Jay Parrish
@kotranc.bsky.social
Geophysics, remote sensing, geobotany, art, humor. Buy “Jokes from the Backseat 1 &2” Guaranteed to make you laugh or it’s not funny. Do not obey in advance. Kotranc.com. King of the rocks and nobody cares
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Possible desiccation cracks (mudcracks) in rock found by the Mars Curiosity Rover this week.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Possible desiccation cracks (mudcracks) in rock found by the Mars Curiosity Rover this week.
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All subtlety is out the window this season, I see.
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
All subtlety is out the window this season, I see.
Always a good way to start a cold winter day
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Always a good way to start a cold winter day
Being in an NSF panel is a tremendous educational experience independent of the obvious virtue of having outside reviewers
Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
December 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Being in an NSF panel is a tremendous educational experience independent of the obvious virtue of having outside reviewers
Glacial lagoon, Iceland
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Glacial lagoon, Iceland
Printed cards drying. What impresses me is that some scribe needed to fill a space and he came up with this symmetric, complicated figure using simple tools dipping for ink on a medium that was unforgiving of errors and I would have a hard time with a fountain pen on paper
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Printed cards drying. What impresses me is that some scribe needed to fill a space and he came up with this symmetric, complicated figure using simple tools dipping for ink on a medium that was unforgiving of errors and I would have a hard time with a fountain pen on paper
Printing our Christmas card
December 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Printing our Christmas card
Frost on our cloche
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Frost on our cloche
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Topographical drawing of a river valley, 1500 #leonardodavinci #davinci
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Topographical drawing of a river valley, 1500 #leonardodavinci #davinci
A calming view to start your day in a week of who knows what.
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A calming view to start your day in a week of who knows what.
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Now that the scaffolding is gone, you can get a good look at a rare artform — heraldic palaeontology — above the Downing Street door of the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Now that the scaffolding is gone, you can get a good look at a rare artform — heraldic palaeontology — above the Downing Street door of the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social
What could go wrong?
Siiiiigggghhhhhhhhhhhh. If west coast major fault ruptures could just hold off three to five more years, that’d be great. Mmmmkay?
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
What could go wrong?
Think of the extra ink used on all those serifs…do these people have a job in their spare time?
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Think of the extra ink used on all those serifs…do these people have a job in their spare time?
$25%.
Is that like &36€ ? Or £17#?
Is that like &36€ ? Or £17#?
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
$25%.
Is that like &36€ ? Or £17#?
Is that like &36€ ? Or £17#?
One of my favorites. Only a hint of blue and otherwise monochrome.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One of my favorites. Only a hint of blue and otherwise monochrome.
Fine lamination in the upper levels and looks like some turbidity in the lower levels in what I suspect is Zook’s corner transported to ledger terrain.
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fine lamination in the upper levels and looks like some turbidity in the lower levels in what I suspect is Zook’s corner transported to ledger terrain.
Does Burger King have shrimp tacos or this the Taco Bell Nobel peace prize?
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Does Burger King have shrimp tacos or this the Taco Bell Nobel peace prize?
30th st station Philly
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
30th st station Philly
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
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Soil seismology
Soil seismology
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Soil seismology
Soil seismology
Ooooooo this sounds good
BGS scientists have gained access to ‘once in a lifetime’ core from Great Glen Fault.
The core provides a cross-section through the UK’s largest fault zone, offering a rare insight into the formation of the Scottish Highlands.
More:
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/scienti...
The core provides a cross-section through the UK’s largest fault zone, offering a rare insight into the formation of the Scottish Highlands.
More:
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/scienti...
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Ooooooo this sounds good
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Always interesting to see how the world is with high resolution vs low resolution
Always interesting to see how the world is with high resolution vs low resolution
Satellite captures the first detailed look at a giant tsunami
A rare SWOT pass mapped a Pacific tsunami in detail, exposing hidden wave complexity and showing why forecasting models need a major update.
www.earth.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Always interesting to see how the world is with high resolution vs low resolution
Always interesting to see how the world is with high resolution vs low resolution
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My comments with @ddiamond.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com more antivaccine MAHA pseudoscience headed our way www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
My comments with @ddiamond.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com more antivaccine MAHA pseudoscience headed our way www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...