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I want everyone who follows me to be clear: the photo below encapsulates my favourite weather event on Haida Gwaii 😂
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NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
I had my doubts about the new weather warning Haida Gwaii received yesterday (coastal flooding) - but damn they were correct. Highway is currently closed
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I had my doubts about the new weather warning Haida Gwaii received yesterday (coastal flooding) - but damn they were correct. Highway is currently closed
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I accdientally made a Roman Aqueduct builder game
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I accdientally made a Roman Aqueduct builder game
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Large earthquakes in eastern #Canada?
Yes.
November 1, 1935: a damaging M6.1 quake struck Témiscaming, #Québec. Chimneys collapsed, landslides were triggered. Felt across #Ontario, QC, NB and from Chicago to #NYC to Virginia. Details:
earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his...
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Yes.
November 1, 1935: a damaging M6.1 quake struck Témiscaming, #Québec. Chimneys collapsed, landslides were triggered. Felt across #Ontario, QC, NB and from Chicago to #NYC to Virginia. Details:
earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Large earthquakes in eastern #Canada?
Yes.
November 1, 1935: a damaging M6.1 quake struck Témiscaming, #Québec. Chimneys collapsed, landslides were triggered. Felt across #Ontario, QC, NB and from Chicago to #NYC to Virginia. Details:
earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his...
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Yes.
November 1, 1935: a damaging M6.1 quake struck Témiscaming, #Québec. Chimneys collapsed, landslides were triggered. Felt across #Ontario, QC, NB and from Chicago to #NYC to Virginia. Details:
earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his...
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
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13 years ago today (at 8:04 pm) a M7.8 earthquake rocked #HaidaGwaii. This offshore #earthquake was felt to more than 1000 km distance, caused strong shaking, landslides, a tsunami and was followed by 1000's of aftershocks
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bssa/issue/1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bssa/issue/1...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
13 years ago today (at 8:04 pm) a M7.8 earthquake rocked #HaidaGwaii. This offshore #earthquake was felt to more than 1000 km distance, caused strong shaking, landslides, a tsunami and was followed by 1000's of aftershocks
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bssa/issue/1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bssa/issue/1...
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Fish in the forest, seaweed in trees?
Yes - 13 years ago tonight, the M7.8 #HaidaGwaii earthquake generated the world's largest #tsunami of 2012. Runup to 13m in some inlets left seaweed in trees and fish in the forest. If you are near water and feel long and strong shaking, go to high ground.
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Yes - 13 years ago tonight, the M7.8 #HaidaGwaii earthquake generated the world's largest #tsunami of 2012. Runup to 13m in some inlets left seaweed in trees and fish in the forest. If you are near water and feel long and strong shaking, go to high ground.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Fish in the forest, seaweed in trees?
Yes - 13 years ago tonight, the M7.8 #HaidaGwaii earthquake generated the world's largest #tsunami of 2012. Runup to 13m in some inlets left seaweed in trees and fish in the forest. If you are near water and feel long and strong shaking, go to high ground.
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Yes - 13 years ago tonight, the M7.8 #HaidaGwaii earthquake generated the world's largest #tsunami of 2012. Runup to 13m in some inlets left seaweed in trees and fish in the forest. If you are near water and feel long and strong shaking, go to high ground.
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Fall classic on Haida Gwaii
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Fall classic on Haida Gwaii
I'm so sad that BC has legislation that this practice is to be abolished, and yet Eby has refused to move forward on it. It's so stupid
One week of Fake Time remaining.
Daylight Saving Time ends in 7 days.
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I'm so sad that BC has legislation that this practice is to be abolished, and yet Eby has refused to move forward on it. It's so stupid
Weird explosion? Or something concussive shock the housing Port Clements?
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Weird explosion? Or something concussive shock the housing Port Clements?
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Are you ready for the #ShakeOut drill tomorrow (10:16 a.m. Oct. 16th)?
Do you want to learn more about #earthquakes and #tsunamis?
Bring your questions and join us this evening at 7 p.m. PT for our free Webinar and Q+A session.
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@shakeoutbc.bsky.social
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Do you want to learn more about #earthquakes and #tsunamis?
Bring your questions and join us this evening at 7 p.m. PT for our free Webinar and Q+A session.
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@shakeoutbc.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Are you ready for the #ShakeOut drill tomorrow (10:16 a.m. Oct. 16th)?
Do you want to learn more about #earthquakes and #tsunamis?
Bring your questions and join us this evening at 7 p.m. PT for our free Webinar and Q+A session.
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@shakeoutbc.bsky.social
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Do you want to learn more about #earthquakes and #tsunamis?
Bring your questions and join us this evening at 7 p.m. PT for our free Webinar and Q+A session.
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@shakeoutbc.bsky.social
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The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is one week away.
To talk more about September 30 and some other important issues, APTN News spoke with Indigenous Services Canada Minister Mandy Gull-Masty.
To talk more about September 30 and some other important issues, APTN News spoke with Indigenous Services Canada Minister Mandy Gull-Masty.
Is reconciliation at a standstill? We ask the minister of Indigenous Services Canada | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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September 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is one week away.
To talk more about September 30 and some other important issues, APTN News spoke with Indigenous Services Canada Minister Mandy Gull-Masty.
To talk more about September 30 and some other important issues, APTN News spoke with Indigenous Services Canada Minister Mandy Gull-Masty.
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Jon Stewart doesn't miss ☠️☠️☠️
September 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Jon Stewart doesn't miss ☠️☠️☠️
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Did you feel shaking on Haida Gwaii at 1:45 p.m. today (September 15)?
That was a M4.2 earthquake located off the west coast, 75 km west of Daajing Giids.
Details/report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
This is not an unusual event for this region. No impacts expected. ⚒️🧪
That was a M4.2 earthquake located off the west coast, 75 km west of Daajing Giids.
Details/report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
This is not an unusual event for this region. No impacts expected. ⚒️🧪
September 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Did you feel shaking on Haida Gwaii at 1:45 p.m. today (September 15)?
That was a M4.2 earthquake located off the west coast, 75 km west of Daajing Giids.
Details/report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
This is not an unusual event for this region. No impacts expected. ⚒️🧪
That was a M4.2 earthquake located off the west coast, 75 km west of Daajing Giids.
Details/report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
This is not an unusual event for this region. No impacts expected. ⚒️🧪
My aunt was 5 yrs old and at Cumshewa camp in South Moresby during this earthquake, and remembers the big log piles tumbling into the ocean.
August 21, 1949 - a damaging M8.1 #earthquake (one of the largest ever recorded in North America) struck off #HaidaGwaii. Shaking was so strong that it was hard to stand. Felt across most of #BritishColumbia, parts of Alberta, WA, Yukon and Alaska www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his... ⚒️🧪
August 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My aunt was 5 yrs old and at Cumshewa camp in South Moresby during this earthquake, and remembers the big log piles tumbling into the ocean.
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August 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
They must be blasting across Masset Inlet, that explosion shook the house and scared the dogs! It showed up at the nearest seismic station too (@12:13 ish pm)
August 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
They must be blasting across Masset Inlet, that explosion shook the house and scared the dogs! It showed up at the nearest seismic station too (@12:13 ish pm)
Good evening @earthquakeguy.bsky.social - I noticed the latest HG shake was listed as Mw, but the others on the list are ML. Does the 3.9Mw get converted (forgive my lack of knowledge) to ML after investigation?
August 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Good evening @earthquakeguy.bsky.social - I noticed the latest HG shake was listed as Mw, but the others on the list are ML. Does the 3.9Mw get converted (forgive my lack of knowledge) to ML after investigation?
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New documentary short just dropped!
@pbs.org updated their video about a Cascadia subduction (not seduction) zone earthquake and tsunami with new research from @diatomdura.bsky.social and team!
youtu.be/OQNoO1Ua-q0
@pbs.org updated their video about a Cascadia subduction (not seduction) zone earthquake and tsunami with new research from @diatomdura.bsky.social and team!
youtu.be/OQNoO1Ua-q0
The Next Big Earthquake Could Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest | NOVA | PBS
YouTube video by NOVA PBS Official
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August 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New documentary short just dropped!
@pbs.org updated their video about a Cascadia subduction (not seduction) zone earthquake and tsunami with new research from @diatomdura.bsky.social and team!
youtu.be/OQNoO1Ua-q0
@pbs.org updated their video about a Cascadia subduction (not seduction) zone earthquake and tsunami with new research from @diatomdura.bsky.social and team!
youtu.be/OQNoO1Ua-q0
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A great thread on advances in tsunami monitoring and tsunami science.
Here is @noaa.gov's model of the tsunami propagation from the people at PMEL, initiated with the earthquake location and then calibrated by the DART buoy observations. There is a wealth of great information at their website (link in thread). (1/6) ⚒️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOtJ...
Kamchatka Tsunami, July 29, 2025 tsunami propagation
YouTube video by NOAAPMEL
www.youtube.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A great thread on advances in tsunami monitoring and tsunami science.
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Did you feel shaking on Haida Gwaii today at 06:20 a.m.? That was a M4 #earthquake located 45 km WSW of Daajing Giids.
Details: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
Please report shaking here:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/dyfi-lavr/fo...
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Details: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
Please report shaking here:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/dyfi-lavr/fo...
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August 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Did you feel shaking on Haida Gwaii today at 06:20 a.m.? That was a M4 #earthquake located 45 km WSW of Daajing Giids.
Details: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
Please report shaking here:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/dyfi-lavr/fo...
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Details: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
Please report shaking here:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/dyfi-lavr/fo...
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Feeling like half of the professional articles for people in my field are now "ChatGPT prompts for x,y,z." Envisioning a time very soon when half the content on the internet is GPT prompts and the other half is stuff written by GPT. Being at ground zero industry spearheading this shift is real trip
August 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Feeling like half of the professional articles for people in my field are now "ChatGPT prompts for x,y,z." Envisioning a time very soon when half the content on the internet is GPT prompts and the other half is stuff written by GPT. Being at ground zero industry spearheading this shift is real trip
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Fresh from the press, so to speak, a result of our #tsunami model based on the specifics of this earthquake (we will update it one we have more model runs). The color code is wave height in metres. The dotted line in the centre of the picture is the Hawaiian island chain.
July 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fresh from the press, so to speak, a result of our #tsunami model based on the specifics of this earthquake (we will update it one we have more model runs). The color code is wave height in metres. The dotted line in the centre of the picture is the Hawaiian island chain.
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On X, Masaki Nobushiro posts a recurring (and useful) drawing about how people wrongly think a 1m tsunami is a cresting wave when it's actually a wall of water filled with dangerous and deadly debris that's strong enough to sweep up a car.
#tsunami
#tsunami
July 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
On X, Masaki Nobushiro posts a recurring (and useful) drawing about how people wrongly think a 1m tsunami is a cresting wave when it's actually a wall of water filled with dangerous and deadly debris that's strong enough to sweep up a car.
#tsunami
#tsunami