Spending half my day filling out forms on yet another CV platform mandated by a particular funding agency. Can't we just export/import a simple XML/JSON from one platform into another?

See also: xkcd.com/927/

When you back-up your data to the same drive as the original data...

This is considered state-of-the-art cycling infrastructure at the Côte d'Azur (🇫🇷). The cycling path just ends and merges with a pedestrian lane. You're expected to zigzag between the black poles to complete the merge.

@agu.org is imposing some Italian-style administration on all authors of all submitted manuscripts. We already disclosed funding sources and conflicts of interest in the manuscript itself, and probably also during the submission process. Why does every author have to repeat that procedure again?

No Microsoft Word, I don't think that "Slikeennines" is "More concise language that would be clearer for your reader". I'll stick with "Southern Apennines" for now.

Maybe if I get 200 more followers I get to 966 666 69, which also isn't too bad (this post is #69)

Noooo guys massive overshoot! Now I need to delete my account and start over...

Guys if I end up blocking any one of you, it would probably just be me trying to get a perfect sequence of sixes. This post is #66 by the way so I only need a few more followers to get there, and you'll see no more posts from me until that happens.

Legend has it that this vessel's name was inspired by the chef's cooking...

(© Christophe Ena, AP)

Damn those captchas are getting harder every day...

Made some tweaks for maximum OS confusion

🤖 Ready to use artificial intelligence to revolutionize seismology? Then join us at the International Training School "AI 4 Seismology" on May 5-8, 2025 at @scadsai.bsky.social in Leipzig.

So far confirmed trainers:

- Tarje Nissen-Meyer (@exeter.ac.uk )
- René Steinmann (@gfz.bsky.social )

IKEA being cruel to its employees

(réservé au personnel = employees only)

Back in the day when you'd go to battle in your most comfy COVID-proof pyjamas

This type of ligature should be made illegal... (seen on a museum panel)

In case you find my name too complicated, Microsoft Word has some alternative suggestions...

I'm loving that HTML typesetting of BSSA...

What's happening in Chile? The ABYSS team is on-site to install 3 long-range DAS interrogators to monitor up to 450 km (!) of the Chilean subduction zone. Terabytes of submarine seismic and acoustic data will soon be streamed live to the Géoazur servers.

Since I just jumped ship here, I thought I should copy over my favourite tweet with the SeismoArt (visualising ground motions in a colourful way). Feel free to try it yourself: github.com/martijnende/...