If you’ve ever wondered where endless scam calls come from… SIM farms. USSS just shut a few down. That’s good news. But no, they weren’t going to knock out every phone in New York. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBZj...

My advisors and I finally submitted our next paper! #PhDChat

Orbio Earth just open-sourced their full methane detection pipeline—models, tools, synthetic-plume engine & validation notebooks—for Sentinel-2, Landsat 8/9, and EMIT. #Methane #ClimateTech #OpenSource - orbio-earth.github.io/Project-Euca...

How do we track water flowing through rivers from space? This major review says: 1–3 day revisit. Resolution down to 30–100 m widths. Must include width, slope, & velocity. Flood forecasting + water management depend on it. #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #WaterResources doi.org/10.1029/2024...

The Trump administration is pushing NASA to kill two critical climate satellites. The Orbiting Carbon Observatories track CO₂ globally — data vital to scientists, farmers, and even oil companies. Cost? Just $15M/year. #ClimateScience #EarthObservation futurism.com/white-house-...

"At the current rate of horrible fiery deaths, FuelArc projects the Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto's 0.85. " - futurism.com/the-byte/cyb...

Want to overlay a heatmap on a real map using Python? This guide walks through visualizing EF3–EF5 tornado trends across the U.S. with NOAA data, grid-based bins, and Matplotlib. Bonus: how to include tornado endpoints too! #geospatial #Python towardsdatascience.com/how-to-overl...

Just launched: SMAP salinity data V5.0 + V5.3 with ice/ocean flags — available now via NASA’s SNWG Earthdata Portal. Track salinity near the sea ice edge like never before. #SeaSurfaceSalinity #NASAData www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/sea-sur...

A record-breaking heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe and North Africa. Copernicus Sentinel-3 reveals land surface temps far above normal – and the Mediterranean Sea isn't spared either. #ClimateCrisis #EarthObservation www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

NASA’s PACE satellite just dropped a year of stunning hyperspectral data—mapping chlorophyll, carotenoids & anthocyanins globally, every 1–2 days. It's the first time we’re seeing land plants in full spectral color from space. #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5548/

It appears that MethaneSAT is gone. Launched in March 2024 to track powerful methane leaks, the Bezos-backed satellite veered off course over Norway and lost power. #MethaneLeaks #ClimateChange #MethaneSAT www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Microsoft just launched Planetary Computer Pro (Public Preview) — a cloud-native geospatial platform built for AI, ML, and massive-scale analysis. 50PB+ of data, now enterprise-ready via Azure. #Geospatial #AI techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/iotblog...

A great read on automating your ML workflow in just 10 lines of Python. With LazyPredict + pycaret, you can test over 20 models instantly and compare their performance. #MachineLearning #Python #AutoML towardsdatascience.com/how-i-automa...

This is even worse - Brian Wilson just passed away. The Beach Boys are probably my all-time favorite band, and Brian Wilson was an absolute treasure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNX...

So sad to hear of Sly Stone's passing. Absolutely loved him and the Family Stone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_x...

ChatGPT just released Codex. You can connect to a GitHub repository, and it will explain the codebase to newcomers, suggest codebase improvements, and identify and fix critical bugs. Then do a pull/merge request! Kind of awesome. chatgpt.com/codex/ #vibecoding #chatgpt #codex

Satellite images show Mount Etna's major eruption on June 2nd, 2025, releasing a large plume of sulfur dioxide & ash. ESA's Sentinel-5P & Sentinel-2 missions captured the event. #MountEtna #News

NASA’s “Power of 10” for safety-critical code is awesome. No recursion. No dynamic memory after init. No function > 60 lines. Every return value is checked. Brutal but beautiful. Great video review. #CleanCode www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKa...

Is America facing a literacy crisis? Not exactly. But 40% of 4th graders can't read at a basic level. And 28% of adults are functionally illiterate. The real problem? It's been bad for a long time—and it's getting worse. But Mississippi shows it's fixable. #reading www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCT...

Trump admin. revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students, impacting nearly 6,800 students. The action follows accusations of harboring anti-American agitators & CCP ties. Harvard disputes claims. #HigherEducation #News

Flannery O’Connor’s once-hidden artworks are on view at her Georgia farm, offering new insight into her creative process. #FlanneryOConnor #ArtExhibition www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Based on the article I came across yesterday, I put this together. It's an 'LLM-Assisted Project Development Template'. I am unsure if it works entirely, but I will test it out. Not sure if anyone else is playing with this type of development. github.com/Eric-Ness/my...

I really like this tutorial – defining .cursor/rules as your AI’s “operating manual” keeps context consistent and cuts down on misfires. #AICoding #PairProgramming - www.aitidbits.ai/p/sahar-ai-c...

Check out creative ways to export your maps from QGIS to Illustrator — then bring them to life with animations in Premiere! #QGIS #Illustrator #PremierePro #MapDesign - www.chiaraphillips.com/post/make-th...

NOAA retired its billion-dollar weather disaster database, ending public tracking of extreme weather costs since 1980. The database will be archived but not updated. #ClimateChange #News

ESA’s new Biomass Dataset v6 delivers the longest-ever satellite-based record of above‑ground forest carbon (2007–2022), mapping trunks & branches at 100 m–50 km resolution. A game‑changer for climate & carbon modelling! #ForestBiomass #ClimateAction www.esa.int/Applications...

Over 90 technician vacancies threaten Doppler radar & surface station upkeep, risking prolonged outages when storms hit. Since Trump’s second term began, @noaa.gov has lost 550+ employees—the same number lost in the previous 15 years combined. #Meteorology - edition.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...

So I have been busy working on this as of late. It's been a lot of fun.

I like Mark Litwintschik's write-up/review of 'GeoDeep's AI Detection on Maxar's Satellite Imagery'. GeoDeep is a Python package that can detect objects in satellite imagery. In the walk, he detects cars, trees, buildings, roads, and planes. #AI #EO #remotesensing tech.marksblogg.com/geodeep-maxa...

A stark east-west split in 2024: Spain through northern Fennoscandia recorded record-wet conditions, while eastern Ukraine and parts of southwestern Russia endured their driest year since 1979. #WeatherExtremes climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2024/p...

This is one of the better write-ups on @esaearth.esa.int #EarthCARE satellite data, which captures clouds, aerosols, and radiation. Early results show better forecasts and insights into storm dynamics, snowfall speeds, and global cloud behavior. #ESA #EO www.ecmwf.int/en/newslette...

This video on using LLMs discusses many important points, such as the fact that creativity isn't about the first idea, that inspiration is a discipline, and that AI should be treated as a teammate. #AI #LLM #Creativity www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv77...

From 0.06°C to 0.27°C per decade 🌡️ — Sea-surface warming has accelerated dramatically since the 1980s, says a new ESA-backed study. Greenhouse gases are driving the trend. #ClimateChange - www.esa.int/Applications...

Every once in a while, I like to revisit this video. About four years ago, I decided I wanted to read more books. It's like the pep talk you didn't know you needed. #Read #Books www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIW5...

Using satellite data from ESA’s Sentinel-1A & Sentinel-2B/C + NASA JPL’s ARIA, scientists mapped >3 m horizontal land shifts along Myanmar’s Sagaing Fault during the Mar 28, 2025 quakes. #RemoteSensing #Earthquake - earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15415...

Ryan Holiday’s Naval Academy lecture was canceled after he refused to omit mention of 381 removed books—including Maya Angelou’s—from the Nimitz library, revealing how fear of reprisal stifles academic freedom. #AcademicFreedom - www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

@astrokimcartier.bsky.social reported that NOAA is set to decommission 14 earthquake, marine & coastal datasets by mid-May. Data’s not being merged—it’s disappearing. Scientists urge you to download now before it’s gone! #OpenData #Science eos.org/research-and...

This looks like a cool and quick tutorial on training a model for detecting solar panels using aerial imagery and GeoAI. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Omk... Code: geoai.gishub.org/examples/tra...

Later this month, ESA will launch Biomass, a radar-equipped satellite that can see through rainforest canopies to weigh carbon stored in the world’s remotest forests. #RemoteSensing #Biomass #CarbonMapping www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

I've been using LLMs to code for a long time. Developing good code prompts to help you is crucial. I came across this YouTube video yesterday that is pretty good and similar to my approach. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRog...

Introducing the Earth Observation Training Data Lab (EOTDL) by ESA! Learn how to create your own EO training datasets with EOTDL tutorials. Dive into STAC metadata, dataset ingestion, and model building. #RemoteSensing #OpenData #EO #MachineLearning www.eotdl.com

Thanks to EarthCARE’s next-gen radiometer and imager, we’re seeing Spanish thunderstorms in breathtaking detail — and gaining vital insights into our planet’s climate system. #SatelliteData #Climate - earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

I run another bsky account that posts news. It is completely automated, fetches top stories, summarizes them with Gemini, and posts clean, paywall-free updates to the AT Protocol feed. Posting for transparency and interest. Code: github.com/Eric-Ness/Ne... Bsky: bsky.app/profile/news...

2025 Antarctic sea ice stats are in: • 7th lowest extent on record • Volume down 56% from the long-term average • 2nd year in a row below 2M km² The melt is not uniform, but the trend is clear. #ClimateChange #Antarctica - marine.copernicus.eu/news/antarct...

The Hitchcock/Truffaut audio tapes/interviews on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq51...

Say hello to better climate models. EarthCARE’s new Level-2 products fuse radar, lidar, and imaging to reveal the atmosphere in 3D. Full data portfolio landing by Dec 2025. #EarthCARE #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #ESA earth.esa.int/eogateway/ne...

If you’re into JupyterLab + AI, this guide shows how to run your own coding assistant locally using Jupyter AI and Ollama. No data leaves your machine. The walkthrough: towardsdatascience.com/build-your-o... #Jupyter #AI #Ollama

A great set of GIS font icons. github.com/Viglino/font...

Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri, detained by DHS, is temporarily prevented from deportation. A judge ruled he cannot be removed without further order. DHS alleges Hamas propaganda; Suri's lawyers cite retaliation for pro-Palestinian views. His release is pending. #Immigration #News

Sentinel-1C radar data → Interferograms → Insights into ground shifts post-earthquake, landslides, volcanic activity. #EarthObservation #Sentinel1C www.esa.int/Applications...