Ryan J Hollister
@phaneritic.bsky.social
Earth & EnviroSci Educator, Central Valley equity/sustainability advocate, Hiker, Photographer, 2015 NAGT FW Outstanding Educator. 🌋 Tissue Box Maker.
❤️🏕⛰🏜 w/ @Xenolith & Z.
❤️🏕⛰🏜 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.
phaneritic.etsy.com
phaneritic.etsy.com
And a few stills from the ol’ iPhone back in July.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
And a few stills from the ol’ iPhone back in July.
One of my favorite views of Mendenhall Glacier is from a float plane taking off at Juneau airport. Flying away from the glacier here takes in a new meaning as the glacier has officially receded from Mendenhall Lake.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One of my favorite views of Mendenhall Glacier is from a float plane taking off at Juneau airport. Flying away from the glacier here takes in a new meaning as the glacier has officially receded from Mendenhall Lake.
Oh man. Such a bummer. Here are several of my visits to Mendenhall from 2014, 2022 & 2023.
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oh man. Such a bummer. Here are several of my visits to Mendenhall from 2014, 2022 & 2023.
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You might want to let readers who are following your guidance know you are using diastatic malt powder (vs non-diastatic.)
Carnation malt powder for example is not a substitute.
Carnation malt powder for example is not a substitute.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
You might want to let readers who are following your guidance know you are using diastatic malt powder (vs non-diastatic.)
Carnation malt powder for example is not a substitute.
Carnation malt powder for example is not a substitute.
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Fears of post-wildfire groundwater well contamination in New Mexico www.taosnews.com/news/environ...
Fears ratchet up over Mora County well contamination
The bottled water at the Las Vegas Walmart is a better deal than the water in Mora. The superstore is 36 miles away from Helen and Julian Olivas’ home in
www.taosnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Fears of post-wildfire groundwater well contamination in New Mexico www.taosnews.com/news/environ...
I’m getting a lot of baking stuff done over the next several days and thought “Hey, I haven’t made bagels in a hot minute!”. So I’m going to give you a tutorial of how to make bagels, slightly modified from the formula in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice book by Reinhardt. Yummy bagels tomorrow night!
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m getting a lot of baking stuff done over the next several days and thought “Hey, I haven’t made bagels in a hot minute!”. So I’m going to give you a tutorial of how to make bagels, slightly modified from the formula in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice book by Reinhardt. Yummy bagels tomorrow night!
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⚒️ Here's a worthy geoheritage cause; the Scottish Geology Trust is running a crowdfunding campaign for a "Deep Time Trail" at Siccar Point ahead of the 300th anniversary of James Hutton's Birth next year. 4 days left to contribute!
Building the James Hutton Deep Time Trail
We are raising vital funds for a new Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point to celebrate the life and legacy of James Hutton for his Tercentenary.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
⚒️ Here's a worthy geoheritage cause; the Scottish Geology Trust is running a crowdfunding campaign for a "Deep Time Trail" at Siccar Point ahead of the 300th anniversary of James Hutton's Birth next year. 4 days left to contribute!
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I am pondering my next sabbatical. Do any of you at universities across the globe have programs/fellowships for visiting scholars/faculty from abroad? I'm especially interested in Latin America, Scotland, Wales, England, Japan, Finland, New Zealand, Australia. Thanks! [Reposted from the weekend.]
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I am pondering my next sabbatical. Do any of you at universities across the globe have programs/fellowships for visiting scholars/faculty from abroad? I'm especially interested in Latin America, Scotland, Wales, England, Japan, Finland, New Zealand, Australia. Thanks! [Reposted from the weekend.]
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This is Rosie. We do not know what she is asking for, but we need you to give it to her right away. 13/10 please hurry (IG: rosalinathepittie)
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is Rosie. We do not know what she is asking for, but we need you to give it to her right away. 13/10 please hurry (IG: rosalinathepittie)
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It's the most wonderful day of the year for paleo-philes: #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge Day! Based on the preview & advance buzz, looks like a stunning series about our much-more-recently departed megafaunas. 🧪🦥🦣🦘🦬
Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's the most wonderful day of the year for paleo-philes: #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge Day! Based on the preview & advance buzz, looks like a stunning series about our much-more-recently departed megafaunas. 🧪🦥🦣🦘🦬
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Good morning Calaveras fault! Just felt a little M4.3 earthquake that is located near Gilroy. Just slight shaking in San Francisco that interrupted me as I was sipping coffee. If you felt it, you can report it here: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Good morning Calaveras fault! Just felt a little M4.3 earthquake that is located near Gilroy. Just slight shaking in San Francisco that interrupted me as I was sipping coffee. If you felt it, you can report it here: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Had I not been asleep I likely would’ve felt this morning’s (6:18am) M4.0 quake located just east of Gilroy on the southern section of the Calaveras Fault. The fault (mostly) creeps w/o making large quakes from Hollister north to Gilroy with right-lateral offset.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Had I not been asleep I likely would’ve felt this morning’s (6:18am) M4.0 quake located just east of Gilroy on the southern section of the Calaveras Fault. The fault (mostly) creeps w/o making large quakes from Hollister north to Gilroy with right-lateral offset.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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Following the #HayliGubbi eruption, our paper on the Erta Ale dike of Jun-Jul is finally out. InSAR, optical data and seismicity showed the temporal evolution of the intrusion and the interaction of magmatic sources, including a sill inflation in Hayli Gubbi. @earth-science.bsky.social #geoscience
Frontiers | Segmented dike intrusion linked to multi-level magma storage during and before the 2025 eruption at Erta Ale (East Africa)
IntroductionDike intrusions can assist continental rifting and plate divergence. However, our understanding of the magma dynamics during diking and the archi...
www.frontiersin.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Following the #HayliGubbi eruption, our paper on the Erta Ale dike of Jun-Jul is finally out. InSAR, optical data and seismicity showed the temporal evolution of the intrusion and the interaction of magmatic sources, including a sill inflation in Hayli Gubbi. @earth-science.bsky.social #geoscience
I need to etch a model of this amoeba onto my Lassen tissue box covers, LOL.
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I need to etch a model of this amoeba onto my Lassen tissue box covers, LOL.
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Lighted, lighthouse, lighthouse point.🌙
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Lighted, lighthouse, lighthouse point.🌙
This is going to be very popular* at all the parks’ gateway towns that rely almost entirely on tourism.
*popular in the sense that I foresee this being protested out of existence by the gateway communities that in many case are, ironically, MAGA-majority.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/n...
*popular in the sense that I foresee this being protested out of existence by the gateway communities that in many case are, ironically, MAGA-majority.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/n...
Trump admin hikes national parks prices by up to $170 for international tourists
The Interior Department said the "America-first" policy will see "resident-only patriotic fee-free days" on some holidays.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This is going to be very popular* at all the parks’ gateway towns that rely almost entirely on tourism.
*popular in the sense that I foresee this being protested out of existence by the gateway communities that in many case are, ironically, MAGA-majority.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/n...
*popular in the sense that I foresee this being protested out of existence by the gateway communities that in many case are, ironically, MAGA-majority.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/n...
The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was just snagged by ICE in what *appears* to be a very targeted disappearing.
I’m not saying ICE wouldn’t come to Revere, MA just because…
Actually that is what I’m saying.
Actually that is what I’m saying.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was just snagged by ICE in what *appears* to be a very targeted disappearing.
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We got volcano time! (New eruption just started at Kīlauea): www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
We got volcano time! (New eruption just started at Kīlauea): www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
ATK is great!
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
ATK is great!
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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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Re-upping this position before the December 1st application deadline. I'm looking to hire a post-doc - could be a climate scientist or environmental economist. Ideal start early 2026 but could be later. Please circulate!
🚨The Moore Lab at UC Davis is hiring!🚨
Post-doc for a project with @adamsobel.bsky.social on the valuation of climate information for adaptation
Could be a good fit for an environmental economist or a climate scientist - flexible start date and location
Apply by Dec 1st: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07346
Post-doc for a project with @adamsobel.bsky.social on the valuation of climate information for adaptation
Could be a good fit for an environmental economist or a climate scientist - flexible start date and location
Apply by Dec 1st: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07346
Postdoctoral Scholar - Environmental Science & Policy
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Re-upping this position before the December 1st application deadline. I'm looking to hire a post-doc - could be a climate scientist or environmental economist. Ideal start early 2026 but could be later. Please circulate!
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Roses are red
That dino looks ill
That dino looks ill
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Roses are red
That dino looks ill
That dino looks ill
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Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius in the Bay of Naples area are extremely hazardous. Millions of people live in or near restless volcanoes. Not sure if we're looking at a catastrophic eruption in our lifetime, but a repeat of 1538 Monte Nuovo would still be dramatic.
"today, hundreds of thousands of people live right on top of this volcano — in the eight-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions." www.npr.org/2025/11/25/g...
Italy's Campi Flegrei supervolcano is stirring. Could this seismic giant soon erupt?
The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past erupt...
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius in the Bay of Naples area are extremely hazardous. Millions of people live in or near restless volcanoes. Not sure if we're looking at a catastrophic eruption in our lifetime, but a repeat of 1538 Monte Nuovo would still be dramatic.