Thijs Christiaan van Son

Announcing new Quarto resources for Positron users!

The Quarto website now has extensive resources for those interested in using Positron to create beautiful reports, dashboards, presentations, and more.

Check out the updated documentation here: quarto.org/docs/get-sta...

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Guidelines for improved quantification and reporting of carbon stocks and additional carbon storage in agroforestry systems - Agroforestry Systems The number of scientific publications related to biomass carbon or soil organic carbon under various land management practices has globally and dramatically increased during the last two decades, the ...

Carbon #sequestration in #agroforestry 🌳 🌽 🥑 🐄 is a hot topic.
Here we provide #openaccess guidelines to improve the quantification & reporting of carbon stocks in #soils & #biomass & additional #carbon storage in agroforestry systems, and to maximize manuscript acceptance.
doi.org/10.1007/s104...

YouTube video by Milos Makes Maps The SECRET Sauce to AMAZING BIVARIATE VISUALIZATION

Climate datasets are everywhere, but how do we blend temperature🔥 and rainfall💧 into one dynamic map?
My new video unveils the secret to creating 3D bivariate maps that merge these two crucial measures.
Prepare to be surprised by what you uncover!
Watch here 👉 youtu.be/EECMHPn2Iuc

The best fertilizer? A thriving ecosystem. We don’t rely on chemicals—we build fertility by working with nature. Syntropic agroforestry stacks species, cycles nutrients, and lets trees farm themselves. The result? A farm that grows food while regenerating the land. #SyntropicForestry

The Economic Growth Trap This chapter describes the economic Growth Trap wherein the West has fallen. It explains why and how neoliberal capitalism depends on everlasting economic growth. This has resulted in ecological overs...

The #EconomicGrowthTrap describes why & how neoliberal capitalism depends on everlasting economic growth, resulting in ecological overshoot (climate change is a symptom), socio-political instability, rising inequality, job insecurity, and a ruptured social fabric

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

New #rstats pkg gander is now on CRAN!

gander is a coding assistant that knows how describe the objects in your global R environment. So, when you're working with data, LLMs will know the names, types, and distributions of data columns, resulting in much more effective completions.

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Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

I think I’m going to keep calling it the Gulf of Mexico!

Can we all agree on that?

#stopthebullshit #trump

I did it! I deleted my X accounts
- I don't wanna be associated with it anymore
- The fewer users that use it the better

Facebook is next on the list. It has actually been due for many years already
- I don't wanna be the product of the big tech companies

#deletedX

Most academics think critical thinking is about being a skeptic.

But the key mental model isn't about questioning everything.

Most academics think it's about:

• Learning complex frameworks
• Memorizing logical fallacies
• Speaking in fancy jargon
• Reading more papers

Wrong approach.

To get back on track, we need new climate leadership and approaches This year marks a key milestone in the struggle to address climate change...

The old approaches for addressing climate change aren’t working.

It’s time for a reboot.

drawdown.org/insights/to-...

I’ll have to try this one out!

Aleksander (30) tjener millioner hos Meta i USA SAN FRANCISCO (E24): Aleksander Skjølsvik (30) kommer fra enkle kår på Sørlandet. Nå lever han drømmelivet i Silicon Valley, med råd til Rolex-er og sportsbiler. Men suksessen har en pris.

At Meta, the starting salary for a mid-entry level engineer is apparently USD 400 - 500 000.
The business model of ads and tracking everyone’s movement on the internet is for sure lucrative….

e24.no/teknologi/i/... (in Norwegian)

#iwantprivacy
#wearetheproduct

Good one 😅