Brigid Christison
@brigidomorpha.bsky.social
palaeontologist & pet owner palaeopoems.webflow.io
inspired to participate in my first #makeaterriblecomicday by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social. happy #makeaterriblecomicday2026 to all who celebrate ❤️
If you saw my Carroll Prize winning talk at CSVP, you know that some big changes are coming for Dinosaur Provincial Park with some of my other results! Stay tuned for that and don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have questions about this paper or my upcoming research!
This paper is the first chapter of my PhD and an important step to accurate stratigraphic placement of fossils in Dinosaur Provincial Park. The Dinosaur Park Formation itself, while well studied, has relatively poorly resolved stratigraphic constraints due to its complex fluvial strata.
A little late, but going to take the time to highlight my paper that came out at the end of April in the Journal of Sedimentary Research! pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/jsedres...
Geochemical fingerprints of dated bentonites to constrain correlations in Cretaceous fluvial strata, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada | Journal of Sedimentary Research | GeoScienceWorld
ABSTRACT. Correlation of meandering fluvial strata is difficult because of the highly variable lateral extent and vertical thickness caused by the erosion
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I am glad you're going to provide lots of info for travelers who are at risk. I will help out here by providing a link to Trans Ohio: www.transohio.org . They can help the SVP and anyone attending in person with the nuances of trans safety in Ohio. I have some other contacts too if interested!
TransOhio
TransOhio serves the Ohio transgender and ally communities by providing services, education, support, and advocacy, which promotes and improves the health, safety and life experience of the Ohio trans...
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Thanks for responding. It's unfortunate to hear that something virtual has been dismissed. It's especially frustrating as SVP executives in the last town hall suggested they would poll members for interest before making that decision, which did not happen.
They have been clear for years about their intended actions. Therefore, organizations caring for the safety of their members effected by actions of the government should have planned for the worst as soon as he was elected.
Im going to also push back on stating that the government is moving "too fast to respond well". This is simply not true. Yes, the Trump admin is constantly doing things quickly, but they are exactly what they said they would do years ago and along the schedule they outlined.
It was pretty amazing hearing all the meaningless platitudes from the SVP president of only holding meetings where their membership can feel safe, then turn around and host it in fucking Ohio.
Mira Thompson@wensthomp.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday, for the safety of all SVP members, I request with this open letter that the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social provides an online option for this year's annual meeting. Myself and many others no longer feel it is safe to travel to and within the USA. Please share the letter everywhere you can!
Hey @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social This letter here fully articulates the major problems with the annual meeting right now (there are others to be sure; but these are the big ones now). I would urge you all to consider this proposal. And think about the anecdotes presented; they were not cool…
Mira Thompson@wensthomp.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday, for the safety of all SVP members, I request with this open letter that the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social provides an online option for this year's annual meeting. Myself and many others no longer feel it is safe to travel to and within the USA. Please share the letter everywhere you can!
A succinct and important message to the 2026 SVP Meeting this year! The United States has created dangerous environments for the LGBTQIA+ community, foreign travel, and Science in general. Not everyone has a safety net - Let's work to ensure that everyone has a safe way to continue participating!
Mira Thompson@wensthomp.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday, for the safety of all SVP members, I request with this open letter that the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social provides an online option for this year's annual meeting. Myself and many others no longer feel it is safe to travel to and within the USA. Please share the letter everywhere you can!
Today, for the safety of all SVP members, I request with this open letter that the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social provides an online option for this year's annual meeting. Myself and many others no longer feel it is safe to travel to and within the USA. Please share the letter everywhere you can!
Mira is one of the founders of PalaeoPoems. We presented at @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social years ago in Toronto and it gave us a real platform to talk about the project. An online option will give that chance to even more early career researchers!
Mira Thompson@wensthomp.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday, for the safety of all SVP members, I request with this open letter that the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social provides an online option for this year's annual meeting. Myself and many others no longer feel it is safe to travel to and within the USA. Please share the letter everywhere you can!
No one should have to compromise their safety for their career, and vice versa. @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social needs to add an online option.
Mira Thompson@wensthomp.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday, for the safety of all SVP members, I request with this open letter that the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social provides an online option for this year's annual meeting. Myself and many others no longer feel it is safe to travel to and within the USA. Please share the letter everywhere you can!
sun dogs from this morning to help remind me the cold weather isn't all bad.
Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
It must be easy when your platform is just destruction and restriction
Since more and more instances are popping up of terrible men using autism as a scapegoat for their behavior, I’d like to link an article I made for the Nib in 2018. I hate that its continued to be relevant today thenib.com/james-damore...
Autism Isn’t To Blame For Bad Behavior | The Nib
Autism is a developmental disability, not an attitude or personality.
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broke - Kamala Harris: “i will follow the law when it comes to transgender individuals” woke - Stephen Smith:
union person@junlper.beer · 2y agoit’s early but my prediction is that stephen a smith will be president in 2029
I get that we’re all stressed, but I would love for people to not work out their feelings in some stranger’s mentions. Nobody knows what to do for you here. Find a loved one.
NEW: The Jewish leaders who led the early X ad boycott under Musk released a new letter. We call on: 1. Companies to pull ads from X 2. Google/Apple to drop X from stores 3. People with 100k+ followers to leave X 4. Jewish orgs to speak up 5. Major shareholders to pressure Musk
Analysis | Some Jewish leaders renew calls for X boycott as Musk’s power grows
Citing “Nazi salute” and antisemitic content, rabbis break with ADL in pressing advertisers, app stores to drop X
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Watching in real time how the policy of complying in advance actually reduces scientific productivity
re Leaving America… like 1. fuck you! my friends are here and 2. do people think that there’s a country that they’ve never heard of that’s immune to the fascist turn by every nuclear power that you can only see if you look at a globe in a mirror
"Check on your trans frie-" No. Give them money. Hire them. Buy them a video game.
In November, after the election results led to a wave of shock and despair in the trans community that overwhelmed hotlines and stunned therapists, Assigned put together the Stay With Us package. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Stay With Us — Assigned
Assigned Media wants you to live! And, what keeps us steadfast and ready to meet the moment is the example of other members of our community who refuse to let fear or hopelessness keep them from their...
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
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