The place I rest - The Mind Hears
Field work is my place in the world where I can rest; I'm allowed by the people around me to be both a deaf person and a scientist without denying either.
We are delighted to share an essay by Alma Schrage that was originally published in 'Uncharted How scientists navigate their own health, research and experiences of bias'. Alma describes the challenges and joys of field work and conferences during graduate school.
themindhears.org/2025/11/08/t...
11.11.2025 14:49
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In this wonderful new post, engineering professor Tim Anderson describes some delightful ways that his hearing loss has provided him problem solving opportunities and connection with others.
17.09.2025 20:41
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"Being a deaf or hard of hearing person was not something that we chose but integrating that into our core sense of self is. " - Leslie Frazier
05.08.2025 16:52
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Profile: Dr. Timothy Anderson - The Mind Hears
My first phone call . . . was clearly a prank. It sounded like someone was using a bad 1970s era robotic voice like a Speak βn Spell toy . . . Moving it to my right ear revealed it was my wife. Left-R...
A new The Mind Hears profile is out! Meet Dr. Tim Anderson from Portland State University and learn about his twisty travails as engineering faculty and chair with hearing loss. In the process you may discover if he talked to a robot. Or was it his wife? themindhears.org/2025/06/26/p...
27.06.2025 02:00
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How do releasing bends evolve in weaker crust? Lots of sinistral cross faults!! (compare to previous post)
Gabriel, Alana, Hanna M. Elston, Michele L. Cooke and Christ F. Ramos SΓ‘nchez, 2025, Impact of material strength on style of faulting at releasing bends, Tektonika, doi.org/10.55575/tek...
22.05.2025 21:06
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Green - normal faults; Blue = dextral strike-slip; pink = reverse faults and yellow (hard to see and only at the 'north end of one of the normal faults) = sinistral shear
22.05.2025 21:04
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Development of an experimental releasing bend shows significant strain partitioning on faults.
Read more at: Gabriel, Alana, Hanna M. Elston, Michele L. Cooke and Christ F. Ramos SΓ‘nchez, 2025, Impact of material strength on style of faulting at releasing bends, Tektonika, doi.org/10.55575/tek...
22.05.2025 20:43
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Letter For House of Natural Resources Committee
The House Natural Resource Committee is expected to have a hearing on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and the National Volcano Early Warning System on Tuesday May 20. The at...
Temblor CEO Ross Stein, Paul Segall, Greg Beroza, and Ahmed Elbanna are urging Congress to reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and the National Volcano Early Warning System.
Add your signature. Public support is welcome. Do not sign if you work for a U.S. federal agency.
16.05.2025 19:50
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Camera is pointed upwards next to the trunk of an American Chestnut tree. Many serrated leaves in the fore and background with blue skky beyond.
Bruce, one of my American Chestnut trees, is looking strong. There is a metaphor in this photo of a tree that is vulnerable to blight that has wiped out its species (another chestnut sapling in my yard has cankers) and still grows strong and tall.
#persist
14.05.2025 23:30
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Incremental dilational and vorticity strain maps that show the complex growth of faults at releasing bends.
Former UMass undergrad, Alana Gabriel led this study that came out today. Great job Alana! π
Gabriel, Alana, Hanna M. Elston, Michele L. Cooke and Christ F. Ramos SΓ‘nchez, 2025, Impact of material strength on style of faulting at releasing bends, Tektonika, doi.org/10.55575/tek...
12.05.2025 23:43
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If you have been wondering how strike-slip faults evolve in the presence of pre-existing weaknesses, wonder no more. We got you!
Yup, the early slip along the weaknesses increase strike-slip fault roughness, just like you thought.
(Check out the cute ephemeral sinistral connector fautls in red!)
11.05.2025 01:52
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incremental vorticy - need to adjust the animation so that color bar is bigger.
11.05.2025 01:27
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Sometimes when things get tough, I like to watch strike-slip faults grow.
Over and over again.
10.05.2025 04:21
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A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies.
TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trumpβs Executive Order.
10.05.2025 02:03
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Including Deaf and Signing Audiences in Solar Eclipse Outreach and Astronomy Education
A contribution to Celebrating the Wonder of Science in the Shadow II
Hello astronomers! I'm thrilled to share my newest article, "Including Deaf and Signing Audiences in Solar Eclipse Outreach and Astronomy Education," which was just published in the Bulletin of the AAS. I'm thankful to my wonderful coauthors...
baas.aas.org/pub/2024n9i0...
30.12.2024 20:21
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Also @atomichands.bsky.social are deaf scientists
11.04.2025 05:27
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Yes. ποΈPlease send more details.
11.04.2025 04:50
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14.03.2025 02:42
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Still sleeping. One has blight. It others are ok. Will report when they wake up.
09.03.2025 02:00
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In 3 of 4 interviews today about the Portsmouth earthquake I mentioned the need for federal funding of science to understand earthquakes. Only one story by @masslive.bsky.social published that part of the interview. Thanks massLive and Will Katcher for a nice report!
28.01.2025 00:37
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Looking for training to help you respond to harassment, bullying and microaggressions in the learning environment? Apply to join @eurogeosciences.bsky.social EDI &
@advancegeo.bsky.social for a free Bystander Intervention online workshop on 22 November, 14:00CET. Register TODAY: egu.eu/8JTFKE/
16.11.2024 21:25
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Bruce has slender tendrils with rows of flower buds.
Margaret is over 6 feet and lots of leaves.
πMy 3 year old American Chestnut is growing flowers! πBtw His name is Bruce. His sibling Margaret does not have flowers but she is looking grand.
24.05.2024 12:36
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Who sends email on Saturday morning setting up a meeting for 9 am Monday?
Academics, thats who.
Yes, I was the academic who checked their email Saturday morning and accepted the calendar invite. I am part of the problem.
27.04.2024 17:35
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Just filled out demographic information for an NSF project. Many of the demographic choices need updates! Why still only binary genders?
For disability status I chose 'Deaf or serious difficulty hearing'
srsly? Um yes, I do have serious difficulty with situations designed only for hearing people.
24.04.2024 19:05
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