Charlie Loyd

@vruba

Miscellaneous, but lots of Earth stuff. Working on satellite & aerial imagery at . Sporadic writer. Tell me about eucalypts. Him. charlie@planet.parts

Oakland, California
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Joined May 2008
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    20 Sep 2017

    What are your favorite books (or other resources) about eucalypts? Particularly, but not only, if you’re an expert in a relevant field.

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  2. Dec 1

    This was a policy choice.

    Here are the images. 😔
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  3. Nov 30

    “How can I tell a tuberculosis patient participating in my study that I will pay more than 100 times her/his treatment to publish the study results?” —

    My new piece is about "prestige journals" like & how they are elite, exclusive & out of touch with reality (€9,500 price tag)! 20+ scientists contributed, mostly from LMICs. Their voices matter!
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  4. Nov 30

    Some homework: , , and

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  5. Nov 30

    My monolith take is: anyone with a good chunk of stainless steel, a shovel, and access can place a monolith, and this is only one of the reasons why the “who” question feels pretty uninteresting to me.

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    Nov 30
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    The fire has decreased by 30% so we're going to start spraying gasoline on it again in accordance with our safety guidelines

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    Nov 30

    It's weird to me that political leaders keep saying that 'gradually' lifting lockdown orders will somehow contain the virus. Every time countries ease restrictions their caseloads go up.

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    Nov 27

    Each winter, fresh snow supports a great conversation about how much we’ve over-designed our streets & roads, & how much space we could reclaim for people & public life. We call them , or “snowy neckdowns.” GIF via

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  9. Nov 27

    Here’s the kind of thing I’m talking about. It should go without saying that satellite OSINT can’t replace “normal” war journalism, but the gap in basic what-was-bombed-and-how-much knowledge is obvious. Who’s on this?

    Replying to @lindseyhilsum
    Did you also see ’s thread on this issue as well? But the question is how can it be hard to prove this aside the anecdotal allegations we are getting on social media, ?
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  10. Nov 27

    Hey OSINT nerds, there are a handful of very basic claims in contention about the current TPLF/government war in Ethiopia. Stuff like where large numbers of troops are. Applying some 🛰️ expertise to these questions could do a lot to help understand the situation.

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    Nov 27

    21:49 on Wednesday November 25th, over the South Pacific Ocean

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  12. Nov 25

    I know it’s a holiday weekend in the US, but if you’re a podcast I listen to, please put out several good episodes now. Thank you.

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    Nov 25

    07:43 on Tuesday November 24th, over the Indian Ocean

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  14. Nov 25

    “This Is Just To Say” William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) I have misued the dollars that were in the tips and which you were probably saving for rent Forgive me they were valuable so precious and so beneficial to shareholder returns in a system that rarely punishes wage theft

    “Misusing” is a weird way to spell “stealing”
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    Nov 14

    Mark your calendars, SF.

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  16. Nov 23

    For someone who grew up closer to the pole than to the equator, I sure do get huffy about 5 o’clock sunsets.

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    Nov 20

    Where do Americans get their Covid-19 data from? This is the inside story of how a group of journalists, optimists, academics and hundreds of volunteers built project to tell the U.S. how the pandemic is evolving.

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  18. Nov 19

    There are legitimate science goals for crewed Moon and especially Mars missions. Current plans serve some of them. And funding strctures mean it’s not zero-sum. But imagine what a thoroughly science-led space program would look like.

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  19. Nov 19

    There’s some overstatement out here of just how bad it is for radio astronomy to lose the Arecibo observatory. It’s bad enough without exaggerating. But I hope this helps more voters and planetary science enthusiasts learn to spot sciencewashing.

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  20. Nov 19

    As the drumbeat for politically convenient Moon and Mars missions continues over the next decade or two, remember that we let a storm destroy one of the largest scientific instruments in the world because it was in Puerto Rico.

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    Nov 4

    🌛🌌🚀 Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 152/PP - Lunar orbit, Transearth coast, SIM Bay EVA / film retri 🌗🚀🌘

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