Six reasons why Trump’s attack on Venezuela was very wrong:

In February 2025, a bunch of volcanologists (25% early careers!) met to discuss caldera-rift eruptions in Hilo, Hawai'i. A quick summary of what is known and still enigmatic: eos.org/science-upda... Bonus photo of the group, with a big Hawaiian thanks to NSF-EAR for supporting the Early Careers

eos.org/articles/98-... Beyond the horrible...

Did you know that UH Hilo participates in the National Student Exchange Program? We welcome students from all over the upper 49 states to our campus every year. We also have a robust international exchange program. If you are interested in learning about volcanoes with a front row seat, reach out!

Come work in Hawai'i, come study active volcanoes, teach and mentor the next generation of volcanologists. 🌋 The Gordon Macdonald Chair of Volcanology position is open. A a lifetime of studying new eruptions (nearly) guaranteed! www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...

Kilauea Season 300,000, Episode 33! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...

A fantastic volcanic postdoc opportunity at University of Bristol! @iavcei.bsky.social @vmsg.bsky.social @aguvgp.bsky.social

It should no longer be a controversial viewpoint. Glad Bernie is among the rare politicians in the US to continuously speak up.

Yes Bernie gets it, even defends republicans because there are bigger issues than partisanship here. (fwiw Christie is a grade-A butthole)

Trump is a demagogue. He wants more and more power for himself. He doesn’t accept criticism — not even from Republicans. He simply wants Americans to bow down and obey. Not gonna happen. Too many brave Americans died to defend democracy to let Trump take it away.

Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet

Cost of public college tuition: Sweden: $0 Norway: $0 Finland: $0 Denmark: $0 United States: $9,596 When Republicans say it's OK to give billions in tax breaks to the top 1%, don't tell me we can't afford to make public college available for free.

Newsom's posts are one of the few good things to come out of 2025. I am addicted to them. www.reddit.com/r/clevercome...

U.S. Becomes First Country To Recognize Mega-Israel

When a potential building takeover impacts your job AND the city you love.

US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

If you lay awake at night wondering how high Hawaiian lava fountain goes from 0 to 11, this Kīlauea live stream has a great sequence, from around 16:15 on. Thanks #USGS_Volcanoes www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5z...

Saw this infographic yesterday about budget cuts: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Like many of us Earth Scientists brought up through a US system that was full of opportunity and promise, I owe having a career to NSF EAR. It's devastating to see what's on the table for their next budget...

So many of my colleagues are struggling with this same decision: stay or leave. I’m staying as long as it’s within my power to do so, but this is 🔥🔥🔥

Not surprisingly, Trump’s overall tax and tariff proposals would make the very rich much richer and working families poorer. If you earn less than $360,000 a year, your taxes are going to go way up. If you’re in the top 1%? Don’t worry. You’ll save big.

What a view! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpqT... Hopefully activity stays on the mild/safe side of things.

Volcan de Fuego woke up after a nap of 7 weeks... watch live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpqT... and keep informed with insivumeh.gob.gt #Guatemala

Hope lots of people are going to the protests today! Stay strong friends 💙

Sharing as a member of AGU's pubs committee: AGU is joining a lawsuit in support of federal workers. They need stories/examples of how loss of federal jobs is affecting society. Please share this request with your colleagues & communities. Deadline is this week.💧🧪🌲 forms.monday.com/forms/f553b2...

This includes the USGS Hawaiian and Alaska Volcano Observatories. HVO's Ironworks is a temporary space while a new facility is built to replace the Observatory critically damaged in 2018. Both groups are near their volcanoes. Neither has anywhere to go and both have been forbidden from telework.

🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025

With all the crazy, mean, aggressive, unwarranted messaging coming to our fed friends, this might be a useful/alternative resource for information outside of news outlets: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/

As he kneels in sycophantic submission to anyone who can further his career, Panch Panthanathan oversees the destruction of the country's crown jewel of science funding. He did more than President musk asked for! Profiles in Cowardice. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

For anyone anxious to go outside for a stroll at noon tmw but worried about being too popular and recognized, someone mentioned sunglasses and covid masks are a good way to protect you from the sun, the flu and covid at the same time! 😀

No one else will do it for you but you

Hawai'i's higher education and research endeavour owes so, so much to #NSF . I teach and do science there mostly thanks to NSF's support. Their fight for advancement of science, education and technology is our fight. 💙💛 nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/hawaii...

Do you want a big overview of NSF, explaining things like the fact that 24% of all federally funded academic fundamental research comes from NSF? And that 94% of its budget goes out the door in grants/awards? Here you go. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Factsh...

Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.

After a few days of 'just glow' in the small vent that recently formed inside Kīlauea caldera, activity increases a tad. Watch the awesome USGS livestream here with your favorite tea/coffee: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Ku...

Anyone going to the February AGU Chapman conference in Hilo? Join us for a recently-added, Post-conference 1-day field trip on "Impacts of the 2018 Lower East Rift Zone Eruption of Kīlauea (Feb 15, 2025)" Sign-up info here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🌋🏖️

There are as many posts on AGU as there are posts on Yuma, the rock dog. For good reasons. It is by far the best thing I've seen all fall, maybe of 2024. Here is longer video of Yuma... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q_4... 💛

Study: More Americans Buying Firearms To Defend Selves From Toddlers Who Found Their Guns | Onion News Network A new study among the nation's gun owners has found their top reason for purchasing a firearm: self-defense against children who have picked up their unsecured guns.

Mafic enclaves are common at arc volcanoes but never found at active Hawaiian volcanoes...until recently 😱. We found loads in a 2018 lava flow from Kilauea. What is their origin? How do they form? Rose Gallo @volcanopadawan.bsky.social examined these Qs & more! doi.org/10.1016/j.jv... 1/n

For the first time in years, I see fluffy snow! That's what sabbaticals are all about, seeing something different. ❄️ In honor of this early present, here is a fake snowflake grown numerically using Kobayashi (1993)'s phase field model for dendritic crystallization.

US-based Early Career Researchers: short-fuse (deadline in < week!) call for support grants to attend the AGU Chapman conference on Caldera-Rift systems in Hawai'i in February 2025. Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Lava returns to the east rift zone of Kīlauea 6 yrs later. Soo much has happened since (summit water lake, summit eruptions, Mauna Loa erupting 38 years after its last, upper southwest rift eruption...). It's currently spreading in Napau crater, last visited by Pele in 1968, early 1970s, and 1997.