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etc., recall the word
resoldered here
in a pane of sand.
— R. Kenney
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When public data goes dark
Last week, I joined colleagues at Public Data Project from the Harvard Law School library and Paul Ford of Aboard for “When Public Data Goes Dark”, a conversation about public environmental data and the tools available for monitoring it. I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Jack Cushman, Gretchen Gehrke, Alison Smart, Abby […]
Continue ReadingExchange velocity
Staring out from my new workspace this week I realized I was looking at Ellis Island in New York Harbor, the first American soil my great-grandparents stepped foot on 123 years ago. My son wryly noted that this means the average Tolva generational velocity is zero. This is mathematically true, though my actual distance covered personally […]
Continue ReadingShiver Me Timbers
Prefer to listen to this post? (It’s really me, not AI!) Greetings travelers! Do you remember what you were doing on September 19 last year? Perhaps, like me, you were avoiding any co-worker, friend, or family member enthralled by the very 1990’s Talk Like a Pirate Day parody holiday. You know these people, texting you […]
Continue ReadingYou're reading Ascent Stage, by John Tolva.