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@cbdawson.bsky.social
• San Francisco Bay Area • Queer • Too many nature pix • FAIR and open gov science in the public interest • Geoscience • Water Resources • Birds! • Public Lands • Burrowing Owl & Pupfish stan acct •
This is a personal account, obviously 🙄
This is a personal account, obviously 🙄
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Top executives cannot shut up about AI.
… but is it helping?
… but is it helping?
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Top executives cannot shut up about AI.
… but is it helping?
… but is it helping?
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Trying to decide which Matplotlib colormap is a good colormap for differentiating grains in an image
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Trying to decide which Matplotlib colormap is a good colormap for differentiating grains in an image
Any recommendations of a good tutorial or guide *for a first-timer* on automated posting to bluesky? (yes, aka bots) Specifically, I'm thinking about pulling & posting data scientific info (especially imagery) from a data repository.
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Any recommendations of a good tutorial or guide *for a first-timer* on automated posting to bluesky? (yes, aka bots) Specifically, I'm thinking about pulling & posting data scientific info (especially imagery) from a data repository.
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Everyone getting mad at the New York Times for sitting on or suppressing mountains of evidence about Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump need to realize that they had a lot on their plate with trying to keep the country afraid of trans kids and Palestinians
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Everyone getting mad at the New York Times for sitting on or suppressing mountains of evidence about Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump need to realize that they had a lot on their plate with trying to keep the country afraid of trans kids and Palestinians
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Wait, Gavin Newsom's new CARB chair says the board will "rethink" the state's 2305 mandate to end sales of gas-only vehicles? As in, Newsom's crowning climate achievement and the biggest thing CA has done on climate in years?
This was reported a week ago and has gotten very little attention?
This was reported a week ago and has gotten very little attention?
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Wait, Gavin Newsom's new CARB chair says the board will "rethink" the state's 2305 mandate to end sales of gas-only vehicles? As in, Newsom's crowning climate achievement and the biggest thing CA has done on climate in years?
This was reported a week ago and has gotten very little attention?
This was reported a week ago and has gotten very little attention?
Important stormwater management techniques 🏒💧💦🍁
clearing storm drains like we did back in the old country
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Important stormwater management techniques 🏒💧💦🍁
I always love mud volcano videos, but one erupting under the house is 😟😫
⚒️🧪 The Wandan mud volcano in southern Taiwan erupted again yesterday (12/11/25)!
The eruption occurred at 3 vents. Sadly one vent was under a house.
This is its 11th eruption in the last ~3 years, most recently in June 2025.
Video courtesy of my friends 陳玉意 and 張寶惠.
Best with sound on.
The eruption occurred at 3 vents. Sadly one vent was under a house.
This is its 11th eruption in the last ~3 years, most recently in June 2025.
Video courtesy of my friends 陳玉意 and 張寶惠.
Best with sound on.
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I always love mud volcano videos, but one erupting under the house is 😟😫
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I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
Anyone good with random California melon identification?
~4-5" diameter. I think it's some kind of watermelon, based on its (very weak) flavor. I am not sure if the weak flavor is because it's not ripe yet, or just its normal taste.
Gleaned while birding in the delta.
~4-5" diameter. I think it's some kind of watermelon, based on its (very weak) flavor. I am not sure if the weak flavor is because it's not ripe yet, or just its normal taste.
Gleaned while birding in the delta.
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Anyone good with random California melon identification?
~4-5" diameter. I think it's some kind of watermelon, based on its (very weak) flavor. I am not sure if the weak flavor is because it's not ripe yet, or just its normal taste.
Gleaned while birding in the delta.
~4-5" diameter. I think it's some kind of watermelon, based on its (very weak) flavor. I am not sure if the weak flavor is because it's not ripe yet, or just its normal taste.
Gleaned while birding in the delta.
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It's a wrap on our Wellington Caves fieldwork and filming about groundwater recharge. I have some superstar UNSW colleagues, happy to film and be filmed. Looking forward to see how all this looks. Thanks to @marilumelozurita.bsky.social and the
@unswbees.bsky.social team
@unswbees.bsky.social team
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's a wrap on our Wellington Caves fieldwork and filming about groundwater recharge. I have some superstar UNSW colleagues, happy to film and be filmed. Looking forward to see how all this looks. Thanks to @marilumelozurita.bsky.social and the
@unswbees.bsky.social team
@unswbees.bsky.social team
Ah, also noticed @jfleck.bsky.social 's Water is for Fighting Over is also on sale:
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ah, also noticed @jfleck.bsky.social 's Water is for Fighting Over is also on sale:
Since Faith is being modest by not linking to her work, I will!
The stories and tools are perhaps even more relevant today, as we see a crisis of public confidence in science and the gutting of science & science communication in the US.
Also makes a great winter holiday gift!
#booksky #scicomm 🧪
The stories and tools are perhaps even more relevant today, as we see a crisis of public confidence in science and the gutting of science & science communication in the US.
Also makes a great winter holiday gift!
#booksky #scicomm 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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I'm sad that I'm missing it but I'm in Italy right now so I'm not TOO sad.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I'm sad that I'm missing it but I'm in Italy right now so I'm not TOO sad.
Ah well, no luck.
But at least I get to enjoy photos from other folks! Although the best part isn't really the photos, it's all the joy and excitement of the people posting from all over at the same time!
But at least I get to enjoy photos from other folks! Although the best part isn't really the photos, it's all the joy and excitement of the people posting from all over at the same time!
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Ah well, no luck.
But at least I get to enjoy photos from other folks! Although the best part isn't really the photos, it's all the joy and excitement of the people posting from all over at the same time!
But at least I get to enjoy photos from other folks! Although the best part isn't really the photos, it's all the joy and excitement of the people posting from all over at the same time!
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November 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I mean, yes, but also 🤔
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I mean, yes, but also 🤔
Locals, anyone got some clear skies & aurora views in the #SFBayArea?
#Berkeley, #Oakland, #SanFrancisco
#Berkeley, #Oakland, #SanFrancisco
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Locals, anyone got some clear skies & aurora views in the #SFBayArea?
#Berkeley, #Oakland, #SanFrancisco
#Berkeley, #Oakland, #SanFrancisco
Feeling jealous.
I had been considering going down this week but decided it was still too hot for my tastes. Oh well.
I had been considering going down this week but decided it was still too hot for my tastes. Oh well.
Imperial Irrigation District’s camera on the Salton Sea near Niland, California, exploding with Aurora color.
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Feeling jealous.
I had been considering going down this week but decided it was still too hot for my tastes. Oh well.
I had been considering going down this week but decided it was still too hot for my tastes. Oh well.
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Aurora in the Sierra foothills! This is Willow Creek’s ALERT camera, a bit south east of Sacramento. #AuroraWatch cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=38.7069_...
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Aurora in the Sierra foothills! This is Willow Creek’s ALERT camera, a bit south east of Sacramento. #AuroraWatch cameras.alertcalifornia.org?pos=38.7069_...
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Update: it is indeed a good night!
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Update: it is indeed a good night!
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Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
Ok #bicycle people, I need suggestions! I want to light up my bike with colorful LEDs to make me more visible from the side when it's dark at 5PM and I'm running errands. Any recommendations?
I keep seeing brightz, but they seem to get pretty negative reviews about durability.
#bike #bikes 🚲
I keep seeing brightz, but they seem to get pretty negative reviews about durability.
#bike #bikes 🚲
a person is riding a bike with lights on the wheel
Alt: a person is riding a bike with lights on the wheel
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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