Maggie
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Earth science, palomagnetist, dog person, baker, forever-learner
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![Comic. [two people in labcoats look at body pierced with blade draped over bench] PERSON 1: We found him lying uncomformably on the lab bench. I wonder if the iron-rich intrusion in his back is related. PERSON 2 with ponytail: It could be clastic. Maybe a rift opened in his body, and the intrusive material later fell into the hole. [caption] The Geology Department Investigates Their First Murder](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidexczuo22iq6o77sexfgdpvgx6baetimwtkzoeb7h7glon7enx4y@jpeg)
July 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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![Comic. [3-column table with headers Period, My Favorite Part, and My Biggest Complaint] [Row 1] P: *Precambrian*, MFP: Life develops, MBC: Snowball Earth episodes [Row 2] P: Cambrian, MFP: Trilobites!, MBC: Evolution could stand to calm down a little [Row 3] P: Ordovician, MFP: Earth might have had rings, MBC: Scary volcanic eruption in North America [Row 4] P: Silurian, MFP: First land animals, MBC: Earth’s newfound mold problem [Row 5] P: Devonian, MFP: Big mountains in Boston, MBC: Yeah, sure, what those giant killer fish needed was *armor* [Row 6] P: Carboniferous, MFP: Cool forests, MBC: Bugs too big [Row 7] P: Permian, MFP: Pangea, MBC: Google “The Great Dying” [Row 8] P: Triassic, MFP: Tanystropheus [dinosaur with extremely long neck next to tiny person for scale], MBC: Damage to Canada still visible from space at Manicouagan [Row 9] P: Jurassic, MFP: Birds, MBC: Parasitoid wasps [Row 10] P: Cretaceous, MFP: Raptors, MBC: Raptors [Row 11] P: Paleogene, MFP: Pretty horseys!!!, MBC: Paleocene-eocene thermal maximum [Row 12] P: Neogene, MFP: Forests of *Dracaena* Dragonblood Trees, MBC: Zanclean Flood [Row 13] P: Quaternary, MFP: Burrito invented, MBC: Whoever picked this name for the third period of the Cenozoic](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifyh56h2dhfnxxuarc6hspobseq6jzurt7mnkuo3dkvlkyrw6e76i@jpeg)
July 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Yosemite and the Sierra are famous for their towering granite domes and spires. But where did all this granite come from? What makes these beloved mountains so unique? The answer lies in the batholith, an unfathomably massive blob of rock beneath the Sierra. californiacurated.com/2024/10/10/r...
Unearthing the Secrets of the Sierra Nevada Batholith
An example of Sierra Nevada batholith. There are several domes in Yosemite besides Half Dome. (Erik Olsen) Click to buy us a coffee? We’d appreciate it! Ansel Adams, with his iconic black-and…
californiacurated.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Yosemite and the Sierra are famous for their towering granite domes and spires. But where did all this granite come from? What makes these beloved mountains so unique? The answer lies in the batholith, an unfathomably massive blob of rock beneath the Sierra. californiacurated.com/2024/10/10/r...
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program
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June 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...
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December 1969, California's Asilomar Conference became a pivotal moment in geology, solidifying plate tectonics as the key theory explaining Earth's dynamic movement. California emerged as a vital lab for understanding these groundbreaking concepts, putting it at the heart of a scientific revolution
The Plate Tectonic Revolution and How California Became the Epicenter of a Scientific Breakthrough
For many geologists, the moment this new understanding solidified was in December 1969, at a groundbreaking conference at the Asilomar Conference Center in California that reshaped the future of th…
californiacurated.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
December 1969, California's Asilomar Conference became a pivotal moment in geology, solidifying plate tectonics as the key theory explaining Earth's dynamic movement. California emerged as a vital lab for understanding these groundbreaking concepts, putting it at the heart of a scientific revolution
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February 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Making the workplace less traumatic one stress-bake at a time.
Olivine, the most beautiful of dogs
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