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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 9d

The key is setting oneself apart from the crowd. At a liberal arts school with every opportunity, perhaps this is a pub. As would simply doing well earning a BS if one had to work their way through college at a public university.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 9d

I believe but do not know that the PhD direct is overrepresented by students from the wealthiest liberal arts schools. Good for us. But every good PhD student I had (and I could not be prouder) and many of my role models did an M.S. first, because they were unsure on how they wanted to focus.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 9d

I think more important: it excludes folks who are completing an M.S. and contemplating a Ph.D. In my generation (the mentors of many millenials), that was the majority, especially for people who did not initially have a strong academic bent.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 14d

Great quote by @pkrugman.bsky.social today:
"there is no reward for appeasing MAGA with performative displays of cowardice."

Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 15d

Little known fact: Epstein provided his clients with Tylenol. As Deep Throat said: follow the over-the-counter medications.

Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 15d

I'm confused: Tylenol causes fascism, or is it that acetaminophen results from abuse of fake spray tans? It's hard to follow facts when they just make this stuff up.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · 20d

Now I'm going to have to decrease my watching of abc and cbs from zero to negative but not sure how to do that.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Sep 8

Funny what cowards these jerks are when confronted. We all had classmates like them in grade school.

Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Aug 20

It took me 40 years to realize that sarcasm is not an effective pedagogy.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Aug 19

At what point will the resilience of the U.S. economy be overcome by these incompetent charlatans?

Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Aug 19

Ignore that I hung out with a dude who raped girls and look over there.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Aug 17

Cordierite?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Aug 17

A shout out to Anchorage! You showed up strong a beautiful reminder that support for Ukraine spans every corner of the world. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Aug 15

That press conference reminded me of when I was in the sixth grade and gave a book report on a book I hadn't read.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Aug 14

It is time, people, to protect our forces with sandwich-proof body armor.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Jul 31

About to start our rocking CDF 65 house party! #darwinfoundation

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Prof. Diego Melgar @diegosismologo.bsky.social · Jul 30

In 2004, it took many, many days to produce detailed tsunami models after the devastating Sumatra earthquake. Last night? Slip models were being produced and shared within hours. That’s federally funded science in action.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Jul 30

I just hit "traditional" social media for the first time in months to see how the tsunami might be affecting friends who live near the Pacific. It is shocking to see how much AI generated #bullshit there is on there. And #foxnewsbullshit. What motivates these people??? Do they get a dopamine rush?

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · Jul 27

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Jul 20

Great to see the eruption on our way to the airport in Reykjavik

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Jul 17

Nice piece of work!

Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Jul 8

Just witnessed the best noble gas geochemistry talk I've ever seen @ritaparai.bsky.social
And certainly in the top 10 of any topic

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Dennis Geist @magmacanteenboy.bsky.social · Jul 7

I loved this poster!

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