Dr. Jessica Ball 🍪

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.

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, ...

"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."

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.

a woman is sitting in a crowd of people with her mouth open and the words `` i hate it ! '' ALT: a woman is sitting in a crowd of people with her mouth open and the words `` i hate it ! ''

This is why, as a single lady who lives in Silicon Valley but isn't in tech, I spend so much time screaming into my screaming pillow. These are the same types who shilled "raw water" and were convinced we all wanted to exist as virtual reality avatars.

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

I received a noise blocking screaming pillow for Christmas and I have used it several times today already

One crudely drawn cartoon character kicking another screaming cartoon character off a cliff. The falling character is labeled 2025 because this year definitely deserves to die at the bottom of a pit

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.

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…

The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.

a man in a striped shirt and tie is sleeping on a couch Alt: a man in a striped shirt and tie is fanning himself with a sheaf of paper

It is entirely too warm in Virginia today and I object.

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

Seriously considering asking for one of those noise-blocking screaming pillows for Christmas. Anyone have a favorite brand? (Small business artisinal screaming pillows preferred...)

Well, Congress passed a law about it after the last marathon shutdown, but laws seem to be pretty optional these days so 🤷‍♀️

Wait until the feds get paychecks, we all gotta do our holiday shopping real fast...😂

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.”

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

"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...

Red Sonja?

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.

Sad news about a colleague of mine at the USGS and a legend in the volcanology field: www.usgs.gov/observatorie...

Trewly.

YouTube video by HUDchannel Live: The New Golden Age of HUD | Secretary Turner Unveils HUD’s New Building

Absolutely speechless as this press conference basically ignores that NSF is already working, living, loving this building. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdct...

Not seeing nearly enough coverage of this.

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

This is how it’s done!
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A pale yellow lab on a red leash looks happily at the woman petting him. He is adorned with red white and blue pompoms and wearing a sign on each side. The visible sign reads "Pro Democracy, Pro Choice, Pro Science, Pro Women, Pro Dogs". Around him, protesterscmill about with similar signs.

A very important doggo from one of today's #NoKings protests. (The other side of his signs says "No tariffs on treats")

@weratedogs.com

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...

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...

a close up of a sad cat with the words pleeeaasse written below it ALT: a close up of a sad cat with the words pleeeaasse written below it

Pls elaborate on Shia LaBeouf, I implore you

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.

Okay, probably closer to 300. But yowie!

Not even in frame. That's gotta be over 400 meters

[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater) YouTube video by USGS

Holy mackerel! Check out today's Kilauea eruption www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...

Volcanic Unrest and Hazard Communication in Long Valley Volcanic Region, California The onset of volcanic unrest in Long Valley Caldera, California, in 1980 and the subsequent fluctuations in unrest levels through May 2016 illustrate: (1) the evolving relations between scientists mon...

There's a great paper by Dave Hill (former USGS seismologist) about the Mammoth crisis at link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...) He spent much of his career running the Long Valley Observatory (now CalVO) and working to repair trust in the USGS in Mammoth.