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Bipedal Meatbag
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Bipedal meatbag. Professor of volcano stuff on the Island of Hawai‘i.
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ethanrockstory.bsky.social
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Check out the brand new EPIC TRAILER for Every Rock Has A Story in Hawaii. My son made this trailer all by himself... I hope you enjoy it. Please share with parents, teachers, kids and encourage them to take a peek when these new episodes post starting in December!

youtu.be/hcLWkOQsCcU
Get ready for FOUR amazing stories of Hawaiian rocks! New episodes begin in December 2025!
YouTube video by Ethan Baxter's "Every Rock Has A Story"
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November 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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alexandragallant.com
You can download BRAINS for $6 on itch right now! alexandragallant.itch.io/brains
The cover of BRAINS - a colorful brain and the word 'brains' Page 1 is a single panel 'It can feel like plucking fruit off a tree... and seeing what's inside' Illustration of a branch of a tree with peaches on it, and a cross section of a peach, instead of a pit, there is a brain Page 2 is 4 panels Panel 1: "...and sometimes" text over an illustration of a peach Panel 2: "it's a pit" (cross section of a peach, with the pit visible) Panel 3: "or a worm" (a fruit with a worm poking out of it) Panel 4: "but sometimes... it's a universe" the brain/pit in the peach from the previous page is zoomed in and now has rings around it like a planet in space An abstract illustration of a nervous system and eyes and the words memory, language processing, cognition, sensory perception, emotion, imagination, visual & auditory processing, logic Page from BRAINS First Panel: "An AI has no sense of anything. No context. No experience." Illustration of a little pink frog (he's playing a blood cell in this comic, though, which is why he's pink) Second panel: "It cannot touch" the pink frog bends down to pick a flower Third panel: "It cannot smell" 'sniff sniff' the frog smells the flower Fourth panel: "It cannot breathe" (the frog is now dark blue with bright pink lungs visible, as though the frog has been imaged in some way) Fifth panel: "It cannot think" (the frogs brain is now visible, similarly to the lungs in the previous panel) Sixth panel: "It cannot be" the frog is floating and his cute lil butt is visible Seventh panel: "*Stares directly at camera*" the pink frog stares directly at camera Eight panel: "It cannot be... YOU" Page from BRAINS First Panel: "An AI has no sense of anything. No context. No experience." Illustration of a little pink frog (he's playing a blood cell in this comic, though, which is why he's pink) Second panel: "It cannot touch" the pink frog bends down to pick a flower Third panel: "It cannot smell" 'sniff sniff' the frog smells the flower Fourth panel: "It cannot breathe" (the frog is now dark blue with bright pink lungs visible, as though the frog has been imaged in some way) Fifth panel: "It cannot think" (the frogs brain is now visible, similarly to the lungs in the previous panel) Sixth panel: "It cannot be" the frog is floating and his cute lil butt is visible Seventh panel: "*Stares directly at camera*" the pink frog stares directly at camera Eight panel: "It cannot be... YOU"
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Spending a semester with us is a great option for undergraduate students who study volcanoes but have never seen one erupt. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
uhhilogeology.bsky.social UH Hilo Geology @uhhilogeology.bsky.social · 5d
Did you know that UH Hilo participates in the National Student Exchange Program? We welcome students from all over the upper 49 states to our campus every year. We also have a robust international exchange program.

If you are interested in learning about volcanoes with a front row seat, reach out!
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
I spent part of the morning answering rapid fire questions from high schoolers about the science of body and burial identification using GPR. They were shocked that I was VERY game for the topic and rolled in with some unhinged stories. If that’s what it take to build interest in STEM… cool with me.
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
I’m sorry that R1 folks are now confronting a research landscape with minimal resources, like those of us at PUIs and non-R status institutions dealing with regularly.

Remember this when you see our papers or proposals in review and feel the need to expect work that requires high resource access.
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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sampvolcano.bsky.social
Our @iavcei.bsky.social #VIPS Commission committee is looking for someone to take over my #EDI officer role.
Do you want to help diversify our community and make us more inclusive? Apply before 12th December!
vipscommission.org/vips-is-look...
@egu.eu @agu.org @vmsg.bsky.social
VIPS is looking for new committee members! - VIPS Commission
The IAVCEI commission for Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems is currently seeking members to fill the following three roles: Commission vice-president, EDI officer, and Focus on VIPS Blog Editor. I...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Big brain stuff happening in Hilo. Turns out you shouldn’t drive a backhoe on a pedestrian bridge.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
we need a department of kerning
The Department of War's seal hangs on a wall. The kerning appears to be off.
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Normally I’d say this is probably light pollution but we don’t have much of that here in Hawai‘i. Maybe I was able to capture the dregs of #aurora with my phone? Certainly nothing visible with the naked eye, I’m skeptical.
Glowing red sky with stars and the silhouette of a tree.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
No aurora likely visible in Hawai‘i but sometimes my drive home looks like this.
An ominous volcanic plume glowing red and rising above a road at night
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
I will report back when I have finished this. I’m glad I chose knitting as my pandemic hobby and not sourdough or fitness.
leafhopper.bsky.social Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Jun 20
I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya

www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Episode 36 of the ongoing eruption of #Kīlauea was short with tough viewing conditions, but still quite spectacular.
Two orange lava fountains writing in a hazy fog
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Heavy metal is good for the soul.
btoastie.bsky.social Toastie @btoastie.bsky.social · 23d
Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
I like to watch Fox News on nights like this.
a cartoon of grinch with a very angry face on a blue background
Alt: a cartoon of grinch with a shit eating grin on a blue background
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November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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volcanoheather.bsky.social
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
I paid £60 to rush my ballot back to the US when I lived in England just so that I could vote against this guy.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 28
Tuberville on Trump's third term: "He might be able to go around the Constitution, but that's up to him."
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Highlight of the field day was finding a pig’s tail disarticulated from the original owner. Also we measured the offset of faults with our undergraduates today. Mauna Loa made a brief appearance before hiding behind the clouds.
A shield volcano peaking out of the clouds. A pig’s tail which has clearly been disarticulated from its original owner People in a cleaning next to a large ground crack with a measuring tape laid out. People spread around various ground cracks with a tripod in the foreground.
October 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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fossilexpress.bsky.social
At the empty USGS booth at GSA. More out of view on both sides
October 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Kīlauea episode 35 has arrived. The double fountain shot is from one of the HVO interns, Christina. All are taken from the public viewing areas.
Two lava fountains at night feeding a flow A bright orange lava fountain A bright orange lava fountain with glowing clouds.
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Banger line in the obit of the man who introduced me to rugby:

In an early sign that he would always have a problem with authority, young Andy was kicked out of Catholic grammar school in the first grade for asking why the priest drove a brand new Cadillac while some of his parishioners were poor.
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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napaaqtuk.bsky.social
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

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October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
I ordered one for my office and one for our student lounge — supporting independent artists is one of the many small ways you can make the world around you a little bit better.
drlperezdiaz.bsky.social Dr. Lucia Perez-Diaz @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social · Oct 11
Last chance to pre-order my 2026 #geology themed calendar!

12 months. 12 destinations through #GeologicalTime

👉🏻 www.luciaperezdiaz.com/product-page...

#SciArt #EarthScientists
October 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
I wrote my entire Masters manuscript in a week. I parked myself at a 24-hour diner or a brewery in between short naps and hammered it out.

I also wrote up part of my grad school comps while on a rugby tour.

I don’t recommend undiagnosed ADD, but I also don’t recommend outsourcing your thinking.
alexhanna.bsky.social Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · Oct 9
As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps
monkeyminion.com Dane is home for a bit. @monkeyminion.com · Oct 9
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM