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Dr. Simon Jowitt

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Economic geologist, Nevada State Geologist and Director of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology @unevadareno, formerly @UNLVGeoscience @MonashEAE, @GeologyLeics, @CambSchMines, @GeosciencesEd. Views are my own. From Shipley, WYorks, and a BCAFC fan.

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Nov 13

Still one of my favourite rock labels. From Rhyolite, Nevada.

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Aug 21

Another day at the grindstone ahead 😆 🎂 🥳

Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Aug 1

Not only is today Yorkshire Day but it is also apparently International Beer Day. What a Friday!

Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jul 30

Not sure how AGU can get away with charging $70 an abstract and then have a very problematic submission system. Yes, it is busy but who doesn’t wait until the last minute to submit?

Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jul 30

Firth of Forth, just north of Edinburgh. The Forth Rail Bridge and the two later road crossings.

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jul 30

Some rather impressive bridgework…

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hello Edinburgh… it’s been a while.

Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jul 13

Nice to be quoted in this article on challenges over lithium mine development in the Silver State: nevadacurrent.com/2025/07/11/n...

Nevada mine delayed amid lithium price plunge • Nevada Current

A proposed lithium-boron mine in Nevada has been delayed for a second time amid a lithium price crash caused by softer electric vehicle demand and an oversupply of the battery metal globally.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · Jul 11

Age verification? Still waiting for my copper ingots.

Framed photo of Nanni’s complaint to Ea-Nasir.

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jul 8

Is Nevada the gold rather than silver state? Perhaps… www.reviewjournal.com/business/is-...

Is Nevada really the gold state?

If Nevada was a country, it would be the fifth largest gold producer in the world, behind China, Russia, Australia and Canada.

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jul 3

Well, there’s another $3 trillion added to the U.S. national debt to continue the record of Republican leadership moving the deficit in the wrong direction… www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fact-checking three key claims about Trump's mega-bill

Trump insists that the new bill will save the US billions, but it has been criticised by his old ally Elon Musk.

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jul 3

Gave a pint or so today… or nearly an armful as Tony Hancock might have put it.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · Jun 30

I see Wimbledon have replaced line judges with robots, yet they still ignore my suggestion to replace all the ball boys and ball girls with a single Jack Russell terrier.

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jun 30

More commentary on the funding situation where cuts would negatively impact exactly the work the federal government wants to do in mineral exploration and mining to support national, economic and energy security: www.kunr.org/local-storie... - precompetitive data is crucial…

Federal cuts could put state geological surveys on shaky ground in the Mountain West

The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, including grants to universities. That could affect funding relied on by survey of...

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jun 20

Nice to get to talk to the New York Times @nytimes.com about funding challenges around publicly available precompetitive geoscience data acquisitions and geological mapping right when these data are more vital than ever for national and economic security: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c...

There Might Not Be a Map for That: Budget Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jun 18

This journal “paper” seems to be doing the rounds but if you actually read it, it is very much an op-ed rather than anything focused on science. Any scientific papers with quotes in like these should ring alarm bells and some of the references seem a little worrying too… www.jmaj.jp/detail.php?i...

Significant Increase in Excess Deaths after Repeated COVID-19 Vaccination in Japan | JMA Journal

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jun 13

One nice thing about flying out of Reno airport is the artwork by the check in desks, which incorporates geological maps of Nevada. Next stop (after two layovers!), Potsdam, Germany!

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · Jun 13

Meanwhile in Turkmenistan, they’ve let President Serdar Berdimuhamedov out for his annual school trip to the middle of a field.

“But I stood in a field last year!” he complains.
“Shut up and stand in the field or no chippy tea tonight”, says his dad.

Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and his unfeasibly smooth neck standing in a field, holding a sheaf of corn to demonstrate that his country is a land of plenty, and absolutely not the other thing. He has the Ted Cruz “I like lasagne but it’s not what I ordered” face of a man who doesn’t do emotions.

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jun 11

Not every day you come across rather nice stibnite crystals like these. There’s antimony in them thar hills…

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jun 8

So more money for athletics to the detriment of everything else? Will be watching to see how this pans out. Athletes should have fair payment, but will this drive to try and be competitive mean the rest of the university suffers? www.rgj.com/story/sports...

Rempe releases statement that Nevada athletics will opt in to the House settlement

Rempe releases statement that Nevada athletics will opt in to the House settlement; Judge approved settlement Friday night

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Dr. Simon Jowitt @thejow.bsky.social · Jun 6

New geyser activity in Nevada; good to see the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology keeping the piblic informed about this geothermal activity. www.2news.com/news/too-dan...