Matt Kuchta
@mkuchta.bsky.social
Professor of Geology at UW Stout. Views I write are my own, not my institution’s. He/him/his.
Making science education easier and more accessible one demonstration at a time.
Frangit Patriarchia
Making science education easier and more accessible one demonstration at a time.
Frangit Patriarchia
Was at ground zero for true geography nerds today
October 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Was at ground zero for true geography nerds today
Most people in my grandfather’s generation switched to circuit breakers when they came out. But not my grandpa - he simply refused.
October 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Most people in my grandfather’s generation switched to circuit breakers when they came out. But not my grandpa - he simply refused.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
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You’ll all have seen the many announcements and PR pieces from #ColossalBiosciences. There are reasons to be concerned about the general message promoted by CB, one being that it is seen >by some< (US politicians in particular) as meaning that we can devalue conservation. A 🧵 1/n
August 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
You’ll all have seen the many announcements and PR pieces from #ColossalBiosciences. There are reasons to be concerned about the general message promoted by CB, one being that it is seen >by some< (US politicians in particular) as meaning that we can devalue conservation. A 🧵 1/n
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Imagine if LLMs came out with a "not sure, but here's my best guess? You should verify this information" we would have stopped hearing about them instantly. You know like how we ignore scientists
July 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Imagine if LLMs came out with a "not sure, but here's my best guess? You should verify this information" we would have stopped hearing about them instantly. You know like how we ignore scientists
Hey @carriethecurator.bsky.social hear me out. All we need would be about 20 sheets of 2” pink styrofoam, a projector, and two undergrads who can safely use a box cutter and Weeks Hall could have its very own sauropods mount!
For #FossilFriday, my life-size Brachiosaurus forelimb and skull. Because even if they can’t make it to a museum, my students deserve to see and feel how enormous these animals were. Made of expanded polystyrene sheets and painted with acrylics.
July 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hey @carriethecurator.bsky.social hear me out. All we need would be about 20 sheets of 2” pink styrofoam, a projector, and two undergrads who can safely use a box cutter and Weeks Hall could have its very own sauropods mount!
For #FossilFriday, my life-size Brachiosaurus forelimb and skull. Because even if they can’t make it to a museum, my students deserve to see and feel how enormous these animals were. Made of expanded polystyrene sheets and painted with acrylics.
July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For #FossilFriday, my life-size Brachiosaurus forelimb and skull. Because even if they can’t make it to a museum, my students deserve to see and feel how enormous these animals were. Made of expanded polystyrene sheets and painted with acrylics.
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Not sure how much reach this will get, but I'm going to give it a try. Publishing friends, I really need to find some additional work as a copy editor or proofreader. Ideally for SFF, because that's been my bread and butter for almost a decade, but I would consider other opportunities as well.
June 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Not sure how much reach this will get, but I'm going to give it a try. Publishing friends, I really need to find some additional work as a copy editor or proofreader. Ideally for SFF, because that's been my bread and butter for almost a decade, but I would consider other opportunities as well.
@lauramccphd.bsky.social if you’re looking for new ideas…
July 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@lauramccphd.bsky.social if you’re looking for new ideas…
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If this Van Orden post pisses you off, consider finding a way to support Rebecca Cooke, who is already running against him and who almost beat him last time.
cookeforwisconsin.com/en/
cookeforwisconsin.com/en/
July 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If this Van Orden post pisses you off, consider finding a way to support Rebecca Cooke, who is already running against him and who almost beat him last time.
cookeforwisconsin.com/en/
cookeforwisconsin.com/en/
Be vewy vewy quiet. I’m hunting land snails. Or about to about to return a bunch of shopping carts from the Walmart parking lot…
June 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Be vewy vewy quiet. I’m hunting land snails. Or about to about to return a bunch of shopping carts from the Walmart parking lot…
Ineptitude to aspire to, no less.
The world has always had an abundance of people with robust opinions founded in a complete lack of expertise. It took the internet to refine that, distill the essence, bottle it, and present it as an extensive product line of freelance ineptitude.
June 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ineptitude to aspire to, no less.
@moreorloess.bsky.social I was doing an endangered/threatened snail survey near Wauzeka today and I came across this fabulous clast-supported diamict exposed along a power line access road. Scale bar is 50cm.
June 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
@moreorloess.bsky.social I was doing an endangered/threatened snail survey near Wauzeka today and I came across this fabulous clast-supported diamict exposed along a power line access road. Scale bar is 50cm.
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This is going to kill people. You don't have to go too far into the backcountry to get in a life or death situation.
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is going to kill people. You don't have to go too far into the backcountry to get in a life or death situation.
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Oops. I accidentally blocked the Vice President of the United States here.
June 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Oops. I accidentally blocked the Vice President of the United States here.
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I am, perhaps, the least paternal guy on the planet. That said, it is pride month, and if your father figure isn’t living up to what you need right now, consider this post a big old dad hug, and a “you deserve to be loved for who you are” from me.
June 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am, perhaps, the least paternal guy on the planet. That said, it is pride month, and if your father figure isn’t living up to what you need right now, consider this post a big old dad hug, and a “you deserve to be loved for who you are” from me.
This is really cool. Now overlay this with a psychological stress map.
Pleased to announce the 4th major release of the @wsmproject.bsky.social, the biggest update of the database since the project began.
With thousands of new data, the 2025 WSM brings the most comprehensive picture yet of Earth's present-day stress field.
#Geomechanics
W: www.world-stress-map.org
With thousands of new data, the 2025 WSM brings the most comprehensive picture yet of Earth's present-day stress field.
#Geomechanics
W: www.world-stress-map.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is really cool. Now overlay this with a psychological stress map.
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Making hazard maps is HARD, too. So many questions to answer before drawing lines! Do you show where hazards have been or where they might go in the future? Will the volcano behave the same way it did in the past or throw you a curveball? Do you show the worst case or the most likely scenario?
a white cat is sitting with a question mark above it
ALT: a white cat is sitting with a question mark above it
media.tenor.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Making hazard maps is HARD, too. So many questions to answer before drawing lines! Do you show where hazards have been or where they might go in the future? Will the volcano behave the same way it did in the past or throw you a curveball? Do you show the worst case or the most likely scenario?
Heads up, @mandybikes.bsky.social - B-Dubbs is a mutant.
May 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Heads up, @mandybikes.bsky.social - B-Dubbs is a mutant.
The Indigo Bunting is also very pretty.
May 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The Indigo Bunting is also very pretty.
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Half of the Presidents Men
Half of the Presidents Men
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Apollo 26
Apollo 26
implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
32 candles
32 candles
May 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Half of the Presidents Men
Half of the Presidents Men
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Overheard: “William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.”
April 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Overheard: “William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.”
Always practice good OPSEC, because ____ sink ships.
April 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Always practice good OPSEC, because ____ sink ships.