Michael Schmidt
@mschmidty.bsky.social
Wildlife Biologist that’s passionate about #rstats, #gis, the #web, and data driven land management.
Good.
AmeriCorps programs that DOGE had tagged for elimination must be reinstated, along with the volunteers they support, in 24 states that sued to save them
Judge Orders Reinstatement of AmeriCorps Programs in 24 States
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Good.
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Let's dive into this a bit. A short and very incomplete thread on US Forest Service research. 1/
It’s finally in writing. The detailed President’s budget clearly wants to completely eliminate USFS Research
May 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Let's dive into this a bit. A short and very incomplete thread on US Forest Service research. 1/
I think this a lot right now: maybe “x” is a good idea, but there is no way in hell that I’m trusting the current morons in charge with implementing it. Ex: unified fire, gov wide API, etc.
June 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I think this a lot right now: maybe “x” is a good idea, but there is no way in hell that I’m trusting the current morons in charge with implementing it. Ex: unified fire, gov wide API, etc.
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
Want to turn raw wind data into a mesmerizing, animated map?
With R, it’s easier than you think.
My new tutorial shows you how, step by step.
Let’s catch the breeze. ⤵️
youtu.be/EmVbVTqwoMU
#GIS #DataViz #gganimate #metR #WindMap #ClimateData #SpatialAnalysis #MilosMakesMaps
With R, it’s easier than you think.
My new tutorial shows you how, step by step.
Let’s catch the breeze. ⤵️
youtu.be/EmVbVTqwoMU
#GIS #DataViz #gganimate #metR #WindMap #ClimateData #SpatialAnalysis #MilosMakesMaps
May 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Want to turn raw wind data into a mesmerizing, animated map?
With R, it’s easier than you think.
My new tutorial shows you how, step by step.
Let’s catch the breeze. ⤵️
youtu.be/EmVbVTqwoMU
#GIS #DataViz #gganimate #metR #WindMap #ClimateData #SpatialAnalysis #MilosMakesMaps
With R, it’s easier than you think.
My new tutorial shows you how, step by step.
Let’s catch the breeze. ⤵️
youtu.be/EmVbVTqwoMU
#GIS #DataViz #gganimate #metR #WindMap #ClimateData #SpatialAnalysis #MilosMakesMaps
This should surprise absolutely no one.
I wrote about the myth of the "AI-native" startup and new data finding buyers' remorse from CEOs who have attempted to spread it throughout their organizations www.platformer.news/ai-native-st...
May 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This should surprise absolutely no one.
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
New study finds where birds are declining most. High trend resolution data reveals complexity of bird population changes. “This is the first time we’ve had fine-scale information on population changes across such broad spatial extents and across entire ranges of species,” said Dr. Amanda Rodewald.
Birds of the World - New study finds where birds are declining most; some locales with positive trends
“This is the first time we’ve had fine-scale information on population changes across such broad spatial extents and across entire ranges of species. And that provides us a better lens to understand t...
birdsoftheworld.org
May 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New study finds where birds are declining most. High trend resolution data reveals complexity of bird population changes. “This is the first time we’ve had fine-scale information on population changes across such broad spatial extents and across entire ranges of species,” said Dr. Amanda Rodewald.
MAGA perception: the gov is now more efficient.
Reality:
Reality:
May 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
MAGA perception: the gov is now more efficient.
Reality:
Reality:
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
Introducing the "tree ring plot": a new way to visualize global surface temperatures. Each ring is a year, and each colored cell represents a day in global average temperatures (compared to a 1850-1900 preindustrial baseline).
April 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Introducing the "tree ring plot": a new way to visualize global surface temperatures. Each ring is a year, and each colored cell represents a day in global average temperatures (compared to a 1850-1900 preindustrial baseline).
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
📣 Current and former #USgov data scientists!
Join @ropensci.org + @openscapes.bsky.social on May 6 for a community support and networking event:
ropensci.org/events/datas...
Co-hosted by former feds (NOAA, NASA, DOE, NSF, NIH + Federal Reserve) to discuss their paths to other sectors. #dataBS
Join @ropensci.org + @openscapes.bsky.social on May 6 for a community support and networking event:
ropensci.org/events/datas...
Co-hosted by former feds (NOAA, NASA, DOE, NSF, NIH + Federal Reserve) to discuss their paths to other sectors. #dataBS
Non-Government Career Paths for U.S. Federal Data Scientists
A community support and networking event hosted by rOpenSci and Openscapes
ropensci.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📣 Current and former #USgov data scientists!
Join @ropensci.org + @openscapes.bsky.social on May 6 for a community support and networking event:
ropensci.org/events/datas...
Co-hosted by former feds (NOAA, NASA, DOE, NSF, NIH + Federal Reserve) to discuss their paths to other sectors. #dataBS
Join @ropensci.org + @openscapes.bsky.social on May 6 for a community support and networking event:
ropensci.org/events/datas...
Co-hosted by former feds (NOAA, NASA, DOE, NSF, NIH + Federal Reserve) to discuss their paths to other sectors. #dataBS
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Good thread answering some of the questions made by DOJ.
1. The DOJ has sent threatening letters to several medical journals, focused around whether these journals are spreading misinformation that harms the American people and suppressing alternative viewpoints.
I study how the norms and institutions of science facilitate discovery and self-correction.
I study how the norms and institutions of science facilitate discovery and self-correction.
Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias (Gift Article)
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Good thread answering some of the questions made by DOJ.
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
15. Or maybe it has to do with his failure to grasp that science is a highly decentralized form of knowledge production, with strong incentives for individuals to refute common understanding and disprove dominant theories or explanations.
April 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
15. Or maybe it has to do with his failure to grasp that science is a highly decentralized form of knowledge production, with strong incentives for individuals to refute common understanding and disprove dominant theories or explanations.
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
One of the most satisfying aspects of my work at Stanford the last few years has been helping research scientists to bring their scientific work to application and scale. One of our first projects. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Scientists discover millions of acres of the Central Valley may be suitable for recharging groundwater
In California’s Central Valley, depleted groundwater threatens communities, agriculture, and ecosystems. Researchers have found one potential remedy by identifying areas where water released on the su...
news.stanford.edu
April 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One of the most satisfying aspects of my work at Stanford the last few years has been helping research scientists to bring their scientific work to application and scale. One of our first projects. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Here's a small window into what's actually going on for our situation... 😩
About 650 NOAA staff were illegally terminated last February, then two courts ordered them reinstated.
Last week, many newly rehired NOAA staff were notified via a short letter that the agency “is reverting [their] termination action to its original effective date.”
peer.org/noaa-probat...
Last week, many newly rehired NOAA staff were notified via a short letter that the agency “is reverting [their] termination action to its original effective date.”
peer.org/noaa-probat...
NOAA Probationers Endure Insults Piled Atop Injuries
Callous, Careless Mistakes Plague Those Rehired and Refired
peer.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here's a small window into what's actually going on for our situation... 😩
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
Reposted by Michael Schmidt
the way I’ve been thinking about it is: if noncitizens face real danger for saying what they think, then it is the responsibility of citizens, who don’t yet face that same danger, to be even louder
April 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
the way I’ve been thinking about it is: if noncitizens face real danger for saying what they think, then it is the responsibility of citizens, who don’t yet face that same danger, to be even louder
This is so fucked.
Hearing the same from a direct source. People in Americorps being told they're done. It's over. No notice.
My bff’s son works for Americorps and received a decommissioning letter today. DOGE is gutting the program. I’m so angry and disappointed DOGE would go after a program that does such good work. @marisakabas.bsky.social @kairyssdal.bsky.social @katiephang.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is so fucked.
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Users of the tigris #rstats package: the Census website is acting up again, so the package installed from CRAN isn't working
Install with `remotes::install_github("walkerke/tigris")`; I've got a new patch in place that will handle the errors for you
github.com/walkerke/tig...
Install with `remotes::install_github("walkerke/tigris")`; I've got a new patch in place that will handle the errors for you
github.com/walkerke/tig...
GitHub - walkerke/tigris: Download and use Census TIGER/Line shapefiles in R
Download and use Census TIGER/Line shapefiles in R - walkerke/tigris
github.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Users of the tigris #rstats package: the Census website is acting up again, so the package installed from CRAN isn't working
Install with `remotes::install_github("walkerke/tigris")`; I've got a new patch in place that will handle the errors for you
github.com/walkerke/tig...
Install with `remotes::install_github("walkerke/tigris")`; I've got a new patch in place that will handle the errors for you
github.com/walkerke/tig...
Moved 40% of my retirement to international stock index funds. Betting the global economy does better than the US economy for the next 4 years.
April 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Moved 40% of my retirement to international stock index funds. Betting the global economy does better than the US economy for the next 4 years.
Seems like this administrations moto should be Make America Dumb Again. Goodness. This is so stupid.
This is insane. #NOAA
April 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Seems like this administrations moto should be Make America Dumb Again. Goodness. This is so stupid.
Wow!
Day 6 of #30DayChartChallenge
Comparisons | Florence Nightingale
Inspired by Nightingale’s iconic rose chart, I reimagined U.S. renewable electricity generation data as a garden in full bloom. Petals show monthly generation, capturing the natural rhythm and seasonality of our power sources.
Comparisons | Florence Nightingale
Inspired by Nightingale’s iconic rose chart, I reimagined U.S. renewable electricity generation data as a garden in full bloom. Petals show monthly generation, capturing the natural rhythm and seasonality of our power sources.
April 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wow!
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The GOP Tax Scam takes food out of the mouths of children to reward their billionaire donors like Elon Musk.
Democrats will strongly oppose this reckless budget.
And we can defeat it tomorrow on the House floor if just four Republicans join us.
Democrats will strongly oppose this reckless budget.
And we can defeat it tomorrow on the House floor if just four Republicans join us.
April 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The GOP Tax Scam takes food out of the mouths of children to reward their billionaire donors like Elon Musk.
Democrats will strongly oppose this reckless budget.
And we can defeat it tomorrow on the House floor if just four Republicans join us.
Democrats will strongly oppose this reckless budget.
And we can defeat it tomorrow on the House floor if just four Republicans join us.