Dr Bob McNabb
@iamdonovan.bsky.social
Glaciers. Space cameras. Sometimes 🦭. MI -> AK -> Norge -> Northern Ireland. he/him.
When you see it, it sees you.
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 17, 2026 at 12:12 PM
When you see it, it sees you.
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This is fantastic, and it's something that we've been saying for years.
When companies say that are using "AI for climate change", they are referring to much smaller models used for doing things like climate modeling.
Massive generative AI models are NOT USEFUL for mitigating climate change.
When companies say that are using "AI for climate change", they are referring to much smaller models used for doing things like climate modeling.
Massive generative AI models are NOT USEFUL for mitigating climate change.
OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
February 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
This is fantastic, and it's something that we've been saying for years.
When companies say that are using "AI for climate change", they are referring to much smaller models used for doing things like climate modeling.
Massive generative AI models are NOT USEFUL for mitigating climate change.
When companies say that are using "AI for climate change", they are referring to much smaller models used for doing things like climate modeling.
Massive generative AI models are NOT USEFUL for mitigating climate change.
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Love glaciers *and* the smell of old books? The Juneau Icefield Research Program is looking for a self-sufficient Archiving Assistant to join JIRP this summer! More info here: www.juneauicefield.org/employment/s...
Seasonal Employment — Juneau Icefield Research Program
www.juneauicefield.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Love glaciers *and* the smell of old books? The Juneau Icefield Research Program is looking for a self-sufficient Archiving Assistant to join JIRP this summer! More info here: www.juneauicefield.org/employment/s...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I would be remiss if I did not also mention the dataset that we produced, which can be visualized as an interactive map on the page below:
rse-uzh.github.io/historic_air...
rse-uzh.github.io/historic_air...
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I would be remiss if I did not also mention the dataset that we produced, which can be visualized as an interactive map on the page below:
rse-uzh.github.io/historic_air...
rse-uzh.github.io/historic_air...
why is that removing contacts from a contact list in outlook increases the number of contacts on the contact list?
wrong answers only.
wrong answers only.
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
why is that removing contacts from a contact list in outlook increases the number of contacts on the contact list?
wrong answers only.
wrong answers only.
extremely excited that this paper, all about using historic aerial (and spy) photos in the #geosciences , has been published in IEEE #GRSM after [redacted] years and >400 papers (!) reviewed.
w/ @nilstillander.bsky.social and others who don't seem to be on bluesky
doi.org/10.1109/MGRS...
w/ @nilstillander.bsky.social and others who don't seem to be on bluesky
doi.org/10.1109/MGRS...
Unlocking the Past: A review of digital processing of historical aerial and satellite stereo analog imagery for geoscience applications
Dramatic changes have occurred over the past century on many parts of the planet due to natural factors and intensifying human activities. Understanding these changes is critical for quantifying long-...
doi.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
extremely excited that this paper, all about using historic aerial (and spy) photos in the #geosciences , has been published in IEEE #GRSM after [redacted] years and >400 papers (!) reviewed.
w/ @nilstillander.bsky.social and others who don't seem to be on bluesky
doi.org/10.1109/MGRS...
w/ @nilstillander.bsky.social and others who don't seem to be on bluesky
doi.org/10.1109/MGRS...
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Girls* in Icy Fjords: Deadline extended - now February 16.
See inspiringgirls.org
See inspiringgirls.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Girls* in Icy Fjords: Deadline extended - now February 16.
See inspiringgirls.org
See inspiringgirls.org
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
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Two more weeks to apply! No geodesy experience required or expected. Please pass along to any interested students. ⚒️🧪
Paid summer internships in #geodesy! This year, the MSU Undergraduate Summer Geodesy Internship program is looking for students with prior experience in geophysics, programming, and/or higher mathematics (geodesy experience not required). More info below. Apply by Feb. 15. ⚒️🧪 bit.ly/4quoUrt
MSU Summer Geodesy Internships
2026 Michigan State University Undergraduate Summer Geodesy Internships
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Two more weeks to apply! No geodesy experience required or expected. Please pass along to any interested students. ⚒️🧪
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How cold has this January been in the lower 48? It's on track to be the 30th warmest January in 132 years.
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
How cold has this January been in the lower 48? It's on track to be the 30th warmest January in 132 years.
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There is going to be a whole month for this, might as well start early
“Outside agitators” is older than Putin; I am begging white people to crack open a history book about Black Americans for once
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 PM
There is going to be a whole month for this, might as well start early
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We shall rally round the flag boys, we'll rally once again, shouting the battle cry of freedom.
Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 AM
We shall rally round the flag boys, we'll rally once again, shouting the battle cry of freedom.
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
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He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
January 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
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Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
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The images from Minneapolis are heavily redolent of those from Derry before Bloody Sunday.
The logic of challenged militarism, faced with civilian resistance, is to increase the violence levels.
That’s their one trick. Violence, or additional violence.
The logic of challenged militarism, faced with civilian resistance, is to increase the violence levels.
That’s their one trick. Violence, or additional violence.
January 23, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The images from Minneapolis are heavily redolent of those from Derry before Bloody Sunday.
The logic of challenged militarism, faced with civilian resistance, is to increase the violence levels.
That’s their one trick. Violence, or additional violence.
The logic of challenged militarism, faced with civilian resistance, is to increase the violence levels.
That’s their one trick. Violence, or additional violence.
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They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...
The White House posted a digitally altered image showing a demonstrator involved in interrupting a church service in Minnesota last weekend crying as she was arrested on Thursday.
A previous version of the image, also posted by an official government account, showed her looking forward calmly.
A previous version of the image, also posted by an official government account, showed her looking forward calmly.
White House Posts Altered Photo Showing Arrested Minnesota Protester Crying
The New York Times ran the image posted by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, as well as the one posted by the White House through an A.I. detection system. It concluded that the White House’s version showed signs of manipulation.
nyti.ms
January 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM
They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...
More than happy to offer guest lecture(s) about glaciers and/or remote sensing. Could possibly also do more general geoscience topics.
Finally, a note to the many professors in my networks: One other specific, small thing you can do from outside of Minneapolis is reach out to colleagues who are heavily affected (because of their own or their family's risk, or because they're very busy protecting neighbors) and offer a guest lecture
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
More than happy to offer guest lecture(s) about glaciers and/or remote sensing. Could possibly also do more general geoscience topics.
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He really is doing all of it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
He really is doing all of it.
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: glaciologists against ICE
January 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again: glaciologists against ICE
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this, coming from the Media Minister in Ireland is embarrassing.
other genAI providers have managed to minimise generation of non-consensual porn and CSAM, why can’t X?
it is absolutely scandalous to put the onus on the user and not the platform owner financially benefiting from this
other genAI providers have managed to minimise generation of non-consensual porn and CSAM, why can’t X?
it is absolutely scandalous to put the onus on the user and not the platform owner financially benefiting from this
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 12:53 PM
this, coming from the Media Minister in Ireland is embarrassing.
other genAI providers have managed to minimise generation of non-consensual porn and CSAM, why can’t X?
it is absolutely scandalous to put the onus on the user and not the platform owner financially benefiting from this
other genAI providers have managed to minimise generation of non-consensual porn and CSAM, why can’t X?
it is absolutely scandalous to put the onus on the user and not the platform owner financially benefiting from this