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  1. Geospatial Analysis of Carbon Offset Projects - A Broader Scientific Outlook
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    eldhollow.com/blogs/geospatial <-- shared technical blog
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    [this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation, rather scrutinising the spatial use case & technical approach]
    H/T @kyle Arvisais | Forest Carbon Scientist
    “Geospatial analysis is at the core of [the H/T’s company’s] project quality assessments, and [the author is] constantly finding ways to make the pipeline better and ways to use it. [They are] obviously not the only one who uses these types of tools, but to be perfectly honest, the quality of models [they have] seen over the years has been all over the place.
    This blog makes a casual introduction to [their] pipeline while talking about the field at large…”
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    “The world has committed to protecting and restoring nature at an unprecedented scale. Whether that commitment delivers what it promises comes down project execution on the ground. Local socioeconomics and forest ecology intertwine to create complex challenges for projects to overcome during implementation, and at the end of the day, projects boil all of these complexities down to one single unit: the carbon credit. So the question becomes: can we actually measure what is happening to a forest, accurately and honestly, and everywhere at once?
    For a long time, the honest answer has been no. Historically, many forest carbon projects overstated their impact. Usually it was because the baseline was too generous, or because the measurements underneath were flawed. For anyone with a stake in nature markets, that uncertainty is one of the core risks.
    Robust geospatial analysis can help mitigate that risk. If you treat a carbon credit as what it really is, a scientific claim, then we can hold it to that standard and assess it objectively. [Their] geospatial pipeline turns satellite data and ground truth data into models about how much forest is standing, how it is changing, and what might put it at risk in the future. The pipeline does this anywhere on Earth…”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #usecase #carbonoffset #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #qualityassessment #objectivity #projectpipeline #model #modeling #application #nature #environment #ecosystems #ecology #local #regional #factors #socioeconomics #forestecology #vegetation #forest #tree #carboncredit #climatechange #climatecrisis #forestcarbonprojects #global

  2. Geospatial Analysis of Carbon Offset Projects - A Broader Scientific Outlook
    --
    eldhollow.com/blogs/geospatial <-- shared technical blog
    --
    [this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation, rather scrutinising the spatial use case & technical approach]
    H/T @kyle Arvisais | Forest Carbon Scientist
    “Geospatial analysis is at the core of [the H/T’s company’s] project quality assessments, and [the author is] constantly finding ways to make the pipeline better and ways to use it. [They are] obviously not the only one who uses these types of tools, but to be perfectly honest, the quality of models [they have] seen over the years has been all over the place.
    This blog makes a casual introduction to [their] pipeline while talking about the field at large…”
    --
    “The world has committed to protecting and restoring nature at an unprecedented scale. Whether that commitment delivers what it promises comes down project execution on the ground. Local socioeconomics and forest ecology intertwine to create complex challenges for projects to overcome during implementation, and at the end of the day, projects boil all of these complexities down to one single unit: the carbon credit. So the question becomes: can we actually measure what is happening to a forest, accurately and honestly, and everywhere at once?
    For a long time, the honest answer has been no. Historically, many forest carbon projects overstated their impact. Usually it was because the baseline was too generous, or because the measurements underneath were flawed. For anyone with a stake in nature markets, that uncertainty is one of the core risks.
    Robust geospatial analysis can help mitigate that risk. If you treat a carbon credit as what it really is, a scientific claim, then we can hold it to that standard and assess it objectively. [Their] geospatial pipeline turns satellite data and ground truth data into models about how much forest is standing, how it is changing, and what might put it at risk in the future. The pipeline does this anywhere on Earth…”

  3. This is the third in a deeper look at 10 of my philosophical positions; this one is on Objectivity and realism within the category of epistemology for objectivity and realism. A full article is available on my Substack, with supporting information on a recent post on Philosophics Blog.

    Below is a ~5-minute short podcast.

    open.spotify.com/episode/0FL5p

    #philosophy #podcast #objectivity #epistemology #diagnostics #realism #blog #substack

  4. This is the third in a deeper look at 10 of my philosophical positions; this one is on Objectivity and realism within the category of epistemology for objectivity and realism. A full article is available on my Substack, with supporting information on a recent post on Philosophics Blog.

    Below is a ~5-minute short podcast.

    open.spotify.com/episode/0FL5p

    #philosophy #podcast #objectivity #epistemology #diagnostics #realism #blog #substack

  5. A quotation from Shakespeare

    ISABELLA:                   Truth is truth
       To the very end of reckoning.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Measure for Measure, Act 5, sc. 1, l. 51ff (5.1.51-52) (1604)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #eternaltruth #objectivity #reality #truth #verity

  6. A quotation from Richard Feynman

    For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

    Richard Feynman (1918-1988) American physicist
    Rogers Commission Report into the Challenger Crash, Appendix F “Personal Observations on Reliability of Shuttle,” sec. F5 (1986-06)

    More about this quote: wist.info/feynman-richard/5360…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardfeynman #facereality #nature #objectivity #publicrelations #publicity #reality #realitycheck #science #technology #truth

  7. A quotation from Richard Feynman

    For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

    Richard Feynman (1918-1988) American physicist
    Rogers Commission Report into the Challenger Crash, Appendix F “Personal Observations on Reliability of Shuttle,” sec. F5 (1986-06)

    More about this quote: wist.info/feynman-richard/5360…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardfeynman #facereality #nature #objectivity #publicrelations #publicity #reality #realitycheck #science #technology #truth

  8. In defence of Sabine Hossenfelder, I posit that particles are not real or fundamental in any meaningful way. They are heuristic placeholders at best.

    📕👉 amazon.com/Architecture-Encoun

    There is an underlying 'reality', but it is not material in any conventional manner. My thesis operates on scale-dependent mediation. Seeking peer reviews.

    #philosophy #physics #reality #objectivity #material #ontology #heuristics #fundamentals #video #opinion #book #writing

  9. In defence of Sabine Hossenfelder, I posit that particles are not real or fundamental in any meaningful way. They are heuristic placeholders at best.

    📕👉 amazon.com/Architecture-Encoun

    There is an underlying 'reality', but it is not material in any conventional manner. My thesis operates on scale-dependent mediation. Seeking peer reviews.

    #philosophy #physics #reality #objectivity #material #ontology #heuristics #fundamentals #video #opinion #book #writing

  10. A quotation from Orwell

    I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity

  11. A quotation from Orwell

    I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity

  12. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1890-02), “The Sign of the Four,” ch. 2 [Holmes], Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45 (US) / 1 (UK)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #holmes #sherlock #appearances #attachment #attraction #bias #emotion #judgment #objectivity #virtue

  13. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1890-02), “The Sign of the Four,” ch. 2 [Holmes], Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45 (US) / 1 (UK)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #holmes #sherlock #appearances #attachment #attraction #bias #emotion #judgment #objectivity #virtue

  14. 2 “ … It obviously endangers the #freedom and the #objectivity of our discussion if we attack a person instead of attacking an #opinion or, more precisely, a #theory.” - #KarlPopper

  15. I've been putting off posting about my 5,000+ essay downloads in deference to more 'important' pieces, but since my weekend was occupied plotting a new story idea, I have space for a short celebratory piece. Hooray for me. 🥳

    philosophics.blog/2026/04/06/c

    The two favourites were 'Objectivity Is an Illusion' and 'Rational Ghosts: Why Enlightenment Democracy Was Built to Fail'. Follow the link.

    #philosophy #essays #writing #reading #democracy #fiction #nonfiction #objectivity #rationality #celebrate

  16. I've been putting off posting about my 5,000+ essay downloads in deference to more 'important' pieces, but since my weekend was occupied plotting a new story idea, I have space for a short celebratory piece. Hooray for me. 🥳

    philosophics.blog/2026/04/06/c

    The two favourites were 'Objectivity Is an Illusion' and 'Rational Ghosts: Why Enlightenment Democracy Was Built to Fail'. Follow the link.

    #philosophy #essays #writing #reading #democracy #fiction #nonfiction #objectivity #rationality #celebrate

  17. #mediaproducers present us with information about #ourworld. An #objectiveview is an #ideal only. #Objectivity exists as an #aspiration. #Facts themselves might be objectively true, their #presentation never is. #context matters. It would be nice to have a tool that presents all this #content in a manner that helps us categorise & consume less nudgingly. Only #FOSS can deliver here. Be prepared for #manipulative #agents, as #AI is a #tool of #opression primarily. #ads is #legal #humanhacking

  18. #mediaproducers present us with information about #ourworld. An #objectiveview is an #ideal only. #Objectivity exists as an #aspiration. #Facts themselves might be objectively true, their #presentation never is. #context matters. It would be nice to have a tool that presents all this #content in a manner that helps us categorise & consume less nudgingly. Only #FOSS can deliver here. Be prepared for #manipulative #agents, as #AI is a #tool of #opression primarily. #ads is #legal #humanhacking

  19. RE: mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/1

    "I learned, from veteran colleagues, what I consider to be the two principles of #journalism. The first is that #objectivity is not the same as #neutrality"

  20. RE: mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/1

    "I learned, from veteran colleagues, what I consider to be the two principles of #journalism. The first is that #objectivity is not the same as #neutrality"

  21. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    The happy man is the man who lives objectively, who has free affections and wide interests, who secures his happiness through these interests and affections and through the fact that they, in turn, make him an object of interest and affection to many others.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 17 “The Happy Man” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/816…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #affection #expansiveness #happiness #interests #objectivity

  22. Is It Time To Redraw Our Maps? / ‘Free The Map’
    (From migration to ecology, new knowledge makes new cartographic demands)
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    theguardian.com/books/2025/dec <-- shared media article
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    doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019. <--shared paper
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    freethemap.org/ <-- shared ‘Free The Map’ page, where “Prof. Henk van Houtum makes a compelling case for a new cartography…”
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    [this post should not be considered an endorsement of any particular viewpoint or book/product]
    #cartography #cartopolitics #geography #visualisation #humanimpacts #mapping #mapmaking #GIS #spatial #interpretation #history #borders #internationalborders #jigsawpuzzlemaps #neutrality #objectivity #mappingrevolution #uncertainty #subjectivity #multiplicity

  23. Is It Time To Redraw Our Maps? / ‘Free The Map’
    (From migration to ecology, new knowledge makes new cartographic demands)
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    theguardian.com/books/2025/dec <-- shared media article
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    doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019. <--shared paper
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    freethemap.org/ <-- shared ‘Free The Map’ page, where “Prof. Henk van Houtum makes a compelling case for a new cartography…”
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    [this post should not be considered an endorsement of any particular viewpoint or book/product]