David Bassendine

Web developer, science guy, data hound. Drupal, Python, R & GIS. Exploring climate, biodiversity & energy futures via data & visualization. Founder @bluedotlab.

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

9 climate tipping points now 'active' - growing threat of rapid, irreversible changes - situation is urgent & we need emergency response - if damaging tipping cascades occur & global tipping cannot be ruled out, this is existential threat to civilization https://t.co/bb28CKwC5Q

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

Chadwick garden at UC Santa Cruz - small but dense and diverse garden, mostly fruit trees with understory planting a la forest gardening but also intercropping of annual veggies in beds and while the fruit trees mature. And bees!

[Alex Steffen @AlexSteffen]

I care deeply about rolling back this tide of fascism, racism & corruption, and building far more just, honest & fair democracies for everyone.

This is the time for that fight.

That said, I have never been more worried about another, larger threat.

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[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

Barbuda demolished by "most powerful Atlantic storm ever observed", need #climatechange damage reconstruction aid https://t.co/fLtiPKiGVh

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

#Irma breaking records in Cat5 duration & flood impacts - but still no @CNN #climatechange mention or discussion. Silence is deafening!

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

Punishing #heatwave in #SonomaCounty over the last few days: Cloverdale hit 114F 45C breaking 1971 113F record & mid-70s overnight

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

@pantheonstatus thanks will do!

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

@pantheonstatus user and site dashboards stuck on "loading" for me after many minutes, is this a known issue?

[Laura Acevedo @10NewsAcevedo]

Walmart and Home Depot in East Lake donating waters to all #GateFire evacuees. Dozens of RVs in the parking lot @10News

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

Just evacuated from Pio Pico #GateFire - orange glow then smoke billowing on other side of the ridge, packed & out in thirty minutes flat

[Hannah Mullins @HANNAHMULLINS]

This is right before I realized how unpredictable & unsettling the #GateFire is. More than 400 acres torched in Jamal. Watch @10News at 5&6p

[Matt Baylow @MattBaylow]

CHP reporting the #GateFire has reached a ridge on CA-94 and that they are trying to keep it from jumping CA-94

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

@LorienPratt I'm looking at https://t.co/d1M59Ki5iI - stay safe!

[KUSI News @KUSINews]

#UPDATE: #GateFire has spread to 425 acres and is 5% contained. More road closures are in effect per @SDCaltrans https://t.co/ZlzKLjZV4s

[CAL FIRE @CAL_FIRE]

#GateFire [update] northwest of Dulzura (San Diego County) is now at 425 acres and 5% contained. https://t.co/oa2M3NTRXO

[David Bassendine @dbassendine]

Snow caps Mt San Jacinto after last week's epic storms in the Coachella Valley

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

Retweet if you agree with @NeilTyson! #ClimateFacts

[BlueDotLab @bluedotlab]

#DKAN combines #data with contextual content to address citizens' real world #opendata needs - w/ #Drupal @ahoppin #ESIPFed #ScienceOnDrupal

[BlueDotLab @bluedotlab]

#Data-driven #decisionmaking at #ESIPFed https://t.co/G6a97XidrM > v sound rational approaches for communities on #climatechange frontlines