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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Thank you!!! These are the best things ever. I think I'm going to get cut off soon by the hubby... He keeps wondering how often I need to blow my nose.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just nabbed me an Erebus one :) Woohoo!

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just got to say - thank you! This was an amazing trip. Met so many amazing folks and made new friends, saw so many cool rocks and learned a ton. Thank you!!!!!

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tiger had the time of his life at Mt Rainier. And me too, to be fair. #glaciervolcano

Small stuffed tiger toy sitting on rocks in the foreground. In the background is large ice covered mountain.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Anyone know of a free Rock ID app? One where you point it at a rock and it tells you what it is? Asking for a friend. No, seriously, asking for an actual friend...

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Sharing this as widely as possible - Please help us find Zamil and Nahida. 2 USF Grad students are missing. www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo...

tampabay.com

Police seek help to find 2 missing USF doctoral students

Zamil Limon and Nahida S. Bristy, both 27, were last seen Thursday.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Thanks! Didn't know I needed that break from doomscrolling...

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Lab is tissued up and ready for the fall semester! These are so beautiful!! Love them :) @phaneritic.bsky.social

Two tissue box covers in the shape of Tahoma Volcano. The one on the right is beautiful stripey reds, yellows, blues and greens (InSAR), and the one on the left is a shiny blue green.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Mara has always been terrified of dogs. Apart from Lothar. She loves him. When we asked her why she's OK with him she said "But he's ok, he's a bear".... Bye bye big bear :( We love you. Hugs hugs hugs to you all.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Nooooooooooo..... I don't have words. I'm so so sorry. Poor baby :( And poor humans. Oh Lothar, you touched so many.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

wow! Bummer for the delays, but that's an awesome picture - hey, you could make tissue box covers of those ;)

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Having just survived #IAVCEI2025 in Geneva with 35degs, in a literal greenhouse, in a building that was fitted with aircon, but they "weren't allowed" to turn it on. Yes. THIS.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

You know you've ruined* your kids when you're on holiday and your 5yr old says "Mamma, is that a volcano...?" :) #notavolcano

Landscape photo of a big lake, with mountains on the other side of the lake, and fancy building on the near shore

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 16/06/2025

What are the challenges #LGBTQIA+ #scientists face during #fieldwork? The latest #GeoLog article highlights these issues and offers ways to make fieldwork safer and more #inclusive. Check it out here 👉 : egu.eu/3BIRWM 📷: François Dulac on imaggeo.egu.eu

Image description: A person observing a rainbow in a rocky landscape, with text reading : "EGUBlogs Queer Quarterly: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion during fieldwork. Read more."

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Would be great to meet up! I'm also hoping to schedule a UAS In Volc get-together if enough folks are interested.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We're looking for volcano researchers who use drones to fill out a short(ish) survey on typical field practices and use of UAS. We'll present some preliminary results at IAVCEI in Geneva @iavcei.bsky.social next month. Survey here: forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz... Thank you!!!

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Then and now: a post-workshop survey

It's been a little over two years since the inaugural "Lessons-Learned Community-Driven Workshop to Define Best Practices for Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) use in Volcanology" at IAVCEI 2023. Techno...

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Hello!! You got this mamma! I'm so happy to find you on this side of the BlueSky. And congratulations on the little one. Life changes in ways you never expect when you see the world through their eyes. I'm still volcano wrangling and messing with drones :)

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

And this is why geodesy matters. Want to know where your aircraft is the next time you fly? Guess what. Position information is important...

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

OMG! You are officially my hero now!

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Dammit! You only posted this 2hrs ago and I'm already too late :) (But good for you - they are awesome!)

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🌙NoxuArts - Commission status: OPEN! @notyournyx.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Always 💖 Don't make me tap the sign

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

"specialist in bathroom decor." oh yes!

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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

A word of caution: it might feel like that grant/paper/review cannot possibly wait over the Christmas period, but you can't get time with friends and family back. You likely won't be like "really wish I'd submitted that" in 5 years time but you might regret not spending time with those you love.

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Yup! Forget geoscience, Etsy has decided you are a specialist in bathroom decor now :) Hahaha!

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

"Phaneritic is a star seller. Specializes in bathroom decor". Yessssssss..... finally nabbed one of these beauties :)

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Isobel Gray 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ @isobelsgray.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Please sign the Reading Lib Dems' petition against the malicious and completely unjustified ban on puberty blockers.

readinglibdems.org.uk

End the ban on puberty blockers

Sign our petition to end the cynical and immoral ban on puberty blockers

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Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Congratulations to Angela Palmer for winning the Art in Stone award from the Stone Federation for her works Torus of Time and Tower of Time. Torus of Time, which represents 3 billion years of geological history made of stones collected by Angela from across the UK, is now on display at the Museum

The artwork Torus of Time stands in our historic main court, flanked by statues of pioneers of science, carved pillars, and fossils. The artwork is a stone ring, about a meter radius, made of 17 different types of stone arranged in chronological order, all smoothed together to form one continuous loop on a slab of Devonian Ballymagreehan Granodiorite.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 06/12/2024

Seismologists xkcd.com/3021

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Oh, are those tissue boxes still for sale? I cried when I missed that boat...

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Yes! Exactly this! Thanks @seismatters.bsky.social for putting it into words. It's seen as a fun 'extra' thing to do in your spare time, or a half arsed 'broader impacts' on a grant, but the attitude of not spending time on it or it'll detract you from 'real work' needs to change. IT IS IMPORTANT!

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

So what are we calling Tweeps now? Is is Bleeps? Skeeps? Skyples? Someone gotta make a dictionary for us newcomers...

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Volcaholic @volcaholic1.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This morning’s view of the new eruption in Iceland. Stunning 🤩 Link to livestream below 👇 #Iceland #IcelandVolcano

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I make sure that book sits next to our big lab table. Don't know how many students have read it, but it gets moved often... Hope that even reading the title helps normalise that mental health is important. Thank you for this book!

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Congrats on the little bundle! What joy :) Yay for academic mammas!

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hi, I'm Mel. I wanted to be a volcanologist, and no, I didn't "grow out of it".

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Mel Rodgers @volcanomel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

It's like "hello old friend". This feels like twitter used to be 10yrs ago, when social media was actually a nice place to be. And hello real old friends... It's nice to see you!

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