Mike Ross
@eruptionchaser.bsky.social
Mike Ross (he/him)
Red Team Leader | PSA Delegate
National Geohazards Monitoring Centre | Te Puna Mōrearea i te Rū
Geologist, firefighter, hacker, dad.
Tolerance for intolerance zero. Toitū Te Tiriti.
Red Team Leader | PSA Delegate
National Geohazards Monitoring Centre | Te Puna Mōrearea i te Rū
Geologist, firefighter, hacker, dad.
Tolerance for intolerance zero. Toitū Te Tiriti.
Well that's the first time I've seen slipping on a solar storm plot!
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Well that's the first time I've seen slipping on a solar storm plot!
BUGGER.
(Spoiler: controller is not removed...)
(Spoiler: controller is not removed...)
January 18, 2026 at 7:49 AM
BUGGER.
(Spoiler: controller is not removed...)
(Spoiler: controller is not removed...)
Charging at 260kW! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Elon!
January 18, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Charging at 260kW! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Elon!
Was on the picket line in solidarity with striking NZ firefighters today.
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Was on the picket line in solidarity with striking NZ firefighters today.
Just dusted off my ancient AS/400 and powered it up... it failed quickly, with an error code... googled, and this was the first result I found for that error code.
FML
FML
January 11, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Just dusted off my ancient AS/400 and powered it up... it failed quickly, with an error code... googled, and this was the first result I found for that error code.
FML
FML
Well the NeXTStation may not have been entirely successful but with a replacement PRAM battery the NeXTdimension Cube came right up first try! ✊
January 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Well the NeXTStation may not have been entirely successful but with a replacement PRAM battery the NeXTdimension Cube came right up first try! ✊
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A very happy "fuck you" to John Stallard of Warlord Games, who is worried about "wokeism" killing wargames and thinks women don't play them, possibly because women don't want to hang around twats like John.
And how did taking on female wargamers go for the non-"woke" side last time, John?
And how did taking on female wargamers go for the non-"woke" side last time, John?
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
January 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
A very happy "fuck you" to John Stallard of Warlord Games, who is worried about "wokeism" killing wargames and thinks women don't play them, possibly because women don't want to hang around twats like John.
And how did taking on female wargamers go for the non-"woke" side last time, John?
And how did taking on female wargamers go for the non-"woke" side last time, John?
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This is a list of all the female kākāpō in the world. They are spread across three islands; Whenua Hou, Pukenui, and Te Kakahu.
The fact they are all named and listed on one whiteboard shows how endangered this species is.
The fact they are all named and listed on one whiteboard shows how endangered this species is.
It's started! The 2026 #kakapo breeding season is under way, with the first nest found on Whenua Hou today. Pearl is on two eggs. #conservation #parrots #birds
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This is a list of all the female kākāpō in the world. They are spread across three islands; Whenua Hou, Pukenui, and Te Kakahu.
The fact they are all named and listed on one whiteboard shows how endangered this species is.
The fact they are all named and listed on one whiteboard shows how endangered this species is.
Good news, good news! After too many years of sitting in the garage, it Just Worked!
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Good news, good news! After too many years of sitting in the garage, it Just Worked!
Could be nothing but... there's an interesting uptick in microseismicity - something I haven't seen in a very long time - at Sundhnúkur, on the DAS plot:
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Could be nothing but... there's an interesting uptick in microseismicity - something I haven't seen in a very long time - at Sundhnúkur, on the DAS plot:
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A quick summary of 2025 New Zealand earthquakes. GeoNet located more than 21 000 earthquakes in New Zealand and the Kermadec region. Magnitudes range from -0.3 – 6.8 and depth from 0 (just below the surface) – 750 km. 1/ 🧪
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
A quick summary of 2025 New Zealand earthquakes. GeoNet located more than 21 000 earthquakes in New Zealand and the Kermadec region. Magnitudes range from -0.3 – 6.8 and depth from 0 (just below the surface) – 750 km. 1/ 🧪
Ngā mihi o te tau hou!
(we're always the first!)
(we're always the first!)
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Ngā mihi o te tau hou!
(we're always the first!)
(we're always the first!)
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When I posted a version of this video last year, I underestimated the equivalent energy of a magnitude 9.1 earthquake relative to a nuclear blast by a factor of 10. This time I’ve quantified it using the Trinity test (as seen in the movie Oppenheimer). The 1957 underground test was 10x smaller again
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
When I posted a version of this video last year, I underestimated the equivalent energy of a magnitude 9.1 earthquake relative to a nuclear blast by a factor of 10. This time I’ve quantified it using the Trinity test (as seen in the movie Oppenheimer). The 1957 underground test was 10x smaller again
Happy DEC-20 day to those who celebrate!
December 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Happy DEC-20 day to those who celebrate!
Dangerous hacking manoeuvres number 217: slowly reviving a dead Google Glass EE2 lithium battery with a lab power supply while monitoring battery temperature with a FLIR imager!
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Dangerous hacking manoeuvres number 217: slowly reviving a dead Google Glass EE2 lithium battery with a lab power supply while monitoring battery temperature with a FLIR imager!
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From ‘terrorist’ to national treasure, renowned Māori activist finally tells his own story
From ‘terrorist’ to national treasure, renowned Māori activist finally tells his own story
Tāme Iti’s colourful memoir covers his decades-long fight for Indigenous rights in New Zealand and takes aim at ‘saboteurs’ in the government
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
From ‘terrorist’ to national treasure, renowned Māori activist finally tells his own story
So I got a new toy. And being an incorrigible geek, and big-time fan of #TheExpanse, I had to do this... inspired by the G this thing pulls! #ScreamingFirehawks
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
So I got a new toy. And being an incorrigible geek, and big-time fan of #TheExpanse, I had to do this... inspired by the G this thing pulls! #ScreamingFirehawks
Wētā
Tūī
Kererū
Mokomoko
Pīwakawaka
Tūī
Kererū
Mokomoko
Pīwakawaka
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in [the wild] your backyard:
Virginia opossum
Whitetail deer
North American raccoon
Striped skunk
Pacific giant salamander*
* okay, different backyard, but still notable
Virginia opossum
Whitetail deer
North American raccoon
Striped skunk
Pacific giant salamander*
* okay, different backyard, but still notable
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Wētā
Tūī
Kererū
Mokomoko
Pīwakawaka
Tūī
Kererū
Mokomoko
Pīwakawaka
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Prove you are a genuine Russian armed auxiliary ship with this simple Kamcaptcha...
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Prove you are a genuine Russian armed auxiliary ship with this simple Kamcaptcha...
Large amounts of flying tephra visible on the USGS V3 cam right now.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Large amounts of flying tephra visible on the USGS V3 cam right now.
Watching 'A House of Dynamite' for our night shift movie on the Bridge in the NGMC. Cue my team yelling at the screen: "That's not how you run a response! Don't bother applying to be a Shift Leader! Wouldn't last 5 minutes in a big geohazard response!" 😆
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Watching 'A House of Dynamite' for our night shift movie on the Bridge in the NGMC. Cue my team yelling at the screen: "That's not how you run a response! Don't bother applying to be a Shift Leader! Wouldn't last 5 minutes in a big geohazard response!" 😆
On the night shift at work and been keeping an eye on the CME:
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
On the night shift at work and been keeping an eye on the CME:
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The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
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Late yesterday evening we had a M 4.9 earthquake in Cook Strait that was widely felt (~30K felt reports), mainly in the southern North Island and northern South Island. Shaking intensity was MMI ~4.5 in the Wellington region and northern South Island. 1/ 🧪
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Late yesterday evening we had a M 4.9 earthquake in Cook Strait that was widely felt (~30K felt reports), mainly in the southern North Island and northern South Island. Shaking intensity was MMI ~4.5 in the Wellington region and northern South Island. 1/ 🧪
Verified - these settings had been applied to my account without my knowledge.
Next select Settings, and then Moderation on the next screen. At the bottom of the Moderation page under "Advanced" is a section called "Bluesky Moderation Service" that looks like an info box. It in fact leads to more settings.
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Verified - these settings had been applied to my account without my knowledge.