Mara Reed
@geyserite.bsky.social
Enjoying post-PhD life before the next gig. Geyser researcher/appreciator/zealot and caver. Seldom poster, frequent lurker.
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US NSF/GEO folks: if you/your students had GRFP applications that were returned without review, please send a note to grfpprodirector@nsf.gov - they are logging and handling inquiries.
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
US NSF/GEO folks: if you/your students had GRFP applications that were returned without review, please send a note to grfpprodirector@nsf.gov - they are logging and handling inquiries.
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NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
oh hello X8 flare
Would you like to direct some happy energized particles this way? Thanks in advance.
Would you like to direct some happy energized particles this way? Thanks in advance.
February 2, 2026 at 1:32 AM
oh hello X8 flare
Would you like to direct some happy energized particles this way? Thanks in advance.
Would you like to direct some happy energized particles this way? Thanks in advance.
I guess I have the unpopular opinion that my earth science colleagues are being weird about piling on a (usually decent?) science communicator about bungling something related to our field.
Yeah, the doubling down on that person's part is baffling, but the pile on ain't going to help.
Yeah, the doubling down on that person's part is baffling, but the pile on ain't going to help.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I guess I have the unpopular opinion that my earth science colleagues are being weird about piling on a (usually decent?) science communicator about bungling something related to our field.
Yeah, the doubling down on that person's part is baffling, but the pile on ain't going to help.
Yeah, the doubling down on that person's part is baffling, but the pile on ain't going to help.
Hey there, couldn't help but notice your Chicago-sized bulge. 😳
Yes, the Norris uplift anomaly is back (fun!), but uh, phrasing! For more on this I'd recommend a recent Caldera Chronicles article that discusses the history of uplift around the N Yellowstone caldera rim:
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
Yes, the Norris uplift anomaly is back (fun!), but uh, phrasing! For more on this I'd recommend a recent Caldera Chronicles article that discusses the history of uplift around the N Yellowstone caldera rim:
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Hey there, couldn't help but notice your Chicago-sized bulge. 😳
Yes, the Norris uplift anomaly is back (fun!), but uh, phrasing! For more on this I'd recommend a recent Caldera Chronicles article that discusses the history of uplift around the N Yellowstone caldera rim:
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
Yes, the Norris uplift anomaly is back (fun!), but uh, phrasing! For more on this I'd recommend a recent Caldera Chronicles article that discusses the history of uplift around the N Yellowstone caldera rim:
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
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Anywho, things are messy. We are both complicit in terrible things while also being subjected to horrors. We perpetrate harm and also experience it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Anywho, things are messy. We are both complicit in terrible things while also being subjected to horrors. We perpetrate harm and also experience it.
I was outside watching the sky shimmer and apparently I missed Something™...
January 21, 2026 at 6:21 AM
I was outside watching the sky shimmer and apparently I missed Something™...
Layered up, snacks packed, making coffee. Ready for whatever the sky brings tonight! 🫡
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Layered up, snacks packed, making coffee. Ready for whatever the sky brings tonight! 🫡
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Get in babies, we are hope scrolling tonight
January 19, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Get in babies, we are hope scrolling tonight
I'm sorry B_t is at 90 nT? Depending on the timing of if/when the field tips south could make tonight insane.
January 19, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I'm sorry B_t is at 90 nT? Depending on the timing of if/when the field tips south could make tonight insane.
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BREAKING: Minnesota and Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop ICE enforcement surge after the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown
The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota and Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop ICE enforcement surge after the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
Up until a few years ago, this cave in Carlsbad National Park could be visited on semi-wild, ranger-led tours. For the moment it is only open for work trips. After reflagging several hundred meters of trail in the cave, I took some time to capture this scene. The scale of NM caves is something else.
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Up until a few years ago, this cave in Carlsbad National Park could be visited on semi-wild, ranger-led tours. For the moment it is only open for work trips. After reflagging several hundred meters of trail in the cave, I took some time to capture this scene. The scale of NM caves is something else.
I’ve been volunteering at CAVE this past week but it’s been hard to focus. I grew up in a Twin Cities suburb and I am just so terrified for my home.
January 10, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I’ve been volunteering at CAVE this past week but it’s been hard to focus. I grew up in a Twin Cities suburb and I am just so terrified for my home.
I just drove from Mammoth to Bozeman through intermittent heavy rain.
It is January 2nd.
>:(
It is January 2nd.
>:(
January 2, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I just drove from Mammoth to Bozeman through intermittent heavy rain.
It is January 2nd.
>:(
It is January 2nd.
>:(
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What's your fav national park (or monument)?
Death Valley for me, hands down.
Death Valley for me, hands down.
December 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
What's your fav national park (or monument)?
Death Valley for me, hands down.
Death Valley for me, hands down.
Choose your 19th century weird cave formation theory fighter:
⚒️
1) Caves are just natural void spaces in giant coral reefs
2) Caves are the plumbing systems of limey volcanoes
3) Electricity did it because I put an electrode in water and clay and the clay cracked
⚒️
1) Caves are just natural void spaces in giant coral reefs
2) Caves are the plumbing systems of limey volcanoes
3) Electricity did it because I put an electrode in water and clay and the clay cracked
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Choose your 19th century weird cave formation theory fighter:
⚒️
1) Caves are just natural void spaces in giant coral reefs
2) Caves are the plumbing systems of limey volcanoes
3) Electricity did it because I put an electrode in water and clay and the clay cracked
⚒️
1) Caves are just natural void spaces in giant coral reefs
2) Caves are the plumbing systems of limey volcanoes
3) Electricity did it because I put an electrode in water and clay and the clay cracked
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If you're looking for hydro academic positions & opportunities, definitely follow the @csdms.bsky.social acct, they post about a lot of openings
Funded PhD (45m + placement): Physics-Aware Foundation Model for Hydrology (HydroFM) — QUARTILES DLA at the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. Apply before: 14 January. See also: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you're looking for hydro academic positions & opportunities, definitely follow the @csdms.bsky.social acct, they post about a lot of openings
"Rightside Upside Down"
I spent several weekends surveying and photographing this Wyoming cave over the summer. This was one of the funkier photos I tried to shoot.
I spent several weekends surveying and photographing this Wyoming cave over the summer. This was one of the funkier photos I tried to shoot.
December 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
"Rightside Upside Down"
I spent several weekends surveying and photographing this Wyoming cave over the summer. This was one of the funkier photos I tried to shoot.
I spent several weekends surveying and photographing this Wyoming cave over the summer. This was one of the funkier photos I tried to shoot.
It took 7.5 years, but I made it: the PhD is complete. 😮💨
December 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It took 7.5 years, but I made it: the PhD is complete. 😮💨
I'm experiencing the worst nerve pain of my life—did something stupid in the gym a week ago and after a day of feeling back to normal, this bullshit—but I swear on my life this full dissertation draft will be DONE by the wee hours.
(To my one committee member who is On Here: SOON, and thank you)
(To my one committee member who is On Here: SOON, and thank you)
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I'm experiencing the worst nerve pain of my life—did something stupid in the gym a week ago and after a day of feeling back to normal, this bullshit—but I swear on my life this full dissertation draft will be DONE by the wee hours.
(To my one committee member who is On Here: SOON, and thank you)
(To my one committee member who is On Here: SOON, and thank you)
Holy shit. Hoping no USGS folks were in the field during this eruption
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Holy shit. Hoping no USGS folks were in the field during this eruption
The quote used in this headline is incredibly ominous if you're not used to the phrase "in the field." 😆
www.kqed.org/news/1206608...
www.kqed.org/news/1206608...
False Earthquake Alert Likely Triggered by ‘Something Out in the Field,’ USGS Says | KQED
The USGS, which said at least four seismic stations detected ground motion that signaled a quake, quickly canceled the warning that startled the Bay Area.
www.kqed.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The quote used in this headline is incredibly ominous if you're not used to the phrase "in the field." 😆
www.kqed.org/news/1206608...
www.kqed.org/news/1206608...
Someday I will learn that the problem of not knowing how to organize my scientific results into a compelling and coherent narrative is solved through the process of writing things down, however disjointed. Because writing *is* thinking.
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Someday I will learn that the problem of not knowing how to organize my scientific results into a compelling and coherent narrative is solved through the process of writing things down, however disjointed. Because writing *is* thinking.
I WAS BORN TO WATCH WATER BOIL NOT WATCH QGIS CRASH
The final sprint of dissertation is going well, why do you ask?
The final sprint of dissertation is going well, why do you ask?
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I WAS BORN TO WATCH WATER BOIL NOT WATCH QGIS CRASH
The final sprint of dissertation is going well, why do you ask?
The final sprint of dissertation is going well, why do you ask?
I know the news is newsing but tonight and last night I've sat the camp chair in the backyard and typed out a couple paragraphs on the dissertation while watching auroral glow.
Personally I think I'm as close to winning dissertation writing as possible without submitting.
Personally I think I'm as close to winning dissertation writing as possible without submitting.
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I know the news is newsing but tonight and last night I've sat the camp chair in the backyard and typed out a couple paragraphs on the dissertation while watching auroral glow.
Personally I think I'm as close to winning dissertation writing as possible without submitting.
Personally I think I'm as close to winning dissertation writing as possible without submitting.