Dr. Gabe Eggers
@gabeeggers.bsky.social
Upjumped farmboy from Missouri. Visiting Professor at Wesleyan University interested in volcanism of Venus, Earth, Mars, etc. #FirstGen. Do good recklessly. He/Him.
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Nine years ago today I saw a BIG rock in Mexico that even had wispy steam emission from its summit, so you could say that was a good day.
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Holy fucking shit this is a *real* image from a *real* (presumably peer-reviewed) paper in [Nature] Scientific Reports.
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Holy fucking shit this is a *real* image from a *real* (presumably peer-reviewed) paper in [Nature] Scientific Reports.
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
"You will be visited by three spirits..."
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"You will be visited by three spirits..."
I should really refigure my lecture schedule so that we cover "Remote Sensing of Water" in early November.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I should really refigure my lecture schedule so that we cover "Remote Sensing of Water" in early November.
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A reminder: For the Holidays, your friends and families want books. Buy them books. If you aren't sure which book to get them, buy them more books. People want books!
My family has been calling me a luddite for years, & I’ve never felt better about that moniker than I do now, after a cities conference highlighting AI data centers & a new push for more surveillance downtown. We don’t have to participate. This year, shop in local stores, buy actual books. 📚🎄🕎
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A reminder: For the Holidays, your friends and families want books. Buy them books. If you aren't sure which book to get them, buy them more books. People want books!
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Classic church youth group behavior.
(I have been this person.)
(I have been this person.)
Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Classic church youth group behavior.
(I have been this person.)
(I have been this person.)
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“I wish someone at Google would remember scholar exists!”
…and the monkey paw curls.
…and the monkey paw curls.
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“I wish someone at Google would remember scholar exists!”
…and the monkey paw curls.
…and the monkey paw curls.
I rant about this on an almost daily basis.
Don’t get me started on how they ruined google scholar
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I rant about this on an almost daily basis.
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An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
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Here's the GVP page of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?.... Plume from the eruption can be seen in this Aqua/MODIS image cross the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. #eruption #volcano
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Here's the GVP page of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?.... Plume from the eruption can be seen in this Aqua/MODIS image cross the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. #eruption #volcano
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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When you see Antarctica for the first time.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
When you see Antarctica for the first time.
This is the second best parody of the Evangelion intro that I've ever seen.
(The first belongs, of course, to the King of the Hill-themed Propane Genesis Evangelion.)
(The first belongs, of course, to the King of the Hill-themed Propane Genesis Evangelion.)
turning aftermath into a hockey website (i spoke to the skilled lehigh valley phantoms creative staff who put together this incredible evangelion intro!!)
aftermath.site/neon-gensis-...
aftermath.site/neon-gensis-...
A Hockey Team Recreated The Evangelion Intro For A Stadium Full Of Fans
Here's how an American Hockey League team embraced anime—then went viral.
aftermath.site
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is the second best parody of the Evangelion intro that I've ever seen.
(The first belongs, of course, to the King of the Hill-themed Propane Genesis Evangelion.)
(The first belongs, of course, to the King of the Hill-themed Propane Genesis Evangelion.)
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I had to find out how cute this was. Turns out: incredibly cute and I needed to know this. I put some time into these alt-tags
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I had to find out how cute this was. Turns out: incredibly cute and I needed to know this. I put some time into these alt-tags
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“The one who does the work does the learning.”
― Terry Doyle
― Terry Doyle
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“The one who does the work does the learning.”
― Terry Doyle
― Terry Doyle
Musk may be richer than God, but at least I'm less insecure than he is (which, tbh, is saying something).
this thread is unbelievable
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Musk may be richer than God, but at least I'm less insecure than he is (which, tbh, is saying something).
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A comet!
Photographed by a spacecraft orbiting Mars!
The comet is from a different planetary system!
This comet could be older than our own Solar System!
Photographed by a spacecraft orbiting Mars!
The comet is from a different planetary system!
This comet could be older than our own Solar System!
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A comet!
Photographed by a spacecraft orbiting Mars!
The comet is from a different planetary system!
This comet could be older than our own Solar System!
Photographed by a spacecraft orbiting Mars!
The comet is from a different planetary system!
This comet could be older than our own Solar System!
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Repeatedly! When I was researching for my article on Trump and the Supreme Court's latest threat to the Clean Water Act, I learned the Cuyahoga River caught on fire not once, not twice, but over a dozen times
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Repeatedly! When I was researching for my article on Trump and the Supreme Court's latest threat to the Clean Water Act, I learned the Cuyahoga River caught on fire not once, not twice, but over a dozen times
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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It matters if the president is a bad person
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It matters if the president is a bad person
There's not a day that I don't dream of having a Wib's hot combo with fries.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There's not a day that I don't dream of having a Wib's hot combo with fries.
I strongly endorse this. I read it earlier this year, and it was so fun and surreal.
If you’re going to read one book of fanfiction written by a slightly delusional woman living along the sunbleached California coast … let it be Le Renard Argenté: The Silver Fox At War, a book of Chase Utley microfiction.
www.amazon.com/Renard-Argen...
www.amazon.com/Renard-Argen...
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I strongly endorse this. I read it earlier this year, and it was so fun and surreal.
We're on week 11 of the semester and somehow my class is... On schedule? What dark magic is this?
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We're on week 11 of the semester and somehow my class is... On schedule? What dark magic is this?
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I've started research on historic (preWW2) women who worked on volcanology/magmatic rocks. This includes anyone who was traveling to and writing about/observing/drawing/engaging with the landscape in myriad ways.
I'm building a list for further investigation. Will share soon! Any tip offs welcome!
I'm building a list for further investigation. Will share soon! Any tip offs welcome!
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I've started research on historic (preWW2) women who worked on volcanology/magmatic rocks. This includes anyone who was traveling to and writing about/observing/drawing/engaging with the landscape in myriad ways.
I'm building a list for further investigation. Will share soon! Any tip offs welcome!
I'm building a list for further investigation. Will share soon! Any tip offs welcome!
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Mars - Dust Storm on the Olympus Mons - ESA Mars Express - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2q2shzf
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mars - Dust Storm on the Olympus Mons - ESA Mars Express - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2q2shzf
Always a good feeling when a student leaves your office feeling pumped up because they understand something that was giving them trouble.
(In this case, principal components analysis and k-means clustering.)
(In this case, principal components analysis and k-means clustering.)
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Always a good feeling when a student leaves your office feeling pumped up because they understand something that was giving them trouble.
(In this case, principal components analysis and k-means clustering.)
(In this case, principal components analysis and k-means clustering.)