Nick Hayman
@stompdearth.bsky.social
State Geologist of Oklahoma, Director of Oklahoma Geological Survey, nominally a structural geologist, phan, podcast listener, wannabe guitarist.
A testament to the power of not just the theater, but also fiction in general. It's always good to look at things through different lenses.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A testament to the power of not just the theater, but also fiction in general. It's always good to look at things through different lenses.
Big power outage last night in my home town. Jokes about Alabama using an EMP to get revenge on us over their loss to the Sooners. I have to say, though, there was a certain anxiety-producing quality to seeing the entire grid go down for several hours in the middle of the night. Be prepared all!
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Big power outage last night in my home town. Jokes about Alabama using an EMP to get revenge on us over their loss to the Sooners. I have to say, though, there was a certain anxiety-producing quality to seeing the entire grid go down for several hours in the middle of the night. Be prepared all!
Excited to share that Ben Allen and my paper on force chains is published! DOI: doi.org/10.1103/j8ch...
Force chain dynamics in a quasistatic granular pile
Even when granular piles appear stable, they are in a fragile, nonequilibrium state, undergoing sporadic particle rearrangements and force-chain changes. The authors experimentally investigate particl...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Excited to share that Ben Allen and my paper on force chains is published! DOI: doi.org/10.1103/j8ch...
Argument
YouTube video by Andy Quick
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September 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
OK people, why is Ikaite trailing. Clearly people don't know that life began in a pillar of Ikaite-cemented carbonate on the seafloor. Honor your ancestors!
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 14: It's radioactive #cuprosklodowskite vs ephemeral #ikaite for today's match.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Round 1 Match 14 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Cuprosklodowskite vs Ikaite Photo credits: Harold Moritz and Uli Kunz, SUBMARIS 2024 from Aðalsteinsdóttir et al
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September 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
OK people, why is Ikaite trailing. Clearly people don't know that life began in a pillar of Ikaite-cemented carbonate on the seafloor. Honor your ancestors!
Had to go with Barite for the Oklahoma State Stone, the Rose Rock. See here: www.ou.edu/ogs/generali...
September 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Had to go with Barite for the Oklahoma State Stone, the Rose Rock. See here: www.ou.edu/ogs/generali...
I missed Match 2....
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 3: It’s a battle of the blues with #Haüyne vs #Jeremejevite. Are you into the fluorescing phoenix or the pleochroic & piezoelectric gem?
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
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VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Round 1 Match 3 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Jeremejevite vs Haüyne
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September 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I missed Match 2....
Reposted by Nick Hayman
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 2 - It's a battle of dark and light as soft, dramatic stibnite goes up against adorable cotton balls of okenite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Round 1 Match 2 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Stibnite vs Okenite
www.mineralcup.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 2 - It's a battle of dark and light as soft, dramatic stibnite goes up against adorable cotton balls of okenite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Both a humblebrag and question. Our Force Chain paper is accepted! Check it out on arXiv. Now, the question: do we spring for OA at the journal (~2k$), or depend on arXiv for the most widely available copy: arxiv.org/abs/2504.20248
Force chain dynamics in a quasi-static granular pile
In nature, granular materials fail in abrupt avalanches, earthquakes, and other hazardous events, and also creep over time. Proposed failure mechanisms for these systems are broadly framed as friction...
arxiv.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Both a humblebrag and question. Our Force Chain paper is accepted! Check it out on arXiv. Now, the question: do we spring for OA at the journal (~2k$), or depend on arXiv for the most widely available copy: arxiv.org/abs/2504.20248
My bsky network is clearly missing a lot of important things; somebody texted me this one. Essential accoutrement for these times.
August 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My bsky network is clearly missing a lot of important things; somebody texted me this one. Essential accoutrement for these times.
Hey! This is kinda cool. A near-real-time event and analysis related to a pretty ancient observation of curved slickensides (they're out there, even if not that widely reported)
On March 28th, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Myanmar. Our staff was fascinated by a YouTube clip showing the first known instance of a fault line motion being captured on camera. A recently published paper explains what happened. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
August 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hey! This is kinda cool. A near-real-time event and analysis related to a pretty ancient observation of curved slickensides (they're out there, even if not that widely reported)
Interesting. I visited this for the first time a couple years ago and was struck by the unusual landscape, but since I've seen so few salt-tectonics localities, I didn't think twice about it. Guess it's widely considered to be an impact structure!
Enigmatic Upheaval Dome in Canyonlands National Park, roots of a Jurassic impact crater or unusual salt dome? I believe the latest research is pointing towards an impact as more likely. On the road with @geotripper.bsky.social and the other students of Modesto Junior College.
#geology #landscapes
#geology #landscapes
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Interesting. I visited this for the first time a couple years ago and was struck by the unusual landscape, but since I've seen so few salt-tectonics localities, I didn't think twice about it. Guess it's widely considered to be an impact structure!
This is a very interesting hearing: naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eve...
Hearings | House Committee on Natural Resources
naturalresources.house.gov
June 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is a very interesting hearing: naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eve...
TIL that every time you ask ChatGPT a Y/N question it uses a 1/2 liter of water...
May 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
TIL that every time you ask ChatGPT a Y/N question it uses a 1/2 liter of water...
PFAS is a tough one because the state-level regulators are not equipped or funded to do the level of detection and remediation EPA has historically required, so even those in positions of responsibility will repeat the claim that it's just not so bad, and express surprise it remains an issue.
Today, 3M agreed to pay NJ up to $450M to settle claims it contaminated the state's water with “forever chemicals."
Last year, @fastlerner.bsky.social revealed how 3M execs convinced one of their own scientists that the forever chemicals she'd found in human blood were safe.
Last year, @fastlerner.bsky.social revealed how 3M execs convinced one of their own scientists that the forever chemicals she'd found in human blood were safe.
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
PFAS is a tough one because the state-level regulators are not equipped or funded to do the level of detection and remediation EPA has historically required, so even those in positions of responsibility will repeat the claim that it's just not so bad, and express surprise it remains an issue.
Really important to watch this: www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/202...
Full Committee Hearing to Consider Pending Nominations
www.energy.senate.gov
May 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Really important to watch this: www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/202...
Reposted by Nick Hayman
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
This article, though a niche topic for many, sums up the dilemma. On the one hand, there are leaders who - though you might disagree with them - do have a mature plan. On the other there is the "skinny budget" which cuts across their message: www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/i-don...
'I don’t know where these rumours come from' | US energy secretary responds to concerns that hydrogen hub funding will be cut
Chris Wright says he expects the Department of Energy will complete a review of projects by the end of this summer
www.hydrogeninsight.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This article, though a niche topic for many, sums up the dilemma. On the one hand, there are leaders who - though you might disagree with them - do have a mature plan. On the other there is the "skinny budget" which cuts across their message: www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/i-don...
Guess Russia needed to read some decline letters?
BREAKING:The National Science Foundation (NSF) has put a cork in its grantmaking pipeline after billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) set up shop at the agency this week. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review
Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency
www.science.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Guess Russia needed to read some decline letters?
How's it going?, well, let me tell you... www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLqp...
Airplane - Steve McCroskey - Looks Like I Picked The Wrong Week To Quit… - Complete - 7/27/80
YouTube video by TheKamherst
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April 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
How's it going?, well, let me tell you... www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLqp...
OGS has released its 2024 annual report. We’re really proud of this one!
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or you can find the link on our banner at: www.ou.edu/ogs
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April 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
OGS has released its 2024 annual report. We’re really proud of this one!
To directly load the pdf click here:
www.ou.edu/content/dam/...
or you can find the link on our banner at: www.ou.edu/ogs
or a link at our “about” page here: www.ou.edu/ogs/about
To directly load the pdf click here:
www.ou.edu/content/dam/...
or you can find the link on our banner at: www.ou.edu/ogs
or a link at our “about” page here: www.ou.edu/ogs/about
15% max overhead from DOE awards to Universities: if this actually translated into a sensible reform I could almost get behind it. But an upper University VIP once said to me that "IDC partly fills the budgetary hole research makes" which suggests to me, it's just more pain for the researchers.
April 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
15% max overhead from DOE awards to Universities: if this actually translated into a sensible reform I could almost get behind it. But an upper University VIP once said to me that "IDC partly fills the budgetary hole research makes" which suggests to me, it's just more pain for the researchers.
And though ignored by most of the major news feeds, Corey Booker going on Hour 17. Go get 'em!
April 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
And though ignored by most of the major news feeds, Corey Booker going on Hour 17. Go get 'em!
fascinating (and of course tragic)
Currently available data suggest very long fault rupture (350km, perhaps 400km) for the 28 March 2025 #earthquake in #Myanmar (Mw 7.7 to 7.9 depending on source models).
I've updated this diagram 👇 based on @wangyu-1979.bsky.social et al. (dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013JB010762). Read ALT text.
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I've updated this diagram 👇 based on @wangyu-1979.bsky.social et al. (dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013JB010762). Read ALT text.
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April 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
fascinating (and of course tragic)
very cool looking study
🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟In 2024, a M 7.5 earthquake struck Japan's Noto peninsula. A team of scientists combined field work and a comparison of digital elevation models to find evidence of deep-seated gravitational slope deformation. ⚒️https://buff.ly/sW4CdPt
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
very cool looking study