this skeet forced me to look up the science and i am gutted to learn that opossums might not actually eat tickets pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations - PubMed
Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are a common synanthrope in North America, and serve as host to many species of ectoparasites. Research on captive Virginia opossums estimated that opossums ea...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
this skeet forced me to look up the science and i am gutted to learn that opossums might not actually eat tickets pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
Another beautiful day of groundtruthing for our #EnMAP.#SNSA project ... without sweating from start to finish under a hot sun.
July 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Another beautiful day of groundtruthing for our #EnMAP.#SNSA project ... without sweating from start to finish under a hot sun.
A lovely day at Netley Park, where the first groundtruthing of the year took place - lots of quarries and pillboxes, but the focus was the series of lynchets forming earlier enclosures and field boundaries #lidar #groundtruthing #archaeology #surrey #volunteers #citizenscience #netley #nationaltrust
March 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A lovely day at Netley Park, where the first groundtruthing of the year took place - lots of quarries and pillboxes, but the focus was the series of lynchets forming earlier enclosures and field boundaries #lidar #groundtruthing #archaeology #surrey #volunteers #citizenscience #netley #nationaltrust
okay we're gonna have to start groundtruthing some of these rumors flying around
February 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
okay we're gonna have to start groundtruthing some of these rumors flying around
However, newer studies, like this one, studied wild possum stomachs and found NO ticks in them at all.
Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations
Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are a common synanthrope in North America, and serve as host to many species of ectoparasites. Research on ca…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 20, 2024 at 8:39 PM
However, newer studies, like this one, studied wild possum stomachs and found NO ticks in them at all.
I'm so very excited that a paper I've been working on for literally years about groundtruthing the public sphere is FINALLY coming out (and in a decent journal). Sadly, the findings about data from social media (ie Twitter) will be pretty useless to researchers now.
a woman with short hair is wearing a black scarf
ALT: a woman with short hair is wearing a black scarf
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:00 PM
I'm so very excited that a paper I've been working on for literally years about groundtruthing the public sphere is FINALLY coming out (and in a decent journal). Sadly, the findings about data from social media (ie Twitter) will be pretty useless to researchers now.
Short answer yes. I think Paul Carter might be good on this? Maybe Groundtruthing I’d need to think…
June 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Short answer yes. I think Paul Carter might be good on this? Maybe Groundtruthing I’d need to think…
I was sailing through the Northwest Passage as the First American in history in 2007 documenting the greatest loss of ice in known human history.
Groundtruthing the science. I have a great climate story that I share and work w scientists.
Groundtruthing the science. I have a great climate story that I share and work w scientists.
January 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I was sailing through the Northwest Passage as the First American in history in 2007 documenting the greatest loss of ice in known human history.
Groundtruthing the science. I have a great climate story that I share and work w scientists.
Groundtruthing the science. I have a great climate story that I share and work w scientists.
As part of the work of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), USDA has canceled my research contract for a study titled Groundtruthing the Cost of the Thrifty Food Plan. It would have provided useful empirical information for federal anti-hunger policy. www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
USDA Contract Freezes Continue to Threaten Local Food Programs and Conservation Efforts
Members of the National Farmers Union and speakers at the group's national meeting questioned the legality of USDA canceling signed contracts and the ramifications for farmers from such actions. Meanw...
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March 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As part of the work of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), USDA has canceled my research contract for a study titled Groundtruthing the Cost of the Thrifty Food Plan. It would have provided useful empirical information for federal anti-hunger policy. www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
.@JamesHuttonInst and the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social were on the Cross Lochs peatland today, groundtruthing the landscape and checking the network of water table loggers which contribute to European-wide modelling
March 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM
.@JamesHuttonInst and the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social were on the Cross Lochs peatland today, groundtruthing the landscape and checking the network of water table loggers which contribute to European-wide modelling
Integrating #RemoteSensing With #Ecology And #Evolution To Advance #Biodiversity #Conservation
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February 9, 2024 at 9:37 PM
No they won’t. That is a myth based on a flawed study. Doesn’t mean possums are bad, tho.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations
Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are a common synanthrope in North America, and serve as host to many species of ectoparasites. Research on ca…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 4, 2026 at 6:19 PM
No they won’t. That is a myth based on a flawed study. Doesn’t mean possums are bad, tho.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
groundtruthing required - mount an expedition
June 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
groundtruthing required - mount an expedition
We need epigenetic age estimates for groundtruthing!
September 17, 2026 at 9:20 PM
We need epigenetic age estimates for groundtruthing!
Bad info in, bad info out. This is well worth a read on dodgy data, AI and poor to no groundtruthing driving land management policy. @tonyjuniper.bsky.social
So this week in the world of farm/environment/land management/ mapping has been “interesting”
And by “interesting” I mean “verging on the utterly bonkers”
Why? Well this week started with Natural England launching a new map
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/12/a...
And by “interesting” I mean “verging on the utterly bonkers”
Why? Well this week started with Natural England launching a new map
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/12/a...
A new peat map for England
By Dr Ruth Waters, Director for Evidence, Natural England, and David Jones, Senior Responsible Officer for the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment, Defra England’s peat deposits are one of our mo...
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk
May 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Bad info in, bad info out. This is well worth a read on dodgy data, AI and poor to no groundtruthing driving land management policy. @tonyjuniper.bsky.social
Important groundtruthing of the federal funding events of the last week.
I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts…
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January 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Important groundtruthing of the federal funding events of the last week.
Psst...Opossums don't eat ticks (at least, not 5000 ticks per year).
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
January 23, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Psst...Opossums don't eat ticks (at least, not 5000 ticks per year).
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
"LLMs are routinely *benchmarked* on the *training set.*" is a sentence everyone needs to understand, but I'll throw in *overfitting* and *groundtruthing* (which must be understood as verb).
November 11, 2024 at 8:21 PM
"LLMs are routinely *benchmarked* on the *training set.*" is a sentence everyone needs to understand, but I'll throw in *overfitting* and *groundtruthing* (which must be understood as verb).
Delighted to have a poem ‘Groundtruthing’ with The Phare - you can read it here www.thephare.com/winter25flip... and listen to it here www.thephare.com/letslisten
Big thanks to @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on X in 2017 for the epigraph
Big thanks to @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on X in 2017 for the epigraph
Let's Listen | Phare
Our published writers and poets read us their work.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Delighted to have a poem ‘Groundtruthing’ with The Phare - you can read it here www.thephare.com/winter25flip... and listen to it here www.thephare.com/letslisten
Big thanks to @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on X in 2017 for the epigraph
Big thanks to @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social on X in 2017 for the epigraph
how have I seen this post so many times without anyone yet pointing out that the thing about eating ticks is verifiably untrue and based on bad science
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
(be nice to them opossums anyways)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
(be nice to them opossums anyways)
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
how have I seen this post so many times without anyone yet pointing out that the thing about eating ticks is verifiably untrue and based on bad science
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
(be nice to them opossums anyways)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
(be nice to them opossums anyways)
Let me know if you can't see the whole paper. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations - PubMed
Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are a common synanthrope in North America, and serve as host to many species of ectoparasites. Research on captive Virginia opossums estimated that opossums ea...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 20, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Let me know if you can't see the whole paper. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
Most people have no idea how biodiverse deserts are. Years ago, I was part of a @nature.org team groundtruthing satellite imagery in the Malpais borderlands. We learned hundreds of species across this remarkable biological convergence zone of Madrean, great plains, rocky mtn, & SW desert habitats
May 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Most people have no idea how biodiverse deserts are. Years ago, I was part of a @nature.org team groundtruthing satellite imagery in the Malpais borderlands. We learned hundreds of species across this remarkable biological convergence zone of Madrean, great plains, rocky mtn, & SW desert habitats
The next blog in our series looking at the update of the Ancient Woodland Inventory is now live on our website: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi.... This time, we're getting an insight into the survey techniques used on the ground to help verify potential 'new' ancient woodland 🌳
Updating the Ancient Woodland Inventory: Groundtruthing — neyedc
Carrying on from our previous blogs, our Ecological Surveyor, Claire Bending, talks about the next steps in the process of updating the Ancient Woodland Inventory (AWI) - on-the-ground surveys.
www.neyedc.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The next blog in our series looking at the update of the Ancient Woodland Inventory is now live on our website: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi.... This time, we're getting an insight into the survey techniques used on the ground to help verify potential 'new' ancient woodland 🌳