Dan Majka
dmajka.bsky.social
Dan Majka
@dmajka.bsky.social
I code econo for a large conservation NGO, mostly working on data, maps, and web apps related to conservation and climate change
Also get her singing along to the best line in the best Ambition Mission song (“Look at me one more time like that and I will smash your face in!”). Annie from A.M. is also in a new band called Grassface with members of Canadian Rifle! undercomm.bandcamp.com/track/letter...
Letter to the Dirtballs, by Ambition Mission
from the album You Name It, We Hate It! (Complete Discography)
undercomm.bandcamp.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
You should probably get her started on the RVIVR discography. And maybe the Spitboy side of the split with Crudos. rvivr.bandcamp.com/track/paper-...
Paper Thin, by RVIVR
from the album The Beauty Between
rvivr.bandcamp.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Turbines have to be permitted through FAA to determine they don’t pose hazards to air navigation. USGS maintains a good data viewer here. View it while you still can. energy.usgs.gov/uswtdb/
U.S. Wind Turbine Database
The U.S. Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) provides the locations of land-based and offshore wind turbines in the United States, corresponding wind project information, and turbine technical specificatio...
energy.usgs.gov
January 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Reminds me of this post by @joshtpm.bsky.social after the election. After reading his post I registered republicanscorecard.com with the same idea. Haven’t gotten around to building it yet but happy to contribute the domain name if someone beats me to it!

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/my-ki...
My Kingdom for Some Scorecards
I’ve been thinking about this since the day after the election and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The science (which I didn’t do!) used electronic circuit theory (tool called Circuitscape) to model species movement like electrical flow. The visualization uses 3 instances of the popular windy.js library to display the 3 taxonomic groups on top of each other.
January 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
January 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Does this count? I mapped modeled climate change-induced species range shifts, but ended up converting the data into wind vector format to make use of existing JS libraries. www.maps.tnc.org/migrations-i...
Migrations in Motion | The Nature Conservancy
www.maps.tnc.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hey Nate! I used to know you from another life (VHS punk when you were at VU) and stumbled upon you here! Anyway, if you like Fast Blood you’ll probably like Caves, if you don’t already! They’re like a UK RVIVR. caves.bandcamp.com/album/better...
Betterment, by Caves
11 track album
caves.bandcamp.com
December 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM
To add to your list - the new Field Notes bird edition is really lovely!

fieldnotesbrand.com/products/bir...
Birds and Trees of North America
Our 64th Quarterly Limited Edition for fall, 2024 is “The Birds and Trees of North America” Edition, featuring the artwork of Rex Brasher (1869–1960).
fieldnotesbrand.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:37 PM