Bipedal Meatbag
@bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social
Bipedal meatbag. Professor of volcano stuff on the Island of Hawai‘i.
Spending a semester with us is a great option for undergraduate students who study volcanoes but have never seen one erupt. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Did you know that UH Hilo participates in the National Student Exchange Program? We welcome students from all over the upper 49 states to our campus every year. We also have a robust international exchange program.
If you are interested in learning about volcanoes with a front row seat, reach out!
If you are interested in learning about volcanoes with a front row seat, reach out!
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Spending a semester with us is a great option for undergraduate students who study volcanoes but have never seen one erupt. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
I spent part of the morning answering rapid fire questions from high schoolers about the science of body and burial identification using GPR. They were shocked that I was VERY game for the topic and rolled in with some unhinged stories. If that’s what it take to build interest in STEM… cool with me.
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I spent part of the morning answering rapid fire questions from high schoolers about the science of body and burial identification using GPR. They were shocked that I was VERY game for the topic and rolled in with some unhinged stories. If that’s what it take to build interest in STEM… cool with me.
I’m sorry that R1 folks are now confronting a research landscape with minimal resources, like those of us at PUIs and non-R status institutions dealing with regularly.
Remember this when you see our papers or proposals in review and feel the need to expect work that requires high resource access.
Remember this when you see our papers or proposals in review and feel the need to expect work that requires high resource access.
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’m sorry that R1 folks are now confronting a research landscape with minimal resources, like those of us at PUIs and non-R status institutions dealing with regularly.
Remember this when you see our papers or proposals in review and feel the need to expect work that requires high resource access.
Remember this when you see our papers or proposals in review and feel the need to expect work that requires high resource access.
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Our @iavcei.bsky.social #VIPS Commission committee is looking for someone to take over my #EDI officer role.
Do you want to help diversify our community and make us more inclusive? Apply before 12th December!
vipscommission.org/vips-is-look...
@egu.eu @agu.org @vmsg.bsky.social
Do you want to help diversify our community and make us more inclusive? Apply before 12th December!
vipscommission.org/vips-is-look...
@egu.eu @agu.org @vmsg.bsky.social
VIPS is looking for new committee members! - VIPS Commission
The IAVCEI commission for Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems is currently seeking members to fill the following three roles: Commission vice-president, EDI officer, and Focus on VIPS Blog Editor. I...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our @iavcei.bsky.social #VIPS Commission committee is looking for someone to take over my #EDI officer role.
Do you want to help diversify our community and make us more inclusive? Apply before 12th December!
vipscommission.org/vips-is-look...
@egu.eu @agu.org @vmsg.bsky.social
Do you want to help diversify our community and make us more inclusive? Apply before 12th December!
vipscommission.org/vips-is-look...
@egu.eu @agu.org @vmsg.bsky.social
Big brain stuff happening in Hilo. Turns out you shouldn’t drive a backhoe on a pedestrian bridge.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Big brain stuff happening in Hilo. Turns out you shouldn’t drive a backhoe on a pedestrian bridge.
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we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we need a department of kerning
Normally I’d say this is probably light pollution but we don’t have much of that here in Hawai‘i. Maybe I was able to capture the dregs of #aurora with my phone? Certainly nothing visible with the naked eye, I’m skeptical.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Normally I’d say this is probably light pollution but we don’t have much of that here in Hawai‘i. Maybe I was able to capture the dregs of #aurora with my phone? Certainly nothing visible with the naked eye, I’m skeptical.
No aurora likely visible in Hawai‘i but sometimes my drive home looks like this.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
No aurora likely visible in Hawai‘i but sometimes my drive home looks like this.
I will report back when I have finished this. I’m glad I chose knitting as my pandemic hobby and not sourdough or fitness.
I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I will report back when I have finished this. I’m glad I chose knitting as my pandemic hobby and not sourdough or fitness.
Heavy metal is good for the soul.
Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Heavy metal is good for the soul.
I like to watch Fox News on nights like this.
a cartoon of grinch with a very angry face on a blue background
Alt: a cartoon of grinch with a shit eating grin on a blue background
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November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I like to watch Fox News on nights like this.
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Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
I paid £60 to rush my ballot back to the US when I lived in England just so that I could vote against this guy.
Tuberville on Trump's third term: "He might be able to go around the Constitution, but that's up to him."
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I paid £60 to rush my ballot back to the US when I lived in England just so that I could vote against this guy.
Highlight of the field day was finding a pig’s tail disarticulated from the original owner. Also we measured the offset of faults with our undergraduates today. Mauna Loa made a brief appearance before hiding behind the clouds.
October 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Highlight of the field day was finding a pig’s tail disarticulated from the original owner. Also we measured the offset of faults with our undergraduates today. Mauna Loa made a brief appearance before hiding behind the clouds.
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At the empty USGS booth at GSA. More out of view on both sides
October 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
At the empty USGS booth at GSA. More out of view on both sides
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Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
Kīlauea episode 35 has arrived. The double fountain shot is from one of the HVO interns, Christina. All are taken from the public viewing areas.
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Kīlauea episode 35 has arrived. The double fountain shot is from one of the HVO interns, Christina. All are taken from the public viewing areas.
Banger line in the obit of the man who introduced me to rugby:
In an early sign that he would always have a problem with authority, young Andy was kicked out of Catholic grammar school in the first grade for asking why the priest drove a brand new Cadillac while some of his parishioners were poor.
In an early sign that he would always have a problem with authority, young Andy was kicked out of Catholic grammar school in the first grade for asking why the priest drove a brand new Cadillac while some of his parishioners were poor.
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Banger line in the obit of the man who introduced me to rugby:
In an early sign that he would always have a problem with authority, young Andy was kicked out of Catholic grammar school in the first grade for asking why the priest drove a brand new Cadillac while some of his parishioners were poor.
In an early sign that he would always have a problem with authority, young Andy was kicked out of Catholic grammar school in the first grade for asking why the priest drove a brand new Cadillac while some of his parishioners were poor.
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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.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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...
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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.
Last chance to pre-order my 2026 #geology themed calendar!
12 months. 12 destinations through #GeologicalTime
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#SciArt #EarthScientists
12 months. 12 destinations through #GeologicalTime
👉🏻 www.luciaperezdiaz.com/product-page...
#SciArt #EarthScientists
October 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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.
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.
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.
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
Hope this helps
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.
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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.
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.
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.
October 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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.
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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...
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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October 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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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...
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...