Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦

What me? Oh, just filling out a 24 page field hazards approval form.

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A graph showing agreement with various statements about science as well as conspiracy theories

Snapshot of US beliefs about science and flat-earthy stuff. [1000+ people surveyed, +/- 3%] carsey.unh.edu/publication/...

Although the debris path looks continuous, the topography certainly looks prime for an airborne section!

Planet Labs image, draped onto the Google Earth DEM, showing the site of the 21 July 2025 landslide in Wanrong township, Taiwan. Satellite image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission. Image dated 25 July 2025.

On 21 July 2025, an extremely large rock avalanche occurred in the mountains in Wanrong Township in Hualien County, Taiwan. Initial measurements suggest that this ran out for about 6 kilometres.
Image by @planet.com on the Google Earth DEM.
An initial description is here:- eos.org/thelandslide...

First cloud-free optical satellite imagery from @planet.com show the destruction of Dharali village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India. Unfortunately the source area in the mountains is still obscured by cloud and so the ultimate cause is still speculative. 🧪⚒️

lol

A list of the top 5 skills that employers look for, including communication, collaboration, project management, report writing, and attitude & professionalism. Except professionalism has a typo.

This will never not be funny. (spot it?)

Is M3C2 the best way?

Alright lidar friends ( @opentopography.org @bmenounos.bsky.social @rockavalanches.bsky.social) how do you deal with overhanging cliffs when doing a DEM-of-Difference? In other words, I want to produce a viz of the changes but the changes occurred under a roof (we have good point coverage there)
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Yep

Private Land Conservation Program This program provides funding to eligible organizations to promote the conservation of biodiversity on private lands.

This flew under the radar a little bit, but Alberta recently announced a new land conservation program. Sounds great right? The problem is that the funding is only available if organizations are based in Alberta and operate *exclusively* in Alberta.
www.alberta.ca/private-land...

A banker box labeled “contents: deceased employees, can be shredded 2029”

Ummmm

Sign above the roadway that reads "Marda Loop"

My neighbourhood is getting a multi-year, multi-million dollar public facelift, including a new welcome sign. But holy hell this sign sucks. No panache. No indication of the historic nature of the area (was named for a streetcar loop ~120y ago). No design.

Nope - processing several hundred million data points

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Task manager showing 99% memory usage

Ruh Roh 🧪

Across much of the Himalaya, fans are the only flattish terrain. So it’s not as easy as that.

In other words, to take advantage of the funding, larger organizations like the Nature Conservancy of Canada or Ducks Unlimited would be ineligible. Read that again. In. Eligible.

Private Land Conservation Program This program provides funding to eligible organizations to promote the conservation of biodiversity on private lands.

This flew under the radar a little bit, but Alberta recently announced a new land conservation program. Sounds great right? The problem is that the funding is only available if organizations are based in Alberta and operate *exclusively* in Alberta.
www.alberta.ca/private-land...

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Omg that’s horrific

Thunderstorm warning of large hail in Calgary

Large hailstones in a hand

Can confirm

A bearded hipster man pouring apples into a cider press

Cider day! (W/ @fuzzyfaced.bsky.social @everocean.bsky.social @mountainsloth.bsky.social)

Tariffs_v2_final_edited20250728_UseThisOne.doc

City of Calgary sign that says “prepare for speed humps. More info at Calgary.ca/speedhumps”

Show me a funnier City sign anywhere. I’ll wait.

New models improve predictions of snow, rock and ice avalanches A new 3D simulation tool developed by ETH and SLF researchers now allows for significantly more accurate predictions of complex alpine mass movements, supporting alpine risk management.

Very cool modelling work from the Chair of Alpine Mass Movements at ETH, and SLF predicting rock / ice avalanche travel paths. Read to the end for the video!

baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Close encounter with great white shark near Halifax sparks awe, disbelief | CBC News A Dalhousie University student studying marine biology is sharing a breathtaking photo of a great white shark she took while on a recent research expedition off the coast of Halifax.

When I first saw this photo a day or so ago, I thought it was an AI-generated prank. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This week, I watched both Happy Gilmore 2 and Eurovision movies so you don’t have to. You’re welcome.

When/where can we sign online?