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Geospatial analyst, author, quantitative storyteller | sharing stories of planetary boundaries, climate science and the influence of our built infrastructure on the common good.
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· Sep 25
Blender and your database together at last. #gischat Rare bird sightings and the ecosystems that support them.
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Happy Veterans Day. 🇺🇸
I served a country that has not always served my people. I put on that uniform knowing that generations of Black soldiers before me were brutalized, disrespected, segregated, and still stood watch over a nation that often denied us basic humanity. 🧵👇🏾
I served a country that has not always served my people. I put on that uniform knowing that generations of Black soldiers before me were brutalized, disrespected, segregated, and still stood watch over a nation that often denied us basic humanity. 🧵👇🏾
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy Veterans Day. 🇺🇸
I served a country that has not always served my people. I put on that uniform knowing that generations of Black soldiers before me were brutalized, disrespected, segregated, and still stood watch over a nation that often denied us basic humanity. 🧵👇🏾
I served a country that has not always served my people. I put on that uniform knowing that generations of Black soldiers before me were brutalized, disrespected, segregated, and still stood watch over a nation that often denied us basic humanity. 🧵👇🏾
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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80% of air traffic controllers absent at New York facilities.
The system is at breaking point.
The system is at breaking point.
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
80% of air traffic controllers absent at New York facilities.
The system is at breaking point.
The system is at breaking point.
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On U.S. complicity in the unfolding massacres: "The U.S. should halt arms transfers to the UAE, which is supplying the RSF with the weapons used to carry out atrocities in Darfur. Failure to take action could condemn hundreds of thousands more civilians to death at the hands of genocidal forces."
US Urged to End Arms Sales to UAE as It Backs Genocidal Paramilitary in Sudan
The US has provided the UAE with billions of dollars’ worth of weapons, even as it’s funneled weapons into Sudan.
truthout.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On U.S. complicity in the unfolding massacres: "The U.S. should halt arms transfers to the UAE, which is supplying the RSF with the weapons used to carry out atrocities in Darfur. Failure to take action could condemn hundreds of thousands more civilians to death at the hands of genocidal forces."
Are you attempting to learn #blender like it’s an appliance? Let’s rethink how we learn complex topics. #gischat
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October 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Are you attempting to learn #blender like it’s an appliance? Let’s rethink how we learn complex topics. #gischat
datamongerbonny.substack.com/p/cutting-ba...
datamongerbonny.substack.com/p/cutting-ba...
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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A thing about the east coast is that even the women are gonna hand you your ass on a platter. The blow up costumes are nice but we do it different over here.
Polka dot is just out there tussling with ICE on her lunch break.
Polka dot is just out there tussling with ICE on her lunch break.
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A thing about the east coast is that even the women are gonna hand you your ass on a platter. The blow up costumes are nice but we do it different over here.
Polka dot is just out there tussling with ICE on her lunch break.
Polka dot is just out there tussling with ICE on her lunch break.
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The full agenda of the Computation+Journalism Symposium is online! Join us in Miami for two days (December 11-12) of great talks, workshops, panels, and paper presentations: cplusj2025.com/agenda Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The full agenda of the Computation+Journalism Symposium is online! Join us in Miami for two days (December 11-12) of great talks, workshops, panels, and paper presentations: cplusj2025.com/agenda Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...
Where is the outcry about the East wing of the White House?
October 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Where is the outcry about the East wing of the White House?
Morning on Walden Pond ❤️
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Morning on Walden Pond ❤️
Bonny highlights how industrial systems obscure our disconnection from nature. #gischat
Wed, Oct 15th, 2025 at 4:30 AM - 6:30 PM
65 Franklin Street, Cambridge, MA
Thurs, October 16th, 2025 at 4:30 - 6:30 PM
650 E Kendall Street Lobby, Cambridge, MA
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Wed, Oct 15th, 2025 at 4:30 AM - 6:30 PM
65 Franklin Street, Cambridge, MA
Thurs, October 16th, 2025 at 4:30 - 6:30 PM
650 E Kendall Street Lobby, Cambridge, MA
www.ticketleap.events/tickets/disc...
Speaker Series with Bonny McClain
JOIN US FOR A THOUGHT-PROVOKING EVENT WHERE SCIENCE MEETS STORY AND IDEAS COME TO LIFE Bonny uses cinematic storytelling to explore human consciousness and cognition at the intersection of technology,...
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October 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Bonny highlights how industrial systems obscure our disconnection from nature. #gischat
Wed, Oct 15th, 2025 at 4:30 AM - 6:30 PM
65 Franklin Street, Cambridge, MA
Thurs, October 16th, 2025 at 4:30 - 6:30 PM
650 E Kendall Street Lobby, Cambridge, MA
www.ticketleap.events/tickets/disc...
Wed, Oct 15th, 2025 at 4:30 AM - 6:30 PM
65 Franklin Street, Cambridge, MA
Thurs, October 16th, 2025 at 4:30 - 6:30 PM
650 E Kendall Street Lobby, Cambridge, MA
www.ticketleap.events/tickets/disc...
Editing videos for a few keynotes…#gischat
October 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Editing videos for a few keynotes…#gischat
Life is like punctuation. Don’t we vascillate between resembling a jumble of run-on sentences in one moment but before we know it suddenly we are aligned left and prioritizing coherence and efficiency? My inner semi-colon reminds me pause and think about what is to come.
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It can always be spring…
I am briefly back from a series of talks and workshops. My sister sent me this photo from a talk I gave a few years ago and I was curious…
medium.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Life is like punctuation. Don’t we vascillate between resembling a jumble of run-on sentences in one moment but before we know it suddenly we are aligned left and prioritizing coherence and efficiency? My inner semi-colon reminds me pause and think about what is to come.
medium.com/@datamongerb...
medium.com/@datamongerb...
The built infrastructure at NYC climate week…#gischat
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The built infrastructure at NYC climate week…#gischat
SQL allows seamless integration of multiple datasets [NYC trees, mapPLUTO, and energy data (not shown)]...#gischat
September 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
SQL allows seamless integration of multiple datasets [NYC trees, mapPLUTO, and energy data (not shown)]...#gischat
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“I’m constantly revising my thinking—I now say, Start where you are, and then connect to the world.” —Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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September 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“I’m constantly revising my thinking—I now say, Start where you are, and then connect to the world.” —Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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People tend to focus on getting their ducks in a row but then have no idea what to do with the duck. Stories are the ducks. The whole reason any of this matters I would dare say…#GISchat
open.substack.com/pub/bonnypmc...
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Going slower, not faster
If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster--Gustav Mahler
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
People tend to focus on getting their ducks in a row but then have no idea what to do with the duck. Stories are the ducks. The whole reason any of this matters I would dare say…#GISchat
open.substack.com/pub/bonnypmc...
open.substack.com/pub/bonnypmc...
I don’t know why this is so funny to me but it is. www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
August 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I don’t know why this is so funny to me but it is. www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
...Before scripting in #Blender it is important to think about relative and absolute paths to your working directories. Blender python console uses a bundled Python installation with its own libraries and assets located in a different directory
bonnypmcclain.substack.com/p/being-spec... #gischat
bonnypmcclain.substack.com/p/being-spec... #gischat
being specific and obvious...
Yes the easy path would be to simply demonstrate a task in Postgres, create something fairly straightforward and leave the podium.
bonnypmcclain.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
...Before scripting in #Blender it is important to think about relative and absolute paths to your working directories. Blender python console uses a bundled Python installation with its own libraries and assets located in a different directory
bonnypmcclain.substack.com/p/being-spec... #gischat
bonnypmcclain.substack.com/p/being-spec... #gischat
The bench scientist in me AND the human is like WTAF.
August 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The bench scientist in me AND the human is like WTAF.
On my way to the gym yesterday, I snapped this photo. This tall regally dressed man crossed the street and headed across the field.
August 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
On my way to the gym yesterday, I snapped this photo. This tall regally dressed man crossed the street and headed across the field.