Michael Gould
@mgould.bsky.social
Bikes (MTB, gravel), Travel, Spain, Higher Education, Geospatial Technology, International Development, Mediterranean food/lifestyle. (Don't forget to use your sarcasm filter) --alguna que otra cosa bilingüe
Christmas spirit in Castellón last night. That’s a female “tuna” or troubadour group.
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Christmas spirit in Castellón last night. That’s a female “tuna” or troubadour group.
Atención españoles
🎓🇪🇸 Fully funded PhD in Digital Humanities at King’s College London
The King’s–Ramón Areces Foundation scholarship supports Spanish nationals with full tuition, an annual stipend (£22,780), and research funding.
📅 Deadline: 13 February 2026
#PhDFunding #DigitalHumanities
www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
The King’s–Ramón Areces Foundation scholarship supports Spanish nationals with full tuition, an annual stipend (£22,780), and research funding.
📅 Deadline: 13 February 2026
#PhDFunding #DigitalHumanities
www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarship Programme (K-FRA)
King’s-Ramón Areces Foundation PhD Scholarships support candidates with Spanish nationality for full-time doctoral study in Digital Humanities at King's College London.
www.kcl.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Atención españoles
Cooling centers are a good idea, but if they are just going to count already open public buildings like libraries…
Spain to open climate shelter network ahead of next summer
Spain to open climate shelter network ahead of next summer
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says the shelters will be in public buildings across the country.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Cooling centers are a good idea, but if they are just going to count already open public buildings like libraries…
Now NCAR? Does the opposition party have any real plan for stopping the slashing and burning? Is the system really that broken?
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Now NCAR? Does the opposition party have any real plan for stopping the slashing and burning? Is the system really that broken?
Yep
I don't miss Twitter but I do miss many of the people who are still on there.
Sadly I think if they haven't come here yet, they won't
Sadly I think if they haven't come here yet, they won't
December 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yep
Our sadness goes to 11.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is wearing a skeleton tank top .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is wearing a skeleton tank top .
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Our sadness goes to 11.
people, people,... Juice comes from fruit not plastic bottles.
Hollandia Dairy issued a voluntary recall for a select amount of its 100% Appleberry Juice on October 5.
Appleberry Juice Contaminated With Cleaning Fluid Sparks Recall Warning
www.newsweek.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
people, people,... Juice comes from fruit not plastic bottles.
Reminder about FAIR data principles and implementing them in your GIS projects. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
Help to make your data FAIR
How ArcGIS supports your implementation of the FAIR data principles - findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. Help to make your data FAIR
www.esri.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reminder about FAIR data principles and implementing them in your GIS projects. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
3 days later, not clear
Brown murder details finally trickling
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
3 days later, not clear
7 years ago, Gulf of Oman, among hundreds of small jellyfish
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
7 years ago, Gulf of Oman, among hundreds of small jellyfish
Brown murder details finally trickling
December 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Brown murder details finally trickling
A hard maybe. ?
Is it time to redraw our maps?
Is it time to redraw our maps?
From migration to ecology, new knowledge makes new cartographic demands
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A hard maybe. ?
What the hell
‘Multiple’ people shot by gunman on campus of Brown University
‘Multiple’ people shot by gunman on campus of Brown University
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
What the hell
LLM, RAG, MCP?
This IBM video does a nice job at comparing RAG and MCP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X95M...
This IBM video does a nice job at comparing RAG and MCP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X95M...
MCP vs. RAG: How AI Agents & LLMs Connect to Data
YouTube video by IBM Technology
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
LLM, RAG, MCP?
This IBM video does a nice job at comparing RAG and MCP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X95M...
This IBM video does a nice job at comparing RAG and MCP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X95M...
and the teachers have fast access to all published research
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
and the teachers have fast access to all published research
7 years ago, Dubai
December 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
7 years ago, Dubai
Well, there’s that
December 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Well, there’s that
It’s easy to make a bad paella. This actually had good flavor but was mostly wrong.
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It’s easy to make a bad paella. This actually had good flavor but was mostly wrong.
8 years ago, hiking overlooking LA
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
8 years ago, hiking overlooking LA
2nd Call for Papers: 2026 AGILE Conference on GI Science. Deadline coming soon! (Jan 5) agile-gi.eu/conference-2...
AGILE 2026 - Call for Papers
agile-gi.eu
agile-gi.eu
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
2nd Call for Papers: 2026 AGILE Conference on GI Science. Deadline coming soon! (Jan 5) agile-gi.eu/conference-2...
How nice to see our UJI Geotec masters students featured as UN Mappers of the Month! maps.un.org/news/un-mapp...
The UN Mapper of the Month - December 2025 | UN Maps
Our Mapper of the Month for December 2025 is the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) Master's students! Since 2022, UJI has been collaborating with the UN Mappers Team to provide OpenStreetMap, open data and op...
maps.un.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
How nice to see our UJI Geotec masters students featured as UN Mappers of the Month! maps.un.org/news/un-mapp...
The ArcGIS Pro add-in for GeoParquet is sweet. Thanks, Overture Maps. www.arcgis.com/home/item.ht...
ArcGIS
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December 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The ArcGIS Pro add-in for GeoParquet is sweet. Thanks, Overture Maps. www.arcgis.com/home/item.ht...
The summary video (made by NotebookLM) of my students' anonymized notes, my PPTs, and additional content from my Intro to GIS: Desktop to Cloud course. Many details left out, but still an interesting story in the end, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzS0...
Intro to GIS Desktop to Cloud 2
YouTube video by Mike Gould
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The summary video (made by NotebookLM) of my students' anonymized notes, my PPTs, and additional content from my Intro to GIS: Desktop to Cloud course. Many details left out, but still an interesting story in the end, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzS0...
Tsunami warning in northeast Japan.
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tsunami warning in northeast Japan.
Today is a national holiday in Spain: Feast of the Immaculate Conception. For most people just a long weekend.
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Today is a national holiday in Spain: Feast of the Immaculate Conception. For most people just a long weekend.