I thought this was an Onion article for half a second

Utrecht Paleogeography model in prep! We're integrating our detailed reconstructions of orogenic belts and lost subducted plates into one plate tectonic and paleogeography model. We'll launch the updated Paleolatitude.org soon, and more tools for geodynamic, paleoclimate, and paleobiology studies!

Today feels like a good day to remind everyone that there is literally no empirical evidence that economic growth will just continue if the world heats up to, say, 3°C by 2100. Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth. 🧵

I am grateful that I had the chance to sit down with one of the undergraduate journalists at The California Aggie to discuss my master’s research in the geodynamics lab at UC Davis and some of the exciting field work I’ve been a part of this summer theaggie.org/2025/10/20/b... 🧪

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Today, the Python Software Foundation withdrew a huge NSF proposal because they refused to betray their commitment to their “diverse and international community” by capitulating to the demands of the current regime. 3 cheers for my favourite language, please pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

wow, which common vaccine was it?

An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...

Well, the architects of the outage are actually AWS, who control a global majority of the cloud computing services that web services like Canvas depend on. This is what happens when the internet has all of its eggs in one basket

The inherent corollary of "this is murder" is that we prosecute and punish people who commit murder.

Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭

I was able to try out an earthquake (Mw 7.0) shake simulator at UC Davis today, super cool. Would not want to experience it for real. Probably.

It was a pleasure to contribute to this article, which talks about how AI contributes to seismology - indeed, we have seen tremendous progress in the use of machine learning to detect small events. 1/

this was the most important thing I learned during my CS degree and now the most frustrating thing to see as I watch my peers (other grad students) and younger computer scientists replace critical thinking with AI

Current mood

Something new to consider on my PhD search

Jane Goodall was an inspiration to all young female scientists, I hope she rests in peace

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

👏 We initiated this open letter re: #GRFP yesterday, before the solicitation came out. We updated this morning, and are working on additional response & actions focused on the eligibility change. Please sign/add stories/share this letter if you can! AND call your reps! bsky.app/profile/jaso...

It’s just so great that the GRFP rules have been updated. Decided not to apply in my first year of grad school so I could apply this year, I guess now I’ll never be eligible 🙃

Northwestern Venezuela was struck by several large earthquakes today and yesterday (M6.2, 5.8, 6.3). Why did these shallow thrust events occur in an area where previously only strike-slip earthquakes have been documented? We speculate about the geology in our latest post. ⚒️ 🧪

Things that make me happy: When @mineralcup.bsky.social & Fat Bear Week overlap.

⚒️ 🧪 Another big addition to the remarkable M8.8 earthquake sequence offshore Kamchatka: a M7.8 - the biggest aftershock so far. With foreshocks, aftershocks, aftershocks of foreshocks, and foreshocks of aftershocks, it's hard to keep these earthquakes straight! Read more about what's going on:

an exciting weekend of some fieldwork firsts in Mt. St. Helens: a helicopter ride, infrasound, and cameras

me & my refried beans enjoyed the view of Mt. Rainier from Mt. St. Helens this weekend

spent the last two days hiking and army crawling through the bush on Mt. Rainier to recover ~50 temporary seismic nodes that were monitoring debris flows on the Tahoma creek drainage

⚒️ 🧪 The situation in Afghanistan is dire following the M6 earthquake on August 31st. More than 2,200 people have died; reports indicate that 65% of buildings in the region were destroyed. Meanwhile, satellite imaging has begun to reveal both devastation and scientific details about the quake.

Americans should learn from the French about how to protest.

If listing cases of 2025 US political violence, one would include the Charlie Kirk killing, the Melissa Horman killing (MN state legislator), and the CDC shooting. The president omitting Horman and CDC, but reaching back 8 years for a non-deadly shooting to cite, conveys approval of those shootings.

Call out the hypocrisy. Trump is ordering flags at half staff for Kirk's murder. Yet, two months after the murder of MN Speaker Melissa Hortman he's refused to so much as call the Hortman family or Gov Walz, & instead mocked them. Vile hypocrisy doesn't facilitate peace, it enables more violence.

Yesterday's congressional hearing on vaccine safety relied on a study that was never published—or even submitted to a journal—to trot out the old myths about vaccines causing chronic illnesses. My latest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

You guys put podcast hosts in charge of the FBI and fired all the competent agents because you thought they were woke.

🌊 Remember the barrels found off the coast of LA? New research from Scripps Oceanography found that 'halos' around some of the barrels came from caustic alkaline waste leaking from the barrels—pollution that’s lingered for decades.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

Check out this Interview with @aripeskoe.bsky.social to hear about how ratepayers are covering the costs of the infrastructure needed to support the surge in AI and data centers.

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Nice gift "Plate Tectonics Flip Book" from the author Ch. Scotese to our tectonist J. Lazauskienė 😀

Came across some awesome glacial grooves and striations in Victoria, BC

The 6-5 Fire has burned over a large chunk or serpentine rocks and soil that make up the Red Hills ACEC. It is home to many amazing endemic species of flowers and even extremophile fish. Recent studies show hot fires on serpentine soils creates hexavalent chromium. 😬😬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So long, A23a. 🥹

How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording

guess I’ll get mine in Canada….

very sad to say goodbye to the Tully and everyone from #pacsafe2025 🥲

shore leave today on Nootka Island!! we were able to get off the boat for the first time in three weeks (also the first land I’ve seen since we left)

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

A M7.5 earthquake just struck a remote corner of the Antarctic Plate, below the Drake Passage. What’s going on in this fascinating part of the world? We wrote about it last May, after a M7.4 earthquake. We have made that post free to read, and added a few new maps and thoughts. ⚒️ 🧪

we just saw one of the coolest sights yet on the #pacsafe2025 research cruise!! a huge pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins 🐬 looking for food off the back of the CCGS Tully @thobbsgeo.bsky.social @rdave6.bsky.social @charbottles.bsky.social #fieldwork #science #womeninstem #dolphins #wildlife 🧪

awesome views from the night shift today for #pacsafe2025, including a shooting star!! fishing boats were just faint glows on the horizon