Liz Hearn
@liz-hearn.bsky.social
Geophysicist studying fault systems and earthquakes. USGS, formerly UBC and NSF.
Opinions here are (obviously) not those of the US government.
Opinions here are (obviously) not those of the US government.
Happy Exploding Whale Day!
🚨 EXPLODING WHALE DAY🚨
November 12, 1970:
A 40 ton whale carcass lays, rotting, on an Oregon beach.
A crowd has gathered to watch the whale carcass be dynamited to dispose of it.
HILARITY*. ENSUES.
*”blubber snowstorm”
REMASTERED VIDEO!
www.youtube.com/embed/V6CLum...
November 12, 1970:
A 40 ton whale carcass lays, rotting, on an Oregon beach.
A crowd has gathered to watch the whale carcass be dynamited to dispose of it.
HILARITY*. ENSUES.
*”blubber snowstorm”
REMASTERED VIDEO!
www.youtube.com/embed/V6CLum...
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Happy Exploding Whale Day!
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
This is a perfect allegory for what he's doing to the US Government and to our nation as a whole.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is a perfect allegory for what he's doing to the US Government and to our nation as a whole.
We needed a brass band like this on El Camino! 😍🎺
I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
We needed a brass band like this on El Camino! 😍🎺
No Kings rally along El Camino Real in Mountain View CA.
October 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
No Kings rally along El Camino Real in Mountain View CA.
1. A junior high school geology teacher, Steve Carlson. Yes, he arranged things so he taught mineralogy and geology to 7th and 8th graders and took us on field trips. In 8th grade I was his TA! (1/3)
For #EarthScienceWeek2025: what 3 steps got you into ⚒️🧪 Earth Science?
1. A wood box full of rocks and crystals that my Dad had collected in his travels
2. David Attenbourgh's 'Life on Earth'
3. Couldn't make up my mind choosing a science major, so I did the (earth) science that does them all!
1. A wood box full of rocks and crystals that my Dad had collected in his travels
2. David Attenbourgh's 'Life on Earth'
3. Couldn't make up my mind choosing a science major, so I did the (earth) science that does them all!
October 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
1. A junior high school geology teacher, Steve Carlson. Yes, he arranged things so he taught mineralogy and geology to 7th and 8th graders and took us on field trips. In 8th grade I was his TA! (1/3)
Using measurements of tsunami waves (two kinds) to infer source area and slip for Kamchatka earthquake. ❤️
On July 29, 2025 a Mw 8.8 earthquake off Kamchatka launched a Pacific-wide tsunami, right as the SWOT satellite flew south-to-north taking altimetry measurements of the wave train. In our new preprint, we pair SWOT with nearby DART buoys to capture the tsunami’s propagation and its source
October 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Using measurements of tsunami waves (two kinds) to infer source area and slip for Kamchatka earthquake. ❤️
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BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.
Found the Tacoma USGS office.
September 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Found the Tacoma USGS office.
This is fun!
USGS unveils new national geologic map. ⚒️🧪
Many countries around the world have excellent mobile apps or mobile web tools for their detailed geologic maps. Can't say that about Germany... #Geology
www.usgs.gov/news/nationa...
Many countries around the world have excellent mobile apps or mobile web tools for their detailed geologic maps. Can't say that about Germany... #Geology
www.usgs.gov/news/nationa...
USGS Unveils New National Geologic Map
In a significant advancement for geoscience, the U.S. Geological Survey has released the most detailed national-scale geologic map of the country to date, offering a unique regional view of geology at...
www.usgs.gov
September 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is fun!
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September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! 💀
August 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! 💀
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This is a VERY large earthquake, possibly/probably among the 10 largest ever recorded. A clear subduction zone megathrust event. And it is another M>8.5 event with a notable foreshock (the recent M7.4 in same location), like Tohoku in 2011.
July 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is a VERY large earthquake, possibly/probably among the 10 largest ever recorded. A clear subduction zone megathrust event. And it is another M>8.5 event with a notable foreshock (the recent M7.4 in same location), like Tohoku in 2011.
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
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They're talking about having a strong pipeline - While they are destroying US space science and engineering expertise? Y'all, WE CAN'T TRAIN STUDENTS FOR FAKE JOBS.
June 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
They're talking about having a strong pipeline - While they are destroying US space science and engineering expertise? Y'all, WE CAN'T TRAIN STUDENTS FOR FAKE JOBS.
Children need to stop being curious about the cosmos, life, our planet, the oceans, etc. and start getting into the intricacies of buying and selling stablecoin or some shit. This is all that matters, apparently.
science cuts: almost 50%
Earth science cuts: over 50%
www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u...
science cuts: almost 50%
Earth science cuts: over 50%
www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u...
June 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Children need to stop being curious about the cosmos, life, our planet, the oceans, etc. and start getting into the intricacies of buying and selling stablecoin or some shit. This is all that matters, apparently.
science cuts: almost 50%
Earth science cuts: over 50%
www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u...
science cuts: almost 50%
Earth science cuts: over 50%
www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u...
No Kings protest in Mountain View, California. People were lined up along El Camino Real for miles! So much honking - many drivers were waving flags and signs from their cars. We only saw one Maga hat and one middle finger!
June 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
No Kings protest in Mountain View, California. People were lined up along El Camino Real for miles! So much honking - many drivers were waving flags and signs from their cars. We only saw one Maga hat and one middle finger!
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US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar
www.nsf.gov
June 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
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Yeah. I keep seeing these breathless articles about wonderful scientific discoveries and thinking 'you all know that this era is ending, right?'. People don't think funding cuts are important because they don't realize that US science research is currently running on fumes.
Dear science journalism,
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
May 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yeah. I keep seeing these breathless articles about wonderful scientific discoveries and thinking 'you all know that this era is ending, right?'. People don't think funding cuts are important because they don't realize that US science research is currently running on fumes.
"What you are feeling is the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working … and yet the institutions and the people in power just are, like, ignoring it and pretending everything is going to go on the way that it has."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
"What you are feeling is the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working … and yet the institutions and the people in power just are, like, ignoring it and pretending everything is going to go on the way that it has."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
I loved working at NSF. Still wondering why its "leadership" would object to a group photo.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait
Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency
www.science.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I loved working at NSF. Still wondering why its "leadership" would object to a group photo.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...