Seriously considering asking for one of those noise-blocking screaming pillows for Christmas. Anyone have a favorite brand? (Small business artisinal screaming pillows preferred...)

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

"Incoherent empty men want to sell me the chance to stop reading and writing and thinking, to stop caring for my kids or talking to my parents, to stop choosing what I do or knowing why I do it. Blissful ignorance and total isolation." anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Sad news about a colleague of mine at the USGS and a legend in the volcanology field: www.usgs.gov/observatorie...

Trewly.

Absolutely speechless as this press conference basically ignores that NSF is already working, living, loving this building. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdct...

Not seeing nearly enough coverage of this.

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

This is how it’s done! 👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼👊🏻

A very important doggo from one of today's #NoKings protests. (The other side of his signs says "No tariffs on treats") @weratedogs.com

If anyone wants to hear me and my observatory's monitoring chief talk California volcanoes, this week's NSPR Blue Dot podcast is out! 🧪⚒️🌋 Blue Dot: The Golden State's volcanic legacy: The USGS California Volcano Observatory | NSPR share.google/mko4KMElJXsU...

Imagine this thread, with added volcanoes, and you've got a decent idea of what my job feels like nowadays. I'm either depressed or angry, unable to plan, constantly on edge. Utterly maddening when all I want to do is help people.

Well, that's the presidential proposed USGS budget for FY26. It’s not just NSF and NASA that would be taking earth science research hits if it's enacted.

Holy mackerel! Check out today's Kilauea eruption www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

Orogeny xkcd.com/3070

Looking for scientists to feature! Is your work affected by mass firings and defunding of federal science? Tell us your story! Bit.ly/faces_of_science #sciart #scicomm

I live in Silicon Valley and the obliviousness and waste when they could be doing some real good for the world is MADDENING.

Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

Glad I have this elegant lady in my life. #geokitties 🐾

I want to be outside getting exercise in nature, but instead I have a headache and cramps and I'm clutching a pillow wrapped in a heating pad and trying not to eat an entire bag of Oreos out of self-pity. Do lemon laws apply to bodies? If so, I want to return this one for a refund.

Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.

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.

every day I spend time thinking about how stupid and unnecessary all of this is and I hate it

Constant simmering rage should really burn more calories.

Dear manager, last week I: 1. Got up early 2. Stayed up late 3. Exhibited uninterrupted prosperity 4. Used a machete to cut through red tape 5. Toured the facility and picked up slack 🎵👩🏼‍🔬👗🧥🎵

Your weather app gets its info because of NOAA. Your mail arrives at your home because of USPS. Your plane navigates the skies because of the FAA. Your food is safer -- and we get alerts when it isn't -- because of USDA. You hear about earthquakes *worldwide* because of USGS.

To all affected, I'm terribly sorry. There is no way, we, as a society, can make it up to you. We are in a sudden & long-term disaster. Disaster responders have experience slowing down time, looking at options, & limiting bad outcomes. We all need to start thinking like a responder right now. 1/

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Volcanologist: I used the cup for sampling and now it's half full of lava and the water has boiled off. Also, it's on fire. 🌋

what we need around here are more dragons

My low productivity colleagues and I (NSF funded) studied how lava flow levees deform and fail, and what to look for to help forecast future events. The associated hazards are fast, dangerous, and important to understand from an emergency management perspective. www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.ph...

#themoreyouknow: All USGS published data is either available on our Publications site (www.pubs.usgs.gov) or Sciencebase (www.sciencebase.gov), in case you're worried about access or want to archive something. ⚒️🧪

The California Geological Survey is now on BlueSky! @cageosurvey.bsky.social 🧪⚒️

This is genuinely an important article. The two main lessons from Hungary appear to be: DO NOT WAIT DO NOT UNDERREACT Authoritarians like Orban and Trump rely on opposition being unwilling to believe that what is happening is actually happening. That’s their window. www.vox.com/politics/398...

Happy National Weatherperson’s Day to all in the weather enterprise! It might be an atrociously rocky road right now and ahead, but the work you continue to do each day is justified and will always be invaluable.

A reminder: If you need to know about volcanic activity in the United States and are concerned that you might not be able to reach USGS websites at some point, PLEASE make sure you sign up for our volcano notification Service: volcanoes.usgs.gov/vns3/ It is a straight-to-email messaging system. 🌋🧪⚒️

Heads up, y'all: I finally deleted my account on the bird app, and I'm only posting here. Ping me if you see anyone trying to impersonate me!

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

this is the thing. there's a reason we chose careers in federal service. it wasn't for money or glory or power or stock options. it's because we care about what we do. we care about executing the mission of our agencies - be it safe toys or national parks or clean water or the defense of our nation.

Seems appropriate for today. youtu.be/8G_L9tXEwmc?...

Your periodic reminder that Trump became president in the first place because the press thought that the most important issue facing the electorate was the Democratic candidate's insufficient commitment to information security best practices

It is #BlackHistoryMonth - I will be sharing info about historic marginalized Black geoscientists with department students & highlighting some Black geoscientists I follow. Plus I will be sharing data on who gets cited/why it matters. #StandingForDEI blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...

At what point do people say enough and mass outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building demanding for Musk to be removed? He's an unelected billionaire who has seized control of the government.

Sitting in a cafe surrounded by people having mundane conversations about everyday life is simultaneously calming, surreal, and terrifying. Do they know how many awful things are happening now, and how bad it's about to get for everyone? Have they tried to help? Can they? #quietexistentialcrisis

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

A reminder: If you need to know about volcanic activity in the United States and are concerned that you might not be able to reach USGS websites at some point, PLEASE make sure you sign up for our volcano notification Service: volcanoes.usgs.gov/vns3/ It is a straight-to-email messaging system. 🌋🧪⚒️

Signal Boost: All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive Let people know, download your own copies. Don't let this digital book burn continue. #Feds #Health #WHO #CDC #AMA #USPHS #FDA #NIH #NCHS #PCORI

Federal employees are under siege. Prosecutors who investigated the 2021 coup attempt have been purged from government. Websites and archives are being deleted or destroyed. An unelected foreign-born billionaire is taking over federal agencies with zero oversight from Congress. It is day 11.