Ruapehu was fully out on the flight back to Palmy yesterday.

Someone left some pages of The Library of Babel at Borges' grave.

@infrasound.bsky.social gave a great talk on PDC generated infrasound! I might be biased, but I think it was wonderful work ❤️ #IAVCEI2025 @iavcei.bsky.social

forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz... #IAVCEI2025 Fellow volcanologists, if you use drones (or even intend to), please take a minute and fill out this survey.

Loved (biased) @pyrolithic.bsky.social talk on lahar fingerprinting and the convergent development of a tool and the use of cross correlation matrix visualization we use in seismology! #IAVCEI2025

We're looking for volcano researchers who use drones to fill out a short(ish) survey on typical field practices and use of UAS. We'll present some preliminary results at IAVCEI in Geneva @iavcei.bsky.social next month. Survey here: forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz... Thank you!!!

Te Wai ā-moe, the sleeping waters, is the crater lake at the summit of Mt. Ruapehu, surrounded by (much diminished) glaciers on two sides, and a ridge of rock and tephra on the other 1.9.

"This is what it must feel like to be a geophysicist"

The Vivienne Westwood exhibition at Te Papa is amazing from the design right down to the materials. Those are some gorgeous aragonite clusters.

LinkedIn: "Based on your position in the New Zealand Army, here are openings in the Singapore Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force"

Always love sharing this story. Soon, the "efficiency bros" will target science/research they think isn't adding value. Truth is, we don't know the value until it’s revealed - often years later. Another great example: radio astronomy research on tiny black holes led to Wi-Fi for billions of ppl!

Why's an astrophysicist riffing on Pre-Cambrian geology and geophysics without talking to a single geoscienist? Quick skim shows a number of factual errors....

I can no longer make fun of @infrasound.bsky.social for mixing up onsen and Unzen. Up until last week I thought Ottolenghi was just a variant name for Oldoinyo Lengai that people used when talking about regional dishes

Coming back into New Zealand I flew over the source of all my field studies, Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake, Te Wai ā-moe The goal is to get closer this summer

I'm finally reading Children of Time and enjoying it. I want to compare it to the Uplift books, but there's a much narrower focus and sense of urgency here.