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It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science. Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics". Silence now is political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about". We need to sound the alarm. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Just found a dinosaur that is named after four different people. Is that a record? What is the most amount of peoples names crammed into one dino? Calling @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @stevebrusatte.bsky.social @arctomet.bsky.social @pdmannion.bsky.social

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Silence is violence. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

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Job Alert: Senior Research Associate in Phylogenomics @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social researching timing, sequence and phenotypic consequences of rediploidisation following whole genome duplication - comparative genomics, molecular clock and phenotypic disparity methods, with @jameswclark.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Me, working on my little articles and book projects in February 2025:

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

In today's climate, getting a grant is super hard. Yet I'm seeing more and more colleagues getting hammered for arbitrary and poor reasons when we review each others grants. Don't do this. Unless there is a fundamental issue, you should be supporting your colleagues, not ripping them down.

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I'll be in London this week, come say hi!

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Oh look a wild @orlabe.bsky.social appeared on Bluesky. Drop her a follow, there is some very exciting rotten fossil research coming soon!

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PhD project opportunity here in Manchester to do some cool inter-disciplinary stuff on the taphonomy and fossil record of collagen. Ancient, recent, modern, lab-work, theoretical, data, imaging, its all there! Deadline Jan 31st www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Quick studies of the bizarre boomerang-headed Diplocaulus magnicornis from the Late Permian #paleoart #conceptart #diplocaulus

submitted 31 days ago • 14 comments

"Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time" is out today, and is freely downloadable as an open access pdf, published by @uclpress.bsky.social ! uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeon... 🎺🦕🦕🦕⚒️🎥🦖🦖🦖📖📰🦣🦣🦣🎺

submitted 33 days ago • 23 comments

Our preprint on #ubirajarabelongstobr and social media activism is finally available! I played a small role in supervising but the results look awesome! Pinging @alinemghilardi.bsky.social and @cisneros.bsky.social without whom we would not have this.🧪⚒️ egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

Like palaeontology? Like art? Then consider submitting a submission for CAVEPS 2025 logo competition! * $500 AUD prize * must feature South Australian vertebrate fossils * no use of generative AI permitted * include text "CAVEPS 2025" Email to [email protected] by 31/01/25!

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Still a week left to apply for this PhD opportunity @bas.ac.uk, working on palaeoecology of #Antarctic marine ecosystems in the #Eocene (deadline 13/1/25). Please get in touch if you're interested and want to know more about the project or the application process!

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On the last day of #crustmas my true love gave to me... Krebs. 😯🦀♋ A Bavarian plaque on the historic town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

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I'm starting a crew who's in

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A major highlight of my year was hosting #PalAss24 here in wee Erlangen 🇩🇪 Massive thanks again to our volunteer team extraordinaire, to the amazing lead organisers @emmadnn.bsky.social & @taphonomist.bsky.social & to everyone else involved! And you’re all welcome back any time!

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Something lovely for the weekend! Marvellous clay pots with octopus decoration made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete about 3,500 years ago! 🐙❤️ Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 📷 by me #Archaeology

submitted 64 days ago • 37 comments

#FossilFriday: Two little smooshed salamanders. The fossil in the front was found by a hiker and donated to the museum. Salamander fossils in general are rarely preserved, and it is even more uncommon to find one preserved with this amount of detail. Look at the little feet! #BarrysBest

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

So excited to see this paper finally published! 🥳 This was the main focus of my PhD and demonstrates the application of model adequacy for models of morphological evolution. 1/n academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

submitted 65 days ago • 7 comments

Reminder of the January 8th deadline for this reef palaeoecology PhD project at @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social with @tomezard.bsky.social + @chrisgoatley.bsky.social :) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Although #PalAss24 was a whirlwind, the highlight for me was going to Grube Messel, an iconic 47 million year old German Lagerstätte. Of all the hundreds of stunning fossils we saw, this stag beetle took my breath away. With preserved colour as well! Stunning. 🪲❤️

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

#PalAss24 at FAU Erlangen is a wrap! Congratulations to all our fantastic presenters, trivia winners, and dance party enthusiasts! Huge thanks to the chairs for their leadership and support @emmadnn.bsky.social @taphonomist.bsky.social @rachelwarnock.bsky.social

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Congrats and thanks to all the organisers of #PalAss24 for a really excellent meeting!

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Had an amazing time at #PalAss24: Awesome job by the organisers @rachelwarnock.bsky.social, @taphonomist.bsky.social and @emmadnn.bsky.social, as well as all volunteers! For #fossilfriday some lovely Jurassic chondrichthyans from Solnhofen I saw on the preconference fieldtrip

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments