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CABO VERDE!!!!!!!

As someone who's spent an inordinate amount of time in Yellowstone geyser basins... you absolutely cannot stop the public from touching algae if they want to touch it. 😂

Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

TODAY! I am fully aware of how absurd a <24h deadline is but trust me there’s a good reason. if you’re interested in this postdoc, send me your CV immediately.🧪⚒️

On Friday I took my *luckiest* and *most disgusting* wildlife shot so far: a California sea lion (Z. californianus) puking up a bunch of rocks! 🤮🪨 That's right - many pinnipeds use gastroliths. The gastroliths are in mid-air! 🦖🐬🦑 #nature #photography #sealion

I watched killdeer babies hatch today!! There is so much dopamine in my system aaaaaaaa

Oh hey, it's another day to refresh DSCOVR data like an absolute maniac. www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/update-...

re: ai

Filed under “messages one ought not to send to early career researchers in this moment.” Joking about the exploitation of grad student labor in the same breath as welcoming AI is… something.

The CUDDLING is OVER. It is TIME to WADDLE!

Fine those motherfuckers. Targeting their own students? Absolutely fucking not. Our institutions leaning into authoritarianism is so infuriating and predictable. COLLABORATION WILL NOT SAVE YOU.

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

>:)

I have a friend who likes to go to the park to look at ducks and geese. At first I went to hang out with my friend, and now I think *I’m* becoming a person who wants to look at ducks and geese. Because look! At them!

I earned my PhD in December. Through a lot of luck I have a gig for at least a year starting next month, but I have no idea what comes after that and not a lot of optimism with each pathway that closes. The uncertainty eats into my mental health every day.

On NSF’s postdoc page, the biology and earth science fields have been completely eliminated; the only remaining fellowships are in math, astronomy, engineering, and “entrepreneurship.” Weird choice not to support research on the life support system for 8 billion people. www.nsf.gov/funding/post...

Chaos in the bird feeder this morning. My two squirrel buddies decided to tolerate each other again so I grabbed my camera. A third tried to get in on the action and these crazy photos ensued. I promise no squirrel was injured. All of this happened in the space of seconds. #Mammals 🌿

Daily bunny no.3285 made it home safely

In case there was any confusion.

get in losers we're flying the barn

📸 Do you work in near-surface geophysics? I'm looking for a few recent community photos (field, lab, classes, conferences) to include in the upcoming issue of the EEGS magazine. Focus is environmental & engineering near-surface geophysics. DM for details. ⚒️🧪 #WomenInSTEM #QueerInSTEM #TransInSTEM

Today is the 10 year (!!) anniversary of my first space pottery. (Thread)

What's My JND? 0.0018 Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd... (this was vaguely upsetting)

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

Invasion: Earth. Very fun commission and a throwback to one of my first bowls.

Visiting friends in Salt Lake and got a bonus earthquake! Really wiggly, as compared to the short impulses of what I typically experienced in Berkeley.

Okay I admit we are referring to #StarfleetAcademy as "Space Riverdale" in our household, and I'm not sure how I feel overall about the series. But the last two episodes have been rock solid and Holly Hunter is superb. If you dropped it early, give the latest episodes a chance.

US NSF/GEO folks: if you/your students had GRFP applications that were returned without review, please send a note to [email protected] - they are logging and handling inquiries.

NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter

oh hello X8 flare Would you like to direct some happy energized particles this way? Thanks in advance.

I guess I have the unpopular opinion that my earth science colleagues are being weird about piling on a (usually decent?) science communicator about bungling something related to our field. Yeah, the doubling down on that person's part is baffling, but the pile on ain't going to help.

Hey there, couldn't help but notice your Chicago-sized bulge. 😳 Yes, the Norris uplift anomaly is back (fun!), but uh, phrasing! For more on this I'd recommend a recent Caldera Chronicles article that discusses the history of uplift around the N Yellowstone caldera rim: www.usgs.gov/observatorie...

I was outside watching the sky shimmer and apparently I missed Something™...

Layered up, snacks packed, making coffee. Ready for whatever the sky brings tonight! 🫡

Get in babies, we are hope scrolling tonight

I'm sorry B_t is at 90 nT? Depending on the timing of if/when the field tips south could make tonight insane.

BREAKING: Minnesota and Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop ICE enforcement surge after the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.

Up until a few years ago, this cave in Carlsbad National Park could be visited on semi-wild, ranger-led tours. For the moment it is only open for work trips. After reflagging several hundred meters of trail in the cave, I took some time to capture this scene. The scale of NM caves is something else.

I’ve been volunteering at CAVE this past week but it’s been hard to focus. I grew up in a Twin Cities suburb and I am just so terrified for my home.

I just drove from Mammoth to Bozeman through intermittent heavy rain. It is January 2nd. >:(

What's your fav national park (or monument)? Death Valley for me, hands down.

Choose your 19th century weird cave formation theory fighter: ⚒️ 1) Caves are just natural void spaces in giant coral reefs 2) Caves are the plumbing systems of limey volcanoes 3) Electricity did it because I put an electrode in water and clay and the clay cracked

If you're looking for hydro academic positions & opportunities, definitely follow the @csdms.bsky.social acct, they post about a lot of openings

"Rightside Upside Down" I spent several weekends surveying and photographing this Wyoming cave over the summer. This was one of the funkier photos I tried to shoot.

It took 7.5 years, but I made it: the PhD is complete. 😮‍💨

I'm experiencing the worst nerve pain of my life—did something stupid in the gym a week ago and after a day of feeling back to normal, this bullshit—but I swear on my life this full dissertation draft will be DONE by the wee hours. (To my one committee member who is On Here: SOON, and thank you)

Holy shit. Hoping no USGS folks were in the field during this eruption