Shawn Carter
@shawncarter.bsky.social
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It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
The number of posts I'm seeing of people measuring their snow on a patio table is too damn high! Middle of your yard, as far from trees or roofs as possible. @capitalweather.bsky.social , maybe before the next event, have a small training to say why you don't use the table next to your house...
January 25, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The number of posts I'm seeing of people measuring their snow on a patio table is too damn high! Middle of your yard, as far from trees or roofs as possible. @capitalweather.bsky.social , maybe before the next event, have a small training to say why you don't use the table next to your house...
Happy New Year, y'all. Here's a small BTS looks at how the National Water Center's Synthetic Aperture Radar River Ice Surveillance (SARRIS) is created. SARRIS is a new experimental National Water Center product can be viewed at www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/special/sarris
December 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Happy New Year, y'all. Here's a small BTS looks at how the National Water Center's Synthetic Aperture Radar River Ice Surveillance (SARRIS) is created. SARRIS is a new experimental National Water Center product can be viewed at www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/special/sarris
#Astrophotography My version of the Andromeda Galaxy. Taken with a 61mm refractor with a 368mm focal length. 3 hours and 9 minutes of integration time.
Williams Optics ZenithStar 61 II and ZWO ASI183MC Pro.
63 x 180 second exposures.
Williams Optics ZenithStar 61 II and ZWO ASI183MC Pro.
63 x 180 second exposures.
December 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#Astrophotography My version of the Andromeda Galaxy. Taken with a 61mm refractor with a 368mm focal length. 3 hours and 9 minutes of integration time.
Williams Optics ZenithStar 61 II and ZWO ASI183MC Pro.
63 x 180 second exposures.
Williams Optics ZenithStar 61 II and ZWO ASI183MC Pro.
63 x 180 second exposures.
For the first time in two years, I got my #astrophotography kit out and under stars last night. Image isn't ready yet, I want to collect some more on Wednesday. But happy with sub-arcsecond guiding and consistent focus. Amazing how perishable that knowledge is...
December 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For the first time in two years, I got my #astrophotography kit out and under stars last night. Image isn't ready yet, I want to collect some more on Wednesday. But happy with sub-arcsecond guiding and consistent focus. Amazing how perishable that knowledge is...
Another year, another 160 hours of use or lose leave lost. When I see politicians say federal public servants don't work hard, and should strive to be more like corporate America, I want to mail them my LES. You think I'd forego time off for a stock price? It's because what I do matters.
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Another year, another 160 hours of use or lose leave lost. When I see politicians say federal public servants don't work hard, and should strive to be more like corporate America, I want to mail them my LES. You think I'd forego time off for a stock price? It's because what I do matters.
Test fit of a 3D printed #Copernicus #Sentinel-1 SAR satellite. It's about 30cm across the solar cells. Next steps, black undercoat, gold and silver leaf application and metallic paints for the small doodads. Solar cell paint, fingers crossed, if my idea works will look like glass.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Test fit of a 3D printed #Copernicus #Sentinel-1 SAR satellite. It's about 30cm across the solar cells. Next steps, black undercoat, gold and silver leaf application and metallic paints for the small doodads. Solar cell paint, fingers crossed, if my idea works will look like glass.
My first daylight saving time with Betty... Oh. My. God. This cat thinks she is going to absolutely starve. Less than a year ago, she literally was starving, a bad ass kitten of the streets, now a pampered suburban cat of leisure. How soon we forget, lol.
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My first daylight saving time with Betty... Oh. My. God. This cat thinks she is going to absolutely starve. Less than a year ago, she literally was starving, a bad ass kitten of the streets, now a pampered suburban cat of leisure. How soon we forget, lol.
What are the chances they'll allow Sentinel-1A to remain operational after 1D is commissioned like Sentinel-2A?
7 days until liftoff! 🚀
On 4 Nov 2025 at 18:03 local (French Guiana) / 21:03 UTC / 22:03 CET, Sentinel-1D launches aboard Ariane 6 — keeping Copernicus radar eyes on Earth, all weather, all the time. 🌍
#Sentinel1D #Copernicus #ESA #Ariane6 #EarthObservation
On 4 Nov 2025 at 18:03 local (French Guiana) / 21:03 UTC / 22:03 CET, Sentinel-1D launches aboard Ariane 6 — keeping Copernicus radar eyes on Earth, all weather, all the time. 🌍
#Sentinel1D #Copernicus #ESA #Ariane6 #EarthObservation
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
What are the chances they'll allow Sentinel-1A to remain operational after 1D is commissioned like Sentinel-2A?
The GloFAS forecast hydrograph for a river in southeast Cuba is remarkable. The 25th quantile of the hydrograph is north of the 100 year flow. That upper tail..that's Noah's Arc territory. If it validates, #HurricanMelissa is bringing epic flooding after the wind destruction.
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The GloFAS forecast hydrograph for a river in southeast Cuba is remarkable. The 25th quantile of the hydrograph is north of the 100 year flow. That upper tail..that's Noah's Arc territory. If it validates, #HurricanMelissa is bringing epic flooding after the wind destruction.
River ice is starting to get real in Alaska after a bit of a delayed start. The National Water Center's new experimental product, Synthetic Aperture Radar River Ice Surveillance (SARRIS) is active and operational in the Alaska Domain. www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/special/sarris
Synthetic Aperature Radar River Ice Surveillance
www.nohrsc.noaa.gov
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
River ice is starting to get real in Alaska after a bit of a delayed start. The National Water Center's new experimental product, Synthetic Aperture Radar River Ice Surveillance (SARRIS) is active and operational in the Alaska Domain. www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/special/sarris
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Our @statesnewsroom.com coverage of Saturday's "No Kings" protests has already begun, with preview stories from Utah, Rhode Island, Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Nevada, Indiana, Kentucky...
At least 15 ‘No Kings’ protests planned across Alabama Saturday
At least 15 demonstrations are planned across Alabama as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests on Saturday. The protests are against President Donald Trump and his concentration of power in the e...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Our @statesnewsroom.com coverage of Saturday's "No Kings" protests has already begun, with preview stories from Utah, Rhode Island, Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Nevada, Indiana, Kentucky...
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🌊 Let's talk about something: We don't need another startup building "the world's most accurate flood model." A thread 🧵
tl;dr 👉 Stop chasing marginal gains in flood depth accuracy and start building the smart, human-centered tools that actually save properties and lives.
#FloodRisk #Stormwater
tl;dr 👉 Stop chasing marginal gains in flood depth accuracy and start building the smart, human-centered tools that actually save properties and lives.
#FloodRisk #Stormwater
October 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🌊 Let's talk about something: We don't need another startup building "the world's most accurate flood model." A thread 🧵
tl;dr 👉 Stop chasing marginal gains in flood depth accuracy and start building the smart, human-centered tools that actually save properties and lives.
#FloodRisk #Stormwater
tl;dr 👉 Stop chasing marginal gains in flood depth accuracy and start building the smart, human-centered tools that actually save properties and lives.
#FloodRisk #Stormwater
@support.bsky.team Why am I blocked because of Mississippi's shite law when I live in Alabama? I'm 60 miles inside of Alabama. Your net is too freaking big.
August 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@support.bsky.team Why am I blocked because of Mississippi's shite law when I live in Alabama? I'm 60 miles inside of Alabama. Your net is too freaking big.
This seems like such a cool idea. I am really tempted to ship my astrophotography kit to them...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes - Fast Company share.google/aX0UrIDat5RV...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes - Fast Company share.google/aX0UrIDat5RV...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes
Starfront’s remote observatory lets customers aim their scopes at the cosmos from anywhere.
share.google
August 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This seems like such a cool idea. I am really tempted to ship my astrophotography kit to them...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes - Fast Company share.google/aX0UrIDat5RV...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes - Fast Company share.google/aX0UrIDat5RV...
Step one ✔️
Separation from third stage. This is a highly complex satellite and the rest of pre commissioning activities are just as difficult as launching successfully into orbit. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/...
Separation from third stage. This is a highly complex satellite and the rest of pre commissioning activities are just as difficult as launching successfully into orbit. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/...
NASA-ISRO’s NISAR Spacecraft Separates From Rocket’s Third Stage - NASA Science
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) spacecraft has separated from the third stage of ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket and will
science.nasa.gov
July 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Step one ✔️
Separation from third stage. This is a highly complex satellite and the rest of pre commissioning activities are just as difficult as launching successfully into orbit. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/...
Separation from third stage. This is a highly complex satellite and the rest of pre commissioning activities are just as difficult as launching successfully into orbit. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/...
Well, sorry kids, but whoever wins the #LLWS this year gets to wear an asterisk. Venezuelan baseball team denied visas into US, Little League International says | CNN share.google/uDndsHUsTtXS...
Screw this timeline.
Screw this timeline.
Venezuelan baseball team denied visas into US, Little League International says | CNN
A Venezuelan baseball team was denied visas into the United States and will miss this year’s Senior Baseball World Series, Little League International confirmed Friday.
share.google
July 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Well, sorry kids, but whoever wins the #LLWS this year gets to wear an asterisk. Venezuelan baseball team denied visas into US, Little League International says | CNN share.google/uDndsHUsTtXS...
Screw this timeline.
Screw this timeline.
Watched the CUAHSI/CIROH Summer Institute Capstone today. The amount of work those young grad students completed in five weeks was extraordinary. Fantastic science. The kids, as they say, are alright.
July 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Watched the CUAHSI/CIROH Summer Institute Capstone today. The amount of work those young grad students completed in five weeks was extraordinary. Fantastic science. The kids, as they say, are alright.
I've adopted some new ML techniques for my remote sensing work. I've gotten lost in the Random Forest and I never want to be found again.
July 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I've adopted some new ML techniques for my remote sensing work. I've gotten lost in the Random Forest and I never want to be found again.
My brain immediately to marijuana reading this headline and I was so confused...
July 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My brain immediately to marijuana reading this headline and I was so confused...
Nailed the feature space + sampling code for SAR RF model. First mini training done — and of course RF picked totally different features than expected. Not a dealbreaker, but I’ve got to rethink the whole training scene strategy. #RemoteSensing
June 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Nailed the feature space + sampling code for SAR RF model. First mini training done — and of course RF picked totally different features than expected. Not a dealbreaker, but I’ve got to rethink the whole training scene strategy. #RemoteSensing
When classifying #Sentinel1 data, does anyone have a trick for getting water features in their classification model in long fetch winds? Thinking of using a Gaussian Mixture Model to cluster the wind and use that with its associated probs with my other data in a random forest.
May 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
When classifying #Sentinel1 data, does anyone have a trick for getting water features in their classification model in long fetch winds? Thinking of using a Gaussian Mixture Model to cluster the wind and use that with its associated probs with my other data in a random forest.
I know the earth moves in earthquakes. Academically, I understand the processes, but there is just something otherworldly seeing the landscape move so far in so little time. I
Wow! I’ve never seen anything like this 😱
This CCTV footage captures the powerful M7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar in March. You can clearly see the dramatic shift in the ground.
You need to watch it a few times to take everything in. Don't be distracted by the gate. Absolutely surreal.
This CCTV footage captures the powerful M7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar in March. You can clearly see the dramatic shift in the ground.
You need to watch it a few times to take everything in. Don't be distracted by the gate. Absolutely surreal.
May 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I know the earth moves in earthquakes. Academically, I understand the processes, but there is just something otherworldly seeing the landscape move so far in so little time. I
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What follows if we imagine rivers as having lives, deaths––& even rights?
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers
As pollution levels hit record highs and fresh water becomes ‘the new oil’, is it time to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world?
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What follows if we imagine rivers as having lives, deaths––& even rights?
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...