Is it just me, or has the ask to re-review a paper become near automatic. I don’t remember it being this way 20 years ago. If major revisions are required, sure, send it back. But if the paper was near publishable on first submission, why send it back? Can’t the AE just look at the review responses?

Read the article here: https://learndirt.com/learn/whats-the-difference-between-compost-and-soil/

Not sure if anyone needs to hear this, but I realized that in trying to be as flexible as possible I was often doing more than I needed to support and accommodate others, at the cost of my own well being. Ignoring my own needs/accommodations is only burning me out. No more

This ice helps me forget about that ICE. ☀️ #ColorADay #YellowThu #sunrise #sky #Scape #clouds #mountains #snow #ice

Clearly US universities will struggle in the coming years with a changing funding landscape. But, rankings based on publication output are so flawed. We are told to publish more and more, but is more better???

Here's a look at us in Canada keeping an eye on things down south. #wildlife #beaver

For those of you who might not be aware, cases like this is often what bring about celebrations of freedom when incarcerated family members are released from prison in the Black community. So many instances of innocent Black life lost to the system

So heartbreaking. I keep thinking of a dying child needing his mother. Monsters are real.

Once upon a time, I worked with a family from Mexico who came here for treatment for their daughter’s cancer. Wonderful parents, really nice people. She ended up passing at 4 yo. I can’t imagine if they would have had to deal with this, too. Thinking of them & these folks & bawling my eyes out.

When a student comes up to me after class and asks me a question about the material, or makes connections beyond what we talked about, or shows any sign of listening… I damn near lose my mind with excitement. But only on the inside. I stay cool on the outside, I think…

CSDMS Student Modeler Award Competition is now open! Deadline to send your materials is 1/26/26. More info and how to apply here: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Student...

Got an ask to review for an MDPI journal with 10 day turnaround. That’s bonkers, right?

And some of them most likely don't know they're autistic. There are more of us out there than you realize and many of us leading normal seeming lives

Most likely you have autistic students and colleagues and don't even know it. Autism has many manifestations - the spectrum. As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best". rdcu.be/eYT4k

If you were teaching a senior earth science capstone-type course (non-field), what are some extra soft or hard skills you think the students these days need to walk out the door with a firm grasp on? Trying to add some new projects to ours this semester...

just block people you find annoying, you absolute cocktail wieners

This semester I’m teaching an intro course I’ve never taught before. First class went off without a hitch. I definitely earned ice cream for lunch, right?!?!?

Morning coffee in my new mug that I got after giving a seminar at UIUC last week 😊

Providing proof of abuse is traumatic. Yet many of us double our trauma by documenting, and get ... crickets

A bit misty, and from a distance, but a nice clear view of an Indian rhino, the other main wildlife target of the trip

I have two new headshots. Something nice that my uni does for us for free. It is really hard for me to like pictures of myself, especially as I age. Stupid society.

Day 41 of shutdown. This is so painful for families who rely on pay from a federal salary, but also, don't all families deserve healthcare and food?

For the last several decades, scientists have been developing a way to make our maps more reliable with point cloud data collected by lidar. Lidar is an accurate method that helps scientists to map cities, landscapes, and places that were previously difficult or dangerous to access.

Is toad being performative?

An unbelievable privilege and experience today visiting the world leading #ALmA telescope at 5000m in Chile! 🧪🔭 Plus we saw some local fauna!

This is inside security at Chicago airport. If you were motivated enough to try and bring your pot through security and made it to the other side, why would you then voluntarily give up the goods? 🤔

It's a buckle down, turn on some Chappell Roan, and measure some rivers kind of morning. This looks like a normal meander cutoff, right? Wrong! The channel that lost flow (left side of image) is expanding again, just a few years after what I thought was a full avulsion. What's the culprit? Wood?

Day 36 of shutdown. Open the government, not a ballroom

I can’t stop eating Halloween candy even though I am sick just looking at it

I think it’s not said often enough that chattel slavery was every possible human rights violation in one system Every single possible human rights violation was visited on enslaved people

Are you cheering for cubes of #Galena or tendrils of native #Copper in #OreCup? Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results... Results:

Day 34 of shutdown. People are hungry. People are losing health care. People can’t pay their bills. But let’s focus on a guy who threw a sandwich 🤷🏻‍♀️

First vote for #Orecup! Native copper is gorgeous when you actually see it like in the Keweenaw peninsula in Michigan, but most copper ore comes from other copper minerals. Galena is fun and cubic and a lead ore and in some cases can also be a silver ore. Two ores in one!

Donate to your local food bank, if you’re able.

The #whiteriver in #rainier #national #park #water #pnw #washington #travel #photography #trees #rocks

It’s actually utterly bizarre to respond to a Black woman who lives in Northern New England and does race justice organizing as if she does not understand Nazis. I’m willing to bet that the people giving her shit have had to fear for their lives from local Nazis way less frequently than she has.

If you enjoyed the below article, may I offer up the (in)famous Shugar Kane medicine cabinets study. We withdrew the submission when it was accepted and the (predatory) journal wanted $$$. 🧪https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qM0mQDNmYbhbZSobESSTo81ihV2yguFNMNZb13C91V4/edit?usp=sharing

Reminder that this is not an option for many Americans, including “top scientists”, “regular scientists” or otherwise. Lots of reasons for this, including resources and family obligations

I know people love to donate goods, it feels concrete and satisfying, but a food bank can make that $2 or $5 go soooo much further than you can. Just donate the cash. And, then they also don't need to assign staff to sort, manage, and figure out how to distribute the random donations.

Tiny geomorphic agents doing their job. (That’s a sidewalk seam)

This is my 2 kids’ Halloween pulls. I have a big job ahead of me.

It must cost $$$$$ to test nuclear weapons. Set aside the fact that this absolutely insane, we are stopping snap, Americans will lose health care, federal workers aren’t being paid, USAID was dismantled, so many Feds were fired … and this is how we are spending money???

Happy Halloween 🎃 Stay safe tonight & beware of the kangaroos

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Update on rotten pumpkin and our Halloween decorations

Easy Halloween costume: Space print clothing + nurse hat = universal healthcare

I have already eaten so much Halloween candy that I feel disgusted by it and the kids haven’t even gotten their trick or treating stash yet. But I won’t stop eating until the last piece is gone.