Bob-o McNabb

Not here anymore. Find me in the fediverse (iamdonovan at or on bluesky (

[Bob-o McNabb @iamdonovan]

I look at glaciers with space cameras.

[Ꮍᴀᴇʟ @elle91]

Without using the title of your job, tell me what you do.

[Bob-o McNabb @iamdonovan]

@RobertCMahon I have been using Zotero for a few years now, both for personal/group use, and also for teaching.

[Ethics in Bricks @EthicsInBricks]

Rich Titanic tourists sink in submarine: Whole world watches as navies spare no expense to find them.

Hundreds of migrants sink in overcrowded boat: Hope you can swim, losers.

[Simon J Dixon @WoodinRivers]

It's time for my spicy take that no-one asked for 👀🌶

Academia is mostly made up of people who spent their whole childhood competing, & usually being top of the class. They are conditioned to that validation & most structures are set up to replicate it (e.g. REF, promotion)

[Bob-o McNabb @iamdonovan]

@oshanada

[Bob-o McNabb @iamdonovan]

@JosephShea

[Int. Glaciol. Soc. @igsoc]

New JOG paper! “Glacier area changes in Novaya Zemlya from 1986–89 to 2019–21 using object-based image analysis in Google Earth Engine” by A Ali, P Dunlop, S Coleman, D Kerr, R McNabb, R Noormets
--> https://t.co/raNOUDg3Lh @UlsterUniGES @asim__alii @ProfPaulDunlop @iamdonovan

[Asim Ali @asim__alii]

Our most recent paper is now available online! If you're interested in exploring, that how we use object-based image analysis for glacier mapping, check it out. https://t.co/BgAcegaaUe #GoogleEarthEngine #glaciermapping #OBIA #remotesensing

[m@thew @TweetPotato314]

fantastic work no notes

[Liam Hogan @Limerick1914]

List of the Coercion Acts passed by the British Parliament in relation to Ireland (1800-1887)

[Bob-o McNabb @iamdonovan]

@ProfPaulDunlop @UlsterUniGES @asim__alii @googleearth @UlsterUniPhD and special thanks to @JamesMLea for hopping over to examine!

[Whyjay Zheng @WhyjayZ]

Inspired by @celestelabedz's seismo-#MetGala, I present Karl Lagerfeld's line of cryosphere: Janelle Monáe as the breaking of Larsen-C ice shelf.

[Ruairi Martin Brogan @ruairi_brogan]

Horrible to see the wonderful wildflowers of Ormeau Park mown away today for the sake of tidy lawns... We have already lost 97% of our meadowlands. The destruction of an essential haven for pollinators during a biodiversity crisis is not a good look @belfastcc

[Adam Serwer 🍝 @AdamSerwer]

“If a homeless man makes me uncomfortable, the sentence is death” is the kind of argument I think people should be embarrassed to make in public

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

So I've seen a few defenses of tenure recently and as a non-tenure track academic they often seemed to me not as convincing and so I fear they won't convince the public.

So let me try my hand: tenure is necessary for the function of the university. 1/

[Eliza Skinner @elizaskinner]

This is truly, simply what the WGA strike is about: do you detect a difference b/t the shows you stream (through Roku, your laptop, etc) and the ones you watch through a cable box? Bc we do the same work for both, but we take a HUGE paycut for streaming shows. 1/3

[Copernicus EU @CopernicusEU]

According to the @CopernicusECMWF European State of the Climate report, rivers are in trouble

In 2022, 63% of Europe's rivers had a below-average discharge, i.e. less water was flowing💧

⬇️This GIF shows monthly average river discharge anomalies

https://t.co/c051FPBGAW
#ESOTC

[Bob-o McNabb @iamdonovan]

cc: @andrewhunterm @nosuchthing

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Mosses potentially support around 6.43 gigatonnes more carbon sequestration in the soil layer than bare soil, according to a paper in @NatureGeosci. The findings highlight the need to protect these tiny plants. https://t.co/iR3HBJw988

[Bob-o McNabb @iamdonovan]

@Lollardfish Pretty sure it's just "you can shove your coronation, shove your coronation"

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

May is Volcano Awareness Month.
We have volcanoes.
You are now aware.
See you next May.