 2026. 🫶

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 10/11/2025

Bom dia! 📍DevSeed Lisbon

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Kyle Barron @kylebarron.dev · 05/11/2025

Released Lonboard v0.13! - New layer types: H3, S2, Geohash, A5 and fixed HeatmapLayer - Render data layers beneath Maplibre text labels - Map UI controls: scale, fullscreen, navigation - Significant performance improvements: fixing earlier regressions developmentseed.org/lonboard/lat...

Maplibre text labels rendered above Lonboard layer

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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 04/11/2025

Say hi at #FOSS4GNA and grab a zine from our table!

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 29/10/2025

All year, it felt like no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get more than 3 blogs out per month. Most of the time, only 2. In October, I finally got 4 blogs out! Sure, there were a couple of short ones, but I put the same love & care into those as well! Here's my October blogs 🧵

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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 26/10/2025

You know you’re in New Mexico when you get green chiles with your hotel breakfast.

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