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Howard Lee
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Geologist and Science Writer: If you want to see what climate change can do to the planet just look at Earth's past!
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jordonhemingway.bsky.social Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · 5h
Excellent opportunity for anybody looking to do a PhD on reverse weathering---Greg is an awesome person and great supervisor! Spread the word:
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Doctoral position in isotope geochemistry for marine authigenic clay formation and the silicon cycle
jobs.ethz.ch
January 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Europe’s generals are warning people to prepare for war - but western European societies are in denial
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Europe’s generals are warning people to prepare for war
But western European societies are in denial
www.economist.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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npr.org
Operation Absolute Resolve, that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro, echoes the 1990 U.S. invasion of Panama that brought down Manuel Noriega. But big differences abound. n.pr/49CIBHI
A tale of two U.S. interventions and why Venezuela is not Panama 2.0
Operation Absolute Resolve, that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro, echoes the 1990 U.S. invasion of Panama that brought down Manuel Noriega. But big differences abound.
n.pr
January 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Saw Club d'Elf perform their genre-defying music last Halloween and I'm infatuated youtu.be/UNlnlqvVYno?...
Club d'Elf ft. John Medeski: Groton Hill Music Center 10/21/23 Set 1
YouTube video by Club d'Elf
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January 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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January 4, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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“There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than a distant image of our tiny world. …it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

— Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994
theplanetaryguy.bsky.social Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 4d
Open up this picture fully.

Then look at the surface of Mars.

Then look up to the top right.

Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.

Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.

That's Earth.
A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.
December 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A good discussion of the state of science regarding cold swings in temperature and climate change 👇🧪 (NE USA focused)
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/s...
Why is it so cold? Some researchers say there may be a surprising culprit: climate change. - The Boston Globe
Some researchers say that surges in Arctic air could be one of global warming's strange new hallmarks.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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judithgeology.bsky.social
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A M6.5 earthquake struck near Acapulco, Mexico today, triggering warning systems and causing tall buildings in Mexico City to sway. How does this event fit into the larger tectonic picture - and what kinds of earthquakes might we expect here?

earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m65-subduc...
M6.5 subduction earthquake strikes near Acapulco, Mexico
Unsurprisingly, also felt in Mexico City
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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"The results suggested the continents began to grow relatively late in Earth’s history, from around 3.5 billion years ago" ⚒️
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3.7-Billion-Year-Old Rocks in Australia Are Rewriting the Story of Earth’s First Continents
Ancient Australian rocks suggest Earth’s continents formed later than expected and share a common origin with the Moon.
scitechdaily.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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Moving Snow, Berthierville
Kathleen Moir Morris
1925
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark👇⚒️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark - Scientific Reports
We provide a reassessment of the hypothesis of ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (Maastrichtian–Danian) boundary, based on new data from the lower Danian Cerithium Limestone Member at ...
www.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Three of the top five British grid electricity records smashed in 2025!

This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.

Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
January 1, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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During the Silurian Period, 430 million years ago, equatorial reef systems developed in the seas. The reefs were home to all kinds of invertebrates and among the most plentiful were brachiopods, bryozoans, and gastropods, seen in this specimen in our collection.
During the Silurian Period, 430 million years ago, equatorial reef systems developed in the seas. The reefs were home to all kinds of invertebrates and among the most plentiful were brachiopods, bryozoans, and gastropods, seen in this specimen in our collection.
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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One of the best things that happened to me in 2025 was that we got a permit to visit The Wave in Arizona. Here are some photos from last Friday; needless to say, photos do not do justice to this place
One of the classic views of The Wave, an erosional feature carved into the Navajo Sandstone, largely into one foreset of cross bedding that shows seasonal cycles A less common view of The Wave. It is easy to spend hours in a relatively small area Right above The Wave, there is a homogeneous sandstone unit that shows beautiful polygonal weathering The Wave is part of a strictly protected area called Coyote Buttes North that has a ton of incredible Navajo Sandstone features. Cyclic bedding like the one shown here is common; the darker layers are grain flows and represent the time of the year when the dominant wind was blowing.
January 2, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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theatlantic.com
“Conservatives would never accept a left-wing government using regulatory favoritism to pressure conservative media”—but now that this is occurring at CBS, they offer “pointillistic defenses” of Bari Weiss spiking a “60 Minutes” story, @jonathanchait argues.
Stop Defending Bari Weiss
It is impossible to take her actions at face value given the context in which she is operating.
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January 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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swais2c.bsky.social SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · 2d
A bit late in sharing, but we've successfully rotary-cored sediment under 523m of the ice sheet at Crary Ice Rise! This was a whole team effort, with special mention to our drillers and hot water crew. Watch the moment we got our first glimpse of the sediment we’ve been waiting on for so long.
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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TIL that Japan has a museum called the Chinsekikan, which translates to “Hall of Curious Rocks”, that displays hundreds of naturally formed stones resembling human faces. ⚒️ #Geology

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/jap...
Photo of a rock collection where the rocks look like human faces.
January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Scientists and PBS reporter Miles O'Brien on their way to Thwaites Glacier www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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eciu.net
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown

New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies
www.theguardian.com/environment...
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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May the new year be better than the old one
Sunrise over the ocean with a reef in the foreground
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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See you at the party.
December 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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By this day in 2002 all Russian soldiers in Moldova and Georgia were promised to be removed.

They were not. But please believe us when we negotiate now about our soldiers in Ukraine.
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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mineralsocamerica.bsky.social Mineralogical Society of America @mineralsocamerica.bsky.social · 4d
American Mineralogist:
Synthesis of zircon-hafnon to determine oxygen isotope matrix effects in secondary ionization mass spectrometry
Axel K. Schmitt, Leonid Aranovich, and Ilya Bindeman
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Also, more generally, why do none of these reports examine Nikolai Patrushev's claim that Trump had obligations to the forces that helped him win?

It is a fact that Russia helped Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Why is that EVER forgotten?

tass.com/politics/187...
MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. In his future policies, including those on the Russian track US President-elect Donald Trump will rely on the commitments to the forces that brought him to power, rather than on election pledges, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev told the daily Kommersant in an interview. "The election campaign is over," Patrushev noted. "To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them." He agreed that Trump, when he was still a candidate, "made many statements critical of the destructive foreign and domestic policies pursued by the current administration." "But very often election pledges in the United States can iverge from subsequent actions," he recalled. Republican Donald Trump outperformed the candidate from the ruling Democratic Party, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the US elections held on November 5. Trump will take office on January 20, 2025. During the election campaign Trump mentioned his peace-oriented, pragmatic intentions, including in relations with Russia.
December 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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theonion.com
U.S. Becomes First Country To Recognize Mega-Israel https://theonion.com/u-s-becomes-first-country-to-recognize-mega-israel/
U.S. Becomes First Country To Recognize Mega-Israel
December 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM