People often ask about a good book on statistics. Larry Wasserman is, in my opinion, one of the best (the best?) statistics professors there. Larry is also the academic ambassador of conformal prediction and was the first to introduce conformal prediction to the leading

Unofficial Jupyter Python notebooks companion repo github.com/telmo-correa/a…

So this seems like a pretty bad sign… “A record-breaking heat wave unfolding at what should be the coldest time in Earth’s coldest place has scientists concerned about what it could mean for the future health of the Antarctic continent…” cnn.com/2024/08/03/cli…

One of the best use cases for geospatial data is examining environmental factors. Here's a list of my favourite geospatial environmental datasets:

I've seen enough: This is the beginning of the end for the generative AI boom. 18 months in, results for enterprise AI are underwhelming. Demand for AI consumer products is low. Gen AI is derided, protested and resisted. Its cultural moment has peaked. bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-de…

Excellent list thread

Hurricane Ernesto 🌀 + ⚡️ heading for Bermuda islands after bettering Puerto Rico. GOES-16, Band-2 + Group Energy Density 🛰️ 2024-08-15

Very striking how much of a gap has opened up between left and right in concern over immigration in the UK. Far wider than at any point in the past. Real polarisation on the issue.

Search Whisperer Beta A free AI tool that teaches you how to properly compose search queries and use Google Dorks. Write what you want to find and get search query recommendations with detailed explanations. searchwhisperer.ai Creator 𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚔 𝚟𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚜𝚜

Trees of Life 🌳💧 somewhere in Australia. Some #EarthArt made with vegetation, branches, water and bare soil + #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🛰️ 2024-08-13 Full Size: flic.kr/p/2qbuxe1 🧐

Extra 6 - update 🔥 | According to Copernicus EMS 5045 ha were burnt 🔴 by the 23rd of August 11:38 UTC, "only" 43 ha more compared to the 22nd of August. Looks like the northern flank is controlled & the fire has not fully entered the area where we can find the Laurisilva🟢

The last five years of fire across northern Australia in 80 seconds.The tropical savannas are the most fire-prone biomes in the world. This is where the majority of fires occur in Australia. These files are controlled by the application of controlled fire early in the year ...

2. World map according to fish

Already 4 m of ice loss at Dachstein glacier this summer (AT)! 🔥😱 This is the northernmost glacier in the Alps, lying on a beautiful limestone bed 🪨❄️ Summer skiing was a thing there not so long ago! (see below 👇) 📷Andreas Gschwentner 1/

🚀 New features from Leafmap! You can now edit vector data (points, lines, polygons) interactively and save your changes effortlessly with just one line of code. 🎉 Notebook: leafmap.org/notebooks/95_e… #geospatial #opensource #leafmap #python

Air purifiers in Finnish daycare reduced children's illnesses by 18% in a carefully controlled study. This implies huge potential for better public health and cost savings from sick leaves, with a simple intervention against airborne infections. yle.fi/a/74-20089670

One of my favourite graphics from my book Knowledge is Beautiful. The distribution of all the water in the world… data: geni.us/KIB-WaterWorld book: geni.us/KIB24

📢 Exciting news! The 3-hour recording of our workshop, "Open Source Pipeline to Integrate Drone and Satellite Data," from the FOSS4G NA Conference is now live on YouTube! 🎥 👩‍🏫 Presenters: Jinha Jung & Qiusheng Wu 🔗 Watch here: youtu.be/BJPp99VCxMs 📝 Workshop Notebook:

The pedagogical explatuon level on these videos is really great. Easy to understand and fun to listen and watch. Lots of great videos to learn from

Just released my latest map of Azerbaijan's elevation and land cover! From majestic mountains to sprawling plains, and charming towns in between, this map has it all. Thanks to Sentinel-2's high-res data from Esri, Impact Observatory, and Microsoft!