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Lizzy Trower

@lizzyt.bsky.social
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Process sedimentology + geobiology; assoc. prof. @ CU Boulder; queen of ooids; (ultra)trail running + dog petting; opinions are my own. she/her

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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shut the front door, what an amazing effort!!!
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I got to spend my *whole day* in the lab today! I extracted these euendoliths from freshwater mussel shells from a lake in Minnesota - stoked to see who they are and whether I can get them to grow in culture. #SimonsPivotFellow
A piece of a mussel shell (the light-colored interior, with some greenish patches from endoliths) in a blue cell strainer. In the top of the frame, a drop of a colorless liquid (EDTA) is about to drop from the tip of a burette onto the shell piece.Lizzy's hand holding a culture tube in which mat-like clumps of green cells are floating. The cells are in suspension because the tube was shaken gently just before taking the photo.
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Gareth Funning @gfun.earth · 15/09/2026
NSF GEO webinar summary: we have reduced programs from 15 down to 3, we have no deadlines, we have no guidelines on project size, duration or budget, we have no money
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 04/09/2026
*Slams dictionary shut til Tuesday*
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/09/2026
"Rather than attempt to read between the lines of the latest email from the Subdean for Academic Affairs, just click on the ADMINISTRATOR LANGUAGE DETECTED icon to reveal the message in simple English and determine the threat level to your department, program, or mental health." buff.ly/42SY3BF
mcsweeneys.net
Faculty, Rejoice: Gmail Can Now Translate “Deanspeak”
“Google Translate can now render your college administrator’s opaque prose into plain (if terrifying) English.” 8/27/25 9/2/26
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oop I spy a geochronologist who I've always gotten weird vibes from
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My favorite outreach program, Letters to a Pre-Scientist, is looking for more folks in STEM fields to be pen pals with middle schoolers this upcoming year! I have been doing this every year for almost 10 years, it's super fun. prescientist.org/volunteers/
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For STEM Professionals – Letters to a Pre-Scientist
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Could someone explain to me how marine "carbon capture" by CaCO3 precipitation (in this example, via coprecipitation with brucite) isn't a net negative impact because of how much alkalinity it consumes? advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A Compact Hollow Fiber Electrode Assembly Architecture for Continuous Electrochemical Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
A coaxial, membrane-integrated hollow fiber electrode assembly (HFEA) is developed for continuous marine carbon mineralization. By utilizing a sub-millimeter inter-electrode gap, the HFEA minimizes O...
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Top panel is tiny planet Mercury in relation to the HUGE Sun.
Bottom panel is a similar image, a tiny "close ad" button in relation to the fingertip labeled "my finger" which fills nearly the entire panel.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Film you've watched more than 6 times Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli
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Interstellar Black Hole: Gargantua's Gravitational Lens
Alt: Interstellar Black Hole: Gargantua's Gravitational Lens
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Stop what you’re doing and listen to the Mr. Trash Wheel song. Now. I’m not kidding. Do it. Do it now. youtu.be/KUgAOBlEEzM?...
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Mr. Trash Wheel: Hero of the Harbor OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Dear lord, what are they trying to AVOID discovery of? Cancelling grants solely because the state where the grantee happens to be located did not vote for Trump is the less damaging thing they will admit in writing?
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 21/07/2026
“I won’t respect people’s boundaries because I am deeply insecure” isn’t exactly unheard of in Startupville, but it’s both disrespectful and emblematic of the AI industry’s fundamental disregard of consent.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Lololol
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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
'Our findings indicate that more severe fire effects are expected in Canada because of the warming climate' www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades
Canada has experienced more-intense and longer fire seasons with more-frequent uncontrollable wildfires over the past decades. However, the effect of these changes remains unknown. This study identifi...
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Miguel Méndez Sandín @sandinmm.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026
Apparently the "boring billion" was actually exciting! We provide molecular evidence of complex Mesoproterozoic eukaryotic communities. So happy to see this out 🥳 Thanks to @phoebefossil.bsky.social , Hélène Morlon & @fburki.bsky.social for a lovely collab! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I feel like I've been hanging out at the intersection between passion and profession (which is itself a total privilege), but my @simonsfoundation.org Pivot Fellowship year is trying to seek the center
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The #AspenAcresFire, still burning quite actively along southern Colorado Front Range & having destroyed ~200 structures thus far, has become an exceptionally complex & challenging event from a firefighting perspective due to a confluence of climate, weather, & geography. [Thread]
Screenshot of current Aspen Acres Fire and active satellite-detected hotspots from Watch Duty.
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 02/07/2026
More people at the ABANDONED TRUMP FAIR than our SOCCER TEAM gets to have on the FIELD right now
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/06/2026
A reminder of Joshi's Workslop Postulate
JOSHI'S WORKSLOP POSTULATE
"l use Al all the time
but I always check
the outputs"
Daniel / David / James / Andrew / Robert etc
Either
LYING
Ridden with heaps
of catastrophic
errors
Definitely quicker
than doing actual
work I guess
x
Or
FOOLISH
Checked and
corrected every single
error manually
Took longer to correct
errors than just doing
the work 101
"Always check the outputs for errors" = "please re
information pollution rather than plastic pollu
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
What the actual fuck. Speaking from fire season in Colorado (and having evacuated for the Marshall Fire in 2021) anyone who participates in this is an unredeemable person.
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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We are pleased to announce that the Dept of Earth & Environmental Geosciences @colgate.edu is hiring a tenure-stream asst professor in paleoclimate! For additional info regarding the position & to apply: apply.interfolio.com/188708 . Please share broadly & contact us with your questions. Thank you!
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Program managers would normally rush to inform potential and current grantees about such dramatic changes. But the memo tells program managers to keep their mouths shut. 'This information is highly confidential...Please do not communicate anything to PIs.'” www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
His toughest opponent yet turned out to be photosynthesis. #AlgaeGate
Photo of a bridge over a roadway with large white letters attached to the railing spelling out: “HE CAN'T EVEN WIN A WAR AGAINST ALGAE.” The sign references recent problems with algae growth in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 19/06/2026
NSF's grantmaking is miserly when compared to recent years, but when compared it to the historical record, we see it's a radical break from the long-term consensus of investing in scientific innovation. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF 🧪
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The NSF is on Track for its Worst Year in Generations – Grant Witness
Throttling of science funding is utterly unprecedented and radical when compared to the past 50 years.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Lolol
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🤦🏽‍♀️
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New lab pet just dropped: Halimeda incrassata and some coral rubble with live euendoliths
A square 5 gallon aquarium sits on a table, illuminated by an overhead grow light (which looks purple). Inside the aquarium, you can see bubbles rising from an air bubbler, several small (5-10 cm tall) Halimedas on the right side and a large dark blob on the left side that is coral rubble full of euendoliths.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
♥️♥️♥️
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My favorite part is how it's all the color of a Starbucks Pink Drink.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We just wrapped up an amazing week of science at Carrie Bow Cay 🏝️🦠🔬♥️
Three scientists (Lizzy, Usha, Tyler) taking a selfie on the dock of the Carrie Bow Cay research station, which is a set of three buildings painted light teal in the background amongst a grove of coconut palms.A view of 3 small boats belonging to the field station and one of the station buildings in the background. It is idyllic.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
tell them there’s a sex criminal in the building
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is a really good point for those of you writing comments to OMB on the harm of the proposed funding rules changes. Make it specific, make it count! Avoid form letters, which can be batched.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The euendoliths are here!
Microscope image of a green-pigmented branching microbe with a light background
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
So stoked to kick off my @simonsfoundation.org Pivot Fellowship year here on Carrie Bow Cay in search of euendolithic cyanobacteria and algae! We've only been here a few hours and things are already looking really promising.
View out the window of a small plane at an undeveloped coastline in Belize somewhere between Belize City and Dangriga.View off the side of a small boat across open shallow water to a tiny island where Carrie Bow Cay research station is located Image of legs in a hammock on a covered porch outside one of the dorm rooms on Carrie Bow Cay. Palm trees and shallow bay filled with seagrass are in the background.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/06/2026
The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science. n.pr/4uNA78T
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President Trump seeks control of science funding
The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My high school college counselor recommended an expensive and mediocre private school that had a lower average SAT score for admitted students than I earned on a practice PSAT in 9th grade because it was a "good fit" for me. Instead, I turned down acceptances from Stanford and MIT to go to Caltech.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I'm here for this energy
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.
Rule:
The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising,
translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. AI use is prohibited for any use for
any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course
materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class
content—into generative AI systems. AI can be used for research on papers ONLY for the
limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources.
Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their
submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of
prohibited AI use
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Yay Nicolas! So looking forward to having Nicolas rejoin my group @cubouldearth.bsky.social in August!!
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
"Marine carbon dioxide removal may be a future climate solution" by none other than @davidho.bsky.social, co-authored with Lauren Bopp #openaccess from journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Venn diagram from the paper showing how the different categorizations of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR), such as nature-based, novel, abiotic, geochemical, technological, biotic-photosynthesis, and conventional) are related and where each proposed mCDR technique fits.
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INSTAAR @instaar.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Hear science journalist Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social discuss his book 'The story of CO2 is the story of everything: How carbon dioxide made our world' 🗓️ Tuesday April 28th 11am Mountain 📍 CU Boulder East Campus, SEEC S228 and Zoom calendar.colorado.edu/event/peter-...
Photo of Peter Brannen next to the cover of his book 'The story of CO2 is the story of everything.'
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I feel this so much.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
OMG yes this, this semester has been so bad with attendance and participation in my flipped class. One student has requested about 4 weeks' worth of excused absences for "illness". Weirdly, they are often ill specifically on Wednesdays.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet;
An almost black colored short haired dog with a pitty face but big radar ears peacefully asleep on a plaid dog bed, with some warm sunlight illuminating his front paw. His name is Blue, he weighs about 60 lbs, he is a pitbull / German shepherd mix, and he is absolutely perfect.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/2026
1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people. The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling
The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A reciprocating saw! Useful for trimming sediment core tubes AND for bead beating DNA samples.
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Lizzy Trower @lizzyt.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
😬
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