Dr. Robin Bond, biogeochemist at a PUI 🧪
@diygeochemist.bsky.social
Ace/autistic biracial biogeochemist. I study life + trace metal cycling + reactive oxygen species & teach analytical chem. Also union gal, bookworm, Youtuber, DV survivor w/ PTSD. She/they. My views are my own and not those of my institution.
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Quick summary of who I am for new followers:
(1) I'm a prof at a PUI. I teach analytical chemistry (have taught environmental chemistry in the past, hope to revive that soon).
(2) I currently live & work in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I love seeing Lake Superior every day.
(1) I'm a prof at a PUI. I teach analytical chemistry (have taught environmental chemistry in the past, hope to revive that soon).
(2) I currently live & work in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I love seeing Lake Superior every day.
My favorite sorts of snow pictures to take...are the weird roof overhang pictures.
I do not understand the physics of snow drifts. At all.
I do not understand the physics of snow drifts. At all.
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My favorite sorts of snow pictures to take...are the weird roof overhang pictures.
I do not understand the physics of snow drifts. At all.
I do not understand the physics of snow drifts. At all.
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Just might have to cut the pie pieces with angled planes so I can make normal and reverse faulting models. Everyone will love it.
Monitoring crustal deformation: sometimes in the lithosphere, sometimes on your pie plate.
🍁🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from EarthScope!
🍁🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from EarthScope!
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just might have to cut the pie pieces with angled planes so I can make normal and reverse faulting models. Everyone will love it.
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You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
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“Be realistic.”
I refuse to live in your limited notion of what kind of hope, justice and love is possible in this world. There is a key to let us all out of this cage but it cannot be found until we all agree it exists.
I refuse to live in your limited notion of what kind of hope, justice and love is possible in this world. There is a key to let us all out of this cage but it cannot be found until we all agree it exists.
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“Be realistic.”
I refuse to live in your limited notion of what kind of hope, justice and love is possible in this world. There is a key to let us all out of this cage but it cannot be found until we all agree it exists.
I refuse to live in your limited notion of what kind of hope, justice and love is possible in this world. There is a key to let us all out of this cage but it cannot be found until we all agree it exists.
You've just died.
6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
I guess I was killed by leaves on a frozen lake...
6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
I guess I was killed by leaves on a frozen lake...
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
You've just died.
6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
I guess I was killed by leaves on a frozen lake...
6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
I guess I was killed by leaves on a frozen lake...
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Violent communication includes contradicting, second-guessing, and assuming that a person either doesn't know what they're talking about or don't mean what they say.
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Violent communication includes contradicting, second-guessing, and assuming that a person either doesn't know what they're talking about or don't mean what they say.
My original plan was to spend a couple hours on campus tomorrow doing some more catch-up labwork. But the blizzard warning made me change my mind.
I work in Marquette, but I live in what the weather service calls "the terrain of western Marquette county" so...up to 22 inches?
I work in Marquette, but I live in what the weather service calls "the terrain of western Marquette county" so...up to 22 inches?
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My original plan was to spend a couple hours on campus tomorrow doing some more catch-up labwork. But the blizzard warning made me change my mind.
I work in Marquette, but I live in what the weather service calls "the terrain of western Marquette county" so...up to 22 inches?
I work in Marquette, but I live in what the weather service calls "the terrain of western Marquette county" so...up to 22 inches?
How to do anything (without AI)
YouTube video by Reject Convenience
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Olivia Dade's books are always must-reads for me. And since I am only working a half-day today, I dived right in. This book is a treasure.
Hero: Cadbury creme egg: "Hard shell, gooey innards, very sweet"
Heroine: chocolate lava cake: "cool on the outside, warm and gooey inside where no one can see"
Hero: Cadbury creme egg: "Hard shell, gooey innards, very sweet"
Heroine: chocolate lava cake: "cool on the outside, warm and gooey inside where no one can see"
SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
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The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Olivia Dade's books are always must-reads for me. And since I am only working a half-day today, I dived right in. This book is a treasure.
Hero: Cadbury creme egg: "Hard shell, gooey innards, very sweet"
Heroine: chocolate lava cake: "cool on the outside, warm and gooey inside where no one can see"
Hero: Cadbury creme egg: "Hard shell, gooey innards, very sweet"
Heroine: chocolate lava cake: "cool on the outside, warm and gooey inside where no one can see"
Fish biologists! My colleague, the incredible Liz Mandeville, is looking for a master's student. Please pass on this opportunity to any interested students.
I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.
Mandeville Lab
Fish are so delightfully weird. We study the evolutionary genetics and ecology of freshwater fishes, plus a few more things, at Northern Michigan University
lizmandeville.github.io
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Fish biologists! My colleague, the incredible Liz Mandeville, is looking for a master's student. Please pass on this opportunity to any interested students.
Both my high school chem teacher and my gen chem TA in freshman year told me I had a talent for chemistry and that I should be a chemist.
I told them both, "Chemistry is kinda cool but it's really not my thing." (1/)
I told them both, "Chemistry is kinda cool but it's really not my thing." (1/)
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Both my high school chem teacher and my gen chem TA in freshman year told me I had a talent for chemistry and that I should be a chemist.
I told them both, "Chemistry is kinda cool but it's really not my thing." (1/)
I told them both, "Chemistry is kinda cool but it's really not my thing." (1/)
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[email protected] has the right of it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
[email protected] has the right of it.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
OMG, we are getting Indian food in Marquette!!!!
limited menu, but I'll take it
limited menu, but I'll take it
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
OMG, we are getting Indian food in Marquette!!!!
limited menu, but I'll take it
limited menu, but I'll take it
I did something like this when I was teaching upper-division classes. But I asked students what it got right and what it got wrong.
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I did something like this when I was teaching upper-division classes. But I asked students what it got right and what it got wrong.
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Every regional public university should be blasting this message in every possible medium.
Trying to get us to advertise as: "No AI, small classes, people-first." Or something similar.
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Every regional public university should be blasting this message in every possible medium.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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Yikes.
I wonder how much of this kind of thing will be happening over the next century or so - not just peoples on the move, but towns & cities too.
I wonder how much of this kind of thing will be happening over the next century or so - not just peoples on the move, but towns & cities too.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yikes.
I wonder how much of this kind of thing will be happening over the next century or so - not just peoples on the move, but towns & cities too.
I wonder how much of this kind of thing will be happening over the next century or so - not just peoples on the move, but towns & cities too.
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A lot of folks, including kids, who saw my speech on Tuesday really liked it and thought it was helpful, so I thought I'd post it online - it's an overview of just how nonlinear my path to science was. Maybe it'll help you or someone you know too: medium.com/@adeene.dent...
A Planetary Scientist’s Guide to Finding Your Momentum
This essay is adapted from a speech I gave at my local high school on November 18, 2025. If you’re a kid, have a kid, or just need a…
medium.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A lot of folks, including kids, who saw my speech on Tuesday really liked it and thought it was helpful, so I thought I'd post it online - it's an overview of just how nonlinear my path to science was. Maybe it'll help you or someone you know too: medium.com/@adeene.dent...
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There is not a single large platform that has taken feminists’ demands seriously and met them on survivors’ terms. Not one.
They’re literally using a “look what she made me do” defense to breakdown solidarity and convince everyone to look the other way as their platforms get more violent.
They’re literally using a “look what she made me do” defense to breakdown solidarity and convince everyone to look the other way as their platforms get more violent.
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There is not a single large platform that has taken feminists’ demands seriously and met them on survivors’ terms. Not one.
They’re literally using a “look what she made me do” defense to breakdown solidarity and convince everyone to look the other way as their platforms get more violent.
They’re literally using a “look what she made me do” defense to breakdown solidarity and convince everyone to look the other way as their platforms get more violent.
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We can teach people things that they aren't ever going to have any use for later in life! That's an okay thing to do!
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We can teach people things that they aren't ever going to have any use for later in life! That's an okay thing to do!
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I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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