Kit Macleod
@kitmacleod.bsky.social
Environmental researcher 🌍 | data engineer | software engineer
Digital Tool Specialist @ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology https://www.ceh.ac.uk/
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Digital Tool Specialist @ UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology https://www.ceh.ac.uk/
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https://bit.ly/KitMacleod - Google Scholar
https://bit.ly/MonitoringEarth - Bsky feed
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We were pleased to have been part of #CaSTCo, helping advance collaborative river monitoring across England and Wales.
As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap
#RiverRecovery
3/3
As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap
#RiverRecovery
3/3
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We were pleased to have been part of #CaSTCo, helping advance collaborative river monitoring across England and Wales.
As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap
#RiverRecovery
3/3
As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap
#RiverRecovery
3/3
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The #CaSTCo project shows how community data can drive decisions on river management in England & Wales.
UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science.
🔗 castco.org/impact-report
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UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science.
🔗 castco.org/impact-report
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November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The #CaSTCo project shows how community data can drive decisions on river management in England & Wales.
UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science.
🔗 castco.org/impact-report
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UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science.
🔗 castco.org/impact-report
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I enjoyed working with the #CaSTCo #citizen-science community to learn about their needs (related to data; from collection to use). One of our outputs, was a set of data governance principles. Read more in impact report. @theriverstrust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
castco.org/impact-report/
castco.org/impact-report/
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I enjoyed working with the #CaSTCo #citizen-science community to learn about their needs (related to data; from collection to use). One of our outputs, was a set of data governance principles. Read more in impact report. @theriverstrust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
castco.org/impact-report/
castco.org/impact-report/
Great to see UK river #citizen-science impact report #CaSTCo published. Telling all about the community's achievements. @ukceh.bsky.social @waterrangers.bsky.social @theriverstrust.bsky.social @riverflies.bsky.social
castco.org/impact-report/
castco.org/impact-report/
Impact Report - CastCo
Contents of this report Section 1: Working together CaSTCo’s strength came from the network that surrounded and supported it. Collaboration flourished through shared research, national...
castco.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Great to see UK river #citizen-science impact report #CaSTCo published. Telling all about the community's achievements. @ukceh.bsky.social @waterrangers.bsky.social @theriverstrust.bsky.social @riverflies.bsky.social
castco.org/impact-report/
castco.org/impact-report/
Learn from Simon about impressive #FDRI efforts to provide quality controlled near-real time data on how our catchments/rivers are responding hydrologically.
Live data from the Upper Severn, Upper Tweed and Chess catchments will help tackle floods and droughts as part of #FDRI 💧
Simon Stanley from UKCEH explains what happens to FDRI data once it's captured in the field.
Check out our video!
Simon Stanley from UKCEH explains what happens to FDRI data once it's captured in the field.
Check out our video!
What is FDRI data and how can it be used to understand hydrological extremes?
Alongside integrating key datasets from across the UK, FDRI will deliver live data from monitoring equipment installed in three observatory catchments: the U...
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Learn from Simon about impressive #FDRI efforts to provide quality controlled near-real time data on how our catchments/rivers are responding hydrologically.
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📣 Great news for UK hydrology!
The UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) has announced release of two new datasets: UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2. They provide access to sub-daily river flow and hydrometeorological data across 100s of UK catchments
🔗 fdri.org.uk/news/new-hyd...
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The UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) has announced release of two new datasets: UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2. They provide access to sub-daily river flow and hydrometeorological data across 100s of UK catchments
🔗 fdri.org.uk/news/new-hyd...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📣 Great news for UK hydrology!
The UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) has announced release of two new datasets: UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2. They provide access to sub-daily river flow and hydrometeorological data across 100s of UK catchments
🔗 fdri.org.uk/news/new-hyd...
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The UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) has announced release of two new datasets: UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2. They provide access to sub-daily river flow and hydrometeorological data across 100s of UK catchments
🔗 fdri.org.uk/news/new-hyd...
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🎥 Our new webinar introduces UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2 and shares what’s next for FDRI data.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8
Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼
#FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8
Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼
#FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience
FDRI: Large-sample hydrology data webinar
YouTube video by UKCEH
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🎥 Our new webinar introduces UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2 and shares what’s next for FDRI data.
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8
Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼
#FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8
Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼
#FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScience
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October 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Thanks to these key individuals to helping #FDRI improving knowledge of floods and droughts.
Meet the FDRI catchment champions!
This Flood Action Week we're pleased to introduce our catchment champions for the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure.
🎥 See how they're working in communities across the UK to increase national resilience to floods.
youtu.be/aXvio-NQXjE 🧪
This Flood Action Week we're pleased to introduce our catchment champions for the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure.
🎥 See how they're working in communities across the UK to increase national resilience to floods.
youtu.be/aXvio-NQXjE 🧪
Introducing the FDRI Catchment Champions
YouTube video by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Thanks to these key individuals to helping #FDRI improving knowledge of floods and droughts.
Reposted by Kit Macleod
NEW – Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024 |
@orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/AQ99WCO
@orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/AQ99WCO
October 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEW – Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024 |
@orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/AQ99WCO
@orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/AQ99WCO
Learning about a wide range of meteorological and soil sensor systems from members of the excellent @ukceh.bsky.social #FDRI team.
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Learning about a wide range of meteorological and soil sensor systems from members of the excellent @ukceh.bsky.social #FDRI team.
An enjoyable day with @ukceh.bsky.social Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure #FDRI field and digital colleagues exploring data collection on the banks of the River Thames.
October 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
An enjoyable day with @ukceh.bsky.social Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure #FDRI field and digital colleagues exploring data collection on the banks of the River Thames.
Reposted by Kit Macleod
Coming soon on Counting the Earth...
🔥 We discuss the changing nature of wildfires with UKCEH fire scientist Dr Doug Kelley. And we're at Holt Heath in Dorset, scene of a devastating wildfire in August, to talk to Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service.
🎧🧪 Subscribe on your favourite #podcast provider!
🔥 We discuss the changing nature of wildfires with UKCEH fire scientist Dr Doug Kelley. And we're at Holt Heath in Dorset, scene of a devastating wildfire in August, to talk to Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service.
🎧🧪 Subscribe on your favourite #podcast provider!
October 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Coming soon on Counting the Earth...
🔥 We discuss the changing nature of wildfires with UKCEH fire scientist Dr Doug Kelley. And we're at Holt Heath in Dorset, scene of a devastating wildfire in August, to talk to Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service.
🎧🧪 Subscribe on your favourite #podcast provider!
🔥 We discuss the changing nature of wildfires with UKCEH fire scientist Dr Doug Kelley. And we're at Holt Heath in Dorset, scene of a devastating wildfire in August, to talk to Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service.
🎧🧪 Subscribe on your favourite #podcast provider!
Reposted by Kit Macleod
Is the term "vibe engineering" kind of stupid, leaning into the gatekeeping distinction between "coders" and "real software engineers"
It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!
It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is the term "vibe engineering" kind of stupid, leaning into the gatekeeping distinction between "coders" and "real software engineers"
It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!
It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!
"We will produce actionable guidance, including a white paper and updated tools, to help repositories, funders, and policymakers strengthen data infrastructure and build resilience against future crises."
🎉 We're thrilled to share that ESIP has received an award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support our work on making data repositories stronger.
🙌 Huge thank you to the Sloan Foundation!
Data stability is key. 💡 Let's make it stronger together!
➡️ Learn more: www.esipfed.org/repository-r...
🙌 Huge thank you to the Sloan Foundation!
Data stability is key. 💡 Let's make it stronger together!
➡️ Learn more: www.esipfed.org/repository-r...
October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"We will produce actionable guidance, including a white paper and updated tools, to help repositories, funders, and policymakers strengthen data infrastructure and build resilience against future crises."
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🌍🔥 Climate change fuels insecurity—from resource conflicts to forced migration.
@unep.org explains how climate adaptation & peacebuilding can go hand in hand to build resilience.
Learn more:https://www.unep.org/topics/disasters-and-conflicts/environment-security/climate-change-and-security-risks
@unep.org explains how climate adaptation & peacebuilding can go hand in hand to build resilience.
Learn more:https://www.unep.org/topics/disasters-and-conflicts/environment-security/climate-change-and-security-risks
October 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🌍🔥 Climate change fuels insecurity—from resource conflicts to forced migration.
@unep.org explains how climate adaptation & peacebuilding can go hand in hand to build resilience.
Learn more:https://www.unep.org/topics/disasters-and-conflicts/environment-security/climate-change-and-security-risks
@unep.org explains how climate adaptation & peacebuilding can go hand in hand to build resilience.
Learn more:https://www.unep.org/topics/disasters-and-conflicts/environment-security/climate-change-and-security-risks
Reposted by Kit Macleod
Decided to live blog this morning's OpenAI DevDay announcements, since I'm in the audience simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/o...
OpenAI DevDay 2025 live blog
I’m at OpenAI DevDay in Fort Mason, San Francisco today. As I did last year, I’m going to be live blogging the announcements from the kenote. Unlike last year, this …
simonwillison.net
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Decided to live blog this morning's OpenAI DevDay announcements, since I'm in the audience simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/o...
Reposted by Kit Macleod
New Lonboard release and new demo! Integrating marimo and Apache DataFusion to visualize the NYC taxi dataset. developmentseed.org/lonboard/lat...
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New Lonboard release and new demo! Integrating marimo and Apache DataFusion to visualize the NYC taxi dataset. developmentseed.org/lonboard/lat...
Reposted by Kit Macleod
Our SIGMOD paper with our friends at Tsinghua + @wesmckinney.com + @pateljm.bsky.social on creating a next generation open-source data file format is out. F3 is a future-proof file format avoids the mistakes of Parquet.
📄 Paper: db.cs.cmu.edu/papers/2025/...
📁 Code: github.com/future-file-...
📄 Paper: db.cs.cmu.edu/papers/2025/...
📁 Code: github.com/future-file-...
October 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Our SIGMOD paper with our friends at Tsinghua + @wesmckinney.com + @pateljm.bsky.social on creating a next generation open-source data file format is out. F3 is a future-proof file format avoids the mistakes of Parquet.
📄 Paper: db.cs.cmu.edu/papers/2025/...
📁 Code: github.com/future-file-...
📄 Paper: db.cs.cmu.edu/papers/2025/...
📁 Code: github.com/future-file-...
Learning about UK flood hydrology roadmap at #HydroJULES @ukceh.bsky.social Royal Society meeting.
September 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Learning about UK flood hydrology roadmap at #HydroJULES @ukceh.bsky.social Royal Society meeting.
Panel about "Whose data we can trust?" Great to hear different perspectives on challenges and needs. #CaSTCo river citizen science data.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Panel about "Whose data we can trust?" Great to hear different perspectives on challenges and needs. #CaSTCo river citizen science data.
Alfie and Josh talking about the challenges of community citizen science data #CaSTCo @odihq.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Alfie and Josh talking about the challenges of community citizen science data #CaSTCo @odihq.bsky.social
Fascinating panel about taking #CaSTCo river citizen science data roadmap ahead. Great to the themes in the questions from the audience about funding, lessons learned, trust etc.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Fascinating panel about taking #CaSTCo river citizen science data roadmap ahead. Great to the themes in the questions from the audience about funding, lessons learned, trust etc.
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The report stresses the cascading impacts of too much or too little water on economies and society.
Future reports will include more data, supported by initiatives like the Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS), coordinated by UKCEH.
🔗 wmo.int/publication-...
2/ #StateOfWater
Future reports will include more data, supported by initiatives like the Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS), coordinated by UKCEH.
🔗 wmo.int/publication-...
2/ #StateOfWater
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The report stresses the cascading impacts of too much or too little water on economies and society.
Future reports will include more data, supported by initiatives like the Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS), coordinated by UKCEH.
🔗 wmo.int/publication-...
2/ #StateOfWater
Future reports will include more data, supported by initiatives like the Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS), coordinated by UKCEH.
🔗 wmo.int/publication-...
2/ #StateOfWater