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Science educator, geology enthusiast, internet junkie, professional coffee imbiber. Corvallis, Oregon

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I'm asleep more than awake now so yes.

08.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Next week we'll be calling this "Joe Biden's war on Iran".

08.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Pixelated black and white Voyager photo of Io, showing a plume from a volcanic eruption.

Pixelated black and white Voyager photo of Io, showing a plume from a volcanic eruption.

Voyager 1 captured the first evidence of an extraterrestrial volcanic eruption #OTD in 1979, on Jupiter's moon Io.

The plume in this image was discovered by astronomer Linda A. Morabito, working as a JPL engineer at the time, and announced a few days later. πŸ”­ πŸ§ͺ πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

Image: NASA/JPL

08.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Talk Show Chatterbox Pete Hegseth's Pentagon:

08.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 934 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

08.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 11953 πŸ” 2598 πŸ’¬ 227 πŸ“Œ 184

Joke's on you daylight savings I'm totally fine with an hour less of this shitshow

08.03.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 531 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

The ides of March are coming if you need ideas about what to get your local emperor.

28.02.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 298 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

They're hiding it from you: The Las Vegas Sphere is actually flat.

08.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My yearly plea, daylight savings time should take effect at 4pm on Friday and the day called β€œearly happy hour day” and become a beloved national holiday.

07.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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Anyways

07.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

World War II ended with Hitler shooting himself In his bunker.

World war lll began with Epstein being murdered in a jail cell.

07.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#GeologyRocks βš’οΈ

07.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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March 7, 1785, Scottish farmer & naturalist James Hutton presents his full "Theory of the Earth" at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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07.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Highly recommend "The Measure of All Things," by Ken Alder, 2002. Quixotic, indeed.

07.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Meme triptych of Duke Leto and Paul Atreides

Text:

We must not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.
Why not?
Because people are fucking idiots, Paul.
They're just... incredibly stupid.

Meme triptych of Duke Leto and Paul Atreides Text: We must not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. Why not? Because people are fucking idiots, Paul. They're just... incredibly stupid.

05.03.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 1043 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6
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a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh . ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .

"unconditional surrender" but also "we're not at war"

06.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both

10.11.2025 23:58 πŸ‘ 14382 πŸ” 2411 πŸ’¬ 342 πŸ“Œ 291

βš’οΈ

06.03.2026 07:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🀣🀣🀣

05.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 14207 πŸ” 4015 πŸ’¬ 440 πŸ“Œ 252

First for me, too. Never again.

05.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The people of Iran must be scared out of their minds, hearing Donald Trump say *he* will appoint their new leader, only moments before appointing America's Stupidest Senator, Markwayne Mullins, to run Homeland Security.

05.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 2380 πŸ” 558 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 14
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"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."

β€” Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War (7 Feb 2003).

05.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1871 πŸ” 689 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 76

I think this may be the most horrifying 30 seconds of video I have ever seen.

05.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

05.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 7532 πŸ” 2182 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 65
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Pay attention to the verbs. Pay attention to who gets named. Pay attention to who β€œsays” and who β€œdid.”

That’s how perception is shaped - not with blatant lies, but with careful framing.

04.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 948 πŸ” 469 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 23
Photo looking down on low area of  dry stream channel covered with grass and shrubs. The channel basically makes a z shape, but with almost 90-degree angles

Photo looking down on low area of dry stream channel covered with grass and shrubs. The channel basically makes a z shape, but with almost 90-degree angles

More Seismology 🀝 Hydrology

Wallace Creek (dry in these photos) has been offset by the San Andreas fault. The two ~90Β° turns occur where it crosses the fault. The land on the left has moved over time ~north (direction of view) relative to the land on the right.

Carrizo Plain National Monument.

05.03.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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#ThomasMassie

04.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

For all the but how can we afford space exploration folks…this means we’ve already spent more on this war that started last week than Cassini cost in the 26 years it took to build, launch, and operate it.

04.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 1485 πŸ” 547 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7

anybody else ever sit at a stop sign waiting for it to change

04.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

(Real curious if we'll be able to reestablish just basic diplomacy after this is done. Clearly anyone involved with the administration can't be trusted to do anything in good faith.)

04.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0