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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 02/10/2026

"All I wanted was a shower" thinks the Space Jockey.

Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 01/10/2026

I tend to lay low during the Mineral Cup, but I will just leave this Clovis point here for all to enjoy. It ain't cuprite. #MinCup26

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 25/09/2026

You gotta admit, the shade thrown by the photographer and editors of Bill Buckner's 1990 Upper Deck card is epic.

Bill Buckner 1990 Upper Deck baseball card with a pipe between his legs.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 18/09/2026

"You know what, let's leave it up the companies to decide how much shielding and monitoring the nuclear reactors need. What could possibly go wrong?"

Slashdot headline: "Ex-Google DeepMind Researcher Also Warns AI Could 'Kill All Humans'. But Meta's Zuckerberg Believes Safety is Up to Each AI Company "

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 11/09/2026

My two Denison summer research students presented their research yesterday. Lots of good stuff on Bench Mark Butte in Oregon and the composition of quartz in Ohio sandstones (note: one student is in Rome, so her poster was there but not her!)

Carolyn's summer research poster on the Black Hand Sandstone of central Ohio.

Holly presenting her posted on the mineral geochemistry of Bench Mark Butte in Oregon.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 07/09/2026

Nice sunspots on today's solar observation in my Geology of the Solar System class at Denison.

Image of the Sun on September 7, 2026 taken on a Seestar S30 in Granville, OH.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 04/09/2026

All things considered, I'll accept Portland (Maine).

Mydialect mapping with my top 3: Portland, Boston and New York and bottom: Omaha.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 28/08/2026

It isn't the greatest time lapse, but here is one I took of close to the ten minutes leading up to the maximum of last night's lunar eclipse. Taken with my Seestar S30 (on a less-than-stable tripod, sorry).

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 27/08/2026

So, I have this 3D printed scale model of the solar system and I dropped Mercury. Took me 15 minutes to find it again.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 20/08/2026

Nothing like a two hour delay for the kids on the second day of school due to [checks notes] flooding?

Raccoon Creek stream gauge in Granville for mid August 2026

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 12/08/2026

We made it back ... definitely an impressive line of storms!

Heavy rain and hail near Lebanon Ohio on August 11, 2026

Storm clouds near Lebanon Ohio on August 11, 2026

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 11/08/2026

Well, we are hanging out at a rest area on 71 north of Cincinnati waiting for this front to pass.

Roll cloud west of Lebanon Ohio on August 11, 2026

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 10/08/2026

Big earthquake in Colombia today. M7.4, relatively deep it seems (100 km) and to the west of the big cities. Still, likely damaging.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 07/08/2026

Thank you, Mr. Scalzi, for some required reading to give to my students this fall. I am going with a hard AI ban (with a signed no AI contract). I think this paragraph from Scalzi's piece nails the pedagogical logic behind such a ban.

Just like being good at Guitar Hero does not make one a guitar player, being able to prompt doesn’t easily make one a creator. At best, it tells what is essentially a statistical engine what you want it to output based on the vast database of other people’s work that it is drawing from. Nothing it cobbles together gives you the experience of creation; the only benefit of that crank of the “AI” flywheel is to the company that owns the “AI.” The image or music or video or text is not from you, it’s just something you asked for. You’re not the creator. You are, perhaps, the creator’s manager.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 06/08/2026

Folks I was just sitting here minding my own business and a Weird Al concert broke out.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 02/08/2026

So, for whatever reason, this is the first thing that popped into my head. I'll go with it.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 31/07/2026

Google thought they could destroy satellite images for the sake of finding any AI profit.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 22/07/2026

Thinking about a conversation I had with a student today where they said a friend didn't care if chatgpt gave them wrong answers because they got answers fast.

Homer: Kids, there are three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way and the AI way.
Bart: Isn't that the wrong way?

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 21/07/2026

Spain may have walked away with the FIFA World Cup, but Japan is the champion in the 2026 Volcano World Cup. Congratulations to Japan for a heroic run through the competition! Thanks to everyone who voted across the Cup. Hopefully we'll be back in 2030! eruptions.site/2026/07/21/2...

Sakurajima erupting at sunset in 2010. Credit: Kimon Berlin / Wikimedia Commons.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 18/07/2026

“Le grille?! What the heck is ‘le grille’”!?

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 17/07/2026

The Chiapas M7.3 earthquake arrived clearly on our Raspberry Shake here in Granville.

Seismic wave trace from a Raspberry Shake in Ohio from the M7.3 Chiapas EQ on July 17, 2026.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 16/07/2026

Some real wild air quality differences today in Ohio. We're well over 300 in PM2.5 in Oberlin but 100 miles south in Granville is is around 76 in PM2.5.

Purple air quality map for Ohio on July 16, 2026.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 16/07/2026

Oh good, Ragnarok. (We’re in Oberlin, Ohio).

Red sun rising over the trees in Oberlin, Ohio.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 10/07/2026

I mean, I've felt this way since 1993.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 10/07/2026

We've reached the Quarterfinals of the Volcano World Cup. Four new matches will decide who gets to the Semifinals -- we have a lot of heavy volcano hitters (Japan! New Zealand! USA! México!) and, inexplicably, Scotland. Cast your vote now! eruptions.site/2026/07/10/v... #volcanoworldcup

2026 Volcano World Cup Quarterfinals Bracket

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 09/07/2026

Have you cast your vote in the Volcano World Cup Round of 16? Pick which teams will play on in the quarterfinals! Make sure to submit your votes by Friday (7/10) morning: Day 1: eruptions.site/2026/07/06/v... Day 2: eruptions.site/2026/07/08/v...

Etna erupting. Sorry, Italy didn't qualify this time.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 03/07/2026

Be sure to cast your vote in the final day of the Volcano World Cup Round of 32. Next Monday will start the Round of 16 so we need some good matchups! eruptions.site/2026/07/03/v... #volcanoworldcup

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 03/07/2026

Our older kid really wants to win this in auction. We have either done a lot of great or terrible parenting.

A 30" tall wooden barrel labeled "Whale Oil".

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 02/07/2026

Day 3 of the Volcano World Cup Round of 32 has two close matches with the Netherlands barely over Scotland and Germany sneaking past France at the moment. Will these scores stand? It is up to you! eruptions.site/2026/07/02/v...

Fissure vent on Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 01/07/2026

England is playing in the real World Cup right now and they are also playing in the Volcano World Cup. Vote in Day 2 of the Round of 32! eruptions.site/2026/07/01/v... #volcanoworldcup #worldcup

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 30/06/2026

The time is now to vote in the first Round of 32 matches for the Volcano World Cup. Some major volcano heavyweights hope to not get upset like certain real World Cup teams. Cast your ballot here: eruptions.site/2026/06/30/v...

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 30/06/2026

Ok folks, here it is: the Volcano World Cup knockout round bracket. You can vote on the first four matches starting tomorrow! #volcanoworldcup #worldcup

The full 2026 Volcano World Cup knockout rounds bracket.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 27/06/2026

Big ol' lava fountain right now at Kīlauea in Hawai'i: www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK... (vcam3) or www.youtube.com/live/HggWKlZ... (vcam1)

Kīlauea erupting on June 27, 2026. USGS Webcam.

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