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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Joe Levy @colddirt.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I think my new definition for "mid-career" for #academics is the year that the cat you adopted in grad school and/or the dog you adopted as a postdoc reach the end of their days. This may be the real reason associate profs are so famously glum. It has been a rough few months for household mammals.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Today’s the #AGU25 day! @colgate.edu undergrad Rylie Berwanger ‘26 presents a model for the origin of banded pumice at Augustine Volcano. Poster V31C-0072.

Student standing in front of a research poster about banded pumice at Augustine Volcano.

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Tyler Grambling @crustalrheology.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Not at #AGU25 this year, but everyone who is, please do this! I still contend that posters are infinitely better than talks at engaging people in conversations about science! Please pass that joy on to the next generation of researchers!

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AGU VGP @aguvgp.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

🚨Get ready for the opening of our #AGU25 program!🚨 Monday December 15th opens with a diverse suite of 🌋 sessions on offer. From volcano-climate impacts to hydrothermal systems; from planetary habitability to critical minerals: Monday has something for everyone!

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

En route to #AGU25! Posters V31C-0072 (magma mixing & crystal cargo, Berwanger et al) and V41-0090 (eruption intensity, Koleszar et al): awesome work by @colgate.edu undergrads (blastlab.org) + colleagues at @wwu.edu + USGS-AVO. Geochemistry, grainsize data, field photos: something for everyone!

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Jess Phoenix 🌋 @volcanojess.com · 09/12/2025

Someone asked me if the footage of 1,000ft lava fountains on Kīlauea was AI. PLANET EARTH IS INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING THAT SOULLESS ENVIRONMENT-KILLER COULD EVER CONJURE FROM PILLAGING REAL ART. Ahem. No, it's not AI. Volcanoes are just that incredible.

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AGQ- Queer Affinity Group of the AGU @queeragu.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Attending #AGU25 next week? Make sure to stop by the inclusive science events happening all week long! Thanks @agu.org !!

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AGU VGP @aguvgp.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The #VGP executive committee wants to make sure students attending #AGU25 get as much out of the conference as they can. So, we are excited to announce a student feedback program! Register using the link below to get feedback from at least one committee member during the conference. bit.ly/4oQXTwW

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

When it comes to climate change, "games can empower the belief that people can make a difference," says Volha Kapitonava of Positive Impact Games. "The key ingredient that makes this possible, in my opinion, is joy." www.gamesindustry.biz/joy-is-the-r...

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Joy is the radical tool games need to turn eco-anxiety into agency | Opinion

Climate doom is overwhelming a generation of players. But a new wave of games is building the belief that change is possible

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 09/12/2025

Honestly, the topic of the article is less important than this synopsis right here. It is why (in my mind) this country finds itself in such dire straits.

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Matthias Sprenger @matthiasprenger.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

No OSPA at this year's #AGU25, which is disappointing, because it made sure that students had at least 3 scientists come to their poster, ask questions, and provide anonymous (hopefully productive) feedback afterwards. Does anyone know why it was dropped? @hydrology-agu.bsky.social or @agu.org

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things

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AGU Seismology @aguseismology.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

If you have registered to #AGU25, please bookmark the AGU Security page, which will have updates & resources re:immigration enforcement operations announced for New Orleans: www.agu.org/agu25-neworl... We hope you can come to AGU25 because when science is connected, science is unstoppable.

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New Orleans updates | AGU25

AGU is committed to a safe and welcoming Annual Meeting for everyone.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Yes. And. There are other ways you can help yourself & your community stay healthier as access to vaccines gets more limited. So, you know, *do that*. (Clean the air & mask.) Some of us have done that all along bc vaccines weren’t enough to protect us (or elders, young children, babies, & carers).

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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

White board sketch from class on Tuesday: ⚒️

Wide cross sectional cartoon of Mesozoic tectonics of the west coast (mostly emphasizing California). On the left (west), the Pacific Plate and Farallon Plane diverge at an oceanic ridge, with new seafloor being made through decompression melting of the underlying mantle. Working out way east, we see the Farallon Plate decorated with a seamount and some pelagic chert. Then comes the subduction zone, starting with a trench, then an accretionary wedge. The accretionary prism consists of east-dipping thrust fault bounded blocks of rock. A new thrust is developing in the upper part of the underthrust plate. East of that we see a forearc basin developed atop accreted terranes, and then a towering magmatic arc. (The magma is coming from hydration of the mantle wedge.) Plutons are emplaced at depth, and volcanoes erupt up above. Then we cross the suture into North American continental crust, and we see Sevier Orogeny thin-skinned deformation of sedimentary strata above, building up a mountain belt, which sheds sediment eastward into a foreland basin (the Western Interior Seaway).

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Going to finish this #AGU25 poster really soon, but whenever I go looking for a particular outcrop-in-the-field photo I get distracted looking through ALLL the photos again! New details appear every time. Pic from 2024 on Augustine Volcano, with @colgate.edu and @wwu.edu field teams.

A photograph of three people making measurements on an outcrop of tephra fall, on a sunny day with blue sky. The top layer is green grass.

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SZ4D @sz4d.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

AGU go-ers, see you in New Orleans Join us for a lively networking event - meet peers, talk science, grab your limited-edition swag! Refreshments & appetizers available SUN DEC 14 | 6–9 PM | Tulane River & Coastal Center (1 block from Convention Center SZ4D activities @AGU & register: bit.ly/43pJHTx

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The @colgate.edu BLAST (Bubbles, Lavas, and Silicic Tephras) research group is heading to @iavcei.bsky.social 2025! Come and chat about geochem/componentry/explosivity/grainsize on Monday and Friday afternoons: Poster 1.7.23 (Monday, Koleszar et al) and Poster 3.4.26 (Friday, D'Errico et al).

"Deconvolving the relationship between subtle shifts in geochemistry and dramatic changes in explosivity at Augustine Volcano, Alaska" - The 2006 eruption at Augustine was small (VEI = 3), but coarse pumice deposits record five large, high explosivity (VEI 4-5+) eruptions over the past 2000 years. Higher explosivity eruptions at Augustine are fueled by a greater proportion of high silica andesite (HSA).

"Reconstructing eruptive intensity at Augustine Volcano: Tephra stratigraphy and componentry of the 750 ybp Tephra M eruption." Tephra stratigraphy records a recent VEI 5+ eruption at Augustine Volcano.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

10-year-old kiddo made a pastry ternary, but both parents are geologists so...

a ternary diagram of pastry. The three vertices are "crumbly," "flaky," and "goopy." Written in pencil on white paper.

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Joe Levy @colddirt.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Come find fault with our students! I mean, come find faults *with* our students. Colgate Earth and Environmental Geosciences is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor in Structural Geology. Review starts May 16. apply.interfolio.com/167020 NB: No interesting structures in the photo, just seds. 🧪⚒️

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Christy Till @ctill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

But little by little I kept moving it forward until I had more energy to make it a reality this past year. So if you can relate in any way to that story, I just want to say that I see you & I am here cheering you on...one day your project too will make it into world. 6/6 #disabledacademic

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Today’s firings from NOAA/NWS are unconscionable & make us all less safe. It is wild to see certain weather bros for the first time realize politics affects them. I hope this inspires them to be more proactively engaged in politics instead of loudly and proudly declaring themselves above politics.

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.

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felinecannonball @felinecannon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I prefer “Chicxulub’s Splash Pool” but the app isn’t flexible that way.

Map showing the gulf of alarmingly high sea surface temperatures.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/02/2025

Many areas are seeing record snowfall this winter, thanks to global warming--or rather, global weirding! How so? It hasn't been cold enough for lakes other than Erie to completely ice over yet. As cold air sweeps across them, it's picking up moisture and dumping massive snowfall on the other side.

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

There are so many things wrong with this country but there were so many things right with it too. Watching the good things get destroyed in the service of rich white men is gut wrenching

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Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN) @earthsciencewomen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Hello Bluesky community! #ESWN is a non-profit providing opportunities for peer mentoring, community building, and career development for scientists, educators, and professionals who contribute to and support the earth, space, and environmental sciences. Give us a follow and say hi!

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

An hour in the woods to battle the Sunday Scaries.

The tips of two cross-country skis in tracks in the snow.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Really excited about this— Wingspan (and the dragon version, Wyrmspan!) are favorites in our household.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Time to edit the syllabus for Dangerous Earth to include this! (The first hazard covered in the course is impacts from space)

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Antijen @antijen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

So many in my area complaining that their roads "aren't clear" and I'm confused about the expectation. A plow doesn't get every molecule of snow up. And if it stays way below freezing, nothing left behind will melt. Do they expect pristine asphalt? Not trying to dunk on them, I'm just so confused.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

woot! Super excited about #volcano science at #IAVCEI this summer. Colgate BLAST (Bubbles, Lavas, and Silicic Tephras) is submitting two abstracts, featuring five @colgateuniversity.bsky.social undergrads plus colleagues from WWU and USGS-AVO!

Screenshot of a registration confirmation. Volcano icon on the left with IAVCEI written under it. On the right is text that says Thank You for Registration.

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Catie Hausman @catiehausman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Acquisition of a 3D printer: kiddo was jazzed about articulated dragons/axolotls/fidgets; I was jazzed about bits and bobs for streamlining #lab work! This little green widget means no more juggling tubing while carefully tipping a full 8-gal bucket to siphon water off of sieved tephras. #geology

A green 3D clip attached to the edge of a large white bucket. The clip is holding a length of clear tubing.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Loaf pans of data! Looks like a unimodal normal distribution for this tephra sub-layer (c. 750-year-old pumice from Augustine #Volcano).

$Nine foil pans of light gray tephra, arranged in size from biggest to smallest. The middle size fractions are the most abundant.$

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Working on the syllabus for "Dangerous Earth" and getting super excited to revisit these excellent books with students @colgateuniversity.bsky.social! "Quakeland" - @kathryn-miles.bsky.social "Disasterology" - @samlmontano.bsky.social "Eruption" - Steve Olson "Asteroid Hunters" - Carrie Nugent

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

On reflection, I would much rather have pumpkin spice in everything than AI in everything.

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Anita S Marshall @bakingsodavolc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hey Everyone, The IAGD was on Twitter/X for more than a decade. It's hard to switch platforms and lose all of that, so please give us a follow here! We are working to make the geosciences a more inclusive place for everyone, especially people with disabilities.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Kiddo's version of a #GreatShakeOut infographic to illustrate the importance of Drop-Cover-Hold On - perhaps not as elegant as the real infographics, but still gets the point across for #earthquake #hazards 😂

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I'm a #volcano person, but my classes this semester are currently doing aqueous & soft rock #geology. Side quests are fun (road salt in waterways! lobe-finned fish go terrestrial!), but back to #tephra soon! Pic: 2024 on Augustine Volcano w/ @colgateuniversity.bsky.social undergrads & WWU colleagues

four geologists look at a tephra deposit with their backs to the camera, one geologist uses a shovel to dig in the deposit

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

My general strategy for programming in R: If task x takes y minutes to do manually, grumble about it for at least a year before spending the 1-2 hours automating it in R. I've found this strategy holds true for all values of y...

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Joe Levy @colddirt.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

It must be getting close to the end of the semester if my Sedimentary and Surface Processes class is using Syracuse salt potatoes as a tool for understanding the chemistry of evaporite deposits. IAP --> Ksp --> delicious. Those salt crusts are tasty and educational. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_po...

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Data wrangling (extremely common in geochem!) and taste-testing (extremely uncommon in geochem!) - students in Colgate Univ GEOL303: Geochemistry are comparing 12 different “sea” salts. Samples queued up for analysis on the ion chromatograph. Data soon!

Ion chromatography instrument with round turret of sample tubes and 12 vials of dissolved sea salt samples.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

An analytical bingo: powder the rocks, weigh the rocks, dissolve the rocks, dilute the rocks, then realize there are PRECISELY enough samples to completely fill a single sample tray. Similar life events: a chips-and-salsa coincidence, a shampoo-and-conditioner serendipity. #geology #geoscience ⚒️🌋

Sixty clear sample tubes, perfectly filling a single sample tray. A sample probe collects solution from the fourth tube.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

The sound of connecting to dial-up internet just emanated from a distant corner of the coworking space. All the millennials popped their heads up from their computers like a flock of prairie dogs being activated by a long-forgotten ancestral call.

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Alison Koleszar (she/hers) @akoleszar.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

Kiddo got a "diamond painting" kit so we gave it a try and... this skill set is hilariously reminiscent of picking mineral separates for melt inclusions/in situ geochemistry. I'll let him finish a few more of these Pokémon, then it's straight to the lab to pick some plag! #geology #geochemistry ⚒️ 🌋

A photograph of a child's hands making a "diamond painting" by placing small plastic dots onto a sticker in the shape of a Pokémon.

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Emey the (redacted) @meyerson.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

It's weird that some people ask to sit in the aisle seat. You can watch planet earth from seven miles up, and you'd rather just not?

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