If you live in Colorado, start using co-op rideshare instead of Uber and Lyft. Worker owned - more money goes to drivers, and they control the company. It's ethical, cost-effective, and a great way to fight against companies and governments who seek only to exploit. play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Not sure how many scientists here have tried Claude Code or similar command line coding assistants. I had a complicated family property tax problem that was best solved by a brute force Monte Carlo simulation approach, so I spent a few days coding up and analyzing a model with Claude Code.

Oh yeah, I'd love to have an AI editor who can take my written voice and edit it into the average of a bunch of other people. And I likewise, can't wait to read novels that are some interpolation of millions of other books and espouse the values of some tech billionaire. Bleh.

I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.

They attack us by spreading untruth and censoring knowledge. We must fight back by spreading truth and understanding. Knowledge is the enemy of fascism! Scientists and teachers are the enemies of fascism! Safeguard and spread understanding! www.latimes.com/environment/...

Longmont, CO showed up today to say "NO KINGS!" loud and clear!

Y'all had better be out protesting today! It works! It's worth it! Fight against fascism, for science, for humanity and all our living and nonliving brethren.

find your local protest tomm. with this handy map! www.nokings.org#map

Who’s ready for their local No Kings protest on 6/14?

This. Yes. Make your papers really count! Don't publish until the investigation is thoroughly complete (except for rare time-sensitive topics).

And here I was hoping we could "threaten the Keeling Curve" by aggressively and justly transitioning away from fossil fuels and combatting global climate change...

Ever been surprised by a river in a bad way, like a flood? I help folks understand rivers and not get surprised so they don't get hurt or lose stuff. NOAA, USDA, and NSF fund the work I do. If those agencies stop working, people become endangered.

Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.

Folks - please do the same with the ridiculous noaa post

"Maybe nobody wins but the already rich, if you’re a dumb redneck & I’m a commie bitch." - Carsie Blanton If workers stay divided, we will all lose. Come together and fight against division.

I'm not really *that kind* of geologist but this one really captivated me. Basal basalt, then sandstone/conglomerate, then basalt, more sandstone (the bright red/white), then more basalt! And then tuff to mantle it all! What a cool spot - Frijoles Canyon, NM.

Be there. We will be. April 5. Find your local site here. 🧪 handsoff2025.com/about

Get out and resist! Be there for your community on April 5th. Community and solidarity are our most effective weapons. www.mobilize.us/handsoff/

Me thinking positively before opening the news after work today.

#timelapse camera folks, got any good recommendations for a timelapse camera that will last for a year unattended at a 15-60min day/night interval (15 preferred)? Been using Bushnell for years, but build quality has declined recently and I'm looking for something new.

Been severely overworked for about 10 months now, and my recent writing (my primary output) is clearly worse than my past work. My writing's hurried, more focused on "what" than "why," less concise. This sucks. I feel like this river (more work than I can keep up with).

If Horseshoe Bend were a beaver pond.

I made a starter pack of those voices speaking to all things geomorph/glacio/geo/earth sci. Follow them if it's of interest. Will update as the site grows #earthsci #geomorphology #physgeog #science #glaciology go.bsky.app/ME4GNao

Big snow avalanches deliver tons of wood to streams. How much of it sticks around? How do these huge wood pulses affect the wood regime? Or, do they? Are they mostly just mulched trees, with very few large logs? We're working on it. Images show the same 300m-long slide deposit in 2019 and 2024.

What makes beaver dams so effective? They're outstandingly effective structures. Is it how they're built? Materials? Where they're located? No. It's care. Careful attention, day in and day out, by beavers. Stewardship. So why do we think process-based restoration is a one-and-done sort of thing?

Has anyone published in Geomorphica? Considering submitting a paper there, as I support its mission, but seeing no published papers from the journal makes me wary of publication there taking an excessively long time.

New paper on how wood can enable floods to rework entire valley bottoms following restoration to Stage 0. authors.elsevier.com/a/1iBXQ,3sl3...

Straight-up Stranger-Things level stuff going on with this burned tree.

Neat beaver conundrum: adjacent lodges, both active, with a food cache between 'em. Is one colony using two lodges, and if so, why? Or is the island lodge inhabited by separate but related rodents — a castorid mother-in-law suite? Regardless, this pond better be zoned for an ADU.

@danirabaiotti.bsky.social Could I please be added the Science feed? I'm a fluvial geomorphologist who posts about river science, and I'm interested in reaching a broader audience to tell folks interesting things about rivers. Thanks!

@earth-science.bsky.social can I please be added to the feed? I'm a fluvial geomorphologist who generally just posts interesting geomorphic observations, sometimes papers/reports, sometimes stuff about teaching. Thanks for running a great feed!

Looking for writing mentoring suggestions. I've taught technical communication, but mentoring junior scientists/engineers one-on-one is another ball-game. Tips on guiding someone towards clearer technical communication would be much appreciated!

Hello new followers! Please repost so we can reach a much wider audience!

Unvegetated sand dunes can deliver tons of sediment to adjacent streams. E.g., North Sand Creek, CO, where sand pulses on the order of 10k m^3 (4 olympic swimming pools!) can move downstream annually. Log jams attenuate these pulses, but a downstream diversion ditch is still getting well-buried.