Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋

Volcano Scientist & Hardscrabble Woman w/ AuDHD. Interests include: SciComm, mafic enclaves, lava chemistry, phase-equilibria models & pizza.

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

The only post to get people who got off Twitter to log back in:

[Tim Walz @Tim_Walz]

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

Attn Early Career Volcanologists headed to #AGU24:

Get to know new colleagues, make connections & talk 🌋 science this Wed evening at @busboysandpoets!

And if you see me around AGU this week, come say hi & get a sweet sticker!

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

“Hey do you want six hard boiled eggs in a row?”

No

“We’re mixing egg yolk, mayo, mustard and putting it back on top of the egg”

Midwesterners:

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

Friendly annual reminder to only deep-fry your dinosaurs out-of-doors this week!

Not sure what the heck I'm talking about? Check out this great infographic made by the infamous @Paleontologizin that tells you ALLLL about how your turkey is in fact a dinosaur!

[Paleontologizing (w/ Danny Anduza) is on Bluesky @Paleontologizin]

How do you show people that their holiday turkey is a *dinosaur* ?

Have I got the tool for you:
A free, printable #Thanksgiving #scicomm #dinosaur skeleton cheat-sheet

[gianmarco @GianmarcoSoresi]

I counter with the unspoken grief of never owning a home

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

@MGPforCongress So proud to be one of your constituents!

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

@e8chin That’s so cool - sounds like an amazing research project!

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Michelle Obama just laid into Donald Trump like no one has before. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this takedown

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

@manenbu Wow - that’s so amazing to see!!

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

@FatherFantaskis sickkkkkkk.... wednesday is research day :D
tysm for telling me!!!

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

Check out the rest of this year’s CWaS guests here:
https://t.co/H715pevL7m

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

TYSM to @NASA, Agnar Hall & Chat for a great #CoffeeWithAScientist event this morning!
Agnar shared his journey from volunteer to cosmologist to Mission Control System Tech Engineer & answered great viewers Qs about life working at NASA - it was inspiring & I learned a ton!

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

Our interview with @NASA starts right now on
https://t.co/Q1vjw6EiL2

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

It took out my beloved dioptase, but I’ve still gotta support kyanite to win #MinCup24 - aluminosilicate polymorphs are just so useful (and pretty)!

[Mineral Cup #MinCup @MineralCup]

#MinCup24 Finals: #Rhodochrosite vs. #Kyanite

Rhodochrosite, also known as Rosa del Inca is a carbonate that is a mix of utility and charm. Blue blades of Kyanite are distinctive at first glance, but unmistakable with their directional hardness.

VOTE: https://t.co/92FIC8LTjw

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

Absolutely casting my vote for #Dioptase to get to the #MinCup24 final!!

[Mineral Cup #MinCup @MineralCup]

#MinCup24 R4M2: #Dioptase vs. #Kyanite

This semifinal round is bound to end in heartbreak 💔. Dioptase, the desert emerald, faces blue metamorphic index mineral Kyanite.

VOTE: https://t.co/7Z4MYFc7YP

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

#CoffeeWithaScientistthat is OUT of this world! Our guest this month is Agnar Hall, System Test Engineer for #MissionControl at @NASA.

Learn about what it's like to work there, keep track of #astronauts, what the heck a Lyman Alpha Blob even IS & more!
https://t.co/Q1vjw6DKVu

[Dr. Melissa Scruggs 🌋 @VolcanoDoc]

@TinyToxicTofu Oh noooooooo!!!

[Mineral Cup #MinCup @MineralCup]

Things are slowly getting exciting at the #MinCup24: #Titanite and #Calcite are currently tied. Many of the classics have already been eliminated and will be back next year. Is this an omen for #calcite? Which of the two will take on #Rhodochrosite?