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Happy birthday to geologist Charles Lyell (1797-1875) who in his famous ‘Principles of Geology,’ wrote that to avoid some sources of prejudice in understanding #geology would require an Amphibious Being, who could, say, compare processes happening today on land & those happening below 🧵 #histsci 🧪🐡⚒️
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Happy birthday to geologist Charles Lyell (1797-1875) who in his famous ‘Principles of Geology,’ wrote that to avoid some sources of prejudice in understanding #geology would require an Amphibious Being, who could, say, compare processes happening today on land & those happening below 🧵 #histsci 🧪🐡⚒️
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#FossilFriday Painted black to enhance contrast, a pair of cheilostome colonies encrusting a test of Echinocorys from the English Chalk. Bryozoans are exceedingly common on the tests of this infaunal echinoid which had to be exhumed before encrustation.
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#FossilFriday Painted black to enhance contrast, a pair of cheilostome colonies encrusting a test of Echinocorys from the English Chalk. Bryozoans are exceedingly common on the tests of this infaunal echinoid which had to be exhumed before encrustation.
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⚒️🧪 Spoke to BBC about Wednesday’s eruption of the Wandan mud volcano in Taiwan.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Watch: Mud volcano erupts in southern Taiwan
The Wandan mud volcano is a particularly unusual example of the geological phenomenon, an expert told the BBC.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
⚒️🧪 Spoke to BBC about Wednesday’s eruption of the Wandan mud volcano in Taiwan.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
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Copper fans, we did it! Copper is the very FIRST Ore Cup Champion & the Ore Mineral of the Year. Great job! 🙌
Thank you, Mineral Cup team. The content has been extra excellent, & another great Cup. Kudos! 290 days until #MinCup26 !
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Thank you, Mineral Cup team. The content has been extra excellent, & another great Cup. Kudos! 290 days until #MinCup26 !
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Copper fans, we did it! Copper is the very FIRST Ore Cup Champion & the Ore Mineral of the Year. Great job! 🙌
Thank you, Mineral Cup team. The content has been extra excellent, & another great Cup. Kudos! 290 days until #MinCup26 !
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Thank you, Mineral Cup team. The content has been extra excellent, & another great Cup. Kudos! 290 days until #MinCup26 !
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
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Come on over to Geoscience Bluesky and we will patiently explain all the ancient secrets of Deep Time and how to see the the traces of immense, elemental powers etched into the landscape.
You will see things in new ways.
You will stare at road cuts.
You will see things in new ways.
You will stare at road cuts.
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Come on over to Geoscience Bluesky and we will patiently explain all the ancient secrets of Deep Time and how to see the the traces of immense, elemental powers etched into the landscape.
You will see things in new ways.
You will stare at road cuts.
You will see things in new ways.
You will stare at road cuts.
Results may vary : )
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Results may vary : )
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DeLauro: The president went to the supreme court to deprive kids of food. Unbelievable. And now wants to deny their parents healthcare.
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
DeLauro: The president went to the supreme court to deprive kids of food. Unbelievable. And now wants to deny their parents healthcare.
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Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
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🇺🇸 For my US friends - the lovely people at @foxlanebooks.bsky.social will ship to the USA! You just need to contact them for a shipping quote. Link in Bio! 🌋
It's about time I announced a project that I've been working on in the last year... I wrote a book!
'Volcanoes: 10 things you should know' published by @orionbooks.bsky.social Seven Dials will be out in September. It's available to pre-order now. Links: linktr.ee/volcanologist
'Volcanoes: 10 things you should know' published by @orionbooks.bsky.social Seven Dials will be out in September. It's available to pre-order now. Links: linktr.ee/volcanologist
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
🇺🇸 For my US friends - the lovely people at @foxlanebooks.bsky.social will ship to the USA! You just need to contact them for a shipping quote. Link in Bio! 🌋
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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🎯🧵"I now understand after reading this book why enslavers feared any free Black men, whether from foreign or domestic ships, intermixing with their enslaved population."
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🎯🧵"I now understand after reading this book why enslavers feared any free Black men, whether from foreign or domestic ships, intermixing with their enslaved population."
“British officials believe the US military strikes, which have killed 76 people, violate international law, the sources said…The UN’s human rights chief, Volker Türk, said last month that the strikes violate international law and amount to “extrajudicial killing.””
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“British officials believe the US military strikes, which have killed 76 people, violate international law, the sources said…The UN’s human rights chief, Volker Türk, said last month that the strikes violate international law and amount to “extrajudicial killing.””
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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1/3 Well this is a first (for me): Native #copper replaces ancient cross-bedded sedimentary rock perfectly preserving the original cross-bedding. Copper does amazing stuff in Michigan. 🤯 More below! Pinging @richardgibson.bsky.social
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1/3 Well this is a first (for me): Native #copper replaces ancient cross-bedded sedimentary rock perfectly preserving the original cross-bedding. Copper does amazing stuff in Michigan. 🤯 More below! Pinging @richardgibson.bsky.social
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
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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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It’s the final hours of #OreCup. Did you 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 8:01 PM
It’s the final hours of #OreCup. Did you vote?
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Patinating copper is a thing apparently. Not for the faint of heart.
It involves ammonia, salt, water and a fumigation container.
www.instructables.com/Blue-Patina-...
#OreCup
It involves ammonia, salt, water and a fumigation container.
www.instructables.com/Blue-Patina-...
#OreCup
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Patinating copper is a thing apparently. Not for the faint of heart.
It involves ammonia, salt, water and a fumigation container.
www.instructables.com/Blue-Patina-...
#OreCup
It involves ammonia, salt, water and a fumigation container.
www.instructables.com/Blue-Patina-...
#OreCup
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🧪⚒️ Note how the alert level is ramping up ahead of any seismic waves reaching land-based instruments.
A sad/enraging contrast with the news of the cuts to even land-based instruments in Alaska yesterday. This is what a rich nation actually committed to its duty of care to its citizens does.
A sad/enraging contrast with the news of the cuts to even land-based instruments in Alaska yesterday. This is what a rich nation actually committed to its duty of care to its citizens does.
The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🧪⚒️ Note how the alert level is ramping up ahead of any seismic waves reaching land-based instruments.
A sad/enraging contrast with the news of the cuts to even land-based instruments in Alaska yesterday. This is what a rich nation actually committed to its duty of care to its citizens does.
A sad/enraging contrast with the news of the cuts to even land-based instruments in Alaska yesterday. This is what a rich nation actually committed to its duty of care to its citizens does.