Ace Pugh, Ph.D. 🌱
@dracepugh.bsky.social
Working on phenotyping 🛰, digital ag 💻, plant breeding 🌾, crop genetics 🧬, and other amazing things for the USDA-ARS 🦅in Lubbock, TX and surrounding areas. Opinions are mine.
Website: https://acepugh.github.io/
Website: https://acepugh.github.io/
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Ace Pugh, Ph.D. 🌱
@dracepugh.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hey, folks 👋. I was on Twitter for quite some time, but I've recently made the swap over here to check it out.
I'm a USDA scientist working on #agriculture, #plantbreeding, #genetics, #phenomics, and #remotesensing more broadly. Hope to make many connections.
Please consider checking out my site!
I'm a USDA scientist working on #agriculture, #plantbreeding, #genetics, #phenomics, and #remotesensing more broadly. Hope to make many connections.
Please consider checking out my site!
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When I saw this snapping turtle in shallow water, with the light making magic - I knew it was a once in a lifetime moment ... 🌿
February 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
When I saw this snapping turtle in shallow water, with the light making magic - I knew it was a once in a lifetime moment ... 🌿
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Soaring adult red-tailed hawk. San Diego. 🌿🪶
January 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Soaring adult red-tailed hawk. San Diego. 🌿🪶
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“the hawk tuah girl has been milkshake ducked by her memecoin” i say as the neurologist schedules me for an emergency MRI
December 20, 2024 at 7:50 PM
“the hawk tuah girl has been milkshake ducked by her memecoin” i say as the neurologist schedules me for an emergency MRI
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December 6, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I've set myself up for headaches by making poor naming choices in the past. These are great tips to keep in mind.
If you want to get better at naming files, there are tons of useful resources out there! I've compiled a few in the thread below!
December 4, 2024 at 6:48 PM
I've set myself up for headaches by making poor naming choices in the past. These are great tips to keep in mind.
Scientific peer review
December 1, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Scientific peer review
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In a guarded compound at the foot of the Rockies, government scientists are working on a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country, or maybe just an adventurous billionaire, tries to dim the sun.
The U.S. Is Building an Early Warning System to Detect Geoengineering
Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country tries to dim the sun.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:28 PM
In a guarded compound at the foot of the Rockies, government scientists are working on a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country, or maybe just an adventurous billionaire, tries to dim the sun.
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Enjoying these beauties? Please thank a bog.
November 28, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Enjoying these beauties? Please thank a bog.
Happy turkey day, y'all 🦃
November 28, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Happy turkey day, y'all 🦃
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Another one of yesterday’s at #MaspieDen near #Falkland.
Trying to push myself to get out there even in not so perfect conditions and taking photos. Turns out grey skies are great for #waterfalls 😂
#scotland #landscapephotography #naturephotography #waterfall #happymonday
Trying to push myself to get out there even in not so perfect conditions and taking photos. Turns out grey skies are great for #waterfalls 😂
#scotland #landscapephotography #naturephotography #waterfall #happymonday
November 25, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Another one of yesterday’s at #MaspieDen near #Falkland.
Trying to push myself to get out there even in not so perfect conditions and taking photos. Turns out grey skies are great for #waterfalls 😂
#scotland #landscapephotography #naturephotography #waterfall #happymonday
Trying to push myself to get out there even in not so perfect conditions and taking photos. Turns out grey skies are great for #waterfalls 😂
#scotland #landscapephotography #naturephotography #waterfall #happymonday
I was always skeptical that something could really compete with Twitter. It just had the advantage of being the only game in town for so long.
#Bluesky might be real competition.
#Bluesky might be real competition.
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
For me, it certainly feels good to be here!
@natureportfolio.bsky.social @bsky.app
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
For me, it certainly feels good to be here!
@natureportfolio.bsky.social @bsky.app
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:55 AM
I was always skeptical that something could really compete with Twitter. It just had the advantage of being the only game in town for so long.
#Bluesky might be real competition.
#Bluesky might be real competition.
Great news.
Roboflow raises $40M US for the continued development of open source tools and platforms for vision AI.
This tech enables a lot of subject matter experts (e.g. farmers/weed scientists) to incorporate ML into their fields.
There is a lot of value in open source tech.
This tech enables a lot of subject matter experts (e.g. farmers/weed scientists) to incorporate ML into their fields.
There is a lot of value in open source tech.
We Raised $40M to Invest In Enterprise and Open Source Vision AI
At Roboflow, our mission is to make the world programmable. We’ve raised an additional $40 million to continue building the open source tools, platform, and community so developers and enterprises can...
blog.roboflow.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Great news.
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Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.
November 21, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.
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Scientists have published the first detailed analyses of the historic cache of lunar soil and rock that China retrieved from the far side of the moon this year, and they suggest that the moon may have some new stories to tell
Findings from the first lunar far side samples raise new questions about the moon’s history | CNN
The first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, according to two new studies.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Scientists have published the first detailed analyses of the historic cache of lunar soil and rock that China retrieved from the far side of the moon this year, and they suggest that the moon may have some new stories to tell
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Some time ago, NASA hired me to write about stuff humanity had flung into the heavens, far beyond Earth. They published it in 2018. This is it, a 372-page reference on every spaceship sent to deep space (cover by explorer & filmmaker extraordinaire @arielwaldman.com): www.nasa.gov/history/hist...
November 16, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Some time ago, NASA hired me to write about stuff humanity had flung into the heavens, far beyond Earth. They published it in 2018. This is it, a 372-page reference on every spaceship sent to deep space (cover by explorer & filmmaker extraordinaire @arielwaldman.com): www.nasa.gov/history/hist...
Hey, folks 👋. I was on Twitter for quite some time, but I've recently made the swap over here to check it out.
I'm a USDA scientist working on #agriculture, #plantbreeding, #genetics, #phenomics, and #remotesensing more broadly. Hope to make many connections.
Please consider checking out my site!
I'm a USDA scientist working on #agriculture, #plantbreeding, #genetics, #phenomics, and #remotesensing more broadly. Hope to make many connections.
Please consider checking out my site!
November 17, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Hey, folks 👋. I was on Twitter for quite some time, but I've recently made the swap over here to check it out.
I'm a USDA scientist working on #agriculture, #plantbreeding, #genetics, #phenomics, and #remotesensing more broadly. Hope to make many connections.
Please consider checking out my site!
I'm a USDA scientist working on #agriculture, #plantbreeding, #genetics, #phenomics, and #remotesensing more broadly. Hope to make many connections.
Please consider checking out my site!
Reposted by Ace Pugh, Ph.D. 🌱
'FilaMonster'
Approximately 3 days of 3 angstroms of Solar Dynamics Observatory data from February 2015 showing a huge filament wrapped around the Sun. All images repaired, processed, graded & ramped with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
Approximately 3 days of 3 angstroms of Solar Dynamics Observatory data from February 2015 showing a huge filament wrapped around the Sun. All images repaired, processed, graded & ramped with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
November 15, 2024 at 3:01 PM
'FilaMonster'
Approximately 3 days of 3 angstroms of Solar Dynamics Observatory data from February 2015 showing a huge filament wrapped around the Sun. All images repaired, processed, graded & ramped with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
Approximately 3 days of 3 angstroms of Solar Dynamics Observatory data from February 2015 showing a huge filament wrapped around the Sun. All images repaired, processed, graded & ramped with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
Wow. Sabre-toothed cat cub found, preserved. Really cool! #paleontology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia
www.nature.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Wow. Sabre-toothed cat cub found, preserved. Really cool! #paleontology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...