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Brett Gilley

@ModernHydra

Natural Disaster Specialist, Science Educator, Geologist, Dad, Gentleman of Leisure, Also, Beer. @CWSEI @UBC @EOAS @UBCVantage

 Vancouver
Joined December 2010
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UBC CTLT@UBC_CTLT12 Jul 2022
This orientation for new faculty will also include a talk from Dr. Tara Invanochko from @UBCeoas and Dr. Amanda Giang from @ubcmech, covering what worked for them in building their teaching community at UBC. 🗓 August 16 | 10 am–12 pm | Register bit.ly/2022NFTO
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🚨Job alert!🚨 We are hiring a sessional lecturer to teach EOSC 310 *The Earth🌎 and the Solar System🪐* next year (September 2022-August 2023). Details here: eoas.ubc.ca/about/job-opport… Come work with us! 🧵 for course details: #job #academicjob #academicposition #HiringAlert
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The lonely fate of a robot on Mars: Dr. Catherine Johnson of @UBCeoas discusses what will happen to the @NASA InSight lander: bit.ly/3wtlhY2
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Can anyone recommend games for people who have limited sight? preferably games that don’t need any sight at all.
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One time, a coworker called memes a me-me. And I didn't call them out because English is dumb anyway.
cicer (@cicerfics) profile picturecicer@cicerfics5 Nov 2021
Sometimes I see ESL speakers distraught because they just learned that they have been mispronouncing a word for the last ten years. And I want you guys to know, from the bottom of my heart: literally every native English speaker does this too.
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Panel on accessible fieldwork! I had the pleasure to moderate and interview @plantpollinator @HeatherNicoPage @Lithourgos122 and @ModernHydra
Disabled in Higher Ed - #DisInHigherEd (@DisInHigherEd) profile pictureDisabled in Higher Ed - #DisInHigherEd@DisInHigherEd29 Oct 2021
Our accessible fieldwork panel will be dropping at 2pm ET! It will be available via video on our YouTube or audio on Podbean (or another streaming platform) at the following links: YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=gPntwulw… Podbean: disabledinhighered.podbean.c… #DEHEM21 #DisInHigherEd
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Had an awesome chat with @plantpollinator @HeatherNicoPage @Lithourgos122 @ModernHydra about accessible fieldwork: barriers, accommodations, and creating more accessible field research. Panel will be available soon #DEHEM21
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We've had 42 straight days in Vancouver where it's gotten warmer than 20 degrees at some point. Here's a list of every year in the past where that's happened before August:
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This is the language from the US National Weather Service under the same heat dome:
Bob Henson (@bhensonweather) profile pictureBob Henson@bhensonweather28 Jun 2021
Seattle's NWS forecaster is laying it out: "...temperatures will skyrocket at sunrise. As there is no previous occurrence of the event we're experiencing in the local climatological record, it's somewhat disconcerting to have no analogy to work with." mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx…
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AFD issued by NWS SEW at 28 Jun 2021 03:30 UTC

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I'm talking about volcanoes in this weeks' classes and I just mistyped it as "volcanopes" and I am just going to declare this the new name for dormant volcanoes. You have been informed @ModernHydra
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It's a beautiful sunny day and my email is down. Glorious.
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I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere. #CountdownToMars
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@yuhline14 Jan 2021
I’m dead.
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PME UBC@PMEUBC27 Dec 2020
We had a lovely time this afternoon with the small group that turned up for our free, virtual public tour. We're running daily tours at 2:00 (Vancouver time) until Jan.1! ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Home geoarchaeo.ca/ via @wordpressdotcom
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This video is amusingly embarrassing for me. Always nice to see yourself immortalized as a geodork. Also nice that the beard is preserved for posterity too. Professor Brett Gilley answers your questions about Geology youtu.be/Zdj-6-g_f7Y
Professor Brett "GeoDude" Gilley answers your questions about Geology.

Professor Brett "GeoDude" Gilley answers your questions about Geology.

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PME UBC@PMEUBC21 Oct 2020
Our latest interview is out! This week we sat down with @ModernHydra to chat about his fabulous research & nifty field stories! Check it out here: soundcloud.com/user-52791185…
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Contract Cheating in #highered: Shockingly prevalent, dangerous to our assessments & our students. What is it, & what can we do about it? We've convened a highly expert panel. Join us @SFU #TeachingMatters Mon June 22, 11am PDT. sfu.zoom.us/j/5496173097?pwd….
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Geoscientists: Call for a Robust Anti-Racism Plan for The Geosciences - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Lk4mMnBw via @CdnChange
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