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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 2d

If the students don’t, minus 10 points off their final grade.

a man in a military uniform is standing in front of a group of people and says `` right to jail '' .

Alt: a man in a military uniform is standing in front of a group of people and says `` right to jail '' .

media.tenor.com

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, that same guy did my roof. A true renaissance man of our time.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 3d

I ordered one for my office and one for our student lounge — supporting independent artists is one of the many small ways you can make the world around you a little bit better.

Dr. Lucia Perez-Diaz @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social · 3d

Last chance to pre-order my 2026 #geology themed calendar!

12 months. 12 destinations through #GeologicalTime

👉🏻 www.luciaperezdiaz.com/product-page...

#SciArt #EarthScientists

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 5d

If you skipped every class, how would you know?

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote my entire Masters manuscript in a week. I parked myself at a 24-hour diner or a brewery in between short naps and hammered it out.

I also wrote up part of my grad school comps while on a rugby tour.

I don’t recommend undiagnosed ADD, but I also don’t recommend outsourcing your thinking.

Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 6d

As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 6d

Agree to disagree on this one. Dogs being idiots in nature is the highlight of the internet for me.

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 6d

Come work with me! We were just named the top private & boarding school in the country 🤯 #chemistry #physics
recruiting.ultipro.com/HOT1004HOTCH...

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 6d

This friend, scolopendra subspinipes, packs a spicy bite. This one was about 5in (12.7cm) long and hanging around the outside of my lab today.

A big fuck off centipede that is black bodied with red legs.

The same fuck off centipede with a stick for scale.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 6d

Is this any different than early stage? If so, it appears I am on the accelerated path…

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 9d

I don’t suspect this is the mechanism of formation for this particular unit, based on having watched a lot of lava flows emplace.

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Ethan Baxter @ethanrockstory.bsky.social · 9d

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So much fun filming episode 83 of Every Rock Has A Story with amazing Kama Poepoe at Kīlauea yesterday!!! Hear what makes this volcano so special and how Kama is studying its innermost secrets!

youtube.com/shorts/FLRpN...

Find out how magma moves inside and outside a volcano!

YouTube video by Ethan Baxter's "Every Rock Has A Story"

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 10d

After I asked him a few times and he pretended not to hear me, I gave him the option of moving one last time or getting poked with a size 2 (I knit when I fly). Turns out his hearing was miraculously restored at that moment.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 10d

I must have sat next to one of his relatives on a different flight…

A man’s leg aggressively encroaching upon my space

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 10d

Yesterday I was reminded of the existence of Jai Alai! If you aren’t familiar, it’s a Basque game (I learned this today) that was popular in the 70’s and 80’s in Florida, Baja California, and New England. My dad used to play and was a menace on the fronton.

connecticuthistory.org/the-basque-g...

“The Basque Game in Town”: The Heyday of Jai Alai in Connecticut - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

Organized jai alai came to Connecticut in the 1970s, but charges of corruption soon brought the sport to an end in the Nutmeg State.

connecticuthistory.org

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 10d

This is actually true for plantains. If you’ve never had maduros you should rectify that.

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Ethan Baxter @ethanrockstory.bsky.social · 10d

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Filming new episodes of Every Rock Has A Story on Hawaii! This place is amazing… so many stories to tell!!

youtube.com/shorts/RfpDP...

This Mauna Loa lava flow took out the road!

YouTube video by Ethan Baxter's "Every Rock Has A Story"

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 10d

I will say that I am a co-author on a lot of other things, but again, my issue is with the manufactured urgency of the pace of publication. Not everyone has a schedule that can accommodate a fast pace for every step of the process.

Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 11d

I’m at a small PUI and I’m lucky if I have a 1 first author pub a year. I’ve edited 9 papers this year, reviewed an additional 6, and also do a bunch of internal reviewing as a USGS volunteer. My job doesn’t require this level, I do it because it’s important. I’m not the problem in this equation.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 11d

My beef is with the top down demand that things move quickly for journal metrics on speed. FWIW, I have edited and reviewed A LOT more than I have published. As an editor, I’d always rather have a good review than a fast review. If the lead author is an ECR, I try to move it more quickly if I can.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 12d

Does anyone have a recommendation for a textbook that could be used for both mineralogy and ig/met petrology courses? I’m trying to reduce the number of books my students need to purchase and have found that hard copies work better for them than online-only options.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 12d

Incredible indeed! It’s an easy place to teach geology, that’s for sure. hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/s...

Volcano Watch: The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory highlights partnership between HVO and UH Hilo - UH Hilo Stories

Faculty and students in the UH Hilo geology and anthropology departments contribute to both volcano monitoring and research in Hawai‘i.

hilo.hawaii.edu

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve had lots of trial and error with the same subject.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 12d

Is that with a cell phone? A small tripod when shooting in the dark really covers a lot of sins when it comes to equipment.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 13d

If journals want me to give a shit about their time to publication metric, they can pay my ass to edit/review and offer an incentive to publish with them. People who get my effort for free don’t get to make demands on timeliness.

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