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Posts by John McDaris, PhD

@geosociety.bsky.social Why does the GSA Connects App have to be so bad? Searching for people is completely broken. The only thing that seems to work is manually browsing through every session. Do better.

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Increasing Student Success 2025 CREATED AI SHORT SUMMARY CONTENT BIT

Are you or your higher ed STEM colleagues looking for ways to improve student success in your courses? Check out this new #profdev opportunity from the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College. #STEMEd #STEMEducation

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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE

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Ah yes... The time of year when Costco puts gloves, sweat shorts, and long johns by the front door... #winterisoming #housestark

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C-ChanGe The Cultural Change in Geoscience (C-ChanGe) project works toward a vision of the future where all people at each stage of their career experience academic geoscience as a safe and welcoming environme...

2/2 Then Friday happened...
We got word from NSF that my grant had been summarily canceled 8 months into a 3 year award.
serc.carleton.edu/c-change/ind...
I am very proud of the work we were doing with geo faculty to make departments a welcoming home for all. I am also beyond angry. So far beyond.

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1/2 Last week two big things happened.
Wednesday, I discovered that the final paper from my thesis has been published.
Automated Groundwater Monitoring in Twin Cities Aquifers Shows Anthropogenic Changes in Water Quality Measures
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/.../Automate....
Go check it out if!

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Walking down the street after having gotten a fresh haircut.

Walking down the street after having gotten a fresh haircut.

Summer haircut time! I feel 10# lighter. #gaypowersrestored

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Earth Sci educators! 🌍 Boost student math skills w/ our virtual workshop, 'The Math Your Earth Science Majors Need,' July 14-17 (1-3pm ET). Learn to incorporate the ready-to-use modules & get a $400 stipend! ($40 fee) 🤓

Info/reg: serc.carleton.edu/288655

#EarthScience #MathEd #STEM #Workshop 📊📚

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GOP Votes to Advance Budget That Slashes Food Benefits, Medicaid for Millions
Proposed SNAP cuts would potentially take benefits from more than 9 million low-income people in an average month.
By Jake Johnson, COMMON DREAMS

GOP Votes to Advance Budget That Slashes Food Benefits, Medicaid for Millions Proposed SNAP cuts would potentially take benefits from more than 9 million low-income people in an average month. By Jake Johnson, COMMON DREAMS

The US GOP set to a take away food and medicaid starting with at least 9 million low-income people. The number is set to rise as more fall into poverty due to other malicious Trump policies.

These policies will increase death and suicide in the population. #3E #EndOligarchy #EndAutogenocide

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Student Scholarships | eegs Home

Another scholarship opportunity for undergrad or grad students in near-surface geophysics! You could get $1500 toward your studies through EEGS.

That April 30th deadline will arrive faster than you think, so don't delay!

⚒️🧪 #WomenInScience

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A painting of a bird next to the words "Christ on a fucking hoverboard, what the fuck is this shit"

A painting of a bird next to the words "Christ on a fucking hoverboard, what the fuck is this shit"

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why am i like this - original song | Orla Gartland
why am i like this - original song | Orla Gartland YouTube video by Orla Gartland

❤️ #heartstopper

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Update of a classic meme.

Update of a classic meme.

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The Most Decorated Dog in U.S. History
The Most Decorated Dog in U.S. History YouTube video by WeRateDogs

Here are The Top 10 Dogs of the week!

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I want to see the American Geophysical Union (AGU) continue its awesome work on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. This thread is a call to AGU and AGU members. 1/

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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*SPOILERS* Nick Chases After Charlie And Says To Him "I Love You Too" - Heartstopper S03E01
*SPOILERS* Nick Chases After Charlie And Says To Him "I Love You Too" - Heartstopper S03E01 YouTube video by Heartstopper Fan Forever

This. <3

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Re: United States v. Eric Adams, 24 Cr. 556 (DEH)
Mr. Bove,
I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S.
Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General.
In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse.
No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives.
There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know much i i red oril, in this ily. wing the perset arthro he Reside is ving to,
give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.
Please consider this my resignation. It has been an honor to serve as a prosecutor in the
Southern District of New York.
Yours truly,
Hagan Scotten
Assistant United States Att…

BY EMAIL Re: United States v. Eric Adams, 24 Cr. 556 (DEH) Mr. Bove, I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S. Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General. In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse. No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives. There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know much i i red oril, in this ily. wing the perset arthro he Reside is ving to, give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me. Please consider this my resignation. It has been an honor to serve as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. Yours truly, Hagan Scotten Assistant United States Att…

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

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If they ever invent time travel, I think we need to pass a law requiring everyone to spend one full year in an era before vaccines and environmental regulations. You survive that year, you get to come back to the present, and you'll never vote against public health measures ever again.

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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

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I’m #teampete so I’m all for this!

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Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

Apparently this is one of the things that's trending right now.
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184

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Same. I'm more concerned with making the systemic change that's needed than using the right current buzzword. We were working on this before "DEI" and will continue to do so.

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It Is Time to Take Stock of Campus Design for DEI, Not Move Away Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 57, No. 1, 2025)

Focus on the work that needs to be done, not what it's called. And, more important, be sure that the work we're doing is leading to the outcomes we want.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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@gaelynn.bsky.social Check out the alt text. 😂

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It was a gut punch. We work with some of the people whose entire job is now in jeopardy because of this. 🤬

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Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.

They're talking about the problem neighbors and how the neighborhood has gone to shit since they moved in.

theconversation.com/whalesong-pa...

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ACCURATE.

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