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Erik Gulbranson

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Scientist, educator, studying Earth’s climate ⛈️ and ecologic history through the lens of soils⛰️and tree-rings🌳🪵. Courage, Sacrifice, Devotion. Gustavus Adolphus College. AE GSA Bulletin. Posts, re-posts, views and opinions are my own.

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Are you looking for Hot Jupiters in your area?

27.02.2026 15:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The AP noted that Sec State Rubio briefed Vance on the Cuban Speedboat Crisis. Briefed VPOTUS but no mention of POTUS?

26.02.2026 02:12 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A photograph of “John Barron”, which looks an awful lot like Trump with a fake mustache.

A photograph of “John Barron”, which looks an awful lot like Trump with a fake mustache.

Oh, hello? Yes, this is John Barron

22.02.2026 14:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A painting of a landscape with a ridge and bluff in the foreground with scraggly tree-form plants, a meandering stream and thunderstorm in the background.

A painting of a landscape with a ridge and bluff in the foreground with scraggly tree-form plants, a meandering stream and thunderstorm in the background.

Like the works of Thomas Cole?

15.02.2026 14:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
three panel webcomic
1st panel: one man says to another "we invented a robot that answers questions"
2nd panel: he continues "we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day"
3rd panel: the other man asks "but it answers the questions correctly?" and the first man replies "oh my goodness, no. no no no no no."

three panel webcomic 1st panel: one man says to another "we invented a robot that answers questions" 2nd panel: he continues "we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day" 3rd panel: the other man asks "but it answers the questions correctly?" and the first man replies "oh my goodness, no. no no no no no."

It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future.
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...

09.02.2026 20:27 👍 2147 🔁 772 💬 10 📌 15

That course, coupled with a passionate and empathetic instructor, allowed me to see that I belong in that space. I then took on a mathematics minor in addition to my geology major.

Create and foster an environment of belonging, instead of gatekeeping.

11.02.2026 16:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was also in this bin, but I loved math and believed it to be the “language of science”. So I rejected the advice of my rando admissions advisor to take fundamentals of math and enrolled in an applied calculus course.

1/2

11.02.2026 16:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Can the bog mummies wield bog irons for decoration or some form of weaponry?

08.02.2026 14:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

To be fair, this does sound scary if you peaked in high school.

06.02.2026 04:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Warming stripes for different layers of the atmosphere and ocean from 1960-2025. The ocean and troposphere are warming, the stratosphere is cooling.

Warming stripes for different layers of the atmosphere and ocean from 1960-2025. The ocean and troposphere are warming, the stratosphere is cooling.

Climate 'fingerprints' mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean

theconversation.com/climate-fing...

03.02.2026 18:21 👍 114 🔁 51 💬 6 📌 8

And the unlucky ones stayed to…hear people protest?

Are they still working on inventing a crime for this?

03.02.2026 05:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Father’s side: great grandfather fleeing economic hardship, despite his high social standing, in Norway.

Mother’s side: fleeing Russification in Finland.

Both sides emigrated from their homeland in the early 20th century.

03.02.2026 04:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

EOS is this many days old when they learned of alkalinity.

03.02.2026 03:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hello frens!

03.02.2026 01:24 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's ostracod time!!!

02.02.2026 12:56 👍 106 🔁 31 💬 7 📌 2

Good point. There’s probably a broader discussion to be had amongst the thralls on the ethics of this.

02.02.2026 16:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m now just learning about this, which is NOT surprising given their penchant for secrecy and subterfuge.

02.02.2026 16:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I imagine that’s right up there with being a ninja.

02.02.2026 16:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Omg, they could use the doppler effect!

02.02.2026 16:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

To their credit it is PROBABLY easier to observe grain saltation in bat-form.

02.02.2026 16:25 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Isabel told me a story about a well-known sedimentologist who, when she was on a job interview, told her that he and his wife were vampires.

So…*spontaneous nervous laughter*…there’s that?

02.02.2026 16:19 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a close up of a man 's face with a slight smile on his face . Alt: a close up of a man 's face with a slight smile on his face who is blinking in astonishment.
02.02.2026 16:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gosh, if you don’t like being accused of promoting sectarian violence, then maybe don’t advertise your support for sectarian violence using a rendering of the latest state sanctioned murder.

02.02.2026 15:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just give it two weeks.

02.02.2026 13:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ope, there’s a sequel.

02.02.2026 13:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

01.02.2026 15:49 👍 67319 🔁 16100 💬 2571 📌 1828
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31.01.2026 15:12 👍 80 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 1

We are doing it mostly because the cost was significantly lower, and we’re distributing them broadly in the community.

I was/am concerned about where would source them from, but in this case I’m not sure where the filament comes from (a friend is doing the printing).

31.01.2026 19:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Everyone knows that the Earth is not a stovetop, what this thread presupposes is, maybe it is?

31.01.2026 03:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

But yes, they are immensely frightened by the fact that we do this because we care about our neighbors and are appalled at the actions that this gov’t takes against the people who live here.

30.01.2026 18:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0