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Ryan J Hollister
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Earth & EnviroSci Educator, Central Valley equity/sustainability advocate, Hiker, Photographer, 2015 NAGT FW Outstanding Educator. 🌋 Tissue Box Maker.
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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · May 22
I’m Ryan, an earth science educator & curriculum developer at two colleges in Central California. I’ve had a hand in some cool virtual field experience innovations, but lately I’m the “Volcano Tissue Box Guy”. I’m pinning my Etsy store link here for when I release batches.

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Me, a white guy standing on Johnston Ridge in front of Mount Saint Helens on a partly cloudy day. The mountain is visible with lots of green growth on the landslide zone in the mid ground. I’m leaning on a stone wall with my butt holding a black tissue box cover holder that also looks like Mount Saint Helens. Screenshot of science Fridays website that hosts my virtual field trip to columns of the Giants and Central California. It says science Friday in the top left-hand corner underneath which is a picture of the tallest pile at the columns of the Giants full of brown and black, the salt boulders with a few pine trees in the distance There is a hexagon with a light bulb as a page brake with a title underneath that says embark on a 360° geologic expedition. https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/360-degree-expedition/
phaneritic.bsky.social
Moving “meh”.
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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We got to see frazil ice today!
Yosemite Nature Notes video below explains how the frozen Yosemite Falls spray accumulates and flushes down Yosemite creek, moving like a slurpee.
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Men and women’s stand from a bridge taking a selfie and do a forced background river that is full of snow and water A close-up of you, somebody creek from a bridge looking into the force from which it came. The creek is full of snow and water otherwise known as frazzle ice.
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
phaneritic.bsky.social
Meh.
A sunny winter day in Yosemite Valley, looking across a meadow towards half dome and glacier point they all have a little bit of snow on the top of the peaks, but no snow on the valley floor
December 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Surprising nobody except the IEA.
dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 13h
Solar power installations in the U.S. in 2025 are expected to exceed the record set in 2024. www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-g... ☀️🔌💡
December 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Some of the video footage on LA news channels is 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBxw...
Officials say pipe was under extreme pressure before major SoCal gas leak
YouTube video by ABC7
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December 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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In like 2022 I wrote about how climate change would make landslides worse
December 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
Fossil fuel activists blocking traffic again.
December 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
phaneritic.bsky.social
Holy moly. Landslide ruptured buried gas line which caused an explosion (apparently?) and now a major N/S artery from Central Cal to SoCal is still shut down.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Gas line explosion in Castaic prompts 5 Freeway closure, shelter-in-place order
Los Angeles County firefighters were responding to a gas line explosion in Castaic on Saturday, which prompted the California Highway Patrol to close a portion of the 5 Freeway and the Fire Department...
www.latimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Had a lovely stroll out at SLNWR, where we were able to also bring a leashed Jasper to sniff to his hearts content on the Sousa Marsh trail. Trails had a lot of grass growth already due to November rains. Saw a great horned owl & bajillion geese (mostly Ross’, snow and white fronted)
A Brittany dog stands in a green road/trail surrounded by tall Marie vegetation on the side in a blue sky up above View from an observation deck about 10 feet high overlooking a lot of flooded wetland habitat where there are no birds in the foreground but lots and lots and lots and lots of birds in the background just out of View Cottonwood trees growing in a submerged marsh along the trail. They are white with no leaves of the blue sky, background and green grass growing in the foreground.
December 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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12/26/25 10am Update:
1-day ❄️: 17.3" (44 cm)
2-day ❄️: 40.9" (104 cm)
7-day ❄️: 48.8" (124 cm)

We are now at 79% of our median annual snowfall to-date. More #snow is expected today with potential for another 5-10" but it should end late tonight.

#CAwx #CAwater #weather
December 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi... There are flood stories all across the west right now, but Wrightwood is of special interest. It has a history. #CAfloods
Revisiting the Wrightwood Mudflows of Ages Past: That Slope Won't Be a Problem Will It?
Like many others, I've been astonished by the storms of the last few days and the effects across all of California and the Pacific Northwest...
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December 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Inspiration Wash looking into the Borrego Badlands at sunrise this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Sunrise colors in swirly clouds with gullies in the Borrego Badlands in foreground.
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Wow, xmas morning wind gusts up to 114 mph on Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose. Damaged the Lick Observatory. 🔭 🧪 bsky.app/profile/look...
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Salt Creek's new boardwalk is swanky, but the state of the creek was non-ideal for pupfish observations. ⚒️
December 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Eruptive activity has increased since 24 December 2025 at two of #Etna 's four summit craters: the Northeast Crater and the Bocca Nuova. Strombolian explosions produce jets of incandescent material and minor ash emissions

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Glow produced by Strombolian activity at Etna's Northeast Crater during the night of 25-26 December 2025, seen from Nicolosi, on the south flank of the volcano Simultaneous Strombolian activity at the Bocca Nuova (at left) and Northeast Crater (background) at Etna's summit just before dawn on 26 December 2025, recorded by a monitoring camera of the INGV-Osservatorio Etneo located on the Montagnola, an old crater high on the south flank of the volcano. Heat anomaly at Etna's Northeast Crater during the forenoon of 26 December 2025, recorded by a thermal monitoring camera of the INGV-Osservatorio Etneo located at Monte Cagliato on the east flank of the volcano. Ash emission from the "BN-2" vent of the Bocca Nuova crater at Etna's summit at about noon on 26 December 2025, seen from Piano Vetore, on the upper southwestern flank of the volcano
December 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
phaneritic.bsky.social
Man, I dipped on over to the Bsky education feed and I can’t believe the amount of grift happening over there.
December 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This was an extraordinary sight today. At Dyersville Bar the main fork and South fork of the Eel River converge. After the storms this week, something close to 150,000 cubic feet per second was flowing by. In the summer the river may have only a few hundred CFS. #floods
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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California Geotour is an index of field trip information for people interested in visiting California's world-famous geologic features. This site contains geologic information, photographs, maps & directions for interesting geologic locations across the state. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/californ...
Photo by Tim Dawson, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park. Dramatic sand dunes in the foreground give way to eroded mountains in the background.
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
phaneritic.bsky.social
One of our hometown kids has done well for himself!
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Sources: Soderstrom, A's agree, 7 years, $86M
Left fielder Tyler Soderstrom and the A's are in agreement on a seven-year, $86 million contract with a club option for an eighth season and escalators that can max out at $131 million, sources told E...
www.espn.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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New fault block models just dropped.
lolennui.bsky.social Amy Ash @lolennui.bsky.social · 3d
look at this crazy jello my mom makes
Layered jello in colorful stripes cut into cubes
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
phaneritic.bsky.social
Tonight’s menu that I’m preparing:
72hr Sous Vide short rib w/charbroiled finish.

Riced pressure-cooked golden potatoes (fancy mashed, basically).

Shallot Rosemary Red Wine sauce.

Italian rustic loaf.

Air-fried brussel sprouts (Laura)
Crab legs (by my sis)
Cross-section of a damn yummy round loaf of rustic Italian bread with a sliced piece on a cutting board next to a bread knife. Sauce pan reducing a bottle of red wine.
December 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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#cawx
December 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Woman holds marble sized Hal Pool area with different sized hail stones.
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Marble to quarter size hail in Sacramento.
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Tornado Warning continues for Santa Cruz CA, Scotts Valley CA and Capitola CA until 1:00 PM PST https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/2004289736085590379
December 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM