Prof. Susan Webb

Geophysicist at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Gravity, Magnetics, Interpretation, Integration. RT do not imply endorsement.

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

And the day starts! Over 100 first year #Geoscience students arriving at #MelvilleKoppies. The goal is to learn about a variety of field based activities that Geoscientists do! @WitsGeoscience @FoSWits

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

That’s us in the physical properties lab measuring sustainability AND magnetic field. Exciting work!!

[Wits Geosciences @WitsGeoscience]

Exciting news!
A scientific research report into meteorite fragments linked to the Nqweba bolide – a rare fireball event that occurred in the Eastern Cape on 25 August 2024 – has just been released.

https://t.co/9MQG2TSYXK

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@caami___z @KentuckyDerby Where is the final finish list?

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

@CityPowerJhb please please help!!!

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@CityPowerJhb on hold for 1 hour at 0860 562 874 trying to get help with editing my profile. When I called 011 490 7484 they said the 0860 number was the only one that could help! PLEASE HELP!!!!

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@armankhon How many creators earn more than $5,000 a month on TikTok in the US? Which platform pays best?

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

@khozalities The comments😀

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

@JHBWater Still no water in Auckland Park! Please help!!!!!

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

@Virtualgeol Agree 100%, but I think some (many?) academic programs expect their PhD graduates to go into academia. We don’t. We are delighted if they do but we work closely with industry and most of our PhDs are recruited into industry.

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

In South Africa we expect the majority of our geoscience PhDs to join industry. It’s an acknowledged strategy for industry to recruit PhDs from academia and also employ retired academics. An industry job would never, ever be seen as “failure”. https://t.co/TuWNk8hcL7

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

And another 22 students and staff are following on in the #18SAGA2024 conference at the same venue In Windhoek! Exciting times for Science! #SouthernAfricanGeophysicalAssociation

[Wits Geosciences @WitsGeoscience]

Over 35 staff, students and alumni from @WitsUniversity @WitsGeoscience attended the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) conference in Windhoek 🇳🇦 Well done to grad students Mabatho, Kamogelo and Mary who won prizes for the best poster presentations (details to follow)!

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

If you are keen to work at Wits School of Geosciences we have a job opening! Email me for more information if needed. Applications open until October 1, 2024 sedimentology, stratigraphy and Paleoclimate

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Eish scientists talking about science come off badly here!!! We have work to do!!

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Mohammed Qahtani won the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. It’s easy to see why.

Please watch his speech. Words have power. Words can be our power. Words can unite or divide. Words can spit venom or can mend a broken soul. Words matter.

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

@JHBWater @Rand_Water Please help!!! 18 Streatley Ave Auckland Park! They came last night but didn’t fix it!!!!! Pouring for days now!!!!!

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

@RichyCraven It’s a major highlight of the New York State Fair!!!

[Nick Gardiner @nick_j_gardiner]

Job Alert! 2+ year postdoc on critical metal tin-lithium granites - suit ig/met petrologist with LA-ICPMS experience @EarthSciStA - details below
https://t.co/uVZI5YKbRR

[Wits Geosciences @WitsGeoscience]

Exciting research opportunities in the Bushveld Complex with the BUGEMET team. The application deadline is on 12 July, so don't hesitate to apply now. Find more information at https://t.co/XYNDhAt69n

#academictwitter #science #geology #wits #witsgeoscience

[New Scientist @newscientist]

New books from Adrian Tchaikovsky and the late Michael Crichton (with James Patterson) are among the great new sci-fi novels out this month. https://t.co/YJLT0PEkOw

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

@khozalities @jnnfrnhy So much free labor expected from companies that make a large profit.

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

When I was a postdoc, I heard about a lab where the professor & two postdocs talked all day in front of a blackboard for months. Then they'd go into the lab to do the experiment they settled on, which would lead to a big discovery. Then they'd repeat that process again & again..

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Prof. Susan Webb @GeophysicsWebb]

@MineralsScience This looks really exciting!!!