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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Aug 9

The rise in punk and hardcore’s prevalence in Alberta is to create a voice against the UCP, says one vocalist. 🎤 #abpoli

In Alberta, the Punks Are Taking Over | The Tyee

The scene is galvanizing against a common enemy: the United Conservative Party.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Jul 28

Geologic Periods

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Comic. [3-column table with headers Period, My Favorite Part, and My Biggest Complaint] [Row 1] P: *Precambrian*, MFP: Life develops, MBC: Snowball Earth episodes [Row 2] P: Cambrian, MFP: Trilobites!, MBC: Evolution could stand to calm down a little [Row 3] P: Ordovician, MFP: Earth might have had rings, MBC: Scary volcanic eruption in North America [Row 4] P: Silurian, MFP: First land animals, MBC: Earth’s newfound mold problem [Row 5] P: Devonian, MFP: Big mountains in Boston, MBC: Yeah, sure, what those giant killer fish needed was *armor* [Row 6] P: Carboniferous, MFP: Cool forests, MBC: Bugs too big [Row 7] P: Permian, MFP: Pangea, MBC: Google “The Great Dying” [Row 8] P: Triassic, MFP: Tanystropheus [dinosaur with extremely long neck next to tiny person for scale], MBC: Damage to Canada still visible from space at Manicouagan [Row 9] P: Jurassic, MFP: Birds, MBC: Parasitoid wasps [Row 10] P: Cretaceous, MFP: Raptors, MBC: Raptors [Row 11] P: Paleogene, MFP: Pretty horseys!!!, MBC: Paleocene-eocene thermal maximum [Row 12] P: Neogene, MFP: Forests of *Dracaena* Dragonblood Trees, MBC: Zanclean Flood [Row 13] P: Quaternary, MFP: Burrito invented, MBC: Whoever picked this name for the third period of the Cenozoic

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jul 27

You’re welcome. And thanks, Bellingham.

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jul 25

Submit to our fall GSA session, T186. Critical Zone Science: Intersection of Processes Linked to Geomorphology, Ecology, Fire and Climate

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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · Jul 23

Philanthropies ... rely on a solid base of federal support for science to make their own relatively small contributions impactful. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Science philanthropy faces a new reality

As the ground under American science shifts in troubling and unpredictable ways, questions have arisen as to how philanthropies should respond. Having recently led a private foundation that supports s...

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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · Jul 23

A New Generation of Tiny Tracking Tags Offers a Fresh Look at the Lives of Little Fish www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a...

A New Generation of Tiny Tracking Tags Offers a Fresh Look at the Lives of Little Fish

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a tag the size of a grain of rice that can also work underwater

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jul 19

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

US farm agency fires 70 foreign researchers following national security review

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it has fired 70 foreign contract researchers after a national security review intended to secure the U.S. food supply from adversaries including China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jul 14

www.eastidahonews.com/2025/07/idah...

Idaho Department of Water Resources signs order predicting water shortfall - East Idaho News

TWIN FALLS (Idaho Capital Sun) — The Idaho Department of Water Resources has issued a new order finding that the Twin Falls Canal Co. may experience a water shortfall during this summer’s irrigation s...

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jul 14

www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

University Leaders Propose New Research Funding Model

Some lawmakers and the Trump administration have criticized the government’s long-standing model for reimbursing universities for indirect research costs.

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jul 6

www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...

US agency bows to pressure from farmers after concealing crucial info from public: 'Blatantly unlawful'

The USDA will restore previously removed climate data following pressure from farmers and environmental groups.

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · May 19

Patchy burn severity explains heterogeneous soil viral and prokaryotic responses to fire in a mixed conifer forest journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

Patchy burn severity explains heterogeneous soil viral and prokaryotic responses to fire in a mixed conifer forest | mSystems

The impact of fire on the soil microbiome, particularly on understudied soil viral communities, warrants investigation, given known microbial contributions to biogeochemical processes and ecosystem recovery. Here, we collected 120 soil samples before and ...

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jun 27

Family is on vacation so I get to work from home a little. It has its benefits ❤️

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jun 27

Good idea!

Idaho Statesman @idahostatesman.com · Jun 27

Idaho State University researchers will partner with the Idaho Transportation Department to develop and test “Sweetcrete,” a new concrete made from a sugarbeet waste product.

Could Idaho sugarbeets help save taxpayer money on cement? ITD officials want to try

Idaho State University researchers will partner with the Idaho Transportation Department to develop and test “Sweetcrete,” a new concrete made from a sugarbeet waste product.

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Jun 26

New in @science.org: Natural hazards aren’t “one and done.” They alter the landscape, changing the likelihood of follow-on events. We argue there’s an urgent opportunity for geomorphologists—working with other disciplines—to better understand and forecast cascading hazards.

Cascading land surface hazards as a nexus in the Earth system

This Review synthesizes progress and outlines a new framework for understanding how land surface hazards interact and propagate as sediment cascades across Earth’s surface, influenced by interactions ...

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jun 25

Absolutely!

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jun 24

www.cyclingabout.com/best-gravel-...

The 10 Best Gravel Bikes For Bikepacking In 2024 - CYCLINGABOUT.com

I've selected the best gravel bikes based on outstanding overall design, ideal component choices, and excellent value for performance.

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jun 24

Summer rains (and snow) on severely burned hill slopes. We’ve seen several slumps and debris flows throughout the Boise NF this spring/summer.

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jun 6

Got it, thanks!

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Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · Jun 6

Ryan, did I miss your Erebus Etsy sale?

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Julie Elliott @julieelliott.bsky.social · Jun 2

Life is hard if you are a GNSS station on a volcano with lots of fumaroles – everything wants to corrode you. This station was part of a National Science Foundation funded project (details below). Under the FY2026 proposed budget, NSF Earth Science funding would take a 64% hit. #VolcanoMonday 🧪⚒️🌋

The underside of a GNSS antenna is seen against blue sky. The antenna is attached to an antenna mount pole which was originally bright shiny stainless steel but is now corroded to a rusty black patina. In the upper right, an antenna cable is attached to the antenna. The connector also used to be shiny stainless steel, but is now corroded with black and white deposits.

Looking up from the base of a rocky slope, a slight path leads up to a GNSS station (the antenna of which is highlighted against a bright blue sky). The path doesn't look too long or steep, but the site is at 17,300 feet elevation and walking up to the site felt like a much, much longer slog.

Fumarole on Lastarria volcano. Steam and other gasses are rising from a fumarole covered with bright yellow sulfur deposits. It really stank.

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · May 29

Latest Blatten aerial survey 4:30 pm! 🚁

Authorities expect the lake to overflow the dam this night or at last early tomorrow morning! 🌊
They have partially emptied a dam lake 6 km down the valley and are ready to evacuate Gampel/Steg in the Rhone valley during the night

🎥 SRF

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · May 29

These tactics, as we note, are not new (see my 2015 @nytimes.com op-ed linked below (www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/o...). But Republicans, polluters and plutocrat overlords are taking it to a whole new level now.

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · May 28

Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle...

Properly staggering! 😮😱

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · May 29

FACTSHEET about Birch Glacier collapse by glaciologists of ETHZ @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social 🧊❄️

Don't miss that read! 🙏

polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...

📷 Pomona

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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · May 27

Good news! Northwestern University scientists have delivered a one-two punch against Lyme disease in two recent studies published in Science Translational Medicine. The research reveals a more effective treatment option and explains why some patients experience symptoms long after treatment.

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