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squawky.bsky.social @squawky.bsky.social · 1d

You do not need to register for GSA to attend this workshop virtually - please check it out!

Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · 1d

This #GSA #ShortCourse is accepting new virtual participants through Friday of this week (Oct 10). Be sure to secure your spot if interested! ♿

Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · Jul 19

Geo-professionals with disabilities will be leading a short course at GSA Connects this year about the experiences of people with disabilities in the geoscience workforce.

Can’t get to San Antonio? You can attend virtually! Learn more and register at store.geosociety.org/products/sc2...

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 2d

We’re on Capitol Hill with 225 Earth & space scientists — including @aas.org and @planetarysociety.bsky.social — urging Congress to reopen the government and protect NASA science. 🚀🌍

Join us: buff.ly/a3YuGgY

#ScienceIsEssential #AGU

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 3d

Wesleyan University is hosting the symposium, free & open to the public. The event includes new research presented by: Paul Grant-Costa, Sarah Sportman, Alice King, Thomas Wickman, Vicki Welch, Lucianne Lavin, Jim Sarbaugh, Katherine Hermes, and Alexandra Maravel.
events.wesleyan.edu/event/wangun...

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GeoSPACE Field Course @geospace-field.bsky.social · 7d

The application window for GeoSPACE 2026 is now open! Join us online or in-person in Arizona for a two-week planetary geology field camp through @ufgeology.bsky.social. Open to geo-gators as well as visitors from other schools. If you are looking for an accessible field camp, check us out! ⚒️

5 students from the University of Florida do the "gator chomp" at Sunset Point Arizona during the 2025 field course.

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squawky.bsky.social @squawky.bsky.social · 12d

Proud to be a small cog in this amazing team and thankful for our inspiring students. (And especially on days like today that make these small things feel like big wins.)

GeoSPACE Field Course @geospace-field.bsky.social · 12d

Exciting Announcement: Our program is the 2025 winner of the @agu.org Award for Advancing Inclusive Excellence in STEM! We are so thankful to our peers and former students that nominated us for creating geoscience field training opportunities for all ⚒️🌎♿
news.clas.ufl.edu/geospace-pro...

GeoSPACE field program honored with national award for advancing inclusive STEM education

GeoSPACE is the first geoscience field camp designed specifically to be accessible and inclusive for students and faculty with disabilities.

news.clas.ufl.edu

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Nadine, Haunter of Rocks 👻 @nadwgab.bsky.social · 13d

Team hematite! Because sometimes it forms an ominous orb. Hematite is well known for its botryoidal (lumpy, grape-like) habit #minerals #MinCup25

A dark brown hematite hemisphere with reddish tint and smooth surface with curving lines. It's sitting on my nitrile gloved hand.

From the Natural History Museum, London's collections.

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Owen Missen @scimissionowen.bsky.social · 13d

vote for hematite!!!!
It can sometimes form an 'iron rose'!
www.mindat.org/photo-80260....

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Eos @eos.org · 13d

Did you know that there are blueberries on Mars? And they're made of #Hematite? Very cool, but definitely don't eat them.

eos.org/research-spo...

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 13d

Vote Hematite for Mars! For its redness and for everyone's favourite Martian rover.

#MinCup25 #sciart

My tiny linocut portrait of the Marian rover Opportunity shows the robot in black against terrain in a gradient of rust to purple over printed in black, on cream coloured washi paper. By Ele Willoughby, 2022

My tiny linocut print shows a vertical rectangle with the rusty-red-orange of the planet with grey topology and glacial white near the poles. Its two moons appear in front of it. The word "MARS" and the symbol for Mars (a circle with upward right diagonal arrow) appear in white against the black background. by Ele Willoughby, 2022

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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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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 15d

Wait a minute.

Why aren't we celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's dissertation.

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Mike Tice @ticeonmars.bsky.social · 23d

I've been asked a few times over the last few days what I think the chances are that the "leopard spots and poppy seeds" on Mars will turn out to be actual evidence of life. People are naturally skeptical given the history of possible signs of life on other planets. Strap in: long thread ahead...

Image collected by WATSON on the Perseverance rover of "Cheyava Falls," a rock on Mars containing potential biosignatures

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Joe Shapiro @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social · 27d

NPR wants to write about what makes travel difficult for people who use wheelchairs--with hotels. Tell us your stories. www.npr.org/2025/09/11/g...

Are hotel rooms accessible for people who use wheelchairs? NPR wants to hear from you

Hotels have accessible rooms for wheelchair users. If you or someone you know has experienced problems with those rooms, we'd like to hear about it.

www.npr.org

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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 27d

Hey - That's me! Come see!

CosmoQuest @cosmoquest.org · 27d

We are LIVE: Join us on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX to first look at today's #mincup challenge, and to then continue our mission to Science the s*** out of #MtG #EdgeOfEternities

CosmoQuestX - Twitch

Science of Magic the Gathering Cards - Proxy time!

Twitch.tv

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squawky.bsky.social @squawky.bsky.social · 28d

Or how many will lose jobs if Mars Sample Return is cancelled... or Mars Odyssey... or MAVEN... or... (I don't have enough space, do I....)

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Dr. Geo Shanz 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · Sep 7

VOTE HEMATITE! #MinCup25

As an Fe-oxide researcher, I’m excited to advocate for this 🧲 mineral. Here we go:

🟥 Banded Iron Formations
🫐 Mars dust + “blueberry” spherules
🧲 Magnetic (helpful for easy separation!)
🎨 Ancient pigments
& those awesome 80s/90s necklaces (you KNOW you had them!)

Hematite sample (source: www.weinrichmineralsinc.com)

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Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · Sep 5

The IAGD is now accepting applications for our Student Pathways Scholarship for the Fall 2025 cycle with a deadline of September 30th.

The one-time awards of $750 are meant to support students with disabilities studying any geoscience discipline.

Learn more and apply at forms.gle/Sj4N5zmyk9ED...

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squawky.bsky.social @squawky.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trying to organize a similar course (but am terrible at "getting stuff done" so... that).

One idea is a "writing spot": used just for "work" (esp. when laptops multi-task as game consoles or TVs).

Also Gantt charts to plan (not waiting until the day projects are due to pick a topic...). YMMV :)

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Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · Sep 1

🗣️ The invite to the IAGD's official Discord just dropped! ✨

Everyone who supports accessibility and inclusion in the geosciences is welcome in our community regardless of ability or disability. We'd love to have you join us! Use the QR code or go to discord.gg/sVpckvEw

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squawky.bsky.social @squawky.bsky.social · Aug 31

Me also - Chrome on MacBookPro.

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Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · Aug 27

To create and sustain equitable workplaces for people with disabilities, employers and coworkers should be aware of how the disability tax negatively impacts d/Disabled workers.

Read William Harkness's new article on this phenomenon at tinyurl.com/y5u7stts

The Disability Tax: How Disabled Professional are Quietly Holding Companies Together - The Mind Hears

Often, it’s said that professionals with disabilities have two jobs: the one we’re paid to do, and the unpaid one of educating others. But in truth, it’s never just two jobs.

themindhears.org

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Lego LabRat @legolaboratoryrat.bsky.social · Aug 25

@go4know.com

Thanks for following my Lego Periodic Table project.

My project depends on SUPPORT VOTES submitted at the link

If you haven't already please SUPPORT it and share it.

SUPPORT here (it's free)
ideas.lego.com/s/p:7ea5c858...

The Periodic Table of the [LEGO] Elements | LEGO® Ideas

I am a chemist and an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO). This is the intersection of those two disciplines. But perhaps the intersection is more than just a periodic tab…

ideas.lego.com

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Dr Robin George Andrews @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW: The White House wants to kill off Juno, NASA's mission to uncover Jupiter's secrets. Fortunately, its legacy is clear.

Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky.

Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Say Goodbye to Juno, NASA’s Groundbreaking Mission to Jupiter

The Juno spacecraft has rewritten the story on Jupiter, the solar system’s undisputed heavyweight

www.scientificamerican.com

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Stuart Atkinson @stuartatkinson.bsky.social · Aug 20

...and finally for today, made from Navcam images taken two days ago, a wonderful new view of Perseverance with the Big Country martian landscape stretched out behind her... This took ages to make so I hope you like it enough to Share it! Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S Atkinson

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Chop Shop Studio 🇺🇸+🇺🇦 @chopshopstore.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hey Mates! Free #spaceArt sticker. Just order here. There is an option to buy something, but you don’t have to. You can just get the free sticker. Missions selected at random. chopshopstore.myflodesk.com/freemission | #sciArt #Voyager #Cassini #MarsRover

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