Ryan M. Thomas

Cornell City and Regional Planning PhD student, exploring the tensions between new technologies and wicked problems

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

@SophieKolston Give an introduction to QGIS and other non-ArcGIS platforms early in the course, then slowly make alternate versions of your labs and offer students the option of one or the other.

[Innocent Maholi @InnocentMaholi]

Catch me and my colleagues later today as we talk about our experiences on "Ethical Mapping with and for People Living with Vulnerability" for @sotm. I will be repping @OMDTZ and @hotosm Tanzania's experience over the years. @eneerhut @Paromitabasak1 @ricaji @courtneymclark3

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

@ecoangelhsu @Yale Thanks for sharing! I need to use this for a a great @CDP data set.

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

@matthewberryfcc Please protect the internet from corporate interests. Keep net neutrality.

[C40 Cities @c40cities]

Green roofs clean the air & protect city-dwelling birds 🦆🌿🦉 https://t.co/rOqNBWBMh4 @yllucywang @GlobalCoolCity @CityLab #CoolCities

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

What Tech Hasn’t Learned From Urban Planning https://t.co/r5KkZ4A7yF #planningandideology

[Angel Hsu @ecoangelhsu]

Another example where US could take a beat from #China: training coal miners to become wind farmers. https://t.co/y4PeDG9HpQ

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

The #AHCA makes every measure of US health and health care worse by shifting ~$1 trillion from bottom 40% to top 2%. It is unconscionable.

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

Is anyone surprised? https://t.co/pnWvuVHGyl

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Prospects for black America about to get worse under Trump, report says https://t.co/r3nS3XGL8v

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

@galka_max Very nice! Tiny correction: "14 *additional* lines of code #rstats code" #opensource @tidyverse

[Karol Boudreaux @KarolBoudreaux]

Land Registry: A Big Blockchain Use Case Explored https://t.co/g29jRKCGdG via @CoinDesk

[Chris Arsenault @chrisarsenaul]

Ten killed in #Brazil land violence in rural Mato Grosso, officials said #landrightsnow https://t.co/2kLFW4uiQE

[Angel Hsu @ecoangelhsu]

#COP23 logo released, if only Bonn in November could be so tropical and inviting. https://t.co/dy1IFSMJOd

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

Launching the Wolfram Data Repository: Data Publishing that Really Works https://t.co/BClPJ4vSEH

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

In the long run things won't change much. The rich will stay rich, and the people with power will make the poor blame each other.

[Thinking City @thinkingcity]

"Detroit has switched from the city of demolition to the city of building." https://t.co/ZH5r8UjNVu @chicagotribune

[Wu-Tang Financial 🥑 @Wu_Tang_Finance]

Wow super surprising this city is bankrupt wuld think with superior excel skills they would budget better https://t.co/eSEJ9GpOWK

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

@ecoangelhsu @datadrivenyale @openstreetmap Honored to be speaking at the Southeast Asia #CitSci Symposium along with my colleagues at @datadrivenyale!

[Ryan M. Thomas @RyanThomasRT]

When @realDonaldTrump has a dream and tweets it and wastes tax $$ verifying it. #Stupid and #irresponsible spending! https://t.co/JfhwzkwufK