Nick Barber 🌋
@volcannick.bsky.social
Asst Professor, geoscientist, volcanophile
magma, metals, and minerals 🌋🪨🛰️Philadelphian 🦅, father, husband. he/him. www.volcannick.com
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magma, metals, and minerals 🌋🪨🛰️Philadelphian 🦅, father, husband. he/him. www.volcannick.com
Opinions my own
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Nick Barber 🌋
@volcannick.bsky.social
· Jun 27
I know the world sucks right now, but for the next week I’m going to be exclusively posting about my trip to Geneva for #IAVCEI2025. I’m presenting a poster on Thursday, and looking forward to a week of fun and cutting edge volcano science.
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Giving Philadelphia the greatest football teams theyve ever seen in their lives and having them win games in such an annoying frustrating way has to be some sort of experiment being conducted on us
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Giving Philadelphia the greatest football teams theyve ever seen in their lives and having them win games in such an annoying frustrating way has to be some sort of experiment being conducted on us
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I fucking love this. Football. Sports.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I fucking love this. Football. Sports.
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End to End extremely stupid football game. We Are all the losers I hate this sport
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
End to End extremely stupid football game. We Are all the losers I hate this sport
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Welcome to Bluesky: here’s a petition to primary your senator, and an Eagles jersey
Go Birds
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Welcome to Bluesky: here’s a petition to primary your senator, and an Eagles jersey
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“Unlikely”. Tremendous understatement, epic work.
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“Unlikely”. Tremendous understatement, epic work.
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Does he think AI can do it? Because a computer can’t ground truth or drill core or assay. They just plan to dig somewhere in hopes of finding rare earths? That’s not how it works.
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Does he think AI can do it? Because a computer can’t ground truth or drill core or assay. They just plan to dig somewhere in hopes of finding rare earths? That’s not how it works.
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I will consult for free for anyone who primaries this cowardly piece of shit
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I will consult for free for anyone who primaries this cowardly piece of shit
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Geoscience needs to lean harder into the Lovecraftian.
An ever-changing, self consuming world dominated by unimaginably long cycles culminating in pulses of flood basalts or punctuated by collision with massive rocks from space that nearly wipe out all life....
An ever-changing, self consuming world dominated by unimaginably long cycles culminating in pulses of flood basalts or punctuated by collision with massive rocks from space that nearly wipe out all life....
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Geoscience needs to lean harder into the Lovecraftian.
An ever-changing, self consuming world dominated by unimaginably long cycles culminating in pulses of flood basalts or punctuated by collision with massive rocks from space that nearly wipe out all life....
An ever-changing, self consuming world dominated by unimaginably long cycles culminating in pulses of flood basalts or punctuated by collision with massive rocks from space that nearly wipe out all life....
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The Old Copper complex, was an ancient Native American culture around Michigan that mined (>5,000 mines) & worked the 99% pure native copper for tools, weapons, and ornaments as far back as 9,500 yrs. Fascinating! #MichiganCopper More
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
America's First Metal Industry: The Old Copper Complex
YouTube video by UArizona Mining Engineering & Mineral Resources
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November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Old Copper complex, was an ancient Native American culture around Michigan that mined (>5,000 mines) & worked the 99% pure native copper for tools, weapons, and ornaments as far back as 9,500 yrs. Fascinating! #MichiganCopper More
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
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Cornell, like other capitulators, shamefully justifies this by saying it preserves *our* independence. Even if that were true, it is pure moral cowardice to take the every-institution-for-itself approach when extortionist is rampaging through our academic community.
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Cornell, like other capitulators, shamefully justifies this by saying it preserves *our* independence. Even if that were true, it is pure moral cowardice to take the every-institution-for-itself approach when extortionist is rampaging through our academic community.
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Vote #molybdenite! It’s a pretty blue silver color, it’s found in porphyry deposits (my favorite), it’s fun to say and spell, and there is a famous molybdenum mine in Colorado named Climax with it’s hilariously named “Glory Hole” created by underground block cave mining. (Be careful googling that)
#OreCup R2M2: Silver hexagons for alloys & lubricants, or rainbow patches for copper wires & parts? It’s #Molybdenite vs #Bornite for which ore mineral moves to the final round.
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
Results for Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Molybdenite vs Bornite
www.mineralcup.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Vote #molybdenite! It’s a pretty blue silver color, it’s found in porphyry deposits (my favorite), it’s fun to say and spell, and there is a famous molybdenum mine in Colorado named Climax with it’s hilariously named “Glory Hole” created by underground block cave mining. (Be careful googling that)
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🎬 Excited to share our expedition member’s hard work.
- coming soon -
(*AT50-38 expedition deliverables/ final report will be available to the Public shortly after the federal government reopens) 🌊🧪
- coming soon -
(*AT50-38 expedition deliverables/ final report will be available to the Public shortly after the federal government reopens) 🌊🧪
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🎬 Excited to share our expedition member’s hard work.
- coming soon -
(*AT50-38 expedition deliverables/ final report will be available to the Public shortly after the federal government reopens) 🌊🧪
- coming soon -
(*AT50-38 expedition deliverables/ final report will be available to the Public shortly after the federal government reopens) 🌊🧪
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Utrecht Paleogeography model in prep!
We're integrating our detailed reconstructions of orogenic belts and lost subducted plates into one plate tectonic and paleogeography model. We'll launch the updated Paleolatitude.org soon, and more tools for geodynamic, paleoclimate, and paleobiology studies!
We're integrating our detailed reconstructions of orogenic belts and lost subducted plates into one plate tectonic and paleogeography model. We'll launch the updated Paleolatitude.org soon, and more tools for geodynamic, paleoclimate, and paleobiology studies!
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Utrecht Paleogeography model in prep!
We're integrating our detailed reconstructions of orogenic belts and lost subducted plates into one plate tectonic and paleogeography model. We'll launch the updated Paleolatitude.org soon, and more tools for geodynamic, paleoclimate, and paleobiology studies!
We're integrating our detailed reconstructions of orogenic belts and lost subducted plates into one plate tectonic and paleogeography model. We'll launch the updated Paleolatitude.org soon, and more tools for geodynamic, paleoclimate, and paleobiology studies!
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when i was younger conservatives used to call stuff like this an “entitlement” or “victim” mentality. the response, if this were a nonwhite person, would be “suck it up a d work harder.”
This guy *admits* he applied for "countless" tenure-track positions and ultimately had to leave academia because nobody would hire him. He claims, though, that Ivy League Cornell filled their position with a Black person who couldn't possibly be more qualified than him.
www.wsj.com/opinion/corn...
www.wsj.com/opinion/corn...
Opinion | Cornell University Discriminated Against Me
I was excluded from a candidate search on the basis of my race and have filed an EEOC complaint.
www.wsj.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
when i was younger conservatives used to call stuff like this an “entitlement” or “victim” mentality. the response, if this were a nonwhite person, would be “suck it up a d work harder.”
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bored: do you prefer the big spoon or little spoon
inspired: do you prefer the dorsal valve or ventral valve of a brachiopod
inspired: do you prefer the dorsal valve or ventral valve of a brachiopod
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
bored: do you prefer the big spoon or little spoon
inspired: do you prefer the dorsal valve or ventral valve of a brachiopod
inspired: do you prefer the dorsal valve or ventral valve of a brachiopod
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Two more copper ores today, but at least #carrollite is also a cobalt ore.
#OreCup R1M4: This match is coming hot from a hydrothermal vein as #Carrollite competes with #Bornite. Both are copper ores with a beautiful tarnish. You have 24 hours to decide!
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Two more copper ores today, but at least #carrollite is also a cobalt ore.
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I’m ready for a fight: figures belong in-line in manuscripts for peer review. No exceptions.
September 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’m ready for a fight: figures belong in-line in manuscripts for peer review. No exceptions.
Hopeful my state makes the right call and we run the board 💙💙
A final look at the Virginia polls, with an hour to go before polls close in the state.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hopeful my state makes the right call and we run the board 💙💙
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"Most critical minerals are not energy-transition minerals, and most energy-transition minerals are not critical minerals"
The Minerals Security concept proposed by Daniel Franks (@Uqueensland) seems more relevant to me. I want to be on the sustainability boat, not in the war one...
The Minerals Security concept proposed by Daniel Franks (@Uqueensland) seems more relevant to me. I want to be on the sustainability boat, not in the war one...
How the rush for critical minerals is neglecting human needs | Nature
A focus on national security alone is limiting people’s access to key materials. A focus on national security alone is limiting people’s access to key materials.
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"Most critical minerals are not energy-transition minerals, and most energy-transition minerals are not critical minerals"
The Minerals Security concept proposed by Daniel Franks (@Uqueensland) seems more relevant to me. I want to be on the sustainability boat, not in the war one...
The Minerals Security concept proposed by Daniel Franks (@Uqueensland) seems more relevant to me. I want to be on the sustainability boat, not in the war one...
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Vote copper; show Ea Nasir how appreciated it is when it's pure.
The first match in #OreCup is on now as #Galena and #Copper battle for your vote. Do you favour the lead ore or the native metal?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Vote copper; show Ea Nasir how appreciated it is when it's pure.
I'm giving my vote to tetrahedrite!
As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!
As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm giving my vote to tetrahedrite!
As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!
As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!
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November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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one last observation: donald trump has never won a majority of the vote and yet the political press treats him like the embodied spirit of the american people. will be interesting to see how they discount mamdani as representing new york if he wins less than a majority.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
one last observation: donald trump has never won a majority of the vote and yet the political press treats him like the embodied spirit of the american people. will be interesting to see how they discount mamdani as representing new york if he wins less than a majority.