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The 2nd paper from my NPP postdoc is now available (open access) in GRL! HiRISE imaged a layered, steep-sided ridge in the glacial deposits near the Pavonis Mons volcano on Mars; we argue that it formed from volcano-ice (and volcano-water) interaction. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
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"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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"To call her death merely a suicide misses the larger truth—no suicide happens in a vacuum. Policies designed to make life unlivable for transgender people bear responsibility too; every trans suicide is a murder by those in power."
www.erininthemorning.com/p/every-tran...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/every-tran...
Every Trans Suicide Is A Murder By Those In Power
News came this week that transgender athlete and student Lia Smith took her life at just 21 years of age.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"To call her death merely a suicide misses the larger truth—no suicide happens in a vacuum. Policies designed to make life unlivable for transgender people bear responsibility too; every trans suicide is a murder by those in power."
www.erininthemorning.com/p/every-tran...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/every-tran...
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Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
Submitted my first ever faculty application! It would obviously be incredibly exciting if I get an interview, but I'm also just really glad to have gone through the process of assembling a teaching statement, etc. for the first time.
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Submitted my first ever faculty application! It would obviously be incredibly exciting if I get an interview, but I'm also just really glad to have gone through the process of assembling a teaching statement, etc. for the first time.
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
Off the top of my head, the cover of Sleep All Summer by the National and St. Vincent... this probably also doubles as a response to that "what is your most Millennial opinion" meme that was going around again a week or two ago.
October 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Off the top of my head, the cover of Sleep All Summer by the National and St. Vincent... this probably also doubles as a response to that "what is your most Millennial opinion" meme that was going around again a week or two ago.
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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Makapuʻu-Stage #Koʻolau Basalt has the most radiogenic Sr87/86 of #Hawaiʻi #lavas, low εNd, Hf176/177, and Pb206/204, and high La/Nb and Sr/Nb indicating a filament of recycled material (secondary garnet #pyroxenite via #eclogite) of the Hawaiian ULVZ associated with the Pacific LLSVP.
#geology
#geology
October 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I met the world's cutest integrating sphere at NIST this week.
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I met the world's cutest integrating sphere at NIST this week.
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This passage nearly broke me.
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This passage nearly broke me.
I will always RT NASA U-2s :)
Some amazing pics of George Smoot and the U2 Anisotropy Experiment
aether.lbl.gov/www/projects... #Cosmology 🧪
aether.lbl.gov/www/projects... #Cosmology 🧪
September 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I will always RT NASA U-2s :)
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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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June 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
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August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
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i am preparing for a conference in october, and i went back and read this talk i gave at the climate hope conference in vancouver, and ugh. i just want to share it with more people.
i think it's my favorite talk i've ever given. i usually never write them out. read if you'd like.
i think it's my favorite talk i've ever given. i usually never write them out. read if you'd like.
Climate Hope Conference Presentation 2.0
[boozhoo slide] Boozhoo niijii-bimaadiziig. Asiniiwiikwe nindizhinikaaz. Ajijaak indoodem. Gaawaabaabigaanikaag indoonjibaa. Yanaguana indaa. Hello, my fellow human beings. My name is Asiniiw...
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August 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
i am preparing for a conference in october, and i went back and read this talk i gave at the climate hope conference in vancouver, and ugh. i just want to share it with more people.
i think it's my favorite talk i've ever given. i usually never write them out. read if you'd like.
i think it's my favorite talk i've ever given. i usually never write them out. read if you'd like.
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1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is. [I think the subjects of my last photo in DC might be somewhat upset at that characterization]
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is. [I think the subjects of my last photo in DC might be somewhat upset at that characterization]
Took a climber/rescuer course this week to qualify for upcoming work fixing a radiometer on an 80' tower. Excited for the project! Also so sore in muscles I haven't used since I climbed 4x/week that I can't tell if my current running injury is cured or just not yelling as loudly as everything else 😆
August 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Took a climber/rescuer course this week to qualify for upcoming work fixing a radiometer on an 80' tower. Excited for the project! Also so sore in muscles I haven't used since I climbed 4x/week that I can't tell if my current running injury is cured or just not yelling as loudly as everything else 😆
Life has been too busy for droidbuilding since early May but I've been lucky to spend all day today back on my BD project! Unfortunately today's job = repeatedly assembling & disassembling the same part in between rounds of soldering & crimping, rather than anything photogenic, but getting so close!
Assembly complete, now a sprint to get the electronics working together right…
July 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Life has been too busy for droidbuilding since early May but I've been lucky to spend all day today back on my BD project! Unfortunately today's job = repeatedly assembling & disassembling the same part in between rounds of soldering & crimping, rather than anything photogenic, but getting so close!
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Good news RI story: PlumpyNut is a famine relief nutrition paste made in RI for USAID. Trump killed the contract leaving tons of it sitting in a warehouse. RI discount store chain will now donate trucks and labor to move to NGOs that can use it.
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Ocean State Job Lot to help get Plumpy'Nut off shelves and to those in need
Ocean State Job Lot is helping to get some Plumpy’Nut supply off the shelves and into the hands of those in need.
turnto10.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Good news RI story: PlumpyNut is a famine relief nutrition paste made in RI for USAID. Trump killed the contract leaving tons of it sitting in a warehouse. RI discount store chain will now donate trucks and labor to move to NGOs that can use it.
turnto10.com/news/local/o...
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as someone who was raised Catholic & has spent my adult life as a person of faith (Buddhism), this @theradr.bsky.social post
spoke to me deeply. after reading it, I set up a monthly donation to Gaza Soup Kitchen (link within ⬇️) 🙏🏻💚 “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me”
spoke to me deeply. after reading it, I set up a monthly donation to Gaza Soup Kitchen (link within ⬇️) 🙏🏻💚 “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me”
I just sent this out.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
to Jews, on the Gaza famine
an open letter: we have been commanded
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
as someone who was raised Catholic & has spent my adult life as a person of faith (Buddhism), this @theradr.bsky.social post
spoke to me deeply. after reading it, I set up a monthly donation to Gaza Soup Kitchen (link within ⬇️) 🙏🏻💚 “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me”
spoke to me deeply. after reading it, I set up a monthly donation to Gaza Soup Kitchen (link within ⬇️) 🙏🏻💚 “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me”
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For the first time since she was freed from an immigration prison, Rümeysa Öztürk speaks. And she does so by ... writing:
"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."
"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
For the first time since she was freed from an immigration prison, Rümeysa Öztürk speaks. And she does so by ... writing:
"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."
"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."
