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Cubs fan. 🌋 & magma, mineral resources, tectonics, wilderness, pawpaws, outdoor gear, 🏝⛰🏕, Rectal cancer survivor. Views and opinions expressed are mine. #geology #earthscience #geoscience ⚒️

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Bill Haneberg@haneberg.bsky.social · last wk.

A year or two ago, an AI-boosting petro-bro—a geologist if memory serves—suggested on a different platform that the entire USGS core facility should be shuttered because anything of value had been digitized and maintaining physical samples was a waste of money. He couldn't have been more wrong! ⚒️

Le Cagle@lecagle.bsky.social · 2w ago

I cannot emphasize enough of the importance of this point: the physical archive is not a digital file. And crucially, it CANNOT be a digital file. Doing research with physical samples from ecological collections requires physically analyzing them. You can't just take photos and call it a day.

The Physical Archive Is Not a Digital File Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire was among the sites under review during the Forest Service restructuring but has since received a public reprieve. The future of Bartlett Experimental Forest, also in New Hampshire, remains unresolved. The governance problem, however, extends beyond either site. Hubbard Brook’s physical archive holds more than 60,000 barcoded and cataloged samples: water, soils, plant material, and physical cores spanning 7 decades of continuous collection and stored under active environmental controls in a dedicated building on site. These samples cannot be digitized. They cannot be migrated to a remote server, backed up to cloud storage, or emailed to a university partner. The samples require a functioning building, active temperature management, and a named human steward responsible for their integrity.
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago

9. By supporting universities, they support the human capital development that flows into the commercial sector and generates the growth and innovation that has been a massive boon for US commerce. This plan undercuts that role, with disastrous consequences that will ricochet for years to come.

Wai Allen, PhD@nativesedhead.bsky.social · 2w ago

After Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments being slashed, public comments are now open on whether the buffer around Chaco Canyon will also be slashed (>300k acres) until July 29. Please submit a public comment thru NEPA Register (click participate now): eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...

BLM Seeks Input on Proposed Withdrawal Revocation Near Chaco Culture National Historical Park | Bureau of Land Management

The BLM is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment for the proposed revocation of Public Land Order No. 7923 affecting public lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in...

blm.gov

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3w ago

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

Ben Allen@evodynamics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 3w ago

In all seriousness, Trump and Republicans are setting the stage right now to attack our democracy, steal our elections, and violently crush any dissent. Wake up, America.

Alex Wild@alexwild.bsky.social · 3w ago

Most of the federal agency science budgets goes into the salaries of students and trainees, and the decision to take that money and instead give it to industry and already rich venture capitalists is fundamentally a decision to have many fewer scientists and do far less science in the future.

Mary Feeney@mkfeeney.bsky.social · last mo.

They deeply understand science & the value of US public investments in science. They don't believe in public goods and investing in shared public value for all. They see how much we spend on science and want it for themselves - and don't care if that hurts others (produces less science/scientists)

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · last mo.

Today, I introduced legislation to require that the minimum wage be a living wage. $25 an hour is what’s required for a full time worker to pay their bills, and we shouldn’t accept that full time work leaves people living in poverty.

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦@watershedlab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

TODAY! I am fully aware of how absurd a <24h deadline is but trust me there’s a good reason. if you’re interested in this postdoc, send me your CV immediately.🧪⚒️

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦@watershedlab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️

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MB@matttg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Some of us - actual Geology programs- are trying to do this here in the USA.. just need funding - to support the teaching & learning, infrastructure, and of course ideally student support.. catalog.k-state.edu/preview_prog... 🧪⚒️

Program: Mineral Exploration for a Sustainable Future Graduate Certificate - Kansas State University

Kansas State University Graduate Catalog; Kansas State University Undergraduate Catalog.

catalog.k-state.edu

Brandon Bishop@brandontbishop.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Fellowships are authorized to support (1) U.S. citizens attending foreign mining institutions in order to build the capacity of the U.S. mining workforce" You could just fund geology and the USGS in particular.