Bkania

As soon as the big A bought it.

This is just incredibly beautiful!!! What talent!!

What did they expect? 🤦‍♀️

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.

Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.

Love this quote from the article: “I characterize science as a bunch of 5-year-olds playing soccer,” says another researcher [Sam Goldman]. “They all go where the ball is, running around the field in a herd.”

www.wired.com/story/scient...

Agreed

This is a good article about the history of Parkinson’s research & the influence of genes & the environment on the disease.

If you teach biology this is a good article to share with your students to discuss not only research priorities but the need to understand our environment as well as genetics

Chinese Expedition Reveals Unexplored Section of Mysterious Arctic Ocean Ridge Oceanographers hope to find otherworldly ecosystems at hydrothermal vents on the Arctic seafloor

Welp. Here we go. #gakkelridge

Trump vetoes Miccosukee flood protection, citing tribe’s opposition to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ The Miccosukee Tribe’s lawsuit contesting an immigration detention facility in the Everglades cost them federally funded flood protection, at least if President Donald Trump gets his way.

In his veto letter, President Trump blamed the Miccosukee Tribe for having “actively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected.”

via @floridaphoenix.com

Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.

A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.

Department of Justice Violates Epstein Files Law By Failing to Inform Congress of Reasons Behind Redactions The Justice Department has now blown through another deadline.

NEWS: A source confirms DOJ has NOT provided Congress the legally required explanation for redactions in the Epstein file releases, despite a Jan. 3 statutory deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Poorly preserved photo of Mt. Lassen, which awoke from a 27,000 year dormancy on May 30th, 1914. This is likely one of the earliest series of steam explosions that finally culminated in an explosive May 15th, 1915 eruption. More at the comment below.

Back of picture is captioned with “Mt Lassen” (Shasta has been crossed out, a mistake by the author) “July 17 - 1914 11:45 AM one half mile distant”

An 111 year-old photo of Mt. Lassen volcanic activity reminds us that Lassen is active and will eventually erupt again. Below (comment) is a link to the history of the 1914 - 1917 eruptions that include the one below. Picture from great uncle and provided by cousin.

⚒️ 🧪 Geosciences geology 🪨

"A day late and a dollar short" Thank you for devoting your precious time to such a wonderful and informative thread. It felt like we were on a very special tour.

So that's #365Minerals over and done with. It's been eight(!) years since I did the first #365Minerals over on Twitter - it was inspired by #365Papers. I'm glad that this time around I could use my own photos of specimens on display in the NHM! Thanks for following! 🧪⚒️💎

Picture looking south on the Berwickshire coast showing a section of Carboniferous cliffs. Rocks are sandstones belonging to the Fell Sandstone Formation. They are composed of fluvial (river) sandstones with interbedded mudstones, deposited in a floodplain setting. The rocks are now dipping almost vertically due to tectonic activity associated with the variscan orogeny (mountain building event).

rock and a hard place wait for me
between the devil and the deep blue sea
everything I ever did right or wrong
hid out of sight where I belong

happy winter solstice (and the promise of longer rock hunting days) x

The November 20, 1933 M7.3 #earthquake offshore Baffin Island, #Nunavut triggered submarine landslides.
See some of the latest research here:
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
🧪⚒️🌊

A blocky chunk of greyish-white, featureless nepheline, with dark brown stripes of biotite. From Dungannon, Ontario, Canada. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

324 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Nepheline:
- A feldspathoid mineral
- Forms in volcanic rocks with low silica content
- Its name comes from the Greek word "νεφέλη/nephélē" (cloud) because it turns cloudy when exposed to strong acid #minerals

Remember, Galena is not only the principal ore for lead, but also an important ore for silver. Vote Galena.

Psst. Did you see?

After years of asking us for mini-cups, we have a week-long race through the blend of economics and geology that are ore minerals.

Go, learn, share, vote!

Medicare Price Hikes Would Push Majority of Seniors to Ditch Plans—Poll

A new SeniorLiving.org report found that 69 percent of beneficiaries would leave their plan over price increases.

Black kyanite fans in small cardboard half-boxes

Box of raw pale blue larimar with polished beads in the adjacent box

A box of rough cream and pink rhodochrosite priced per ounce

Box of rainbow-tarnished bornite ore

Why hello, minerals from Cups past!

It’s always fun to see our contenders (and some Champions) at an affordable price tag in local rock shops.

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Have minerals you want to see run in #MinCup26? The nomination form is open! www.mineralcup.org/nominations

We have a #MinCup25 champion!!

Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025

After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?

Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.

Thank you.

Enduring gratitude for all of you! Thank you for devoting your precious time to such a wonderful undertaking! Much Thanks.

#MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐

I second that!

Heroes all. #MinCup25

#MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐