Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Important message: this fella turned 4 today! 070
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This fella is throwing a TANTRUM because I won’t walk him in the current hurricane band downpour. Big dogs have big feelings. 080
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Got the Covid and Flu vaccines yesterday. An undesirable side effect was a fever of 102F! I blame Lyme disease for my body’s inability to act right. Throughout this I have learned something irritating: I find hot flashes more unbearable than a 102 fever. That makes me angry for women’s healthcare. 181
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Getting two “500-year” precipitation events in ~month has been an unwelcome way to teach students about the fact that we use a weird system to describe event probability. 1113
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106197426605
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Look at this xenophobic bullshit from a research training I had to do. Unsure why they think this an international collaborator issue only, especially given that in my experience the biggest pains in the ass have been domestic… Super gross. 1112
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagDr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 07/09/2026It has been a while, but I have a summary of all the activity at Anak Krakatau over the last few days. Long and short: big explosive eruption, but not out of character for the volcano (or Indonesian volcanoes for that matter). It is a hot air travel mess, though: eruptions.site/2026/09/07/s...eruptions.siteSeptember 2026 Eruption at Anak KrakatauLocation: Anak Krakatau, Indonesia Situation: Anak Krakatau, literally “child of Krakatau” has had some large explosive eruptions over the past week including ash plumes that reached ~5… 04918
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“Our fridge smells like a corpse, meet me at the store before I burn the house down” is not a text you want to get. This hurricane is the gift that keeps on giving. 130
Reposted by Bipedal Meatbagkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT 88204216219
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Finally getting down to business working on Highway 11 power lines in Mountain View. Lots of off island folks in the mix, glad to see them here to help. #Lala 040
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Finally got power, and it’s possible I’m the only person whose day got substantially worse because of it. I am currently sucking mystery slime out from my fridge's drip tray (it is stupidly fixed beneath the air compressor) with a used syringe I got from my neighbour who works with animals. 120
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Still no power/water/internet/cell service. Rain leaked through the windows last week when we got 3 feet of rain. Probably gonna happen again when we get another foot. Classes start back up on Monday. Send a meteorite. 151
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Yeah I’m definitely not getting power back anytime soon. The whole drive between Mountain View and Volcano is rife with large sections like this. 351
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagEtienne Médard @etiennemedard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A little late to the party, but congratulations to my former postdoc K. Brückel (now at the University of Bonn) for her very nice paper on diffusion chronometry in olivine crystals from the 2018-2020 Fani Maoré submarine eruption 🌋⚒️🧪 – agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comIntegrating Olivine Diffusion Chronometry With Monitoring Data to Decipher the Magma Dynamics at the Submarine Fani Maoré VolcanoDiffusion modeling in olivine from the submarine volcano, Fani Maoré, shows continuous interaction of two magmas for ∼0.5–20 months By coupling geophysical data with timescales from diffusion chr... 182
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Having some intrusive thoughts related to not having power or water at home due to the hurricane… 180
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Hawai‘i is feeling a bit too much like Florida this week. 160
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagRage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"We must show that reading gives access to an inexhaustible source of delight. But I worry, too, that we are limiting the meaning of the word pleasure. Learning is a strange and discomfiting experience; it’s a struggle and a frustration, and epiphanies are rare." www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...theguardian.com‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroomEducation is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back? 054
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 06/08/2026My 135lb dog insisted that his tiny stuffed hedgehog join us for our morning walk. 4555
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Sitting out episode 52 but still enjoying the view from my bedroom window. 040
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Klaus keeps me reluctantly socialized over the summer months. 180
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I unintentionally captured a photo in the same spot with Klaus (today, at almost 4) and Lothar 🖤 (back in 2022 at 8.5). Dogs are such a treasure, I wish we got more time with them. 080
Reposted by Bipedal Meatbagrom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 18/07/2026“I use it for data analysis” “I use it for literature reviews” “I use it to summarize articles” “I use to generate ideas” then you do no understand research or rigor or ethics and you are aligned with grifters, opportunists, billionaires, and millionaires who made their money through exploitation. 29315
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I put on my petty glasses and pointed out all of the issues and inconsistencies in their damage report, requested the video footage I know LAX takes when you enter the rental center, and mentioned I spoke with a lawyer. They quickly dropped the claim. Don’t rent from budget/avis is the lesson here. 050
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Avis/budget sent me a $1100 bill for damage to a rental car. Anyone know what those window makings mean? The damage estimate is dated 45 hours after I dropped it of plus 4 extra miles... I always get video of the car when I pick it up, but forgot to do the same when dropping it off. 132
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagEthan Baxter @ethanrockstory.bsky.social · 12/07/2026⚒️🍎🧪 Every SCIENTIST has a story! Come see my poster on Monday July 13 at #Goldschmidt2026 in Montreal... all about the importance of the storyTELLER in broadening participation and belonging in the geosciences. Hear Kama's story in Episode 83 youtu.be/bMSIRKE9xbw 0238
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Spent time with Maunakea this weekend. Weeded in the ‘ahinahina enclosure (2800 m / 9200 ft) and planted māmane at the base with the PIPES interns. 1112
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 12/06/2026When I’m fully dissociated and I forget to put on my active listening face 202321444
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The en echelon little teeth. The slightly askew eyes. The petite side tongue. The drool tendril wrapped around his muzzle… Klaus is truly a cartoon dog come to life. 4191
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagCallan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Raven expressing itself #birds 🪶 2306
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 05/06/2026If you’re running a program that requires an in depth application for undergrads, I’m begging you to provide feedback to those who weren’t selected. These folks need feedback to learn how to improve subsequent applications. It’s more work, but it’s important work we should be doing for the next gen. 141
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 05/06/2026One more view of Kīlauea’s episode 48 to cleanse the palate. 0141
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagMeredith Rose @mrose.ink · 04/06/2026Happy six year anniversary to the time my then-3-year-old daughter got really excited in the backseat of the car and shouted “Mommy! A Dunkin Donuts flag!!”static.klipy.comLesbian Pride Flag Waving in the WindAlt: Lesbian Pride Flag Waving in the Wind 526242
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026This is absolutely bullshit. My NSF postdoc was a game changer for me and set me up to be where I am currently at. I owe so much to that program. 1165
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 31/05/2026This dinosaur was on the side of the road at the start of the Titus Canyon drive, near the CA-NV state line. Ridiculous. 150
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 17/05/2026So proud of our spring 2026 UH Hilo geology graduates! 1171
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Graduation and award season is upon us. Behold, Klaus is modeling the bounty of lei from my students and colleagues that were bestowed upon me for winning a teaching award (the makers of the lei have demanded their efforts be photographed on this magnificent beast). 290
Reposted by Bipedal MeatbagJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The tech industry is gutting our public science infrastructure and hijacking the NSF to be their own R&D department. Not paying taxes is apparently not enough; they need both hands in our pockets. (There’s nothing wrong with funding those fields; it’s funding them only at the expense of others). 317949
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Does anyone have a geomorph/earth surface processes course prep they’re willing to share? I’m tasked with taking over this class and it’s my 11th new prep in 3.5 years. Can trade mediocre volcano content! 296
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 10/05/2026My union rep legitimately suggested “training” AI to learn our writing styles to help craft our tenure dossiers. Absolutely the fuck not. Me: AI is a bullshit slip machine that doesn’t work like that. I would fail my students if they did that. Him: it’s inevitable + we should be early adopters. 091
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Episode 45 of Kīlauea’s ongoing eruption 03714
Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 17/04/2026USGS forecast models suggest that Kīlauea’s episode 45 will occur sometime between Monday, April 20 and Saturday, April 25. Hoping for something similar to episode 44, but with trade winds and less tephra in town. It has been a long semester! USGS photo by L. Gallant. 0111
