On April 19-21, Planet OS (part of @IntertrustTech) and UC Berkeley Haas will be hosting an exciting 2-day datathon that seeks to apply earth data to tackle major challenges in the Middle East * All are welcome (No experience required) * Great Prizes + Mentors Sign up: bit.ly/2UxnQbB

Yesterday, April 20, I had the privilege of addressing students participating in the #PlanetOSDatathon at #UCBerkely UC Berkeley Haas Planet OS (part of @IntertrustTech) UNICEF Iraq - يونيسف العراق

Last year I traveled to Iraq and interviewed over a dozen Iraqi and American bankers, former BearingPoint consultants, and economic advisers - this is the tip of the iceberg! drive.google.com/file/d/1uLt0bd…

i'm officially rebranding insomnia as sleepfasting

Same story in Basra but even more dramatic as you see the first 40C days in March. Data source is NASA MERRA-2 pulled from Planet OS (part of @IntertrustTech)

Reading Cities of Salt, and I really see how Arabs have no sense of the environmental devastation the region underwent because they were physically segregated from the lands as they were destroyed by Americans. It was there and then it was gone.