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Elizabeth V

@geolizzy.bsky.social

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Ore Deposit geologist turned SAHM. I love rocks and books. Follow for geology and other science, women in STEM, and occasional snarky comments.

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hello new followers! I’m Lizzy. My expertise is ore geology and mineral exploration, but I’m interested in all aspects of earth science. I’ve been a field mapper, lab scientist, adjunct faculty, and currently a SAHM because the job market is always up and down 😄

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 5h

I hope you feel better soon!

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 22h

In the same spot all those rare earths are hiding I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 1d

Two weeks rest from Mineral Cup.

Two weeks to go until our FIRST EVER Ore Cup!!

a man in a white tank top and blue pants is holding a hammer

Alt: Zoolander model dramatically swinging a pick axe over his shoulder into a ready pose inside a stereotypical rock mine tunnel. The model is a man in a white tank top and blue pants

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 1d

EIGHT DAYS AGO

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 9d

Guess they decided not to?

www.mining.com/us-governmen...

Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 1d

This is funny after so adamantly denying they were gonna get equity stakes in Critical Minerals for their Tanbreeze project just like a week ago

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 1d

Wait a minute…

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

The administration could take equity stakes in more companies in the wake of China’s new restrictions on rare earth exports, Bessent said.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says

China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

www.cnbc.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Someone involved with education policy flagged for me that getting rid of OSERS will disproportionately hurt students with disabilities in red states vs students with disabilities in blue states.

Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 4d

If you join any Facebook group for parents of kids with disabilities the first thing that hits you is how geographically and politically diverse our population is, and how protective we are of our kids. This is a moral fuckup but also just a massive political one.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 4d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 1d

I didn't realize Sabine was over here, but when I looked at her feed ... she endorses the "low white birthrates" stuff, in addition to being anti-trans and friends with noted sexual harasser/friend of Epstein Lawrence Krauss. So, I recommend blocking as fast as possible.

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 1d

I’m definitely not jealous or anything. Not at all.

Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 1d

Uh oh

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my goodness that sounds scary!

Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 2d

I’m extremely nervous too. It’s going up way too fast and doesn’t look like it’s gonna slow down anytime soon. It’s only been 6 months since it hit $3000/oz!

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 2d

And then end up being disappointed when to hey learn how little gold is actually in their 14k and 10k gold jewelry or learning it was actually just gold plated 😬

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve talking about how the coal industry was dying since I was in grad school and it’s still dying. It’s never getting a revival.

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 3d

Assume that’s just what they call that tailings pond on top. Probably looks blue because of the tailings.

Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 3d

I dunno if they ever finished, but they had been buttressing the tailings pond there, so they were already being proactive

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that they don’t think disabled kids have a right to education is disgusting.

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 3d

If any child in your life has an IEP or 504 plan:

Trump fired (we think) all of the employees in the office at the US Department of Education that disburses special education funds from the federal government that school districts use to pay for those plans.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 3d

I found a $20 bag at Costco (no chocolate) but everywhere else only had stuff close to $30 a bag

Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 3d

This is interesting because my mentors in exploration geology all told me to have at least 3 “specialties” so that I could make it through any market downturn.

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 4d

someone in a kipnuk facebook group screen recorded all the pleas for help in the community due to the disaster flooding

hopefully the alaska national guard will make it out there soon

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4d

A Houston #ActuallyAutistic teenager who went missing for almost a week has been in ICE custody for several days, according to a local organization.

www.fox26houston.com/news/missing...

Houston: Missing teen with autism in immigration custody, ICE reports

ICE confirmed with FOX 26 that a teen who went missing in Houston for a week had been in immigration custody since Monday.

www.fox26houston.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 4d

No survivors apparently apnews.com/article/tenn...