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Dennis Geist

@magmacanteenboy.bsky.social
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Professor for life. Preserve the Galapagos. I heart volcanoes.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I cannot in good conscience support a mineral with a fixed chemical composition. All minerals of outstanding character are solid solutions @mineralcup.bsky.social #quartz #stopthequartzbandwagon #MinCup2026
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Reputations take decades to build and overnight to destroy. The corrupt regime understands and has weaponized this strategy: open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Perhaps the least surprising research outcome in human history: news.uoregon.edu/heavy-drinki...
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Heavy drinking takes toll on college students' cognition, UO study finds
Students reported problems remembering, paying attention and making decisions the next day
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/04/2026
Melania Trump Slams Baseless Reports Linking Her To Wrong Wealthy Pedophile theonion.com/melania-trump-slams-ba…
Melania Trump Slams Baseless Reports Linking Her To Wrong Wealthy Pedophile
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Selected Negative Teaching Evaluations of Jesus Christ www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sel...
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Selected Negative Teaching Evaluations of Jesus Christ
Our 4th most-read article of 2022. CALENDAR 2027 3/31/24 4/13/25 4/5/26
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Yes Please! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump implores Americans to boycott ‘dried up prune’ Bruce Springsteen
‘The guy is a total loser who spews hate against a President who won a Landslide Election,’ Trump wrote
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No kings in Norwich NY. 200 folks in a county that went 2:1 for the oligarch/war party in 24.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The manic behavior, bro personality, incompetence, and alcoholism are one thing. This is genuinely scary: www.idahopress.com/news/local/h...
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Hegseth invites controversial Idaho pastor and self-described Christian nationalist to lead Pentagon’s monthly prayer meeting
Originally published Feb. 18 by The Spokesman-Review.U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth invited controversial Idaho pastor Doug Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist whose church doesn’t ...
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In the old days, I'd have to leave reprints in telephone booths and bus stations to get people to take them. Here is the virtual version of that: www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.ph...
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Charles Darwin on Volcanoes | Volcanica
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
HCR @hcrichardson.bsky.social with a beautiful reflection on the day: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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January 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
It's not the @iavcei.bsky.social calendar, but some great photography for volcanophiles at www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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2025: The Year in Volcanic Activity
Scenes from the wide variety of volcanic activity on Earth over the past year
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
My @nytimes.com subscription just expired. Haven't really read anything but the arts for months, because of their normalization of the tyranny of the federal government, extra charge for sports, and the jokers on the opinion page. Is there a decent source of news and opinion out there?
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I'm looking for the perfect illustration of a mantle plume for a book I'm working on. Started with a web search and couldn't find exactly what I wanted. So I gave Chatgpt a go. Wow.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Is this incredibly stupid headline written by artificial stupidity or a real-life stupid person? www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano producing streams of molten lava, eruption imminent
Experts say another eruption from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is imminent, as livestream footage shows lava beginning to flow from its summit this weekend.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2025
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10/10/2025
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight. Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Great quote by @pkrugman.bsky.social today: "there is no reward for appeasing MAGA with performative displays of cowardice."
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Little known fact: Epstein provided his clients with Tylenol. As Deep Throat said: follow the over-the-counter medications.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I'm confused: Tylenol causes fascism, or is it that acetaminophen results from abuse of fake spray tans? It's hard to follow facts when they just make this stuff up.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Now I'm going to have to decrease my watching of abc and cbs from zero to negative but not sure how to do that.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
A shout out to Anchorage! You showed up strong a beautiful reminder that support for Ukraine spans every corner of the world. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
That press conference reminded me of when I was in the sixth grade and gave a book report on a book I hadn't read.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It is time, people, to protect our forces with sandwich-proof body armor.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
About to start our rocking CDF 65 house party! #darwinfoundation
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Prof. Diego Melgar @diegosismologo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
In 2004, it took many, many days to produce detailed tsunami models after the devastating Sumatra earthquake. Last night? Slip models were being produced and shared within hours. That’s federally funded science in action.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I just hit "traditional" social media for the first time in months to see how the tsunami might be affecting friends who live near the Pacific. It is shocking to see how much AI generated #bullshit there is on there. And #foxnewsbullshit. What motivates these people??? Do they get a dopamine rush?
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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Great to see the eruption on our way to the airport in Reykjavik
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Just witnessed the best noble gas geochemistry talk I've ever seen @ritaparai.bsky.social And certainly in the top 10 of any topic
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 05/07/2025
Texas Hill Country is scenic – and deadly during storms. Its steep hills and fast-moving water make it one of the most dangerous places in the U.S. for flash floods. A flood on July 4 killed at least 27 people. A hydrologist explains why this keeps happening: theconversation.com/why-texas-hi...
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Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding
A hydrologist explains how the region’s geography and geology can lead to heavy downpours and sudden, destructive floods.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It’s official: U.S. science is tanking on an international level. Just finished a great meeting of international volcanologists. U.S. presence about half that of previous meetings. Many talented people looking to get out of our shithole of a country.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 24/06/2025
This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Darwin Foundation releases a manifesto for the marine reserve in preparation for the UN World Conference on the Oceans: www.darwinfoundation.org/en/news/all-...
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CDF Manifesto UNOC3 - Charles Darwin Foundation
Galapagos scientists urge UNOC 3 to safeguard marine life, end IUU fishing, and align tourism with ecological limits.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A study I was involved with is covered by Fox "news". Does that invalidate it? www.foxnews.com/world/scient...
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Scientists 'strike gold' in shocking discovery from Hawaiian volcanic rocks
Researchers at Göttingen University find gold and ruthenium in Hawaiian volcanic rocks, suggesting core materials are reaching the Earth's surface.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
In the event you have been worried about the Earth's core leaking, you need to worry more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Is Earth’s core leaking? Volcanic rocks provide strongest evidence yet
Samples from Hawaii seem to contain material that passed across the boundary between the planet’s core and its mantle, nearly 3,000 kilometres below the surface.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Nice comeback. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/a...
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Springsteen Releases EP Including Remarks That Angered Trump
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Mount St. Helens Archive @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
At Coldwater II, David Johnston grabs the transmitter. “Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!” One final garbled message. Then silence.
David Johnston looks up and smiles from his folding chair beside the USGS trailer at Coldwater II. A notebook rests on his lap. His green-and-blue striped rugby shirt is bright under the afternoon sun. This is the last known photo of David Johnston. Taken May 17, 1980. Photographer: Carolyn Driedger or Harry Glicken, USGS.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Another stupid management decision. By all appearances Cheatham is a sycophant, perhaps the immoral offspring of Miller and Bondi. A marginally qualified economist at the lead of what used to be the world's premier science-funding organization. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Why read tidbits about this conclave thing in Rome when you can watch it live here? youtu.be/FMENQeCbxfI?...
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Animal House (2/10) Movie CLIP - A Real Zero (1978) HD
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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Our department is hiring a visiting assistant professor in structural geology! For addt’l info & to apply: apply.interfolio.com/167020. Please share this announcement with any colleagues who might be interested & contact any members of the department with your questions. Thanks!
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
HCR's essay yesterday is brilliant. A great summary of the culture behind our current mess of a country. People think they want to be cowboys, but no one really likes sleeping on the ground and doing it all by oneself. @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-24-2...
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April 24, 2025
“Vladimir, STOP!” wrote President Donald Trump on his social media site this morning.
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Charles Darwin Foundation @darwinfoundation.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
In Latin America, many bird species are under threat from habitat loss, invasive species, and climate change. @mongabaylatam.bsky.social highlights three conservation efforts, including our work to protect land birds from the devastating avian vampire fly. 🪰 es.mongabay.com/2025/04/hist...
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Historias de salvación | Tres proyectos buscan proteger a las aves amenazadas en Latinoamérica
Las actividades extractivas, el tráfico ilegal de especies y la presencia de insectos invasores son apenas algunas de las amenazas que enfrentan las aves.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Somewhat ironic that the least qualified, most unfit and incompetent Sec of Defense in American history is the one who abolished DEI.
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The master of whataboutism and false equivalency realizes that maybe vilifying government for a generation wasn't such a great idea. Especially notable that he calls out the despised jerks from my college, some of whom who have become even more glorious turds: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won...
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/04/2025
Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
A tweet by "rohit" discusses the application of AI in geopolitics, specifically focusing on tariffs, and includes a table comparing tariff rates between China and the US.
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The Economist @economist.com · 03/04/2025
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
For a genius, he sure is a fucking idiot.
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