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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 1d

I am at about 100. ONLY because I taught mineralogy!!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 1d

No kidding. We need to update the book we are using!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 1d

Only if!!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 1d

Students really overestimate what we know. I asked them how many minerals do they think I can recognize out of the 3,000ish! My three classes said 3000. 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 Did not deny nor confirm. Lol

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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 2d

We have some fun speakers & activities coming up this month in Geology Club! ⚒️

Flyer for Kelly Weinersmith's talk "A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have we Really Thought This Through?" Wed. Oct. 8, 12:45pm

Flyer for Activity Day, featuring games like Quartetnary, new lab samples, and socializing. Wed. Oct. 15, 12:45pm

Flyer for Edith Rojas's talk "Volcanic Eruptions that Changed the World" Wed. Oct. 22, 12:45pm

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 6d

RIIIGHT!!! Ugh!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 6d

Today is the day students learn this is not “the rocks for jocks” class they signed up for!!! 😂😂😬😬😬 📚📒And crystals have no magical powers! 🥴🔮

#geology #2YC #geologist #geologyteaching #communitycollege

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 7d

How gneiss!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 14d

I need to summit a mountain!!!

Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 14d

I just finished watching “The Alpinist” and I am so heart broken. Why am I just learning about Marc-Andre Leclerc 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 14d

One of my favorite days from my planetary science for non-STEM majors class is when we mention Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin!

Other than her research, my favorite facts:
- Her childhood music teacher was Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets suite
- She advised two notable Franks: Drake and Kameny

Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 15d

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 15d

I take antidepressants. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 15d

🥴🥴🥴 I guess!!

Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 15d

I am working in my office. Does this mean I didn’t make it to heaven? Ugh!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 15d

My mom only took tylenol PM. So, I only have ADHD at night. 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 22d

Is anyone else in distress? This last week has been rough!

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California Curated @californiacurated.bsky.social · 26d

California’s state rock, serpentine, tells a story of deep Earth forces and unique ecosystems found nowhere else. It can also be quite pretty.
californiacurated.com/2023/04/20/s...

Serpentine: The Geological Gem of California

Serpentine is formed through the metamorphic process, where pre-existing rocks are transformed into new types under high temperatures, pressures, and chemical processes. This unique rock originates…

californiacurated.com

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hot!!! 😂😂😂

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · Sep 5

Guess who was upgraded to ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR!!! Yours truly

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · Sep 4

Day one was pure chaos!
Thankfully, I thrive in chaos! That ADD life!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · Sep 2

Publishes Canvas Courses and reaches for propanolol***
Sigh! Summer ovah!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · Sep 2

Going to bed early so my body stops thinking that night time is day time 😬😬😬
I feel like I should have tried to flip my schedule a week ago! ☠️☠️🫣☠️☠️
Happy Week 1, fellow professors! 📚✏️

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · Sep 1

My tiktok feed is so unserious right now! 😂😂😂😂😂🤞🤞🥴

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 24

Similarly, the AI boom has forced teachers who actually care about student learning to radically reconfigure their classes in order to disincentivize students from using the cheating machines they now have easy access to and which systemically undermine student learning. No one asked for this.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Aug 11

I think this is what has been so disheartening: academia is full of experts happily abandoning their experience and expertise just to get on the AI train like this, sigh. We know better. And we owe our students better.

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