💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Cat In The Hat’s Learning Library - “There's A Map On My Lap! All About Maps”

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/theres-a-map-on-my-lap-all-about-maps-tish-rabe/1112264317 <-- link to book at B&N ( NOT Amazon please #boycottamazon )
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular supplier (or otherwise)]
My latest addition to the geologic/spatial library/tchotchkes in my office at work…
This should be useful - along with the button maker and old maps for kids to select, cut out and make their own map buttons – on spatial outreach days and similar…
#CatInTheHat #DrSuess #GIS #spatial #mapping #K12 #outreach #LearningLibrary #map #cartography #cartographer #outreach
@DrSuess

When you get a @LinkedIn message from a 16C vampire, who was maybe an extra on 'What We Do In The Shadows'!
(I am envious of his sense of style...)

SOME SHARED SPATIAL/GIS ROLES & OPPORTUNITIES
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MIDWEEK (before) w/e March 6th, 2026 | *mostly* North America, global also
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@earthstuff@substack.com
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NOTE that this is a ‘one off’ post as there were about > 20 roles encountered (some time sensitive) BETWEEN the usual Friday posts
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• you can subscribe to this (free) weekly LinkedIn newsletter, if so inclined
• also shared at my Earthstuff.substack.com as per the link above (subscribe there for free as well)
• roles listed are in no specific order, just as I ‘encountered’ them during the week
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#fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #GIS #spatial #job #jobopenings #newjob #employment #hiring #roles #GISJobs #NotARecruiter #fridayspatialjobs #scholarship #PhD #PostDoc #CareersInSpatial #career #openroles #Geomatics #GIS #Innovation #Growth #caveatNONemptor

Annual 30 Metre Snow Dynamics (2018-2019 To 2023-2024) – Canada [Mapping / Spatial Data]
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https://app.geo.ca/en-ca/map-browser/record/1ed7fdec-9a50-4fe9-aa16-78f9ee3f05bc?hsid=440405ef-5ad2-4d80-80c3-7a43cc94c3c4 <-- shared NRCAN resource link
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https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/snow-cover.html <-- shared overview/technical web page about Canadian snow cover
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #opendata #dataset #snow #snowcover #Canada #webmap #snowmelt #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #planning #safety #sustainability #naturalresource
@NRCAN

[The WSJ] Let AI Run [Their] Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds Of Dollars.
Anthropic’s Claude ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI agents.
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https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-ai-vending-machine-agent-b7e84e34?gaa_at=eafs <-- shared media article
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https://youtu.be/SpPhm7S9vsQ?si=aJQ2_BoxvLcNjOiz <-- shared video
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[When you get clever journalists to !$%^&*@ with AI… bravo! And this is a very simple situation, vending machines have been around since literally the Roman Empire
“You are using the wrong prompts” and LUDDITES! In the comments in 3… 2… 1…]
#vendingmachine #artificialintelligence #AIHallucination #hallucinations #emperorsnewclothes #ohhhshiny #experiment #contextwindow #AIagent #claude #autonomous #compliance #fish #PlayStation #snackliberationday #knowledgeboundaries #guardrails #redteam #GenAI cynicism
@WSJ @Anthropic @Claude

@stefanfwirth@biologists.social Be the smart, erudite person that you are in comments and elsewhere! 😀
(i.e, #AI is NOT the way to #interact on #SocialMedia)

@stefanfwirth@biologists.social I see that #AIslop constructed your reply 🙃