Climatologist, statistician, and geographer | #FirstGen | UDel and UBC grad | Grower of food and lover of plants and birds | Partner of https://bsky.app/profile/teresarobeson.com
Scott Robeson
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A colleague told me earlier this week about a friend’s non-profit that recently hired somebody for a competitive, fully remote position and didn’t figure out for two weeks that their new hire was actually an AI agent - at which point they promptly terminated it.
Breaking: El Niño is officially here, and it could break records. NOAA is giving it a 63% chance of becoming one of the “largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950.” www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/w...
On the day that the university president talks up adoption of the Chicago Principles regarding free speech to the Board of Trustees, the same university does not renew the contract of a lecturer because of an anonymous student complaint.
Some things I have learned recently:
The most recent world cups have been held in "hot" countries but in those countries WINTER. The World Cup Final in the US will likely be hotter than the Qatar World Cup for example.
The US prosecuted FIFA for corruption.