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Geologist and Science Writer: If you want to see what climate change can do to the planet just look at Earth's past! https://h-lee.com/

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · Aug 11

My latest article 👇 gets into how hard it is to date stuff in some of the oldest rocks on the planet, and why it matters ⚒️🧪
arstechnica.com/science/2025...

How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?

A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age of the oldest signs of life.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 5h

A feature in Nature Medicine explains the repercussions for investigators and patients when clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts and how they do not stop at borders. #Academicsky 🧪

The damage done - Nature Medicine

When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 5h

I hope so. A Republican who wants fair elections is a rare and precious breed.

Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

This doesn't sound good for election integrity in the current regime: "The new company is founded by Scott Leiendecker, a onetime St. Louis Republican election director"

NPR @npr.org · 9h

Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote. n.pr/3Wv0EIt

Dominion, the voting tech company at the center of false 2020 claims, is sold

Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote.

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Dr. Kenna Harmony Rubin @kennarubin.bsky.social · 17h

Did you know that Earth's most & 2nd most powerful/explosive #volcanic #eruptions of the century were submarine? We are discussing both the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (pictured) & the 2012 Havre eruptions, both in the Kingdom of Tonga, this week in my Submarine volcanoes course at #URIGSO 🧪🌋🌊

Two true color satellite views of the rising and spreading tephra plume from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai eruption, from the geostationary satellite GOES-West. (a) Aerial emission linked with the volcanic activity on 13 January; (b) Ash plume emitted during the main eruption on 15 January. Red lines depict the coastline and the yellow triangle depicts the position of the HTHH volcano. Source: Barone, Letelier, Rubin & Karl (2022) Satellite Detection of a Massive Phytoplankton Bloom Following the 2022 Submarine Eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai Volcano, Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (17) e2022GL099293; open access at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL099293

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

"Trump is signalling to the world’s best minds that they are not welcome in America. That will hurt America most of all, because the benefits of skilled migration are enormous" @economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Donald Trump’s fortress economy is starting to hurt America

The pain from trade and immigration restrictions cannot be postponed forever

www.economist.com

Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

And 22 different failed attempts to spell Porphyroblast

Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

Igneous rock between sedimentary rock is called a shite

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

Please thank the referees for their suggestions. I would like to execute them.

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

... and many, many more

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

Drumlins are shaped by glaciers moving backwards

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

The Nile has an accurate delta

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

The Earth makes a resolution every 24 hours

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

Glacial erotics

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 6h

"Geological HOWLERS Boners & Bloomers" Edited by W. D. Ian Rolfe, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW 1980 ISBN 0 04 550032 0

Photo of the cover of a booklet titled "Geological HOWLERS Boners & Bloomers" Edited by W. D. Ian Rolfe, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 7h

I have a book of Geological howlers! I must have another look at it.

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 7h

We know it's BS

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 9h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 23d

Rounding the Horn
Terry Watkinson
2020

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 2d

West Coast Forest Edge
Emily Carr
1934

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 19h

Splash
Linus Woods ~ Lakota, Ojibwe
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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 8h

A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 8h

"It's the Wild Wild West."

Squatters, illegal BASE jumpers invade Yosemite amid federal shutdown

"It's the Wild Wild West."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

“None of these statements are true.”

MEMPHIS DA Steve Mulroy FACT-CHECKS @AGPamBondi’s sworn testimony before Congress.

His post (with Spandau Ballet soundtrack 🎵): www.instagram.com/p/DPmv-WKEil...