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Rachel Headley (she/her)
@geomorphrachel.bsky.social
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Professor of glaciers, geomorphology, & environmental science; living & biking in the Northwest; being depressed about climate change. Come for the pictures of rivers, stay for the cats and bikes
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My 8-year-old's hand drawn 'meme' operating with more sense than we'll ever see in the next 4 years.
a stick figure smiling with a small monster eating its head. Text says, 'people who don't worry about climate change' labeling the person and 'climate change' labeling the monster.
January 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Went night skiing with my family and got ditched by the 8 year old so he could ski black diamonds and tree terrain while I hang on the greens.
Bogus basin coach lift and ski runs lit up at night with a few people at the foot.
January 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Working from home today, and I'm really catching some good squirrel dramas during meetings and grading.
A tuxedo cat gazes at a large window at an oblivious squirrel sitting upright on a window box.
November 19, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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Microplastics group at MCSR 2024!
Dr. Headley surrounded by her 4 student researchers at MCSR. Two students are holding up a globe and two students are holding a banner in front of the group that reads, 'Saving the planet through scientific research.'
November 9, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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Field trip day! No pictures of rocks just Owyhee overlooks.
Looking down onto the Snake River plain from the Owyhees. Lots of sage brush in foreground, weathered rhyolite hills, and a bright blue sky with the Boise foothills in the background.
September 26, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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Early adopter, I guess.
Bluesky first 10% number. #679584
September 16, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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I suspect I'm not going to be able to quickly catch up with him on the next couple years.
Mountain bike tail on the Boise foothills. Brown grass and a very blue sky. With a distant figure mountain biking away from me. Me in a purple biking kit, teal glasses, and a purple helmet smiling at the camera. My child in a tall shirt, red backpack, white helmet, and shades, sticking his tonight off and giving a peace sign.
September 16, 2024 at 3:34 AM
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Look at this rare glimpse of non-smokey, evening blue sky over Boise!
View from the Boise foothills from a mountain bike: brown hills, blue sky with clouds, and a large sage brush front and center.
September 15, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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Who else loves Siccar Point because it's ridiculously easy to draw the basics of it?
Chalk board representation of Siccar Point in Scotland. Three parallel lines running roughly horizontal over four parallel lines running mostly vertically.
August 22, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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What I thought was a 7ish mile sampling hike turned into 9.2. sorry students!
3 hikers' backs walking along Dry Creek trail in the Boise foothills. On their left is the creek and trees and on their right is a sagebrush
June 20, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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My new best friend nesting in a giant yucca who I have dubbed Ducka.
A duck (female Mallard, I think) nesting in a very cluttered yucca. She is staring directly at the camera.
April 16, 2024 at 3:30 AM
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What did I do with my spring break? Cat-too.
Forearm tattoo of a prowling long haired tabby from front-top in black and grey
March 28, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Spring break plans: grading, planning summer research, and spreading all this mulch and raised bed filler.
6 cubic yards of mulch basically filling a space meant for an RV.
March 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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It's the official start of standing in a river for science season.
Indian Creek running through Caldwell, Idaho. Landscaped stream a couple meters across running through a small town, right next to a road. Boise River in Caldwell, Idaho. Brownish river with trees, about 10 m across
March 22, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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I am here for all your US drawing needs, particularly if those needs involve the Midwest being weirdly stretched and something weird happening in Maine.
Chalk drawing of a map of the US. The center/Midwest is oddly long and Maine is looking a bit phallic. Current droughts are colored in.
March 13, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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Should I worry?
Tuxedo cat lounging on brown sofa, holding a foam saber and staring directly into the camera.
March 13, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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A showcase of animals my students have drawn in their carbon cycle diagrams
5 drawings of animals from carbon cycle diagrams. Clockwise from top left: 1. Angry sheep in pen and pink highlighter with decay and respiration. 2. Very realistic cow in pen with respiration and decomposition. 3. Cat face in chalk with animal respiration. 4. Indeterminate ruminant/dinosaur(?) in chalk. 5. Living cat with releasing carbon above a skeletal/fossil cat with decay and decomposition.
March 1, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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Even though I've been in Boise for 1.5 years, after almost 9 years in the Midwest, I still am so excited that I can go trail running with these guys in my background.
View from lower Boise foothills, green and brown, looking at the higher Boise foothills that are covered in snow. Blue, partially cloudy sky overhead.
February 18, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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Excited to start my ysi calibration journey with this new instrument.
YSI ProDSS water quality instrument sitting up right in its case.
February 15, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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Can't complain about this view from the Idaho Water Quality Workshop
View from the BSU student Union of snowy Boise foothills with the BSU stadium in front and a parking lot. Very blue sky and clouds
February 8, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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These are the worst TAs ever.
Two slippered-legs on a recliner couch holding a lap top with one young tuxedo cat in between the knees and one large grey tabby on the armrest using his head to close the lap top.
January 28, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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So excited to measure all the river discharges!
Wading stick and OTT MF Pro (flow meter) straight out of the packaging, laying on a lab table.
January 22, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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I almost slid my car into an electric line earlier, so I took some time to actually do something fun in these conditions.
Looking down on the handlebars and front tire of a grey fat tire bike in the snow.
January 20, 2024 at 3:20 AM
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This is at 6x on the screen. Ugh
Snow melt run through a filter. The image is of a screen showing a gridded filter with lots of microplastic fibers and other debris (plastic, organic, and sediment). Magnification is 6x.
January 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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The situation has been updated
Tuxedo cat still sleeping between legs but now with his head on one foot and his butt on the other leg.
December 5, 2023 at 4:22 PM