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Earthologist in a Chem Dept. Fargo via St.Paul Minneapolis, U Minn. Immigrant son 🇩🇪🇱🇹/🇮🇳, spouse to 🇮🇸. 2x Fulbright #T1D ally ❤️Chicago. Geology! doktrock.net
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Explore, learn about, and document your geologic surroundings! Whether you are a professional geoscientist or curious about the rocks around you and the stories they tell, Rockd allows you to explore ...
rockd.org
What are you standing on? Check out the #geology under your feet using the Rockd app on your phone!
Developed by the University of #Wisconsin Macrostrat lab.
Funding from NSF (US National Science Foundation) and U Wisconsin Dept of Geoscience.
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Developed by the University of #Wisconsin Macrostrat lab.
Funding from NSF (US National Science Foundation) and U Wisconsin Dept of Geoscience.
rockd.org/
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Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
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My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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Native to the Americas, the Portuguese brought a “turkey” to India; in Ottoman Turkish, they were called “chicken from the land of India.”
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
www.folger.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Native to the Americas, the Portuguese brought a “turkey” to India; in Ottoman Turkish, they were called “chicken from the land of India.”
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
Tyrannosaurus rex and #mammoth fossil finds in #Northdakota announced! 🦖 #dinosaur #paleontology #geology #NDGS #FossilFriday 🧪⚒️
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Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research • North Dakota Monitor
The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Tyrannosaurus rex and #mammoth fossil finds in #Northdakota announced! 🦖 #dinosaur #paleontology #geology #NDGS #FossilFriday 🧪⚒️
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Some #Minnesota folks will recognize this
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Some #Minnesota folks will recognize this
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This... this is actually something of a landmark moment. Sadly it won't get anywhere near the coverage it deserves in the west.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Chinese Space Station Achieves First-Ever Oxygen and Rocket Fuel Production Using Artificial Photosynthesis
https://youtu.be/gX-WVWWEVEU When humans dream of venturing farther into the cosmos, one massive logistical question looms: how do we keep everyone
www.zmescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This... this is actually something of a landmark moment. Sadly it won't get anywhere near the coverage it deserves in the west.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
"Law enforcement, protesters clash as federal agents make arrests in St. Paul" | MPR News #Minnesota #ICE
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Law enforcement, protesters clash as federal agents make arrests in St. Paul
Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that state officials were “working to understand what unfolded. We received no heads up from federal authorities on this operation.”
www.mprnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Law enforcement, protesters clash as federal agents make arrests in St. Paul" | MPR News #Minnesota #ICE
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Footage of ICE and St. Paul, MN PD brutalizing community members after ICE abducted 2 of their neighbors. 8 people were hospitalized by chemical munitions and police beatings, including a journalist.
11/25/25
11/25/25
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Footage of ICE and St. Paul, MN PD brutalizing community members after ICE abducted 2 of their neighbors. 8 people were hospitalized by chemical munitions and police beatings, including a journalist.
11/25/25
11/25/25
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Kīlauea is erupting! 🌋 Here’s a link to one of the three @USGS live cams - enjoy! www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Kīlauea is erupting! 🌋 Here’s a link to one of the three @USGS live cams - enjoy! www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Spectacular - and scary - eruption in Ethiopia. This is a volcano in the famous Afar Triangle, where the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the African Rift meet in a triple point, where the Arabian, African, and Somalian plates are pulled apart.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano sent drifting across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Spectacular - and scary - eruption in Ethiopia. This is a volcano in the famous Afar Triangle, where the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the African Rift meet in a triple point, where the Arabian, African, and Somalian plates are pulled apart.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Yesterday Curiosity took pix of jagged peaks in the distance with its ChemCam. I stitched them together, did some work on them, and... just look at that view... I've been doing this since Sojourner landed & this is one of my fave images ever... Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/S Atkinson
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yesterday Curiosity took pix of jagged peaks in the distance with its ChemCam. I stitched them together, did some work on them, and... just look at that view... I've been doing this since Sojourner landed & this is one of my fave images ever... Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/S Atkinson
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If you want to feel old, we are now further from the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent than the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent is from the formation of the Solar System.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
If you want to feel old, we are now further from the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent than the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent is from the formation of the Solar System.
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UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
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A M5.5 earthquake killed at least ten people in Bangladesh today. What made this moderate event so deadly? And what do we know about seismic hazards in the country?
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Bangladesh shaken by deadly M5.5 earthquake
A moderate magnitude earthquake near a dense, vulnerable megacity
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November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A M5.5 earthquake killed at least ten people in Bangladesh today. What made this moderate event so deadly? And what do we know about seismic hazards in the country?
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earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/bangladesh...
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earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/bangladesh...
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Waves coming off the basalt columns at Reynisfjara black sand beach. It's amazing that the camera technology is so good now that this was handheld at 1/8th second - the columns are sharp but I was able to capture the movement of the water too.
#CanonR6II #Iceland #Geology
#CanonR6II #Iceland #Geology
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Waves coming off the basalt columns at Reynisfjara black sand beach. It's amazing that the camera technology is so good now that this was handheld at 1/8th second - the columns are sharp but I was able to capture the movement of the water too.
#CanonR6II #Iceland #Geology
#CanonR6II #Iceland #Geology
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Started a new book. I've been fascinated with geology since the intro class I took my freshman year at Smith. This book puts me right back there again, curious to learn more with each page. It's SO good!
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks by Marcia Bjornerud.
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks by Marcia Bjornerud.
September 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Started a new book. I've been fascinated with geology since the intro class I took my freshman year at Smith. This book puts me right back there again, curious to learn more with each page. It's SO good!
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks by Marcia Bjornerud.
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks by Marcia Bjornerud.
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A geology book I recommend frequently is Timefulness by
Marcia Bjornerud. Nonfiction, looks at our relationship to time and how we understand it in geological terms. The author advocates for improving our understanding of geologic time as part of confronting our role in climate change.
Marcia Bjornerud. Nonfiction, looks at our relationship to time and how we understand it in geological terms. The author advocates for improving our understanding of geologic time as part of confronting our role in climate change.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A geology book I recommend frequently is Timefulness by
Marcia Bjornerud. Nonfiction, looks at our relationship to time and how we understand it in geological terms. The author advocates for improving our understanding of geologic time as part of confronting our role in climate change.
Marcia Bjornerud. Nonfiction, looks at our relationship to time and how we understand it in geological terms. The author advocates for improving our understanding of geologic time as part of confronting our role in climate change.
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While hunting for fossils, the unexpected is sometimes discovered. These finds can range from pottery shards to this fulgurite, or "fossil lightning," formed when lightning strikes the ground.
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
While hunting for fossils, the unexpected is sometimes discovered. These finds can range from pottery shards to this fulgurite, or "fossil lightning," formed when lightning strikes the ground.
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Scientists continue work on durable ways to encapsulate the Internet Archive for generations in the future to discover, observe, and understand where we went wrong
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Scientists continue work on durable ways to encapsulate the Internet Archive for generations in the future to discover, observe, and understand where we went wrong
🚨Job Alert! 🚨 "University of Georgia invites applications for two tenure-track positions at Assistant or Associate Professor level with focus on critical mineral resources. We especially seek applicants in the areas of #Economic #Geology and in #Geophysics." 🧪⚒️
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/459...
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/459...
Assistant or Associate Professor in Critical Minerals and Energy Resources
The Department of Geology (geology.uga.edu) in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia (UGA) invites applications for two tenure-track positions at the Assistant or Asso...
www.ugajobsearch.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨Job Alert! 🚨 "University of Georgia invites applications for two tenure-track positions at Assistant or Associate Professor level with focus on critical mineral resources. We especially seek applicants in the areas of #Economic #Geology and in #Geophysics." 🧪⚒️
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/459...
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/459...
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Burning CDs was easy, real ones know the arts of making a mix tape by pausing the recording at the exact split second where the song is still playing on the radio but before the DJ or commercial cuts in
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Burning CDs was easy, real ones know the arts of making a mix tape by pausing the recording at the exact split second where the song is still playing on the radio but before the DJ or commercial cuts in
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A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this family’s home.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
Federal agents detain couple in Franklin Park family says; Border Patrol chief no longer in area
It's been about a week since Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and his team left the Chicago area, but immigration operations still continue as two people were detained by federal agents in the w...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this family’s home.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
Crack along weld caused #NorthDakota Keystone oil pipeline spill in April, 2025
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Crack along weld caused Keystone Pipeline spill, company says • North Dakota Monitor
The operator of the Keystone Pipeline says a crack along a weld caused an oil leak in southeast North Dakota earlier this year.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Crack along weld caused #NorthDakota Keystone oil pipeline spill in April, 2025
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