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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 30m

Intrigued by this extraordinarily inclusive list of languages one can select at a local doctors office. They apparently welcome time travelers and aliens as well as global citizens.

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 16h

The most accurate graph I have ever come across

Every graph about the US showing all good things declining and all bad things increasing after a line titled Ronald Reagan

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 2d

I definitely do not envy those teaching online classes.

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 2d

Policy in this class is an absolute no on AI use. The first assignment involved watching a video lecture of me explaining the rules and then answering questions about whether or not they understand the rules on plagiarism and AI use. So no excuse for not knowing.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 2d

Grading the first assignment of the quarter. First student, first question: answer most likely written by AI.

It's gonna be a long quarter.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 7d

Just thinking about the American citizens I know who have been sick/injured abroad, in countries with nationalized health care. They received healthcare benefits paid for by the citizens of those countries.

It's what good people do--they care for the sick. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 8d

In case you didn't know what that military shaving ban is all about:

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8d

With his ban on military shaving waivers, Pete Hegseth knows damn well who he’s pushing out: Black troops.

If only Pete Hegseth's military shaving crusade was just stupid

Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops.

www.motherjones.com

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 9d

Isn't it amazing? The island is unpopulated--has been for most of recently history (other than some activity in WWII). Likely Aleut presence a long time ago, but nothing recently. So while it's possible that people dug the cave, it's unlikely.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for standing strong on this one.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 9d

Bit of fieldwork nostalgia--these photos of an amazing cave in columnar jointed rocks on Tanaga Island. Back in the day when my hair was still brown (almost all grey now).

A cave on Tanaga Island, Alaska. The rocks around it are columnar jointed.

a geophysicist in a blue coat stands in front of large columnar-jointed basalts.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 10d

Hey, that's my student featured in this story on new monitoring stations on Mt. Rainier! Please note the tidy and organized hut interior, a hallmark of Craig's installations. I also appreciate his "my bad" right after they refer to the team as "volcano cowboys". Really proud of this guy.

USGS installs new sensors to detect, warn communities of deadly lahars from Mt. Rainier

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has just installed some of the first sensors of their kind on the east side of the mountain.

komonews.com

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 11d

Someone just brought me a scrapbook that was found under the floorboards of my attic before I lived here. Includes some interesting news articles from 1927 and apparently the cure for diphtheria. Don't tell RFK.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 11d

rock.geosociety.org/net/gsatoday...

Ping me if you want to chat about Swifties versus football fans--I've got a ton of data. :)

rock.geosociety.org

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 12d

Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 15d

Absolute amen to this one.

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 16d

The greatest part about doing science is working with great people. If you’re in this skeet, you’ll know it. 🧪⚒️

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 23d

So when they came for the trans people and the protestors and the supporters of DEI, did you think they weren't coming for you too?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups

www.nytimes.com

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 26d

The WSJ should pay every trans person $2,000 just for the shit they pulled yesterday.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26d

Maybe the people who baselessly blamed transgender people for Kirk's murder and spread disinformation and hate should apologize.

Folks like Nancy Mace, Don Trump Jr and WSJ

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Jane of the North @janeotn.bsky.social · 28d

I wanted to share some light with you. These words, this song.

"For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
~ Tolkien

They cannot hold sway forever.

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kd lang "Hallelujah" CSHF 2006

YouTube video by Leslie Warner

www.youtube.com

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 28d

Hey Seattle -- let's rally for Science!

I'll be talking about how disinformation campaigns are the heart of the attacks on science.

Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 28d

Hey Seattle, come out Sunday to Save Our Science!

I'll be speaking about federal attacks on climate science and how it's affecting the Northwest.

More info and register here: www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...

@standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social @seattleindivisible.bsky.social

Poster for Save Our Science rally:

Stand up for truth, our health, & our planet.

Save Our Science, Seattle, WA - Waterfront Park, September 14th, 2025

March and rally 1pm-3pm. Meet at 12:30PM

tinyurl.com/seattleSOS

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · Sep 9

gonna start with masking tape and a Sharpie. If they don't deliver a new knob soon, I might turn to paint.

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Dr. Mansa Keita @rasmansa.bsky.social · Sep 8

The same Supreme Court that said it is unreasonable to consider race when giving kids access to education, has said it's reasonable to consider race when looking to remove someone from the country.

Funny how that works.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · Sep 7

This one is Italian too: Bertazzoni. Yours?

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · Sep 7

And yes, both are in Fahrenheit.

The technician's solution for me is to hold the old knob up next to the new, and turn them both to the same angle, estimating temp off of the old.

He is also ordering a new knob.

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