Elizabeth V
@geolizzy.bsky.social
Ore Deposit geologist turned SAHM. I love rocks and books. Follow for geology and other science, women in STEM, and occasional snarky comments.
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Elizabeth V
@geolizzy.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello new followers! I’m Lizzy. My expertise is ore geology and mineral exploration, but I’m interested in all aspects of earth science. I’ve been a field mapper, lab scientist, adjunct faculty, and currently a SAHM because the job market is always up and down 😄
I may have missed the aurora last night thanks to clouds, but I did get my MRI results and they were “unremarkable”.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I may have missed the aurora last night thanks to clouds, but I did get my MRI results and they were “unremarkable”.
Now I know that when I was working above the arctic circle the aurora would wake me up tinkling (and the wolves would also be howing), but I have the biggest fomo with seeing everyone’s aurora photos tonight 😭
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Now I know that when I was working above the arctic circle the aurora would wake me up tinkling (and the wolves would also be howing), but I have the biggest fomo with seeing everyone’s aurora photos tonight 😭
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Sharing again as the recall has expanded to all formula products by the company. apnews.com/article/byhe...
ByHeart recalls all baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak grows
Baby formula manufacturer ByHeart recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday. The move comes days after some batches were recalled amid an expanding outbreak of infant botulism.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sharing again as the recall has expanded to all formula products by the company. apnews.com/article/byhe...
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Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Bessent is someone who thinks he understands mining but really has no clue. Tell someone in mining it should only take 1-2 years and they would laugh in your face
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Bessent is someone who thinks he understands mining but really has no clue. Tell someone in mining it should only take 1-2 years and they would laugh in your face
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#Copper has been holding on to an 8% lead most of the match. It’s a lot, but #Molybdenite could catch up.
What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?
What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?
#OreCup finals are between a pair of bewitching ore minerals that glitter and gleam. But only one can have your vote.
Will it be native copper or molybdenite? You’re running out of time to choose!
Vote:
Will it be native copper or molybdenite? You’re running out of time to choose!
Vote:
Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz
www.mineralcup.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#Copper has been holding on to an 8% lead most of the match. It’s a lot, but #Molybdenite could catch up.
What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?
What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?
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#OreCup is our first mini-Cup and our first collaboration. Give us feedback?
Ore Cup Players Survey — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
This is our first Ore Cup, our first week-long mini-cup, and our first collaboration with the International Mineralogical Association. We’d love to get your feedback on what worked, what didn’t, and…
www.mineralcup.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#OreCup is our first mini-Cup and our first collaboration. Give us feedback?
I don’t think this post is doing as well as he hoped
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I don’t think this post is doing as well as he hoped
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With 48 hours for the #OreCup final match, we just hit the halfway mark!
Have you voted?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Do you need to campaign for your chosen fav?
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Will #Copper or #Molybdenum be our Ore Mineral of the Year?
Have you voted?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Do you need to campaign for your chosen fav?
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Will #Copper or #Molybdenum be our Ore Mineral of the Year?
Results for Ore Cup Finals! — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for the FINAL MATCH! This match will run for 48 hours .
www.mineralcup.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
With 48 hours for the #OreCup final match, we just hit the halfway mark!
Have you voted?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Do you need to campaign for your chosen fav?
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Will #Copper or #Molybdenum be our Ore Mineral of the Year?
Have you voted?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Do you need to campaign for your chosen fav?
Results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Will #Copper or #Molybdenum be our Ore Mineral of the Year?
I’m waffling on my vote today. I like both. Copper is an important mineral but I also want molydenite to win out of spite because this cup had 4 copper minerals in it. #OreCup
We’ve voted all week to pick the #OreCup finalists, but only one can be the Ore Mineral of the Year.
Learn, share, vote, campaign! The choice is yours.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Learn, share, vote, campaign! The choice is yours.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Results for Ore Cup Finals! — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for the FINAL MATCH! This match will run for 48 hours .
www.mineralcup.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m waffling on my vote today. I like both. Copper is an important mineral but I also want molydenite to win out of spite because this cup had 4 copper minerals in it. #OreCup
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Going to put the news of extreme drought coming out of Tehran up with this map of emerging water scarcity risk from www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Going to put the news of extreme drought coming out of Tehran up with this map of emerging water scarcity risk from www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Vote #molybdenite! It’s a pretty blue silver color, it’s found in porphyry deposits (my favorite), it’s fun to say and spell, and there is a famous molybdenum mine in Colorado named Climax with it’s hilariously named “Glory Hole” created by underground block cave mining. (Be careful googling that)
#OreCup R2M2: Silver hexagons for alloys & lubricants, or rainbow patches for copper wires & parts? It’s #Molybdenite vs #Bornite for which ore mineral moves to the final round.
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
Results for Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Molybdenite vs Bornite
www.mineralcup.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Vote #molybdenite! It’s a pretty blue silver color, it’s found in porphyry deposits (my favorite), it’s fun to say and spell, and there is a famous molybdenum mine in Colorado named Climax with it’s hilariously named “Glory Hole” created by underground block cave mining. (Be careful googling that)
Vote #molybdenite! It’s a pretty blue silver color, it’s found in porphyry deposits (my favorite), it’s fun to say and spell, and there is a famous molybdenum mine in Colorado named Climax with it’s hilariously named “Glory Hole” created by underground block cave mining. (Be careful googling that)
#OreCup R2M2: Silver hexagons for alloys & lubricants, or rainbow patches for copper wires & parts? It’s #Molybdenite vs #Bornite for which ore mineral moves to the final round.
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
Results for Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Molybdenite vs Bornite
www.mineralcup.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Vote #molybdenite! It’s a pretty blue silver color, it’s found in porphyry deposits (my favorite), it’s fun to say and spell, and there is a famous molybdenum mine in Colorado named Climax with it’s hilariously named “Glory Hole” created by underground block cave mining. (Be careful googling that)
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How do you get copper in post-subduction porphyry deposits? You flush ancient sulfide cumulates with deeper oxidised magmas!
New paper out now with Shiwei Wang from Hefei UoT as lead author: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
New paper out now with Shiwei Wang from Hefei UoT as lead author: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
How do you get copper in post-subduction porphyry deposits? You flush ancient sulfide cumulates with deeper oxidised magmas!
New paper out now with Shiwei Wang from Hefei UoT as lead author: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
New paper out now with Shiwei Wang from Hefei UoT as lead author: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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I was going to post some images of the really interesting hematite-ilmenite intergrowths caused by slow cooling of the original iron-rich ilmenite, but thought it would be a doomed effort
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was going to post some images of the really interesting hematite-ilmenite intergrowths caused by slow cooling of the original iron-rich ilmenite, but thought it would be a doomed effort
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#Copper is very, very neat, but I am forlorn that #Ilmenite is getting trounced so soundly in the #OreCup semifinals.
I mean. It's a titanium oxide ore, which is body-safe and not water soluble so it's not on the Do No Lick list, just on the Do Not Rub Into Your Eyes list.
📸 Gerhard Brandstetter
I mean. It's a titanium oxide ore, which is body-safe and not water soluble so it's not on the Do No Lick list, just on the Do Not Rub Into Your Eyes list.
📸 Gerhard Brandstetter
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’m voting #ilmenite partially because titanium is awesome, but mostly out of spite because I don’t want to vote for copper until I have to. #OreCup
#OreCup R2M1: Are you supporting tendrils of native #Copper or dark grains of #Ilmenite?
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Vote in Semifinals Match 1 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Vote in Copper vs Ilmenite Credit: Carles Millan and Modris Baum
www.mineralcup.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The call for abstracts for @egu.eu 2026 is open.
Share your work on #CriticalRawMaterials #CriticalMinerals with us!
𝐄𝐑𝐄𝟒.𝟑 “𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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Share your work on #CriticalRawMaterials #CriticalMinerals with us!
𝐄𝐑𝐄𝟒.𝟑 “𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The call for abstracts for @egu.eu 2026 is open.
Share your work on #CriticalRawMaterials #CriticalMinerals with us!
𝐄𝐑𝐄𝟒.𝟑 “𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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Share your work on #CriticalRawMaterials #CriticalMinerals with us!
𝐄𝐑𝐄𝟒.𝟑 “𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
New official critical minerals list just dropped. Ten new minerals added including silver, copper, uranium, metallurgical coal, rhenium, potash, silicon, and lead. (A draft of this came out a while back and had a public comment period.)
www.usgs.gov/programs/min...
www.usgs.gov/programs/min...
About the 2025 List of Critical Minerals
This page contains information about the 2025 List of Critical Minerals, including Frequently Asked Questions, related publications and more.
www.usgs.gov
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New official critical minerals list just dropped. Ten new minerals added including silver, copper, uranium, metallurgical coal, rhenium, potash, silicon, and lead. (A draft of this came out a while back and had a public comment period.)
www.usgs.gov/programs/min...
www.usgs.gov/programs/min...
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Two more copper ores today, but at least #carrollite is also a cobalt ore.
#OreCup R1M4: This match is coming hot from a hydrothermal vein as #Carrollite competes with #Bornite. Both are copper ores with a beautiful tarnish. You have 24 hours to decide!
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Two more copper ores today, but at least #carrollite is also a cobalt ore.
Two more copper ores today, but at least #carrollite is also a cobalt ore.
#OreCup R1M4: This match is coming hot from a hydrothermal vein as #Carrollite competes with #Bornite. Both are copper ores with a beautiful tarnish. You have 24 hours to decide!
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Two more copper ores today, but at least #carrollite is also a cobalt ore.
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Two good minerals today and neither is a copper mineral! (I voted ilmenite but jadarite is behind so someone go give it some votes) #OreCup
Are you cheering on #Ilmenite, titanium ore of aircraft parts and artificial knees, or #Jadarite, lithium & boron ore of rechargeable batteries and thin smartphone screens?
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Two good minerals today and neither is a copper mineral! (I voted ilmenite but jadarite is behind so someone go give it some votes) #OreCup
Just finished an MRI with contrast so I’m a little radioactive right now 😄
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just finished an MRI with contrast so I’m a little radioactive right now 😄
Two good minerals today and neither is a copper mineral! (I voted ilmenite but jadarite is behind so someone go give it some votes) #OreCup
Are you cheering on #Ilmenite, titanium ore of aircraft parts and artificial knees, or #Jadarite, lithium & boron ore of rechargeable batteries and thin smartphone screens?
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Two good minerals today and neither is a copper mineral! (I voted ilmenite but jadarite is behind so someone go give it some votes) #OreCup