Erika
@elevatedmn.bsky.social
Groundwater, hydrogeology, public utilities for the public. Probably too much manganese. Just Give People All The Things! Also love books, Judaica, and cats. she/her. #QueerInSTEM
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I want us to stay focused on the grief of this terrible moment, but when Black people tell you not to touch something, that is not a challenge. Some things are ours for a reason. We can remember Renee Good as the person she was and the circumstances of her murder without co-opting Black suffering.
“Say her name” is not about allyship. It’s a term crafted for people who are the focus of violence that deliberately erases us. It’s not for her, and it wouldn’t be for her, even if she were Heather Heyer, who didn’t get it when she died for civil rights. Can you understand that?
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
I want us to stay focused on the grief of this terrible moment, but when Black people tell you not to touch something, that is not a challenge. Some things are ours for a reason. We can remember Renee Good as the person she was and the circumstances of her murder without co-opting Black suffering.
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More from the Cactus Wren nest 🪶
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
More from the Cactus Wren nest 🪶
*counting...* OH I see, it all goes off the rail when you get to sediment transport. Just can't help yourself :D
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
*counting...* OH I see, it all goes off the rail when you get to sediment transport. Just can't help yourself :D
Can I audit? LOL. I took sed-strat in college and liked it but have forgotten so much that I wish I remembered! (But also I give you a month, maybe before you derail 😀)
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Can I audit? LOL. I took sed-strat in college and liked it but have forgotten so much that I wish I remembered! (But also I give you a month, maybe before you derail 😀)
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Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
You are in luck and have some good listening ahead!!! It's just one guy, Geir Jenssen, and he's a damn genius and has a huge catalog!
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
You are in luck and have some good listening ahead!!! It's just one guy, Geir Jenssen, and he's a damn genius and has a huge catalog!
Are you a Biosphere fan? I feel like song makes an incredible listening pair with Stars Die. youtu.be/jpl2fYgT9_U?...
Biosphere - Startoucher
YouTube video by DP
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January 8, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Are you a Biosphere fan? I feel like song makes an incredible listening pair with Stars Die. youtu.be/jpl2fYgT9_U?...
Stars Die was the first Porcupine Tree song I ever heard back in the mid-90s and it remains a favorite (maybe most favorite?).
January 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Stars Die was the first Porcupine Tree song I ever heard back in the mid-90s and it remains a favorite (maybe most favorite?).
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Disheartening to learn that after 18 years, founder Ken-ichi Ueda has left iNaturalist, citing irreconcilable differences in the direction of the company.
kueda.net/blog/2026/01...
He has a Patreon while he figures out his next move: www.patreon.com/cw/kueda
kueda.net/blog/2026/01...
He has a Patreon while he figures out his next move: www.patreon.com/cw/kueda
Why I Left iNaturalist
After almost 18 years, I left iNaturalist, the product and organization I helped create. I left because I don’t believe the current Leadership team is pointing the product in the right direction, and ...
kueda.net
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Disheartening to learn that after 18 years, founder Ken-ichi Ueda has left iNaturalist, citing irreconcilable differences in the direction of the company.
kueda.net/blog/2026/01...
He has a Patreon while he figures out his next move: www.patreon.com/cw/kueda
kueda.net/blog/2026/01...
He has a Patreon while he figures out his next move: www.patreon.com/cw/kueda
They hadn’t salted the lot yet so I may have done a little sliiiide into the parking spot!
January 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
They hadn’t salted the lot yet so I may have done a little sliiiide into the parking spot!
We had a little wintry mix event overnight that glazed everything with a thin layer of ice. Slow, slippery start today!
January 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
We had a little wintry mix event overnight that glazed everything with a thin layer of ice. Slow, slippery start today!
"friendly hosts, great location, bring your own...everything"
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"friendly hosts, great location, bring your own...everything"
If you take him to Latvia and get him stoned is he a baked Riga-Tony?
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
If you take him to Latvia and get him stoned is he a baked Riga-Tony?
They are perfect little feline angels of course how could we have all assumed otherwise I have no idea 😽
January 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM
They are perfect little feline angels of course how could we have all assumed otherwise I have no idea 😽
Ugh sorry to hear. That’s far too much dentist. Don’t even give you one of this punch cards for something free at the end.
January 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Ugh sorry to hear. That’s far too much dentist. Don’t even give you one of this punch cards for something free at the end.
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In other cities (and in other times), this would be hitting national news. Boston sees itself as an "exceptional" progressive city but like other cities it has jails, cages where people are murdered. The mayor is silent and unaccountable. It is unacceptable.
#bospoli #mapoli #FreeThemAll
#bospoli #mapoli #FreeThemAll
@bostonglobe.com has now published the footage and spoken to four witnesses who saw state agents beat an innocent man to death on Dec 7, 2025 in Boston, while he was restrained.
Shacoby Kenny murdered in plain sight. @mapoli.bsky.social @bospoli.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
Shacoby Kenny murdered in plain sight. @mapoli.bsky.social @bospoli.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/27/m...
‘The brother was being beat on’: Inmates detail violence that preceded South Bay death - The Boston Globe
A 32-year-old man who died on Dec. 8 had a history of mental health issues; officers chased him before subduing him, witnesses say.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:41 AM
In other cities (and in other times), this would be hitting national news. Boston sees itself as an "exceptional" progressive city but like other cities it has jails, cages where people are murdered. The mayor is silent and unaccountable. It is unacceptable.
#bospoli #mapoli #FreeThemAll
#bospoli #mapoli #FreeThemAll
I actually think it's mostly due to a dearth of good fun designs. I think the geologist market for cool and slightly gaudy themed clothing is HUGE but no one's come up with something that really hits the spot. Bio stuff is available mass-market at places like Svaha. Not so much with geo.
January 6, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I actually think it's mostly due to a dearth of good fun designs. I think the geologist market for cool and slightly gaudy themed clothing is HUGE but no one's come up with something that really hits the spot. Bio stuff is available mass-market at places like Svaha. Not so much with geo.
oh nooooo. and on a school trip too. 😬
for me it was walking into a parking meter in Boston because I was too busy looking up at things. highly embarrassing and I gave myself some good bruises.
for me it was walking into a parking meter in Boston because I was too busy looking up at things. highly embarrassing and I gave myself some good bruises.
January 6, 2026 at 12:20 AM
oh nooooo. and on a school trip too. 😬
for me it was walking into a parking meter in Boston because I was too busy looking up at things. highly embarrassing and I gave myself some good bruises.
for me it was walking into a parking meter in Boston because I was too busy looking up at things. highly embarrassing and I gave myself some good bruises.
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A sensational guest post by Derek Cronmiller, Theron Finley Panya Lipovsky and Jan Dettmer of the Yukon Geological Survey: Photos and Preliminary Observations from an Overview Flight of the 6 December 2025 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake, Yukon Territory, Canada.
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 AM
A sensational guest post by Derek Cronmiller, Theron Finley Panya Lipovsky and Jan Dettmer of the Yukon Geological Survey: Photos and Preliminary Observations from an Overview Flight of the 6 December 2025 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake, Yukon Territory, Canada.
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
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Yay! Dr. Tanya Atwater finally getting public credit for her (very big) role in the plate tectonics revolution.
The discovery that the continents are in continuous motion is fairly recent—dating back only to the late 1960s — and one woman was responsible for decoding what it meant for California and much of the West Coast.
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Drifters and the introduction of plate tectonics - High Country News
How the San Andreas fault and Tanya Atwater’s theory changed geology.
www.hcn.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Yay! Dr. Tanya Atwater finally getting public credit for her (very big) role in the plate tectonics revolution.
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Shout out to the people who have been out there every weekend making this happen 🙌 Follow these ass kicked to see their work in action! @teslatakedownla.bsky.social @dave-the-wave.bsky.social @joellava.bsky.social @bronsonland.bsky.social #TeslaTakedown www.autoblog.com/news/teslas-...
Tesla’s Diner Went From Viral Sensation to Empty Pit Stop in Six Months
From almost 1,000 burgers a day to a ghost town within six months, Tesla’s LA diner mirrors the brand's broader struggle to keep its momentum.
www.autoblog.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Shout out to the people who have been out there every weekend making this happen 🙌 Follow these ass kicked to see their work in action! @teslatakedownla.bsky.social @dave-the-wave.bsky.social @joellava.bsky.social @bronsonland.bsky.social #TeslaTakedown www.autoblog.com/news/teslas-...
I am a weirdo who likes it grey 😬 it’s sunny weather when I’m tired that I can’t stand.
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I am a weirdo who likes it grey 😬 it’s sunny weather when I’m tired that I can’t stand.
The malaise is real today.
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The malaise is real today.
Yes! Also, that’s a good shirt. 👍
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Yes! Also, that’s a good shirt. 👍
Sometimes I see pine needles and plant fluff flying by my window and it's inevitably due to an adorable bird cavorting in the gutter!
January 4, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Sometimes I see pine needles and plant fluff flying by my window and it's inevitably due to an adorable bird cavorting in the gutter!