Kurt Schwehr
@kurtschwehr.bsky.social
he/him; Geospatial, Geology, Geophysics, Software Engineering, Open Source, Open Data, Proj, GDAL, Ocean Mapping, etc. Cofounder of Global Fishing Watch, Whale Alert, NOAA's Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA), NASA Ames Viz&StereoPipe
Just added to my reading list: "An AI system to help scientists write expert-level empirical software"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.06503
arxiv.org/abs/2509.06503
An AI system to help scientists write expert-level empirical software
The cycle of scientific discovery is frequently bottlenecked by the slow, manual creation of software to support computational experiments. To address this, we present an AI system that creates expert...
arxiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just added to my reading list: "An AI system to help scientists write expert-level empirical software"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.06503
arxiv.org/abs/2509.06503
How is your day going? This was parking at my mom's house where they apparently added a no parking at certain times sign recently.
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How is your day going? This was parking at my mom's house where they apparently added a no parking at certain times sign recently.
www.githubstatus.com says everything is all good / green, but trying to start a codespace. As I was grabbing the screenshot, the status page popped this up: www.githubstatus.com/incidents/4j... "Experiencing connection issues across Actions, Codespaces, and possibly other services". Oh what fun. :(
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
www.githubstatus.com says everything is all good / green, but trying to start a codespace. As I was grabbing the screenshot, the status page popped this up: www.githubstatus.com/incidents/4j... "Experiencing connection issues across Actions, Codespaces, and possibly other services". Oh what fun. :(
I just removed support for Python 3.9 in the Earth Engine python client. The change should be out in 2 weeks in 1.6.16 (assuming we don't bump the minor version and have 1.7.0).
github.com/google/earth...
github.com/google/earth...
Remove support for python 3.9 · google/earthengine-api@fa895ce
PiperOrigin-RevId: 825052072
github.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I just removed support for Python 3.9 in the Earth Engine python client. The change should be out in 2 weeks in 1.6.16 (assuming we don't bump the minor version and have 1.7.0).
github.com/google/earth...
github.com/google/earth...
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
Santa Cruz, CA afternoon view on a drizzly gray day
October 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Santa Cruz, CA afternoon view on a drizzly gray day
Anyone hitting this error with conda forge feedstock?
"python =3.9,>=3.9 * is not installable because it conflicts with any installable versions previously reported"
There are also a lot of complaints about python 3.14 in the logs.
"python =3.9,>=3.9 * is not installable because it conflicts with any installable versions previously reported"
There are also a lot of complaints about python 3.14 in the logs.
![^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.12/site-packages/conda_libmamba_solver/solver.py", line 362, in _solve_attempt
new_conflicts = self._maybe_raise_for_problems(outcome, index, out_state, old_conflicts)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.12/site-packages/conda_libmamba_solver/solver.py", line 759, in _maybe_raise_for_problems
self._maybe_raise_for_conda_build(
File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.12/site-packages/conda_libmamba_solver/solver.py", line 849, in _maybe_raise_for_conda_build
raise exc
conda_libmamba_solver.conda_build_exceptions.ExplainedDependencyNeedsBuildingError: Unsatisfiable dependencies for platform linux-64: {MatchSpec("python==3.14.0rc1=h4dad89b_2_cp314t"), MatchSpec("_python_rc")}
Encountered problems while solving:
- nothing provides _python_rc needed by python-3.14.0rc1-h4dad89b_2_cp314t
Could not solve for environment specs
The following packages are incompatible
├─ earthengine-api >=1.6.13 * is installable and it requires
│ └─ python >=3.10 * with the potential options
│ ├─ python [3.10.0|3.10.1|...|3.13.9], which can be installed;
│ ├─ python 3.14.0 would require
│ │ └─ python_abi =3.14 *_cp314, which requires
│ │ └─ python =3.14 *_cp314, which can be installed;
│ ├─ python 3.14.0 would require
│ │ └─ python_abi =3.14 *_cp314t, which requires
│ │ └─ python =3.14 *_cp314t, which can be installed;
│ └─ python [3.14.0rc1|3.14.0rc2|3.14.0rc3] would require
│ └─ _python_rc =* *, which does not exist (perhaps a missing channel);
└─ python =3.9,>=3.9 * is not installable because it conflicts with any installable versions previously reported.
##[error]Bash exited with code '1'.
Finishing: Run docker build](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3owd5vwsfstbbn742uxylrh4/bafkreietwmgkp5ejuqoa32ekstgvf7d4brct63s6i5lsrfe6g67n43ypeq@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Anyone hitting this error with conda forge feedstock?
"python =3.9,>=3.9 * is not installable because it conflicts with any installable versions previously reported"
There are also a lot of complaints about python 3.14 in the logs.
"python =3.9,>=3.9 * is not installable because it conflicts with any installable versions previously reported"
There are also a lot of complaints about python 3.14 in the logs.
I got all the things I'm responsible for to work on ARM long ago without AI, so I don't know much about this blog post...
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
Using AI and automation to migrate between instruction sets | Google Cloud Blog
Google used hard work, automation, and AI to migrate more than 30,000 applications to Arm from x86, advancing the goal of architecture neutrality.
cloud.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I got all the things I'm responsible for to work on ARM long ago without AI, so I don't know much about this blog post...
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
Sunset over Santa Cruz, CA this evening.
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Sunset over Santa Cruz, CA this evening.
Went searching bass guitars recently and yesterday searched on bass guitar tuners (the mic on my phone is just not good down around 41Hz). Now my view of the Internet is littered with digital guitar and other instrument add-ons. I don't have a clue what most of them do.
October 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Went searching bass guitars recently and yesterday searched on bass guitar tuners (the mic on my phone is just not good down around 41Hz). Now my view of the Internet is littered with digital guitar and other instrument add-ons. I don't have a clue what most of them do.
I don't understand...
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I don't understand...
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
I miss when one of my friends co-owned x dot com. Twitter **was** amazing. I still haven't really found engagement on bsky, but what / why do I care?
ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍
🧪 #SciComm 🌍
“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant
My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…
www.southernfriedscience.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I miss when one of my friends co-owned x dot com. Twitter **was** amazing. I still haven't really found engagement on bsky, but what / why do I care?
I finally got around to making a Zenodo entry for my paper with Eric S Raymond (ESR) entitled "Toils of AIS: A Case Study in Application Protocol Design And Analysis." It only took me 14 years to get around to getting a DOI for it 🤣
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
October 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I finally got around to making a Zenodo entry for my paper with Eric S Raymond (ESR) entitled "Toils of AIS: A Case Study in Application Protocol Design And Analysis." It only took me 14 years to get around to getting a DOI for it 🤣
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
October 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Python 3.14 is out. Now I have to wait as the tree of dependencies get their releases out for 3.14 before I can enable it for my packages. It's always something 🤷🏻♂️
Sitting around waiting for the official release of Python 3.14. That is today, yes? ................ 😁
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Python 3.14 is out. Now I have to wait as the tree of dependencies get their releases out for 3.14 before I can enable it for my packages. It's always something 🤷🏻♂️
Sitting around waiting for the official release of Python 3.14. That is today, yes? ................ 😁
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sitting around waiting for the official release of Python 3.14. That is today, yes? ................ 😁
Tuning a base guitar when you don't know what you are doing is pretty intuitive with the Fender app
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Tuning a base guitar when you don't know what you are doing is pretty intuitive with the Fender app
Railroad ties for our backyard improvement project. These will become stairs for our step hill that drops off behind our house.
September 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Railroad ties for our backyard improvement project. These will become stairs for our step hill that drops off behind our house.
Toxic culture for sure. It's totally possible to create the kinds of connections and learning for remote people that Schmidt thinks require being in person.
September 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Toxic culture for sure. It's totally possible to create the kinds of connections and learning for remote people that Schmidt thinks require being in person.
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“Fish” can refer to a single individual, or multiple individuals from the same species.
“Fishes” refers to multiple species.
🐠 Fish
🐠🐠🐠 Fish
🐠🐟🐡 Fishes
“Fishes” refers to multiple species.
🐠 Fish
🐠🐠🐠 Fish
🐠🐟🐡 Fishes
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“Fish” can refer to a single individual, or multiple individuals from the same species.
“Fishes” refers to multiple species.
🐠 Fish
🐠🐠🐠 Fish
🐠🐟🐡 Fishes
“Fishes” refers to multiple species.
🐠 Fish
🐠🐠🐠 Fish
🐠🐟🐡 Fishes
Just got some thunder and lightnight about 10 minutes ago in Santa Cruz
Strong thunderstorm prompting a special weather statement along the Diablo range / East Bay approaching midnight 9/24/2025 #CAwx
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Just got some thunder and lightnight about 10 minutes ago in Santa Cruz