D. Haywick🍁⚒️🎨
@sedhead402.bsky.social
Freelance geologist, Associate Professor Emeritus (sedimentology, low temperature geochemistry, biomineralization, budding artist, semi-decent soup cook, father of a 20 year old biosystems engineering student and his dog "Lego". he/him
I still think that Jim Carrey should have won an Oscar for The Truman Show
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I still think that Jim Carrey should have won an Oscar for The Truman Show
I'm pretty certain that the weather that we are experiencing in west Michigan today is exactly what we had 25,000 years ago before the start of the last continental glaciation.
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm pretty certain that the weather that we are experiencing in west Michigan today is exactly what we had 25,000 years ago before the start of the last continental glaciation.
Damn. Dead Heart and Beds are Burning are songs that still resinate with me 35 years after I left Australia.
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Midnight Oil drummer, co-founder Rob Hirst dead at 70 after fighting pancreatic cancer | CBC News
Australian band Midnight Oil announced on Tuesday that Rob Hirst, their powerhouse drummer and co-founding member, has died at age 70.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Damn. Dead Heart and Beds are Burning are songs that still resinate with me 35 years after I left Australia.
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www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
This was actually better written than I first thought. Cudos to USA's PR team.
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5 Ways the Earth Is Trying to Kill Us | USA News
Dr. Doug Haywick, associate professor of geology at the University of South Alabama, enjoys presenting his light-hearted lecture, “Five Ways the Earth is Trying to Kill You,” to lay audiences and then...
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January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This was actually better written than I first thought. Cudos to USA's PR team.
www.southalabama.edu/departments/...
www.southalabama.edu/departments/...
I just learned that Jody Foster is 60 years old. I can't believe that the first Freaky Friday which she stared in was released in 1977. Wow
January 20, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I just learned that Jody Foster is 60 years old. I can't believe that the first Freaky Friday which she stared in was released in 1977. Wow
This is an excellent #ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp) podcast about the history of Canada-USA relationships. I'm Canadian and some of this was new to me. 5 stars.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Not so tolerant Allies: The story of Canada and the United States - ABC listen
President Trump not only want to make America great, he also wants to make it bigger and incorporating Canada as the 51st state would certainly do that – except for the fact that Canada is a sovereign...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is an excellent #ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp) podcast about the history of Canada-USA relationships. I'm Canadian and some of this was new to me. 5 stars.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
When the news is consistently bad and depressing, I recommend ocassionally (or constantly) visiting the #HazbinHotel.
January 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
When the news is consistently bad and depressing, I recommend ocassionally (or constantly) visiting the #HazbinHotel.
Ukraine's gain is Canada's loss. Freeland is one of the smartest politicians out there.
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Freeland to step down in 'coming weeks' after accepting role advising Ukraine's Zelenskyy | CBC News
Longtime Liberal Chrystia Freeland says she'll step down as a member of Parliament in the "coming weeks" after accepting a new role advising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Ukraine's gain is Canada's loss. Freeland is one of the smartest politicians out there.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Things I know that are true because I said so #1
Seasons 3 and 4 of #Babylon_5 are the best written SciFy seores of the late 20th century followed closely by #StareGate_SG1
Seasons 3 and 4 of #Babylon_5 are the best written SciFy seores of the late 20th century followed closely by #StareGate_SG1
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Things I know that are true because I said so #1
Seasons 3 and 4 of #Babylon_5 are the best written SciFy seores of the late 20th century followed closely by #StareGate_SG1
Seasons 3 and 4 of #Babylon_5 are the best written SciFy seores of the late 20th century followed closely by #StareGate_SG1
wow
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
wow
Nice work!
This is the reconstruction that comes with our new Nature Communications Earth & Environment paper on Caribbean biogeography.
With Leny Montheil, Mélody Philippon, Franck Audemard, Lydian Boschman, Richard Wessels, Sylvie Leroy et al
#UtrechtPaleogeographicModel
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
With Leny Montheil, Mélody Philippon, Franck Audemard, Lydian Boschman, Richard Wessels, Sylvie Leroy et al
#UtrechtPaleogeographicModel
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Nice work!
The 2000s saw some incredible SciFy series. Battlestar Gallactic (remake), Lost in Space (remake) and The Expanse were incredible. But I also love the 1980-1990 series, particularly Babylon 5, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek TNG, Star Trek DS9, and Lexx. I could rewatch these forever.
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The 2000s saw some incredible SciFy series. Battlestar Gallactic (remake), Lost in Space (remake) and The Expanse were incredible. But I also love the 1980-1990 series, particularly Babylon 5, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek TNG, Star Trek DS9, and Lexx. I could rewatch these forever.
Ah west Michigan. As always, when something interesting is happening in the night sky's (e.g., auroras), you award us overcast skies.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Ah west Michigan. As always, when something interesting is happening in the night sky's (e.g., auroras), you award us overcast skies.
I always appreciate it when a person acknowledges a mistake and tries to correct it. This person in Alabama should get a gold metal for their effort.
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Alabamian who mistakenly ordered from N.S. burger joint sends cash and apology by mail | CBC Radio
The owners of Bentley’s Burgers and Fries in West Chezzetcook, N.S., were gobsmacked this week when they received a handwritten apology letter all the way from Alabama, along with $40 US in cash to pa...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I always appreciate it when a person acknowledges a mistake and tries to correct it. This person in Alabama should get a gold metal for their effort.
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
truth
"Geologists are very pleasant companions, especially for geologists. It’s their art, to stop at every stone, and carry out an investigation at every layer of Earth"
Swiss author Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846)
Swiss author Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846)
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
truth
Reposted by D. Haywick🍁⚒️🎨
If you thought Mineral Cup Month would have been better if they just skipped the first two rounds and went straight to the quarter-finals you will probably enjoy its spin-off Ore Cup.
Same if you thought MinCup was great fun and you wish there was more.
#OreCup #MinCup
Same if you thought MinCup was great fun and you wish there was more.
#OreCup #MinCup
#OreCup is launching with two famous & beloved ore minerals, #Galena vs #Copper!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
You have 24 hours to campaign. Go!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
You have 24 hours to campaign. Go!
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November 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
An excellent interview with Margaret Atwood by Lisa Allardice in #TheGuardian. This quote from Atwood will stay with me for a long time:
“World power is shifting, old certainties are no longer certain....."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
“World power is shifting, old certainties are no longer certain....."
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‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?
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November 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
An excellent interview with Margaret Atwood by Lisa Allardice in #TheGuardian. This quote from Atwood will stay with me for a long time:
“World power is shifting, old certainties are no longer certain....."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
“World power is shifting, old certainties are no longer certain....."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...