Ryan M. Thomas

@SophieKolston Give an introduction to QGIS and other non-ArcGIS platforms early in the course, then slowly make alternate versions of your labs and offer students the option of one or the other.

I'm trying to fight hard to get QGIS (and FOSS in general) taught at UoA over ArcGIS. Any tips for a compelling argument? I am not eloquent enough #gischat #foss4geo #qgis

Catch me and my colleagues later today as we talk about our experiences on "Ethical Mapping with and for People Living with Vulnerability" for @sotm. I will be repping @OMDTZ and @hotosm Tanzania's experience over the years. @eneerhut @Paromitabasak1 @ricaji @courtneymclark3

@ecoangelhsu @Yale Thanks for sharing! I need to use this for a a great @CDP data set.

Congratulations to my capstone advisee Luke Hellum, @Yale statistics & #datascience, energy studies senior for his work developing an R package that employs fuzzy matching algorithms to disambiguate the messy world of #climateaction! Coming soon to an Rstudio near you.

@matthewberryfcc Please protect the internet from corporate interests. Keep net neutrality.

Green roofs clean the air & protect city-dwelling birds 🦆🌿🦉 ow.ly/Lwbt30essMi @yllucywang @GlobalCoolCity @CityLab #CoolCities

What Tech Hasn’t Learned From Urban Planning nyti.ms/1bZAq6m #planningandideology

Another example where US could take a beat from #China: training coal miners to become wind farmers. qz.com/990192

The #AHCA makes every measure of US health and health care worse by shifting ~$1 trillion from bottom 40% to top 2%. It is unconscionable.

Is anyone surprised? twitter.com/washingtonpost…

@galka_max Very nice! Tiny correction: "14 *additional* lines of code #rstats code" #opensource @tidyverse

Land Registry: A Big Blockchain Use Case Explored bit.ly/2oNGSHz via @CoinDesk

Ten killed in #Brazil land violence in rural Mato Grosso, officials said #landrightsnow news.trust.org/item/201704211…

#COP23 logo released, if only Bonn in November could be so tropical and inviting. twitter.com/cop23/status/8…

Launching the Wolfram Data Repository: Data Publishing that Really Works lnkd.in/dgssMug

In the long run things won't change much. The rich will stay rich, and the people with power will make the poor blame each other.

"Detroit has switched from the city of demolition to the city of building." chicagotribune.com/news/columnist… @chicagotribune

Wow super surprising this city is bankrupt wuld think with superior excel skills they would budget better twitter.com/openelex/statu…

@ecoangelhsu @datadrivenyale @openstreetmap Honored to be speaking at the Southeast Asia #CitSci Symposium along with my colleagues at @datadrivenyale!

When @realDonaldTrump has a dream and tweets it and wastes tax $$ verifying it. #Stupid and #irresponsible spending! apple.news/AxgYNf7JDSqiyZ…