Michael Hamrick
@michaelhamrick.bsky.social
I help municipalities and utility providers get a better return on their technology investments. I like paddling in whitewater and tinkering with an old CJ7. Located in East TN
post you from a different era
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
post you from a different era
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Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
First flurries = first fire.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
First flurries = first fire.
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Also, if you don’t need free food and are looking to support some great local businesses consider frequenting one of these fine establishments.
I spent a few hours this morning trying to figure out who was offering free meals, when, and where and started making my own doc but it turns out one already exists! YAY! Knoxville/East TN restaurants & pantries offering free food for SNAP recipients: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Food for SNAP Recipients in East TN
docs.google.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Also, if you don’t need free food and are looking to support some great local businesses consider frequenting one of these fine establishments.
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There are a couple things to add:
Knox Needs changed their meal times to their winter hours so it's daily from 4-4:30pm at Sam Duff Memorial Park. Disco Chicken is offering a community meal (all gluten free!) at their Kerns Food Hall location on Nov 13th from 4-8pm
Knox Needs changed their meal times to their winter hours so it's daily from 4-4:30pm at Sam Duff Memorial Park. Disco Chicken is offering a community meal (all gluten free!) at their Kerns Food Hall location on Nov 13th from 4-8pm
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There are a couple things to add:
Knox Needs changed their meal times to their winter hours so it's daily from 4-4:30pm at Sam Duff Memorial Park. Disco Chicken is offering a community meal (all gluten free!) at their Kerns Food Hall location on Nov 13th from 4-8pm
Knox Needs changed their meal times to their winter hours so it's daily from 4-4:30pm at Sam Duff Memorial Park. Disco Chicken is offering a community meal (all gluten free!) at their Kerns Food Hall location on Nov 13th from 4-8pm
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I spent a few hours this morning trying to figure out who was offering free meals, when, and where and started making my own doc but it turns out one already exists! YAY! Knoxville/East TN restaurants & pantries offering free food for SNAP recipients: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Food for SNAP Recipients in East TN
docs.google.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I spent a few hours this morning trying to figure out who was offering free meals, when, and where and started making my own doc but it turns out one already exists! YAY! Knoxville/East TN restaurants & pantries offering free food for SNAP recipients: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Photo isn't much, but I put some of that crack spinach artichoke dip in my omelet for the first time. Not sure why it's taken so long.
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Photo isn't much, but I put some of that crack spinach artichoke dip in my omelet for the first time. Not sure why it's taken so long.
Fogy morning after a rainy night
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fogy morning after a rainy night
tapin that sign
Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
tapin that sign
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I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
taps the sign
A million seconds is 11.6 days
A billion seconds is nearly 32 years
A trillion seconds is nearly 32,000 years
A billion seconds is nearly 32 years
A trillion seconds is nearly 32,000 years
I know most of my followers probably know this, but just in context:
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
A billion is a thousand million.
A trillion is a thousand billion.
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
taps the sign
Next semester I'm teaching an advanced #GIS course, Urban & Business GIS, for the first time in several years.
My question to you: what are the *most important* skills / traits you are looking for in new geospatial hires in 2026?
I have my thoughts, but I'd love your insights!
My question to you: what are the *most important* skills / traits you are looking for in new geospatial hires in 2026?
I have my thoughts, but I'd love your insights!
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Our friends Wings and Aji up in northern New Mexico need some help distributing grocery gift cards for people in their area who lost SNAP. I'm sending $50. I'm going to make and post a fruit or vegetable drawing of choice for the first 10 people who match my donation.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Our friends Wings and Aji up in northern New Mexico need some help distributing grocery gift cards for people in their area who lost SNAP. I'm sending $50. I'm going to make and post a fruit or vegetable drawing of choice for the first 10 people who match my donation.
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For tonight only, buy 2 prints, pick out a 3rd on me! Perfect for the upcoming holidays. Reach out via DM or through the Info page on my site to take advantage (have your 3 picks ready, or if you’d like a coupon for the 3rd to give as a gift, that works, too!) www.sol-exposure.com/product-cate...
Prints – sol exposure
Prints can be made from any of my work at almost any size (especially my film and instant film work). Everything listed here is what I have on hand. Please contact me through my Info page if you ha…
www.sol-exposure.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For tonight only, buy 2 prints, pick out a 3rd on me! Perfect for the upcoming holidays. Reach out via DM or through the Info page on my site to take advantage (have your 3 picks ready, or if you’d like a coupon for the 3rd to give as a gift, that works, too!) www.sol-exposure.com/product-cate...
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Dude, these mini's are incredible, especially the fact that they're hand crafted. She literally printed out the gores and everything.
#gischat
#gischat
#30DayMapChallenge | Day 2: Lines (Miniature Globes Edition)
For today’s theme, “Lines,” I created a miniature globe of NASA SVS’ Global Sea Surface Currents and Temperature visualization. Look closely to see the mesmerizing ocean eddies!
For today’s theme, “Lines,” I created a miniature globe of NASA SVS’ Global Sea Surface Currents and Temperature visualization. Look closely to see the mesmerizing ocean eddies!
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Dude, these mini's are incredible, especially the fact that they're hand crafted. She literally printed out the gores and everything.
#gischat
#gischat
Baby shower pumpkin mulching with airbags
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Baby shower pumpkin mulching with airbags
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Here are the sculptures available on my shop : bisonrimant.fr
You can greatly help me by sharing this post, if you want to ✌️
You can greatly help me by sharing this post, if you want to ✌️
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Here are the sculptures available on my shop : bisonrimant.fr
You can greatly help me by sharing this post, if you want to ✌️
You can greatly help me by sharing this post, if you want to ✌️
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Some Shared SPATIAL/GIS Roles/Opportunities
(w/e October 31st, 2025; (mostly) North America)
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#fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #GIS #spatial #job #jobopenings #newjob #employment #roles #GISJobs #NotARecruiter #fridayspatialjobs #scholarship
(w/e October 31st, 2025; (mostly) North America)
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#fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #GIS #spatial #job #jobopenings #newjob #employment #roles #GISJobs #NotARecruiter #fridayspatialjobs #scholarship
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Some Shared SPATIAL/GIS Roles/Opportunities
(w/e October 31st, 2025; (mostly) North America)
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open.substack.com/pub/earthstu...
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#fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #GIS #spatial #job #jobopenings #newjob #employment #roles #GISJobs #NotARecruiter #fridayspatialjobs #scholarship
(w/e October 31st, 2025; (mostly) North America)
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open.substack.com/pub/earthstu...
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#fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #GIS #spatial #job #jobopenings #newjob #employment #roles #GISJobs #NotARecruiter #fridayspatialjobs #scholarship
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The best summary of this thinking, and the inevitability of authoritarian defeat to liberalism I've yet encountered was, unsurprisingly, written 82 years ago.
Camus' Letters to a German Friend, a Warning for Our Times
In the midst of WWII, Albert Camus wrote 4 letters to a fictitious German. Here is the first, predicting the triumph of truth over falsehood.
share.google
October 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The best summary of this thinking, and the inevitability of authoritarian defeat to liberalism I've yet encountered was, unsurprisingly, written 82 years ago.
worth a read
The best summary of this thinking, and the inevitability of authoritarian defeat to liberalism I've yet encountered was, unsurprisingly, written 82 years ago.
Camus' Letters to a German Friend, a Warning for Our Times
In the midst of WWII, Albert Camus wrote 4 letters to a fictitious German. Here is the first, predicting the triumph of truth over falsehood.
share.google
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
worth a read
this is a super cool idea
I really like Bruce Willen's "Ghost Rivers" language. I say "lost streams" or "piped streams" myself—now never "buried streams." ghostrivers.com
Ghost Rivers: public art installation & neighborhood history walk
Rediscovering buried streams and lost histories flowing below the streets of Baltimore
ghostrivers.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
this is a super cool idea
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Treat yourself to a classic: Stanley Clarke "School Days" youtu.be/R81jAk9LgiQ?...
Stanley Clarke: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Treat yourself to a classic: Stanley Clarke "School Days" youtu.be/R81jAk9LgiQ?...
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”