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Ian Schuler

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CEO @developmentseed.org Still a big fan of Freedom, but not in a shitty way

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Carlo Buontempo @carlobuontempo.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Happy to have contributed to this paper. Forcing data NRT availability (or lack thereof) is an important limiting factor for the sustained mode of production of climate data and information. We need dedicated resources in support of climate forcing research & operation.
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
#Wildfires in Spain have reached record emissions in just one week according to our #CopernicusAtmosphere data. Heatwaves & drought are fueling fires, forcing evacuations & worsening air quality hundreds of km away. 🔥 Read the article for details atmosphere.copernicus.eu/spain-below-...
#Wildfires in Spain have reached record emissions in just one week according to our #CopernicusAtmosphere data. Heatwaves & drought are fueling fires, forcing evacuations & worsening air quality hundreds of km away. 🔥 Read the article for details 
https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/spain-below-average-record-wildfire-emissions-just-one-week
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/08/2025
Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C. www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
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Carlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 25/07/2025
🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
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Ian Schuler @ianschuler.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Happy 🌹🌹 Day to all who celebrate. nspires.nasaprs.com/external/vie...
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 06/06/2025
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at EO Summit next week! We had such a great time last year that we're back again to help out by facilitating sessions on environmental intelligence, deforestation, and nature-based solutions. If you'll be there also, we'd love to connect.
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 04/06/2025
🔥 New on NASA's VEDA platform: the Fire Event Explorer shows how wildfires evolved over time—where they spread, and how wind shaped them. 🛰 Based on authoritative NASA data. 🧭 Built for exploration, analysis, and storytelling. 🧵1/4
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
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Landsat 🛰️ @landsat.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Landsat could use your support. The mission's 50+ year data continuity is at risk. If you believe contacting elected representatives does anything, now would be a good time to apply pressure. 🛰️📡
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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today was the last day at NOAA for hundreds of employees who took an early retirement offer. Collectively, an estimated 27,000 years of experience left the agency. It goes without saying they will be missed. Their decades of service is commendable & appreciated. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Si-R...
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Dear NOAA: Thank You
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight. 1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms" 2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral 3) How tools are productized is not neutral [rant]
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 29/04/2025
🌳🛰️ Our groundbreaking Biomass satellite lifted off on Vega-C #VV26 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 10:15 BST/11:15 CEST on 29 April. The satellite is designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle.
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Biomass launched to count forest carbon
ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off ...
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 25/04/2025
We’re headed to the Cloud-Native Geo Forum next week and couldn’t be more excited! 👋 Say hi @yayyyimee.bsky.social @briannaritapagan.bsky.social @gadom.ski @kylebarron.dev, Sean & Ali. 🌀 Snag a zine too! 🔗 Get the rundown of our talks & sessions on the blog: developmentseed.org/blog/2025-04...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/04/2025
NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from. By @abrahm.bsky.social
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White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 24/04/2025
🎉 22 years of DevSeed! From open data scrappy to global partner, we’ve always led with purpose. 🛠️ Action-oriented 🩷 Build w/ love & pride 🌍 Open & collaborative 💫 Impatient for change Grateful to everyone on this journey w/ us. Fave memory or project? Drop it below — we’re feeling nostalgic
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 22/04/2025
"See our planet better" means helping others do the same. This #EarthDay, we're celebrating our partners who turn pixels into impact with: 🌍 Earth models 👥 User-centered design 🤖 Agentic frameworks ☁️ Cloud infrastructure Learn about our environmental work: developmentseed.org/projects/top...
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Kyle Barron @kylebarron.dev · 21/04/2025
With today's Zarr Python release, switch to the new obstore-based backend for **3x faster** reading from S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure than the default fsspec backend. zarr.readthedocs.io/en/stable/us... developmentseed.org/obstore/late...
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aimeeb @yayyyimee.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I share @rabernat.bsky.social excitement about icechunk!!! On top of delivering 100x performance, it can make impossible tasks possible. Why am I so excited to endorse #icechunk and #virtualizarr? bsky.app/profile/eart...
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Icechunk
Open-source, cloud-native transactional tensor storage engine
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s main contract for its websites was not approved for renewal, so I’m told we should expect some of them to start to go down. “Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
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xıʃǝɟ @pantierra.23.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2025
I've just released #eoAPI-k8s version 0.6.0 github.com/developmentseed/eoapi-k8s #eoAPI is a scalable geodata infrastructure based on #STAC and ready for the cloud. eoapi.dev The new version: * upgraded all of its components to the latest […] [Original post on 23.social]
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
NOAA’s office of Oceanic Atmospheric Research has had IT and other support contracts canceled in the last day or so that will fundamentally affect its operation. One source there said “It will seriously hurt our ability to improve weather forecasting and climate projections.”
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Tiffany Bridge @tiff.is · 15/03/2025
To be clear, the US Institute of Peace is not part of the government.
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Dr. Tanya Harrison @tanyaofmars.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Let's debunk this whole "space is hard" mantra. Looking at all NASA-led missions launched since 2000, only 4 out of ~60 missions experienced total failures. Two of these were due to issues with the commercial launch vehicle, & two were spacecraft issues. That is a *93% success rate.* (1/n)
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Pete Gadomski @gadom.ski · 04/03/2025
As we push adoption of stac-geoparquet, we've found some cases where we might want to store multiple collections in the metadata. I made a light RFC here, if you're intersted: github.com/stac-utils/s... #stac
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[RFC] Multiple collections in metadata · Issue #88 · stac-utils/stac-geoparquet
The spec currently describes how to store a single collection in the metadata: stac-geoparquet/spec/stac-geoparquet-spec.md Lines 72 to 77 in 121f648 ## Including a STAC Collection JSON in a STAC G...
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 02/03/2025
You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies. There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
All websites that depend on NOAA data should display something like this. earth.nullschool.net
Weather and climate data shown on this website and countless others are at risk.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the U.S. agency responsible for global weather forecasting, hurricane prediction, ocean observation, and many other services vital to public safety. Its satellites, supercomputers, and research teams provide essential data that help us understand our planet and protect lives.

On February 27, the new U.S. administration initiated mass firings at NOAA. These actions are unethical and deeply disruptive to the talented scientists and engineers who dedicate themselves to the public good. The firings, along with expected budget cuts, have serious implications for the availability and quality of weather forecasts produced by the United States. They must be reversed immediately.

Much of the data on this website is downloaded directly from NOAA's servers. In this environment of uncertainty, access could be disrupted at any time. While I'll strive to keep all features on this website functional and switch to alternative data sources if necessary, some datasets have no substitute if they go offline.

If this concerns you, speak up. Share on social media. And if you're in the U.S., contact your representatives.

- Cameron
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming. 1/11
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 10/02/2025
The DevSeed team will be in DC next week, so of course, we're having a party! Join us for a laid-back, welcoming atmosphere to connect with fellow earth data enthusiasts. You'll also receive an exclusive print version of our new zine comic All are welcome, and please RSVP! lu.ma/e230t38z
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/02/2025
Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer. Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/02/2025
By definition, numerical weather models require international data. The atmosphere knows no geopolitical boundaries: any model that begins and ends at its country’s border is unable to generate reliable predictions until after a weather system crosses its boundaries. Which defeats the purpose!
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NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If you’re a government employee, thank you for your service & here’s a resource you may find helpful. Stay strong. www.civilservicestrong.org
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Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants
Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2025
🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I want to point out that this is NOT a buy-out! Those who take the offer simply get permission to telework through September, at which point they lose their jobs. Media coverage of the details has been pretty misleading.
If you choose not to continue in your current role in the federal workforce, we thank you for your service to your country and you will be provided with a dignified, fair departure from the federal government utilizing a deferred resignation program. This program begins effective January 28 and is available to all federal employees until February 6. If you resign under this program, you will retain all pay and benefits regardless of your daily workload and will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025 (or earlier if you choose to accelerate your resignation for any reason). The details of this separation plan can be found
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Ian Schuler @ianschuler.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The USG will spend more taxpayer money this week purging mentions of DEI from outdated web pages then it would ever have spent in a year pursuing DEI.
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Dr. Brianna R. Pagán @briannaritapagan.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
When my house and community burned - where was the satellite information? A very raw blog post I am putting up so folks in the satellite, geospatial and tech fields can listen firsthand why I think we are failing the situations that need us the most. www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-o...
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When our community burned where was the satellite information?
Video of our home burned down taken by a neighbor after the Palisades Fire. I am writing this as a follow-up to my brief post last week showing a video of our home destroyed by the Palisades fire.
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AdityaD4D @adityad4d.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
2024 has been a year of growth and impact @d4dinsights.bsky.social from advancing data sharing for climate action to scaling Digital Earth Pacific. Check out our 2024 Year in Review: shorturl.at/hVxeF The challenge for 2025: How do we move faster from insights to action? Let’s keep building.
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2024 Year in Review and Looking Ahead
D4DInsights year in review and look ahead to 2025
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Kristin Wilson @kristin-wilson.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Worst memory from this date is my son calling me at work, begging me to come home, and then asking why I was whispering. “They’re right outside the door. I have to go, baby. I love you so much. Please don’t watch the news.”
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Bill Dollins @geobabbler.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Here’s a starter pack of geospatial companies. bsky.app/start/did:pl...
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Ryan Abernathey @rabernat.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
🤩 @pangeo.io hackathon kicking off at the @developmentseed.org office! Excited for some fun projects.
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Ian Schuler @ianschuler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I'm honored to have reached the level of minor notoriety that someone has set up an imposter account in my name. ianschulerr.bsky.social is a fraud account. The extra R is for extra report-worthy
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Ian Schuler @ianschuler.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A beautiful imagining of the new interfaces we need for LLMs. Building AI-based products in earth observation, @developmentseed.org regularly invents entirely new design patterns to interact with AI capabilities. As we work more w/ earth-LLMs, its fun to see the great design thinking in this space
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Joachim Claudet @joachimclaudet.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
#job
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 06/12/2024
🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst Join Development Seed to shape finance processes, support global impact projects, and work with a mission-driven, remote team tackling the world’s toughest challenges. 📍 Remote (U.S.) | $90k–$125k Apply now: grnh.se/5ac146873us #RemoteWork
A promotional graphic for Development Seed’s job opening for a Senior Accountant/Financial Analyst. On the left side, a photo shows two people sitting at a table with laptops, engaging in discussion and smiling in a warmly lit office. On the right side, text reads: 'Let's Work Together. NOW HIRING. Senior Accountant/Financial Analyst.' Below that is the Development Seed logo with the organization’s name in orange and gray.
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Kevin Bullock @kevinbullock.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
If you're headed to DC for #AGU24 @agu.org, please come and say hi to the DevSeed squad; we'll be covering some incredible topics and tech: developmentseed.org/blog/2024-12...
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See You at AGU — Development Seed
Our team will be in Washington, DC to see "What's Next for Science."
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 06/12/2024
Learn how open source software, tools and data are advancing open science in a very tangible way. The VEDA open science platform has reached a new level of maturity, which you can learn about through the various sessions & posters from us and our partners at NASA IMPACT. #AGU24
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Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · 04/12/2024
Big NASA AI news: The NASA/IBM geospatial AI foundation model now includes global data. That means end users can monitor disasters like landslides, floods, wildfires worldwide. 🌍
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Expanded AI Model with Global Data Enhances Earth Science Applications  - NASA Science
NASA, IBM, and Forschungszentrum Jülich have released an expanded version of the open-source Prithvi Geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model to support a broader range of geographical...
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