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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

NYC/Northeast USA- 2 kitties looking for a home after losing their human! See thread for more info

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Somebody please tell Google Scholar that I'm not a bot, I'm just trying to finish this damn discussion section.

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SpongeBob: Let Me In Meme

Alt: SpongeBob: Let Me In Meme

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Summer Solstice from a tiny cottage on the edge of Puget Sound! With all the oysters & lavender & geology so readily available, I think the Olympic Peninsula might just be my new favorite place. It’s GORGEOUS here!

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going destroy American Science

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Evan George @evanlgeorge.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

NPR is shrinking its newsroom through layoffs and buyouts and is reducing staff dedicated to covering both climate and science. "The climate desk no longer exists separately but has been folded into the National Desk," writes Neela Banerjee, who headed the climate desk but was just laid off.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

On NSF’s postdoc page, the biology and earth science fields have been completely eliminated; the only remaining fellowships are in math, astronomy, engineering, and “entrepreneurship.” Weird choice not to support research on the life support system for 8 billion people. www.nsf.gov/funding/post...

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 08/05/2026

Happy 100th birthday to the living legend and national treasure that is Sir David Attenborough. Few figures alive have done as much for nature and conservation as Sir David, and we've been very lucky to work with him over the years. #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough100 #Nature #PlanetEarth

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 04/04/2026

What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”

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U.S. Forest Service unveils extensive closures of research facilities

Cost-cutting move is expected to cause resignations and turmoil

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 01/04/2026

April fools only works when reality isn't this stupid.

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Xkcd does it again! m.xkcd.com/3221/

Map of the United States with geologic and geomorphic processes highlighted. For instance, the central US landscape was caused by farming, while the Appalachian mountains were caused by continents colliding, while Florida was caused by ongoing disputes between limestone and water, and the southwest was caused by water and time

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 12/03/2026

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a cornerstone of U.S. weather science. AMS urges a transparent, community-driven review before restructuring such critical infrastructure. Read our response to NSF's "Dear Colleague Letter": bit.ly/4bglx16

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AMS Responds to NSF Regarding the Future of National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

YouTube video by American Meteorological Society

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

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First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

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Ennui Doofen @ennuidoofen.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

In case of racist uncles or dead moms or someone saying "only two genders" or your gifts didn't arrive on time or you have a tummy ache or this day is just awkward and you wish it was over: Arlo loves you as you are. You can be okay anyway and it's okay to not be okay. Happy Thursday!

Arlo a big white Great Pyrenees smiles with his tongue out and care bear stare

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Mineralogical Society of America @mineralsocamerica.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Thin Section Thursday! A photo of garnet peridotite from Francis "Joe" Boyd in 2000, who allowed Carnegie scientists to saw off a slice. The xenolith is embedded in epoxy, which has turned a bit yellow. It is about 15 cm wide. & a close up. Contributed by Andreas Möller. #thinsectionthursday

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Just got my paper copy of the new Petrology book I’m adopting next semester. 💃🎉😊🌋 It’s well-written & I thoroughly enjoy the footnoted commentary on some of the more historical aspects of petrology, too! 🤣

Petrology & Plate Tectonics: an Earth Systems Approach, by Allen Glazner & Matt Kohn

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Daniel | ScienceSocks et al. @sciencesocks.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Pillars of 👀 🔭🐡🧪🎨

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.” Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Guess what is going to be our class discussion topic for the climate change segment in my Intro Earth Science course?

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Speaking of bad science in media (and I am using the term "media" pretty loosely here), allow me to use The Daily Mail as evidence of why you should get your science information from reputable agencies rather than crap websites. I'm not going to link the article, but it looks like this: 1/n

An article in the Daily Mail entitled "America's deadliest volcano enters unprecedented 72-hour tremor phase as eruption threat looms over millions". This is incorrect.

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Chris Vagasky @coweatherman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Earthquake Prediction Flowchart from @xkcd.com. cc: @drwendyrocks.bsky.social

Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen?

Flowchart begins with a diamond that says “start”. An arrow leads to a box that says:

NO (written in big bold capital letters)

There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever DOES (in smaller bold capital letters) figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I’m very excited to announce that the always fantastic field geologist Dr. John Wakabayashi is invited as Wichita State Geology’s Watkins Lecturer next Wed & Thurs, 12-13 Nov. If you’re around south-central KS/northern OK & interested in Earth Science, this is a multi-day event not to be missed!!

Dr. John Wakabayashi, metamorphic petrologist & field geologist, will give TWO lectures next week at Wichita State:

1) a Dept lecture at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, Nov 12, entitled “The 2025 State of the Franciscan”, in the Geology Dept Lecture Hall, room 101

2) a Public lecture at 3pm on Thursday, Nov 13, entitled “Geologic fieldwork as cutting edge science: Recognition of new patterns leads to major advances”, in Hubbard Hall room 208

This is a public event, open to all who would like to attend!!

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Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery @disasterqueer.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

This is very, uh, not great. Just fyi. Especially for those of us in the direct path of a major tsunami from Alaska. 🙃

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I had to back out of #GSAConnects but my VERY FIRST STUDENT is still there presenting our summer fieldwork at Newberry Volcano. 🌋🥳 Stop on by Poster 277 between 3:30-5:30 pm today to learn about what mafic enclaves can tell us about Central OR’s last eruption & where magma is beneath this caldera!!

Undergrad Ricky Nichols presenting his preliminary fieldwork on Big Obsidian Flow at Newberry Caldera, Central Oregon.

Stop by poster 277 from 3:30-5:30pm today (10/19/25) to learn more!

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Dear funding agencies, I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development. Sincerely, Looking for basic research grants.

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

In all my years of existence, I have never once stepped foot into an IKEA and it’s now a point of pride for me.

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Patrick @vectorpark.com · 30/09/2025

If a tiny fraction of the resources deployed towards AI was invested instead in actual artists we'd be enjoying a renaissance rather than drowning in a sea of garbage

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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I’ll admit, #Tugtupite is a toughie, but as a Mineral Cup rookie, we all know that the Reindeer Blood stone’s approach will be to slide its blade along the stubby sides of #Kyanite to no effect whatsoever! Anisotropic. Beautiful DEEP blue. Kyanite is rested and ready to be #MinCup25 champion!

Kyanite. Let’s all say it together (next Alt Text over…)

(Cont’d)… Kyanite is the beautiful, blue… (next alt text over)

(Cont’d)… the MinCup25 champion. Vote Kyanite!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 27/09/2025

Portland doesn’t need the military. Portland has its own defenses.

The Unipiper, a Portland institution, shown here wearing utilikilt, coconut shell bra, and Darth Vader mask with brightly colored snorkel, while riding a unicycle and carrying a beach ball and, of course, trademark flaming bagpipes.

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I genuinely had this conversation w/ my 1st year grad student TODAY. There's STILL no solicitation posted, but the hard deadline stands - making it impossible to know the specific guidelines for the application or even apply! This is INFURIATING as an advisor and a scientist & totally unacceptable.

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

To eat through the awfulness, here is a reminder that nature is, in the most literal sense, AWESOME.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

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Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.

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wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · 18/09/2025

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The people I know who hard scrabbled their way out of poverty - ACTUAL poverty - don’t call themselves “self made”. They are more apt to call themselves ‘community made’. They see and acknowledge the ones who helped them build along the way. And will then become someone else’s community too.

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Eos @eos.org · 14/09/2025

Cuprosklodowskite has a cool name, is a uranium mineral, and has our vote in today’s #MinCup25 matchup. eos.org/tag/uranium Plus you add a couple of googly eyes and it’s a Muppet, so it’s got that going for it.

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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Strongly leaning towards Scrabble champion #Cuprosklodowskite over #Ikaite. Not only is it a radioactive devil & named after Marie Skłodowska Curie, its color range — “green” to “more green” — gives it a deadly look. It’s mad, bad & dangerous to know. #MinCup25 might just be a Green v Blue tourney!

Marie Skłodowska Curie, a scientific hero who developed a glowing look, sadly.

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Fun fact: the #cuprosklodowskite specimens on display at LANHM has a misspelled display card, which I noticed when visiting with a few members of my Twitch community several years ago. Try saying “cuprosklodowskite” 6x fast & when you can’t, go vote for it!!!

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Dr. Robin Bond, biogeochemist at a PUI 🧪 @diygeochemist.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I doubt Kyanite will win top prize in this year's #MinCup but I really think it ought to one of these years. a) pretty b) anisotropic c) index mineral for certain types of metamorphism d) classic example of a polymorph (with sillimanite and andalusite)

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Parrot air traffic controller @bobthebird.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I will always diligently vote against kyanite for what it does to quartz 🤬

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

KC has been a blue dot in a red state for years. I was lucky enough to attend predominantly black K12s & grew up around all types of people from myriad backgrounds-really shaping my worldview. Breaking up KC’s voting districts gets rid of one of the few strongholds where it still feels safe to be.

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Crystals won’t help your chakras, but #zunyite wonderous little stars will certainly make you smile :) #MinCup25

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Dr. Lynne Elkins @ljelkins.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I have just heard an ALARMING report that my former Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nebraska is threatened with elimination, due to a university & state-wide budget crisis, and despite their ongoing success in scholarship and teaching. This is really shocking.

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Carter's Dad @johnmckendry.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

If you vote against calcite this is what you're voting against.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

If the Trump White House wants to ban all transgender people from owning guns because a handful were responsible for mass shootings, wait until they hear how many shootings straight cis white guys have done.

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Dots and Lines @dotsandlines.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The clearest of calcite I crave For historically speaking, it gave A view of refraction With quite a reaction: Learning that light is a wave #MinCup25 #MinPoem

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Dr. Melissa Scruggs @volcanodoc.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

CDC senior staff are walking out in protest bc this is basically the other option.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

earth science at NASA includes improving hurricane and wildfire prediction, just so you know

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