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Matthew Stotts
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Investing in Earth-scale technologies for climate impact, sustainability and regeneration.
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spilhaus > mercator
September 19, 2026 at 10:15 PM
mlstotts.bsky.social
Getting ready for the CalOcean.org Summit in Santa Barbara this December. #oceantech #blueeconomy #marinescience
September 19, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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nceas-ucsb.bsky.social
🤖 How can we use AI to help us monitor the world’s species? 🌎

📖 Discover how NCEAS is helping pave the way for responsible & impactful AI use in the ecological community, the latest from AiP

www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/closing...
Closing the Gap: How NCEAS Is Using AI to Unlock the Full Potential of Biodiversity Monitoring
www.nceas.ucsb.edu
December 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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jenniferrap.bsky.social
Here is a ‘clean’ copy of the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment originating from the Global TV app.
This version is 15:04 minutes long, because it includes the full introduction for the (original) entire 60 minutes episode, the Inside CECOT segment starts at 1:25 :)
archive.org/details/60mi...
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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bubbaprog.xyz
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA J.G.G., et al., Plaintiffs, LIYANARA SÁNCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioners-Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Respondents-Defendants. Civil Action No. 25-766 (JEB) MEMORANDUM OPINION Nine months ago, six Venezuelan men were hustled out of a detention center in Texas, loaded onto planes, and shipped to an infamous mega-prison in El Salvador with no explanation and no opportunity to challenge the reason for their hasty removal. On behalf of themselves and a putative class of similarly situated detainees, they have turned to the courts to vindicate their constitutional right to due process. These efforts have precipitated multiple trips up and down the assorted tiers of the federal judiciary, complicated by their subsequent transfer to and release in their native Venezuela. After the D.C. Circuit vacated this Court's prior preliminary injunction, Plaintiffs have again moved for an order enjoining the Government to facilitate their return to the United States to pursue their individual habeas claims. The parties then agreed to consolidate this Motion into Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. The Court ultimately finds that the United States maintained constructive custody over Plaintiffs while they were imprisoned in El Salvador, thus affording the Court habeas jurisdiction 1 Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 215 Filed 12/22/25 Page 2 of 43 over this action. In addition, it will certify a class of Plaintiffs who were removed on March 15 and seek to enforce their right to a hearing. On the merits, the Court concludes that this class was denied their due-process rights and will thus require the Government to facilitate their ability to obtain such hearing. Our law requires no less. ORDER For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, the Court ORDERS that: 1. Plaintiffs' [177] Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED; 2. Plaintiffs' [178] Motion for Class Certification is GRANTED; 3. Defendants' [182] Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; and 4. The Government shall submit its proposal either to facilitate the return of Plaintiffs to the United States or to otherwise provide them with hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process by January 5, 2026. 1 Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 214 Filed 12/22/25 Page 2 of 2 /s/ James E. Boasberg JAMES E. BOASBERG United States District Judge
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
mlstotts.bsky.social
Putinian POTUS
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Dec 16
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us. The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping. For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela. The Illegal Aliens and Criminals that the Maduro Regime has sent into the United States during the weak and inept Biden Administration, are being returned to Venezuela at a rapid pace. America will not allow Criminals, Terrorists, or other Countries, to rob, threaten, or harm our Nation and, likewise, will not allow a Hostile Regime to take our Oil, Land, or any other Assets, all of which must be returned to the United States, IMMEDIATELY. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
mlstotts.bsky.social
Fixed it for you @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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raypride.bsky.social
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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masnick.com
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.

Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.

resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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strategywoman.bsky.social
Greetings from Kyiv.

No power at home, so I’m having a warcoffee in a nearby café.
Caught the moment when the lights went out here too (they’ve already switched to the generator).

Light rain outside.
December 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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jael.bsky.social
Scoop: Texas AG Ken Paxton — someone positioning themselves as anti-Big Tech — is quietly using state antitrust law to pressure a company into giving up land for construction of a gigantic data center campus outside of Dallas

My latest for @heatmap.news
An Energy Developer Is Fighting a Data Center in Texas
Things in Sulphur Springs are getting weird.
heatmap.news
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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loworbittourist.bsky.social
Mali

🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/SMoZ3ZihRGPN...
4K link : i.imgur.com/5VDRm0k.jpeg
A satellite picture of a mountainous desert landscape. The upper and central areas feature rugged mountain ridges, while the lower right displays sandy dunes and eroded valleys in warm brown and orange tones.
September 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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fabriceardhuin.bsky.social
🌊 I've been working on the SWOT satellite for some time, and on ocean waves even longer, including as the science lead for @esaearth.esa.int SeaState Climate Change Initiative. This paper is about the largest ocean waves, looking back at 34 years of data www.umr-lops.fr/en/SWOT-reve...
SWOT reveals the largest ocean waves
Building on the 34 years of wave height measurements by satellite and the capabilities of the new SWOT satellite, a study reveals a new record for the highest ocean waves ever measured in the open oce...
www.umr-lops.fr
September 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
mlstotts.bsky.social
@loworbittourist.bsky.social have you visited the geoglyphs of California?
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
mlstotts.bsky.social
Cerulean.vc just dropped an update with new news, upcoming events and a podcast with PopularPower.io

open.substack.com/pub/cerulean...
September 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 @mbarinews.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship now accepting applications. Deadline Dec 2 www.mbari.org/about/career....
Postdoc Fellowships • MBARI
Each year, MBARI invites applications for several in-person postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. MBARI also...
www.mbari.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
My pre-labor day reward was to get laid off, do me a favor and sign up to get my now-independent reporting and writing
Gravity Is Gone
Independent reporting and commentary on science, politics, and policy
www.gravityisgone.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
You want to see this new geologic map of the contiguous US that the USGS just released.
Cooperative National Geologic Map | NGMDB
Explore the Cooperative National Geologic Map, a unified view of our Nation's geology, with interactive layers and geologic data.
ngmdb.usgs.gov
August 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
If you like to breath clean air & live on a habitable planet, consider commenting on EPA’s proposed rollback of the Endangerment Finding (which classifies fossil fuels as health threats so EPA can regulate them):

www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...

⬇️ Suggested talking points ⬇️
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
August 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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natureportfolio.nature.com
The Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina — often described as one of the most stable glaciers in Patagonia — is retreating far more rapidly than previously thought, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/45tPiZu ⚒️ 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows the Southern Patagonian Icefield and the location of Glaciar Perito Moreno, its bedrock topography and frontal change.
August 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
mlstotts.bsky.social
Can’t say that we saw this coming as part of our earth observation investment thesis at cerulean.vc
August 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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impactalpha.com
Cerulean Ventures is targeting $50 million for early stage investments in “physical AI” and nature tech.

“When people look at us, they go, ‘This is crazy. This is going to work?’ And that’s how we know that we’re on the right track,” says @mlstotts.bsky.social.

impactalpha.com/with-second-...
GP Snapshot: With second fund, Cerulean still seeks non-consensus in physical AI and nature tech
Everybody’s investing in AI. But not everybody’s investing in AI for reducing plastics in the pharmaceutical supply chain or certifying deforestation-free cocoa and ...
impactalpha.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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eriknordman.bsky.social
🧁 Happy birthday to Elinor Ostrom!
Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The committee recognized her work on "economic governance, especially the commons." We are not doomed to overuse our shared resources - sustainability through collaborative governance is possible.
August 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
mlstotts.bsky.social
I’ve known the founders of LGND.AI for years. They’re thoughtful, capable, and working on a huge problem: making Earth data useful, searchable as the Internet.

Thrilled to join their $9M round.

👉 Details: techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/l...

#LGND #GeoAI #ArtificialIntelligence #EarthObservation
Exclusive: LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth | TechCrunch
LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth.
techcrunch.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM