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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What Ryan said. Sending good thoughts for your community.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/10/2026

This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just a volcano seismologist pointing out that "seismology" is a broad term and doesn't just focus on large global quakes. There are a host of scientific questions in seismology that definitely need more data.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For those interested, the video is available from my recent talk on the Tracy Arm landslide, given to the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center. Enjoy and let me know if you've got questions about any of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak27...

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Third Thursday, August 20, 2026

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Desperately trying to balance two things: (1) my anger at people who hate gay and trans people but allege to love Dolly Parton, and (2) my desire to be more like Dolly and not be judgy and hateful towards the people in category (1). Failing so far.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some relevant facts: 1. The White House FY 2027 budget proposal included a 43% cut to the NSF GRFP budget, so they have made it clear that prioritizing the development of America's next generation of scientific talent is not their priority. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAMS FY 2027 BUDGET REQUEST TO CONGRESS, includes a 43% cut to NSF GRFP program

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Stephen Hicks @seismo-steve.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dreadful scenes from the devastating Rasuwa flood in Nepal/Tibet. My heart goes out to everyone affected. It likely began with a glacier collapse / rock–ice avalanche recorded by seismometers worldwide. I hope real-time seismic monitoring can support early warning for communities downstream.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You know what's loving your neighbor? Paying your fucking taxes.

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 21/08/2026

Three more days to comment on NSF's attempt to smuggle in OMB's already-rejected policies of terminating any grant without cause, gutting civil rights obligations and restricting international collaborations. Submit your comment today! Then call your representatives. 🧪

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Late notice, but if you're interested in last year's Tracy Arm landslide and tsunami and the potential use of seismic data to forecast such events, I'm giving a Zoom talk today on that topic. Thanks to the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center for the invitation to present!

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God @thegodshow.com · 22/07/2026

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"this is just like one of our thermal pods. But is a very bad design."

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New t-shirt to celebrate turning 59. You can wish me a happy birthday by telling me your favorite Buckaroo Banzai quote.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Aww, thank you for thinking of me where booze is concerned!

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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#USMNT got supporters rockin'n'rollin' in Seattle Stadium! Even with the flag up, Freeman's header tops the list and fans went WILD after the VAR overturn! Here's how Seattle #FIFAWorldCup goals stack up so far. Stay tuned to see how next other matches stack up to the USA goals!

Graphic comparing the seismic signals from goals in the USA vs Australia and Belgium vs Egypt matches.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Honestly, I looked all over that darned swamp and was unable to find any bits of paint peeling off. I suspect that it's not as significant an issue as you'd think from the news media.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Been in DC the last few days, and the reflecting pool really is a sight to behold.

Zones of bright green algae in the Washington DC reflecting pool.

A television cameraman points his camera to the ground where a host from the reflecting pool is dumping bright green water into a drain.

A National Park worker in Waters, using a pool sweeper to push bright green algae to the center of the pool.

The Washington monument and reflecting pool. The interior of the pool is green, surrounded by NPS workers who are sweeping and vacuuming up the algae..

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

DC this week. A barricaded monument to this absolute child of a president.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Ooh! I hadn't seen this. I'm not part of it but I have strong opinions on this round. 😄 🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

You can: 1) Contact your senators and reps, especially in coastal states. 2) Urge scientific societies and advocacy groups to speak out and mobilize their members. 3) Write op eds, posts, threads, etc. explaining what the OOI actually does and why it matters. 4) Share articles like this:

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Trump Administration to Remove Hundreds of Deep-Ocean Observation Instruments, Dismantling $368 Million Program - Eos

The Trump administration’s National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun dismantling the infrastructure of a $368 million deep-ocean observing program critical to monitoring marine ecosystems, global cu...

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Literally weeping this basic shit is what governance was always supposed to be and we have become so used to corporate corruption and theft that the most basic concept of "making people do the things they are legally obligated to do" seems revolutionary

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Very similar to my concert history, less the Pretenders and U2. And I may be the only San Franciscan who never saw the Dead.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This is a truly excellent list. DK *and* Cab Calloway? 😍

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live There are many more but these are some of my favorites: 1. The Clash 2. Elvis Costello (my first concert) 3. The Who 4. The Jam 5. The English Beat 6. Taj Mahal 7. The Decemberists 8. David Byrne 9. Stevie Ray Vaughan 10. Bonnie Raitt

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Johnson: if you don't offer a competitive salary you won't get the best candidates to run for congress. Cool. Now do teachers.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

My friends were in the Tracy Arm a couple of weeks after the slide and they report that there were a lot of seals. No idea how they dealt with the tsunami, but at least some survived. Cannot speak to whether the goats made it.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Me: "It's spelled C-A-P..." Them: "I can't find you in our files." Me: "C-A-P..." Them: "nope, I don't think we have you in our system." Me: "Are you looking under C or K?" Them: "K-A-P..." Me: "Look under C" Them: "Oh! Here you are!" Every. Freaking. Time.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This is one of those "wait for it" things: simulation of the #TracyArm landslide tsunami by Pat Lynett for our paper that came out this week in @science.org. This one is from the vantage point of a jetski at sea level. 🧪⚒️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It's the 6 year anniversary of the worst singing to come out of pandemic times. Also apparently my first collaboration with @watershedlab.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeU7...

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Bohemian Geography

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Actually, now I see that you're talking about miners, so presumably hearing noises underground. Again, I don't know enough about that slide, so perhaps this is a similar situation. I'll see what I can dig up on that event. But no, this is not a commonly observed phenomenon.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

In most landslides we have *not* seen precursory earthquakes. But we also don't have a lot of examples where there are nearby seismometers, so it could be that we're just not close enough to record them.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I can't speak to what is different without knowing more about the event you're describing. However, "audible" implies surficial events such as rockfalls, and the sequences I'm talking about are likely precursory slip at the landslide base. You wouldn't be able to hear those.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

And I get to be the one who says "Caplan-Auerbach et al. (2005) and Caplan-Auerbach and Huggel (2009) were wrong". That's so much nicer than having someone else correct me. 😉

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is why I have so enjoyed working with the team studying the Tracy Arm. I've gotten to engage with geomorphologists, tsunami scientists, other seismologists, climate scientists and many others. I've learned a ton from them. Collaborative science, for the win!

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

If I only read papers about volcanoes (which is what most of my research is on), I might miss opportunities to learn from other fields--things that make my science better.

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