Linda Stevens
@lindastevens.bsky.social
Advisor | Technologist | Marketer | 🌎 Geographer | Geospatial | GIS | Former ESRI Executive | Earth Champion | Meditator | Never Trump 💙
Owner of Spatial Spirits -> www.spatialspirits.com
LinkedIn -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindacstevens/
Owner of Spatial Spirits -> www.spatialspirits.com
LinkedIn -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindacstevens/
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Linda Stevens
@lindastevens.bsky.social
· Aug 29
Revolutionizing Geospatial Workflows: Agentic AI will Transform the Future of GIS
GIS Dissolves into the Matrix
reimagininggeospatial.substack.com
🌍 The future of #GIS is here: Agentic #AI is transforming #geospatial workflows! From smarter decision-making to seamless data integration, AI is automating repetitive tasks, resolving ambiguities, and unlocking new possibilities across industries.
reimagininggeospatial.substack.com/p/revolution...
reimagininggeospatial.substack.com/p/revolution...
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‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science
‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science
As Trump slashes science funding, young researchers flee abroad. Without solid innovation, the US could cease to have the largest biomedical ecosystem in the world
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:28 PM
‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science
🌐 Explore the open-source H3 spatial indexing system and discover how you can utilize it and actively contribute to its ongoing development.
The H3 Meetup is scheduled for March 24th.
✅ Register to reserve your spot! partiful.com/e/HkD977mNKZ....
#GIS #geospatial #datascientists #maps
The H3 Meetup is scheduled for March 24th.
✅ Register to reserve your spot! partiful.com/e/HkD977mNKZ....
#GIS #geospatial #datascientists #maps
RSVP to H3 Open Source Meetup - March | Partiful
Hexagons!
Join us at Uber for an engaging evening where we’ll explore the latest advancements in H3—an innovative system that transforms points and shapes into a seamless hexagonal grid. Learn about t...
partiful.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🌐 Explore the open-source H3 spatial indexing system and discover how you can utilize it and actively contribute to its ongoing development.
The H3 Meetup is scheduled for March 24th.
✅ Register to reserve your spot! partiful.com/e/HkD977mNKZ....
#GIS #geospatial #datascientists #maps
The H3 Meetup is scheduled for March 24th.
✅ Register to reserve your spot! partiful.com/e/HkD977mNKZ....
#GIS #geospatial #datascientists #maps
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It will not be over until they are jailed TY Beth
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
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February 19, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It will not be over until they are jailed TY Beth
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
🌸🩷🌸🩷
@srosnato.bsky.social
@colorado80537.bsky.social
@lindaworkerbee.bsky.social
@greenellsworth.bsky.social
@abbarsha.bsky.social
@schultziepie.bsky.social
@suky01.bsky.social
@marriedsillynana.bsky.social
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
🌸🩷🌸🩷
@srosnato.bsky.social
@colorado80537.bsky.social
@lindaworkerbee.bsky.social
@greenellsworth.bsky.social
@abbarsha.bsky.social
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I’m teaching a GIS workshop tomorrow night
First time in a very long time
Here’s how I think it will go down:
1. Installing QGIS - 40%
2. Discuss projections and IMPLORE everyone that their maps of Chicago must be in 3435 - 40%
3. The actual analysis exercise - 20%
First time in a very long time
Here’s how I think it will go down:
1. Installing QGIS - 40%
2. Discuss projections and IMPLORE everyone that their maps of Chicago must be in 3435 - 40%
3. The actual analysis exercise - 20%
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I’m teaching a GIS workshop tomorrow night
First time in a very long time
Here’s how I think it will go down:
1. Installing QGIS - 40%
2. Discuss projections and IMPLORE everyone that their maps of Chicago must be in 3435 - 40%
3. The actual analysis exercise - 20%
First time in a very long time
Here’s how I think it will go down:
1. Installing QGIS - 40%
2. Discuss projections and IMPLORE everyone that their maps of Chicago must be in 3435 - 40%
3. The actual analysis exercise - 20%
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SEE YOU IN COURT: UCS joined @earthjustice.org in a lawsuit against the Trump administration today to defend the EPA’s Endangerment Finding and vehicle emissions standards.
Statement by UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social:
🔗 act.ucsusa.org/4qLd8sf
Statement by UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social:
🔗 act.ucsusa.org/4qLd8sf
February 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
SEE YOU IN COURT: UCS joined @earthjustice.org in a lawsuit against the Trump administration today to defend the EPA’s Endangerment Finding and vehicle emissions standards.
Statement by UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social:
🔗 act.ucsusa.org/4qLd8sf
Statement by UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social:
🔗 act.ucsusa.org/4qLd8sf
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Yesterday, Minnesota Senator John Hoffman returned to the state Capitol for the first time since he and his wife were shot and wounded at their home in an attempted assassination.
Sen. Hoffman’s message: “Democracy is stronger than fear.”
Sen. Hoffman’s message: “Democracy is stronger than fear.”
February 18, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Yesterday, Minnesota Senator John Hoffman returned to the state Capitol for the first time since he and his wife were shot and wounded at their home in an attempted assassination.
Sen. Hoffman’s message: “Democracy is stronger than fear.”
Sen. Hoffman’s message: “Democracy is stronger than fear.”
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Keep fighting Canada. At least someone is standing up to a bully.
Canadian airlines are cutting their flight schedules to the US.
Air Transat won't operate any routes to or from the US this summer
WestJet is cutting several routes too, and "increasing capacity on routes Canadians want to fly."
news.yahoo.com/finance/news...
Air Transat won't operate any routes to or from the US this summer
WestJet is cutting several routes too, and "increasing capacity on routes Canadians want to fly."
news.yahoo.com/finance/news...
Canadian airlines are pulling back from flights to the US, with one leaving the country entirely
Air Transat will no longer fly to the US this summer, while WestJet is also slashing several routes, as Canadian interest in visiting the US falls.
news.yahoo.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Keep fighting Canada. At least someone is standing up to a bully.
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Kristi Noem Gives the Entire DHS Asbestos Poisoning
The demolition of historic buildings at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters has released asbestos into the air.
newrepublic.com/post/206698/...
The demolition of historic buildings at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters has released asbestos into the air.
newrepublic.com/post/206698/...
Kristi Noem Gives the Entire DHS Asbestos Poisoning
The demolition of historic buildings at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters has released asbestos into the air.
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Kristi Noem Gives the Entire DHS Asbestos Poisoning
The demolition of historic buildings at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters has released asbestos into the air.
newrepublic.com/post/206698/...
The demolition of historic buildings at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters has released asbestos into the air.
newrepublic.com/post/206698/...
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
February 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
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This can’t be shared too much. Trump & his FCC crony are censoring who talk show hosts can invite as their guests-James Talarico on Colbert. Corp media—is selling out our 1A rights to curry favor w/a corrupt regime. This is dangerous when censoring comes from the top! We must stand against this!
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
This can’t be shared too much. Trump & his FCC crony are censoring who talk show hosts can invite as their guests-James Talarico on Colbert. Corp media—is selling out our 1A rights to curry favor w/a corrupt regime. This is dangerous when censoring comes from the top! We must stand against this!
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Apparently only the rich are consumers.
Their lies are so bad at this point.
Their lies are so bad at this point.
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on tariffs: "It's not regressive. Most consumption in America is done by the wealthiest people. So the idea it's somehow regressive is just wrong."
February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Apparently only the rich are consumers.
Their lies are so bad at this point.
Their lies are so bad at this point.
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A federal judge, evoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” ordered the Trump administration on Monday to return a long-standing exhibit on slavery it removed from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia. https://cnn.it/4qEnzhe
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
A federal judge, evoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” ordered the Trump administration on Monday to return a long-standing exhibit on slavery it removed from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia. https://cnn.it/4qEnzhe
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Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
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BREAKING: Epstein Files appear to include emails discussing “elite role-play or themed gatherings” at which Black people are “released into an arena maze to be hunted”
[source: Wall Media]
[source: Wall Media]
February 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: Epstein Files appear to include emails discussing “elite role-play or themed gatherings” at which Black people are “released into an arena maze to be hunted”
[source: Wall Media]
[source: Wall Media]
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#MorningVibe
@ElizabethBanks.bsky.social has a message for us.
Don’t give up, don’t let them win. Pay attention.
☎️ your Senators today, & demand that they protect our voting rights by voting NO on the Save Act. (202) 224-3121
@ElizabethBanks.bsky.social has a message for us.
Don’t give up, don’t let them win. Pay attention.
☎️ your Senators today, & demand that they protect our voting rights by voting NO on the Save Act. (202) 224-3121
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
#MorningVibe
@ElizabethBanks.bsky.social has a message for us.
Don’t give up, don’t let them win. Pay attention.
☎️ your Senators today, & demand that they protect our voting rights by voting NO on the Save Act. (202) 224-3121
@ElizabethBanks.bsky.social has a message for us.
Don’t give up, don’t let them win. Pay attention.
☎️ your Senators today, & demand that they protect our voting rights by voting NO on the Save Act. (202) 224-3121
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February 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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US had almost *no* job growth in 2025.
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, but labor market growth stalled in 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that U.S. employers added 181,000 jobs last year, far fewer than the 1.46 million jobs that were added in 2024.
www.nbcnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
US had almost *no* job growth in 2025.
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Tennessee
"No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..."
tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/13/i...
"No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..."
tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/13/i...
ICE to open second Tennessee immigrant detention center in Lebanon • Tennessee Lookout
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has purchased a facility in Lebanon to house detained immigrants, an agency spokesperson said Friday.
tennesseelookout.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Tennessee
"No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..."
tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/13/i...
"No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..."
tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/13/i...
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February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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LGBTQ athletes struck gold at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games. Breezy Johnson made downhill history, while Amber Glenn helped secure gold for Team USA’s hockey team.
LGBTQ U.S. Athletes Strike Gold at Milano Cortina
Breezy Johnson makes history in downhill while Amber Glenn and Team USA’s hockey stars add to the medal count.
www.metroweekly.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
LGBTQ athletes struck gold at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games. Breezy Johnson made downhill history, while Amber Glenn helped secure gold for Team USA’s hockey team.
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Yesterday, NYT: "European leaders expressed relief at the tone of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks, but they made it clear that the trans-Atlantic rift remained."
Rubio to Hungary’s PM Orban ahead of election: ‘Your success is our success’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/rubio-to-hungarys-pm-orban-ahead-of-election-your-success-is-our-success/
Rubio to Hungary’s PM Orban ahead of election: ‘Your success is our success’
Top US diplomat's meetings with populist leaders of Hungary and Slovakia come on heels of his call in Munich confab for Europeans to get on board with Trump's immigration agenda
www.timesofisrael.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Yesterday, NYT: "European leaders expressed relief at the tone of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks, but they made it clear that the trans-Atlantic rift remained."
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The community note is the icing on the cake.
February 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The community note is the icing on the cake.