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I FOIA'ed >1M pages of docs for my project cleartap.com, a DB of water quality of the USA.

Most states would charge a small amount to gather the documents.

Michigan wanted $50K to for the FOIA request. I think because of the Flint lead crisis. They wanted me to go away.


I noticed that you do have data for Flint. Did you have to pay it, or is there some appeals process if you're quoted an unreasonable amount?

Great project by the way!


Ended up finding the majority of Michigan through scraping.

For example, https://www.cityofflint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Annua...


Most water suppliers in the USA still don't test for PFAS on a regular schedule. Only the more progressive states (like ME) require testing from their suppliers.

I maintain a DB of drinking water contaminants in the US[1]. You can look up your city's system to see if they test for PFAS.

[1]: https://www.cleartap.com


Do you explicitly list that a PFAS test was omitted for a municipality? I looked up Austin and didn’t see it listed.


El Dorado, one of the towns in AR that overlaps with the deposits, does have an above avg level of lithium water supply [1].

[1]: I'm working on a DB of water quality, https://www.cleartap.com/water-systems/AR0000550


At the end of the year, the EU will require importers of certain commodities (coffee, cocoa, cattle, palm oil, etc) to have evidence the commodity was not grown on deforested land. It's called the EUDR[1], and I don't think a lot of importers are ready for it.

The crux of the issue is each importer requires verifiable satellite evidence. I could see suppliers using this site to generate their compliance statements!

[1]. https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/forests/deforestatio...


That's really cool!

And a great use case for mass-market satellite imagery.

There's no arguing that f.ex. n-2 years ago there was tree cover in imagery of an area, that's now gone.


I'm not familiar with this notation: "f.ex. n-2"?


'Two years ago'


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Our stack is based on Rails, Postgres, and React (typescript). We run everything on AWS and Heroku, and build our internal tools with Retool. We document with Notion, and chat with Slack/Zoom.

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Upright Labs | Fullstack Engineers | REMOTE (North America) | Full-Time Upright Labs builds inventory management systems for secondhand retailers like Salvation Army and Goodwill. Each day, our clients use our software to sell thousands of unique products across the internet.

We're hiring a fullstack engineers who wants to work closely with our customers to build the best inventory management software. The company is 100% remote, bootstrapped, and profitable. Our goal is to build the operating system for used goods.

Our stack is based on Rails, Postgres, and React (typescript). We run everything on AWS and Heroku, and build our internal tools with Retool. We document with Notion, and chat with Slack/Zoom.

Want to learn more/apply? https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/upright-labs-fullstac...


Upright Labs | Fullstack Engineers | REMOTE (North America) | Full-Time

Upright Labs builds inventory management systems for secondhand retailers like Salvation Army and Goodwill. Each day, our clients use our software to sell thousands of unique products across the internet.

We're hiring a fullstack engineers who wants to work closely with our customers to build the best inventory management software. The company is 100% remote, bootstrapped, and profitable. Our goal is to build the operating system for used goods.

Our stack is based on Rails, Postgres, and React (typescript). We run everything on AWS and Heroku, and build our internal tools with Retool. We document with Notion, and chat with Slack/Zoom.

Want to learn more? https://uprightlabs.com

Apply: https://form.jotform.com/213437220337145


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Upright Labs | Washington, DC | Onsite or Remote (North America only) | https://www.uprightlabs.com/ We are looking to hire our first customer success engineer. Someone that loves writing code and delighting customers. You want to work at a startup and have a ton of different responsibilities.

We build multichannel ecommerce software for retailers. We make it really easy for second-hand retailers to manage inventory and sell online, everywhere. Our software processes thousands of items each month and has helped retailers sell millions in inventory. We're based out of Washington, DC but have a remote presence.

You’ll be one of the first hires in this role, so you’ll have tons of autonomy. You'll be spending a good portion of the time building out our internal tools to make customer success automatable, easier, and less technical. If you enjoy working at startups, wearing lots of hats, and delighting customers, you’ll fit in perfectly.

Tech: Rails, PG, Typescript, React Apply: https://apply.workable.com/upright-labs/


Upright Labs https://uprightlabs.com | Washington, DC | Fullstack engineer | Onsite | Full-Time

Upright Labs builds multichannel ecommerce software for retailers. We make it really easy for second-hand retailers to manage inventory and sell online, everywhere. Our software processes thousands of items each month and has helped retailers sell millions in inventory.

Our stack is Rails on the backend with React.js with Typescript on the frontend, backed by a Postgres DB. We run everything on AWS and Heroku, logging with LogDNA, CI with Circle CI, error tracking with Sentry, and source code on Github. We constantly evolve our stack and are always on the lookout for new exciting technologies.

We are looking for our 3rd fullstack engineer hire to join a small but mighty team of devs trying to make the best ecommerce software.

Apply at https://angel.co/company/upright-labs/jobs/356090-fullstack-... or contact me directly by emailing jackson at our domain.


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