Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 02/09/2026More from modeling natural systems book group at work. gist.github.com/sampottinger... 000
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 19/08/2026More sketching at work. gist.github.com/sampottinger... 021
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 05/08/2026More fun with the simulating natural systems book club at work. Code at gist.github.com/sampottinger... 020
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 29/07/2026Fun times with Nature of Code at work. In Sketchingpy, gist.github.com/sampottinger... 020
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 13/07/2026Made a small toy for an upcoming guest lecture: makeaneural.net. Ever wanted to know the basics of how AI (language models) work? Build a small one up in your browser and play with where it works well and where it might fall a little short.makeaneural.netMake a Neural NetEver wonder how LLMs are made? Build a small talking AI in your browser to discover how they work and why they sometimes get things wrong. Open source educational interactive. 010
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Thank you @schmidtfellows.bsky.social & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social for attending our workshop on #DataVisualization best practices! 💡Are you a #scientist looking to improve your data visualization game? Check out a our top tips & tool recs: dse.berkeley.edu/news/best-pr... 📸Claudine Gossett 001
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 09/01/2026📣NEW in Mongabay: DSE's McKalee Steen & Magali de Bruyn share insights on how #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge and Indigenous digital sovereignty are key to creating #ResponsibleAI for achieving #conservation and environmental goals. 📰 Read the story now: bit.ly/4bqbrfGbit.lyAI-centered conservation efforts can only be ethical if Indigenous people help lead them (commentary)In November, we joined more than 50,000 Indigenous and world leaders, diplomats, scholars and activists at the 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Brazil. Some of the most central... 0106
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 08/01/2026🥳 We're #Hiring!! Are you a #SoftwareEngineer and/or #DataScientist interested in #biodiversity and #bioacoustics research? 🦉🐸 🐻 This role will build and maintain high-performance computing workflows, data infrastructure, and research software & so much more. Apply now: bit.ly/Bioacoustics... 062
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 05/01/20262025 #wrapped: DSE data viz 📊 🎨 One of our favorites from last year, designed by DSE's Amanda Anderson-You, depicts the inner-workings of "Josh": our new, open source vegetation modeling software codeveloped with the National Park Service. ➡️ dse.berkeley.edu/news/2025-wr... #DataVisualization 031
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Thank you @bigadshaban.bsky.social and Raj Mathai @nbcbayarea.com for featuring @sampottinger.com & the United Nations #KigaliSim tool! Kigali Sim could help some countries ⬇️greenhouse gas emissions by 5% by 2040, developed here @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 📰 www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/u...nbcbayarea.comUC Berkeley offers tech to United Nations to reduce pollutionA Berkeley mathematician has designed a new, easy-to-use interactive tool to help countries reduce harmful greenhouse gases 021
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 26/08/2025👏DSE postdoc @mayazomer.bsky.social published new research in the @jxbotany.bsky.social! It explores how #MediterraneanShrubs resprout to recover after #disturbance and their resilience to global change: bit.ly/4mAwH5p cc @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @bmoreira.bsky.social @jgpausas.bsky.social 095
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 04/08/2025This week the United Nations will negotiate a global treaty on #PlasticPollution. DSE's findings in @science.org revealed that by 2050, key policies could: ♻️ Reduce mismanaged plastic waste by up to 91% 🌞 Cut associated greenhouse gasses by 1/3 dse.berkeley.edu/programs/end... #EndPlasticPollutiondse.berkeley.eduEnd Plastic Pollution | The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment at BerkeleyThe ProblemGlobal plastics pollution is an urgent and growing concern that is exacerbating the climate crisis, creating threats to endangered species and at-risk ecosystems, putting human health at ri... 022
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Check out this excellent @grist.org story featuring DSE's @sampottinger.com! Sam discusses our team's latest #OpenSource tool & research on opportunities and challenges for US corn #farmers and insurance companies: grist.org/food-and-agr... #AgPolicy #FoodSecuritygrist.orgAs temperatures rise, the US Corn Belt could see insurance claims soarCrop insurance is a lifeline for farmers. But research shows it's not ready for climate change. 082
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 25/04/2025Incredibly proud to have been part of this team. After 1.5 years of insufferable badgering my coworkers about corn - we made it! Neural network monte carlo simulations explore the future of crop insurance in the US Corn Belt. 040
Reposted by Sam PottingerMatt Fisher @mfisher87.bsky.social · 11/01/2025🎉 🌎 🪐 I'm thrilled to announce GeoJupyter, an effort to imagine and build rewarding new user experiences for working with geospatial data in JupyterLab! 🤗 I hope to see you in an upcoming community meeting or in our Zulip chat (see the post for links)! geojupyter.org/blog/2025010...geojupyter.orgIntroducing GeoJupyter – GeoJupyterWe believe that geospatial data analysis and exploration should be free, open source, and accessible for everyone! 13519
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 09/01/2025Getting examples ready to teach my upcoming interactive data science / data visualization course (interactivedatascience.courses). Can’t wait to see you soon Berkeley! #creativeCoding 061
Reposted by Sam PottingerSchmidt DSE at UC Berkeley @schmidtdse.bsky.social · 11/12/2024📢ICYMI: DSE's new research on pathways to end global plastic pollution was published in @science.org! Explore our cutting-edge model & interactive data visualization depicting what the planet's future could look like without plastic pollution: dse.berkeley.edu/news/critica... #EndPlasticPollution 051
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 14/11/2024Congrats to the team on the publication in Science today. 🎉 Honored to be co-authors with you and good luck at the upcoming UN negotiations as you carry our hope forward for a healthier and more sustainable future. #science #climate #plastics - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgPathways to reduce global plastic waste mismanagement and greenhouse gas emissions by 2050Plastic production and plastic pollution negatively affect our environment, environmental justice, and climate change. Using detailed global and regional plastics datasets coupled with socio-economic ... 080
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 04/11/2024Happy Monday … sending some calm as you start your week. #pixelart 0100
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 29/10/2024In the middle of papers so there hasn’t been any new viz for a while but here’s my dog at the beach. #pixelart #art 040
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 26/09/2024Thanks ESPM / UC Berkeley! Had a lot of fun at today’s talk on 4 perspectives & frameworks in data visualization. Slides & recoding posted. If you are in the UC Berkeley community, I have other workshop opportunities and a full course in the spring. See interactivedatascience.courses for details!interactivedatascience.coursesGlobal Plastics ToolInteractive data science courses / workshops for UC Berkeley: interactive data visualization, simulation, science. 000
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 05/09/2024Just added Monte Carlo to the simulation tab of global-plastics-tool.org! Do quantitative policy experiments in your browser!global-plastics-tool.orgGlobal Plastics ToolInteractive open source tool for estimating impacts of plastics policies using machine learning / artificial intelligence, serving as a resource in data-driven policy. 010
Reposted by Sam PottingerPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 03/08/2024React on best practices load balanced edge-service architecture VS static html over ftp 2303
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 08/02/2024#pixelart for when you have ceramics that need to go places 080
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 01/12/2023Good night blue sky. Hope I got the colors ok… I’m color blind so try my best. I didn’t check too many of these afterwards. 130
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 16/11/2023Goodnight creative coding blues sky. 🌗 Open source at gleap.org/plant/eclipse 2102
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 11/11/2023Doodling and putting off work. Open source at gleap.org/plant/balance. Dear creative coding bluesky, I hope you are having a chill evening / morning to start the weekend. 030
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 09/11/2023Excited to share a project close to my heart combining AI & data viz borrowing from open world game design: interactive tool exploring policy options to address global plastics pollution. There is a nice intro at plasticstreaty.berkeley.edu leading into the tool itself at global-plastics-tool.org.global-plastics-tool.orgGlobal Plastics ToolInteractive open source tool for estimating impacts of plastics policies using machine learning, serving as a resource in data-driven policy. 010
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 23/10/2023Good night creative coding bluesky. Hopefully Monday brings good things. Open source at gleap.org/plant/wheat 020
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 11/10/2023Hey all! Just forwarding along an event from some colleagues here in the bay area for science communication. A great event with some great colleagues. Interested in science communication? Join for this free event on Berkeley's beautiful campus: www.eventbrite.com/e/science-st...eventbrite.comScience Storytelling for Impact Panel SeminarLearn how to transform research into a story that has more impact and reach, and hear from journalists about their process and what captures 000
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 04/10/2023information.garden/@benfry/1111...information.gardenBen Fry (@benfry@information.garden)I have made the extremely difficult decision to resign from the Processing Foundation. I am absolutely heartbroken, and have not slept well for months. Casey and I started the Foundation with Dan as ... 100
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 24/09/2023Good afternoon happy Sunday. Some doodling in code while listening to Japanese Breakfast. The randomness produces kinda different variations on the vibe each time. Open source at gleap.org/plant/spotted. 031
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 11/09/2023A little sketch listening to Gregory Alan Isakov. Been a while since I made a plant in plant lang. Anyway, open source at gleap.org/plant/bouquet. Good night creative coding bluesky. 291
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 07/09/2023Good night creative coding blue sky! Doodling at gleap.org/plant/darksky. More ominous than I anticipated. 171
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 04/09/2023Playing around with the Monty Hall Problem with curious family members on a holiday. In case you want to join in on the fun, I made a small open source simulator at codepen.io/sampottinger.... Impress your friends and loved ones. 000
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 04/09/2023Repost a picture of the first game you remember playing… Oh man running through batteries on the gameboy. (Thanks mobygames for screenshot.) 030
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 03/09/2023Good night creative coding bluesky. Open source at gleap.org/plant/telesc.... 030
Sam Pottinger @sampottinger.com · 02/09/2023Good morning creative coding bluesky! Open source at gleap.org/plant/sail. 031