For the record: the paleo-atmospheric stuff is exciting mostly because of forces better understanding of the proposed direct measurements and proxies. There is a very high chance that that kind of work will open up *entirely new* avenues of research that we'd currently not expect to be viable.
I mean, the surplus of fermented vegetables is probably good for the biome
Brooke@brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 20h agoI was talking to a friend from Taiwan and asked him if he worried about China invading, and he told me: "nah, that's an American talking point. If China blockaded us we'd just surrender."
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterdayIn case you’re wondering who’s really “begging for a deal”
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
In the fossil identification page, I recommended someone lick a rock to see if its bone and now I'm being attacked by vertebrate paleontologists because that's not something they do any more?
Someone please, so I am freed from the tyranny of having to put on pants and leave my house tonight
Ok, you drill from Saudi Arabia and go north 100 miles and "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE"
Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW/UNREAL!! US Military Asks Troops to Pitch ‘Creative and Unconventional’ Ideas on How to Punish Iran: “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.” So under Trump/Hegseth our military tactics are based on a suggestion box www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
Geo people: does anyone know anything about the company mentioned here?
Glendon Mellow@flyingtrilobite.com · 3d agoDon’t know how I missed this story last month. US oil company shows up in Greenland to start drilling. Invasion by dubious permits. Important story for Canadians. #ElbowsUp
I’m visiting the Buc-ee’s of Mt Crawford Virginia and it’s the size of a Walmart with 100 gas filling stations, and they’re all full
Older than "trees" so older than Devonian but younger than mountains, which means Ordovician for the Appalachian orogeny. So West Virginia is Silurian.
Lockwood DeWitt@lockwooddewitt.bsky.social · 4d agoThere's also the line, "Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains..." Okay, life is older than trees, younger than the mountains? I suppose it depends on what age we decide to call "Appalachia."
We killed whales for oil. Humans have always been afraid of the dark and we found whale oil could be used in oil lamps, street lamps, high grade candles, etc. The main reason we stopped hunting whales is because we discovered petroleum and rock oil and the oil industry kicked off.
Christopher Cartwright@chriscartwright.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is our extraordinary 🌎 Remind me why we killed millions of whales, please Why are we destroying the oceans ? polluting them ? warming them ? #ClimateCrisis #WarOnNature #Metacrisis
So I've noticed the song Country Roads is geographically inaccurate. Only a small portion of the Blue Ridge mountains and Shenandoah River are in the state, most of it is in Virginia.
Has anyone noticed searching on google maps has gotten inaccurate. Like if I searched for "restaurant with covered patio" it just shows me every restaurant
I’m in southern Virginia and these Margined calligrapher flies are everywhere
Started getting paywalled by CNN… not gonna pay for this
That’d make for easy mining…
Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell.bsky.social · 5d agoThe inner moons of Neptune look like they were turned inside out, with deep-interior minerals spattered across their surfaces. Probably these moons are the shattered remains of earlier satellites that were shredded when a Pluto-like object came barreling in. 🧪🔭 www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...
Random: I don’t like that Powerball has been expanded into the UK and they share the prize pool with the US. Mainly because a winner there would be taking money away from the US.
Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.
Was in a rock shop and they had a collection of Bigfoot track casts signed by the late Jeff Meldrum.
Not a snark but you can just ask them to cash your certificate and they’ll give you the full amount in cash
Thomas [DARK MODE], DO@tom.medsky.social · last wk.Costco elite pro tip: If you use your annual rewards certificate but don't buy the full amount they will give you change in cash which you can then use to pay for your health care.
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Matthew R Francis@bowlerhatscience.org · last wk.STEGOSAURUS SOCIALISM
One time I won a big fossil fish plate at an auction at an association dinner. After winning it I realized it’d cost more to ship it than it’s worth. So I tipped it to the bartender at the event. He was very excited.