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John Porter
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Sort of a geologist.
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I suppose they will all want dignity.
Me too, Michael Feinberg. Me too.
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This is a very good football game.
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 AM
There should be a setting for old people like me that lets you zoom in on emojis
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Preferred earbuds didn't charge for some reason, but I came (over)prepared!

Two is one. One is none.
January 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Two things I head yesterday that I'm still thinking about:

1. "A turtle can't help but love its shell."

This was part of a fantastic On the Media interview with a Russian teacher and filmmaker. He was talking about his home, which has *a lot* of problems. But he still loves it.
January 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
It's weird to see the political party favored by a lot of Christians out there asking every day, "What if Jesus was wrong?"
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Trump: "we need to control the Canary Islands because birds are too powerful"

Steve Mnuchin: "Got it sir, we'll redesign a coin"
January 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Quality tags on today's post by @sabs.bsky.social about the War on Protein. Stuff like this is one of *many* reasons Defector is a very good web site.
January 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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🚨 Special Urban Report 🚨

Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
"I suppose they will all want dignity," is a line from Slaughterhouse Five that I think about a lot, especially these days. I hope I never stop thinking about it and how to live it.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The aftermath. The fountaining stopped right when we were having dinner. About 9.5 hour total. Such a great day!

January 13, 2026 at 6:08 AM
We put in a full 8 hour shift at the volcano. Well worth it to see the changes through the day. As much as I like having some space to myself in National Parks, I love seeing families sharing in the wonder.

Great day. Hoping for some night shots, but if not, I'm a happy geo.
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
We've been waiting for this fountaining event since we got here last Tuesday. Something that has added to my enjoyment is keeping an eye on the USGS monitoring data. The tiltmerer is a big one. This chart shows the change in the tilt of the caldera over the past week. Spot the onset of episode 40.
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Amazing to be here.
January 12, 2026 at 8:03 PM
You guy, look!
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Getting closer.
January 11, 2026 at 3:18 AM
RIP Bobby
January 11, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Waiting.
January 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Incredible.
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Waiting for this, but much bigger. Fingers crossed.
January 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a phenomenal "Doctor light" Dr. Who story.
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Absolutely bonkers.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.

“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I'm trying to write through some anxiety, and I came up with a good metaphor for how life feels sometimes:

I feel like I can't move forward until I take a deep breath, get set, and hear the starting gun. It never works; I'm already in the middle of the race. And it's not a race like that, anyway.
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 AM