And the people I know, including family members, will still look the other way and complain that ppl can’t agree to disagree anymore.

😂😂😂😂

Happy 8th night.

2025 incoming.

Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway lives up to every bit of hype.

Even though I’m Jewish, I love Christmas. But the past several years it lost its luster. I think it always seemed a time where people were better…nicer. I guess accepting the reality after the past few elections, that a good chunk of ppl in this country are truly horrible ppl, ruined that illusion.

Like the miracle of Hanukkah, here’s another year of me chatting up a Hanukkah special on @adventcalendar.house

Happy Hanukkah.

I got a TWC hoodie for Hanukkah. @wallfowerperry.bsky.social is out here doing great things for these kids.

My crusty old lady loves you.

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

I had to explain how an algorithm worked to a relatively young Gen Xer and their boomer parent recently, and this type of internet illiteracy is a big issue. Millions of people with no clue on how the internet(and the harmful echo chambers they can produce) actually works is scary.

My exceptional outfit last night.

I got hit by a wave of nausea realizing this. The way they’re getting ready to go after immigrants, trans people, and spend out the ass to do so, please prepare for things to get really, really ugly soon.

It took me a bit of wondering why a man who says he wants to cut govt spending by trillions, to the extent that he’s created an entire dept for Musk, is demanding the debt ceiling be eliminated?? Then I remembered the huge costs associated w/mass deportations & I realized how insidious this is.

The very strange delusion it takes to replace your Trump yard sign with a sign for your Christian church’s Christmas Eve/Day services…like these folks still can’t admit they aren’t Christians can they?

Merychippus and happy holidays.

I have a whole theory on this that revolves around the myth of “white exceptionalism”. Over the past 50 years, things like college education, home ownership, white collar careers, things that were previously reserved for white men, became the norm. Women, POC, etc can now participate.

There is a very long list of corporations still very much in existence today, from Bayer to BMW to Chase, who worked with Nazis, even medically tested on Jews or used forced labor from prisoners of concentration camps. Modern corporations will absolutely stoop to anything if they can make $$.

Or @seismosue.bsky.social with the greatest abstract in the history of seismology pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Jessica Vosk and the National Symphony Orchestra tonight at the Kennedy Center.

A small landslide from Hurricane Helene at our favorite Christmas tree farm in Newland, NC. As a bonus, some needle ice and snow flurries. This farm provided the White House Christmas tree this year. @wxbrad.bsky.social

Well that PLE was a waste of my time. #SurvivorSeries

I am absolutely Paul Heyman trying to get my kids to stop fighting. #SurvivorSeries

CM Punk being forced on us in this match. Ew. #SurvivorSeries

Rhea Ripley speaking to all of the bi-sexual women with a mask kink. Or just me, whatever. #SurvivorSeries

Happy #SurvivorSeries Day!!

Me except it’s : I should write that GSA abstract. And: You should read another fairy smut book.

The way Charles Montgomery Punk ruins EVERYTHING. Randy’s return. Bloodline reunion. Everything. #SmackDown

An absolute fever dream of a movie, reviewed.

We are rapidly moving towards being owned by billionaires so if your finances allow, shop small and shop local.

Thanksgiving traditions are strange to me because people talk trash about their family members all year and then have expectations that all of that family should gather from all corners of the country because family is so important and like…why?

As a Jew, watching people you consider friends chuckle or sit silent as someone makes an antisemitic Holocaust joke hurts…for about a split second, until I make everybody at that table very uncomfortable, because my mouth isn’t staying shut when people try to masquerade their hate as humor.

First race in 18 months.

Please excuse me if I don’t believe that a whole bunch of people who willingly voted for a sexual predator multiple times all of a sudden are concerned for the safety of women in bathrooms.

Any #geoscientists around who would be comfortable helping to put together a popular science story about the age/history of the Appalachian rivers? [I’m asking because I’m not comfortable] cc @callanbentley.bsky.social @clasticdetritus.bsky.social

If I’m ever feeling bad about myself, I can look in the mirror & know I’ve never been dumb enough to vote for Donald Trump. And while that seems like a low bar, it’s something millions of Americans can’t say.

BEWARE! The earthquake predictors have arrived and they’ve preemptively blocked many (maybe all?) of us that fought back against their pseudoscience and harmful messaging on the other site. If you have a question about earthquakes be sure to talk to an actual expert - many are here!

The owner of New York style bagel shop in North Carolina, standing outside in the cold with the line of people waiting, talking shit about other bagel shops, warms my heart.

Intro: 👋🏻 I’m a geologist working on my MS in 🌎 Sciences at UNC-Charlotte. My thesis is on landslides in the Uwharrie Mountains. My areas of interest are post wildfire landslides, soils & rock fracturing. On the side I’m a mom to 4. I work for an energy research firm soil corrosion research.

Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!

The argillite in the Uwharrie Mountains will always be some of my favorite rocks.

While bigotry on the right tends to be loud & on display, it’s time we pay attention to bigotry on the left. Misogyny absolutely played a role in the 2016 & 2024 elections from liberal/leftist voters. Hope we’re ready to have this conversation soon.

Mushrooms appear very popular in my corner of this place so here are a couple of mushrooms I saw during field work yesterday.

Me and the first debris flow I found in my field area.

I defended my thesis proposal today and didn’t even have to use a sword.

Rock fracture research in New Mexico this week.

The mountains in the background of this Breaking Bad scene is my field site for rock cracking research next month.

🕎 NEW PODCAST about a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie starring the kid from Home Alone 3. It’s “Full-Court Miracle,” with @where2nextapril.bsky.social and J.W. Friedman! 🎧 adventcalendar.house/episodes/ful...