Callan Bentley
@callanbentley.bsky.social
"bluebirds, bluegrass, blueschist, bluesky"
Community college geology professor in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Community college geology professor in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Represented STEMSEAS @ the UNOLS mtg in Alexandria. 1 of my Alaskan cruise mentees shared her geology conversion experience w/ the crowd. She, STEMSEAS co-PI Sharon Cooper, & I demonstrated the program's vitality for utilizing transits of the US academic research fleet for changing student lives. ⚒️🌊
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Represented STEMSEAS @ the UNOLS mtg in Alexandria. 1 of my Alaskan cruise mentees shared her geology conversion experience w/ the crowd. She, STEMSEAS co-PI Sharon Cooper, & I demonstrated the program's vitality for utilizing transits of the US academic research fleet for changing student lives. ⚒️🌊
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Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
PhD Topics - Entry September 2026 — The Foster Lab
This year we are involved in 3 fully funded PhD projects via IGNITE our NERC DLA. The deadline is Thursday Jan 8th 2026 . 1. Is the world already 1.5 C warmer?...
www.thefosterlab.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Video recording of a talk I gave last week to NOVA's Honors program -
"Building the Appalachian Mountains in Ten Easy Steps"
(𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦)
youtu.be/rTrlePR_bsw
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"Building the Appalachian Mountains in Ten Easy Steps"
(𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦)
youtu.be/rTrlePR_bsw
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"Building the Appalachian Mountains in Ten Easy Steps"
YouTube video by Callan Bentley
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Video recording of a talk I gave last week to NOVA's Honors program -
"Building the Appalachian Mountains in Ten Easy Steps"
(𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦)
youtu.be/rTrlePR_bsw
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"Building the Appalachian Mountains in Ten Easy Steps"
(𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦)
youtu.be/rTrlePR_bsw
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Crazy to me that it is November 9th, and I'm still hearing katydids singing in the evening.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Crazy to me that it is November 9th, and I'm still hearing katydids singing in the evening.
Just wrote to both my senators, and was astonished that "Government Shutdown" wasn't one of the 45 topic options on their website contact form.
@kaine.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
PS - Maybe add "Fascism" too?
@kaine.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
PS - Maybe add "Fascism" too?
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just wrote to both my senators, and was astonished that "Government Shutdown" wasn't one of the 45 topic options on their website contact form.
@kaine.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
PS - Maybe add "Fascism" too?
@kaine.senate.gov
@markwarner.bsky.social
PS - Maybe add "Fascism" too?
A few more shots from Belle Isle today. ⚒️
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A few more shots from Belle Isle today. ⚒️
Exploring potholes at Belle Isle in Richmond.⚒️
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Exploring potholes at Belle Isle in Richmond.⚒️
Reposted by Callan Bentley
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reposted by Callan Bentley
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Reposted by Callan Bentley
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Inspired by Rebecca Solnit's "Wanderlust," I took Pickles for a walk this afternoon and she got to play in Buck Mountain Creek. 1.5 miles & we didn't see a single car, another human, or another dog.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Inspired by Rebecca Solnit's "Wanderlust," I took Pickles for a walk this afternoon and she got to play in Buck Mountain Creek. 1.5 miles & we didn't see a single car, another human, or another dog.
A shot of some lovely crumples -- the #FridayFold -- from the flanks of the Cristo Rey laccolith in w.TX / s.NM. Here, Cretaceous aged shale and sandstone of the Mesilla Valley Formation slid off the adjacent bulge of Eocene magma, piling up in chaotic folds as they moved. ⚒️
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A shot of some lovely crumples -- the #FridayFold -- from the flanks of the Cristo Rey laccolith in w.TX / s.NM. Here, Cretaceous aged shale and sandstone of the Mesilla Valley Formation slid off the adjacent bulge of Eocene magma, piling up in chaotic folds as they moved. ⚒️
Fantastic new slab of eensy little sea urchin fossils from Oregon, courtesy of @smilodonichthys.bsky.social #FossilFriday ⚒️
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fantastic new slab of eensy little sea urchin fossils from Oregon, courtesy of @smilodonichthys.bsky.social #FossilFriday ⚒️
Super let down at the "end" of A House of Dynamite. All that build up... & no resolution. 👎
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Super let down at the "end" of A House of Dynamite. All that build up... & no resolution. 👎
Second November praying mantis I've seen this week!
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Second November praying mantis I've seen this week!
What a relief. 💙
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
What a relief. 💙
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Breaking News: President Trump again nominated Jared Isaacman to lead NASA after pulling his name from the Senate floor months ago.
Trump Again Names Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA After Pulling His Nomination
The nomination of the billionaire entrepreneur, private astronaut and Elon Musk ally was before the floor of the Senate when the president abruptly withdrew it in June.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Reposted by Callan Bentley
Dominican nuns at a monastery in Mexico have become unlikely conservation heroes, maintaining the world’s largest captive population of critically endangered achoque salamanders, which number fewer than 150 in the wild.
Nuns, scientists & microchips: An alliance to save Mexico’s achoque salamanders
In a monastery beside a 16th-century basilica in Pátzcuaro, Mexico, Dominican nuns move between rows of aquarium tanks, checking water quality and feeding earthworms to hundreds of brown salamanders…
news.mongabay.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Dominican nuns at a monastery in Mexico have become unlikely conservation heroes, maintaining the world’s largest captive population of critically endangered achoque salamanders, which number fewer than 150 in the wild.
Reposted by Callan Bentley
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM