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Bill Little
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software engineer @ metoffice | me.views(own)

row • eat • code • sleep

🌐 https://github.com/bjlittle
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Day three of the #30DayMapChallenge - Polygons. This map shows the earths tectonic plates. I have overlayed all of the earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 4.0 over the last 20 years, coloured according to their magnitude (blue (smallest) - red (largest).
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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british fan chat
May 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Today, we're announcing our first hosted infrastructure product: pyx, a Python-native package registry.

We think of pyx as an optimized backend for uv: it’s a package registry, but it also solves problems that go beyond the scope of a traditional "package registry".
August 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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JupyterLite 0.7 alpha releases are now available, with already some nice new features 🎁

- Audio and video playback
- Support for JupyterLab workspaces
- Basic cell interrupt

Try it in your browser and don't hesitate to share feedback, thanks!

jupyterlite.rtfd.io/en/latest
August 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Earth at night viewed from space (watch fullscreen).
August 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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hottest day of the year
June 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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How great is this infographic showing the summits of the world? I’d love to have that as a poster! Source: buff.ly/v1gv2Fe
June 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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‘Combined Classics’ - my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
June 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Marvel at the beauty of nature by enjoying these 42 animated African butterflies. Source: buff.ly/5iI5d1I
May 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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🌐 Have you explored the updated Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas (C3S Atlas) yet? Version 2 is here with exciting new features! Zoom in to visualise climate data and projections based on 35 variables and newly added datasets. #C3S

atlas.climate.copernicus.eu/atlas
May 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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This map shows the hour of sunrise globally through the year. It reveals time zones following national and, sometimes, regional boundaries, and slicing through the oceans.
May 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I love that the Brazilian government not only publishes a Brazil-centered world map (why wouldn't they?) but also flip it around (again, why wouldn't they?).
May 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Exciting news! Our talk and tutorial at @SciPyConf have been accepted!

Learn more about the impact of Pixi on the Science community!

Special thanks to @matthewfeickert.com for the initiation of the tutorial!

Talk: cfp.scipy.org/scipy2025/t...
Tutorial:
cfp.scipy.org/scipy2025/t...
May 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Hello friends! 👋

🔥 We’re working on ecosystem recommendations called specs to foster collaboration and shared best practices across the scientific Python ecosystem. 🤝

⭐ Support this effort by starring:

🔗
GitHub - scientific-python/specs: Scientific Python Ecosystem Coordination (SPEC) documents
Scientific Python Ecosystem Coordination (SPEC) documents - scientific-python/specs
github.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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This animated map imagines rivers standing up like trees. The link shows you an animated globe. Explore the world of river trees and see what your favourite river looks like standing upright! Source: buff.ly/Qf151Av
March 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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#MosaicMonday

Not all mosaics are Roman.
Some are Pringles.
February 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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🌍✨ Bella #Italia in 3D! 🇮🇹

Dive into this jaw-dropping vintage map from 1967 ! From the towering Alps to the sun-soaked shores of Sicily, this is Italy like you’ve never seen before....alive with history and topographic glory 🔥

#Italy #3DMaps #VintageVibes #CartographyLovers #RGeek #HistoryNerds
January 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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January 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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A recent New Scientist cartoon:
September 23, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:

Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Dragon Particles #b3d #geometrynodes
December 11, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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Italian astrophotographer Marcella Julia Pace spent 10 years capturing these 48 colors of the Moon.
January 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Here in the UK, 2024 was the 4th warmest year on record, meaning the last 3 years have had 3 of the 4 warmest years. It was quite wet and a pretty dull year overall.

December has been pretty mild overall, dull and with average rainfall. This #dataviz shows the weather/climate summary for 2024.
January 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM