“If New Orleans goes, we won’t lose mere possessions but one of the world’s greatest cities and many of its greater citizens.” - me on August 28, 2005 20 years ago, we had just reached Houston after 16 long hours on the road, and I stayed for what turned out to be six months. vatul.net/640

Hi #geosky, it’s been a minute. Where can I find the latest trends and techniques in geologic map making? How are undergraduates learning to map - on paper or using digital techniques? If digital, what tools are prevalent and who are the leading experts/researchers in this area? TY! #geology #maps

Book 19 of 2025: Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera, political scientist & Tulane prof. Second 5 stars given. 📚💙 “Don’t let it get you down. They don’t understand it either, they live in fear of the lights going out, as if every day wasn’t already made of lightning and blackouts.”

Even when the political winds shift, science must keep moving forward. That’s why @AGU and @ametsoc are stepping up with a first-of-its-kind special collection on climate change in the U.S.—across 29+ peer-reviewed journals. 🌍📚 Read all about it: buff.ly/6G05hQD

If you're interested in downloading available data quickly, I found the DownThemAll website scraper extension for Firefox pretty useful. ⚒️🧪

The Sierra Nevada Earth Atlas showcases California’s longest and tallest mountain range and its iconic geologic features. It represents the most current, complete, and largest-scale, range-wide syntheses of geoscience data. Learn more - www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/document...

On, Wisconsin! On! 🦡 🧀 💚

Where can someone who lives in Yakima, WA (in the ash fall path of a Mt Adams eruption) get accurate scientific information as they are hearing only inflammatory local news? They are far away enough that they would not have to evacuate, but would like to be better informed/prepared. 🧪⚒️

Book 5 of 2025: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Read this bit of dialogue set in the 1980s and now staring at Oregon 2025. #youdiedofdysentery #BookSky💙📚

Mardi Gras Day | March 4, 2025 | New Orleans, LA “The system of patriarchy can function only with the cooperation of women.”

I won Muses! #mardigras #NOLASky

the rise of the fascist nerds was anticipated by Ellen Ullman's 1995 essay "Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life."

⚜️ KREWE OF KING ARTHUR PARADE RAIN DELAY!⚜️ Due to 100% chance of downpour tomorrow, King Arthur is now a night parade and will roll on Tuesday at 5:30pm. See y’all on the route! #NOLAsky #mardigras

Listen to me about deep and indiscriminate layoffs in science, tech, and engineering (private and public sector). Once the talent is gone, it is gone. For a whole generation or more. A company/research institution cannot simply recoup its former power by hiring back staff/contractors here and there.

Krewe du Vieux rolls! We march and dance and claim these streets tonight with even more of our sociopolitical satire because this is what we are fighting for. Let’s remember the krewe’s philosophy following Katrina: Preserve our culture and heritage first, and the recovery will follow. #NOLASky

Happy Krewe du Vieux Eve! #mardigras

“But it is up to scientists to do the reading — and to follow our consciences. More than universities are on the line: the lives of our students and colleagues are on the line.”

We have so many things to do!

Reported a Google Maps content error: This portion of the Gulf of Mexico is erroneously labeled. The Gulf of America does not extend beyond the southern maritime boundary between the US and Mexico. If you’re going to do it, do it correctly. Higher accuracy generates greater use.

It better be kaiju

“human drivers who sometimes demonstrate a unique interpretation of the standard rules of the road” - So much to unpack just in this clause of the whole sentence.

All of this to lower the earning power of qualified people they consider less than. Newsflash: This is a time of mergers and layoffs. If you can’t do the remaining jobs, it doesn’t matter that you belong to the oberklasse.

DEI is not the inclusion of unqualified people. We are extremely (over) qualified, do not want to be segregated and excluded because we look different, and just want to do the damned work. Support us or get out of the way.

Timely. Humans are the barely self-aware descendants of jacked-up prokaryotes on a somewhat rare floating rock, on our way to becoming something else. Can we take a collective step back and chill?

It is #BlackHistoryMonth - I will be sharing info about historic marginalized Black geoscientists with department students & highlighting some Black geoscientists I follow. Plus I will be sharing data on who gets cited/why it matters. #StandingForDEI blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...

All glory to the HYPNOTOAD!!!!

Good opportunity to update the names of the scientists listed on the museum’s crown molding to reflect the contributions of women to science and industry. 🧪

If people knowing the law is stopping you from doing what you want, then the people knowing the law is not the problem.

From the Andrea Carlson “Shimmer on Horizons” collection at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Ancestor and Descendant, 2023 Perpetual Care, 2024 Cast a Shadow, 2021

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

The average American can function without eggs but not without coffee. The best part of workers grinding is Folgers in their cup after all.

Book 3 of 2025: Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror “… horror as catharsis through entertainment … a way to work through your deepest pain and fear—but for Black people that isn’t possible, and for many decades wasn’t possible, without the stories being told in the first place.” 📚💙

Friday night is for the music. A tip of the hat to @deadmau5.com.

Elders with disabilities have a special place in my heart. Aging is undignified enough and then topped with this? For what? I hope the people who authorized and conduct this never have to undergo such treatment. Wait, what am I saying? I hope they do and soon. Day 4. Yup, I’m keeping days again.

And I say this with the utmost seriousness: Don’t eat the yellow snow.

Gulf of Mexico coast, USA | January 21, 2025 Flick says he saw some grizzly bears near Pulaski's candy store!

- Answering questions on gravimetry, - Catching up just enough on Bluesky, and - Book 2 of 2025: The Framed Women of Ardmore House by @bschillace.brandyschillace.com 🧪⚒️📚💙

And so it begins again. I like working two jobs in January and February. #kreweoftucks

Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)

The biggest joke and often glossed over is that those wanting to ban DEI practice achieved their status through “meritocracy or a hard work ethic.” Don’t argue on their terms. Break down these assumptions first to expose the inherent mediocrity and bigotry.

I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!

Certified fresh: the Earth Science Women starter pack with almost 70 global women geoscientists for you to follow! Please help me out and submit more names, especially LBTQ+ women and women of color. Also any feeds that should be included. Rock on, sisters! go.bsky.app/BLDWXKt 🧪⚒️

Caring about anyone who is not a straight white male was just this weird phase they were all going through. www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24...

I’m in Los Angeles in the middle of disaster. It feels the same way it did 20 years ago in New Orleans.The lesson learned from back then & today: love those around you and create loving memories. They will sustain you in difficult times.Tragedy is defined by how you respond to it.

Having lived through a disaster or three, I encourage survivors to keep a journal. Bear witness. Record the reality on your ground vs. what the media and others might portray. Tell your story here or elsewhere, even bits, what matters most is that you tell it. This is important now more than ever.

I refer to them as the Startup Unicorns but Startup Cicadas is a lot more apt.

Yeah so … how about something pretty from Wisconsin? Proterozoic Baraboo quartzite clasts in a quartz-rich vein. The pink sparkly thumbnail is a complete coincidence. #geology 🧪⚒️🧀

The Cult of the Rubber Chicken is risen, with a resounding rendition of “The knife stays in the box!”

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”