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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Read this and realized I've run into a few of these websites before. In every case, it was a pile of AI slop masquerading as a real website.

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

August 21, 1949 - a damaging M8.1 #earthquake (one of the largest ever recorded in North America) struck off #HaidaGwaii. Shaking was so strong that it was hard to stand. Felt across most of #BritishColumbia, parts of Alberta, WA, Yukon and Alaska www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his... ⚒️🧪

Map showing the location of the 1949 M8.1 Haida Gwaii earthquake. Colours indicate the felt shaking and the strength of shaking. Shaking was so strong on parts of Haida Gwaii that it twas difficult to stand.

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

77 years ago tonight - a M8.1 #earthquake off #HaidaGwaii ruptured a 500-km-long segment of the Queen Charlotte Fault ("Canada's San Andreas Fault"). The average slip along the #fault was ~5 m. Shaking was so strong that it was hard to stand. More than 100 aftershocks were felt on Haida Gwaii. ⚒️🧪🇨🇦

Map showing the location of the M8.1 earthquake of 1949 and the M7.8 earthquake of 2012. The rupture zone of the 1949 earthquake (shown on the map) extended for about 500 km along the Queen Charlotte Fault. The 2012 earthquake was a subduction earthquake on the Haida Gwaii Thrust fault.

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

There was a little shake on the west coast of Graham Island that USGS posted about (and Emergency BC also mentioned) but curiously NRCanada does not have listed

A screenshot of the natural resources Canada's earthquake site displaying the last month of events for the Haida Gwaii area.

A screenshot from the USGS earthquake site that lists the August 3rd 4.8 magnitude earthquake just off the West coast of Moresby Island on the west coast of Haida Gwaii

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A special issue of the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences honours Roy and highlights some of his many scientific accomplishments: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

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Geophysical studies of the lithosphere and plate boundaries: special issue in honour of Roy D. Hyndman

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Great question - thanks! It is a complicated region, with a number of faults (and different types). There is a transform fault (QCF) that extends from southeast AK to south of Haida Gwaii and the Haida Gwaii thrust fault (e.g., the 2012 M7.8 earthquake). Research is still underway - so "other"?

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Interesting that USGS lists the major fault types - not sure why Haida Gwaii is listed as "other" but suspect it is due to recent studies about the newly emerging subduction fault (?) paging @earthquakeguy.bsky.social

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Had a nap rudely interrupted by a tiny earthquake 🫨

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

What an incredible technology via Andriod phones - built in accelerometers pick up seismic waves and send out alerts, in an area without an early warning system #earthquakes @earthquakeguy.bsky.social

This image is of a map showing the Venezuela area around Caracas and the number of Android phones that picked up the seismic waves that then sent alerts out to millions of Android users in the area warning them of the earthquake

A picture of an article; Jose Flores was driving to see his family on Wednesday in Caracas, Venezuela when a loud earthquake alert went off on his wife's Google Android phone 6 seconds later, he felt the Earth starting to shake. Venezuela does not have a national early warning system of its own, but people with Android phones received alerts from Google's earthquake alert system, which can pull data for more than 2 billion phones equipped with built-in accelerometers. The same sensor that detects rotation on the screen can also sense vibrations from seismic waves

A picture from a screenshot of an article: the epicenters of the quakes in Venezuela were beneath highly populated areas within 3 seconds. Phones sensed the p waves of the first quake said Mark stogiatis, a principal engineer at Google who works on the early warning system. 6 seconds later the system identified an earthquake and sent out the first alerts. The system is continuously receiving and processing data as an earthquake develops the system often tweaks the magnitude time, location and alert area. Google system sensed the increasing magnitude of the Venezuela earthquakes and the alert region grew as the earthquake crew several seconds. After the earthquake, a second stronger earthquake hit and more alerts were sent as the seismic waves from both events overlapped each other. The system treated it as a single large event alerting those experiencing shaking from both events he said

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 10/06/2026

It's almost as if it's not the federal government that is the problem so much as the weak-ass business case for new pipelines.

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Did you feel shaking on #HaidaGwaii at 1:35 p.m. today? That was a M4 #earthquake located off the east coast, 31 km from Daajing Giids and 37 km from Port Clements. Details: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2026/... Please report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/dyfi-lavr/fo... ⚒️🧪

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Another #earthquake on Haida Gwaii, shook longer! Maybe 4m ish? 13:35 #haidagwaii

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Feels like a bunch of little earthquakes going through Haida Gwaii today - family + neighbours were buzzing about this morning (May 10 around 11:26 am PST) and then another at 3:45 pm PST that was mentioned by USGS. Just now all my windows creaked + floor flexed briefly

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Ooo little earthquake about 45 min ago, what an odd roll #haidagwaii #earthquake looks like a 4.1m on the west coast by tasu inlet

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Turns out the residential school denialist movement is really just a handful of fired or retired academics who created an email group to create denialist content that is being boosted by far-right media, think tanks, and politicians to attack truth and reconciliation: thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

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Who’s Behind the Residential School Denialism Movement? | The Tyee

A network of retired academics and think tanks is chipping away at established truths.

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Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · 09/05/2026

For the @nytimes.com, I covered a massive landslide in Alaska last August that generated the second-largest tsunami wave on record. Here's the story, in video form.

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

We built a retirement home for the oldest street dogs in Thailand. I promise this will put a huge smile on your face

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

this really is a significant blow to the global far right. Hungary under Orban was more than a financier and place to host events: it was a proof of concept

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

DRIPA isn't the problem - it's centuries of governments of BC trying to evade their own legal responsibilities. Help us spread the word! share.nwmd.social/s/wPhPAy2Y

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The Declaration Act is about human rights

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Jisgang Collison 🦅 @jisgang.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Add your voice: First Nations Leadership Council response to Government of BC's misguided minds. #indigenous #bc #dripa #undrip #humanrights nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...

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The Declaration Act is about human rights - add your voice to the campaign | British Columbia Assembly of First Nations

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

In one move doing more to regulate AI than any single western politician

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Happy Spring!

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Canada's Quakes of 2025 The Haida Gwaii region is one of Canada's seismic hotspots. During 2025, 1248 #earthquakes (M0.7-4.8) were located here (few were felt). Note that several M7-8 earthquakes have occurred here during the past 100 years. www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his... ⚒️🧪🇨🇦

A map of western Canada showing the 1248 earthquakes located in the vicinity of Haida Gwaii during 2025. The largest earthquake was a M4.8 earthquake located offshore, to the south of Haida Gwaii.

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Serious situation on Haida Gwaii - the north end of the island is completely cut off from the south end. The hwy is washed out at jungle beach, sections of pavement gone. The Yakoun River is flooded + the back road is impassable at several points. No way to get to ferry, no freight delivery

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Hwy 16 on Haida Gwaii has been closed due to a washout from extensive flooding at Jungle Beach. They are waiting until first light tomorrow to assess the damage.

A screenshot of a map showing where Lawn Hill road and Miller road are off of Highway 16 on Haida Gwaii. The road is closed until first light December 29th due to extensive flooding.

A screenshot of traffic blocked off from traveling from a flooded section of Highway 16 on Haida Gwaii

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Another year, and another 6000+ earthquakes recorded across #Canada. Stay tuned over the next week or so to learn more about Canada's #earthquakes of 2025... the largest, the most widely felt, the swarms, the science. Where and why? Feel free to ask questions (responses may be delayed a bit). ⚒️🧪🇨🇦

Map of Canada showing the earthquakes (6000+) located during 2025.
The most recent earthquakes are plotted as yellow filled circles.
Plate tectonic boundaries are shown as thin blue lines.

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Not sure what is happening in Port Clements tonight, two long rumbling sequences, almost like a rock slide? At 10:15 and 10:21 pm. Too late for blasting, what the heck. The last one rattled the house windows

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SFU Faculty of Science @sfuscience.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Mount Meager is active and unstable, putting Pemberton residents at risk. Canada's first volcano monitoring station will provide continuous monitoring and help researchers like Earth Sciences prof @volcancanuck.bsky.social develop an early warning system www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/c...

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Canada’s first volcano monitoring station set to be installed on Mount Meager in spring

‘It’s active, but it’s not actively erupting,’ says volcanologist Glyn Williams-Jones

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Always a bad time for us when westerly winds are high #haidagwaii AC plane couldn't land due to dangerous crosswinds & Alliford ferry cancelled.

A picture of the backyard in Haida Gwaii, where the ocean has come over the breakwater and flooded, due to high westerly winds. The waves were so high. They knocked logs up into the yard. Scary!

Backyard flooding due to storm surge after strong Westerly winds.

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Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 06/12/2025

Made a little animated GIF showing the demise of the V3 camera at the summit of Kīlauea during today's eruption. #hawaii #volcano

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.

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This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.

After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I had my doubts about the new weather warning Haida Gwaii received yesterday (coastal flooding) - but damn they were correct. Highway is currently closed

A web camera still of Highway 16 at Tlell and Wiggins road. The road surface is covered in seawater rocks and logs, due to a SE storm. The highway is currently closed until the debris can be cleaned up and the tide has gone down.

Waves going over the breakwater and striking the road surface at Tlell.

A new weather warning that environment Canada issued for Haida Gwaii calling for coastal flooding risk.

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I accdientally made a Roman Aqueduct builder game

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Large earthquakes in eastern #Canada? Yes. November 1, 1935: a damaging M6.1 quake struck Témiscaming, #Québec. Chimneys collapsed, landslides were triggered. Felt across #Ontario, QC, NB and from Chicago to #NYC to Virginia. Details: earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his... ⚒️🧪

Map showing how the November 1, 1935 M6.1 Témiscaming, #Québec was felt across eastern North America. Shaking was felt across ON, QC, NB and from Chicago to New York City to Virginia.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/11/2025

Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.

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Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash

Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

13 years ago today (at 8:04 pm) a M7.8 earthquake rocked #HaidaGwaii. This offshore #earthquake was felt to more than 1000 km distance, caused strong shaking, landslides, a tsunami and was followed by 1000's of aftershocks link.springer.com/article/10.1... pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bssa/issue/1... ⚒️🧪

A map of Haida Gwaii showing the location of the 2012 M7.8 earthquake and aftershocks.

A map of British Columbia showing where and how ground shaking from the 2012 M7.8 earthquake was felt. Shaking ranged from very strong on Haida Gwaii to weak shaking on Vancouver Island.

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Fish in the forest, seaweed in trees? Yes - 13 years ago tonight, the M7.8 #HaidaGwaii earthquake generated the world's largest #tsunami of 2012. Runup to 13m in some inlets left seaweed in trees and fish in the forest. If you are near water and feel long and strong shaking, go to high ground. 🧪🌊⚒️

A photo of seaweed in trees and a GPS unit to measure the height above sea level. The seaweed in the trees was deposited by the October 27th, 2012 tsunami generated by an offshore M7.8 earthquake. GSC photo.

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I'm so sad that BC has legislation that this practice is to be abolished, and yet Eby has refused to move forward on it. It's so stupid

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Weird explosion? Or something concussive shock the housing Port Clements?

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Are you ready for the #ShakeOut drill tomorrow (10:16 a.m. Oct. 16th)? Do you want to learn more about #earthquakes and #tsunamis? Bring your questions and join us this evening at 7 p.m. PT for our free Webinar and Q+A session. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @shakeoutbc.bsky.social ⚒️🧪🇨🇦

Image of a poster highlighting this evening's Earthquake Webinar and question and answer session as a part of ShakeOut week.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is one week away. To talk more about September 30 and some other important issues, APTN News spoke with Indigenous Services Canada Minister Mandy Gull-Masty.

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Is reconciliation at a standstill? We ask the minister of Indigenous Services Canada | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Jon Stewart doesn't miss ☠️☠️☠️

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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Did you feel shaking on Haida Gwaii at 1:45 p.m. today (September 15)? That was a M4.2 earthquake located off the west coast, 75 km west of Daajing Giids. Details/report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/... This is not an unusual event for this region. No impacts expected. ⚒️🧪

Seismograms showing ground shaking from this afternoon's (1:45 p.m. PT 15 September) M4.2 earthquake located just to the west of Haida Gwaii (75 km west of Daajing Giids).

Map showing the location of today's (September 15) M4.2 earthquake located 75 km to the west of Daajing Giids.

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westwardrain.bsky.social @westwardrain.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

My aunt was 5 yrs old and at Cumshewa camp in South Moresby during this earthquake, and remembers the big log piles tumbling into the ocean.

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David Roth @drmetwatch.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I mean…come on… The moon through the top of Erin’s eye last night, taken by the #hurricanehunters

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