Kayla "Iacovino with an i"
@kaylaiacovino.com
Scientist, cat owner, python coder. Doesn't know how to quit vim and refuses to learn. Volcanologist trying to make the world a better place.
“Patriotism is supporting your country all of the time and your government when it deserves it.”
“Patriotism is supporting your country all of the time and your government when it deserves it.”
Pinned
But her emails.
But his emails.
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
But his emails.
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A devastating loss to the Star Trek community and the world. Subrina, you will be missed.
"I have been... and always shall be... your friend."
October 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A devastating loss to the Star Trek community and the world. Subrina, you will be missed.
I stopped to admire the brick pattern. I like how this angle shows the three-dimensional layout of the brick facade.
September 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I stopped to admire the brick pattern. I like how this angle shows the three-dimensional layout of the brick facade.
Huge congratulations to the new Astronaut class, announced today, including the outstanding Dr. Lauren Edgar. Only one lunar astronaut was a geoscientist; the Apollo program needed skilled pilots to get to the ground. The future is bright for crewed scientific exploration of the cosmos.
I'm absolutely THRILLED to hear my Mars colleague, Dr. Lauren Edgar was selected for the 2025 ASCAN Class. She will be an unbelievable addition to the Astronaut Corps- representing our Mars geology community well- and joining our current Mars geology NASA Astronaut, Dr. Jessica Watkins.
AD ASTRA 💫
AD ASTRA 💫
September 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Huge congratulations to the new Astronaut class, announced today, including the outstanding Dr. Lauren Edgar. Only one lunar astronaut was a geoscientist; the Apollo program needed skilled pilots to get to the ground. The future is bright for crewed scientific exploration of the cosmos.
Spotted someone moving a couch in their truck. Ah they must be moving. Ah they must have a cat.
September 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Spotted someone moving a couch in their truck. Ah they must be moving. Ah they must have a cat.
@drnatashadowey.bsky.social I recognize that volcano in your profile pic! My mom and I in May this year:
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
@drnatashadowey.bsky.social I recognize that volcano in your profile pic! My mom and I in May this year:
⚠️ Person detected ⚠️
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
⚠️ Person detected ⚠️
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SO MANY CONGRATS to @maxkozlov.bsky.social for winning @sciencewriting.bsky.social's Clark-Payne award for young science writers! Max's reporting on the impacts of the Trump administration "gives readers straight answers at a confusing time," one judge said.
casw.org/news/max-koz...
casw.org/news/max-koz...
Max Kozlov wins 2025 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award - CASW
casw.org
September 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
SO MANY CONGRATS to @maxkozlov.bsky.social for winning @sciencewriting.bsky.social's Clark-Payne award for young science writers! Max's reporting on the impacts of the Trump administration "gives readers straight answers at a confusing time," one judge said.
casw.org/news/max-koz...
casw.org/news/max-koz...
I really really really wanna
September 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I really really really wanna
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Ready to take a journey through time without ever leaving home? 🐡 ✨ 🌍
Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)
www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
#Geology #SciArt
Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)
www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
#Geology #SciArt
August 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ready to take a journey through time without ever leaving home? 🐡 ✨ 🌍
Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)
www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
#Geology #SciArt
Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)
www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
#Geology #SciArt
I’m thrilled to announce my new position as Research Principal Investigator at the SETI Carl Sagan Center for Research. This career move frees me to pursue my research interests in understanding how volcanoes shape worlds (and what we can do about it). Per aspira ad astra! @setiinstitute.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m thrilled to announce my new position as Research Principal Investigator at the SETI Carl Sagan Center for Research. This career move frees me to pursue my research interests in understanding how volcanoes shape worlds (and what we can do about it). Per aspira ad astra! @setiinstitute.bsky.social
The whole room cheered when Sarris’s ship blew up! What he failed to realize, is that the NSEA Protector was dragging mines!
August 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The whole room cheered when Sarris’s ship blew up! What he failed to realize, is that the NSEA Protector was dragging mines!
Watching Star Trek First Contact with a couple hundred Trekkies on giant screens on the floor of a Vegas Casino is something special.
Thanks to the new owners of the Rio for showing the #STLV convention some love. They put on a Trek movie every night - Galaxy Quest on Sunday!
Thanks to the new owners of the Rio for showing the #STLV convention some love. They put on a Trek movie every night - Galaxy Quest on Sunday!
August 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Watching Star Trek First Contact with a couple hundred Trekkies on giant screens on the floor of a Vegas Casino is something special.
Thanks to the new owners of the Rio for showing the #STLV convention some love. They put on a Trek movie every night - Galaxy Quest on Sunday!
Thanks to the new owners of the Rio for showing the #STLV convention some love. They put on a Trek movie every night - Galaxy Quest on Sunday!
Rockposting will now be a thing.
brain skipped every word when it saw “gems” and got too excited thinking you were rockposting
August 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Rockposting will now be a thing.
People complain about question askers at professional conferences, but have you ever been to a Star Trek convention?
Some gems at this year’s #STLV.
“We have time for just one more quick question.”
“Hi yes thank you for doing this panel. This is a two part question. Really quick…”
Some gems at this year’s #STLV.
“We have time for just one more quick question.”
“Hi yes thank you for doing this panel. This is a two part question. Really quick…”
August 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
People complain about question askers at professional conferences, but have you ever been to a Star Trek convention?
Some gems at this year’s #STLV.
“We have time for just one more quick question.”
“Hi yes thank you for doing this panel. This is a two part question. Really quick…”
Some gems at this year’s #STLV.
“We have time for just one more quick question.”
“Hi yes thank you for doing this panel. This is a two part question. Really quick…”
In the wise words of @dasharez0ne.bsky.social admin.
August 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
In the wise words of @dasharez0ne.bsky.social admin.
This is the most amazing New York Times Sunday crossword theme I’ve ever seen. Also the names look like a beam pattern when highlighted! #StarTrek #STLV #StarTrekVegas
August 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is the most amazing New York Times Sunday crossword theme I’ve ever seen. Also the names look like a beam pattern when highlighted! #StarTrek #STLV #StarTrekVegas
A unique opportunity to work with one of the best. Dr. Brugman is looking for undergrads, Masters, and PhD students as well as an ExPet lab manager. Huge win for UNM! I’m excited to see her lab grow. Congrats, Kara!
I’m excited to let y’all know that in January 2026 I will be joining the department of Earth & Planetary Sciences/Institute of Meteoritics @unm.edu as an Assistant Professor 🐺 ✨
July 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A unique opportunity to work with one of the best. Dr. Brugman is looking for undergrads, Masters, and PhD students as well as an ExPet lab manager. Huge win for UNM! I’m excited to see her lab grow. Congrats, Kara!
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Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
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Increasingly convinced the main damage cell phones have done to creativity isn't decreased attention spans or what not but the elimination of productive boredom. Inspiration comes from the mind filling the void inside. Hard to make art when you're constantly silencing the silence with "content."
July 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Increasingly convinced the main damage cell phones have done to creativity isn't decreased attention spans or what not but the elimination of productive boredom. Inspiration comes from the mind filling the void inside. Hard to make art when you're constantly silencing the silence with "content."
Throwback to the time I was an invited speaker at my undergrad alma mater, and my mineralogy/petrology prof and I rescued one of those food delivery robots after it yeeted itself into a very deep hole.
📷 @karabrug.bsky.social
📷 @karabrug.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Throwback to the time I was an invited speaker at my undergrad alma mater, and my mineralogy/petrology prof and I rescued one of those food delivery robots after it yeeted itself into a very deep hole.
📷 @karabrug.bsky.social
📷 @karabrug.bsky.social
Big thanks to Stephen Colbert for reminding me how to get fired with some damn class. 🧐👌
July 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Big thanks to Stephen Colbert for reminding me how to get fired with some damn class. 🧐👌