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Ben Black
@magmatist.bsky.social
Petrologist, volcanologist, and Earth historian. Associate Professor at Rutgers. rutgersvolcano.weebly.com
Interesting point in the editorial. They say: “A good peer-reviewer should be responsible and reliable. He/she should (1) accept promptly an invitation, (2) not turn down any invitation for review…”

I agree with most of their points. But never turning down an invite? That’s a heavy lift… thoughts?
October 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It really helps me just to start by reading what I have written already. Sometimes the day before I plan to spend some time writing so that ideas can settle and grow
October 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Photos or it didn’t happen!
September 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We have been discussing the extent to which this place could be analogous to the plumbing system beneath that place (guessing you are thinking of Ol Doinyo Lengai?)
July 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM