Shawn Carter
@shawncarter.bsky.social
My first daylight saving time with Betty... Oh. My. God. This cat thinks she is going to absolutely starve. Less than a year ago, she literally was starving, a bad ass kitten of the streets, now a pampered suburban cat of leisure. How soon we forget, lol.
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My first daylight saving time with Betty... Oh. My. God. This cat thinks she is going to absolutely starve. Less than a year ago, she literally was starving, a bad ass kitten of the streets, now a pampered suburban cat of leisure. How soon we forget, lol.
What are the chances they'll allow Sentinel-1A to remain operational after 1D is commissioned like Sentinel-2A?
7 days until liftoff! 🚀
On 4 Nov 2025 at 18:03 local (French Guiana) / 21:03 UTC / 22:03 CET, Sentinel-1D launches aboard Ariane 6 — keeping Copernicus radar eyes on Earth, all weather, all the time. 🌍
#Sentinel1D #Copernicus #ESA #Ariane6 #EarthObservation
On 4 Nov 2025 at 18:03 local (French Guiana) / 21:03 UTC / 22:03 CET, Sentinel-1D launches aboard Ariane 6 — keeping Copernicus radar eyes on Earth, all weather, all the time. 🌍
#Sentinel1D #Copernicus #ESA #Ariane6 #EarthObservation
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
What are the chances they'll allow Sentinel-1A to remain operational after 1D is commissioned like Sentinel-2A?
The GloFAS forecast hydrograph for a river in southeast Cuba is remarkable. The 25th quantile of the hydrograph is north of the 100 year flow. That upper tail..that's Noah's Arc territory. If it validates, #HurricanMelissa is bringing epic flooding after the wind destruction.
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The GloFAS forecast hydrograph for a river in southeast Cuba is remarkable. The 25th quantile of the hydrograph is north of the 100 year flow. That upper tail..that's Noah's Arc territory. If it validates, #HurricanMelissa is bringing epic flooding after the wind destruction.
River ice is starting to get real in Alaska after a bit of a delayed start. The National Water Center's new experimental product, Synthetic Aperture Radar River Ice Surveillance (SARRIS) is active and operational in the Alaska Domain. www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/special/sarris
Synthetic Aperature Radar River Ice Surveillance
www.nohrsc.noaa.gov
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
River ice is starting to get real in Alaska after a bit of a delayed start. The National Water Center's new experimental product, Synthetic Aperture Radar River Ice Surveillance (SARRIS) is active and operational in the Alaska Domain. www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/special/sarris
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Our @statesnewsroom.com coverage of Saturday's "No Kings" protests has already begun, with preview stories from Utah, Rhode Island, Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Nevada, Indiana, Kentucky...
At least 15 ‘No Kings’ protests planned across Alabama Saturday
At least 15 demonstrations are planned across Alabama as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests on Saturday. The protests are against President Donald Trump and his concentration of power in the e...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Our @statesnewsroom.com coverage of Saturday's "No Kings" protests has already begun, with preview stories from Utah, Rhode Island, Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Nevada, Indiana, Kentucky...
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🌊 Let's talk about something: We don't need another startup building "the world's most accurate flood model." A thread 🧵
tl;dr 👉 Stop chasing marginal gains in flood depth accuracy and start building the smart, human-centered tools that actually save properties and lives.
#FloodRisk #Stormwater
tl;dr 👉 Stop chasing marginal gains in flood depth accuracy and start building the smart, human-centered tools that actually save properties and lives.
#FloodRisk #Stormwater
October 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🌊 Let's talk about something: We don't need another startup building "the world's most accurate flood model." A thread 🧵
tl;dr 👉 Stop chasing marginal gains in flood depth accuracy and start building the smart, human-centered tools that actually save properties and lives.
#FloodRisk #Stormwater
tl;dr 👉 Stop chasing marginal gains in flood depth accuracy and start building the smart, human-centered tools that actually save properties and lives.
#FloodRisk #Stormwater
@support.bsky.team Why am I blocked because of Mississippi's shite law when I live in Alabama? I'm 60 miles inside of Alabama. Your net is too freaking big.
August 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@support.bsky.team Why am I blocked because of Mississippi's shite law when I live in Alabama? I'm 60 miles inside of Alabama. Your net is too freaking big.
This seems like such a cool idea. I am really tempted to ship my astrophotography kit to them...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes - Fast Company share.google/aX0UrIDat5RV...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes - Fast Company share.google/aX0UrIDat5RV...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes
Starfront’s remote observatory lets customers aim their scopes at the cosmos from anywhere.
share.google
August 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This seems like such a cool idea. I am really tempted to ship my astrophotography kit to them...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes - Fast Company share.google/aX0UrIDat5RV...
This Texas startup built a data center for the night sky with 400 telescopes - Fast Company share.google/aX0UrIDat5RV...
Step one ✔️
Separation from third stage. This is a highly complex satellite and the rest of pre commissioning activities are just as difficult as launching successfully into orbit. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/...
Separation from third stage. This is a highly complex satellite and the rest of pre commissioning activities are just as difficult as launching successfully into orbit. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/...
NASA-ISRO’s NISAR Spacecraft Separates From Rocket’s Third Stage - NASA Science
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) spacecraft has separated from the third stage of ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket and will
science.nasa.gov
July 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Step one ✔️
Separation from third stage. This is a highly complex satellite and the rest of pre commissioning activities are just as difficult as launching successfully into orbit. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/...
Separation from third stage. This is a highly complex satellite and the rest of pre commissioning activities are just as difficult as launching successfully into orbit. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/...
Well, sorry kids, but whoever wins the #LLWS this year gets to wear an asterisk. Venezuelan baseball team denied visas into US, Little League International says | CNN share.google/uDndsHUsTtXS...
Screw this timeline.
Screw this timeline.
Venezuelan baseball team denied visas into US, Little League International says | CNN
A Venezuelan baseball team was denied visas into the United States and will miss this year’s Senior Baseball World Series, Little League International confirmed Friday.
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July 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Well, sorry kids, but whoever wins the #LLWS this year gets to wear an asterisk. Venezuelan baseball team denied visas into US, Little League International says | CNN share.google/uDndsHUsTtXS...
Screw this timeline.
Screw this timeline.
Watched the CUAHSI/CIROH Summer Institute Capstone today. The amount of work those young grad students completed in five weeks was extraordinary. Fantastic science. The kids, as they say, are alright.
July 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Watched the CUAHSI/CIROH Summer Institute Capstone today. The amount of work those young grad students completed in five weeks was extraordinary. Fantastic science. The kids, as they say, are alright.
I've adopted some new ML techniques for my remote sensing work. I've gotten lost in the Random Forest and I never want to be found again.
July 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I've adopted some new ML techniques for my remote sensing work. I've gotten lost in the Random Forest and I never want to be found again.
My brain immediately to marijuana reading this headline and I was so confused...
July 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My brain immediately to marijuana reading this headline and I was so confused...
Nailed the feature space + sampling code for SAR RF model. First mini training done — and of course RF picked totally different features than expected. Not a dealbreaker, but I’ve got to rethink the whole training scene strategy. #RemoteSensing
June 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Nailed the feature space + sampling code for SAR RF model. First mini training done — and of course RF picked totally different features than expected. Not a dealbreaker, but I’ve got to rethink the whole training scene strategy. #RemoteSensing
When classifying #Sentinel1 data, does anyone have a trick for getting water features in their classification model in long fetch winds? Thinking of using a Gaussian Mixture Model to cluster the wind and use that with its associated probs with my other data in a random forest.
May 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
When classifying #Sentinel1 data, does anyone have a trick for getting water features in their classification model in long fetch winds? Thinking of using a Gaussian Mixture Model to cluster the wind and use that with its associated probs with my other data in a random forest.
I know the earth moves in earthquakes. Academically, I understand the processes, but there is just something otherworldly seeing the landscape move so far in so little time. I
Wow! I’ve never seen anything like this 😱
This CCTV footage captures the powerful M7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar in March. You can clearly see the dramatic shift in the ground.
You need to watch it a few times to take everything in. Don't be distracted by the gate. Absolutely surreal.
This CCTV footage captures the powerful M7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar in March. You can clearly see the dramatic shift in the ground.
You need to watch it a few times to take everything in. Don't be distracted by the gate. Absolutely surreal.
May 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I know the earth moves in earthquakes. Academically, I understand the processes, but there is just something otherworldly seeing the landscape move so far in so little time. I
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What follows if we imagine rivers as having lives, deaths––& even rights?
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers
As pollution levels hit record highs and fresh water becomes ‘the new oil’, is it time to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world?
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What follows if we imagine rivers as having lives, deaths––& even rights?
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I'm really digging the cut of the jib for this start up's EV pickup. Seems about the size of an S10 or original Ranger, and absolutely analog. The perfect thing for hauling lumber, my kayak, appliances, etc. techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/b...
Bezos-backed Slate Auto debuts analog EV pickup truck that is decidedly anti-Tesla | TechCrunch
A new American electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto has made its debut, and it's about as anti-Tesla as it gets. It's affordable, deeply
techcrunch.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm really digging the cut of the jib for this start up's EV pickup. Seems about the size of an S10 or original Ranger, and absolutely analog. The perfect thing for hauling lumber, my kayak, appliances, etc. techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/b...
National Water Center highlighting a rare Catastrophic Flood Impacts tag on the National Flood Hazard Outlook. #NOAA #NWS #flood www.weather.gov/images/owp/F...
April 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
National Water Center highlighting a rare Catastrophic Flood Impacts tag on the National Flood Hazard Outlook. #NOAA #NWS #flood www.weather.gov/images/owp/F...
Folks in the Mid-South, Tennessee, Lower Mississippi, and Ohio River Valleys about to become impacted by potentially historic and generational flooding, me and mine pray for you. The #NOAA #NWS has you covered with new predictive flood modeling and you can view it at the neighborhood level.
April 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I left the leaves and needles sit on the lawn all winter, hoping to support the invertebrates in my yard. The fireflies had quite the emergence last night. I decided to mow the lawn finally.Not sure the fireflies benefited, but good God the stink bugs sure as hell did. Like mowing in a gas chamber.
March 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I left the leaves and needles sit on the lawn all winter, hoping to support the invertebrates in my yard. The fireflies had quite the emergence last night. I decided to mow the lawn finally.Not sure the fireflies benefited, but good God the stink bugs sure as hell did. Like mowing in a gas chamber.
If there are any Little Rock Rangers #LRR fans here, congrats on your US Open Cup win over Birmingham Legion FC. Your boys played a hard nosed match and earned that trip to the second round. #USOC For the uninitiated, USOC is like March Madness for soccer, but your beer league team could earn a game
March 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
If there are any Little Rock Rangers #LRR fans here, congrats on your US Open Cup win over Birmingham Legion FC. Your boys played a hard nosed match and earned that trip to the second round. #USOC For the uninitiated, USOC is like March Madness for soccer, but your beer league team could earn a game
It absolutely proves your society is misogynistic and racist when the first person in a field who breaks the color barrier or gender barrier inevitably ends up as hall of fame material. Another way of saying that is don't apply to these positions unless you're the best one in the world.
March 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It absolutely proves your society is misogynistic and racist when the first person in a field who breaks the color barrier or gender barrier inevitably ends up as hall of fame material. Another way of saying that is don't apply to these positions unless you're the best one in the world.
An Rstats joke in the wild. This is the good stuff. I miss R being my primary coding language so badly...
The problem with #rstats is portability. Shit like `df$x` has to be converted to `df€x` in Europe and `df£x` in the UK but nobody talks about this.
March 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
An Rstats joke in the wild. This is the good stuff. I miss R being my primary coding language so badly...