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Allen J. Dennis
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Geologist, Professor
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#PowerOutage
cartoguophy.bsky.social Atlas Guo @cartoguophy.bsky.social · 9h
I made a map visualizing the customer count and percentage of #PowerOutage as of 6 AM CT on Jan 26, following the severe #WinterStorm over the weekend. #Nashville stands out as the hardest hit area in terms of outage numbers. #WinterStormFern #DisasterMapping #DataVisualization
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Massive Winter Storm approaching this weekend. Gift article. wapo.st/4k4iJs0
These 12 cities will be hit hardest by the massive winter storm
A devastating swath of ice will hit dozens of cities in a stretch from northern Texas to southern Virginia, with the likelihood of long-lasting power outages.
wapo.st
January 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Coming soon, Grizzy and Bonnie host a haiku workshop for beginners.

Gift 🎁 article

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/s...
January 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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wired.com
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · 18d
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by an ICE agent, witnessed on a cell phone video, January 7, 2026 in Minneapolis. Rest in peace.
January 8, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Nanda Dev

This story had a lot: High Himalayas, attempted Cold War spying on Chinese Lop Nur weapons test site, alpinists, bad weather, a nuclear powered generator, the Ganges watershed.

Gift 🎁 article
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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Gift Article 🎁
Antarctic research voyage: Thwaites glacier www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/c...
Bound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth’s End Is Underway
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Colorado River watershed
Gift article
wapo.st/4saipLS
The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis. No one has a solution.
The Colorado River faces a crisis as seven states struggle to agree on water-sharing rules.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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In the 90s I had my historical geology students read Jonathan Weiner's Beak of the Finch.

This was a nice reminder

Sat 20 Dec 2025 p A3 NYT
December 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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200 Ma dinosaur trackway, Stelvio National Park, Italy
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/s...
More Than 2,000 Dinosaur Footprints Are Found in the Italian Alps
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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usatoday.com
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Read, people, read.
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Steve Cropper 🎁 article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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They've lost the 9yos
JA Westenberg @Daojoan@mastodon.social My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.” Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner Kiddo: that’s AI Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Gift article 🎁
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here’s How Much Obamacare Prices Are Rising Across the Country (Gift Article)
The new prices make it official: Americans will need to pay more for insurance next year if extra subsidies are allowed to expire.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Very important findings.

For a society increasingly absorbed in sports gambling, betting your health and life on vaccines is a very smart bet.
carlzimmer.com Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Oct 27
People who got the 2024-2025 Covid booster had a 44% lower symptomatic infection rate and more than a 50% lower rate of death and hospitalization than those who did not receive the booster, and did not experience a higher rate of adverse outcomes. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Evidence, Opinion, and Uncertainty About COVID-19 Vaccines
This issue of JAMA Internal Medicine includes a Research Letter by Du and colleagues1 reporting findings that once again demonstrate that vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster with an updated ...
jamanetwork.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Fresh Air reprises three interviews with Susan Stamberg, two by Terry Gross and one with Bill Siemering

www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
Remembering NPR 'Founding Mother' Susan Stamberg : Fresh Air
As longtime co-host of All Things Considered, Stamberg was the first woman to anchor a national news program in the U.S. People weren't used to hearing women's voices on the radio. "We were imitating ...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Gift article
End of the Joides Resolution
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/s...
Dismantling the Ship That Drilled for the Ocean’s Deepest Secrets (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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In a broadcast from Oct 2019, Free Speech Absolutism discussed by @onthemedia.bsky.social @brookegladstone.bsky.social with Andrew Marantz on JohnStuart Mill, Richard Rorty and guests @profjohnapowell, P.E. Moskowitz, @susanbenesch.bsky.social
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Highly recommended.
Sticks and Stones | On the Media | WNYC Studios
A look back at our country's radical and inconsistent free speech tradition. 
www.wnycstudios.org
September 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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20 September 1820: Cambridge geologist Adam Sedgwick visits Lyme Regis, noting in his journal: 'After breakfast purchase fossils of Miss Anning'. This is the earliest known reference to Mary Anning junior now taking the lead in the family fossil business run by her mother (who was also Mary Anning).
Portrait of Mary Anning wearing a green cloak and a straw bonnet tied with a red ribbon. She holds a hammer and has a basket over her arm. Portrait of Adam Sedgwick in a dark coat and academic gown. Extract from Sedgwick's journal: '20. [September] After breakfast purchase fossils of Miss Anning - walk to the Charmouth Cliffs'
September 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Russian MiG jets stayed in Estonian airspace for over 20 minutes without flight plans, with transponders off, and made no contact with air traffic control, according to Estonia’s Ministry of Defence.
September 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Looking forward to more and deeper reporting from the raid on the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions battery factory in Ellabel, GA, and related situations.
Gift 🎁 article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/u...
Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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🌋 On Aug 27, 1883, Krakatoa erupted with cataclysmic force. The blast was heard 3,000+ miles away, unleashed tsunamis over 30m high, and darkened skies worldwide. Global temperatures dropped, and vivid sunsets inspired artists for years.
#OTD #Krakatoa #VolcanoHistory
September 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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War on Science
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
RFK, Jr., Demanded a Vaccine Study Be Retracted—The Journal Said No
In a rare move for a U.S. public official, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., called for a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease to be retracted...
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September 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Perspective on Covid-19
August 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM