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UAV-based models are effective for monitoring vegetation characteristics but may lose accuracy under extreme environmental change. Our new research led by @blackburnrc.bsky.social tests the limits of model transferability using a long-term climate manipulation link.springer.com/article/10.1...
20.03.2025 03:47 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0“Rapid ecological data collection from 360-degree imagery using visualisation and immersive sampling in the R pannotator package” provides a pretty cool work flow for inexpensively measuring plant communities and could potentially provide a pretty large database of images to integrate with AI.
05.03.2025 16:41 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Even though it’s an ancient post (2.5 weeks old), I find Moore’s take to provide a little hope after reading about the lies in the joint address and reflecting on the last 45 days.
05.03.2025 16:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Head over to the Methods Blog to find out the story behind YOLO-Behaviour, a framework for automated behavioural coding from videos! 🐦 @alexhhchan.bsky.socical
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Anyone know of something happening in LA/Long Beach area? #standupforscience2025
27.02.2025 22:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The redwood Methuselah most likely began growing in 217 AD and is measured to be 14 ft (426 cm) wide. Its persistance inspires. Also, I really should have had someone stand in this photo for scale.
26.02.2025 15:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Fun activity: Daily reporting on Apple maps for wrong name. Zoom into to the Gulf of Mexico, click on the incorrect name (Gulf of America), click the three dots, and then report the issue.
15.02.2025 18:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
SUBJECT: Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs 'The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar. In Fiscal Year 2024. of the nearly $10 trillion that the Federal Government spent, more than $3 trillion was Federal financial assistance, such as grants and loans. Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities. Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and manufacturing, ending wokeness" and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again. The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve. This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President's policies and requirements. For example, during the initial days of his Administration, President Donald J Trump issued a series of executive orders to protect the American people and safeguard valuable taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025). Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan 20, 2025), Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025). Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20. 2025). Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20.
ent these orders, each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all jal assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that any of the President's executive orders. In the interian, to the extent applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency nay be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial surice tot foreign nongovernmental organizations, DEL woke gender ideology, and the pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the he temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00 rehensive analysis. Federal agencies must immediately deadlines for assistance programs arising while the les must report this information to OMB along with an directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated conducting merit review panels No later than Febrar - 10. 2025, agencies shail submit to OMB detailed information on any programs projects or activities subject to this pause. Each agency must pause. (i) issuance of disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards, and (il) other relevant has reviewed provided guidance to your agency with respect to the information act recordin grant and ptions allowing Federal agencies to issue new awards or take other case basis. To the extent required by law, Federal agencies may continue nistrative actions. such as closeout of Federal awards (2 CFR 200.344), or expressly required by law
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
