Wondering why this shit keeps happening? Why both sides seem so corrupt and atrocious? One (of many) reason is that workers don't have the power to elect people who will actually represent us! Think about that next time systemic reforms like ranked choice voting come across your ballot.

Worker ownership is proven to create far more equitable pay ratios. The average for worker-owned cooperatives in the United States is 2-to-1. Unfortunately, it seems like almost no one really brings this up as the alternative. That is why we must continue to talk about it so that awareness expands.

#Drone folks - any considerations on a Mavic 3E vs 3M? I collect orthomosaics of rivers for ecogeomorphic mapping. I'm leaning towards 3M even though I'll rarely use the multispectral cams, since the cost is very similar to 3E, main cam is identical, and I can't see use case for the 3E zoom cam.

Spotify is running ads for ICE. Until they stop supporting fascist oppression and hate, I won't pay them. If you pay for Spotify, #CancelSpotify and pressure them. This isn't polarization, it's right and wrong, and Spotify is on the wrong side. app.sosha.ai/s/M7eMx2vx

Very excited to see a democratic socialist get elected to a major public office, but boy, our current state of authoritarian fascism is a looooong way from national democratic socialism, or even something resembling a functioning democracy. It'll take a LOT more fight to make progress here.

With a toddler in daycare and having recently experienced the long, sad period of back to back sicknesses you get from your toddler, I can confidently say: yes, this. Masks are awesome.

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?

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

"Humans are definitely not the only species to exhibit homosexuality, but we are the only species to exhibit homophobia."

Hell yes - this is the kind of backbone we need from our leaders!

No uniforms, no arrest warrant, just two masked thugs trying to abduct a random citizen. This is what Hitler’s Nazi State did. His henchmen were eventually tried and convicted. But too many innocent people were traumatized and died. Tr*mp is running a Nazi State. The US is a rogue state now

The most effective way to oppose this political takeover is collective action from the academic community. If the first universities that sign Trump contracts face strong academic boycotts- no talks, no manuscript reviews, no interviews of graduates- that should dissuade others from signing.

Yes! Recently got to work in the cottage of a very talented writer and got to use their wonderful hard-bound dictionaries. I loved it.

We had a great experience publishing with @geomorphica.bsky.social! Using a simple glacial erosion model, recent undergrad Div Patel found that lithologic differences alone may be enough to explain size differences of the Finger Lakes in Western, NY. Check it out! journals.psu.edu/geomorphica/...

Is anyone aware of a private river science and/or consulting company that is organized as a worker-owned cooperative or worker self-directed non-profit? Is anyone else in my field prefiguring an alternative to capitalism?

This is part of why I'm reeeaaally leaning towards publishing exclusively in diamond open access journals like @geomorphica.bsky.social . Not that my work is hugely important, but paywalls suck, mega corporations making $$ off scientists suck, and I wish to encourage others to prefigure change.

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

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!