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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Husband (not a scientist): what’s goin on? You’re smiling [takes deep breath to launch into an explanation about talking to a colleague about MATLAB matrices and questionable variable names]

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Every Damn Frame: A Podcast @everydamnframe.com · 28/07/2026

It begins! @jessev.bsky.social @lizshannonmiller.com and @asatait.bsky.social watch every damn frame of Paul W. S. Anderson’s “Resident Evil” and gain insight into names of all kinds, 3D maps, and graveyard sweaters. Plus the business of franchises! Ostensibly the premise of the show!

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Every Damn Frame of "Resident Evil"

Listen to Every Damn Frame of "Resident Evil" from Every Damn Frame wherever you get your podcasts!

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Off to #Goldschmidt2026 in Montréal! Also, I’m looking for a Masters student for 2027 - if you are an undergrad who is interested in exoplanets experiments, come find me!

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

My window seat is just a blank bulkhead

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Blazing fluorescent lighting at the departure gate feels like a personal attack pre-5 am

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I made this for the homework post mortem in tomorrow's class 🫠

A Bernie Sanders meme where the text has been replaced to say "I am once again asking you to please complete all parts"

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A year ago today I found out I got an on-campus interview for my current job @unm.edu! It's incredible what a difference a year can make.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

You know you're a nerd when you're thrilled to find a hardcover edition of a book from the 1970s about geological phase diagrams #petrology @kaylaiacovino.com

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Omg and 1 year ago today I found out I made it to the long list for my current new job @unm.edu!

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

12 years ago today I got my acceptance letter for @seseasu.bsky.social ASU! I can't believe it's been that long, but I also can't believe how much I've experienced and grown in this last decade+. Thank you to all the cheerleaders and angels along the way ❤️

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Pleased to be serviced by Alice Scooper and Taylor Drift

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I asked some of them what they were there for and it’s just their company’s conference! The first day, everyone dresses up (I talked to a group of minions) and then the business part starts tomorrow

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#HWO “is exactly the kind of bold, forward-leaning science that only NASA can undertake,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “We […] intend to move with urgency, and expedite timelines to the greatest extent possible to bring these discoveries to the world.” www.nasa.gov/news-release...

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NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission - NASA

NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept – the first mission

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

First AAS and first conference as a professor! #AAS247

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Also, please peep that mascot

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🚨Attention prospective grad students🚨 Info for you is up on my website: karabrugman.com#students

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Things have been crazy as I finish up work at ASU, so I’ve been looking forward to this block of time I set aside to read my first #LettersToAPreScientist pen pal letter of the year! It’s always a thrill to see stickers that align with your interests (food) and to get some surprises 😍

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

(But I won’t be at GSA itself, sadly)

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Greetings from the UTCT Basics of CT Data Visualization and Analysis for Geological Applications with ImageJ workshop! Thanks to Romy and Dave for all their help even before the workshop 🙌🏻 #GSA2025

The cover of a booklet that reads UTCT Basics of CT Data Visualization and Analysis for Geological Applications with ImageJ

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Again, for more information and to apply, please visit the workshop's website: trec-nexss.org/workshop We look forward to your applications!

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

But these gases are only biosignatures if we can infer their rates of production and destruction. We must deduce the workings of the underlying engine: a planet’s geochemical cycles.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

TREC is a project within the NExSS RCN devoted to detailing the connection between a planet's natural geological cycles and its atmospheric signature. Flagship space telescopes are poised to discover gases like O2 and CH4 in the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

We expect to offer ~40 people in person attendance, which will include stipends to offset attendance costs. We expect to notify selected in person applicants in late October; all others will be offered virtual attendance.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This workshop will bring together astronomers & geochemists to map out potential geochemical cycles & their effects on biosignatures, across the diversity of rocky exoplanets. We seek participants across career stages, and across many fields: astronomy, planetary science, & especially geochemistry.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The Tracing Rocky Exoplanet Compositions (TREC) workshop "Under the Atmospheric Hood: How Geochemical Cycles Affect Exoplanet Biosignatures" will be held at ASU in Tempe, AZ Jan. 12–14 (after the AAS meeting in Phoenix). Applications close 10/15 trec-nexss.org/workshop See the thread for more info!

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

For those anxiously awaiting it: the NSF GRFP solicitation is out, with a November 14 deadline for Geoscience applicants: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The extra layer of irony here is that I don't think anyone would ever describe me as hyper 😅

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Now soliciting names for my new lab @unm.edu...do I go with a cool acronym or something simple but descriptive like "UNM High Pressure Lab" 🧐

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FORCE @forcehighp.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The first FORCE Seminar of the semester is in two weeks! Read the abstract and speaker bio here: bit.ly/FORCEseminar_926_abstract #forceasu

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Everyone back home in the Midwest is just livid about this, I'm guessing (but in a polite, restrained, kind of way)

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Boris Behncke @borisetneo.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording

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Christy Till @ctill.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Coming this Fall, the EPIC lab's next EPIC adventure! We need your help to do important volcano science research & support some amazing graduate students in need of funding while you're at it: experiment.com/projects/wha... #volcano #science #magma #eruptions #funding

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Dr. Lucia Perez-Diaz @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Ready to take a journey through time without ever leaving home? 🐡 ✨ 🌍 Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!) www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all... #Geology #SciArt

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The deadline is this Friday!

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FORCE @forcehighp.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Mark your calendars! The 4th annual FORCE Winter Workshop will be held at Arizona State University on January 7–9, 2026. Stay tuned for more info including invited speakers and registration info. Join our mailing list (force.asu.edu/contact) to be the first to know more. #forceasu

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Note the science case is quite short - I have a proposal out on the same subject 😬 I’m happy to answer any questions you might have!

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Next Friday 8/15 is the deadline to endorse #HabitableWorldsObservatory science cases. If you think it is important to consider whether a planet has the right geology in place to host life as we know it _before_ looking for life there, please endorse our case: bit.ly/GeochemHab_endorse #HWO25

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Dr Joanna Barstow @drjovian.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Now we have Kara Brugman talking about goechemical habitability. Volcanoes are a crust factory for planets and also a mechanism for transporting volatiles from the interior to the surface and therefore atmosphere. Geochemical context is therefore critical for interpreting biosignatures. #HWO25

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Today, come to my talk at 4:50 in the theater to hear about another factor to consider in finding eta-Earth #HWO25

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