Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. Occasional rock-licker, frequent devourer of board books. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Welcome to the 2026 Volcano World Cup! Here's a little introductory post about the Volcano World Cup for the uninitiated. Look for Group A coming out at the end of the week to start us off. eruptions.site/2026/06/08/w... #volcanoworldcup
One of my fav places to freelance is adding to their staff:
LANDSLIDE FOLKS:
Time-urgent bat signal going out for a postdoc-to-be who is ready to scramble an application.
This is a good team. The fieldwork is gorgeous. You’d get to be in Canada, which is pretty fun on the scale of potential global locations at the moment.
So many watch parties. Just so, so many.
Things that make me giggle:
I work for a video game studio.
They had to investigate @mineralcup.bsky.social to confirm it’s not competition for their slate of AAA games.
Friday night news dump:
Today is World Parrot Day and the 12yo says we should specifically celebrate Kākāpō Awareness Day!
Kākāpō are critically endangered, delightfully round, nocturnal, ground dwelling parrots endemic to NZ/Aotearoa. Check out the conservation efforts to save this wonderful parrot 🦜
