Greg Ohannessian

From Politics to Plants | Dubai via Beirut via London via Dallas | Obsessed with data | Committed to Food Security

[The National @TheNationalNews]

“There are more than 30,000 farms in the UAE, an astonishing figure given that the country is situated in a water-scarce region.”

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[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Women make up 25 percent of computer scientists. But in the field of AI those numbers are likely much lower. @laurensmiley writes about a Stanford professor hoping to change that by teaching AI to high-schoolers. https://t.co/RHs9dsFkmp

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

"The most important part of learning is actually forgetting" https://t.co/o2oVxGcUpH

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

A new theory “may be the answer to a really major puzzle” about how computers and humans learn:
https://t.co/Xn1NZ05miY

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

Is @Kurdistan ready for Independence? Interesting to see what has (not) been achieved since 2014. #Kurdishreferendum https://t.co/raEKBAEV4j

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

The folks at @freecodecamp just built and released a (free) mailchimp alternative for nonprofit marketing. Genius. https://t.co/0dnkEoFyPH

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

@NoorAlAli @QuantaMagazine Let me put it this way: If the folks at @99piorg co-produced it, nerdvana would be achieved

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

If you aren't reading @QuantaMagazine, you're missing out. "Mapping the Brain to Build Better Machines" https://t.co/KG0t3CVoEm

[FAO Knowledge @FAOKnowledge]

#Wastewater is a valuable resource in a world where water is finite. #water

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

Over $2 trillion lost in food supply chain every year. Folks like @arable helping reduce that in production using monitoring and analytics. https://t.co/dFEyeBnwmN

[Seeds&Chips @SEEDSandCHIPS]

8 Water Technology #Startups helping #Agriculture grow up
https://t.co/OzoqiffWDG
#AgTech #WaterFirst #FoodInnovation #FoodTech

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

“Less than 10 percent of the nation’s 2.1 million farmers have transition plans to pass their land and business to the next generation” https://t.co/kB0tdNilHB

[Michael Pollan @michaelpollan]

Polyface Farm: A New Way Forward for American Agriculture https://t.co/fRc6f2OBDI

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

Dear Climate Change, you can melt ice caps and displace millions- but don’t mess with our apres-ski spots... https://t.co/JsOQv07GNf

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

When #permafrost melts, entire mountainsides collapse, as in Bregaglia Valley, Switzerland, today @severeweatherEU

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Heard of aquaponics? It's the future of food. Read more: https://t.co/9lzS5qSvAy

[Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli]

Angry men, dislocated from society, radicalized online, embraced by a community, promised glory & honor. Not ISIS, see #Charlottesville

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

"Which people are “ready for democracy”? Few of the old theorists thought any people were ready..." https://t.co/y6cRHydKNe

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

So, Self-Driving Content is a thing. See @storily 's @kanoush talk all things publishing at SXSW PanelPicker https://t.co/4uapWj6MLy

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

@kanoush they're already on it! https://t.co/5ii0sWy9LZ

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

An algorithm trained on emoji knows when you're being sarcastic on Twitter. 🙃 https://t.co/oADrsL2jN5

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

"A North Carolina company is recalling nearly 5,000 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with plastic foam...." via NYT …

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

"Wildlife officials are boosting a program to vaccinate raccoons in the wild in an effort prevent the spread of rabies in Maine and northwa…

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

@HirokoTabuchi

[Greg Ohannessian @gregohan]

"+70% of freshwater currently used for ag, but when other water users can purchase water from farmers, farmers have incentive to improve" https://t.co/pQId8fJJYv

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Water for people or nature is a false choice. We need to think bigger to protect the world’s water https://t.co/ZsI0dIGSkZ