Dr. Jessica Ball 🍪
@tuffcookie.bsky.social
Volcanologist, scicomm-er, Magma PI, Field Fiddler. She/her. Tweets, likes, retweets do not speak for or represent past/present employers.
Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
I know there are a lot of bad things happening, but this too is quite bad and I haven't seen a lot of folks on here talking about it! papersplease.org/wp/2026/06/2...
California legislature agrees to upload driver’s licenses to national database – Papers, Please!
Even after the fact, neither California nor individual Californians will know that this has happened or be able to challenge it.
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We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience
Hey folks! Was just made aware of this website that's "selling" Parks passes and USGS maps (which are always free in digital form). Just a reminder that legit government websites ALWAYS end in .gov, and you can only purchase NPS passes from the official NPS and USGS sites.
Donald Trump just threatened to unilaterally destroy an entire civilization. Is there genuinely no limit to what Republicans will allow this unhinged, unwell man to do? Congress must come back to Washington to rein in this dangerous behavior immediately.
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
Welp, time to cancel that Ring subscription and set up a private camera system so I can watch the delivery folks chuck my packages over my fence. Oy.
"After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, to my understanding, will be about forty-eight hours."
Tinder Hasn’t Worked, So I’m Putting Myself on Zillow
After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, ...
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
I received a noise blocking screaming pillow for Christmas and I have used it several times today already
a cartoon character is sitting on a bed holding a pillow and saying muffled screaming .
Alt: Catroon little girl Lilo falls back on her bed clutching a pillow to her face to muffle her screaming and, Same, Lilo, same
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Good riddance. Let's spend 2026 not actively destroying the world, mkay?
Not on Bluesky because we weren’t allowed to join, but people get mad because we posted updates reminding them that California's volcanoes are NOT erupting.
Kristi Yamaguccimane@wapplehouse.bsky.social · 7mo agoWhat’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials
Federal lawmakers called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.” Gov. Jared Polis said: “If true, public safety is at risk and science…
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Seriously considering asking for one of those noise-blocking screaming pillows for Christmas. Anyone have a favorite brand? (Small business artisinal screaming pillows preferred...)
a cartoon girl in shorts and a pink shirt is standing in a room
Alt: Animated GIF of Noni from the cartoon Lilo and Stitch movie as she grabs a throw pillow, clutches it to her face, and screams
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delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍
Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune
Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”
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"Incoherent empty men want to sell me the chance to stop reading and writing and thinking, to stop caring for my kids or talking to my parents, to stop choosing what I do or knowing why I do it. Blissful ignorance and total isolation." anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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Sad news about a colleague of mine at the USGS and a legend in the volcanology field: www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
In Memoriam: Wes Hildreth, 1938-2025
The USGS California Volcano Observatory is saddened to announce the death of Edward Wesley (Wes) Hildreth III, in a vehicle accident on June 19, 2025, in rural western Nevada near Long Valley Caldera.
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Absolutely speechless as this press conference basically ignores that NSF is already working, living, loving this building. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdct...
Live: The New Golden Age of HUD | Secretary Turner Unveils HUD’s New Building
YouTube video by HUDchannel
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
A very important doggo from one of today's #NoKings protests. (The other side of his signs says "No tariffs on treats") @weratedogs.com
If anyone wants to hear me and my observatory's monitoring chief talk California volcanoes, this week's NSPR Blue Dot podcast is out! 🧪⚒️🌋 Blue Dot: The Golden State's volcanic legacy: The USGS California Volcano Observatory | NSPR share.google/mko4KMElJXsU...
Blue Dot: The golden state's volcanic legacy: The USGS California Volcano Observatory
Host Dave Schlom discusses one of his favorite topics, California's volcanoes, with two United States Geological Survey staff members from the USGS California Volcano Observatory based at Moffett Fiel...
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Imagine this thread, with added volcanoes, and you've got a decent idea of what my job feels like nowadays. I'm either depressed or angry, unable to plan, constantly on edge. Utterly maddening when all I want to do is help people.
Well, that's the presidential proposed USGS budget for FY26. It’s not just NSF and NASA that would be taking earth science research hits if it's enacted.
Holy mackerel! Check out today's Kilauea eruption www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
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🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
