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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Remember that page in my #sketchbook that I started while at the conference in Cefalu? I finally finished it. Pretty happy with how it turned out - far from perfect, but I learned quiet a bjt while working on it. And now that it's done, it's the entry 9 in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ink and watercolour sketch of a clothes line in front of two windows witj green striped curtains and two external parts of air-conditioning units on the wall to the aide of the windows.

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Dave Griffiths @nebogeo.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

A natural semionductor from the 1920s that comes "concert tested" already! Documenting some artifacts like this on the new wiki: cornish-semiconductor.com/index.php…

Two photos, on the left a yellow tin with "Neutron Wireless Crystal, Concert Tested and Guaranteed" and on the right opened with some shiny boxy galena crystals inside.

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Baloo Uriza @baloouriza.social.tulsa.ok.us.ap.brid.gy · 21h

#KansasCity folks be like "oh we can't have a good light rail system, we're not *that* big!" and then they just forget about the past. #Transportation #Interurban #LightRail #Kansas #Missouri

A 1924 map of interurban (light rail, but for both freight and passengers) service around Kansas City. There's 8 lines and easily well over 100 stations stretching from St. Joseph, MO to Olathe, KS, and Fort Leavenworth, KS to the start of the Oregon Trail in Independence, MO, and from Excelsior Springs, MO to Lawrence, KS.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 3h

It is sad that none of the parties in BC or Canada have said anything about digital sovereignty or even just using Canadian social media channels at all. It’s all Twitter, Facebook and Bluesky. 🇺🇸 I guess “choose Canada” doesn’t apply to online. 😢 👎 thesocialweb.ca #canada #canpoli […]

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Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Sorry if I'm being mean; I'm in my Mean Time, Between Failures. I'll probably fail at something soon and be nice again after.

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John Schrag @jvschrag.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Sadly, the entire Olympic canoeing team was lost in the transporter accident. #ForksOfTheDon #Toronto

Photo of a concrete wall, under a bridge. Emerging from the wall are the prows of eight red canoes, embedded in the concrete.

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Pierre-Yves Comtois @pycomtois.jasette.facil.services.ap.brid.gy · 22h

Demain, c'est le Repair Café du Plateau. J'ai réussi à convaincre mon coloc de ne pas jeter notre grille-pain brisé, j'espère qu'ils pourront le réparer. 😬 centreduplateau.qc.ca/communautaire… #Montréal #RepairCafé #Réparabilité

Le Repair Café Plateau, atelier de réparation collaboratif, rassemble des réparateurs-trices, couturiers-ières qui offrent bénévolement aux citoyens du Plateau leur expertise pour les réparations d’objets domestiques et de couture.

Par son action, le Repair Café Plateau contribue à ce que la réparation redevienne une activité normale dans la vie des citoyens : réparer plutôt que jeter. Il encourage la durabilité des objets et promeut une consommation plus responsable. Il permet de conserver et de répandre la connaissance et le savoir-faire de la réparation, tout en favorisant les valeurs d’entraide et de bénévolat.

Le Repair Café Plateau est associé au mouvement Repair Café International dont le siège social est à Amsterdam. On trouve maintenant plus de 3800 Repair Café répartis dans le monde, dont une douzaine au Québec.

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 8h

RE: hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/1173742139… finally signed up for a paid subscription to support Molly White’s cryptocurrency reporting loved her 2024 talk on the how building things on the web is magic too xoxofest.com/2024/videos/molly-white

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Edwin G. Spooks 👻 @edwing.mstdn.moimeme.ca · 17h

Canadian government 🇨🇦 announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from its own climate policy www.thebeaverton.com/2026/10/carney… - - - Le gouvernement canadien 🇨🇦 annonce 1,2G$ en investissements pour protéger […]

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

The pro-crypto legislation didn't pass after all, and some of the credit for this surely must go to Molly White. She is without question doing the best, most relentless coverage of that irredeemably slimy and corrupt industry -- joined at the hip with the irredeemably corrupt Trump world. And […]

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Bill Minarik @silicatefondue.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Congratulations to new PhD Dr. Sarah Bodeving, who successfully defended her thesis, "The origin and evolution of rare-element LCT- pegmatites: insights from the Separation Rapids and Lilypad Lakes pegmatites, Ontario, Canada" (Anthony Williams-Jones […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

A four stage model of pressure-release crystallization of a fine-grained margin to the pegmatite followed by fluid release into the host amphibolite wall rock and eventual crystallization of the lithium-bearing mineral petalite. From: Bodeving, S., Vasyukova, O. V., & Williams-Jones, A. E. (2025). Controls on the origin and evolution of wall-rock alteration at the Big Whopper Li–Cs–Ta pegmatite, Canada. Economic Geology, 120(3), 689–714

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Bill Minarik @silicatefondue.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 23h

A very clear presentation of the complexities of modelling the rover versus satellite evidence for methane on Mars by Dr. Elisa Dong. Perchorates activated by UV photons can explain the day-night variations that fit the data (based on experimental work by Zhang […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

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Alberto @alvizlo.masto.es.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

#fossilfriday los pequeñines también tienen su encanto.

Un dedo señalando un fósil de ammonite del tamaño de la uña, está en el suelo, en el campo, rodeado de otros fósiles de braquiópodos y fragmentos calizos.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Planning out my teaching schedule for 2 years in the future and thinking fondly of the not-very-distant-past when Chegg was the biggest problem I had to deal with to make sure students were actually trying to learn my course material. Fuck LLMs.

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Misinformation-Superhighwayman @damienwise.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Yeah, felt a few oscillations lateral shiftiness in that earthquake. Geoscience Australia reports the earthquake was magnitude 4.8, at a depth of 10km, and centred near Leongatha. #Earthquake #Australia #Victoria #Melbourne #Geoscience #GeoscienceAustralia

Screenshot of earthquake report at https://earthquakes.ga.gov.au/

It's cropped to show just a map of southern and central Victoria and some of the sea off to the south. Melbourne is roughly in the middle of the map. There's also a large red dot to indicate the location of the earthquake. It appears the earthquake was centred near the town of Leongatha in Gippsland, 135 kilometres south-east of Melbourne.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/10/2026

2026 as a whole is now on track to end up roughly tied with 2024 as the warmest year on record in ERA5, at 1.6C above preindustrial. And 2027 waiting in the wings to be quite a bit warmer on the back of a record-setting El Nino event.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

These folks had the corner of their wall blasted off by a bolt of lightning, and they fixed it beautifully. #Kintsugi

A corner of a brick wall has been blasted away. The owners have filled in it with something like concrete, but with a beautiful golden flash of lightning.

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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's NOBELS week next week! To whet your appetite, here's a challenge: how many of the women who've won a science #Nobel can you name? www.nature.com/immersive/d4... @nature.com | @nobelprize.org

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

It has been dry this summer. This is reflected in the stored water volume of the Sooke Reservoir (our drinking water supply). Normally I'd say don't worry, the rainy season will fill it. Indeed, it would be very surprising if the wet season we rely on to […] [Original post on scribili.masto.host]

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Edwin G. Spooks 👻 @edwing.mstdn.moimeme.ca · 02/10/2026

CBC released the Hockey Night in Canada schedule www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/cbc-h… - - - Le service anglais de Radio-Canada a publié l’horaire de la Soirée du hockey // Article en anglais // #Canada #HNIC […]

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John Altringham @johnaltringham.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Rubha Hunish, Skye. A mixed media project in the making? Progress: all nine wood blocks are engraved. Next - test print the blocks - any final changes? Then - a lot of faffing about to develop methods and workflows that minimise the effort and error involved […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A walnut ink sketch of sea cliffs running towards the horizon, left and right. Above, nine engraved and aligned woodblocks, detailing the cliffs and ready for test printing.

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Dr. Dan Killam @dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Blue and green are rare colors for shells (and rare across life in general). A new study finds blue shells may be due to carotenoid pigments, while green is due to structural coloration! https:// www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-61670-9 #clamFacts

Various blue and green shells featured in the study, ranging from mussels to oysters and weirder shaped guys!

Cross sections showing the colored shells, with some green color being contained in distinct layers, while other shells have it just on the surface, or distributed more evenly

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can’t think of a more appropriate ending for the 10th Anniversary of #MinCup than Quartz winning, the mineral that started it all! Thank you to @mikamckinnon.bsky.social and the team for all the tireless work you do! The ballot stuffers can stuff it, though!

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Alt: Cherryfurby: Who's Awesome? You're Awesome!

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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Today is the 172±3 birthday (allowing for my faulty arithmetic) of William Ramsay, the Scottish-born chemist who discovered the final column of the periodic table starting with Ar, then isolating He on earth, and uncovering Ne Kr and S, and finally, with one of his last students, he determined […]

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M. Grégoire @mpjgregoire.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

It surprises me that I have any followers at all left these days, given how often I'm boosting posts in French regarding the #PCQ and the current #Québec election. But it's coming to an end. I encourage all Quebeckers to vote on October 5th. Polls close at 20h. #polqc

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Never heard of Faden Quartz? You’re in for a treat! #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

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curmudgeonaf @curmudgeonaf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

nObOdY wAtCheS wOmEnS hOcKeY #PWHL #Victoire home opener sold out already 😄

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Shocked #Quartz is one piece of evidence that helps identify large impact areas, like the one left by Chicxulub asteroid. The quartz crystals develop a series of parallel laminae, called shock lamellae that indicate deformation, or breakage of the crystal along multiple, parallel planes. #MinCup26

This rainbow quartz crystal reveals the shock lamallae that indicates impact; here of the Chicxulub asteroid.

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Anna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@EdwinG It has been in the verge of collapse for such a long time. The Pink House went up the last time it was threatened with demolition. It’ll be a huge job if it happens. Condo developers must be circling the huge site like vultures…

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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Dutch farmers plant ... rice? "The project is about much more than crop diversification. Researchers believe it could help tackle one of the Netherlands' most persistent environmental problems. Roughly one-tenth of the country is peatland, which farmers drain for grass to feed their cattle […]

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Edwin G. Spooks 👻 @edwing.mstdn.moimeme.ca · 01/10/2026

Canada 🇨🇦 declares fossil juice pipeline from Alberta :flagab: to British Columbia’s :flagbc: Pacific Ocean coast as a project of national interest www.cbc.ca/news/politics/west-coast… - - - Le Canada 🇨🇦 déclare l’oléoduc de jus de fossiles entre […]

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

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Mineralogical Society of America @mineralsocamerica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thin Section Thursday: A. oolite-bearing sample (PPL). B. in (XPL). The sample of black talc is from the late Neoproterozoic Dengying Formation in Guangfeng County, Jiangxi Province, southeastern China. (DOI: dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2...). Contributed by Huifang Xu. #thinsectionthursday

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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The most important final consideration for a geologist looking to flex: DOES IT COUNTERTOP? Cuprite, got some cute little cubes, fine. Quartzite countertops, BOOMSHAKALAKA #quartz #MinCup26

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Boudinage are one of the most spectacular geologic structures and some of my favorite rocks. The boudins are the eye-shaped lenses of rock wedged between the white quartz layers. This happened when the rocks were being stretched by tectonic forces. The eye-shaped lenses, augen… 👇🏼 #MinCup26

Boudins of amphibolite layers (metamorphosed basalts) that were stretched between quartz schists (Norway). Photo credits: Haakon Fossen.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

READ: If you haven’t seen this yet, please take a look. Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people from making rational judgements about driving. This study co-authored by @ianwalker.bsky.social looks at where this bias comes from & how it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Screetshot of study title “Why Do Cars Get A Free Ride?” #CarBrain #Motonormativity

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

They did a pretty good job! Only a few corn stalks left!

A whole bunch of goats who know I have apples in my pockets. One is so close to the camera you can only see her eye, one is staring intensely into your soul (hoping for apples), and the others are jockeying for position. In the background, the two livestock guardian dogs are booping noses, and in the farther background is the remains of the frost-killed garden beds, with just a few corn stalks still standing.

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Dr. Kim Hannula @stressrelated.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Quartz's ductile deformation inspired my first, original geo blog post, way back in 2007. Vote quartz for the singing mylonites of the Snake Range. shearsensibility.blogspot.com/2007/06/soun...

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The Sound of Mylonites

NPR has had this series, off and on, in which listeners record interesting sounds and then explain them on the air. I didn't have a recordin...

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cranberry Gneiss, Mesoproterozoic, 1.05 Ga; Appalachian Mt.s, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Gneiss is a metamorphic rock that high temp & pressure have caused the minerals in granite to separate into light & dark bands. The light bands are quartz. #MinCup26 #QuartzDeservesToWin

A banded rock with bands of dark mineral and white quartz.

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Quartz stands as one of nature’s most versatile and enduring creations. With its simple chemical formula yet endless structural variations, it embodies both the beauty and complexity of Earth’s geology.” You never forget your first. Quartz! #MinCup26

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Quartz Mineral: Formation, Properties, Uses & Crystal Varieties

Discover how quartz forms, why it is found almost everywhere on Earth, and how this crystal became essential in geology, technology, gemstones, glass, and modern industry.

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spooky murwolf the wereduck 〓〓🏳️‍🌈𓅄✊🐺🪄🎡 @murduck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Quartz is our beautiful friend, Going back in time without end: Infinite variations, Bold or subtle gradations; And on Quartz, so many wonders depend. VOTE QUARTZ #MinCup26

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