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Ben (DrTruffleMaps) Tuttle

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Geo-geek, Geographer, Technologist, Outdoor Enthusiast, Dog Lover ---- Principal GeoOutlook, LLC ---- Opinions are my own

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) ⭐ 7.6 | Action, Adventure, Comedy 2h 14m | R

So much fun, do yourself a favor and go see this

www.imdb.com/title/tt1341...

15.02.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The countdown is almost over, headed to @north51conference.bsky.social in a few days. Looking forward to several days of engaging discussion and sharing my thoughts on how AI is driving new opportunities in geospatial without the traditional GUI analysis and consumption platforms.
#North51

17.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Linus Torvalds' Latest Open-Source Project Is AudioNoise - Made With The Help Of Vibe Coding In addition to Linus Torvalds' recent comments around AI tooling documentation, it turns out in fact that Linus Torvalds has been using vibe coding himself

All the guitar players I know would rejoice at the offer of "another silly guitar-pedal".

share.google/NqMh0hvZKImX...

11.01.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stuck in Quicksand, a Hiker in Utah Has His SOS Answered

My faith has been restored...I was beginning to think my childhood was a lie and no one ever got caught in quick sand.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...

14.12.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Paul Gauguin - Still Life With Three Puppies

Paul Gauguin - Still Life With Three Puppies

Label for piece of art

Label for piece of art

As they say, I may not know a lot about art, but I know what I like...and I like this!

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23.11.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boundary Rider

Do yourself a favor and go check out the new Tycho/Paul Banks track!
open.spotify.com/track/6pVETl...

14.11.2025 01:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normalβ€”Until It Doesn’t Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.

Regardless of your thoughts on the potential outcomes of current events I encourage you to give this a read, it is a thought provoking look at past events.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

13.10.2025 17:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There are definitely some piles of money being set on fire with now.

30.08.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You had me at Maps!

21.08.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Currently reconsidering my previously held one-space stance...

17.08.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Scientific Case for Two Spaces After a Period A new study proves that half of people are correct. The other is also correct.

"Among people who write with two spaces after periods there was an increase in reading speed of 3 percent when reading text with two spaces following periods, as compared to one. This is, Johnson points out, an average of nine additional words per minute”

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

17.08.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.

This is totally fucked

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

25.07.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI bias FTW, be careful how you use your new robot best friend.

16.07.2025 00:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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China appears to pull off satellite feat that NASA has never achieved Reports that China may have docked two satellites in geostationary orbit developed on Sunday.

The US needs to be paying attention or we are going to cede a decades long advantage in Space.

share.google/lvRUoXM5vnHe...

16.07.2025 00:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Jeff Flake: The Republican Fever Must Break

"But the deeper concern isn’t about any single congressional race or even the balance of power in the Senate β€” it’s about the long-term health of our political institutions."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/o...

07.07.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you read it yet?

09.06.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Track CLARITY-1 (NORAD ID: 63227) live with Satcat CLARITY-1, 63227 is a payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Sat, 15 Mar 2025 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites includ...

Very cool dashboard offered by Kayhan Space that allows you to watch Albedo's Clarity-1 sat as it navigates its way down to VLEO.

www.satcat.com/sats/63227

04.06.2025 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of challenges ahead, how we address them is key. This statement will be at the core of my approach.

04.06.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to the discussion at #EOSummit next week. Going to be a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and make some new ones!

02.06.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This seems to be a growing challenge in many professions based on conversations I've had. How are you deciding what AI tools are up to the demands of your work?

27.05.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports. A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.

β€œThe tariffs themselves are a shock to the system, and the shock is echoed and amplified across the entire chain. Even if there is resolution, it will take nine to 12 months to work out these bumps.”
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

05.05.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NASA Needs Rational Reforms, Not Reckless Cuts We are deeply disturbed that the White House Office of Management and Budget is contemplating cutting NASA’s science budget by up to 50 percent. Certainly, the space agency needs to modernize an

This topic has been coming up a lot lately, we can do better, but drastic, arbitrary cuts are not the way. Doing this right won't be fast and it won't be easy...but it will deliver crucial results to further our exploration and understanding of space

www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...

24.04.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One Simple Hack to Ruin Your Easter The price of eggs has some online creators suggesting that potatoes are a suitable alternative. Please believe me, they are wrong.

"The price of eggs has some online creators suggesting that potatoes are a suitable alternative. Please believe me, they are wrong."

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

19.04.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Scary times

16.04.2025 19:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dachau concentration camp - Wikipedia

Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, social democrats, and other dissidents.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_...

16.04.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Demise of Democracy in El Salvador With a murder rate of around 52 per 100,000 residents, El Salvador has long been recognized as one of the most dangerous countries in the world (Statista

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www.colorado.edu/polisci/2024...

14.04.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jake Tapper asks agricultural secretary about tariffs on islands populated by penguins | CNN Politics CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins about tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, questioning why Heard Island and McDonald Islands, an uninhabited Australian territ...

This is
a) hard to watch
b) hilarious
c) all of the above

Jake Tapper asks agricultural secretary about tariffs on islands populated by penguins

www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/p...

06.04.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazon targets April 9 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week, pinning down a long-awaited start to the company's plan to deploy a massive constellation that will rival Elon Musk's Starlink system.

Excited to see if this succeeds in creating some competition for StarLink. Also interested in hearing everyone’s thoughts on this upcoming launch.

www.reuters.com/business/ret...

03.04.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Space Force budget squeeze: Saltzman worries about keeping pace with China amid cuts β€œWe are literally shrinking in resources as a Space Force,” Gen. Chance Saltzman said.

Should we spend less, probably
Could we spend less, probably
Are we falling behind, most definitely
We need to bring this topic to the forefront and figure it out
spacenews.com/space-force-...

03.04.2025 00:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One Word Describes Trump A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

I hope one day to professionally write a sentence this amazing (but less depressing): β€œI think we are going to see an absolutely staggering orgy of corruption and crony capitalism in the next four years unlike anything we’ve seen since the late 19th century, the Gilded Age.”
tinyurl.com/3u6nf49c

31.03.2025 18:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0