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Jer Thorp
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Artist, writer, educator, birder & nudibranch enthusiast. Adjunct professor at ITP. He/Him. Author of Living in Data (MCDxFSG). Host of
Brooklyn, NYjerthorp.glitch.meJoined October 2008

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If you've never explored the East pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife refuge, right now is an ideal time. Things are *very* dry, making a usually quite muddy walk very accessible.
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Really lovely podcast on birds and birding yes, and also history, collecting, and the natural world. Take a listen, friends!
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My new podcast @UponAChecklist is about birding - but it's not just for birders. It's for anyone whose heart flutters a bit when they find a handwritten note in a used book, and everyone who loves taking long meandering walks in the forest. ouac.substack.com
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Can I ask you a favour over the weekend? Can you take 34 minutes and give my new podcast a listen? It's a little weird thing made with a very small amount of 💰 and a very large amount of ❤️ I'd love to hear what you think.
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If circumstances allowed, I'd do this in a heartbeat (wing flap?) Correct link is a bit further down in the thread.
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A number of last minute cancellations have left us short-handed for the fall. Love birds, want to learn ornithological techniques and have the experience of a lifetime? Visit birdscanada.org/LPBO to learn more and fill out an application or contact us. #LongPoint awaits.
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A sad anniversary: Martha, the world's last Passenger Pigeon (at left), died on this date in 1914. I photographed her and another of her species several years ago at the Smithsonian's bird collection in Washington, D.C. ©Tim Gallagher
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Is there a Miami project like this? It sounds really cool and checks a lot of boxes.
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This offers two crucial things: - The chance for people to ground truth the data that's being seen from the sensors ("Yup, there's a flood outside") - The chance for people to flag places where the data isn't telling the real story ("Nah, that's a car parked under the sensor")
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Being aboard a research schooner in the 1930s in the Western Pacific might seem like a dream. Then the engine breaks down, everyone gets sick, and the ship gets infested with... 🦀? Hear the strange story in the 1st episode of
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I'll end by offering heartfelt congratulations to the NYC Floodnet team, who are a group of really extraordinary people. This project has been a long time in the making, and it's wonderful to see it out in the real world.
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This offers two crucial things: - The chance for people to ground truth the data that's being seen from the sensors ("Yup, there's a flood outside") - The chance for people to flag places where the data isn't telling the real story ("Nah, that's a car parked under the sensor")
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The sensors for the Floodnet project were built by researchers at NYU and CUNY. They're mounted all over the city; there are 23 of them right now but over the next few years there will be more than 200.
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As we've seen with Hurricane Sandy large flooding events can be catastrophic. There are highwater marks on many buildings in my neighbourhood, even 10 years later.
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This morning in Queens, is announcing the official launch of NYC Floodnet - a cooperative of communities, researchers and gov agencies working to understand and address the impacts of local flooding
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There will now be six Indigenous voting members of the U.S. Congress. ➡️ Rep. Tom Cole, Chickasaw ➡️ Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Cherokee ➡️ Rep. Sharice Davids, Ho-Chunk ➡️ Rep. Kai Kahele, Native Hawaiian ➡️ Rep. Yvette Herrell, Cherokee ➡️ Rep. Elect Mary Peltola, Yupik
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Tonight I learned that while all of us terrestrial birders are finding vagrant 🐦 in there are vagrant 🐠 too, carried in by the gulf stream!
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