bears eat fascists
@thorbites.bsky.social
Geologist working in paleo. n+1 bikes and bear suits. Weekend sign maker.
#whalewednesday Tokarahia kauaeroa, a large eomysticetid whale from the Oligocene (~26 myo) Otekaike Limestone of New Zealand - long-snouted 'surfboard' whale, early filter-feeder. Small in comparison to modern whales, but one of the largest early baleen whales - published from my PhD thesis in 2015
Love extinct megafauna; hate fascism logo/sticker from @antifascist_logo_archive on IG
i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7...
It's a strange thing to watch Bluesky think of courting the right/far-right to join here. Whether they like it or not, they have an audience present, and it'd be much smarter to serve the extant audience instead of alienating them. Which is what will happen. Not everything has to be for everyone.
"Alone with Her Thoughts" S Y Haugset (Uno X-Mobility) has been alone for 50 kilometers, yet faces another 57 kilometers to race in Stage 3 of the #TourdeFranceFemmes. More #TdFF2026 #womenscycling #art #watercolors at theartofcycling.blogspot.com #cycling #cyclisme #ciclismo #wielrennen
My daughter has just sent me this lovely photo where you get an even better view of the puffin.
Just getting around to posting this paper that I was lucky to be a part of (should be a free download). My part has always been squeaking about the absolute necessity of documenting all the geologic features seen in asphaltic fossil deposits. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Temperature, taphonomy, or technique? Contrasting hypotheses of ancient DNA recovery from Quaternary asphaltic fossil deposits
Despite their tendency to preserve non-diagenically altered biotic tissues and advances in paleogenomic techniques, verifiable endogenous DNA has yet …
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Got sent photos of a #fossil tooth a local kid found at around 8500 ft elevation in southern Utah. Could use ID help. My first thought was mastodon or something similar because of the cusps, but juvenile due to the small size? #geology #paleontology
The Washington Department of Natural Resources posted this mind-numbing photo on their Insta page. A Chinook helicopter and water bucket against the backdrop of billowing, boiling smoke. What chance do these valiant pilots and firefighters have against hell, but they're out there fighting anyway. 🙏
The Friends of UMMP BBQ was a success. I am tired. No one went home hungry. I have a few new fossils. The trilobite cookies were amazing. Time for sleeping.
Yikes, the amount of tanker aircraft assisting with the fire in Spokane is incredible - visible are 5 Canadair Scoopers and Super Scoopers, a Boeing 737, a Dehavilland tanker, at least three Sikorsky helicopters. There has also been a DC-10 tanker and now a DC-9 tanker. Just amazing coordination.
Aaaaargh....I just accidentally reposted (and quickly unposted) an AI art image....I hate this.
Happy #FossilFriday from the special surprise found inside the last stupid Xiphactinus that i discovered this spring: a complete Micropycnodon! This poor little guy was eaten right before the Xiphactinus (nicknamed Brown Sugar) died, and is forever trapped in fish rib jail. 🧪🐟
Yes indeed, the Church of Ichnology will exist as long as life continues to make & leave traces. Let us recite its Holy Trinity: Substrate, Anatomy, & Behavior, amen!
One day several years ago, I got an anonymous handwritten, threatening letter delivered to my campus mailbox, and then someone (the same person? someone else?) DM'd me on twitter from a burner account, with a photo of my driveway with my car parked in it. This is real and it's dangerous
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d agoThere are a lot of important things going on. Maybe this isn’t a top twenty concern. But, this is actually workplace harassment, the kind that can get people killed.
instead of using Google satellite AI slop, have you considered
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD@greenleejw.bsky.social · 2y agoI draw custom maps on commission. Maps for books, games, decoration, etc. Here are a couple of examples. There are more on my website, along with a contact form and info about cost, process, etc. If you need a map, I'm happy to help! surprisedeelmaps.com
Nice work!! Second Sicence cover article of this month from Jack’s Lab!
Z. Jack Tseng@tsengzj.bsky.social · 6d agoExhilarated to share a 2nd @science.org cover article this month from our lab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! A collaboration with US & Mexico colleagues on the role of a Mexican biogeographic holding pen in shaping the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI)(1/11) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Exhilarated to share a 2nd @science.org cover article this month from our lab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! A collaboration with US & Mexico colleagues on the role of a Mexican biogeographic holding pen in shaping the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI)(1/11) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I spent time behind the scenes reporting about Betye Saar’s “Drifting Toward Twilight” which incorporates an array of Saar’s signature found objects as well as flora from the Huntington’s grounds. Mysterious, layered, the piece feels like something out of antiquity. huntington.org/frontiers/be...
