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Mike Ross (he/him) Red Shift Leader | Rangatira Whero National Geohazards Monitoring Centre | Te Puna Mōrearea i te Rū GNS Science I Te Pῡ Ao - I don't speak for them. Geologist, firefighter, hacker, dad. Tolerance for intolerance zero. Toitū Te Tiriti.
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Then I transitioned to IBM; the two racks on the left are one of the very first AS/400 systems. The rack on the right is one of the very last System/370 mainframes:

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Going through some of my projects awaiting attention... this morning was the turn of the VAX-11/780...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Remember the M6 quake in Ethiopia a few days ago? The one with an unusual moment tensor? Turns out that there was a drop in the caldera floor around the same time, consistent with the CLVD moment tensor. Love it when volcanoes are well-behaved.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

🧪⚒️ The seismic swarm in Greece continues - and GPS stations on Santorini show that the island itself is deforming, signaling likely movement of magma deep in the crust. In our latest post, we explore a new detailed seismic catalog and come up with a possible interpretation. Read more:

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

Why hello, strange Ethiopian earthquake! It will be interesting to see if you retain this odd moment tensor. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!

submitted 13 days ago • 63 comments

THIS IS WHY WE FUND NOAA YOU FOOLS.

submitted 14 days ago • 14 comments

Assessing a real rara avis... Evans & Sutherland PS330 graphical workstation - unmolested since 1993 according to the tags... which would square with when I rescued it...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

I think that's the wildest helicorder I've ever seen!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

"Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts."

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Currently watching a night eruption at Sakurajima with some neat volcanic lightning!

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment