“You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it” | My commentary on Bill Gates’ flawed new climate missive for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:

https://thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-cant-reboot-the-planet-if-you-crash-it/

This is a fantastic video showing how Proportional Representation via Ranked Choice Voting is actually used for elections in Ireland, demonstrated by 6th graders! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDPlRbkyBKE 🇮🇪

#ElectoralReform #ProportionalRepresentation #RankedChoiceVoting #SingleTransferableVote #RCV #Ireland

Am beyond thankful that Bob Ferguson won the Governor spot here in WA State.

They're already working on how to protect Washingtonians during Trump's 2nd reign of terror.

#pnw #seattle

Thanks to those who joined our Pro-to-Illustrator mapmaking talk today at #NACIS2024 I had a great time w/ co-presenter Julia Olson and the great audience too 🗺️ Here’s where you can download Maps for Adobe:
https://esriurl.com/mapsforadobe

#cartography #nationalpark

NACIS 2024 annual conference is kicking off in Tacoma, WA this morning with “practical cartography day”

#nacis #nacis2024 #cartography #gis

New from Pew Research: "Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from #ElectoralCollege

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/25/majority-of-americans-continue-to-favor-moving-away-from-electoral-college/

#NationalPopularVote #NPVIC #ElectoralReform

So Tim Walz is a trained geographer and a former high school geography teacher?!

This is the biggest political news for the profession since Prince William got a masters degree in Geography.

Here's Gov Walz giving a talk at the ESRI GIS conference just last month!

https://mediaspace.esri.com/media/1_d2sqkrju

He's totally locked up the pivotal mapmaker demographic.

#GIS #gischat #GovWalz #TimeWalz #geographer #geography #uspol #uspolitics