Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026According to precedent the next presidential election is only two years away, so we really can’t confirm a new justice and should let the voters decide. 010
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Folks, we’re gonna be okay. They’re just rich morons. 000
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A lot of sighing about the Anthropocene rehashed debate today. And from my perspective not a lot of mirrors that I’m seeing in my fellow geoscientists. 000
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some of you don’t die when your character dies in a VR game, and it shows. 000
Reposted by Erik GulbransonJason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I am going to be buried with all my data, like the Pharaohs of old 8487
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just wanna say that you can be a “systems thinker” and know your zip code/perform fundamental math. 000
Reposted by Erik GulbransonActuel Moyen Âge @agemoyen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Une belle carte sur la Peste noire (de 1347 à 1352). L'épidémie se diffuse à partir de Marseille, puis de Narbonne. Notez l'importance de l'axe du Rhône (logique) mais aussi du couloir Narbonne-Bordeaux (plus inattendu à l'époque). Bilan : 30 à 60% de la pop meurt... ☠️ 1111232
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This happened to me on a flight to Buenos Aires, diverted to Montevideo. Crew bailed, airport became a ghost town, just stuck in the airport until the next morning. 000
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Resident Evil on the OG PlayStation, which I bought, used, from Blockbuster after saving for a year. I believe it was spring 1996. A report from Game Informer on this game, which included captivating fan fiction had me hooked. It was the scariest video game I had played until The Last of Us. 000
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Now that is my kind of root system! Ignoring the order of things and seeking out information where you can get it. 031
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My entire professional career up to the present in one chart. 011
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Marked Safe from Triumphal Arch death squads and drone swarms. 010
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is like the “what is this spider?” Winning Lottery ticket. 152
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is not normal. This is what happens when regulations go out the window. 210
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If this is a different plane than the one from March, then it’s the third E-3 (half of total) destroyed (2) or damaged (1). This is catastrophic in the near term. 000
Reposted by Erik GulbransonTravis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The E-3 destroyed here was destroyed *after* airframes were dispersed across the airbase (which is huge) and subsequently struck precisely by an Iranian drone, likely Shahed 136. Most publicly-known damage to key systems, ie. AN/TPY-2 radars were hit by drones. 313733
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My question is whether the slow-walking demise of the NSF to be just an ATM for tech bros is deliberate, or due to the incompetence of this administration. 042
Reposted by Erik GulbransonNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is ethnic cleansing. 31042265
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“Get your hand off my tail, you’ll make it dirty. Said Albi…quite racistly” Albi the Racist Dragon, Flight of the Conchords 000
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026static.klipy.comNathan Fillion's Speechless 'Um No' ReactionAlt: Nathan Fillion's Speechless 'Um No' Reaction 000
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A thiocyanate mineral! #julienite gets my vote! 020
Reposted by Erik GulbransonDr. Katie I. @hellyeahcorks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The 'initiatives' summarized: 1. Plagiarism machine/eugenics 2. Made-up stuff to funnel $ to pseudoscience/rich ppl 3. Stuff already funded by companies (i.e. funneling $$ to rich ppl) 4. Eugenics Fuckin hell. 02814
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There’s a lot of bad in here, but one of the first things that caught my eye was this “golden ticket” (their words) idea. Where a single reviewer can push a proposal forward if they think it wouldn’t survive review in panel… 121
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Holy heck this is a tough one. But I gotta go with #teamPutnisite for the fact that it’s Sr-bearing and…I’m just learning about this…a carbonate-sulfate mineral. With Sr fitting into the vacancy in rings of Cr (+3), and Ca segregated and offset from the Cr rings. Wild! 073
Reposted by Erik GulbransonJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 08/09/2026oh no now my brain is stuck in Benoit Blanc voice 2275
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Let’s make 2027 the year of the phyllosilicate! 000
Reposted by Erik GulbransonAleta @aletamosquito.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is my setup for daily voting in my #library. At the end of the day, I'll enter an official vote based on my patrons' choice. #MinCup26 #PublicLibrary #SelfDirectedProgramming 1266
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A million times this, an AI summary doesn’t even qualify as redundant, it’s a distraction to hallucinations. 001
Reposted by Erik GulbransonAndrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"By writing, you are literally firing up your brain and therefore stirring up your conscious thoughts and something new emerges. You are not, or at least not always, transcribing something already present in your conscious thoughts.“ LOVE this piece. www.historians.org/perspectives...historians.orgHow Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHAWriting is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words. 181039336
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Editorial manager chasing a potential reviewer… 000
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I’m a Bell 212 helicopter. 000
Reposted by Erik GulbransonDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I've been talking a lot about the disastrous recent loss of American institutional capacity regarding climate science. But today, I'd like to announce something we've been working on, quietly, in the meantime to offer a lifeline to some of those affected. [Thread] 10484176
Reposted by Erik GulbransonTalia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It has been painfully clear since Fall’24 that US science funding would tank, universities would be targeted, and any assertions about a new “gold standard” disingenuous. The question has not been “will it be that bad,” but “how bad will it be.” 212834
Reposted by Erik GulbransonThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/08/2026New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras theonion.comNew Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had QuinceañerasBOZEMAN, MT—Upending long-held beliefs about how the prehistoric reptiles commemorated a juvenile female’s transition into adulthood, new evidence published Thursday by researchers at Montana State Un... 111674333
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I see two GAC current and former faculty! 010
Reposted by Erik GulbransonSimon Lee @simonleewx.com · 06/08/2026Gonna teach a whole class this autumn using only this map (ok, it probably won't be *only* this map, but woah, what a forecast! The ENSO and teleconnection lectures are going to be even more fun than normal 🤓) 5398
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I love this visualization, but what it means is disturbing. 000
Erik Gulbranson @erikgulbranson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Happy “abstract submission webpage is down” day, to all who celebrate! 000
Reposted by Erik GulbransonEos @eos.org · 01/08/2026What makes a derecho a derecho? Seventy years of storm data are helping meteorologists find the answer. eos.org/articles/wha...eos.orgWhat Drives Derechos? The First Derecho Archive Could Help Meteorologists Figure It Out. - EosResearchers can now use 70 years of data to examine the conditions that create these destructive windstorms. 075
Reposted by Erik GulbransonDr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · 04/06/2026After nearly 10 years in academia, I’ve left to focus on outreach and service in soil and water health via my consulting LLC — see the link. Looking forward to working with producers and the NRCS on #RegenAg and #SoilHealth over the next few years. imwestconsulting.comimwestconsulting.comHome - Intermountain West Environmental Services and TechnologyHelping people understand, manage, and improve the land. 162
Reposted by Erik GulbransonJack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley 4134872800