Beth Tellman
@socialpixel.bsky.social
floods, satellites, maps, social justice, co-founder and chief scientist Floodbase and asst. prof University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-founder @umbela-org https://beth-tellman.github.io https://www.floodbase.com https://umbela.org
The mural also shows the border wall along the Rio grande, the history of agricultural labor, the development of homes electricity education and other futures, the resistance and fight for better healthcare and labor conditions and wages. And so much more!
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The mural also shows the border wall along the Rio grande, the history of agricultural labor, the development of homes electricity education and other futures, the resistance and fight for better healthcare and labor conditions and wages. And so much more!
Mural outside the LUPE offices (La union del Pueblo entero) by Alexandra Ramirez and Norma Perez showing the valley’s history- you see depicted the agricultural and irrigation development- which shapes flood vulnerability today when the canals overflow www.texastribune.org/2024/09/19/l...
At this South Texas political convention, everyone has a voice, regardless of legal status - The Texas Tribune
Inspired by the work of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, the biennial “cumbre” helps South Texans organize for political change.
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Mural outside the LUPE offices (La union del Pueblo entero) by Alexandra Ramirez and Norma Perez showing the valley’s history- you see depicted the agricultural and irrigation development- which shapes flood vulnerability today when the canals overflow www.texastribune.org/2024/09/19/l...
@mirelagtulbure.bsky.social I am really excited to see your terremind results!! :)
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@mirelagtulbure.bsky.social I am really excited to see your terremind results!! :)
and by images I mean labeled images- ones you can use to go test and train your own algorithms. go poke our results and test your own models. test another foundation model. try some few shot experiments etc! see if alphaearth does anything meaningful. and do let us know what you find!
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
and by images I mean labeled images- ones you can use to go test and train your own algorithms. go poke our results and test your own models. test another foundation model. try some few shot experiments etc! see if alphaearth does anything meaningful. and do let us know what you find!
Organizers: Beth Tellman (University of Wisconsin Madison), Bertha Hernandez Aguilar (National Laboratory of Sustainability Sciences, Institute of Ecology, UNAM). Sponsored by the Human Dimensions of Global Change and Hazards Specialty Groups
October 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Organizers: Beth Tellman (University of Wisconsin Madison), Bertha Hernandez Aguilar (National Laboratory of Sustainability Sciences, Institute of Ecology, UNAM). Sponsored by the Human Dimensions of Global Change and Hazards Specialty Groups
I know yall do and I feel so lucky to be somewhere with so many internal grants to access :) it’s why I’m writing so many!!
October 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I know yall do and I feel so lucky to be somewhere with so many internal grants to access :) it’s why I’m writing so many!!
when designing an index- check out multiple sources of data to see what converges or diverges before designing a policy. You might need multiple indices to increase your confidence you pay out in the right floods and lower your basis risk. using a simple rainfall index could fail to trigger beware!
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
when designing an index- check out multiple sources of data to see what converges or diverges before designing a policy. You might need multiple indices to increase your confidence you pay out in the right floods and lower your basis risk. using a simple rainfall index could fail to trigger beware!
TLDR. satellite, rainfall, stream gauge data all tell you something different about floods and if you pick one for index insurance- that matters! the AI based satellite product we developed (MODIS+S1) has lower uncertainty (would could make premiums cheaper) and pays out sooner than others
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
TLDR. satellite, rainfall, stream gauge data all tell you something different about floods and if you pick one for index insurance- that matters! the AI based satellite product we developed (MODIS+S1) has lower uncertainty (would could make premiums cheaper) and pays out sooner than others
But damn this is exhausting and maddening. I don’t do science anymore I just perma-fundraise for what was lost. Instead I could have been making flood maps and training more people and organizations to make them. But now I just beg for money to do these things. Hopefully something hits!!
October 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
But damn this is exhausting and maddening. I don’t do science anymore I just perma-fundraise for what was lost. Instead I could have been making flood maps and training more people and organizations to make them. But now I just beg for money to do these things. Hopefully something hits!!