Dennis Geist

@magmacanteenboy.bsky.social

Professor for life. Preserve the Galapagos. I heart volcanoes.

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My @nytimes.com subscription just expired. Haven't really read anything but the arts for months, because of their normalization of the tyranny of the federal government, extra charge for sports, and the jokers on the opinion page. Is there a decent source of news and opinion out there?

In 2004, it took many, many days to produce detailed tsunami models after the devastating Sumatra earthquake. Last night? Slip models were being produced and shared within hours. That’s federally funded science in action.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.