Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 14/08/2026Interesting YouGov survey of nearly 30,000 Americans: 85% own physical books, but only 25% own 100 or more. And the most common way Americans organize their books? They don't. 29% say they use no system at all. - yougov.com/en-us/articl...yougov.comHow many books Americans own — and how they organize themHow do Americans organize their books? A new survey shows that depends a lot on how many books they own 000
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 06/07/2026Cheney Orr took this picture for Reuters in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2026. It reminds me of the James Baldwin quote, “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” 020
Reposted by Eric NessNews Analysis @newsanalysis.com · 08/05/2026Two Russian military satellites, COSMOS 2581 and 2583, performed a sophisticated maneuver, passing within 3 meters of each other in low Earth orbit last week. The purpose of this close proximity operation remains undisclosed. #space #Newsyahoo.com‘Whatever Russia is testing, it’s sophisticated’: Satellites pass within 3 metres of each otherTwo Russian military satellites, COSMOS 2581 and 2583, performed a sophisticated maneuver, passing w... 011
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 02/05/2026This is a fairly fascinating video. Most people don’t realize this: AI pricing and latency mostly come down to batching. Bigger batches = cheaper tokens but slower responses. Faster modes? You’re literally paying to jump the queue and reduce batching efficiency. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkS...youtube.comHow GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini are actually trained and served – Reiner PopeYouTube video by Dwarkesh Patel 000
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 29/04/2026This is clever: Sentinel-2 captures RGB bands ~1 second apart. Moving vehicles shift between captures → creating color “smears.” DrishX turns those into vehicle counts, speeds, and trends across the globe. github.com/sparkyniner/... 020
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 28/03/2026The numbers here are difficult to ignore. If aid reductions continue, we’re looking at tens of millions of additional deaths by 2030, including millions of children. What you see here is derived from actual historical relationships, not hypothetical ones. #AIDE - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 020
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 27/03/2026What if LLMs aren’t the future of AI? AI pioneer Yann LeCun argues they’re a dead end—too brittle, inefficient, and disconnected from real-world understanding. A new modular approach may be next. Great video discussion. #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMV...youtube.comAre LLMs a Dead End? (Investors Just Bet $1 Billion on “Yes”) | AI Reality Check | Cal NewportYouTube video by Cal Newport 000
Reposted by Eric NessNews Analysis @newsanalysis.com · 15/01/2026Growing concern over academic freedom as some college students monitor & report professors for perceived political incorrectness. Texas A&M incidents cited. #AcademicFreedom #Newstheconversation.comThere’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informantsGrowing concern over academic freedom as some college students monitor & report professors for perce... 001
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 12/01/2026I built a GitHub issue–centric workflow framework for Claude Code. A GitHub issue # drives everything: plan → audit → execute → review. Fully configurable (TDD, ADR, etc.). At this point, my 9-year-old could probably do most of my job. github.com/Eric-Ness/Tikigithub.comGitHub - Eric-Ness/TikiContribute to Eric-Ness/Tiki development by creating an account on GitHub. 010
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 02/01/2026Big milestone today: I integrated my satellite-based water quality models into the web app I built. I can now view and interact with the models in one place. Shown here: chlorophyll-a in the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. #RemoteSensing #WaterQuality #GIS #Landsat #EarthObservation #DataScience 020
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 03/12/2025Tired of firing up QGIS just to peek at a raster? viewtif lets you: • View single-band + RGB GeoTIFFs • Overlay shapefiles • Browse NetCDF time steps • Open HDF/HDF5 + FileGDB rasters All from the command line. #GeoSpatial #Python - github.com/nkeikon/tifv... 031
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 25/11/2025SWOT captured 65-ft waves during Storm Eddie, the tallest ever measured from orbit. These waves traveled 15,000 miles, carrying the storm’s power across entire oceans. #SWOT #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #ClimateScience www.space.com/space-explor... 020
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 24/11/2025The World Bank just released updated high-resolution official boundaries (Admin 0–2) across GeoJSON, Shapefile & GeoPackage. Includes NDLSA areas, ocean masks, and full data dictionary + attribute tables. #GIS #RemoteSensing #Geospatial datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/datas...datacatalog.worldbank.orgWorld Bank Official Boundaries | Data CatalogHigh resolution, World Bank-approved administrative boundaries. Each download option (shapefile, GeoPackage, or GeoJSON format) includes Admin 0, 1, 2, Non-Determined Legal Status Areas (NDLSA), and a... 020
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 21/11/2025Burnscar Detection Pipeline: NASA FIRMS + Sentinel-2 + Google Earth Engine + SQLMesh + DuckDB = open-source system to spot suspicious burn scars & potential arson events. #OSINT #RemoteSensing #FIRMS Library: github.com/Centre-for-I... Writeup: bigdatarepublic.nl/articles/det... 020
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 21/11/2025So I just implemented a major update to the news clustering algorithm on newsmap.org. If anyone is interested, I am also currently supporting a number of new languages. 020
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 20/11/2025Wildfire modeling just got faster. PROPAGATOR uses stochastic cellular automata + rate-of-spread physics to simulate fire behavior in minutes — helping emergency teams make real-time decisions. #GIS #EmergencyManagement #RemoteSensing www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/... 043
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 20/11/2025My cat's litter box is connected to the Internet. Surely this is a sign of the end of days. 010
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 19/11/2025This looks interesting — Lonboard 0.13 just dropped and now supports H3, S2, Geohash, and even A5 layers. Lots of new ways to explore geospatial grids in Python. #GIS #GeoPython #Lonboard - github.com/developments...github.comGitHub - developmentseed/lonboard: A Python library for fast, interactive geospatial vector data visualization in Jupyter.A Python library for fast, interactive geospatial vector data visualization in Jupyter. - developmentseed/lonboard 011
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 18/11/2025SAR satellites don’t need daylight — they image Earth day, night, rain, or clouds. Different radar bands (P, L, S, C, X, Ku, K, Ka) reveal everything from subsurface rivers to cars in a parking lot. Wild tech. #SAR #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #Radar #Geospatial - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6c...youtube.comWhy does Synthetic Aperture Radar use different wavelengths? | SAR bands explainedYouTube video by sigma nought 020
Reposted by Eric NessNews Analysis @newsanalysis.com · 11/11/2025Analysis finds China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months due to increased solar & wind power. Sector emissions remained flat despite rising electricity demand. #ClimateChange #Newstheguardian.comChina’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis findsAnalysis finds China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months due to increased solar ... 001
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 18/11/2025Tired of hunting down shapefiles? The new wkls Python library gives you instant access to 625K global administrative boundaries with clean, chainable syntax — no downloading, no parsing. Just wkls.us.nyc.cityofnewyork.wkt() #GIS #Python #GeoSpatial #Wherobots - github.com/wherobots/wk... 000
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 24/10/2025With a $600 satellite dish and open-source software, UCSD & UMD researchers intercepted cleartext IP traffic from 50% of GEO satellite links — voice calls, grid data, in-flight WiFi, retail systems, even military assets. - satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontloo... 040
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 25/09/2025If you’ve ever wondered where endless scam calls come from… SIM farms. USSS just shut a few down. That’s good news. But no, they weren’t going to knock out every phone in New York. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBZj...youtube.comDid The Secret Service Really Foil A Plot To Destroy New York's Cellphone Infrastructure?YouTube video by Marcus Hutchins 010
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 11/09/2025My advisors and I finally submitted our next paper! #PhDChat 020
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 08/08/2025Orbio Earth just open-sourced their full methane detection pipeline—models, tools, synthetic-plume engine & validation notebooks—for Sentinel-2, Landsat 8/9, and EMIT. #Methane #ClimateTech #OpenSource - orbio-earth.github.io/Project-Euca... 0114
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 07/08/2025How do we track water flowing through rivers from space? This major review says: 1–3 day revisit. Resolution down to 30–100 m widths. Must include width, slope, & velocity. Flood forecasting + water management depend on it. #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #WaterResources doi.org/10.1029/2024... 074
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 06/08/2025The Trump administration is pushing NASA to kill two critical climate satellites. The Orbiting Carbon Observatories track CO₂ globally — data vital to scientists, farmers, and even oil companies. Cost? Just $15M/year. #ClimateScience #EarthObservation futurism.com/white-house-...futurism.comWhite House Orders NASA to Destroy Important SatelliteThe White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. 001
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 04/08/2025"At the current rate of horrible fiery deaths, FuelArc projects the Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto's 0.85. " - futurism.com/the-byte/cyb...futurism.comThe Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New AnalysisA new analysis suggests that the Cybertruck might lead to 17 times more fatalities than the infamous Ford Pinto. 012
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 17/07/2025Want to overlay a heatmap on a real map using Python? This guide walks through visualizing EF3–EF5 tornado trends across the U.S. with NOAA data, grid-based bins, and Matplotlib. Bonus: how to include tornado endpoints too! #geospatial #Python towardsdatascience.com/how-to-overl...towardsdatascience.comHow to Overlay a Heatmap on a Real Map with Python | Towards Data ScienceVisualizing historical tornado trends 060
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 10/07/2025Just launched: SMAP salinity data V5.0 + V5.3 with ice/ocean flags — available now via NASA’s SNWG Earthdata Portal. Track salinity near the sea ice edge like never before. #SeaSurfaceSalinity #NASAData www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/sea-sur...earthdata.nasa.govSea Surface Salinity Datasets Now Available on the SNWG Earthdata Search Portal | NASA EarthdataAccess Sea Surface Salinity with Sea Ice Mask, a NASA Satellite Needs Working Group solution, to discern salinity values close to the sea ice edge. 011
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 08/07/2025A record-breaking heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe and North Africa. Copernicus Sentinel-3 reveals land surface temps far above normal – and the Mediterranean Sea isn't spared either. #ClimateCrisis #EarthObservation www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...esa.intSouthern Europe’s land and sea sizzlesA powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer on 29 June 2025, reveals t... 000
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 03/07/2025NASA’s PACE satellite just dropped a year of stunning hyperspectral data—mapping chlorophyll, carotenoids & anthocyanins globally, every 1–2 days. It's the first time we’re seeing land plants in full spectral color from space. #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5548/svs.gsfc.nasa.govNASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Global Views of PACE Land Vegetation DataGlobal view of three major classes of plant pigments observed by the PACE satellite: chlorophylls, carotenoids, and anthocyanins. 031
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 02/07/2025It appears that MethaneSAT is gone. Launched in March 2024 to track powerful methane leaks, the Bezos-backed satellite veered off course over Norway and lost power. #MethaneLeaks #ClimateChange #MethaneSAT www.reuters.com/business/ene...reuters.comExclusive: Bezos-backed methane tracking satellite is lost in spaceAn $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry's emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates it told Reuters on Tuesday. 000
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 02/07/2025Microsoft just launched Planetary Computer Pro (Public Preview) — a cloud-native geospatial platform built for AI, ML, and massive-scale analysis. 50PB+ of data, now enterprise-ready via Azure. #Geospatial #AI techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/iotblog...techcommunity.microsoft.comIntroducing Microsoft Planetary Computer Pro — Now in Public Preview | Microsoft Community HubToday, we’re excited to announce the public preview of Microsoft Planetary Computer Pro — a turnkey platform that makes it dramatically easier for... 021
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 17/06/2025LOL - me too. What's sad is that I just wrote some code for a paper that does this, sort of. This is a better approach, though. 000
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 17/06/2025A great read on automating your ML workflow in just 10 lines of Python. With LazyPredict + pycaret, you can test over 20 models instantly and compare their performance. #MachineLearning #Python #AutoML towardsdatascience.com/how-i-automa...towardsdatascience.comHow I Automated My Machine Learning Workflow with Just 10 Lines of Python | Towards Data ScienceUse LazyPredict and PyCaret to skip the grunt work and jump straight to performance. 110
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 11/06/2025This is even worse - Brian Wilson just passed away. The Beach Boys are probably my all-time favorite band, and Brian Wilson was an absolute treasure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNX...youtube.comGod Only Knows - The Beach Boys, a cappellaYouTube video by Stuckinthe6Ts 010
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 10/06/2025So sad to hear of Sly Stone's passing. Absolutely loved him and the Family Stone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_x...youtube.comSly And The Family Stone "I Want To Take You Higher" on The Ed Sullivan ShowYouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show 010
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 06/06/2025ChatGPT just released Codex. You can connect to a GitHub repository, and it will explain the codebase to newcomers, suggest codebase improvements, and identify and fix critical bugs. Then do a pull/merge request! Kind of awesome. chatgpt.com/codex/ #vibecoding #chatgpt #codex 010
Reposted by Eric NessNews Analysis @newsanalysis.com · 05/06/2025Satellite images show Mount Etna's major eruption on June 2nd, 2025, releasing a large plume of sulfur dioxide & ash. ESA's Sentinel-5P & Sentinel-2 missions captured the event. #MountEtna #Newsdailygalaxy.comNew Satellite Images Capture Mount Etna’s Massive EruptionSatellite images show Mount Etna's major eruption on June 2nd, 2025, releasing a large plume of sulf... 022
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 02/06/2025NASA’s “Power of 10” for safety-critical code is awesome. No recursion. No dynamic memory after init. No function > 60 lines. Every return value is checked. Brutal but beautiful. Great video review. #CleanCode www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKa...youtube.comNASAs Coding Requirements Are InsaneYouTube video by ThePrimeTime 141
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 30/05/2025Is America facing a literacy crisis? Not exactly. But 40% of 4th graders can't read at a basic level. And 28% of adults are functionally illiterate. The real problem? It's been bad for a long time—and it's getting worse. But Mississippi shows it's fixable. #reading www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCT...youtube.comThe American Literacy Crisis, ExplainedYouTube video by Jared Henderson 000
Reposted by Eric NessNews Analysis @newsanalysis.com · 23/05/2025Trump admin. revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students, impacting nearly 6,800 students. The action follows accusations of harboring anti-American agitators & CCP ties. Harvard disputes claims. #HigherEducation #Newsapnews.comTrump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign studentsTrump admin. revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students, impacting nearly 6,800 stud... 001
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 22/05/2025Flannery O’Connor’s once-hidden artworks are on view at her Georgia farm, offering new insight into her creative process. #FlanneryOConnor #ArtExhibition www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...smithsonianmag.comSee Flannery O'Connor's Little-Known Visual Artworks That Had Been Collecting Dust in StorageFrom childhood cartoons to thoughtful self-portraits, the acclaimed Southern writer was always a keen observer of her surroundings 021
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 13/05/2025Based on the article I came across yesterday, I put this together. It's an 'LLM-Assisted Project Development Template'. I am unsure if it works entirely, but I will test it out. Not sure if anyone else is playing with this type of development. github.com/Eric-Ness/my...github.comGitHub - Eric-Ness/my-ai-projectContribute to Eric-Ness/my-ai-project development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 12/05/2025I really like this tutorial – defining .cursor/rules as your AI’s “operating manual” keeps context consistent and cuts down on misfires. #AICoding #PairProgramming - www.aitidbits.ai/p/sahar-ai-c...aitidbits.aiSahar’s Coding with AI guideHow to treat your AI coding agent (Cursor/Windsurf/Cline) as a human pair programmer and yield the best results 010
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 11/05/2025Check out creative ways to export your maps from QGIS to Illustrator — then bring them to life with animations in Premiere! #QGIS #Illustrator #PremierePro #MapDesign - www.chiaraphillips.com/post/make-th... 140
Reposted by Eric NessNews Analysis @newsanalysis.com · 09/05/2025NOAA retired its billion-dollar weather disaster database, ending public tracking of extreme weather costs since 1980. The database will be archived but not updated. #ClimateChange #Newscnn.comTrump admin ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980NOAA retired its billion-dollar weather disaster database, ending public tracking of extreme weather... 001
Eric Ness @eric.ness.net · 09/05/2025ESA’s new Biomass Dataset v6 delivers the longest-ever satellite-based record of above‑ground forest carbon (2007–2022), mapping trunks & branches at 100 m–50 km resolution. A game‑changer for climate & carbon modelling! #ForestBiomass #ClimateAction www.esa.int/Applications...esa.intESA unveils longest-ever dataset on forest biomassAs the new Biomass satellite settles into life in orbit following its launch on 29 April, ESA has released its most extensive satellite-based maps of above-ground forest carbon to date. Spanning nearl... 001