[SunkenCiv]

My only complaint is, this guy's voice sucks. Reads each sentence with exactly the same inflection.

[Rurudyne]

“Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?”

[Afterguard]

Is it a bot?

[laweeks]

TRUMP’S FAULT . . .

[Allegra]

I lived in Pozzuoli for three years as a “tween” Navy brat.

So glad we didn’t know about this then.

I’ve read articles and seen documentaries as an adult. I still want to go back for another visit.

[logi_cal869]

I didn’t know that this area had active fumaroles and other Yellowstone features.

Nice drone vid from 5 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG4k-rWGeyw&t=99s

[logi_cal869]

The voice is CG/AI text to speech. It’s amazing how fast CG voices are progressing beyond the historical robotic type speech. The inflection derived from the current algorithms drives me nuts, too. But it’s the ‘tell’.

https://ttsfree.com/text-to-speech

[Steven Scharf]

Another video from the same guy on a Mount Etna eruption yesterday.

Mount Etna Volcano Eruption Update; 1 Kilometer High Lava Fountains, Pyroclastic Flows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbmljtBkKTE

I think it is a generated voice.

The website owner is very secretive about who they are except for this description.

This channel is run by a professional geologist and informal gemologist/volcanologist who graduated from Arizona State University.

Further sleuthing has found their blog page about screen:

I’m a third-year university student currently studying geology and I started this blog to share my passion for my subject and to hopefully inspire others to learn more about our planetary home. I post every Wednesday so feel free to follow to be notified of new content.

Aside from all the bad puns and memes geology really does rock (sorry) and I hope this blog will show others why geology isn’t “just rocks” and how it can be a fascinating and inspiring subject.

-Jennifer

Finally found who it is (matches his email address).

Tim Catron
Owner, Geologist, Marketer

Chief prospector, Mineral Specimens, Social Media. Timothy is a geologist with a B. S. in Earth and Space Exploration from Arizona State University. He has several mineral claims including the Blue Dragon Mine where we source our chrysocolla.

[mewzilla]

Updates from this month, first from the geek squad..

Potential for rupture before eruption at Campi Flegrei caldera, Southern Italy

Now the UK tabs...

Italian supervolcano on 'verge of eruption' — potential disaster zone MAPPED

Europe supervolcano on brink of first eruption since 1538 sparking global winter fear Although Campi Flegrei last erupted almost 500 years ago, a spate of recent earthquakes has left scientists concerned another catastrophe could be imminent