Kalin McDannell
@eatingbooks.bsky.social
Visiting Scholar—Dartmouth College
Thermochronology | Landscape Evolution | Tectonics | Earth History | Computational stuff | Dad • Ronald E. McNair Scholar & First Gen
https://github.com/OpenThermochronology
Thermochronology | Landscape Evolution | Tectonics | Earth History | Computational stuff | Dad • Ronald E. McNair Scholar & First Gen
https://github.com/OpenThermochronology
A new feature by a journal that is part of the problem. Researchers not being compensated for their labor is a big issue and this isn’t just service to the community any longer. Look at the cartoon…
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system
Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.
www.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A new feature by a journal that is part of the problem. Researchers not being compensated for their labor is a big issue and this isn’t just service to the community any longer. Look at the cartoon…
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Look at that hydrograph! This is from a USGS monitoring well in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, VA. Observation well 27F2 SOW 019 is 450' deep, completed in carbonate rocks of the Elbrook Formation and well known for its response to quakes.
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Data: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-l...
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Data: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-l...
July 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Look at that hydrograph! This is from a USGS monitoring well in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, VA. Observation well 27F2 SOW 019 is 450' deep, completed in carbonate rocks of the Elbrook Formation and well known for its response to quakes.
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Data: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-l...
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Data: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-l...
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A modern re-make of a Roman tile makers experiences, in Gaul circa 120 AD.
April 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A modern re-make of a Roman tile makers experiences, in Gaul circa 120 AD.
Maybe if they replaced “scapila” with “spatula” we could get Dire Wolf 3.0
From Colossals. Including novel bones like the "Scapila" and the "Metacarpul bones". Also the patella on the back of the knee. And not ONLY "tail vertebrae" but ALSO "cadual vertebrae".
$millions and they didn't think to copy edit...
$millions and they didn't think to copy edit...
April 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Maybe if they replaced “scapila” with “spatula” we could get Dire Wolf 3.0
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Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
For many applicants, receiving this award “could be the difference between them staying in science or finding another career”.
Between this current admin debacle and current hiring practices, perhaps the writing is on the wall.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Between this current admin debacle and current hiring practices, perhaps the writing is on the wall.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half
US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
For many applicants, receiving this award “could be the difference between them staying in science or finding another career”.
Between this current admin debacle and current hiring practices, perhaps the writing is on the wall.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Between this current admin debacle and current hiring practices, perhaps the writing is on the wall.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Two years ago today was one of the most thrilling moments of my life when I captured this sunrise eruption of Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego. My drone was much closer than I realized, and the eruption was the largest I saw in my two days up there. I may never again film something as remarkable as this:
March 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Two years ago today was one of the most thrilling moments of my life when I captured this sunrise eruption of Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego. My drone was much closer than I realized, and the eruption was the largest I saw in my two days up there. I may never again film something as remarkable as this:
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Love this quote, "Are we creating burnout and need for wellbeing in staff simply because of the new bullshit tasks we impose upon them."
Hoping you don't spend as much time as I do..forced to do meaningless admin tasks.
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#scicomm
#science
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#geosky
#climate
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Hoping you don't spend as much time as I do..forced to do meaningless admin tasks.
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#scicomm
#science
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#geosky
#climate
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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
academic.oup.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Love this quote, "Are we creating burnout and need for wellbeing in staff simply because of the new bullshit tasks we impose upon them."
Hoping you don't spend as much time as I do..forced to do meaningless admin tasks.
🧪💙📚
#scicomm
#science
🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#climate
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
Hoping you don't spend as much time as I do..forced to do meaningless admin tasks.
🧪💙📚
#scicomm
#science
🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#climate
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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Scarboro Formation schist from Bailey Island, Maine. This image is XP light with 530 nm wave plate. Strong foliation in the muscovite and biotite. Big juicy garnet porphyroclast in purple. Quartz concentrated in fractures and pressure shadows around the garnet
🧪⚒️ #thinsectionthursday
🧪⚒️ #thinsectionthursday
February 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Scarboro Formation schist from Bailey Island, Maine. This image is XP light with 530 nm wave plate. Strong foliation in the muscovite and biotite. Big juicy garnet porphyroclast in purple. Quartz concentrated in fractures and pressure shadows around the garnet
🧪⚒️ #thinsectionthursday
🧪⚒️ #thinsectionthursday
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Mer de Glace from La Flégère
Bisson brothers
1858
Iconic view of Mer de Glace near its LIA maximum extent taken during Bisson's first trip to Chamonix ❄️📉
Still overflowing Rochers des Mottets with some seracs falling! 🧊🌊
Bisson brothers
1858
Iconic view of Mer de Glace near its LIA maximum extent taken during Bisson's first trip to Chamonix ❄️📉
Still overflowing Rochers des Mottets with some seracs falling! 🧊🌊
January 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mer de Glace from La Flégère
Bisson brothers
1858
Iconic view of Mer de Glace near its LIA maximum extent taken during Bisson's first trip to Chamonix ❄️📉
Still overflowing Rochers des Mottets with some seracs falling! 🧊🌊
Bisson brothers
1858
Iconic view of Mer de Glace near its LIA maximum extent taken during Bisson's first trip to Chamonix ❄️📉
Still overflowing Rochers des Mottets with some seracs falling! 🧊🌊
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Skye big feldspar basalt in XPL. Outrageously parading a thick section for #ThinSectionThursday ⚒️🧪🌋
January 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Skye big feldspar basalt in XPL. Outrageously parading a thick section for #ThinSectionThursday ⚒️🧪🌋
Just when we thought it couldn't get any more dystopian in academic publishing... [SpringerNature...AI, hold my beer]
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The Publisher of the Journal "Nature" Is Emailing Authors of Scientific Papers, Offering to Sell Them AI Summaries of Their Own Work
Stalwart journal publisher Springer Nature is asking researchers to buy $49 AI-generated "Media Kits" to summarize and promote their work.
futurism.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just when we thought it couldn't get any more dystopian in academic publishing... [SpringerNature...AI, hold my beer]
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futurism.com/springer-nat...
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futurism.com/springer-nat...
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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…
propub.li
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
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Yes to this article. It reminded me of incorporating environmental issues into my teaching- Love Canal, Woburn, using kits like Fruitvale. It would not be hard to adapt newer cases in the classroom.
eos.org/opinions/tea...
eos.org/opinions/tea...
Teaching Justice in the Geosciences Matters - Eos
Geoscience educators owe it to their students to incorporate conversations of environmental justice and equity into their classrooms. Case studies are an effective approach to do this.
eos.org
January 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yes to this article. It reminded me of incorporating environmental issues into my teaching- Love Canal, Woburn, using kits like Fruitvale. It would not be hard to adapt newer cases in the classroom.
eos.org/opinions/tea...
eos.org/opinions/tea...
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2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
January 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
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If you are so inclined, here's "How to delete your Facebook account and take your data with you. Meta has buried account deletion and deactivation within your Facebook settings, but we found them." www.popsci.com/diy/how-to-d...
How to delete your Facebook account and take your data with you
If you want to know how to delete your Facebook account, follow these steps to get rid of it, and also save anything you want to keep.
www.popsci.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you are so inclined, here's "How to delete your Facebook account and take your data with you. Meta has buried account deletion and deactivation within your Facebook settings, but we found them." www.popsci.com/diy/how-to-d...
T h i s i s A m a z i n g !
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
December 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM
T h i s i s A m a z i n g !
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Liars try to minimize detailed information; truth-tellers are glad to provide.
#SharedQuestions: What does that tell us about #PoliticalDebate?
#SharedFacts
Liars try to minimize detailed information; truth-tellers are glad to provide.
#SharedQuestions: What does that tell us about #PoliticalDebate?
#SharedFacts
Spotting Liars Is Hard, but Our New Method Is Effective and Ethical - Neuroscience News
The AIM technique is almost 40% more accurate at lie detection than traditional methods.
neurosciencenews.com
December 25, 2024 at 11:27 PM
neurosciencenews.com/aim-lie-dete...
Liars try to minimize detailed information; truth-tellers are glad to provide.
#SharedQuestions: What does that tell us about #PoliticalDebate?
#SharedFacts
Liars try to minimize detailed information; truth-tellers are glad to provide.
#SharedQuestions: What does that tell us about #PoliticalDebate?
#SharedFacts
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Reposted by Kalin McDannell
A new favorite in my collection, ca. 1960s.
December 24, 2024 at 11:50 PM
A new favorite in my collection, ca. 1960s.
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Check out our new paper in Science Advances!!!
TL;DR: Globally, glaciers are pretty erosive across all timescales (more so than rivers)! @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social @dartmouthears.bsky.social
@brenhinkeller.bsky.social #science 🧪⚒️🧊
TL;DR: Globally, glaciers are pretty erosive across all timescales (more so than rivers)! @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social @dartmouthears.bsky.social
@brenhinkeller.bsky.social #science 🧪⚒️🧊
Limits to timescale dependence in erosion rates: Quantifying glacial and fluvial erosion across timescales
Globally, glacial erosion rates outpace fluvial, with limits to the biases introduced by measuring across different timescales.
www.science.org
December 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Check out our new paper in Science Advances!!!
TL;DR: Globally, glaciers are pretty erosive across all timescales (more so than rivers)! @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social @dartmouthears.bsky.social
@brenhinkeller.bsky.social #science 🧪⚒️🧊
TL;DR: Globally, glaciers are pretty erosive across all timescales (more so than rivers)! @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social @dartmouthears.bsky.social
@brenhinkeller.bsky.social #science 🧪⚒️🧊