Husband (not a scientist): what’s goin on? You’re smiling [takes deep breath to launch into an explanation about talking to a colleague about MATLAB matrices and questionable variable names]
Kara B
@karabrug.bsky.social
Experimental petrologist @UNM.edu via @FORCEhighP.bsky.social, @carnegiescience.bsky.social & EPIC, @seseasu.bsky.social Cat enthusiast, puzzle addict, stationery nut karabrugman.com (she/her)
It begins! @jessev.bsky.social @lizshannonmiller.com and @asatait.bsky.social watch every damn frame of Paul W. S. Anderson’s “Resident Evil” and gain insight into names of all kinds, 3D maps, and graveyard sweaters. Plus the business of franchises! Ostensibly the premise of the show!
Every Damn Frame of "Resident Evil"
Listen to Every Damn Frame of "Resident Evil" from Every Damn Frame wherever you get your podcasts!
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Off to #Goldschmidt2026 in Montréal! Also, I’m looking for a Masters student for 2027 - if you are an undergrad who is interested in exoplanets experiments, come find me!
Blazing fluorescent lighting at the departure gate feels like a personal attack pre-5 am
A year ago today I found out I got an on-campus interview for my current job @unm.edu! It's incredible what a difference a year can make.
You know you're a nerd when you're thrilled to find a hardcover edition of a book from the 1970s about geological phase diagrams #petrology @kaylaiacovino.com
12 years ago today I got my acceptance letter for @seseasu.bsky.social ASU! I can't believe it's been that long, but I also can't believe how much I've experienced and grown in this last decade+. Thank you to all the cheerleaders and angels along the way ❤️
#HWO “is exactly the kind of bold, forward-leaning science that only NASA can undertake,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “We […] intend to move with urgency, and expedite timelines to the greatest extent possible to bring these discoveries to the world.” www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission - NASA
NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept – the first mission
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🚨Attention prospective grad students🚨 Info for you is up on my website: karabrugman.com#students
Things have been crazy as I finish up work at ASU, so I’ve been looking forward to this block of time I set aside to read my first #LettersToAPreScientist pen pal letter of the year! It’s always a thrill to see stickers that align with your interests (food) and to get some surprises 😍
Greetings from the UTCT Basics of CT Data Visualization and Analysis for Geological Applications with ImageJ workshop! Thanks to Romy and Dave for all their help even before the workshop 🙌🏻 #GSA2025
The Tracing Rocky Exoplanet Compositions (TREC) workshop "Under the Atmospheric Hood: How Geochemical Cycles Affect Exoplanet Biosignatures" will be held at ASU in Tempe, AZ Jan. 12–14 (after the AAS meeting in Phoenix). Applications close 10/15 trec-nexss.org/workshop See the thread for more info!
For those anxiously awaiting it: the NSF GRFP solicitation is out, with a November 14 deadline for Geoscience applicants: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Now soliciting names for my new lab @unm.edu...do I go with a cool acronym or something simple but descriptive like "UNM High Pressure Lab" 🧐
The first FORCE Seminar of the semester is in two weeks! Read the abstract and speaker bio here: bit.ly/FORCEseminar_926_abstract #forceasu
Everyone back home in the Midwest is just livid about this, I'm guessing (but in a polite, restrained, kind of way)
Quoth the Amy: Nevermore@amyamybobamy.bsky.social · last yr.Shrinkflation strikes AGAIN: boxes of Betty Crocker cake mix are two ounces smaller (from 15.25 ounces to 13.25 ounces). That cookie or cake recipe you inherited from Grandma probably called for a 18.25 ounce box of cake mix.
Thank you @space.com for covering our upcoming protest on Monday! www.space.com/space-explor... #nasaneedshelp #fundingcuts #nasa #sciencestandstogether
NASA workers plan 3rd protest at D.C. headquarters on Sept. 15 to decry Trump's science funding cuts
'Congress says they want to save NASA. Let's see them do it now.'
space.com
How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
Coming this Fall, the EPIC lab's next EPIC adventure! We need your help to do important volcano science research & support some amazing graduate students in need of funding while you're at it: experiment.com/projects/wha... #volcano #science #magma #eruptions #funding
Ready to take a journey through time without ever leaving home? 🐡 ✨ 🌍 Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!) www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all... #Geology #SciArt
The deadline is this Friday!
Kara B@karabrug.bsky.social · last yr.Next Friday 8/15 is the deadline to endorse #HabitableWorldsObservatory science cases. If you think it is important to consider whether a planet has the right geology in place to host life as we know it _before_ looking for life there, please endorse our case: bit.ly/GeochemHab_endorse #HWO25
Mark your calendars! The 4th annual FORCE Winter Workshop will be held at Arizona State University on January 7–9, 2026. Stay tuned for more info including invited speakers and registration info. Join our mailing list (force.asu.edu/contact) to be the first to know more. #forceasu
Next Friday 8/15 is the deadline to endorse #HabitableWorldsObservatory science cases. If you think it is important to consider whether a planet has the right geology in place to host life as we know it _before_ looking for life there, please endorse our case: bit.ly/GeochemHab_endorse #HWO25