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icesheetmike.bsky.social
A few years back I coded an algorithm to compute daily surface melt in Antarctica from microwave sat. data. The NSIDC adopted the code but it isn't live yet.

Until then, I created my own "Antarctica Today" app that'll auto-post replies to this thread.

Daily surface melt extent w/ a 1-day lag.
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Daily Antarctic surface melt on Sat December 16, 2023. Image is auto-generated. ©2023 Dr. Mike MacFerrin, University of Colorado, and the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Map of the sum of Antarctic surface melt days for the 2023-2024 season through Sat December 16, 2023. ©2023 Dr. Mike MacFerrin, Univ. Colorado and the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Anomaly of Antarctic surface melt days for the 2023-2024 melt season through Sat December 16, 2023, compared to 1990-2020 historical averages. ©2023 Dr. Mike MacFerrin, Univ. Colorado and the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Trend of Antarctic surface melt extent in Antarctica for the 2023-2024 melt season up through Sat December 16, 2023, compared to 1990-2020 historical climatological averages (in blue). ©2023 Dr. Mike MacFerrin, Univ. Colorado and the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
December 18, 2023 at 2:28 AM
wander.bsky.social
Somalia is launching its first TV show powered by an all female media team.

A question-answer current events show answering audience questions on taboo subjects from periods to women in politics.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Somalia to launch its first current affairs TV show led by women
New show will follow Question Time format answering audience questions on taboo subjects from periods to women in politics
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2024 at 2:35 PM
wander.bsky.social
Latin America is having a green revolution powered by tech start ups.

“We’re living at a time when science and technology allow us to do almost anything, and we’re spending all that energy, all those resources, helping people put cat ears on a photo. Really?!”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Low-carbon milk to AI irrigation: tech startups powering Latin America’s green revolution
With the region’s countries among the most vulnerable to the climate crisis, digital entrepreneurs have been inspired to find innovative ways to create real environmental change
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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kellylepo.bsky.social
There will be an annular solar eclipse visible on Saturday, October 14 from many parts of North America.

A 🧵on how eclipses work, and how you can predict them by just paying attention to cycles, no computers or 3D models of the solar system necessary. 🔭 🧪
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Map of North America showing the path of the annular solar eclipse. The path of the annular eclipse covers a line that goes diagonally from northwest to southeast through Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Texas. Lines marking a 90% through 10% eclipse are drawn on the map, to the west and east of the eclipse path, which follow a similar northwest-to-southeast diagonal line. In the westernmost part of the map, Baja California is crossed by a 60% line. In the easternmost part of the map, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia are crossed by a 10% line.
October 13, 2023 at 7:26 PM
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mattbinder.bsky.social
over the past day on X / Twitter:
➡️ ADL director says he had a meeting w/ X CEO
➡️ far right users attack w/ anti-semitic posts
➡️ Nick Fuentes helps trend #BanTheADL
➡️ Elon Musk signals support, liking posts from white nationalist
➡️ users start seeing this white supremacist ad on X:
September 1, 2023 at 10:03 PM