D-7 🚨 The call for papers for INDL-9 is still open—until April 30, 2026.
This time our annual conference will be hosted on September 9–11, 2026 at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, the UN agency at the heart of global labor governance. https://www.indl.network/indl-9/
#ai #work #labor #artificialintelligence #outsourcing #crowdsourcing #supplychain #valuechain #unitednations
University of Guelph: Got Bugs? U of G Collecting Samples to Catalogue Canada’s Biodiversity. “Whether they’re crawling in the dirt or buzzing around a park, researchers at the University of Guelph want your bugs. It’s part of BugQuest, a nationwide community science project run by the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG). The goal? To set up 1,000 traps across Canada to survey insect […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/23/university-of-guelph-got-bugs-u-of-g-collecting-samples-to-catalogue-canadas-biodiversity/
University of Guelph: Got Bugs? U of G Collecting Samples to Catalogue Canada’s Biodiversity. “Whether they’re crawling in the dirt or buzzing around a park, researchers at the University of …
@minorusaba A few years ago there was a couple nesting in a sheltered porch over the doorway to one of the church/kindergartens we teach at. Staff put up upside down umbrellas to catch the droppings. I hope they come back this year too, but I’ve yet to see any.
This morning, walking to work I watched a lone swallow on the wing stoop to sip water from freshly irrigated rice paddy. It was so effortlessly elegant: a beak breaks the surface momentarily tracing a pencil line on the surface. Then off whirling and looping.
I want to try to photograph it. The picture above is actually a still from a video I took of the gathering birds yesterday. I might have to try the same trick as they are so swift and unpredictable.
For anyone following this thread did you know that this weekend is
‘The City Nature Challenge (CNC) (is) an annual four-day event where people around the world use iNaturalist to document the plants, animals, fungi, and other wildlife living in their cities and neighborhoods. 2026 marks the 11th year of the CNC!’
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/citynaturechallenge#participate
I signed up and will try to contribute something over the next few days.
North Carolina State University: Too Dark? Too Bright? Scientists Need Your Help to Make Reading Easier. “Scientists are launching a participatory project that allows people around the world to help answer research questions about challenges that can affect our ability to read in different settings.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/north-carolina-state-university-too-dark-too-bright-scientists-need-your-help-to-make-reading-easier/
North Carolina State University: Too Dark? Too Bright? Scientists Need Your Help to Make Reading Easier. “Scientists are launching a participatory project that allows people around the world …
Ich helfe selbst mit, dass es besser wird, aber da wo ich suchen muss, war ich meistens selbst noch nie und wäre dann ohne Google Maps aufgeschmissen. Da ist eine starke und aktive Community wichtig, die OSM auch im Alltag nutzt und konsequent Daten/Orte ergänzt und Fehler korrigiert. Helft mit! #Crowdsourcing #CallToAction
Apps wie @streetcomplete helfen dabei enorm weiter, gerade in Städten wo man sonst leicht den Überblick verliert an welchen Informationen es überhaupt in der OSM mangelt.
The Drive: This New Tool Will Hunt Down the Cheapest Gas Prices In Your Area. “The Gas Index allows you to add your vehicles and location to an account, so that when it serves up the cheapest gas, it’s automatically factoring in how far you’ll have to drive to get it, how thirsty your car is, and what octane it requires. According to its calculator, it’s $6.14 cheaper for me to drive 25 […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/15/the-drive-this-new-tool-will-hunt-down-the-cheapest-gas-prices-in-your-area/'Appropriately called “The Gas Index,” the project started as a tool to track the price of a pint of beer, of all things, in Ireland. (It was called the “Guinndex.”)'
In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz. In the crowd, with a compact cassette recorder in his pocket, was a music fan named Aadam Jacobs. He surreptitiously recorded the performance, documenting the fledgling band two years before their global breakthrough. That nascent Nirvana recording, with the audio cleaned up, is available for streaming at the online repository Internet Archive. It’s one of over 10,000 concerts that Jacobs recorded over four decades. A group of devoted volunteers is methodically researching, cataloging and digitizing them one by one.
⚠️ ATTENTION : Clôture des candidatures demain, Jeudi 9 Avril ! Ne laisse pas passer cette opportunité de t'insérer dans l'écosystème géospatial mondial.
👉 Postule immédiatement ici 👇
https://s8n9y9zj.forms.app/citymapper-externship-application-form-formulaire-de-candidature
#UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #capacity_building #Crowdsourcing #GIS #OSM #humanitarian #Cameroon #UN_MAPPERS_CHAPTERS_INITIATIVE #opendata #communityengagement #Africa_engagement
✅ Le profil idéal pour postuler :
👉 Étudiant(e) ou passionné(e) niveau Bac+2 (minimum) en géomatique ou discipline similaire.
👉 Équipé(e) d'un ordinateur et d'une souris.
😊 Surtout : avoir l'envie d'apprendre entre pairs et d'impacter sa communauté !
💡 Ce que tu y gagnes : Une formation pratique intensive sur les outils pros (OSM, HOT TM, Mapillary...) et un Certificat de fin d'Externship pour booster ton CV.
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