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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 9h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 3d

A decade after it was written, I find myself pulling out the @cingraham.bsky.social's gerrymandering explanation to help people understand why California’s Prop. 50 is so important to pass.

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This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see

By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.

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Dr. Rowena Lohman @rowenalohman.bsky.social · 5d

Lake Crowley always looks like a bunny rabbit to me.

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 7d

Reasons to Teach High School English when the World is on Fire

Black girls in advanced academics who write literary analyses about “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Queer kids who call the English Department The Fruit Factory. Allowables and Legacies by Nikki Giovanni.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 11d

A rare "radar" view of a category 5 hurricane - #Humberto
No, it's not traditional land based radar. This is super cool. Keeping reading if you want to learn.
This is called Synthetic Aperature Radar (SAR) taken from a NOAA satellite of the storm on Saturday night. 1/

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 16d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 25d

M 3.5 - 8 km E of Clayton, CA

Did you feel it? Report it! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Grayscale map showing the location of the earthquake outside of Concord, California. The map also shows the intensity of ground shaking, represented by different colors on the map. In this case only weak or light shaking was felt.

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Stephen Lokier @lokier.bsky.social · 26d

I'm delighted to announce I've joined the Editorial Board of Earth Science, Systems and Society (ES3) - The Geological Society's #OpenAccess journal.

I'm really looking forward to seeing everyones contributions!

www.lyellcollection.org/journal/esss

@geolsoc.bsky.social #EarthSciences #Geology ⚒️🧪

Earth Science, Systems and Society Home

ES3 is a broad scope, fully Open Access journal publishing timely and topical research with a special focus on the importance of the geosciences to society and sustainability.

www.lyellcollection.org

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HydrologyNL @hydrology.nl · 26d

A remarkable drainage pattern in south-central New York State.

Digital elevation model showing dendritic drainage from the edge of the basin, very close to a much lower valley, away from that valley. The geology is like a saucer. High areas in pink, low in blue to white.

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 29d

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The situation in Afghanistan is dire following the M6 earthquake on August 31st. More than 2,200 people have died; reports indicate that 65% of buildings in the region were destroyed.

Meanwhile, satellite imaging has begun to reveal both devastation and scientific details about the quake.

Updates on the deadly Afghanistan earthquakes

Satellite imagery reveals both scientific detail and social devastation

earthquakeinsights.substack.com

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Matt Pritchard @mattepritchard.bsky.social · Sep 7

Can creative ways be found to continue the Program? Only AGU is capable of coordinating multiple universities to run this program. This is the type of program that AGU should be leading to support our student members. It is also among the most impactful programs that AGU has.

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CLaSH-an NSF Center for Land Surface Hazards @clashgeohazards.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉 It’s official! Today, we announce the launch of CLaSH: Center for Land Surface Hazards an NSF supported initiative to advance the science of cascading geohazards to enable a resilient society.

Follow along as we share updates, opportunities, research, and collaborations! 🌎✨ #CLaSH #NSF

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · Sep 7

a quick "geee-" is all you can voice out before the 140 volt surge uses your heart as ground, dying instantly after

10 out of 10 diagram

nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · Sep 7

idk man i think chatgpt wants me to burn down my house

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Brendan O’Neill @permafrostee.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here’s a really nice alluvial fan I thought you should see

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Not the point of the article, but DO NOT use a (red-green) divergent colour palette for symbolizing sequential data. You shouldn't ever use a divergent palette for sequential data, but esp not red-green, which can appear like below for people w/ protanopia colourblindness #cartography #mapchat 🧪

A map of portland viewed through a colorblindness simulator showing various shades of yellow instead of the reds, yellows, and greens in the original map

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · Sep 3

why we are doing this:

PRI is one of America's largest museum collections, and they need to raise the last 1/3 of funds (~$1mil) needed to pay off their mortgage by Dec (a donor backed out of a pledge) or it will be the largest orphaned collection in US history.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Financial peril could doom a famed New York paleontological institute

“Exceptional” fossil collections housed by the Paleontological Research Institute risk being orphaned

www.science.org

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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · Aug 30

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences – Princeton University, USA
Harry Hess Fellows Program 2026–27
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 1 October 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/princeton-po...

#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #USAJobs #ScienceCareer #PostdoctoralFellowship #EarthSciences
@princetonupress.bsky.social

Princeton Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences 2026–27 |HigherJobz

Apply now for the Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences 2026–2027, USA. Competitive salary - Deadline: Oct 1, 2025.

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Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · Aug 24

Bonk

A northern fulmar swoops a sleeping walrus

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · Aug 23

The latest eruption of Kilauea is underway, and she's shootin' sideways this time around!

USGS live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...

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Jane Willenbring @geojane.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Stanford Cosmogenic Isotope Lab is hiring a new (permanent) Lab Manager. Please share and apply if you are qualified. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDSD1UPF

Cosmogenic Isotope Laboratory Manager in Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford, California, United States

The Stanford Cosmogenic Isotope shared laboratory within Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability (SDSS) is seeking an experienced.....

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Zoltán Sylvester @zzsylvester.bsky.social · Aug 19

This thoughtful and beautifully illustrated book is about creating good scientific visualizations with Python & Matplotlib
github.com/rougier/scie...

Histogram aligned with PCA main axis (matplotlib figure from the book "Scientific Visualization: Python + Matplotlib" by Nicolas Rougier)

A schematic view of a slice of the basal ganglia (matplotlib figure from the book "Scientific Visualization: Python + Matplotlib" by Nicolas Rougier)

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 20

"My bright hues are flashy for a reason—they’re an emergency flare for physicians: Hey, Doc! Maybe don’t dismiss this woman’s chest pain as 'just stress.'"

I’m a Chunky Geometric Statement Necklace, and I’m Here to Solve the Woman Invisibility Problem

They say women disappear with age, but if that’s true, why do their necklaces keep getting bigger? Society shuns women with crow’s feet and crepey ...

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Dr. Heather McFarlin @volcanoheather.bsky.social · Aug 14

Copied from AEC post on X: Check out these amazing photos of the Tracy Arm Landslide! Thank you to Jacek Macelko for sharing these images, taken on Tuesday, August 12 from 3,500 ft. The pale triangle of the landslide scar stands out. 🧪⚒️🪨 1/2

Picture taken by pilot Jacek Maselko. Shows the South Sawyer Glacier, and in the background is the scar in the mountain that the landslide originated from

Picture taken by pilot Jacek Maselko. This one shows a different angle of the mountain that the landslide originated from, and also the water in the fjord that is now filled with debris. The terminus of the glacier is also visible, and is covered with rock and debris.

Picture taken by pilot Jacek Maselko. Another angle of the mountain that the landslide originated from, with a different view of the debris-filled fjord and the terminus of the glacier. The light-colored part of the mountain is the scar. Pilot states they were flying at about 3500 ft.

Picture taken by pilot Jacek Maselko. Another angle of the scar on the mountainside and the debris-covered glacier terminus. Pilot was flying at about 3500 ft.

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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · Aug 13

#Copernicus #Sentinel2 timelapse 7th Aug and 12th Aug 2025 - apart from stripping vegetation from Sawyer Island, the tsunami waves caused a lot of destruction toward Sawyer Glacier as well.

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