Travis Flohr, Ph.D. - geo4eco
@geo4eco.bsky.social
landscape architect educator, spatial data analyst, planting design and methods specialist, pollinator and plant biodiversity, and urban heat island researcher
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There is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness.
youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
Explore literary prizes with Positron’s Data Explorer
YouTube video by Julia Silge
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
There is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness.
youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
Thrilled to share I’ve been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Penn State, effective July 1!
Grateful for the mentors, colleagues, students, friends & family who made this possible.
Here’s to critical thinking, creative practice & good humans. 💙🌱
Grateful for the mentors, colleagues, students, friends & family who made this possible.
Here’s to critical thinking, creative practice & good humans. 💙🌱
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Thrilled to share I’ve been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Penn State, effective July 1!
Grateful for the mentors, colleagues, students, friends & family who made this possible.
Here’s to critical thinking, creative practice & good humans. 💙🌱
Grateful for the mentors, colleagues, students, friends & family who made this possible.
Here’s to critical thinking, creative practice & good humans. 💙🌱
Reposted by Travis Flohr, Ph.D. - geo4eco
Touch screens on cars worsen response time significantly worse than drink driving or being high:
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
May 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Touch screens on cars worsen response time significantly worse than drink driving or being high:
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
www.wired.com/story/why-ca...
🌆🔥 NEW: The NYC Urban Heat Portal is live!
🔍 Neighborhood heat profiles
🌳 Heat risk factors like tree cover & cool roofs
📥 Downloadable data for action & advocacy
urbanheat.nyc
Built by researchers at Hunter College + BetaNYC + Penn State
#UrbanHeatNYC #ClimateJustice #HeatEquity #NYCHeat
🔍 Neighborhood heat profiles
🌳 Heat risk factors like tree cover & cool roofs
📥 Downloadable data for action & advocacy
urbanheat.nyc
Built by researchers at Hunter College + BetaNYC + Penn State
#UrbanHeatNYC #ClimateJustice #HeatEquity #NYCHeat
April 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🌆🔥 NEW: The NYC Urban Heat Portal is live!
🔍 Neighborhood heat profiles
🌳 Heat risk factors like tree cover & cool roofs
📥 Downloadable data for action & advocacy
urbanheat.nyc
Built by researchers at Hunter College + BetaNYC + Penn State
#UrbanHeatNYC #ClimateJustice #HeatEquity #NYCHeat
🔍 Neighborhood heat profiles
🌳 Heat risk factors like tree cover & cool roofs
📥 Downloadable data for action & advocacy
urbanheat.nyc
Built by researchers at Hunter College + BetaNYC + Penn State
#UrbanHeatNYC #ClimateJustice #HeatEquity #NYCHeat
Reposted by Travis Flohr, Ph.D. - geo4eco
If you are a member of an underrepresented group in data science, consider applying for a scholarship to attend this year's posit::conf() in Atlanta!
We’re thrilled to offer Opportunity Scholarships for posit::conf(2025)!
These aim to support folks typically underrepresented at similar confs.
If you know anyone who'd be a good candidate – perhaps you! – apply by Feb 21: pos.it/opp-scholar-2025
#DataScience #positconf2025 #rstats #pydata
These aim to support folks typically underrepresented at similar confs.
If you know anyone who'd be a good candidate – perhaps you! – apply by Feb 21: pos.it/opp-scholar-2025
#DataScience #positconf2025 #rstats #pydata
Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2025) - Posit
We are excited to announce Posit will provide 40 Opportunity Scholarships so they can attend posit::conf(2025) in Atlanta, Georgia.
pos.it
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you are a member of an underrepresented group in data science, consider applying for a scholarship to attend this year's posit::conf() in Atlanta!
Reposted by Travis Flohr, Ph.D. - geo4eco
In the conversations that are starting about the slow-motion collapse of the insurance industry, I hope journalists don't lose sight of the core reason: massive increases in risk from #climatechange.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.
January 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
In the conversations that are starting about the slow-motion collapse of the insurance industry, I hope journalists don't lose sight of the core reason: massive increases in risk from #climatechange.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.