Elizabeth V
@geolizzy.bsky.social
Ore Deposit geologist turned SAHM. I love rocks and books. Follow for geology and other science, women in STEM, and occasional snarky comments.
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Elizabeth V
@geolizzy.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello new followers! I’m Lizzy. My expertise is ore geology and mineral exploration, but I’m interested in all aspects of earth science. I’ve been a field mapper, lab scientist, adjunct faculty, and currently a SAHM because the job market is always up and down 😄
I’ve recently seen the discussion about how scientists need to rebuild trust, and well, I don’t think we have ever really had it. Scientists in the not so distant past did some really shitty things. People are still alive who had their relatives experimented on. And we just kinda moved on from that.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’ve recently seen the discussion about how scientists need to rebuild trust, and well, I don’t think we have ever really had it. Scientists in the not so distant past did some really shitty things. People are still alive who had their relatives experimented on. And we just kinda moved on from that.
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Some updates on what we have been working on lately here at NDGS Paleo.
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research
The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota. Researchers first discovered the bones in September 2024 while searching for croc...
www.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Some updates on what we have been working on lately here at NDGS Paleo.
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
New EO dropped. They want to do all scientific innovation with AI for:
1) advanced manufacturing
2) biotech
3) critical minerals
4) nuclear fission and fusion energy
5) quantum information science and
6) semiconductors and microelectronics
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
1) advanced manufacturing
2) biotech
3) critical minerals
4) nuclear fission and fusion energy
5) quantum information science and
6) semiconductors and microelectronics
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New EO dropped. They want to do all scientific innovation with AI for:
1) advanced manufacturing
2) biotech
3) critical minerals
4) nuclear fission and fusion energy
5) quantum information science and
6) semiconductors and microelectronics
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
1) advanced manufacturing
2) biotech
3) critical minerals
4) nuclear fission and fusion energy
5) quantum information science and
6) semiconductors and microelectronics
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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This beautiful stone is from China and I’m trying to find out more about it. It might be from the M Triassic Baifeng or Guohua Fms of S China. Is there anyone out there with local knowledge? I’ve not been able to locate sufficient detail in the literature. It’s not a carbonate. #chinesepicturestone
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This beautiful stone is from China and I’m trying to find out more about it. It might be from the M Triassic Baifeng or Guohua Fms of S China. Is there anyone out there with local knowledge? I’ve not been able to locate sufficient detail in the literature. It’s not a carbonate. #chinesepicturestone
Took my kid to the doctor and saw a pair of sundogs on the way home, but I was the only excited one
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Took my kid to the doctor and saw a pair of sundogs on the way home, but I was the only excited one
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Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
The data center boom in the desert
The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world's largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state.
www.technologyreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
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Here's the GVP page of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?.... Plume from the eruption can be seen in this Aqua/MODIS image cross the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. #eruption #volcano
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Here's the GVP page of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?.... Plume from the eruption can be seen in this Aqua/MODIS image cross the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. #eruption #volcano
It’s 2025 and this is still happening
Massachusetts's state legislature is considering a bill to ban shock therapy treatment for autistic students at the Judge Rotenberg Center, a residential school in Canton.
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
Mass. Legislature considers bill to ban painful shocks as treatment
Speaker after speaker opposed the use of painful electric shocks on people when testifying Tuesday before the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabil...
www.wcvb.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It’s 2025 and this is still happening
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Please help build some public-facing interpretive signage at Siccar Point. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
⚒️
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
⚒️
Building the James Hutton Deep Time Trail
We are raising vital funds for a new Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point to celebrate the life and legacy of James Hutton for his Tercentenary.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Please help build some public-facing interpretive signage at Siccar Point. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
⚒️
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
⚒️
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Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts and covers villages with falling ash
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
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I don’t normally share petitions, but good friends and colleagues are going to lose their jobs as part of the planned cuts to the geology dept at Leicester.
Consider adding your signature here:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
An excellent dept that doesn’t deserve to be decimated. 🧪⚒️🌍
Consider adding your signature here:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
An excellent dept that doesn’t deserve to be decimated. 🧪⚒️🌍
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I don’t normally share petitions, but good friends and colleagues are going to lose their jobs as part of the planned cuts to the geology dept at Leicester.
Consider adding your signature here:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
An excellent dept that doesn’t deserve to be decimated. 🧪⚒️🌍
Consider adding your signature here:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
An excellent dept that doesn’t deserve to be decimated. 🧪⚒️🌍
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My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
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Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
www.nsf.gov
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
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⚒️🧪 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences
They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
⚒️🧪 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences
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No Mineral Monday post today
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
No Mineral Monday post today
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
My TikTok and my BlueSky are talking about wildly different things today
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My TikTok and my BlueSky are talking about wildly different things today
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As much as I dislike coal companies, the people who run them, and the devastation their mines have wrought, especially in Appalachia, I have the utmost respect for the people who work underground and hope this story has a good ending. Nobody deserves to die in darkness like that.
Crews are pumping about 6,000 gallons of water a minute from the Rolling Thunder Mine. After a wall holding back an unknown pocket of water was compromised, 17 miners made it out safely.
Search Continues For Trapped Miner - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Crews are now pumping approximately 6,000 gallons of water a minute from the Rolling Thunder Mine in Drennen. A miner was trapped Saturday after a wall holding back an unknown pocket of water was compromised.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As much as I dislike coal companies, the people who run them, and the devastation their mines have wrought, especially in Appalachia, I have the utmost respect for the people who work underground and hope this story has a good ending. Nobody deserves to die in darkness like that.
I may have missed the aurora last night thanks to clouds, but I did get my MRI results and they were “unremarkable”.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I may have missed the aurora last night thanks to clouds, but I did get my MRI results and they were “unremarkable”.
Now I know that when I was working above the arctic circle the aurora would wake me up tinkling (and the wolves would also be howing), but I have the biggest fomo with seeing everyone’s aurora photos tonight 😭
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Now I know that when I was working above the arctic circle the aurora would wake me up tinkling (and the wolves would also be howing), but I have the biggest fomo with seeing everyone’s aurora photos tonight 😭
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Sharing again as the recall has expanded to all formula products by the company. apnews.com/article/byhe...
ByHeart recalls all baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak grows
Baby formula manufacturer ByHeart recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday. The move comes days after some batches were recalled amid an expanding outbreak of infant botulism.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sharing again as the recall has expanded to all formula products by the company. apnews.com/article/byhe...
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Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Bessent is someone who thinks he understands mining but really has no clue. Tell someone in mining it should only take 1-2 years and they would laugh in your face
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Bessent is someone who thinks he understands mining but really has no clue. Tell someone in mining it should only take 1-2 years and they would laugh in your face
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#Copper has been holding on to an 8% lead most of the match. It’s a lot, but #Molybdenite could catch up.
What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?
What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?
#OreCup finals are between a pair of bewitching ore minerals that glitter and gleam. But only one can have your vote.
Will it be native copper or molybdenite? You’re running out of time to choose!
Vote:
Will it be native copper or molybdenite? You’re running out of time to choose!
Vote:
Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz
www.mineralcup.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#Copper has been holding on to an 8% lead most of the match. It’s a lot, but #Molybdenite could catch up.
What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?
What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?
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#OreCup is our first mini-Cup and our first collaboration. Give us feedback?
Ore Cup Players Survey — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
This is our first Ore Cup, our first week-long mini-cup, and our first collaboration with the International Mineralogical Association. We’d love to get your feedback on what worked, what didn’t, and…
www.mineralcup.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#OreCup is our first mini-Cup and our first collaboration. Give us feedback?