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Dr. Heather McFarlin

@volcanoheather.bsky.social
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Mom, Alaska seismology, volcanology, LGBTQ+ rights, abortion advocate, social justice and equity.

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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good morning, Alaska. We have reviewed a magnitude 5.5 that occurred at 10:34 AKDT. This event was located 83 miles NW of Kodiak. This event has been reported as felt. For more info: buff.ly/KiKlN7H
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Fourpeaked Mountain M5.5 | Alaska Earthquake Center
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Important new weather tool for assessing landslide risk in real-time in Southeast Alaska and northwest British Columbia. #akwx #bcwx @climatologist49.bsky.social
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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We at Skype a Scientist are deeply troubled by the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences. We urge you to contact Drexel University Leadership and Academy interim leader Trish Wellenbach to urge them to reopen the museum. President Merlo president@Drexel.edu Trish Wellenbach tw958@drexel.edu
a block of text with a statement that reads We at Skype a Scientist are deeply alarmed by the decision of Drexel University leadership and the Academy of Natural Sciences Board to close the Academy’s public museum.

Skype a Scientist is based in Philadelphia with deep roots in our city. Making science accessible, in particular for Philly’s children, is a top priority for our organization. We operate in community centers, at street festivals, and at the intersection of science and art. For the last 10 years, we have worked to engage a broader coalition of Philly residents to care for our local biodiversity. 

Our program does not exist in a vacuum. The work that we do, alongside environmental education centers, our museums, classroom teachers, and more, create an ecosystem of connections with science. The loss of any part of this fragile ecosystem is detrimental. The Academy of Natural Sciences grounds biodiversity education in Philadelphia. With grand fossil halls, historical connections, and engaging exhibits, it is a place where many Philadelphians develop a love of science. Loss of access to this space cannot be tolerated.

We are living through an erosion of public education, particularly in the life sciences. Philadelphia cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum.

We call on the leaders of Drexel University and the Academy board to reverse their decision to close the Academy’s public museum. The children of Philadelphia and future generations of Philly-made scientists are counting on you.
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Listen to this week's episode buff.ly/M9RFpgZ to learn about our new one-stop portal for tsunami hazard information in coastal Alaska, at buff.ly/BUeuyWx
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map of earthquake activity in Alaska from Sept 23-30, 2026
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's our final #FieldWorkFriday of the season! Today, we revisit Nikolai where our local school partner 🏫 allowed the team to build the tower shown here. It receives the data streamed by radio wave 📻️ from 2 remote stations, K20K and L20K, each about 40 miles from Nikolai. Stay tuned 📡 for TriviaTues
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@marypeltola.com you're mentioned in this as an example of what Dem candidates should not do, fyi.
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congrats!!!
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also agree!!
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💯
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@marypeltola.com I hope you are taking notes.
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wtaf
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😬
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Maybe have different sized balls-wiffle balls, the balls from kids play areas, tennis balls
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you can, please help this nonprofit- they are amazing and could use some support, and some reposts!
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💯. @marypeltola.com please read this article. You need to be standing up for trans kids, not making it harder for them to live
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Same.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 6: It's a pair of soft, heavy lead minerals as vivid hexagonal phosphate #Pyromorphite is against spiralling rolled sheets of #Cylindrite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of clusters of small green puffball-spiked lime green pyromorphite clusters on a rusty-red rough porous rock and Metallic grey fibrous sheets and swirls of cylindric that resemble pencil shavings more than a mineral
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One person signed up today. One. We need more help!!
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The Déliquescent Future @bothpithyandangry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Alaskasky if you are a donor or volunteer for Mary Peltola, or just if you want to see her win, please contact her campaign and demand she walk back her transphobic video ad and instead support Alaska's strong tradition of medical privacy. Trans kids have been here for thousands of years.
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@marypeltola.com i really wish you were a better dem candidate for Alaskans. From what I've seen, you're no better than what we already have-- too willing to throw Alaskans under the bus, especially groups that need a fighter the most. The ad speaking against Trans kids is the last straw for me.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 5 It's a pair or rare, vibrant minerals with unusual chemistry as purple #Putnisite is up against blue #Julienite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of tiny grape-jello purple cubical crystals with a rough surface. The crystals are poking out of a massive rough rock with areas of fuzzy green and broad purple, all with a grainy coating of white as though it were rubbed with flour. The other photo is saturated cobalt blue needle-line crystals in a narrow fan sparkly and rough on a smooth creamy background
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You got this!!!
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
💯 im nervous shes gonna end up like munchin, sinema or fetterman...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!!
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Omg I thought the same thing
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy #FieldworkFriday! We maintain seismic stations at several of Alyeska's Trans Alaska Pipeline System pumpstations. This week the field team upgraded the data digitizer (which makes data ready to transmit) at station PS08 and performed "shake tests" to ensure it would alert Alyeska's systems.
A technician sets up seismic monitoring equipment inside a server rack, connecting and organizing multiple network and sensor cables among tangled cords, with the "Alaska Earthquake Center" label visible in the lower-right corner.
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 16/09/2026
We are joining Macklemore in donating to the people of Palestine with another $10,000 to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, which will help aid families amid the ongoing genocide. We encourage our followers & anyone with the means to join if they can: pcrf.net
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have one too!! From my dads collection, which he gave to me when I got my bachelor's. I need to renew my efforts to go through the collection and id and catalog everything.
White puffballs of mineral okenite sitting on styrofoam in a black box with a clear lid. The box is on a brown wood shelf with other minerals,  a metal lizard sculpture, and Lego minerals in the background. The wall in the back is a light green.
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Arctic Goddess @arcticgoddess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One thing Mary Peltola said about her NO vote accusing her of not supporting military is that the bill included provisions to limit birth control, maternal health and other basic healthcare for women in the military, including limits on crossing state lines for care.
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s #FieldworkFriday! A shoutout to Chevak School and all of our community partners! Field team members Shah Khan and Celia Chmielowski went to Chevak in western Alaska to move a relay station antenna at the school. K13K on Kusilvak Mountain sends seismic data via radio, then school internet.
Exterior of a beige metal building a red extension ladder leans against the wall. The Alaska Earthquake Center logo is in the upper left. A white arrow points at a spot on the wall above the ladder where the antenna will be attached.
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Morgan Moschetti @morganmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A StoryMap summarizing much of what is known about the Nepal landslide/glacial-collapse and subsequent flooding was put together by the Center for Land Surface Hazards. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f2b2...
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August 2026 Nepal Trishuli Flood
Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH)
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ted Cruz getting booed on college game day and hearing the chants of "Ted you suck!" Is an awesome way to wake up
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 12 Grey hides complexity for these metal-rich minerals as trickster #Pyrrhotite battles geometrically-unusual #Cylindrite in this monochromatic matchup. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo of thin hexagonal slabs of metallic pyrrhotite, plus clear quartz intermixed and long, thin cylindrite crystals forming a dark fan shape.
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh! Maybe you'll knock on my door!!
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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy #FieldworkFriday! Members of the PNSN field team recently visited Quillayute airport on the Olympic Peninsula to upgrade telemetry equipment and infrastructure. PNSN’s data telemetry system transmits ground-motion data from hundreds of seismic stations to UW 24/7.
Photo of three field crew members standing on green excavator Photo of solar panel sitting on freshly cut grass overlooked by cloudy blue sky photo of a field crew team member standing on ladder besides a mobile white cargo container which has been converted into a mini station A University of Washington flag flies from tall pole beneath a red, white, and blue illuminated beacon at dusk. In the background there is the white cargo container a small blue field station. The overcast sky and rural landscape create a dark, atmospheric setting.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today’s rally to save the academy of natural sciences was incredible. Hundreds of people turned out. This is only the beginning. Follow along with save-the-academy.org
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 8: It’s a pair of soft and lovely minerals as Stichtite and Talc compete for your votes. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split photo with a rough chunk of vividly purple stichtite with occasional dark speckles and a pearly white talc with cool green undertones and a flaky surface.
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Glyn Williams-Jones @volcancanuck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Shared on behalf of the USGS: YVO Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles for September 7, 2026 Yellowstone Volcano Observatory…in Arizona?! www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
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Yellowstone Volcano Observatory…in Arizona?!
The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory is not only responsible for monitoring and studying Yellowstone, but also volcanic systems throughout southwestern United States. Arizona hosts multiple volcanic fi...
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The devastating landslide and flood in Nepal last week was not only recorded on Alaska's seismic network, it also echoes the types of threats we face here. Click for a 3-minute read from our state seismologist on cascading hazards.
earthquake.alaska.edu
Seismic waves from Nepal’s landslide-flood reached Alaska, and so should the lessons | Alaska Earthquake Center
A massive collapse high in the mountains in glacier terrain, followed by massive flooding—this is the setting of the recent horrific flood along the Nepal border, but it also sounds familiar to many…
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Cleaning up is part of fieldwork! Here's the helicopter slinging 7 old batteries from seismic station WAX back to Cordova.
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s #FieldworkFriday! The field team visited our station on Waxell Ridge (WAX) on its birthday! 🥳 This site next to Bering Glacier was installed by the USGS in 1975. Working around a slew of bad weather days, this visit the team installed new satellite and radio antennas, and 24 new batteries.
Graphic with a photo of a seismic station hut with a glacier in the background in the middle, with cartoon of a birthday cake to the left and cartoon of balloons on the right. Text at the top reads "Happy Birthday WAX! August 22, 1975 - August 22, 2026". The Alaska Earthquake Center logo is in the bottom right corner.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We’ve had quite an active earthquake swarm south of Nikolski in the Aleutian Islands since Monday night, including 7 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater, and a magnitude 6.3 earthquake early this morning. On-duty seismologist Derreck Gossett's animation shows how the swarm has progressed thus far!
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ya hopefully nothing happens to any solo hikers
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Glad you are ok.
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Genealogy Gecko, PhD. @genealogygecko.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I was just browsing the Guardian and now I am wondering why not even our local AZ news has covered this: 15 people may be missing in the Grand Canyon after major flash flood.
theguardian.com
At least 15 people may be missing after flash flood in Arizona’s Grand Canyon
Dozens evacuated after flash-flood event near Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch, officials say
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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Same
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
BREAKING: The National Park Service says more than 20 may be missing after a “significant flash flood” hit the Grand Canyon on Saturday. “If you know of anyone who may have been hiking or backpacking in these areas, please contact the NPS Investigative Services Branch Tip Line: 888-653-0009,”
sfchronicle.com
More than 20 may be missing after ‘significant flash flood’ at Grand Canyon
National Park officials closed down the Bright Angel Canyon area as they anticipated a chance of renewed flash flooding through Monday.
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