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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'll be spending a week in Mexico City in November. Anyone have local reccs? museums? Pyramids to see? Beautiful parks? Anything else to know or be aware of? (public transit is good? safe? pickpocket prone areas?)

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

At the Utah Geo Survey, we've been debating which 7.5' quadrangles have the most surface area. We have our answer and it was surprising! This proxy for normalized relief put the western Tavaputz Plateau as the highest compared with other regions #madewithClaudeCode

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some acquaintances published a very prescient Op-Ed in the Salt Lake Tribune regarding Utah poor preparation for an upcoming earthquake, drawing strong comparisons to Venezuela - take a look! www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

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Voices: Venezuela’s earthquake tragedy is a warning for Utah

In an op-ed, four Utahns write that the state “does not lack knowledge or expertise” in earthquakes. “What it lacks is urgency.”

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Getting ready for a field trip to the PNW next week, co-leading a Friends of the Pleistocene trip to the Hells Canyon area. We needed an updated reference for the Columbia River Basalt stratigraphy with the latest geochron. Here yah go!

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Updated! It looks like Salt Lake City may have crested the hottest overnight temperatures but with more hot daytime temps ahead.

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Its been a hot summer in #SLCWx #UTWx. Here's a visual showing just how hot our days and nights have been compared to the post-1996 average. Created with #Claude

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I was curious to try @anthropic.com's latest model Fable on data retrieval, analysis and visualization. I tasked it with with pulling data on volcanics and intrusives across the colorado plateau, testing the hypothesis put forward by Best & Brimhall 1974; Tanaka et al. 1986; etc.

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Blessing in disguise. I accidentally archived my entire work email inbox. Everything... No chance to reconstruct most of it... what was I really gonna do with those two year old ones lingering at the bottom...

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

If you need more #Artemis content, check out this website (artemistimeline.com#artemis-ii-l...) made by @hankgreen.bsky.social to look at photos in a timeline of the #Artemi mission (full breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyZE...)

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Artemis II Photo Timeline

An interactive photo timeline of NASA's Artemis II mission — scrub through every crew moment, lunar flyby shot, and audio clip from April 1–10, 2026.

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HydrologyNL @hydrology.nl · 28/04/2026

Just a reminder of this meander on the ocean floor south of Iceland.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 23/04/2026

We got eruption sign! (at Kīlauea): www.youtube.com/live/NDA9Bsv...

Lava fountains at Kīlauea in Hawai'i on April 23, 2026.

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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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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Question for scientists: I am making extensive use of Claude to help me with coding and also help me make figures. This is a very helpful given the fact that I never got into Earth Science to become a coder. If I'm open about my use of an LLM in the publishing process, is this a problem?

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authodizer @doktrock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🚨Job Alert! 🚨 ⚒️🧪

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Liz Hearn @liz-hearn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Are you in southern California or Baja? Let the USGS know if you felt the sonic boom from the Artemis re-entry! DYFI link: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Calling all geologists! 🥾⛏️ The Utah Geological Survey is hiring a Geologic Mapper. If you love fieldwork, creating detailed maps, and want to work in a geological wonderland, this is for you! Apply here: utdgohcm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... 🧵 1/6

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Project Geologist

The Geologic Mapping and Paleontology Program of the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is seeking a full time permanent geologic mapper. This is a un...

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Wanna move to Utah? Love being out in the field? The Utah Geological Survey his hiring a Project Geologist for a position focused on work mineral resource projects in Utah! utdgohcm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... Please apply if you're interested! Unfortunately only US citizens or legal residents

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Project Geologist

Job Description:The Energy and Minerals Program at the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is looking for a Project Geologist specialized in economic geology...

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The Learning Dispatch carlhendrick.substack.com?utm_source=n... This a phenomenal essay on how our interactions with AI could change both ourselves, the nature of work, and how we learn. Highly recommend reading in full.

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The Learning Dispatch | Carl Hendrick | Substack

Making sense of how learning happens. https://www.carlhendrick.com/. Click to read The Learning Dispatch, by Carl Hendrick, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Whats the point of having health insurance if it doesn't even cover things?? Says angry "fully covered" by insurance employee who keeps finding therapists dropping my health insurance.

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I've been involved with a non-profit for the last several years. Originally called: Neighbors for More Neighbors. We've now rebranded: Wasatch Advocates for Livable Communities. If you're in SLC area, join our upcoming Legislative Session Recap! www.wasatchalc.org/2026_walc_le...

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2026 WALC Legislative Recap

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I exclaimed today "I'm out of chocolate! -- time to go home..." It was 11:40 AM.

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I've updated my RiverREM GUI to now work successfully with a custom centerline shapefile. You can find V1.0.1 on github at the link below (for windows only right now) github.com/morrismc/REM... @dpmanchee.bsky.social

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

A few issues have been raised with the REM code I shared a few days ago. I'll try to fix those early next week when I'm back in the office!

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Relative elevation models are both compelling visualizations of fluvial systems but also frankly useful for geologic mapping of terraces or quantifying zones of potential flood inundation. Several years ago Open Topography coded up an method for using python to make REMs (see below) 🧵

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If you're not watching the Olympics, you should be! A quick dashboard made with #Claude for the Women's 3000 m speed skate. Highlighting the time per lap of each of the top four contenders. Gold Medal winner Lollobrigida is in a league of her own! #Olympics

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Wrote an OP-Ed about the lack of outdoor dining in SLC. I was able to quantify that SLC has a great number of days throughout the year when eating outdoors would be ideal - why doesn't our built environment reflect that? (written on personal time) buildingsaltlake.com/slc-is-ideal...

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SLC is ideal for outdoor dining. Why are we stuck inside? [ANALYSIS] - Building Salt Lake

I was recently in Durham, North Carolina. Along with my family, we ate outside three times – without trying. We simply walked to a restaurant and asked to sit outside. By contrast, when we got home to...

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Much has been made of our dry winter thus far in the Northern Wasatch. Here's some fun SWE curves from two #SNOTEL sites. Not the worst year YET but not looking good....

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

distracting myself from the trying moments by vibe coding fun plots

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Been a WARM winter in SLC, no appreciable snow at the airport thus far.... thankfully getting some in the mtns.

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 28/08/2025

My brother sent me this

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Alka Tripathy-Lang @dralkatrip.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Yes, yes I do want to see this new geologic map!

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Jill A Marshall she/her 🇺🇸 @happygeojill.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Can forests damp earthquake waves and thus limit co-seismic landslides? What does this mean for Critical Zone development? Postdoctoral position with Will Struble and a multi-disciplinary team (including me🌲🌲🌊🌳🪾). Position is open until filled. willstruble.com #CZScience #Postdoc

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Will Struble

Tectonic Geomorphology and Surface Processes at the University of Houston

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Does anyone know a way to project terrace location and elevations onto a river long profile, both of which were done without using Matlab/Python/R? Basically a GIS based framework?

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Dave Petley @davepetley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The 21 July 2025 rock avalanche in the Matia'an valley in Wanrong, east Taiwan is generating a lake that could have a volume of 86 million cubic metres at the point of overtopping. This poses a threat to at least seven downstream communities. eos.org/thelandslide...

The barrier lake of the 21 July 2025 landslide in the Matia'an valley in Taiwan. Image by etaiwan.news.

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maryn sanders @maryn-geomorph.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

shamelessly made a bluesky account so I could plug my first first-author paper (!) on postfire erosion in steep rocky catchments -- go check her out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The influence of wildfire on debris flows in a landscape of persistent disequilibrium: Columbia River Gorge, OR, USA

Debris flow erosion in rocky catchments of northern Oregon (USA) is found to be relatively insensitive to fire conditions.

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Gareth Funning @gfun.earth · 30/07/2025

NISAR has lifted off! And been successfully placed in its orbit! Good job, ISRO! Woohoo!

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Chris Rowan @allochthonous.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Although large earthquakes generates strong shaking over a wide area, this is somewhat mitigated by the rupture being offshore. But if the rupture breaks the ocean floor, it generates destructive a tsunami that can spread across the ocean basin in the hours that follow.

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Matthew Morriss @rockiceandsnow.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

NISAR LAUNCHED!!! congrats to all those involved!

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Adam Forte @topoismyforte.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If proposal success rates are going to start looking like the probabilities of winning some money from lottery "scratchers", might as well just make grant money a lottery. Would save us all a lot of time.

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