We're excited to announce the addition of Fumiyuki Beppu to the squad! The Japanese veteran is making the move back to the WorldTour stage and we're looking forward to racing with him 2021! 🚲 🎉

Wealth of Elon Musk on March 18, 2020: $24.5 billion Wealth of Elon Musk on January 9, 2021: $209 billion U.S. minimum wage in 2009: $7.25 an hour U.S. minimum wage in 2021: $7.25 an hour Our job: Raise the minimum wage to at least $15, tax the rich & create an economy for all.

This funding is a critical 1st step to right a historic wrong. Starting in the 1950s, highways tore apart & cut thru communities of color, incl. here in Mpls w/ 35W & I94. It's time to reconnect & reinvest in infrastructure that serves the people in Mpls. usa.streetsblog.org/2021/01/11/sen…

People who tend to eat minimally processed foods like vegetables, nuts, eggs and seafood are more likely to harbor beneficial gut bacteria, researchers found. trib.al/WL9Elc0

Just learned about google earth engine. Seems cool! #datascience #GIS earthengine.google.com

First time collecting terrestrial LiDAR at Crosby as part of the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change project. Thanks for the invite, @Auste #LiDAR #trimble #climatechange

Taking it all in.

🚨 The Michigan Society of American @Foresters is offering free, oak-focused educational webinars January 4, February 1 and March 1. Foresters, land managers, family forest owners and more are welcome. Register at michigansaf.org/calendar.html #SupportWhiteOak

If you want to start 2023 with eyes wide open then I recommend this packed & pithy paper by Nate Hagens on economics for the future. Humanity + energy + debt + growth addiction + planetary boundaries: guess what's coming. Can we learn to bend not break? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Now you can define an area and see the statistics click on a sector of the stand and see the height and volume, along with the ndvi series!!! Explore it!!! mgaute14.users.earthengine.app/view/heightfor… #LIDAR #Eucalyptus #forestry 😀🌳🇦🇷

Removing clouds from satellite images with a few clicks using cleanup.pictures. That's fun. Try it out: Image source: esri.com/arcgis-blog/wp… #AI #deeplearning #geospatial

People can do big things! #Reimagine94 can become the #TwinCitiesBoulevard. Creating a canal out of a highway actually seems harder than filling in the 94 trench, installing multimodal lanes, and adding buildings for homes and businesses.

If you are ever in Minneapolis, author Louise Erdrich’s Birch Bark is probably unlike any bookstore you’ve been to and worth a visit.

📢 The call for @Silvilaser23 abstracts is OPEN! There are a number of options, including in person oral and poster sessions as well as a prerecorded video session. Please head to blogs.ucl.ac.uk/silvilaser2023… for more info. Abstract submission closes 14th April.

NEW PLOW ON THE MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS 🎵 ❄️ Welcome to the family, #Blizzo! LIZZO

A big theme throughout the event is growing recognition of the need to return #goodfire to northern Minnesota’s fire dependent forest ecosystems. Prescribed fire can reduce wildfire risk and intensity, improve forest health, and restore indigenous cultural practices.

IT'S THE POST YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR: UMN GRADUATE WORKERS HAVE A UNION! We won 2487 yes votes to 70 no- that's 97% in favor of a union! The hard work of countless graduate workers pays off!