Dr Stephanie Flude
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
Earth-scientist, energy transition expertise. Postdoc. Freelancer. Artist. Part deaf. Views my own. she / her
Currently working on renewable energy storage as heat in abandoned mine shafts, breccias, uncertainty in geological interpretation, & geo-H2.
Currently working on renewable energy storage as heat in abandoned mine shafts, breccias, uncertainty in geological interpretation, & geo-H2.
I think the yellow background reduces contrast somewhat. Here's how it would look to colourblind folk, according to my phone's chromatic vision simulator app. I don't think there's anything inaccessible there but just something to consider
July 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I think the yellow background reduces contrast somewhat. Here's how it would look to colourblind folk, according to my phone's chromatic vision simulator app. I don't think there's anything inaccessible there but just something to consider
June 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Look how small and dinky they used to be. This photo shows a small Siemens aid from 2012 next to my most recent Phonak, and then my cochlear processor and coil. 3/3
March 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Look how small and dinky they used to be. This photo shows a small Siemens aid from 2012 next to my most recent Phonak, and then my cochlear processor and coil. 3/3
I seem to still have all my hearing aids since the ones I was given in Copenhagen. Not sure what happened to the previous 6-7 years worth. Here are my hearing aids. The size increase shows that my hearing loss progressed faster than technology improvements making aids smaller. 2/3
March 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I seem to still have all my hearing aids since the ones I was given in Copenhagen. Not sure what happened to the previous 6-7 years worth. Here are my hearing aids. The size increase shows that my hearing loss progressed faster than technology improvements making aids smaller. 2/3
When I got my cochlear implant processor it came with a literal backpack full of accessories and maintenance kit. To make room for it all, I've started trying to clear out all my old hearing aids stuff. 1/3
March 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When I got my cochlear implant processor it came with a literal backpack full of accessories and maintenance kit. To make room for it all, I've started trying to clear out all my old hearing aids stuff. 1/3
Day 0: Operation day. Was expecting to be discharged a few hours after waking up, but that didn't happen. Every head movement triggered nause and vomiting (not surprising really, given there's one of these now sat in my inner ear...)
February 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Day 0: Operation day. Was expecting to be discharged a few hours after waking up, but that didn't happen. Every head movement triggered nause and vomiting (not surprising really, given there's one of these now sat in my inner ear...)
Context 1/2: Here's a cochlear device. The bit on the left is the implant; the big parts sit between my skull and scalp and have a magnet to connect the outside parts. The thin piece extending from it goes through a hole drilled in my skull into the inner ear.
February 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Context 1/2: Here's a cochlear device. The bit on the left is the implant; the big parts sit between my skull and scalp and have a magnet to connect the outside parts. The thin piece extending from it goes through a hole drilled in my skull into the inner ear.
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
As #StormEowyn approaches, with red weather warnings, I thought it might be useful to share my storm preparation plans, which are based on spending 3 days with no power after Storm Arwen in 2021 (what is it with storms named after women from Middle Earth?) 1/21
January 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
As #StormEowyn approaches, with red weather warnings, I thought it might be useful to share my storm preparation plans, which are based on spending 3 days with no power after Storm Arwen in 2021 (what is it with storms named after women from Middle Earth?) 1/21
Let's see.... I have Peterhead Granite, Peterhead Granite, and oh look, some more Peterhead Granite 😅. A lovely red granitic pluton that formed between 443.8 and 419.2 million years ago during the Silurian period. Pelitic and Psammitic Dalradian country rock crops out ~1mile to the west.
January 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Let's see.... I have Peterhead Granite, Peterhead Granite, and oh look, some more Peterhead Granite 😅. A lovely red granitic pluton that formed between 443.8 and 419.2 million years ago during the Silurian period. Pelitic and Psammitic Dalradian country rock crops out ~1mile to the west.
For those of you more interested in ugly Christmas jumpers at this time of the year than geology, I also whipped up some tinsel-print t-shirts, available on the same site. 😂
December 1, 2024 at 2:22 PM
For those of you more interested in ugly Christmas jumpers at this time of the year than geology, I also whipped up some tinsel-print t-shirts, available on the same site. 😂
Interesting animal tracks in the garden this morning, but my wildlife cam only captured a cat. Pretty sure this isn't a cat print. Any ideas? The 5 toes make me think hedgehog, but it looks different to photos on identification sites. In Scotland.
November 21, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Interesting animal tracks in the garden this morning, but my wildlife cam only captured a cat. Pretty sure this isn't a cat print. Any ideas? The 5 toes make me think hedgehog, but it looks different to photos on identification sites. In Scotland.
Aberdeenshire has the best skies.
November 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Aberdeenshire has the best skies.
I live in NE Aberdeenshire. It's one of the sunniest places in the UK, but it's chilly. Over the 3 summers I've lived here, I think we reached 20°C twice, for a couple of days. Typical summer temperatures are 16-18°C. Yesterday, mid November, we were at 15°C. #EverydayClimateBreakdown
November 14, 2024 at 8:46 AM
I live in NE Aberdeenshire. It's one of the sunniest places in the UK, but it's chilly. Over the 3 summers I've lived here, I think we reached 20°C twice, for a couple of days. Typical summer temperatures are 16-18°C. Yesterday, mid November, we were at 15°C. #EverydayClimateBreakdown
When you are working on geologically-produced hydrogen and your co-authors can't agree on what to call it 😅
November 9, 2024 at 5:52 PM
When you are working on geologically-produced hydrogen and your co-authors can't agree on what to call it 😅
Do you want an opportunity to gain experience in strategic leadership and governance? At the Scottish Geology Trust, we are recruiting 2 new trustees. More details at www.scottishgeologytrust.org/sgt-seeking-new-trustees/ Feel free to message me for an informal chat. Please spread the word.
October 22, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Do you want an opportunity to gain experience in strategic leadership and governance? At the Scottish Geology Trust, we are recruiting 2 new trustees. More details at www.scottishgeologytrust.org/sgt-seeking-new-trustees/ Feel free to message me for an informal chat. Please spread the word.
Does anybody know how to turn the aurora off so I can stop watching and go to bed? 🤣
October 11, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Does anybody know how to turn the aurora off so I can stop watching and go to bed? 🤣
Today we say goodbye to one of the great minds of our times. Grenville Turner invented 40Ar/39Ar dating in the 1960s and used it to date the moon. I'm honoured to have used his original mass spectrometer (MS1) during my PhD, dating Icelandic Volcanoes. Goodbye Grenville 😥. Photo from 2005.
September 20, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Today we say goodbye to one of the great minds of our times. Grenville Turner invented 40Ar/39Ar dating in the 1960s and used it to date the moon. I'm honoured to have used his original mass spectrometer (MS1) during my PhD, dating Icelandic Volcanoes. Goodbye Grenville 😥. Photo from 2005.
I'm a bit speechless that Elsevier published this plot with this "trendline". Am I missing something here? How did that get past peer review and editorial? Journal is Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Impact factor of 9.8. Article Processing Charge of $4670 🤔 😂
September 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I'm a bit speechless that Elsevier published this plot with this "trendline". Am I missing something here? How did that get past peer review and editorial? Journal is Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Impact factor of 9.8. Article Processing Charge of $4670 🤔 😂
It's back up to full price today 😅
August 19, 2024 at 9:18 AM
It's back up to full price today 😅
At midnight, on the 12th of August, a huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth... A flare, spurting out from Mars. Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it; a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight.
August 13, 2024 at 5:29 PM
At midnight, on the 12th of August, a huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth... A flare, spurting out from Mars. Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it; a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight.
It gets even better: What a great photo of a chert nodule terminating against a concretion with close-spaced dissolution seams. I can see that soooo clearly! 🙄
May 29, 2024 at 12:29 PM
It gets even better: What a great photo of a chert nodule terminating against a concretion with close-spaced dissolution seams. I can see that soooo clearly! 🙄
Me: I love having papers online and not needing to visit a library.
Also me: "How the fuck is anyone supposed to work with these badly scanned old papers"?
Also me: "How the fuck is anyone supposed to work with these badly scanned old papers"?
May 29, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Me: I love having papers online and not needing to visit a library.
Also me: "How the fuck is anyone supposed to work with these badly scanned old papers"?
Also me: "How the fuck is anyone supposed to work with these badly scanned old papers"?
Adventure time! Heading south on the Caledonian Sleeper (shout out to the super friendly and attentive staff) for this year's final RisingWISE weekend. Looking forwards to hanging out with a bunch of awesome entrepreneurial women in Oxford.
March 21, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Adventure time! Heading south on the Caledonian Sleeper (shout out to the super friendly and attentive staff) for this year's final RisingWISE weekend. Looking forwards to hanging out with a bunch of awesome entrepreneurial women in Oxford.
Any bird anatomy experts able to comment on what this might have been? Seagull? Rook? Gannet?
March 16, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Any bird anatomy experts able to comment on what this might have been? Seagull? Rook? Gannet?