Jonathan Petters
@jon_petters
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Associate Director of Data Mgmt and Curation Services of an atmos sci-outdoorsy-parenting runner type. currently at Virginia Tech. Views are mine alone.
Blacksburg, VA
Joined May 2012
Ooh, please tell me Ed Yong is writing a book on the disaster that was the “war” between germ theory & sanitation. This dichotomy has dramatically outlived any value it ever had. The answer was always both!
Ed Yong on why we rely on drugs, and vaccines versus non pharmaceutical interventions like masking. We thought we would solve the problem with vaccines, but we don't have the systems in place to get the vaccines deployed.👏
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VT is just dropping out of the Commonwealth of Virginia campaign, which is still a thing this year? And just telling us 'you do you with that there giving charity thing'? There's gotta be a good story around this... https://t.co/Qpz3oJcQu9
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The Town of Black Mountain is asking folks to hold off on donations for a few weeks. We are overwhelmed with supplies. Some churches are even having to turn supplies away. It’s a logistics nightmare. We’ll need help for MONTHS. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
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How do you even fix this? Need some engineering insight.
I understand the frustration with slow responses for these tiny Appalachian towns. This is a main thoroughfare connecting Damascus, Va to 5 other towns, and the North Carolina line. It’s just gone. Every route is like this in some way, shape or form.
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Info from Black Mtn town meeting: Expecting power restoration in the coming weeks, no definite timeline Significant damage in City of Asheville water resources coming out of North Fork Sewage system on French Broad completely destroyed Hwy 9 gone in many places
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"I have seen firsthand how data and mapping can change lives. They say knowledge is power and giving people access to tools and data can help them make important decisions." —Imma Mwanja, Geospatial data curator https://t.co/yStfejbIc8
@virginia_tech @vtnews
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As the geospatial data curator for the University LIbraries, Mwanja brings a wealth of international experience and a passion for using geospatial data to improve lives.
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BOIL WATER NOTICE 9/30/24 - VDH in conjunction with the Montgomery Co. Health Dept, and NRV Regional Water Authority Water System are advising residents to use boiled tap water or bottled water for drinking and cooking purposes as a safety precaution. https://t.co/HuNJVNLlUp
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Job alert! Virginia Tech is hiring a Collegiate Assistant Professor in Meteorology. Any and all expertise welcome. Come join our dynamic program with > 150 majors! @AMSEarlyCareer @theAGU #wxtwitter #AcademicTwitter
https://t.co/Z9JyGKjkOT…
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We are recruiting a postdoc in water quality forecasting @virginia_tech! Come join our collaborative team to develop forecasts for managers as part of multiple projects involving #MachineLearning, catchment modeling, #HABs & more! Learn more & apply here: https://t.co/yWds9Gtigb
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We haven't needed programmers since the advent of automated programming in the 1970s. Once you have a high level language like COBOL and a compiler to automatically turn it into actual code, business professionals can create their own applications without having to rely on
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A STATEMENT ON THE FLOODING SITUATION IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA & SURROUNDING AREA: I finally had to log off and get some sleep last night, but I didn't stop thinking about the #Helene damage in western North Carolina (WNC), where I grew up. I have some thoughts on this historic
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Everyone is so excited by fake books, fake art, fake movies, and fake money that they don't care that the planet's best years are behind us and we're in for so much profound misery. We've ruined it all, and for what.
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Today is National Voter Registration Day! 🗳️ Unsure how to register for the upcoming election as a student? #VirginiaTech has launched a new voter registration portal in a continued effort to increase civic engagement among #Hokies. Learn more. ⬇️ https://t.co/QHy65PaavI
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The portal allows both in-state and out-of-state students to fill out the initial information needed to register to vote. It then directs users to the proper state website or mailing address required...
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Tech bros don't even try to hide it anymore. They want us to totally rethink copyright law in the AI landscape solely because they want to make money off you without paying you, and AI finally presents that opportunity for them.
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From one hypey-bullshit thing to another! Second Life, to blockchain, to... I do best to ignore them all, but don't know that LLMs will just go away...
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