Brendan Duffy
@structuregeo.bsky.social
Dad, husband, brother, geologist, PhD scientist, often wrong, sometimes realizes it. Honorary researcher at unimelb.
GHD, a global engineering service company, is seeking expressions of interest from #seismichazard. #Seismology, #PSHA, #earthquake scientists, etc. You can apply in AU, NZ or Philippines. Contact me for info. ⚒️ www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
GHD, a global engineering service company, is seeking expressions of interest from #seismichazard. #Seismology, #PSHA, #earthquake scientists, etc. You can apply in AU, NZ or Philippines. Contact me for info. ⚒️ www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
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the mascot of the gop really ought to be updated from "elephant" to "trojan horse"
May 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
the mascot of the gop really ought to be updated from "elephant" to "trojan horse"
Where is @the-independent.com getting this idea of a 1000ft tsunami from the paper they cite by @diatomdura.bsky.social ?? Am I missing something? ⚒️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Scientists warn 1,000-foot ‘mega-tsunami’ could wipe part of America off the map
Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction zone within the next 50 years.
www.independent.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Where is @the-independent.com getting this idea of a 1000ft tsunami from the paper they cite by @diatomdura.bsky.social ?? Am I missing something? ⚒️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Does anybody remember a video a few years ago where CCTV caught a thrust earthquake that uplifted a truck if I recall correctly. I retweeted it with a comment like "1 small step in orogeny" but of course, Twitter is dead, so there no way to find it #earthquake ⚒️
May 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Does anybody remember a video a few years ago where CCTV caught a thrust earthquake that uplifted a truck if I recall correctly. I retweeted it with a comment like "1 small step in orogeny" but of course, Twitter is dead, so there no way to find it #earthquake ⚒️
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Nature paper finds that 2/3rds of warming since 1990 is attributable to the wealthiest 10%, with 1/5th caused by top 1%, and 8% of attributable to top 0.1%.
A reminder that policy must address the outsized impact of the world's wealthiest.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A reminder that policy must address the outsized impact of the world's wealthiest.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change
While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disprop...
www.nature.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Nature paper finds that 2/3rds of warming since 1990 is attributable to the wealthiest 10%, with 1/5th caused by top 1%, and 8% of attributable to top 0.1%.
A reminder that policy must address the outsized impact of the world's wealthiest.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A reminder that policy must address the outsized impact of the world's wealthiest.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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And another ⚒️ position in Christchurch New Zealand- this one for #earthquake people in #ActiveTectonics and #Geomorphology,
Youll be replacing the wonderful Tim Stahl so thems pretty big shoes imo jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Youll be replacing the wonderful Tim Stahl so thems pretty big shoes imo jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
May 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
And another ⚒️ position in Christchurch New Zealand- this one for #earthquake people in #ActiveTectonics and #Geomorphology,
Youll be replacing the wonderful Tim Stahl so thems pretty big shoes imo jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Youll be replacing the wonderful Tim Stahl so thems pretty big shoes imo jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Just spotted a Facebook post by New Zealand defence force, highlighting their medical units training for an Alpine Fault rupture. Good to see them engaging with such a threat #AF8 ⚒️ www.facebook.com/share/r/16mY...
Redirecting...
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May 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just spotted a Facebook post by New Zealand defence force, highlighting their medical units training for an Alpine Fault rupture. Good to see them engaging with such a threat #AF8 ⚒️ www.facebook.com/share/r/16mY...
Lecturer or senior lecturer positions (x2) in #EngineeringGeology. Come to Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island.
May 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Lecturer or senior lecturer positions (x2) in #EngineeringGeology. Come to Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island.
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If you had to wait at a bus stop this morning in Christchurch with no shelter please vote in the Local body elections for candidates who will support more investment in public transport infrastructure.
April 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If you had to wait at a bus stop this morning in Christchurch with no shelter please vote in the Local body elections for candidates who will support more investment in public transport infrastructure.
South African judicial system apparently up to the challenge of holding government to account, pity about other countries theconversation.com/south-africa...
South African court said no to new coal-fired power: what’s behind the ruling
A recent South African court judgment shows that the right to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations is being upheld.
theconversation.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
South African judicial system apparently up to the challenge of holding government to account, pity about other countries theconversation.com/south-africa...
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Tour of Flanders day! 🤠🤠 Last year, we made this clip about the Geology of the Tour of Flanders: why are those hills so steep? Check it out below, and have fun today!
youtu.be/Sq-AvUHGKf4?...
youtu.be/Sq-AvUHGKf4?...
Geology of the Tour of Flanders - how to make a Flemish hill?
YouTube video by Geo-Sports - The Geology of Sports Events
youtu.be
April 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Tour of Flanders day! 🤠🤠 Last year, we made this clip about the Geology of the Tour of Flanders: why are those hills so steep? Check it out below, and have fun today!
youtu.be/Sq-AvUHGKf4?...
youtu.be/Sq-AvUHGKf4?...
USA v Trump
Loyalty - 1
Competence - 0
Loyalty - 1
Competence - 0
April 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
USA v Trump
Loyalty - 1
Competence - 0
Loyalty - 1
Competence - 0
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Watch seismic waves from the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar ripple across North America.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
March 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Watch seismic waves from the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar ripple across North America.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
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I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable.
2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.
2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.
March 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable.
2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.
2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.
Rockfall at Aoraki (Mt Cook) in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Will be interesting to see more about this... ⚒️ www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
What caused the Aoraki Mt Cook rockfall that could be seen in Twizel?
Dust from the rockfall could be seen over 60 kilometres away.
www.stuff.co.nz
March 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Rockfall at Aoraki (Mt Cook) in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Will be interesting to see more about this... ⚒️ www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Today I attended the funeral of New Zealand legendary volcanolgist Professor Jim Cole. Remarkable gentle man, scientist, teacher, mentor and human. Vale Jim Cole. deaths.press.co.nz/nz/obituarie...
James COLE Obituary (2025) - The Press
View Professor James William "Jim" COLE's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
deaths.press.co.nz
February 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Today I attended the funeral of New Zealand legendary volcanolgist Professor Jim Cole. Remarkable gentle man, scientist, teacher, mentor and human. Vale Jim Cole. deaths.press.co.nz/nz/obituarie...
I never get tired of looking at Poplars Graben releasing bend on the Hope Fault, New Zealand. Remarkable how much detail can be seen in google maps 3D view ⚒️
www.google.com/maps/@-42.59...
www.google.com/maps/@-42.59...
February 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I never get tired of looking at Poplars Graben releasing bend on the Hope Fault, New Zealand. Remarkable how much detail can be seen in google maps 3D view ⚒️
www.google.com/maps/@-42.59...
www.google.com/maps/@-42.59...
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If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds).
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
February 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds).
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
People need to stop rolling over and doing what they are told. Superior Orders are never a valid excuse for endangering a life (or millions of lives in the case of the PTWC).
I'm sorely tempted to bet there'll be no more elections in the US
I'm sorely tempted to bet there'll be no more elections in the US
What is, say, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center supposed to do with this?
Our latest scoop: An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause all work with 'foreign nationals.'
February 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
People need to stop rolling over and doing what they are told. Superior Orders are never a valid excuse for endangering a life (or millions of lives in the case of the PTWC).
I'm sorely tempted to bet there'll be no more elections in the US
I'm sorely tempted to bet there'll be no more elections in the US
Walter Mitty, give way to Donald Mitty Trump. What the hell is going on over there? Just going to laugh!
February 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Walter Mitty, give way to Donald Mitty Trump. What the hell is going on over there? Just going to laugh!
Start from here, then go back and read the thread. Use as many of the Trump trigger words as possible, in multidisciplinary ways, in US funding applications, just to make things difficult in fascist grant screening.
so as a trans person, i'm not really thrilled with the "oh no, they'll never let me do X research because we use the word diverse in a discipline-specific way!"
they'll figure it out for you if you jump through all the other hoops. but the rest of us? we're fucked.
don't leave us behind.
they'll figure it out for you if you jump through all the other hoops. but the rest of us? we're fucked.
don't leave us behind.
February 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Start from here, then go back and read the thread. Use as many of the Trump trigger words as possible, in multidisciplinary ways, in US funding applications, just to make things difficult in fascist grant screening.
What happens to all these 'fired' federal employees? Do they lose pensions? Do they have right of appeal?
February 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What happens to all these 'fired' federal employees? Do they lose pensions? Do they have right of appeal?
Nice to see an example of not rolling over....
NEW: Two top security officials at USAID were put on admin leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Musk’s DOGE to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement, multiple sources familiar told CNN www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Nice to see an example of not rolling over....
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So, if you want something important but slightly complex doing (like, I dunno, saving data you once had publicly available but have now been ordered to delete) @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy has some suggestions.
safeguarding-research.discourse.group
safeguarding-research.discourse.group
February 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
So, if you want something important but slightly complex doing (like, I dunno, saving data you once had publicly available but have now been ordered to delete) @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy has some suggestions.
safeguarding-research.discourse.group
safeguarding-research.discourse.group
Example of how to roll over and submit
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Example of how to roll over and submit