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Ryan J Hollister

@phaneritic.bsky.social

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Earth & EnviroSci Educator, Central Valley equity/sustainability advocate, Hiker, Photographer, 2015 NAGT FW Outstanding Educator. 🌋 Tissue Box Maker. ❤️🏕⛰🏜 w/ @Xenolith & Z.

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · May 22

I’m Ryan, an earth science educator & curriculum developer at two colleges in Central California. I’ve had a hand in some cool virtual field experience innovations, but lately I’m the “Volcano Tissue Box Guy”. I’m pinning my Etsy store link here for when I release batches.

phaneritic.etsy.com

Me, a white guy standing on Johnston Ridge in front of Mount Saint Helens on a partly cloudy day. The mountain is visible with lots of green growth on the landslide zone in the mid ground. I’m leaning on a stone wall with my butt holding a black tissue box cover holder that also looks like Mount Saint Helens.

Screenshot of science Fridays website that hosts my virtual field trip to columns of the Giants and Central California. It says science Friday in the top left-hand corner underneath which is a picture of the tallest pile at the columns of the Giants full of brown and black, the salt boulders with a few pine trees in the distance There is a hexagon with a light bulb as a page brake with a title underneath that says embark on a 360° geologic expedition.

https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/360-degree-expedition/

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 2h

Nice to have found you over here! It’s a pretty good place!

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 6h

Monday @ 4pm PT: I'll have a livestream focused on significant early-season storm that will be moving across CA Mon into Tue. Widespread rain, Sierra snow, & even some severe SoCal t-storms? And what are the links to a West Pacific typhoon? #CAwx

Weather & climate office hour 10/13/25: Early season CA storm: Rain, snow, & SoCal thunderstorms! - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and...

www.youtube.com

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 8h

Ice cave collapse at Zmutt Glacier! 🧊🌊

Matterhorn at the background 🏔

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 8h

Sometimes. But he’ll follow the money before he follows what’s just.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 10h

The only thing more futile and demoralizing than teaching in Texas is the academic job market.

Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 15h

There are so few academic jobs, and thousands of excellent scholars are all trying to move at the same time due to location.

‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics

www.theguardian.com

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 9h

Hops season is at peak in Grandview WA. These trucks are delivering the hop vines to a picking machine where they will be hung upside down to strip the cones from the vines then separated & cleaned before drying the hops with hot air and cooled for local breweries. #WeFeedYou

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 9h

Ambitiously cool.

Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 9h

This is another reason why Newsom will never get my vote for president. He only operates on self interest, not moral or just interests.

andybrwn @andybrwn.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h

Newsom vetoes bill on disclosure of data-center water use | Sacramento Bee (gift link) https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312472459.html?giftCode=7cc1b57fbde21d5caa17d1736d99df043f15beec42e326bda7b8a0c7d7369804

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 17h

First big snow of the season for the Sierra thanks to a big cold upper low moving down the coast from Pac NW then across CA in days ahead. Widespread 1-2+ feet expected per NWS.

Sierra snowfall forecast shows a max of 3 feet with many of the resorts picking up a solid pasting.

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Dr Elisabeth Kosters @elisabethkosters.bsky.social · 18h

Looking West through Minas Passage, Nova Scotia

Partridge Island to the left, Cape Sharp to the right: the curve of Cape Split in the distant left

Highest tide range in the world. More water goes through Minas Passage twice a day than all the world’s rivers carry to the sea daily

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Adam Pascale @seislologist.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #earthscienceweek so I thought I’d go into a bit more detail on how educators can use to our Quick Quake tool to demonstrate how @earthquakes.au seismologists quickly calculate the location and magnitude of an earthquake. It works on macOS machines with Apple Silicon too.

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Jan Null, CCM @ggweather.bsky.social · 1d

Conditions were too good tonight, with clear skies and a late moonrise, to not chase the Milky Way. It was definitiely worth the trip. Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park, 10/11/2025. (Tech notes: Nikon D850, 22mm, f3.2, iso 800, single 20 sec exposure)

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

Smoke on the San Lorenzo River from prescribed fire, near the big trees at Henry Cowell Redwoods. #RxFire #SantaCruzMountains

Cloud of smoke on the river under blue skies, trees line riverbanks.

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

We liked it a lot :-)…

Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

Down the ol’ hatch.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

Great egret having a fishy snack.

Two pics. Zoomed out and zoomed in.

#birds

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, sounds like very authentic decorating to me.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 1d

Models are trending up 📈 for #snow in the #Sierra and #Tahoe from Monday-Wednesday. This morning’s data has 15-20” of snow at @cssl.bsky.social near Donner Summit. Some of this will melt initially due to warm ground temps, but this would be a memorable October snow. #CAwx

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 1d

There have been quite a few big earthquakes lately. Are they related? Are we having more big earthquakes than usual? Here’s a quick video addressing some of those questions.

youtube.com/shorts/WoKBH...

There have been a lot of earthquakes lately - are they related?

YouTube video by Dr. Wendy Rocks

youtube.com

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

Here is a closer look at the record low #Arctic sea ice around Svalbard currently. This coincides with the record warmth as well (check out my earlier post). Earlier last week temperatures in parts of Svalbard were more similar to July than October.

Graphic produced by cryo.met.no/en/sea-ice-i...

Line graph time series of Svalbard sea ice area for 2025 compared to 2012 2020, and the 1981-2010 average with percentiles shown. There is a large seasonal cycle.

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

What. The. Hell. What was that driver thinking?

Elizabeth H @elizabethh.bsky.social · 4d

I'm really surprised the truck got past the first hairpin turn (assuming it's coming west). Usually that trips up semis.

Also... this is not a truck route for a reason.

mymotherlode.com/news/local/1...

Update: Big Rig Stuck On Highway 108 Sonora Pass - myMotherLode.com

The CHP reports that the highway has been shut down on "dead man's curve" near Kennedy Meadows so the wreckage can be removed.

mymotherlode.com

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Mark Tingay @marktingay.bsky.social · 1d

⚒️🧪 Fiery eruption of Otman-Bozdagh mud volcano in Azerbaijan!

The Otman-Bozdagh mud volcano erupted at ~8:27am local time today (11/10/25).

Three eruption phases of between 4-12 minutes were recorded over an ~40 minute period.

Video source: @_yagha_

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

Yeeesh

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 1d

The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.

Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...

Table of how many federal employees have been laid off in the latest RIF (Reduction in Force). This is from an OMB legal filing from Oct 10. For each agency, it lists number of fired employees, RIF notice date, and whether the administrations has recalled any of those employees to do work. Total headcount is 4,100 across 8 agencies. Treasury (1446) and HHS (1200) are the most affected. EPA (30) had the fewest layoffs this time.

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 1d

This makes me so sad! My favorite media interviews were with Science in Action - somehow the conversation just flowed, and I got unexpected compliments from distant friends and colleagues who happened to tune in. The world needs more in-depth, accessible coverage of science, not less.

Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 1d

Science in Action on the BBC World Service celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014, but sadly won't be around to celebrate its 61st next month.
#BudgetCuts

Let's hope Quirks & Quarks reaches a healthy old age.🎉🍾🎉

Denis Gilbert 🌎 @denis-gilbert.ca · 2d

CBC Radio's science show 'Quirks & Quarks' celebrated its 50-year anniversary in a fun episode that invited experts to discuss the last 50 years of research in cosmology, genetics, climate, computers, agriculture and speculate on the next 50 years! 🧪

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

#SciComm #Science

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