What Big ______ Doesn’t Want You To Know… Fill in the blank with your favorite hacks.

Stumbled upon this today…remnants of the #Pleistocene along #Oregon Hwy 218…and their origin is ancient freeze-thaw like most patterned ground…but resulting in great mounds or the “Biscuit Scablands”. #Geology ⚒️⌛️🌋❄️🏔️ #IceAge centraloregonian.com/2025/07/25/c...

It’s happening…it’s really (finally) happening! Better late than never. #Bonsai #MakeGoodChoices

#Bonsai peeps…Fall plant physiology and what it means for the bonsai season. #MakeGoodChoices youtu.be/vuiEocc9AHo

Just found this paper in my box, had to come see if you even posted it…somehow I missed this! Great work by that team…and the broad applicability of stratigraphy to so many disciplines…illuminating. Kind of makes me wish we hadn’t chided the sport in our “Sedentary Geology” courses! Bravo!

In a twist that surprises absolutely no one… #Oregon ‘s Ouija Board Tax Revenue System…revenue is down so the state budget is being downscaled in an emergency basis…while returning a $1 billion kicker back to the tax payers. This is heads you lose, tails we win system that keeps roads, schools…

#MorningVibe Your vote is your voice — your power to shape the future, protect rights, & demand accountability. Every ballot is a stand for justice, progress, & hope. Don’t sit out — show up, speak up, & vote blue like the future depends on it. Because it does.

Billionaires rapidly increase their wealth in the United States while poverty rises and life expectancy lowers. Meanwhile, military spending skyrockets, the federal deficit balloons, but relief for hunger is in limbo. Truly appalling: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @marcuschown.bsky.social

'The existence and validity of human rights are not written in the stars.. A large part of history is therefore replete with the struggle for those rights.. in which a final victory can never be won. But to tire in that struggle would mean the ruin of society' -Albert Einstein #Einstein #Science

A year ago, a legend passed…and like so many times these days…news of their passing barely registered. An accomplished highly recognized Volcanologist, Hans-Ulrich Schmincke literally wrote THE book on Pyroclastic Rocks along with RV Fisher. ⚒️🪨🌋 #Volcano #Geology en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ul...

Did NOT see that coming…but should have!

Just Sayin…

First lead of the game comes at a decent time!

Blue Jays lining up over the plate. Ball magnet mode enabled.

Toronto’s move…time to go out and win it.

Throw ball…Hit ball…Catch ball. So simple. So boring!

Shaky D most of this series…but when it gets down to it…Dodger D!

Play’s at home. Out at home!

Bluejays be like Coach from Cheers. Ball magnets.

TZING!! Bullet Dodged.

I still have my Dana Mineralogy textbook, but about 100 years newer.

@echinoblog.bsky.social Have you heard that Oregon’s sea stars are making a good comeback after years of decline? #Oregon 🌊🌎🧪 news.oregonstate.edu/news/ochre-s...

A warm winter’s eve Along a calm Pacific shore Spruce enveloped in moss Protect their sap-filled core Memories of the day Still fill the heart with fondness For a world warm and hospitable With nary a hint of violence #BadPoetry #AnthropoScenes #Poetry 📚✍️

Bertrand Laurent’s “Who Put the Devil Into the Pig” (Amazon) digs into how we built the stories that excuse us and blame nature for our shortcomings… a sharp, provocative and unsettling look at how society evolved to the Anthropocene.

Scenes from the ICE building in PDX Saturday afternoon.

The nearest LBS officially is just not going to be helpful, I keep going in there looking for repair parts for various bicycles, and they just aren't interested in helping me out. ("that's so old" "we don't stock that stuff" "what are you looking for?!?!") Trying to be good about supporting a […]

What I don’t get is…why is business so complicit (or at least silent) about what is going on in this country? Surely they can see that the status quo was better than where we are now…and FAR BETTER than where we are headed…for their bottom lines?

A froggy morning to you all. Ribbit. 🐸 👑 🐸

Some recent additions to the library of the obscure… An even older version (than I had) of Lyell and one of the early USGS reports to the Director (JW Powell!). Cheaply bought due to condition, and because the small out of the way bookstore has low turnover on stuff like this. ⚒️🧪🌋⏳❄️🪨📚

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary. This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...

Buried beneath Storegga is an even larger submarine megaslide - the Stad Slide! Bridget Tiller’s new paper (the first of her PhD) reveals the vast extent of this slide, discusses its possible causes, and considers whether it could have caused a tsunami 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Mitigation is more than just actions taken to prevent the occurrence of disastrous events. Mitigation should also include preparing to respond to unanticipated or unavoidable consequences of disasters. Planning and Preparedness can make Disasters less Disastrous. #BetterLivingThroughScience

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. IDLH concentrations are present.

Can’t wait to read more…any published results yet?

“A helpful bot…to alleviate thought” We must upgrade the system To guard against the onslaught Of various nefarious agents We created last time you bought #AI4ABrighterFuture #ProgressiveRegressivism #KeepYourHandsOffMeYouDamnedDirtyApe #AIShite venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft...

Alas, block after block has fallen in #WarRavagedPortland. Somehow, marathon runners went through the ash charred remains of the #CityUnderSeige today oblivious to the smoking wreckage…though #TheRavagery that is the #BattleOfPortlandia continues unabated. #NeverForget #September29 #Portland

Not going to lie…it’s been challenging AF in #WarRavagedPortland today. But still found a break in the action to work on one of my favorite pine #Bonsai during one of the moments of calm. I do hope all the senseless #Ravagery and #Chaos subsides and the #SiegeOfPortland ends peacefully. #Portland

Last post of the day, from #WarRavagedPortland Things got pretty dicey today, after the drones were launched. Not sure their capabilities or intent…even means of launch looks suspect. Hoping to make it to morning. #CityUnderSeige #TheRavagery #BattleOfPortlandia #NeverForget #September29

Coming to you live from #WarRavagedPortland Things continue to escalate… Scene at Pioneer Square is truly #Barbaric #CityUnderSeige #TheRavagery #BattleOfPortlandia #WarRavagedPortland #NeverForget #September29

#WarRavagedPortlanf never looked so calm…but is it the calm before the StormTroopers? #SelfFulfillingProfitsScene

Not going to lie…it’s pretty Dodgy in #WarRavagedPortland right now. It’s also pretty Fordy and Chevy and Volvoey. #ResistanceIsFertile

Ravages, ravages, barely more than humane… youtu.be/8al5cSQNmME

O Portland! Show us your war-ravaged brunches! Show us the shitshow of your autumnal gardens and parks! Show us your cute dogs and cats and other animals in the chaos of your shattered homes!

Coming to you live from #WarRavagedPortland I will post as long as I am able, with updates on the action and on the scenes accounts of the ravagery. It is oddly silent at present…as if there actually is no war at all. #UnfuckingBelievable #UnPresidented #UnAmerican #Oregon #Politics #MAGAnonsense

Who missed this day in #Geology 101? ⚒️🪨

Test. A picture has been posted. This concludes the test.

Today is #Bonsai Day! Celebrate (and water) appropriately.

Imagine the #Perovskite Starship is ready for its scientific mission. Make sure your seatbelts are securely fastened and enjoy the ride. See more below. Vote for the future. #VotePerovskite Mineral Cup. Anyone can play. Vote below. #MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐