Matt Brueseke
@matttg.bsky.social
Cubs fan. 🌋 & magma, mineral resources, tectonics, wilderness, pawpaws, outdoor gear, 🏝⛰🏕, Rectal cancer survivor. Views and opinions expressed are mine. #geology #earthscience #geoscience ⚒️
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I've started research on historic (preWW2) women who worked on volcanology/magmatic rocks. This includes anyone who was traveling to and writing about/observing/drawing/engaging with the landscape in myriad ways.
I'm building a list for further investigation. Will share soon! Any tip offs welcome!
I'm building a list for further investigation. Will share soon! Any tip offs welcome!
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I've started research on historic (preWW2) women who worked on volcanology/magmatic rocks. This includes anyone who was traveling to and writing about/observing/drawing/engaging with the landscape in myriad ways.
I'm building a list for further investigation. Will share soon! Any tip offs welcome!
I'm building a list for further investigation. Will share soon! Any tip offs welcome!
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I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action.
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action.
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
How come colonoscopy prep evening had to occur during “awesome aurora” evening??? lol 😂
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How come colonoscopy prep evening had to occur during “awesome aurora” evening??? lol 😂
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I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
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My refrigerator knows
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My refrigerator knows
As a lucky survivor of rectal cancer, I get colonoscopies annually (woo next week!).. they are a piece of cake & so is the prep. Especially compared to the radiation/surgery/chemo that could occur if you are diagnosed with a colorectal tumor. Trust me. #f_ckcancer
If you’re over 45 and haven’t been screened for colon cancer (or are overdue to schedule your next screening) consider this your sign.
I am 51 and just had my first colonoscopy. Here I am waiting to be wheeled in and given the good drugs. 1/2
I am 51 and just had my first colonoscopy. Here I am waiting to be wheeled in and given the good drugs. 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
As a lucky survivor of rectal cancer, I get colonoscopies annually (woo next week!).. they are a piece of cake & so is the prep. Especially compared to the radiation/surgery/chemo that could occur if you are diagnosed with a colorectal tumor. Trust me. #f_ckcancer
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November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Vote for #molybdenite! It’s fun to say, the name tells you it has molybdenum in it, and it’s pretty! Stockwork veins of it are my favorite, like these from Climax Mine in Colorado.
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Vote for #molybdenite! It’s fun to say, the name tells you it has molybdenum in it, and it’s pretty! Stockwork veins of it are my favorite, like these from Climax Mine in Colorado.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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#MineralMonday #Copper pseudomorph after pseudohexagonal aragonite twin, Corocoro, Bolivia. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#MineralMonday #Copper pseudomorph after pseudohexagonal aragonite twin, Corocoro, Bolivia. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience
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#OreCup is launching with two famous & beloved ore minerals, #Galena vs #Copper!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
You have 24 hours to campaign. Go!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
You have 24 hours to campaign. Go!
www.mineralcup.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#OreCup is launching with two famous & beloved ore minerals, #Galena vs #Copper!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
You have 24 hours to campaign. Go!
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
You have 24 hours to campaign. Go!
Poor candy corn… Lewis Black has some thoughts on this; www.halloweenforum.com/threads/cand...
#halloweencandyreject
#halloweencandyreject
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Poor candy corn… Lewis Black has some thoughts on this; www.halloweenforum.com/threads/cand...
#halloweencandyreject
#halloweencandyreject
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That home run was the most Miguel Rojas of Bill Mazeroskis
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
That home run was the most Miguel Rojas of Bill Mazeroskis
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Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
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Science teachers this is a great way to explain the difference! 🍎 🧬🧪
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Science teachers this is a great way to explain the difference! 🍎 🧬🧪
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Do not, I repeat, do not, use AI "art" in your talks unless you'd be ok with someone stealing your work and giving you no credit for it.
The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Do not, I repeat, do not, use AI "art" in your talks unless you'd be ok with someone stealing your work and giving you no credit for it.
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This is idiotic. So many different ways that this gets done depending on the field and even the individual lab group.
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is idiotic. So many different ways that this gets done depending on the field and even the individual lab group.
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Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz.
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature
mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz.
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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If the AI boom turns out to be a bubble, millions of Americans will have already paid the price.
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If the AI boom turns out to be a bubble, millions of Americans will have already paid the price.
Not a Dodgers fan, at all, but we might be living in the age of the baseball GOAT..
October 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Not a Dodgers fan, at all, but we might be living in the age of the baseball GOAT..
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This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
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Rare blue yoderite replacing kyanite (-talc + quartz). Only found in two places on Earth (Tanzania and Zimbabwe), yoderite forms at high pressure in hot subduction zones from rocks rich in in Mg and Al, poor in alkalis and Ca, in the presence of water and […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Rare blue yoderite replacing kyanite (-talc + quartz). Only found in two places on Earth (Tanzania and Zimbabwe), yoderite forms at high pressure in hot subduction zones from rocks rich in in Mg and Al, poor in alkalis and Ca, in the presence of water and […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
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So this is where everybody went. Are we still posting new research and fancy stuff that we've come across? Glad to be here! Anyways, here are some bedrock grooves we just visited.
October 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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