Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez

Pete wanted to get a hit, but a walk is cool, too.

Just remember, Pete the Cat is absolutely into baseball analytics.

Not really. You can put things on reserve, but rarely are they prepared packets like this. (unrelated: the library does have proper film screening rooms).

Yeah, I usually recommend that they print it and I print a lot of stuff for class ... but even at a privilege college like Denison, people are always about the $.

So, here's the thing: there is a lot of pressure from students and admin to not use paper. One reason is cost (books and copies are pricy) and the other is resources (paper is wasteful). I agree, printed page is much better but nobody wants you to use it.

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-11F. That's toasty.

What could possibly go wrong?

Volcano Watch — When it rained rocks: tephra fall during Kīlauea’s episode 41 Large lava fountains streamed from both the north and south vents reaching heights of at least 1475 feet (450 meters) during episode 41 of Kīlauea’s summit eruption on January 24, 2026. Strong updraft...

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"When it rained rocks: tephra fall during Kīlauea's episode 41"

www.usgs.gov/observatorie...

Rick Rizzs, ever-faithful voice of Seattle baseball, will retire after one last pennant chase 'He is Mariners, through and through,' said Dave Sims. 'If he could snap his fingers, that franchise would have five or six rings.'

Well, dang. I love listening to Rick: www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...

I mean, the corporations have now made it possible to do your work with AI or use AI to prove you didn't use AI to do your work. Win-win!

To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.

We're *so* close to some students spending more time to have AI do their work, then use AI to make it not seem like AI and then have AI check it ... all taking more time and money than, you know, doing that actual work.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Map showing the location of an earthquake near Great Falls. The location of the earthquake is marked to the star. The somewhat concentric lines of different colors indicate different levels of shaking intensity.

Interesting M4.2 earthquake in Montana today 8 km NE of Black Eagle, Montana. Looks to have been widely felt, especially in Great Falls.

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Welcome back to Eruptions So, it has been awhile, right? Over the past few years, there have been a lot of changes to my volcano communication world. Scientists moved from Twitter to Bluesky. People decided they wanted podc…

One last blast for the PM crowd: Eruptions is back! I have resurrected my blog and I will start (mostly) regularly updating with volcano news, research and culture. Check it out: eruptions.site/2026/01/28/w...

I think there is a distinct split for Gen X -- those who would think Fight Club is a plan versus a warning.

Remember Shatner made a movie in Esperanto to try to get people to take up the "language"? That's what Aranofsky's AI films will look like in history.

I would like to beseech, nay implore, committees to consider that there are more ways to reach people than just papers and webinars.

Welcome back to Eruptions So, it has been awhile, right? Over the past few years, there have been a lot of changes to my volcano communication world. Scientists moved from Twitter to Bluesky. People decided they wanted podc…

Like a latter-day Dr. Frankenstein, I have revived my Eruptions blog from beyond the grave. My hope is that it doesn't wreak havoc, but instead returns me to writing about volcanoes regularly. You should check it out! eruptions.site/2026/01/28/w...

A feature not a bug.

The site is a little weird right now because we go from a post in 2009 to today's post, but what can you do. I'm picking up where I left off after 15 years in the media landscape.

You might have even noticed that my handle here is now is @eruptions.site.

Welcome back to Eruptions So, it has been awhile, right? Over the past few years, there have been a lot of changes to my volcano communication world. Scientists moved from Twitter to Bluesky. People decided they wanted podc…

Eruptions is back ... and by back, I mean a return to blogging. Back in 2008, I started Eruptions to write about volcanoes as they happen, talk about volcano culture and research. Now I want to go back to that free-wheeling format. Welcome to eruptions.site: eruptions.site/2026/01/28/w...

I decided to let the newsletter lie fallow for a bit while I thought about what I wanted to do. One thing was working on a book proposal. I did that! The other was a realisation that what I wanted to do for volcano communication is go back to where it all started: "blogs". Thus, my news for today!

So, you all might have wondered why it has been 2 months since the last newsletter. Mostly, I was disenchanted with the newsletter format and with the world today, it was hard to be inspired to write in such a fashion. It took a lot of work and time to write each newsletter. (1/x)

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Maybe not horrible, but ...

Tidal waves of lava may slosh around alien worlds Waves of molten rock could be confounding observations of atmospheres on distant planets

*taps mic* ahem

May I interrupt the nonstop tidal wave of doom with a tidal wave of LAVA?

They're as high as a skyscraper, ooze at the speed of a human sprinter, and are really, really hot.

By me for @science.org, reported from the #RockyWorlds4 conference: 🔭🧪

As we hit Day 3 of cancelled school here in Granville, I have taken to calling it "Snovid". There is a lot of PTSD to these extended cancellations for us parents of kids of a certain age.

Billy Bragg is my north star.

This is the equivalent of Homer’s “rock attained perfection in 1974”

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You totally get the feeling that Punxsutawney Phil is going to see the world today and just say "screw this" as he blasts off into space.