Cryovolcanism is really very simple - what if volcanism, but with ice! - but explaining it any further requires delving into why and how volcanism but with ice would happen, and that's where all of us get into trouble.

FIVE health emergencies—four women and a little girl—and every week there's a new one. I'm not sure what to say. Click "weekly" to help these six families & a displacement camp secure survival essentials each week: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Developing a new bit where I point at something and ask “is this a recession indicator?” It's going really well.

December 22: LATEST PROGRESS on rent deadlines 🩷 + I’m sending Seraj's rent & tuition money in a few hours + We're still matching 150 for Maha's rent + No progress for Ahmed, but we have time Find all listed at the very top here: linktr.ee/divyamp

When i say part of my understanding of technology is based on being from Guyana and Barbados and and And recognizing how much people just think my homelands are playgrounds or fungible Yeah this is what I mean

The ICOMOS Aerospace Heritage International Scientific Committee successfully nominated the Moon to the World Monuments Fund's Watch List this year to draw attention to both its cultural and natural heritage value. We're continuing to promote these concepts. www.wmf.org/monuments/moon

Speaking as a planetary scientist - this sucks, and while it's presented as a practical solution to a problem of so many things being sent to the Moon, with dubious scientific advantages, it is fundamentally a way to poorly manage waste. The Moon deserves better.

16 HOURS LEFT ⚠️ Tomorrow morning I HAVE to send this family their rent money or else they'll get evicted right as temperatures drop even further in Gaza. For Seraj's baby sister, this is deadly. We're SO CLOSE. I know that between one and ten people can do it. Last check, 324/475 tiny.cc/serajrent

Tragedy: every year I buy one (1) new pair of fuckoff giant boots and this year they have arrived while I’m out of town 😭

Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

i think it's good that one party owns all the news media in the country which it uses to spread its propaganda nonstop and the other party just argues online with anyone who points out that this is a huge failure for them

Ahmed is finally getting his student visa so he can get to Europe and start his Masters degree. We're raising money to help pay for his living costs and his flight so he can get there safely (111/360 by January 3). Kick in a $5 if you can! tinyurl.com/HelpAhmedF

imo if all the richest ppl on the planet are at once begging you to lower your standards for art and media consumption you can bet that it benefits them more than whatever they selling your ass on and should consider the opposite of what's suggested

Trying to edit a proposal and Word keeps autocorrecting "cryovolcanism" (cool and mysterious geologic process) to "cry volcanism" (me watching Coco (2017))

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

Three years ago, I graduated with my PhD on an incredibly cold December day! My Texan family lasted 10 minutes outside to take this photo before begging me to go indoors 😂 I'm so proud of all the science I've been able to accomplish in the last three years, all while moving across the country twice!

Ahmed is finally getting his student visa so he can get to Europe and start his Masters degree. We're raising money to help pay for his living costs and his flight so he can get there safely (111/360 by January 3). Kick in a $5 if you can! tinyurl.com/HelpAhmedF

Spark Space provides a safe space for students to work and access free internet and electricity, but they need our help to keep paying electricity costs. Your donations, even a $5, help immensely: chuffed.org/project/spar...

Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.

Ok, geologist hat? There's no such thing as "natural" disaster. These winter storms do not happen in a vacuum; buildings are collapsing and camps are flooding due to genocide, displacement, occupation. So treat this with urgency. Help NUMEROUS families stranded in tents: chuffed.org/project/hope...

If we think too deeply about all of this, few of us would be able to sleep. ever.

No power, no problems here in south Boulder!! It's time to read some books by candlelight 👍

I mean, just look at it. It's a towering physical monument to the persuit of better understanding the science of the Earth. Generations of young climate scientists from across the world have been mentored in its sandstone walls. The symbolism of this attack on free science is unparalleled.

Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AGU25 #climate

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.

I think that very few people in academia have come to terms with what it means that most schools depend on grad student labor but prepare grad students for a job market that doesn't exist.

We do not surrender. Do not scroll by survival funds thinking that they aren't supporting life-and-death needs—every share, dollar, pledge by clicking "weekly" matters. You are still helping six families & a camp of fifteen more SURVIVE unceased hell: chuffed.org/project/hope...

I recommend reading this book about Shields Green: nyupress.org/978147980275... - I read this with others as part of a book club and we had a good discussion.

I agree with all this — sick leave is essential to a healthy society. While we’re working on that, though, we need to make it a general norm that if you MUST be around others while sick, you wear a mask (preferably a good one).

Everything is very hard and difficult but it brings me comfort to know that somewhere out there is a kitty cat. More than one kitty cat, even.

"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."

If you're feeling lost or angry right now and don't know where to start, one of the easiest ways to begin effecting change is to plug into ongoing efforts like the giving circle, and share and donate consistently! People are out there doing the work, and we can lift them up 💗

Two corollary things to remember when you genuinely want to help: -You don't have to do this alone. -You are probably not the hero of this story.

I'm SO eager for you to see the hope in that you helped a family get shelter before the rain hit—two families remain exposed in tents, with more rain on the way. Every tiny bit adds up, far more than large & rare contributions. Let's do it: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Spark Space provides a safe space for students to work and access free internet and electricity, but they need our help to keep paying electricity costs. Your donations, even a $5, help immensely: chuffed.org/project/spar...

Lawyers and relatives of the remand prisoners refusing food fear for their lives as they seek meeting with top minister.

Ahmed has worked so hard to get to this point! Let's get him all the way to his goal 💗

Theoretically, everyone deserves the right to do what they want to their own bodies. But in practice, these laws lead to further devaluation of disabled lives. They invariably lead to people choosing MAID because they can't afford healthcare, cajoled into this cheaper choice by an uncaring system.

Ahmed has worked so hard to get to this point! Let's get him all the way to his goal 💗

They want banks to be able to go back to openly discriminating against women and POC. They want women to need to have a man to cosign a credit card or a bank loan like before this rule was passed.

There's always one detail that will crack your heart entirely open.

24 HOURS LEFT AND THE BIRDS ARE BACK. We ALL need some good news: survivor Ahmed is finally getting his student visa and leaving the hell of Egypt!! 🧿 We are doing a final drive for him, and the first part today is for his plane ticket. 186/450. Vetted to the moon and back. tiny.cc/HelpAhmed

Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.

AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON? HOW??????????

UPDATE: Brown University now says no suspect is in custody and is warning people to continue sheltering in place. Details below. https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/brown-university-reports-active-shooter/

The horrors persist but so do I, but also could the horrors like. slow down perhaps

One of my professor friends asked her intro students to make dating profiles for the planets in our Solar System, and the students who had Pluto actually found and referenced my kiss-and-capture models 🥹