🧪⚒️ The Wandan mud volcano in southern Taiwan had a minor eruption today at the vent right next to the mud volcano temple. It last erupted in November 2025. Video courtesy of my friend 張寶惠, the mud volcano temple caretaker.

The only people who can fire Lonnie Bunch are the Board of Regents and if they had the votes to do it, it would have already happened. He is not even a government employee, he is a trust employee.

US chemistry friends, have you been given a "take home assignment" in any job hunting that you've done in the industrial chemistry enterprise? #chemjobs #chemchat Please RT DM me or email me at chemjobber -at- g mail anonymity guaranteed

58 days 😬 Nominate now because we’ll be setting the lineup sometime very, very soon.

I just realized it’s 59 days until Mineral Cup #MinCup26 and I AM NOT READY. We need to lock in the competitors early this year Because Reasons, so nominate NOW: www.mineralcup.org/nominations Tip: Reasons make us more likely to pick a mineral as it’s easier to imagine how it can campaign.

DCA has seen its last departure until tomorrow. Flights at the airport are canceled through the morning to allow for military aircraft flyovers through about 11pm local time. Many of the aircraft participating should be visible on Flightradar24. www.flightradar24.com/airport/dca

Ok but are we going to look into how much they are making off the literal critical minerals rush they are pushing or …?

Thoughts to all the people in the District who keep getting loud flyovers today and the air show isn’t until tomorrow. Go check FlightRadar24 to see how nothing is leaving National and a bunch of military planes flying over (not all the military planes show up there though)

To celebrate/atone for the 250, y'all should donate to Indigenous causes and/or buy stuff from Indigenous artists. I'll list some below, but if you know of any, feel free to add. Bc I'm Inupiaq, this is going to be Alaska Native heavy....

Feeling real good about living so far out in suburbs about now

Hmmm… www.mining.com/us-departmen...

In addition to the way too big fireworks display in DC, they are also doing flyovers every hour from 1:15 to sunset 🫠

I dunno guys, I don’t think I’d be skipping the feasibility study 😬 www.mining.com/guardian-may...

Were we really calling these “artificial earthquakes”? I’ve seen them called “crowdquakes” before but I don’t remember seeing them referred to as artificial earthquakes. Is it my selective memory?

I wanted a Tahoma but I was too late 😢

Do I need another volcano tissue box cover? No, but do I want another one? Yes. Stay tuned to see if I talk myself into another one 😅

The DC fireworks are gonna be a disaster this year. It’s going to be hot AF, there will only be 2 entrances (with magnetometers) to the viewing area where you can’t bring coolers- only a small clutch purse or a clear bag no bigger than a gallon bag (only 1 of those). No river viewing.

*logs in to see what’s going on* JFC *logs back off*

Been doing puzzles with my kids and logged on to some some bullshit happened 😐

I love how a geologist would call lazurite a tectosilicate or a feldspathoid or a member of the sodalite group, but chemists are just like “uh, it’s blue and here’s the formula”

I will be staying inside, thank you

I have lost count of how many mining companies/projects currently have ties to Trump family members/friends/officials

I went and checked the OMB regulation comments to see how many there were (34K!), but the most recent ones are form letters from those who support this gross non-scientific oversight of science funding.

Greenland is not the answer for easy rare earths access, Exhibit 243 “Further exploration in the area is not deemed likely to lead to the discovery of deposits that can be exploited in accordance with the Uranium Act,” the government said in a statement." www.mining.com/web/greenlan...

Been seeing a lot of “eugenics, but from the left” type posts on here lately

It’s preorder sale time again. Who’s got suggestions for books to buy?

YIKES: The OPM is proposing new NDAs for federal workers, this means scientists cannot talk about their work. They can't share their data, or talk to journalists. But it's still open for public comment! Comment by June 26. www.regulations.gov/search?filte...

🌊🧪 NASEM critical mineral deep-sea workshop - June 29-30, 2026 - FREE, virtual, + public encouraged! - Description, science objectives, + registration in 🔗 - Short overview in 🧵 - Sponsored by NOAA/ BOEM/ BSEE (*I helped develop this study 😁)

I can’t believe I just read comments about how Alpha-Gal (a life threatening allergy) is good for climate change actually 🫠

Broken down by mineral and region

You should care about where your minerals come from: www.mining.com/human-rights... South America had the most human rights allegations. Indigenous people were disproportionately affected. Copper mining made up 60% of allegations. Peru, DRC, and Chile were the top 3 offenders.

🌊 "The US is no longer a reliable global partner in ocean observation." - Brad deYoung ➡️ You've heard about the OOI; now read about the other ocean-observing networks at risk. By me for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

With a number of folks from #eqsky weighing in, including @brandontbishop.bsky.social @haroldtobin.bsky.social @seismo-steve.bsky.social 🎁 link: Why the Venezuelan Earthquakes Happened, and What to Expect Next www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/s...

New curated resource out to help locate previous seismology papers in the region of yesterday's events.

You can find the whole report here: media.business-humanrights.org/media/docume...

Worst offending companies: Glencore First Quantum Minerals Rio Tinto MIND ID BHP (Sorry the image cropped weirdly)

You should care about where your minerals come from: www.mining.com/human-rights... South America had the most human rights allegations. Indigenous people were disproportionately affected. Copper mining made up 60% of allegations. Peru, DRC, and Chile were the top 3 offenders.

More than 4 million people may have experienced very strong, severe, or violent shaking. Causalities and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Ok you guys. Here’s the deal. The M7.1 in Venezuela was upgraded to a M7.2. AND it was followed shortly by a M7.5. Not good.

Go tell them exactly what you think about leases for offshore mining!

Educators you can find reliable information and data about climate on this site for use in your classrooms. 🍎🧪🎢🧬⚒️

↘️ - Context for Virginia OCS RFI- The map posted in the RFI shows the large "area of interest"(all federal waters). Public comments will help constrain the final "Area ID", advocacy, and concerns 🌊🧪

Go tell them exactly what you think about leases for offshore mining!

Gas stations already barely make a profit off the gasoline they sell you and if they have to sell it to you for less than they paid for it they are going to lose a whole lot of money so I don’t think that’s actually gonna happen

The official receiver of the operator is suing JDS Energy and Mining for breach of contract and negligence over the 24 June 2024 heap leach failure at the Eagle Gold Mine, based on the outcome of the investigation by an Independent Review Board. eos.org/thelandslide...

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - [email protected]

Ahahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha www.canadianminingjournal.com/featured-art...

A Florida company wants to mine heavy metal sands off the coast of Virginia and tomorrow BOEM will be opening a public comment period on whether to open the mineral leases. Go tell them how terrible of an idea this is news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

No one warned me how gross the stuff you have to drink is 🤢

I have an endoscopy and a colonoscopy on Monday so I won’t be able to eat anything solid tomorrow so everyone eat lots of delicious foods for me!