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Ryan J Hollister

@phaneritic.bsky.social

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Earth & EnviroSci Educator, Central Valley equity/sustainability advocate, Hiker, Photographer, 2015 NAGT FW Outstanding Educator. 🌋 Tissue Box Maker. ❤️🏕⛰🏜 w/ @Xenolith & Z.

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · May 22

I’m Ryan, an earth science educator & curriculum developer at two colleges in Central California. I’ve had a hand in some cool virtual field experience innovations, but lately I’m the “Volcano Tissue Box Guy”. I’m pinning my Etsy store link here for when I release batches.

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Me, a white guy standing on Johnston Ridge in front of Mount Saint Helens on a partly cloudy day. The mountain is visible with lots of green growth on the landslide zone in the mid ground. I’m leaning on a stone wall with my butt holding a black tissue box cover holder that also looks like Mount Saint Helens.

Screenshot of science Fridays website that hosts my virtual field trip to columns of the Giants and Central California. It says science Friday in the top left-hand corner underneath which is a picture of the tallest pile at the columns of the Giants full of brown and black, the salt boulders with a few pine trees in the distance There is a hexagon with a light bulb as a page brake with a title underneath that says embark on a 360° geologic expedition.

https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/360-degree-expedition/

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 1h

Finally, some reporting on how Kevin Guthrie is using Florida's Emergency Management Agency to build concentration camps. Thank you to @sfedie.bsky.social @scba.bsky.social and others quoted here for being the field's moral backbone in this moment.

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Florida’s emergency manager has a new job: Detaining immigrants

Kevin Guthrie operates "Alligator Alcatraz." Some emergency managers worry that could scare Hispanic residents away from seeking help in a hurricane or

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 2h

I had no idea sleep-deprivation was such a major problem among our avian friends.

Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 3h

Flat, graphic illustrated poster entitled "Red-Eyed Birds of North America" featuring shadowy gray-blue silhouetted birds punctuated by bright red eyes. 23 birds are depicted in total, some highlights being the Snail Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, Common Loon, and Wood Duck.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 4h

Irony is officially, terminally, dead

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 15h

Air overhead is record cold. Weather balloon from Oakland found the temps about three miles up are coldest ever measured for this date on record, second coldest for any date in October. forecast.weather.gov/product.php?... #CAwx

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The 12Z sounding found very cold air aloft. The 850 temp was 2.35C and 500 temp -25.35C. Both near the minimum daily values. Most notable was the 500 mb height of 5460m. That shattered the daily record. For context the average for this date is 5787, 10th percentile: 5667, old record: 5572. In fact, 5460 is tied for the second lowest 500 mb height ever measured in the month of October, beaten only by 5457m measured on 10/28/56. While this cold air is keeping lapse rates steep, the moisture has plummeted and the surface

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 18h

Seems temporary based on warming trend of forecast

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 19h

“How big of a difference the missing balloon data made, though, may never be known. The best way to determine that would be to run computer models with weather balloon data fed into them and without it, in what is known as a data denial experiment — impossible to do without the data itself.”

Lack of weather data due to Trump’s budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 19h

Funnel clouds over Salinas and San Juan Bautista today. 🌪️🌪️ #CAwx
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Tornado on hillside, photo by Kurt kurasaki

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

Major snow accumulations atop Glacier Point in Yosemite and still going this morning. Can’t imagine the logistical chaos during a shutdown where they’re trying to stay open.

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Screenshot of my WebCam view from a top glacier point where you can see about 20 big pine trees in the foreground covered with snow with what looks to be about 2 feet of snow piled up on bushes in front of the camera. There is not much background, View because everything is in clouds and snowing heavily.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

Man, we’re already at 1.3!

Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

Two rockfalls/slides reported on HWY 41 between Atascadero and Morrow Bay.

Screen cap of everythingwx radar showing rain overlay and brown dots denoting rockfall report location halfway betweeen Atascadero and Morro Bay

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

One more shot from the main punch to go. Just took Jasper out to pee and it is actually chilly out.

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 1d

Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

In the footsteps of giants - BBC News

One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 1d

California tornadoes are rare in October. It’s the third-least common month for tornadoes in the state after June and July. There’s only been one October twister in the state in the past decade, coming on Oct. 8, 2022 in Lake Elsinore. #CAwx

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Pretty gnarly.

Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

Doubt there much studying going on at Cal Poly and Cuesta tonight.

Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 1d

And now another Tornado Warning for South central San Luis Obispo County until 1215 AM PDT.
* Locations impacted include... San Luis Obispo... Pismo Beach... Arroyo Grande... Nipomo... Grover Beach... Guadalupe... Oceano... Avila Beach... Diablo Canyon... Shell Beach... and Baywood-Los Osos.
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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

We got about 1 inch in our gauge today.. puts us over 1.5 inches for the water year which is about 450% of average. #CAwater #CAwx

Rob Mayeda NBC Bay Area @robmayeda.bsky.social · 1d

Updated rain totals to 9pm: tops going to the Santa Cruz Mtns and even down into San Jose … solid soaking for most during a time of year the daily averages are .01” to .05” 😲 @nbcbayarea #BayArea #BayAreaStorm 10/13/2025

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

No Turlock 7/10 split tonight! Averaging about 0.25”/hr thus far for .032” at 950pm. #cawx

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Dr. Fred J. Calef III @mapperwocky.bsky.social · 1d

“Restructuring” because the Whitehouse and their allies choose destruction of all the good parts of the United States federal government because it won’t make them a personal profit. Also, they hate science, people who do good things for everyone instead of for them only, and actual reality.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 1d

NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a research and development lab funded by NASA — the federal space agency — and managed by the Caltech.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced in western Alaska communities hit by ex-typhoon, reports Corinne Smith for @alaskabeacon.com

One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced in western Alaska communities hit by ex-typhoon | Alaska Beacon

Search and rescue efforts continued into Monday in the Kuskokwim River delta in the aftermath of ex-Typhoon Halong.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Nick Wilson @nicksonofwil.bsky.social · 1d

Welp. Here we go.

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

Oh noooooooo

Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, at least it’s real and not bitcoin. But some folks are gonna take a beating if they get in too late.