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@mossyrockbooks.bsky.social
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Geologist interested in Material Physics, Sustainability, Ethics, Physical & digital media/data preservation, Bookbinding & repair, TTRPG, Citizen Archivists efforts, De-enshittification, Fiber craft, Textiles, Video games, Cats. Opinions are mine.

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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is definitely what carbon "dating" is really about
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🇺🇸 Happy 250th birthday America 🇺🇸
Dashcon pool
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/04/2025
In China & India, the growth in electricity demand has "decoupled" from the growth in fossil fuels. The next step is for fossil fuel demand to plateau & head down, even as economic growth continues. Should happen in the next few years. Believe me, when it happens you'll hear some cheering.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 07/04/2025
From “Preserving the Library System,” by Brewster Kahle, part of the Vanishing Culture report. Read the full report 🔗 archive.org/details/vani... 🕳️ #VanishingCulture
The image shows the cover of the Internet Archive's Vanishing Culture report. On the left, the words "Vanishing Culture" are prominently displayed in bold, dark font against a neutral background. To the right, a set of cultural artifacts including a VHS tape, an open book, a film reel, a vinyl record, and a web link icon appear to disintegrate into pixels, symbolizing the disappearance of analog and digital media. Below these icons is a pixelated computer hand cursor pointing to the word "SAVE," emphasizing the need for preservation. The Internet Archive's logo is placed in the bottom-right corner.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 07/04/2025
I swear it's not a graph of the stock market... 📉 + High resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... + Figure reproduced from doi.org/10.1038/natu... + Overview: climate.gov/news-feature...
Line graph time series of reconstruction Arctic sea ice extent over the last 1,450 years. There is some multi-decadal variability, but a sharp decreasing trend in the last part of the time series due to human-caused climate change. This reconstruction is from Kinnard et al. 2011.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I--
The handshake meme with one arm reading "GEOLOGISTS," and the other arm reading "STEVEN UNIVERSE." What do they agree on? The hand says, "We can date those rocks."
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Orange Monday
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A friendly reminder to take some time sitting outside in nature. Next to a body of water, in a forest, or a grassy field. If you can't be there for yourself in your time of need, it will be harder to help others. Best to not let the world burn you up too quickly. Life is a marathon not a sprint. 💚
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
What do you do when you go to bed with a full battery and wake up without an alarm only to find that the YouTube app decided to kill your phone at 4am by inexplicably running in the background despite it not playing or being connected to anything?
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a man is sitting at a desk in an office holding a hammer .
Alt: The character Ron Swanson from the show Parks and Recreation is sitting at a desk in an office holding a hammer and is using it to smash a cellphone sitting on the desk with a serious facial expression.
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Hannah Dion-Kirschner @hdkgeo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I used to regularly access this NOAA page on atmospheric GHG concentrations, so glad to know it’s still available from UCSD ⚒️🌏🧪
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Sean David @vaccinium-sultan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Cumulate #ultramafic #xenoliths ( #dunites & #spinel ± #plagioclase #peridotites) of the #Hualālai Volcanics with @volcanoesinthesea.bsky.social #Geoscience #volcanology #geology
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
When plans for xml metadata schema usage start to look like they're calling for a "Terducken approach" I'm reminded of how much I love my job. Which one to use? Yes.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
WE ARE STILL IN THIS. Wipe your tears. This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation. We do not give up. We run through the tape. Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉 Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Learn more about CCF's Wildfire Recovery Fund www.calfund.org/funds/wildfi... Donate to CRF criticalrolefoundation.org Updates and Resources in Los Angeles www.fire.ca.gov/Incidents
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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Geothermal exploration using variable pressures to create the optimal fracture network in rock (fracking)- at Newberry volcano, Oregon, likely to generate some small tremors, per USGS 👇⚒️ reporting by KTVZ-TV ktvz.com/news/earthqu...
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'Increased seismicity' likely at Newberry volcano as geothermal exploration work resumes, USGS advises public
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KTVZ) -- "Increased rates of seismicity" are likely at the Newberry volcano south of Bend as a private exploration company conducts geothermal work in coming weeks, the U.S. Geologic...
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Now to answer the age-old question of: How many Christmas gifts can I make in one weekend?
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Common Sense @cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Saw a bumper sticker tonight that said "Deny Negativity", and my immediate thought was "Damn you, Dipoles!!!" This received what I consider a well-earned "sigh" from my beloved partner. I guess I can say it was my magnetism that attracted such a positive match.
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Blaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Just make sure that they get this Top Trending list from 12/6/2024 into the history books. It does a better job at showing the current situation than I can in any amount of words.
The suspect involved in killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024.
‘This was preventable’: Corporate world shudders at new risks after slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Snoop Dogg’s savings tip for his daughter’s $1 million wedding gift is ‘solid advice,’ says CFP
Isaac French and his family renovated a train car from the 1900s. Now it's a successful Airbnb in Idaho.
Family bought an abandoned train car for $3,000, turned it into an Airbnb that brings in over $90,000/year
Amy Henion, a graphic designer, said living at a mall is both unique and convenient 
More Americans are living in malls, as developers get creative to help ease the housing crisis
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I have discovered that mtg cards have pretty art... Oh no...
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The ability and willingness to cook is one of the hottest things. Yes, tonight my partner made me homemade sushi I could cry over. Absolutely divine human being.
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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 04/12/2024
inside me there are two wolves
sickos yes dot jpegsickos no dot jpeg
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
If Biden can pardon a turkey, why not his son? It's only a problem for some Democrats because of their weakly held positions preventing them from tangibly helping people. Without their dedication to maintaining the status-quo they're basically Centrist Republicans - both bow to corporate interests.
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Mark Ingalls @ingallswx.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I have successfully made a "virtual sounding" in #Python showing temperature and dew point plotted against elevation for the Portland area. The inversion is clearly evident, and it's easy to infer the top of the cloud deck. #weather #ORwx #pdxtst
A chart plotting temperature against elevation in the Portland area. The valley floor is warmer than around 500 m asl but colder than around 1100 m asl.
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I find Bluesky has a really interesting dynamic. Like sure, there's so many twitter refugees... But others just wandered in out of curiosity
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Blue Villa @bluevilla.org · 03/12/2024
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I find that I tend to just cry quietly and do my best. Catalogs upon catalogs...
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It's not often one gets to see something as fantastic as Arcane. The way season one was so much more meaningful the second watch makes me think there will be many more rewatches in my future. I can safely award this show as my #2 favorite ever. Second only to the original three LOTR movies. Amazing!
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
kantha is a south asian technique for recycling scrap fabric. it was originally used at a time when fabric was very precious. the technique involves attaching layers of scrap material using a running stitch (pics 1, 2 and 3). it's similar to japanese boro (pic 4).
Scraps of blue fabric piled in a little heap.Scraps of blue fabric layered on top of each other and attached using a running stitch. Someone has their hands on the fabric, seemingly smoothing it out. A close up of kantha fabric. Shows the stitching. Japanese boro. Shows layers of blue scrap fabric attached using running stitches.
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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
hot chocolate 🌟 #art
A drawing of hot chocolate topped with marshmallows shaped like bunnies
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Mauri Pelto @mauri-pelto.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"Recent images released by NASA Earth Observatory, ... An analysis by glaciologist Mauri Pelto of Nichols College highlights the dramatic retreat of these glaciers between 1984 and 2024, transforming the region into a burgeoning "lake district." #glaciology www.newsweek.com/nasa-images-...
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NASA images reveal stark changes in Alaska's lakes
Satellite imagery reveals rapid glacier retreat and the expansion of proglacial lakes in southeastern Alaska over four decades.
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
More people should try to incorporate buckwheat into their diets... It's the groat.
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My ongoing hunch is that most Maga cultists would have followed a very different life path if only they had constructive non-promotional/money-making hobbies and a few therapy sessions where they took it seriously.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 26/11/2024
Signal alone is not enough. If you are an activist, you need a complete self-defense against surveillance. @eff.org has been maintaining these resources for years: ssd.eff.org
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Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and y...
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
When democrats engage in the topic of immigration within the framing of right-wing fear mongering, they engage in a losing battle regardless of how good their policies or experience might sound. Instead, call them out for being cowards.
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Gosh I sure hope no one thinks tech jobs are still high-paying haha
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Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik @joeboomzag.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It’s starting to look like western Oregon will be the focal point for significant rainfall next week. Here’s the EPS mean total precip and the probability of >8” of rain through late next week.
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 05/11/2024
And this: Both are from the Washington Post.
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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 06/11/2024
colorful whale sharks 🦈
Illustration of colorful whale sharks. Together they form the color of a rainbow. There are stars on their backs and little stars surrounding them.
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
So I bought another typewriter... In my defense it was 50% off once I told the consignment sale lady that I would get it working again after having been told by another person that I should let her pry the keys off to make cheap jewelry...
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 03/11/2024
In Texas, maternal mortality last year was up *56%*... and among *white women,* it doubled. It was already so high among Black women, they still have higher rate than white women. But, yes, women who thought they were "safe" are not safe. www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
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A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban
Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.
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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Here are two very useful resources for open-source scientific images/illustrations: 1. bioart.niaid.nih.gov This NIH-funded collection of high-quality, scientifically accurate vectors, icons, and brushes is freely available within the public domain. 🪰🦠🧪
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
Bioart
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Are you sleeping yes now shut up talking didn't start out Lord of the Rings until 45 we're doing just fine
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Placid plastic duck simulator is a delightful game that I feel very normal about, tyvm
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Fact check: true
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Bring it on! I'm ready for some good rain!
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
At first I was frustrated that Harris was catering to "centrists", but it does make sense if you consider that at the heart of everything I'd be willing to consider a non-maga Republican an ally if they helped keep Nazis out of the Whitehouse. Complicated feelings are okay to have... 🫥 I guess...
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Getting a VCR working was such a worthy investment. Picked up 30 movies for $30 today from the consignment store and every penny felt worth it.
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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Tomorrow’s P1.
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Mossy @mossyrockbooks.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Something something sitting at the Laundromat on the weekend can really make one grumpy about landlords when rent is too high in the area. Sure it's the more environmentally friendly option but like, most of us pay "washer and dryer included" prices on rent...
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