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2026-05-04 13:43:36 UTC

Americans' favorite planet is "not sure" (38%) followed by Mars (19%) according to YouGov survey. Most (55%) are "not sure" what's their least favorite, followed by Mercury (12%)
https://ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Space_and_Aliens_poll_results.pdf

2026-04-12 19:53:33 UTC

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Oops, here's the Café Robey with the window view
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2026-04-12 18:00:59 UTC

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that would be so good. Back in (guess what year) we had plane tickets and hotel reservations for a family trip to the Baltic States plus Finland, but everything was canceled. At the time, I was unsure how we were going to transit the borders. Sadly, the trip has still not been accomplished. A through train line would be fantastic.

2026-04-12 17:52:02 UTC

#Chicago treats and eats, Wicker Park edition:
Queen Mary Tavern; Café Robey; soft opening at Qing Xiang Yuan
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2026-04-12 14:14:36 UTC

#Finland gains direct rail link to Europe this summer
(h/t Aarne Granlund over on bsky)
https://yle.fi/a/74-20220038

2026-04-11 14:12:06 UTC

"Emirates Global #Aluminium confirms force majeure on some contracts after Iran attack "
"The Middle East accounts for roughly 9 per cent of global aluminium production, with EGA playing a central role in supplying manufacturers across Europe, Asia and the US."
https://gulfbusiness.com/en/2026/uae/emirates-global-aluminium-force-majeure-contracts-al-taweelah/

2026-04-10 13:22:01 UTC

Small black bear hanging out in the north side of #Fargo - #NorthDakota
https://www.inforum.com/news/fargo/police-tracking-small-bear-on-the-loose-in-north-fargo

2026-04-10 03:46:00 UTC

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Glad you were able to make it!

2026-04-10 02:05:28 UTC

Western #Minnesota from the air the other day, after a snowstorm had passed through.
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2026-04-09 18:17:10 UTC

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Al Nier was instrumental (ha!) in pioneering age dating of Precambrian rocks. When I was at Minnesota, his lab in the physics department was still around. The Geology department then hired a number of outstanding mass spectrometrists who (continuing to this day) have made their own great impacts.

2026-04-09 17:42:56 UTC

🚨Special Lecture! 🚨 Origin and Evolution of Early Solar System Organic Materials! Dr. John Eiler, Caltech.
Monday, April 27, 5:45 p.m. Central time. Zoom option available!
In honor of mass spectrometry giant, A.O. Nier, who taught and researched at U #Minnesota for decades.
https://cse.umn.edu/esci/events/2026-aoc-nier-lecture

2026-04-08 20:11:35 UTC

#Minneapolis based Joe Ellis sees himself as curator, advisor, and broker, for graffiti artists. Interview in the High Plains reader; Exhibition at the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks
https://hpr1.com/index.php/arts-entertainment/arts/joe-ellis-graffiti-expert-collections-consultant-and-overall-cool-guy/

2026-04-08 12:48:40 UTC

The Ambassador for #Iran, Ardeshir Zahedi, hosted a party at the Iranian embassy 50 years ago, April, 1976. Sen. Edward Brooks (Mass) danced "The Hustle" w Elizabeth Taylor; Sen. Humphrey (Minnesota) and Sec. State Kissinger visited with Polly Bergen. Fargo Forum Newspaper. "It's Party Time" (AP)
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2026-04-08 02:33:58 UTC

Jimmy Carter wins Wisconsin primary, 50 years ago April 7, 1976, although Udall thought he had it. #OTD #Fargo Forum newspaper front page.
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2026-04-08 02:07:07 UTC

#Minneapolis connected international graffiti artist SHOCK UC MSK, will present a Gallery Talk on Thursday, April 9, 4:30 p.m. at #NorthDakota Museum of Art as part of the exhibition "Re-Arming Language" ! BE THERE or if you can't, then visit the exhibition, open until May 10.
#GrandForks
https://hpr1.com/index.php/arts-entertainment/arts/internationally-acclaimed-graffiti-artist-to-give-talk-and-lead-workshop-at/

2026-04-07 16:46:37 UTC

"Public health is not a government bureaucracy. It is the reason most of us are alive. It is clean water, childhood vaccines, and food safety inspections. ... And women — often overlooked, often working without recognition — built much of it." 🧪💉
https://www.inforum.com/opinion/columns/guest-column-a-fargo-daughter-proved-that-womens-health-matters-were-still-proving-it

2026-04-07 12:05:15 UTC

More on proposed cuts to US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), including to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), which supports Ag research. 🧪
https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/04/trump-budget-would-cut-usda-funding-by-4-9-billion/

2026-04-05 21:28:20 UTC

Modified #Chicago handshake
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2026-04-05 15:08:01 UTC

Chihuly in the Aroid House at the Garfield Park Conservatory, #Chicago. #SilentSunday
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2026-04-04 14:28:22 UTC

Almost exact repeat of April 4, 1976 winter storm in the #Fargo #Moorhead area: April 4, 2026 (left); news report in Forum newspaper from 50 years ago (right). #Minnesota #NorthDakota
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2026-04-03 13:41:27 UTC

Fluorescence class demonstration by my wonderful colleague D. UV light stimulates fluorescent plexiglass plates / liquids; detection by a portable spectrometer with spectra projected on screen.
(Yes, I'll borrow his rig sometime to demonstrate fluorescent minerals!)
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2026-04-03 05:27:03 UTC

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Big congrats, and thank you! 😊

2026-04-03 05:21:10 UTC

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fortunately not a critical delay, but I will be missing time with special people.

2026-04-03 05:19:18 UTC

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This is helpful to know, thanks! 🙏

2026-04-03 00:11:10 UTC

ORD not able to handle incoming scheduled flights? #Chicago
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2026-04-01 15:34:46 UTC

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One neighborhood family I grew up with in St.Paul, #Minnesota, was from Ukraine/Germany. Most of the kids joined various branches of the US military, with one becoming a Shuttle astronaut!

2026-04-01 15:00:47 UTC

Both my immigrant parents (Lithuania relocated to Germany during WWII, and India) were not citizens when I was born in the US. My spouse's parents (Iceland) also not. All of them became naturalized. I still remember the day my mom proudly came home from her ceremony.

2026-04-01 13:16:30 UTC

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Wow, thank you for posting! Adding this to my playlist for sure

2026-03-31 19:42:46 UTC

🚨Job Alert!🚨 For Museum Educators: Outreach Program Coordinator in the Education Department at Museum of the Rockies, Montana, USA. (h/t ladynaturalist on bsky)
https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/50937

2026-03-31 15:44:37 UTC

🚨Job Alert 🚨 ! summer job suitable for undergraduate geology or environmental as Hydrologic Technician with the US Geological Survey (USGS)
Kansas, Michigan Minnesota Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming
⚒️🧪
Short Deadline! Apr 6, 2026
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/863100500

2026-03-30 04:12:44 UTC

Red River of the North at Fargo-Moorhead, (left) and Grand Forks-East Grand Forks (right). The river delineates the border between #NorthDakota and #Minnesota
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2026-03-28 17:50:33 UTC

#NoKings Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2026-03-28 13:40:49 UTC

#NoKings protests in #NorthDakota March 28:
Bottineau, 2-3:30 PM at 912 11th Street East
Fargo–Moorhead, 1-3 PM at Centennial Boulevard & N University Drive (#NDSU)
Grand Forks, 12-1:30 PM at Town Square
Jamestown, 10-10:30 top of Mill Hill
Minot, 4-5 PM at Town & Country Shopping Center
Medora, 12-2 PM at 201 E River Road
Ray, 1- 2:30 PM at Ray Baseball Fields (near NCC building)
Valley City, 12-12:30 PM at Veterans Memorial Park
Williston, 1-3 PM, Harmon Park
linktr.ee/prairieactionnd

2026-03-26 23:48:03 UTC

Running NMR of unknowns for the analytical #chemistry lab course 😊🧪
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2026-03-25 19:22:12 UTC

"AI-ready Coordination Hubs" to be established in every U.S. state and territory, per US National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Agriculture (USDA NIFA), Department of Labor, and Small Business Administration (SBA)
https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-initiative-aims-make-every-american-worker-business

2026-03-23 16:11:12 UTC

Just learned that a colleague at a neighboring university, who has been fixed term for a while, has been offered a TT position at an R1 in a different region.
Will miss them! It may be rare, but it can happen.*
(*Yes, I know it's not for everyone)

2026-03-21 05:02:58 UTC

Escalation
https://www.twz.com/news-features/uss-boxer-the-second-amphibious-assault-ship-now-heading-to-middle-east

2026-03-21 04:51:18 UTC

Unclear on the implications of this, wrt geology, etc.
"Important: Withdrawal of selected Cambridge OCR general qualifications"
https://www.ocr.org.uk/administration/support-and-tools/subject-updates/qual-withdrawals-757190/

2026-03-20 13:59:14 UTC

Front page of the Fargo-Moorhead Forum newspaper from 50 years ago, 1976.
Patty Hearst, George Bush goes to CIA, local #NorthDakota spring weather, a robber that nabbed $30 to $40, Gov Wendy Anderson signs #Minnesota bill to raise drinking age to 19.
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2026-03-20 13:24:33 UTC

"TectoTalks" focus on Fold-and-thrust belts and orogens in seismic reflection data #geophysics #geology
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2026-03-20 01:53:47 UTC

"Global #copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth"
Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines
Adam Charles Simon, University of Michigan
https://theconversation.com/global-copper-demand-outstrips-supply-threatening-electrification-and-industrial-growth-276843

2026-03-19 13:10:42 UTC

"Iran war has US farmers worried about the cost and availability of fertilizer"
story out of Bismarck, #NorthDakota
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-fertilizer-availability-cost-farmers-aa846fb0e30d1060d8993c65d32fe12b

2026-03-19 12:27:51 UTC

Powell:
"The thing I really want to emphasize is that nobody knows. You know, the economic effects could be bigger, they could be smaller, they could be much smaller or much bigger. We just don't know."
— Fed Chair J Powell, on the war in Iran, speaking at press conference on Wed. (source: Yahoo finance)

2026-03-18 15:46:32 UTC

Tonight (Wed, March 18) at 6:30 pm (EDT) a public event on "Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature" by Bob Hazen and Mike Wong. ⚒️🧪 #mineralogy
Virtual registration at https://carnegiescience.edu/times-second-arrow
h/t Bob Hazen on the email list of the Mineralogical Society of America

2026-03-15 13:40:26 UTC

#Minnesota blizzard update - "White-out conditions in some areas"
https://www.fox9.com/weather/minnesota-winter-storm-updates-march-15-2026

2026-03-15 05:16:41 UTC

The amazing Vanessa Collier and her band at Unit B in #SantaFe, #NewMexico. Check them out!
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2026-03-13 15:04:36 UTC

Tree blossoms on a Friday morn
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2026-03-10 04:05:53 UTC

"Why $100 Oil Isn’t Going to Spark a New Shale Boom"
"So far, nothing has changed for us...even missile strikes aren’t shaking off the lethargy in oil right now."
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-100-Oil-Isnt-Going-to-Spark-a-New-Shale-Boom.html

2026-03-09 03:09:50 UTC

A little nostalgia - in high school we practiced these harmonies for weeks. Our guitarist was fantastic. (#SteelyDan Chain Lightning)
https://youtu.be/HmrxL8iTV_Q

2026-03-08 18:05:29 UTC

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Interesting reaction video from a guitarist
https://share.google/wTp0P439k69fvk0kq

2026-03-07 19:19:44 UTC

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2026-03-07 19:16:50 UTC

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https://www.threads.com/@cdnhistoryehx/post/DVUGsOGj2Vv

2026-03-07 18:36:24 UTC

Upcoming field trips with The Geologists' Association!
geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/
19 April, 'Quaternary Berkshire'
16 May, 'Medieval building stones of Strata Florida Abbey & St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth'
6 June, 'White Cliffs of Kingsgate, Isle of Thanet'
5 July, 'Llandudno: ‘A walk through the Visean...’
7 -9 July, 'Edinburgh - James Hutton Tercentenary Field Meeting, Siccar Point & Arthur’s Seat'
etc.
(h/t pavementgeology @ bsky)

2026-03-07 15:07:36 UTC

"U.S. aluminum buyers hunt for alternatives as Iran war upends global supply"
https://financialpost.com/commodities/us-aluminum-buyers-hunt-for-alternative-supply

2026-03-07 05:27:01 UTC

2026 Shipboard Immersion - Waterfronts Past & Present: Learning How Engineers Design with Nature
"Opportunity to learn about the #GreatLakes and coastal engineering in Milwaukee."
For "formal or nonformal educators who teach at the middle or high-school level that are experienced or new to the Great Lakes Literacy Principles"
STIPENDS Will be provided to offset costs of attendance and travel."
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVZi5MgDnKn91m-FG5UperWqYjo7DBe-43hnwt7L6FZxCM6w/viewform

2026-03-06 14:10:49 UTC

IANAP (I am not a paleontologist), but, this putative ammonite fossil, for sale in a shop in New Mexico, seems manipulated and not quite authentic.
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2026-03-06 03:46:37 UTC

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Similar in that it does use X-ray as the input energy to the sample! But, different in that what it measures is emitted electron energy. We can learn what elements are in the sample, plus info on how they are bonded and their charge.
A schematic from the Science Education Resource Center (SERC):
https://serc.carleton.edu/details/images/256274.html

2026-03-05 22:37:59 UTC

Just back from a demo of the XPS! #Chemistry
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2026-03-05 04:10:36 UTC

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2026-03-05 02:41:02 UTC

Update on hazardous chemical cleanup (or not) in groundwater at Leech Lake, #Minnesota 🧪⚒️
https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2026/03/a-superfund-site-in-minnesota-is-spreading-disrupting-a-tribes-way-of-life/

2026-03-03 13:49:18 UTC

Fantastic story on a wilderness library in #India !
https://official.resource.org/@carlmalamud/116165328979718444

2026-03-02 20:56:18 UTC

"Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) ... is building North America’s first fully integrated ... rare earth processing facility..."
#REE #Rareearth 🧪⚒️
https://oilprice.com/Interviews/Inside-North-Americas-First-Fully-Integrated-Rare-Earth-Facility.html

2026-03-01 15:37:45 UTC

🚨Job Alert!🚨 Three (3) tenure track positions at Tohuku University: #Mathematics, #Physics, #Astronomy, #Geophysics, #Chemistry, or Earth Science #geology 🧪✔️
https://www.sci.tohoku.ac.jp/english/news/20260219-14107.html

2026-02-28 14:27:00 UTC

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Thanks for posting these! 🙏

2026-02-28 05:03:37 UTC

https://mastodon.social/@usercounts/116146490986831107
What's going on, here?

2026-02-27 20:56:05 UTC

Great reaction video to Angine de Poitrine (h/t cavu4ever on bsky)
(also, if you don't like Google links, then just don't click on it.)
https://share.google/wTp0P439k69fvk0kq

2026-02-27 13:28:43 UTC

🚨Job Alert!🚨 Position in Earth Materials Sciences, Utrecht University
#mineralogy #materials ⚒️🧪
https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/assistant-professor-in-earth-materials-mineral-science

2026-02-26 18:41:43 UTC

New prep for me this semester: Analytical / instrumental methods in chemistry. We get to enjoy working with AAS, ICP-OES, SEM-EDS, XRF, NMR, UV-VIS, IR, SPR, GCMS, CHNS elemental analysis and more!
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2026-02-25 06:49:13 UTC

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I just find a T under a shirt too bulky and too warm. Apparently, I sweat less than some other folks I know, so that hasn't been a problem for me.

2026-02-25 06:19:39 UTC

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I mostly wear this style as undershirts, as I find sleeved ones too constricting. But, I don't wear them without a shirt to cover them! (In winter, however, I may wear a long sleeved undershirt.)

2026-02-24 21:48:59 UTC

2026 #NorthDakota Reclamation Conference, March 3 - 4, Watford City. Topics include:
#Soil Health and Conservation,
Satellite Spill Detection,
Mine Reclamation,
Delineation Technologies,
Microbial Response in Remediation,
Soil Responses to Pipeline Reclamation, etc. 🧪⚒️
https://ndreclamation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/02/ND-Reclamation-2026-Schedule-1.pdf

2026-02-23 21:27:55 UTC

Death Gulch at Yellowstone is "a natural death trap for animals" due to CO2 and H2S accumulation. "At high concentrations..., these gases are lethal, and the death of one animal is thought to lure in others, who are then also overcome." Also, description of Wahb Springs.
Great post by US Geological Survey #USGS scientists #geology 🧪⚒️
https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/yellowstones-wahb-springs-and-death-gulch-unusual-features-unusual-names

2026-02-22 03:24:59 UTC

Winter evening in the neighborhood #SilentSunday
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2026-02-19 14:03:42 UTC

"A porous liquid is a liquid solvent combined with a porous solid material — a combination that essentially creates a liquid full of tiny cavities. Those cavities create empty space inside the liquid, allowing it to absorb and store gas molecules."
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116688

2026-02-19 13:28:28 UTC

Germany's population is estimated to decline by 10% by 2070, from 83.5 to 74.7 million. One of the reasons is emigration; over 250,000 people per year leave #Deutschland.
https://www.wiwo.de/erfolg/trends/migration-wer-verlaesst-deutschland-eigentlich/100201395.html
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2026-02-19 13:17:36 UTC

Our neighbor across the street snowblowing in the predawn
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2026-02-17 17:32:19 UTC

Research Grants $2,500 - $10,000 supporting field research at known or suspected terrestrial impact sites. The goal of the Barringer Family Fund "is to nurture and help sustain a vibrant impact crater research community by supporting students and early career scientists" Deadline 1 April. #geology #meteorite ⚒️🧪
https://meteoritical.org/grants/barringer-family-fund-meteorite-impact-research

2026-02-15 16:28:20 UTC

A very frozen and snow covered Red River of the North, from January; looking south-ish from Grand Forks, #NorthDakota. Rail bridge in the distance. The plume in the far distance is from the Crystal Sugar beet processing plant on the #Minnesota side. #SilentSunday
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2026-02-14 15:30:02 UTC

"The appearance and surroundings of Reynisfjara Black Beach in Mýrdalur have changed dramatically" #Iceland.
"Where there was once exposed shoreline, there is now a high erosion bank, and below it in the sand are large, heavy stones being violently tossed back and forth by the immense force of the surf."
https://share.google/69j4sfIdCaWxQCfIN

2026-02-12 21:30:27 UTC

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Precambrian basement core! Eastern ND #geology
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2026-02-12 18:59:24 UTC

🚨Job Alert!🚨 Geochronology and Thermochronology Lab Manager, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Manage and operate laser-ablation U/Th-Pb and U/Th-He laboratories and accompanying mineral separation facilities. #geology ⚒️🧪
https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/273395/geochronology-thermochronology-laboratory-manager

2026-02-11 21:29:41 UTC

Sampling Precambrian core of eastern #NorthDakota basement, for geochemistry, petrology, and isotope age dating studies! At #NDGS core library in Grand Forks.
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2026-02-11 03:10:42 UTC

Reliable person I know, in a #Minneapolis suburb, today:
"Saw my first ice arrest this morning. At a church in Excelsior on Hwy 7 there was a man laying on the snow with 2 or 3 ice agents on top of him and another 2 or 3 agents running towards him. All with their masks on."
#Minnesota

2026-02-09 12:47:13 UTC

"Lithium Harvest" and others to potentially extract Li from oil field brine in the Williston Basin #NorthDakota ✔️🧪
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2026/02/03/oil-field-waste-could-fuel-a-new-industry-in-north-dakota-proponents-say/

2026-02-08 19:26:26 UTC

"Congress has thwarted devastating budget cuts to key US government research funding agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (#NSF), that were proposed" 🧪
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/dramatic-reductions-proposed-for-us-science-agencies-by-trump-administration-evaporate/4022868.article

2026-02-07 20:42:04 UTC

As seen in Uptown neighborhood of #Minneapolis (Charles Schultz was born in Mpls)
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2026-02-06 13:53:51 UTC

A Lithospheric Drip Triggered Green and Colorado River Integration 🧪⚒️ #geology
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JF008733

2026-02-04 19:10:23 UTC

2026 Tucson Mineral Symposium of the Friends of #Mineralogy National, in conjunction with the Mineralogical Society of America and the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, February 14. Remote attendance is possible! 🧪⚒️ 💎
https://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/symposia/2026-tucson-mineral-symposium/

2026-02-04 19:01:50 UTC

Great story on the development of Laila Edwards, Team USA and #Olympic #hockey player
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47792766/laila-edwards-2026-milan-cortina-winter-olympics-team-usa-women-hockey

2026-02-04 14:12:20 UTC

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge ✔️
"Striking [90 year old] essay on letting artists and scholars and scientists do what they will. Great things happen." (David Syzdek). hosting by Bret Victor.
https://worrydream.com/refs/Flexner_1939_-_The_Usefulness_of_Useless_Knowledge.html

2026-02-03 02:59:15 UTC

🚨Job Alert! 🚨 Professorship (W 2) for #Petrology at #Geosciences, Uni Potsdam. 🧪⚒️
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/fileadmin/projects/verwaltung/docs/Dezernat3/Ausschreibungen/1_Professuren/W2_Petrology_Homepage.pdf

2026-02-02 14:07:21 UTC

How I start the new week
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2026-01-30 17:16:58 UTC

Of interest to experimental petrologists, upcoming virtual workshop "to discuss and plan to address systematic bias in predictive models caused by the way trace element partitioning data is currently published." #geology #geochemistry ⚒️
https://serc.carleton.edu/ieda/events/expet_workshop/overview.html

2026-01-29 22:21:08 UTC

Back on the SEM-EDS for a class exercise in measuring chemical composition of "unknowns"
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2026-01-28 15:17:24 UTC

#NorthDakota "likely topped 800,000 residents for the first time in history, state demographer Nigel Haarstad said. Births continue to exceed deaths, and the amount of people moving into the state outpaces people moving out"
https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-has-likely-surpassed-800-000-residents-state-demographer-says

2026-01-26 13:19:58 UTC

Overall Higher Education enrollment in the US trended slightly up for 2025; international down.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/2026/01/15/fall-enrollment-increased-1-international-students-declined

2026-01-25 18:34:38 UTC

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Honor to ziibiing.com 🙏

2026-01-25 17:12:13 UTC

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https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

2026-01-25 04:01:41 UTC

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Swiffer (or similar brands) is the easy way!

2026-01-24 05:10:39 UTC

NDAWN, the #NorthDakota mesonet, shows temperatures from Minnesota across North Dakota into Montana from -29 F (-33 C) to relatively warm -10 F (-23 C) tonight.
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