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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · May 30

I had the great privilege this week of giving a lecture at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum about the possibility that there were once oceans on the surface of Venus, and why missions like DAVINCI and VERITAS are critical to answering big picture questions about planetary habitability🧪🔭

Did Venus Ever Have Oceans? (Exploring Space Lecture Series)

YouTube video by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

www.youtube.com

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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · 2d

I mean you warned us and still I was like wow! what an interesting suspended sediment pattern in the river! before I understood that those were your hands

Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · 5d

Oooh, that looks like malai kofta. On a train! Delightful.

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Natalya Gomez @natalyagomez.bsky.social · 5d

We mapped exposure building-by-building across Africa, SE Asia, Central & South America using high-res satellite + elevation data.

Press Release and interactive map link: www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha...

Millions of buildings at risk from sea level rise, McGill-led study finds

Sea level rise could put more than 100 million buildings across the Global South at risk of regular flooding if fossil fuel emissions are not curbed quickly, according to a new McGill-led study publis...

www.mcgill.ca

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Natalya Gomez @natalyagomez.bsky.social · 5d

🌊 New study in npj Urban Sustainability: Sea level rise could put >100M buildings across the Global South at risk if fossil fuels keep burning. Even w/ ambitious cuts, ~3M buildings face flooding.

📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Assessing the exposure of buildings to long-term sea level rise across the Global South - npj Urban Sustainability

npj Urban Sustainability - Assessing the exposure of buildings to long-term sea level rise across the Global South

www.nature.com

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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · 7d

“Only who can prevent forest fires? <YOU / ME> You pressed YOU, referring to me. That is incorrect. The correct answer is YOU”

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 14d

I voted for #Cuprosklodowskite not least because it’s a spiky, poisonous, radioactive rogue who’s mad, bad & dangerous to know. But I think the main reason I love it is that, like so many Mineral Cup entries, I had never heard of it before & now have an intense emotional attachment to it. #MinCup25

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EAG @eageo.bsky.social · 21d

📣 The 2026 EAG Award nominations 🏅 are open!

Please consider nominating a deserving peer, mentor or former student:
- Senior scientists: Geochemistry Fellows, H.C. Urey Award, Science Innovation award.
- ECRs: Houtermans award.

More info and to nominate: buff.ly/OLy4Plm

📅 Deadline 30 October

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David Revoy @davidrevoy.com · 28d

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI)

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic strip in four panels:

1. A bird's-eye view of a giant amphora the size of a building with closed eyes and a closed mouth engraved on it. Using scaffolding, a community of wizards climbed up and are throwing all their books into it, to fill its content.
> Wizards: All our grimoires for the Amphora of Great Intelligence!

2. A ground level view at the bottom of the giant amphora. This time, the wizards bring tree trunks, cut down nearby trees, and throw them into a large fire to boil the giant amphora.
> Wizards: All our forests for the Amphora of Great Intelligence!

3. A gathering of all the wizards below the imposing amphora which has now opened its glowing eyes and mouth slightly. The crowd of wizards at its feet applauds:
> Wizards: Amphora of Great Intelligence, our world is dying, share your knowledge with us!

4. Same shot, as the amphora responds with joyful and amused eyes. The wizards are confused by the answer...
> Artificial Intelligence: According to geologists, you should eat at least one small rock per day.
> Wizards: ... ... ...

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · Sep 8

AND IT WAS A SCORIGAMI?!

Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · Sep 8

41-40 is scorigami, congrats everybody

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Newfound Planets @i-find-planets.bsky.social · Sep 7

You have discovered a planet. It is obscured by a dust cloud. It has clouds made of xenon. Maybe you could visit there.

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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wide right

Steve Elardo @steve-elardo.com · Sep 5

Chicken wings

Squirma (Halloween version) @eckslibris.bsky.social · Sep 5

Country Ham

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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Aug 3

Larry what if I keep liking all the sub-posts

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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Jul 31

Kendra I used to go to Media Play and spend hours choosing a movie soundtrack to purchase. The City of Angels soundtrack! Lara Croft: Tomb Raider! Bring back unreasonably good soundtracks

Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Jul 28

Happy birthday, Mark!

Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Jul 27

Peripheral Lover by Gordi, please and thx!

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Steve Elardo @steve-elardo.com · Jul 22

🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
I've got a new paper out in Science Advances where we show that the 2 byr old Chang'e 5 magma came from shallow depths in the lunar mantle, and that melting was likely driven by top-down heating of the mantle by radioactive decay in a sub-crustal KREEP layer.
⚒️🧪🔭
Check it out:

A shallow mantle source for the Chang’e 5 lavas reveals how top-down heating prolonged lunar magmatism

The chemistry of the youngest lunar lavas and experiments show how the mantle stayed hot enough to melt for billions of years.

www.science.org

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Meenakshi Wadhwa @minwadhwa.bsky.social · Jul 18

Dear Friends, sharing some news here about my upcoming transition. While I’m sad to be leaving @seseasu.bsky.social after 19 incredible years, I am excited and honored to have the opportunity to contribute to @scrippsocean.bsky.social in the years to come.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Jul 17

We are thrilled to announce that Meenakshi Wadhwa will serve as the Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the School of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at @ucsandiego.bsky.social!

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Jul 8

!! 😊 Thanks Denny!!

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · Jul 8

searu-gim, m.n: curious gem, precious stone. (SEH-ah-ruh-YIM / ˈsɛa-rʌ-ˌjɪm)
#OldEnglish #WOTD

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Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Jul 8

there are slides that need their isotopes color-coded

Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social · Jul 8

(Read the first skeet and literally thought “oh I hope Jenn just got some coconut birthday cake”)

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