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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NSF Earth Science Office Hours is Today! 3p Eastern. We’ll do our best to answer what we can.

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

US GEO folks: Want to hear directly from the NSF program directors you know & love and have live questions answered? We’ve got you. Tune in to hear from us in Oceans (Oct 5) Earth (Oct 6) and Atmos/Geospce (Oct 27): www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-g...

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NSF GEO Atmospheric and Geospace, Earth, and Ocean Sciences Programs Virtual Office Hours

Join Program Officers across the NSF Directorate for Geosciences for office hours covering the three programs under the directorate's funding opportunity, NSF…

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Dr. Wendy Panero @mineraltoplanet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Want to hear from NSF program directors about the latest at NSF in Earth Sciences? Come hear updates and hear us answer your questions. October 6, 3 pm EDT. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events?f%5B0...

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happening tomorrow. If you’re used to our former Earth Science events where you hear from a pack of us, this will be a little different - it’ll only be the head of GEO. But you’ll learn stuff!

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Do you like maps?? I’m in a briefing where the USGS shared these amazing 3D Elevation images that are just so cool. Find your state/district, and behold this example of DC! www.usgs.gov/3d-elevation...

A 3D Elevation Program image from the USGS of the District of Columbia, depicting (in their words) “the ‘bare earth’ surface, stripping away vegetation and structures, revealing ground surface.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Perfect wardrobe if they had to visit 1625 Plymouth in the next movie instead.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s remarkable how well 6 ties together so many threads from the series and films and even TNG. It has an outstanding cast, and it’s definitely the slickest looking of the films too. It’s really too bad it’s not part of this 60th anniversary release series.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We grew a stupid amount of tomatoes and basil this year. Thanks Aldi for the Garlic and Onions.

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I've been tasked to cover data center issues at work recently and I've learned some interesting things about data centers' environmental impacts that I thought I'd share Some really unexpected stuff beyond the energy/water stuff most people know about at this point

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Oh goodie I won’t be working out of the mudroom of our house anymore. Back in-person with some excellent people next week!

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Jenn just read me in on this reference. I would NEVER.

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

US Science folks: I know there are a million questions about these new NSF solicitations and what’s happening generally through all of this [waves arms]. This might start to answer some Qs, and at the bottom please sign up for the Sept 15 Office Hours! www.nsf.gov/geo/updates/...

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A new funding opportunity for core geoscience research

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

US GEO folks: You've got NSF questions, we (hopefully) have answers. Join us for a webinar Sept 15 at 1p Eastern: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-g...

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NSF GEO Virtual Office Hour: Updates from the NSF Directorate for Geosciences

Join directorate leadership for updates and information.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Bummer! I have been pleasantly surprised by how little our garden has been bothered my critters this summer, especially with the drought. In the past we had raccoons going after the corn!

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Sorry Pirate Queen, somehow the only herb we don’t have this year is perversely…mint.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

See also Alexandria (in name only’s) strategic basil reserve.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

They are doing incredible work in elementary schools.

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

US GEO folks: A few NSF POs are traveling again (!!) & several are hitting the regional GSAs. @drrocks1982.bsky.social + @llautz.bsky.social are headed to the Triple-Joint meeting in Memphis, I'll be in Hartford for the Northeastern. We are hype to see the community! Reach out if you'll be there!

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Chernobyl Miniseries alternate working title, "The Geiger Sanction".

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Circumstances that likely require using a family human waste bucket that travels with and having the weekend be enjoyable for all seem fundamentally at odds.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I own this shirt: www.etsy.com/listing/2386... It gets the occasional amazed reaction.

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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...

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NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

This kid’s 4000 year old wrong answer has to rank highly in the humiliation hall of fame.

Ceramic tablet showing an ancient Mesopotamian student’s “unsuccessful calculation”.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Just take it to Handy Bikes, where Pete and co. will treat you like a human being!

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

As the old saying goes….”all’s well that ends in a well” (free water)

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

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Save NSF @savensf.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

AFGE Local 3403 President Jesus Soriano joined Rep. Zoe Lofgren and AFGE National President Everett Kelley to highlight the damage being done to NSF by the Trump Administration and discuss a letter sent to Congresswomen Lofgren signed by 150 NSF employees #SaveNSF #SaveScience #FundNSF

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Has anyone done a fitness challenge this month and called it Joule-y?

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

One of your POs is here but I had the day off. Delighted to see this update.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 26/06/2025

National Science Foundation staff were notified that their office space will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development. It's unclear where the 1,800+ NSF employees will work. Renovation plans apparently include a personal gym for the HUD secretary & family eos.org/research-and...

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National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos

Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Absolutely speechless as this press conference basically ignores that NSF is already working, living, loving this building. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdct...

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Live: The New Golden Age of HUD | Secretary Turner Unveils HUD’s New Building

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

What is dead may never die.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Someone consult Iben Browning’s notes to see if he called this.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 23/06/2025

Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory! Can you guess these regions of sky? This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪 #RubinFirstLook ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream

A sprawling, textured field of galaxies scattered across the deep black of space. It is filled with the delicate smudges and glowing cores of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. The image focuses on a collection of interacting galaxies connected by delicate streams of stars. At top center lies a large elliptical galaxy that is dense and smooth, like a polished stone glowing with golden light. Like delicate spider silk or stretched taffy, these stellar bridges link the large elliptical to the few larger galaxies beneath, evidence of past collisions.

All throughout the image, thousands of galaxies gather in clusters or are spread throughout, like glittering gems strewn on a table. Some are sharp-edged and spiral, like coiled ribbons; others round and diffuse, like polished pebbles. Still others are just smudges of various colors against the black of space. The background is peppered with pinpoint stars in reds, yellows, and blues, crisp against the velvet black.

A cosmic tapestry of glowing tan and pink gas clouds with dark dust lanes. In the upper right, the Trifid Nebula resembles a small flower in space. Its soft, pinkish gas petals are surrounded by blue gas, and streaked with dark, finger-like veins of dust that divide it into three parts. It radiates a gentle, misty glow, diffuse and soft like the warmth of breath on a cold hand. To the lower left, the much larger Lagoon Nebula stretches wide like a churning sea of magenta gas, with bright blue, knotted clumps sprinkled throughout where new stars are born. Both nebulae are embedded in a soft tan backdrop of gas that is brighter on the left than on the right, etched with dark tendrils of dust and sprinkled with the pinpricks of millions of stars.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Independent assessment confirms: Also thin skinned.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

/hums a little tune about things working in harmony

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

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NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Tremors is extremely well-made. It’s a movie about carnivorous underground worms, but it does the nuts and bolts of movie making (well-defined characters, set-up/pay-off plot points, and witty dialogue) better than most prestige cinema…AND…exquisite Eastern Sierra cinematography.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If you're a scientist on here, you can always doom post later.

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Andy Andy @drrocks1982.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

People need to respect Stregavolcanoes.

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

This proposed budget is a policy statement, not an appropriation. There are still a lot of steps and potential changes ahead before it becomes one. This is not a time to sit quietly, team. Let's go.

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