She’s the doctor who diagnosed me with Lyme disease this summer. She was really fantastic and I credit her proactive treatment plan with saving me from the more prolonged and persistent form of the disease. What an absolute loss for the island.

Kīlauea episode 39 #kilauea

One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.

Why do people behave like this on airplanes? This man had a window seat and still tried to take up my space! Straight to jail for this shit.

Read our paper! I’m no seismologist, but I am a warm body that can help deploy nodes in hostile locations!

One of our @uhhilogeology.bsky.social undergrad students, Lichen Forster, has a poster presentation on work they did for an REU project in Peru using ground penetrating radar! Stop by #1693 this afternoon from 2:15-5:15! #AGU25

Of all the individuals from academic institutions who walked across the stage for last night’s #AGU25 awards ceremony, I think I was the only one from a non-R1. Important work happens outside of big universities, but we often lack the connections and “pedigree” to be nominated or taken seriously.

I still don’t think I’m ready for a new dog, but a new dog was ready for me. Meet Klaus. His first human died and he needed a home that could deal with some persistent skin and ear issues. He’ll be waiting for me at home in Hawai‘i when I get back from AGU.

Just saw the EXCELLENT news that one of my former students, Rocío Caballero-Gill @caballerogill.bsky.social was recognized for her work w/ @geolatinas.bsky.social (& more!) by @geosociety.bsky.social's Bromery Award! www.geosociety.org/GSA/About/aw... Congratulations, Rocío! VERY well deserved! ⚒️

There are so many ways to mentally prepare for conference talks. My brain, without fail, chooses the option of “doom spiral” beforehand. I have come to accept that I will never feel confident about giving talks, regardless of how relaxed my style seems in the moment.

TODAY is the first of two @geolatinas.bsky.social meetups at #AGU25 @agu.org hosted by Lina, Katalina, Tamara, & Ana María, dear leaders in our community 💜👏🏽 Stop by room G114 @11:00 am to connect w/other Latinamerican geoscientists, share opportunities, & importantly, share your story. ALL welcome!

⚒️🍎🧪👩‍🔬🌋 NEW EPISODE ALERT! Tune in at 11:00am ET on Monday December 22nd, 2025 for the premiere of the brand new Episode 83 of Every Rock Has A Story! Share it with kids, parents, and teachers you know! This could be the most explosive episode yet!! youtube.com/shorts/D0qh_...

Are you at #AGU25 and are interested in learning more about out the similarities and differences of the recent eruptions in Hawai‘i? Stop by the posters of our @uhhilogeology.bsky.social undergrads, Lichen and Raymond, tomorrow morning and my talk tomorrow (Tuesday) at 4:45 PM in room 352.

In a fugue state at AGU. Track me down if you need anything or want to meet up.

I haven't found any of the pod meetings listed in the #AGU25 app, so please share that any/all stitchers are invited to Pod 5 on Wednesday morning for a celebration of the fifth Stitch Your Science project. If you have any completed or WIPs, bring them along!

Today we celebrated our graduates, Lichen and Raymond, who are also preparing to attend #AGU2025. We had a walk through of their posters with students and friends of the department. Stop by session V21C on Tuesday morning to see the cool science they’re working on with Kīlauea’s ongoing eruption.

Big Tech has been insidiously infiltrating education for decades and it’s absolutely our jobs as educators to curb the snake oil they are trying to sell our children

RIP V3 camera. #Kilauea

My friend brought me this heirloom chalice as thanks for watching her dog. A collectors item for sure.

Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute! You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.

⚒️🍎🧪🌋 Check out the brand new EPIC TRAILER for Every Rock Has A Story in Hawaii. My son made this trailer all by himself... I hope you enjoy it. Please share with parents, teachers, kids and encourage them to take a peek when these new episodes post starting in December! youtu.be/hcLWkOQsCcU

You can download BRAINS for $6 on itch right now! alexandragallant.itch.io/brains

Spending a semester with us is a great option for undergraduate students who study volcanoes but have never seen one erupt. Feel free to reach out with any questions.

I spent part of the morning answering rapid fire questions from high schoolers about the science of body and burial identification using GPR. They were shocked that I was VERY game for the topic and rolled in with some unhinged stories. If that’s what it take to build interest in STEM… cool with me.

I’m sorry that R1 folks are now confronting a research landscape with minimal resources, like those of us at PUIs and non-R status institutions dealing with regularly. Remember this when you see our papers or proposals in review and feel the need to expect work that requires high resource access.

Our @iavcei.bsky.social #VIPS Commission committee is looking for someone to take over my #EDI officer role. Do you want to help diversify our community and make us more inclusive? Apply before 12th December! vipscommission.org/vips-is-look... @egu.eu @agu.org @vmsg.bsky.social

Big brain stuff happening in Hilo. Turns out you shouldn’t drive a backhoe on a pedestrian bridge.

we need a department of kerning

Normally I’d say this is probably light pollution but we don’t have much of that here in Hawai‘i. Maybe I was able to capture the dregs of #aurora with my phone? Certainly nothing visible with the naked eye, I’m skeptical.

No aurora likely visible in Hawai‘i but sometimes my drive home looks like this.

I will report back when I have finished this. I’m glad I chose knitting as my pandemic hobby and not sourdough or fitness.

Episode 36 of the ongoing eruption of #Kīlauea was short with tough viewing conditions, but still quite spectacular.

Heavy metal is good for the soul.

I like to watch Fox News on nights like this.

Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...

I paid £60 to rush my ballot back to the US when I lived in England just so that I could vote against this guy.

Highlight of the field day was finding a pig’s tail disarticulated from the original owner. Also we measured the offset of faults with our undergraduates today. Mauna Loa made a brief appearance before hiding behind the clouds.

At the empty USGS booth at GSA. More out of view on both sides

Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?

Kīlauea episode 35 has arrived. The double fountain shot is from one of the HVO interns, Christina. All are taken from the public viewing areas.

Banger line in the obit of the man who introduced me to rugby: In an early sign that he would always have a problem with authority, young Andy was kicked out of Catholic grammar school in the first grade for asking why the priest drove a brand new Cadillac while some of his parishioners were poor.

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities. alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

I ordered one for my office and one for our student lounge — supporting independent artists is one of the many small ways you can make the world around you a little bit better.

I wrote my entire Masters manuscript in a week. I parked myself at a 24-hour diner or a brewery in between short naps and hammered it out. I also wrote up part of my grad school comps while on a rugby tour. I don’t recommend undiagnosed ADD, but I also don’t recommend outsourcing your thinking.

This friend, scolopendra subspinipes, packs a spicy bite. This one was about 5in (12.7cm) long and hanging around the outside of my lab today.

🍎⚒️🧪🌋 So much fun filming episode 83 of Every Rock Has A Story with amazing Kama Poepoe at Kīlauea yesterday!!! Hear what makes this volcano so special and how Kama is studying its innermost secrets! youtube.com/shorts/FLRpN...

Yesterday I was reminded of the existence of Jai Alai! If you aren’t familiar, it’s a Basque game (I learned this today) that was popular in the 70’s and 80’s in Florida, Baja California, and New England. My dad used to play and was a menace on the fronton. connecticuthistory.org/the-basque-g...

⚒️🍎🧪🌋 Filming new episodes of Every Rock Has A Story on Hawaii! This place is amazing… so many stories to tell!! youtube.com/shorts/RfpDP...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a textbook that could be used for both mineralogy and ig/met petrology courses? I’m trying to reduce the number of books my students need to purchase and have found that hard copies work better for them than online-only options.