This is a fascinating thread

I thought I already had my high for the week, and then our library brought out the alpacas 😍

This does not fix everything but for now hot damn these wins feel so so good, keep it going country

I voted weeks ago and this feed is giving me hope at a time when it’s in short supply. Your vote is your voice! Let’s go!

ALX Skeets: DC resident Geoff is clearly ignoring our own plans to annex Shirlington, weigh in here.

That's right.

Do not watch the attached video. But DO click through to an excellent thread on unions, the history of bandanas, solidarity in diversity, menswear/fashion history, and a really good reminder that some of the biggest worker uprisings and workplace gains in protections were at the hands of unions. 💪

In cleaning out photos from Today in History I was struck by how many of these things are still relevant 5 years later, except the Olympics and the Murder Hornets. And then I discovered this giant monster IN OUR BEDROOM He owns the house now

My kingdom for a RadioShack

Day 21: A multiagency morning ride. Gorgeous day, but we all sure would rather be working.

I love this city.

Furlough Day 17 has me wandering the new Fresh World Market while we ponder never eating out again. As I stand here wondering what image can convey how amazing this place is, SRK reassures me that everything will be ok

How are you spending Furlough Day 10? I am testing pandebono recipes My kitchen is full of pandebonos

Furlough Day 7 started with a lovely stroll at Huntley Meadows with some Earth and Ocean Scientists, and now we get free sandos which feel extra kind since now folks are trying not to pay us at the end of this

Ten years ago I married @portcityposter.bsky.social, forcing our friends and family to walk from the Athenaeum to Columbia Firehouse in a hurricane. I was too busy talking to everyone at the reception so he danced with his brother. A pretty good Alexandria party.

Furloughed and packing out. Hang in there, fellow Feds, and sorry to all the researchers: it’s illegal for me to read email until this is over. NSF has a page of information up for you: www.nsf.gov/shutdown/rec...

Could not be closer to where Elvis Costello will be in 5 minutes

For those anxiously awaiting it: the NSF GRFP solicitation is out, with a November 14 deadline for Geoscience applicants: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

A venn diagram that's a perfect circle for @volcanojw.bsky.social interests.

Truly the best way to watch Benito

Happening Thursday! The world is [waves arms] so spend an hour+ with us and learn about our tiny corner of it.

🔥🔥🔥 The judge was not having it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Well I just saw Dunkirk for the first time ever and am feeling ALL THE FEELS about war, why are men

The Art League’s genius move at the Carlyle Arts Fest is selling handmade bowls for $20, and it comes with an ice cream!* *I handed them my purchase hoping they’d scoop it in; got a Klondike Bar instead. Still delicious.

This looks so fun and also "Chat with a Scientist: Astronomer and Geologist Edition" I imagine will be A+ content.

US GEO folx: we’ve got one more webinar on the books (for now)! Come say hi, ask your burning questions, hear the latest about NSF/Earth Sciences. Thursday, Sept 18, 2p Eastern: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

I can feel every muscle slowly unclench with every mile we are closer to a mountain

And I’m back

Martin with today’s DC oppression updates:

The best volcanic fire fountain I’ve ever seen is happening right now! Live feed, Hawaii. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...

This is very good, and very important.

Follow along @eos.org fantastic live coverage of these 4 marathon days of EPA hearings over the endangerment finding. And if you're a climate scientist, consider signing AGU's letter that we'll submit to the EPA's open comment period on it. wkf.ms/4lRodWp

Seismometers across the Caribbean show the increasing seismic signature of Hurricane Erin as it approaches 🌀 1/ www.iris.edu/app/station_...

Today! Come learn things.

If only some nonprofit org had been capturing the dangers of DC for the last 17 years, only to be archived for posterity in the public library digdc.dclibrary.org/do/4c886cc3-...

US Earth Science folks: it’s time for another NSF EAR webinar! Come hear from staff and get (most of) your questions answered. Monday, Aug 18, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

I have subscribed to a paper word game/puzzle periodical and it is delightful, highly recommend (yes I know it’s Saturday)

I want to make one of those TikToks where the woman is all huffed up like “be nice to my boyfriend, he made this amazing LEGO thing” except it’s my husband and he is doing the job of the 13 people fired around him at his federal agency

Take a minute to read this thread describing the extraordinary work done by tsunami modelers to understand and forecast the behavior of waves as they are progressing. This is one of the many reasons it is critical that we fund federal science agencies!

Both Christopher Lloyd and our National Symphony Orchestra were geniuses tonight

Don't forget to vote for which stamp you want the Postal Service to bring back for its 250th anniversary. I'm pulling for the eclipse stamp

Watch how seismometers recorded the passing earthquake waves from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Each dot in this animation is a seismic station—red 🔴 means the ground moved up, blue 🔵 means it moved down. More ➡️ https://loom.ly/6Eo_fYc

The magnitude has been further refined to M8.8. It may seem like 8.7 and 8.8 are close, but the difference actually means about 40% more energy released. Logarithmic scales will do that! Want to know the difference between any two magnitudes? Try this calculator: earthquake.usgs.gov/education/ca...

How common are earthquakes this big? Here are all of the events with a magnitude of 8.5 or larger since 1960: only ten of them!

How often do magnitude 8+ earthquakes occur? Not very often. While the last one occurred in 2021, on average, Earth experiences about one M8 earthquake per year. Today’s M8.7 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula is a powerful example of a megathrust earthquake along a subduction zone.

This event has generated a tsunami - current size is not yet known. Please pay attention to all information and notices from your local officials. www.tsunami.gov

The Kuril-Kamchatka arc has frequent moderate-to-large earthquakes and has hosted more than 30 M 6.5+ events within 250 km of the July 29, 2025, earthquake over the last century.

Updated to a M8.7

@josephfray.bsky.social This will help me! xkcd.com/3120/ xkcd: Geologic Periods

Taking a break from budget closeout to sail the high seas (of Maryland) with @beckyhammer.bsky.social