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Earth Systems Modeller & Geophysicist: play with computers, get outdoors, and an odd wee dram

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Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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07.09.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PHD THESIS DEFENCE:
Maureen Matthew
Earth and Environmental Sciences

TITLE: A Land to Sea Perspective on Coastal Geohazards in Northeastern Canadian Fjords

Friday, August 8, 9:30 am
Room 3107, Mona Campbell Building, 1459 Lemarchant Street
Virtual Participants: Microsoft Teams

05.08.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US government

Marjorie Taylor Greene,β€œI am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity,”

Carbon dioxide anyone.πŸ§ͺ

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

10.07.2025 02:41 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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A rare carnivorous caterpillar, previously unknown to biologists, stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of its prey.

This unique new species, dubbed the β€œbone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. scim.ag/3GBDcV7 #InsectWeek

24.06.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6

Outrage doesn’t convey how many of us feel anymore

11.04.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend.

The ultracompetitive, 2-year program, which trains Ph.D. scientists in the intricacies of public health laboratory work. scim.ag/4gPy0te

19.02.2025 22:36 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 8

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: β€œWe’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”

Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

16.02.2025 02:46 πŸ‘ 52888 πŸ” 6023 πŸ’¬ 2105 πŸ“Œ 461

Vote from an ice sheet/sediment modeller -- when the 'cohesion' term in the Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion is significant (~same order of magnitude as the normal stress term). Perhaps depends on context?

12.02.2025 13:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0