Marquise de What 🇨🇦

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Settler in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal
Communications & arts generalist. Recovering Cassandra. #covidisairborne #unlearning #allyship #healing #progressive #neurodiverse #whalenerd #never51
Intuition is advanced pattern recognition
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On Mastodon attempting to remain semi-informed and semi-relevant to fight my feraldom.
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Marquise de What 🇨🇦1d ago
Caramelized Shallots1d ago

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s mayoral primary last month has resulted in absolute meltdowns from billionaires, genocide supporters, and other assorted defenders of the status quo. Let’s pause for a moment to enjoy them.

#ZohranMamdani #NYC #BillionairesTears
https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders?fbclid=IwY2xjawLlSEhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFkUDZ2WTFLdnJPQXo1Rk9QAR6pHt0cXcD1DCItYd8nkWaudXo7BeOQQmG3nJmnBHWV-DzEuhkX2C-z7i4CnQ_aem_V0Vd5TzKvkEUQyTwL4UXwA

All the Worst People Are Losing It Over Zohran Mamdani’s Win

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s mayoral primary last month has resulted in absolute meltdowns from billionaires, genocide supporters, and other assorted defenders of the status quo. Let’s pause for a moment to enjoy them.

Marquise de What 🇨🇦1d ago
Qasim Rashid, Esq.1d ago

Delta spent a ton on union busting and anti-union activities, and now they want exploit people with AI.

This is yet another reason why corporate deregulation will always favor the wealthy and screw over the working class.

Will not be booking a delta flight any time soon. Or ever.

Marquise de What 🇨🇦1d ago
Edmonds_ScannerJun 25
My hope for you is that you always feel safe and warm, and that you will someday inherit a haunted mansion on the moors filled with restless ghosts, grumpy cats, and at least 2 cozy libraries hidden behind secret doors.
Marquise de What 🇨🇦1d ago
𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"2d ago
- Look you guys it's very simple.
- The Epstein List does not exist.
- We know because it is on Pam Bondi's desk.
- And also it isn't and never was.
- It's very simple.
- Biden and Obama and Hilary Clinton made the list to hurt Donald Trump.
- Whose name is not on the list.
- We checked and it wasn't in there.
- It's very simple
- Stop talking about the list.
- The list never existed.
- It was made by Democrats.
- Who the hell even cares about the list?
- Are people still talking about the list?
- It doesn't exist.
- The list that Biden made.
- Why wouldn't he release the list?
- There is no list.
- It's very simple.
- What is Biden hiding?
- Donald Trump is not on the list.
- Biden put Trump's name on the list.
- Which never existed.
- The list is on Pam Bondi's desk.
- What list?
- It's very simple.
- Stop talking about the list.
- Trump will release the Epstein List.
- Who the hell cares about the list?
- Look over there a Rosie O'Donnell.
- Trump never knew Jeffrey Epstein
- He's his best friend.
- There is no list.
- It's very simple.
Marquise de What 🇨🇦1d ago
Amélie PatinJun 16
I drew this a while ago, but I hadn’t had the time to share it with you or add it to my shop until now. This is my new small leporello, screen printed in two colors, double-sided, titled Aventures et camouflage. 🥳
It’s entirely handmade.

A huge thank you to Alexis Grasset, who did an amazing job printing the four layers of this edition.

It’s priced at 10 euros + shipping, and available on my online shop here: www.ameliepatin.com/shop

#serigraphie #drawing #dessin #silkprinting #color #illustration #edition #tirages #portraits
Show threadMarquise de What 🇨🇦1d ago
@ameliej_patin Stunning!
Marquise de What 🇨🇦1d ago
Amélie Patin2d ago
Another drawing made during the heatwave! Between the pregnancy and the intense heat, it was quite a challenge to finish this one, but I’m glad I saw it through :)

#dessin #carnets #illustration #repos #drawing #artist #flowers #fleurs #oiseaux
Marquise de What 🇨🇦2d ago
Show threadIndivisible ❌👑2d ago
Tell your Democratic representative not to gamble away our financial stability just to appease crypto billionaires. https://indivisible.org/resource/call-now-stop-trumps-crypto-corruption?source=mastodon&medium=directpost
CALL NOW: Stop Trump’s Crypto Corruption

Indivisible
Marquise de What 🇨🇦2d ago
A. RiveraJun 18

Translation: "We don't need no stinkin' lib'rul media with woke programmin'. Anyhow, boys are headed tuh fac'ories an' girls tuh thuh kitchen an' havin' babies. " -- #GOP, probably.

> PBS Funding Cuts: A Blow to Children Who Need It Most
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/pbs-funding-cuts-a-blow-to-children-who-need-it-most/

#PartyOfStupid #Christofascists #fuckery #literacy #PBS #media #PublicBroadcasting

PBS funding cuts: A blow to children who need it most

“The bottom line: We want high-quality public media that's accessible to kids."

Mother Jones
Show threadMarquise de What 🇨🇦2d ago
@rationaldoge Any info on why the “budget concerns?” Was funding cut?
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Stefan F. KellerJul 2

New blog post about "The coolest way to find shaded paths: Vampire routing on routing.osm.ch".

See https://sosm.ch/the-coolest-way-to-find-shady-paths-vampire-routing-on-routing-osm-ch/

#OSMinside #OpenStreetMap #Routing #UrbanHeat #SOSM

Show threadAlexJul 3
@sfkeller „shady“ ist etwas vorbelastet mit der anderen Bedeutung als „zwielichtig“, dachte erst wieso will man einen zwielichtigen Weg bevorzugen 😅
Besser wäre vielleicht „shaded“ (dt. beschattet)?
Show threadStefan F. KellerJul 3
@lx Danke! Verbessert.
Show threadwolkJul 3
@lx @sfkeller shady - zwielichtig - twilight - vampir
ich finds passend
Show threadBrie MmmJul 3
@sfkeller “Luke, come to the dark side. You have no hat nor sunscreen”.
Show threadSophie Tyalie (☎️ 7098)Jul 3
@sfkeller i need this
Show threadhaecksJul 3
@sfkeller I might have not read thouroughly enough, but it seems like these routing calculations are currently limited to Switzerland. When I try it out with points in a German city it is setting a waypoint directing to Zurich in between.
Gladly no such option for vampires here.
Show threadDaria 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈Jul 3
@haecks @sfkeller I tried setting start and end points in my city in Poland and the route was through Switzerland too. Completely unexpected tbh
Show threadStefan F. KellerJul 9
@daria @haecks Hi Daria. The “vampire mode” was implemented for the area of the city of Zurich on August 1 at 16:00 and made available on the servers of SOSM as a Proof-of-Concept.
Show threadMarcel WaldvogelJul 9
@daria @haecks @sfkeller
… because it uses Switzerland-specific shading data. But maybe there is something similar for .de or .pl?
https://mastodon.social/@sfkeller/114821785088501038
Show threadStef ✨Jul 3

@sfkeller

Oder: https://app.shadowmap.org/

Shadowmap | Sun-Powered Insights. Anywhere on Earth.

Your interface to the Sun: See the sunpath over your house. Visualize and analyze solar, architectural & real estate projects on our interactive 3D map.

Show threadjudgyweevilJul 3
@sfkeller I hope there will be a OpenStreetMap plugin for this
Show threadBernd HerdJul 3
@sfkeller Great idea. I recently changed my cycle path to bike through the forest while it was so extremly hot. So a vampire mode for cycling would also be interesting.
Show threadMemento Mori 💃🏽🇪🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦Jul 3
@sfkeller Once in a blue moon, there suddenly is a REAL good app created! Very original and sophisticated: simple but very useful.
Show threadAndreas AlbrechtJul 3

@sfkeller @lesekaffee Great!

What we need next is a "spirit mode" (also referred to as "ghost" or "phantom" mode), returning the shortest path between two points that is entirely uncovered by CCTV.

Show threadjomoJul 3

@Datterich @sfkeller @lesekaffee I've thought about that. In theory it's quite simple to avoid CCTV when routing, but the tagging scheme on OSM would have to change similar to how speed cameras are mapped. In most cases, only the cameras are mapped, but there is no relation to the surveiled ways. Calculating that based on the position and orientation would require a lot of processing and would result in many false positives.

#OSM #surveillance

Show threadStefan F. KellerJul 9
@jomo @Datterich @lesekaffee That's a nice idea. Such an “enrichment” of route attributes would be an exciting Geo-DataOps task.
https://github.com/GIScience/osm-transform carries out such a preparation of OSM data. I am in the process of testing something similar in a student project with a view to special routing such as wheelchairs or emergency vehicles.
GitHub - GIScience/osm-transform: Filter, enrich and prepare your OSM data for openrouteservice 🚙

Filter, enrich and prepare your OSM data for openrouteservice 🚙 - GIScience/osm-transform

GitHub
Show threadboredsquirrelJul 3
@sfkeller how is that calculated? Building hight, orientation, street width and material, trees?
Show threadStefan F. KellerJul 9
@Rhababerbarbar We used GRASS r.sun, which uses point clouds and a terrain model, including for mountain shadows. In our case, the point clouds are swissSURFACE and the terrain is swissALTI from swisstopo. And yes, swissSURFACE3D contains buildings with roofs, trees and vegetation. What is still missing in our calculation is the gradient of the road and the road surface material (surface).
Show threadFriedemannJul 3

@sfkeller

can't even express how much I love those techy nerdy independend and suporting FOSS projects!

Show threadshismaJul 3
@sfkeller can we maybe have this in @CoMaps?
Show threadStefan F. KellerJul 9
@shisma @CoMaps Why not. Such an “enrichment” of route attributes is an Big-Geo-DataOps task. What route format can CoMap ingest? At first glance, I can only find KML and GPX.
Show threadSoh Kam YungJul 3
@sfkeller SIngapore needs this, @cheeaun 🙂
Show threadChee Aun 🤔Jul 3

@sohkamyung not easy 😁

I used to spent some time on this, mainly to avoid heat and also rain; looking at buildings (shadow) data, trees (crown shadow) data and covered walkpaths data. Still not enough. It probably works well for other cities, but for Singapore as a all-year-summer city-country, we have far more covered walk options (HDB open areas, underground passages, walking through malls, etc).

Show threadRobert GarrigósJul 3
@sfkeller use an umbrella....
Show threadQ-RaiJul 3
@robertgarrigos umbrellas help some (definitely to reduce sunburn risk), but in the city, most surfaces you walk on heat up a lot when they're in the sunlight, and they radiate that heat. A surface that's not been in direct sunlight for a while will be cooler and more pleasant to walk on.
It's one aspect that leads to "urban heat islands" (aka cities are warmer than countryside), because surfaces like asphalt radiate more heat than a field. (Other factors include cars, air conditioning, etc)
Show threadRobert GarrigósJul 3
@qrai you are right
Show threadStefan F. KellerJul 9

@robertgarrigos You mean something like this 😎?

(Source SRF https://www.srf.ch/wissen/mobilitaet/der-hitze-aus-dem-weg-gehen-vampir-modus-an-dieser-navigation-haette-dracula-viel-freude )

Show threadLittle RaoJul 3
@sfkeller neat... but how about actually doing something against the heat?
Trees for example can do quite a bit to bring down the heat!
Make even australian city centers rather comfy to walk in...
Show threadStefan F. KellerJul 9
@littlerao Right. After all, it's an index. At least trees are taken into account with this 'vampire' routing, too. Someone actually suggested calculating a 'shadeness' index for cities. This would allow you to measure advances in reducing heat over time.
Show threadT3Z 🎨🐱📖Jul 5
@sfkeller lässt sich das irgendwie zu Graphhopper hinzufügen?
Show threadStefan F. KellerJul 9
@T3Z Wieso nicht. Ist Big-Geo-DataOps. Unrealistisch wäre, das für jede Tagesstunde und jeden Ort der Welt zu rechnen. Da müsste ein gemittelter Schattenindex her. Oft fehlen Punktwolken und Geländemodelle. Wir verwendeten GRASS r.sun. osm-transform von GIScience HeiGIT leistet übrigens eine erste Anreicherung von OSM-Ways. Ich bin gerade dabei, ein ähnlicher Preprocessor wie osm-transform in einem Studentenprojekt zu testen mit Blick auf Spezialrouting wie Wheelchair oder Einsatzfahrzeuge.
Show threadMarcel WaldvogelJul 9
@sfkeller @T3Z
Das wäre cool, freue mich schonmal vor!