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Thomas Williamson

@abqtom.bsky.social
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Geologist, vertebrate paleontologist, amateur astronomer, scientist, lover of the natural world. #geology #Cretaceous #Paleogene #Paleocene #dinosaurs #dinos #astronomy #astrophotography #science #paleontology #newmexico #newmexicotrue #nmtru

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/03/2025
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 13/03/2025
A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump administration's plan to dump water from two California dams.
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Water officials knew that opening dams to meet Trump's wishes was ill-advised. Here's why it happened anyway
A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump administration's plan to dump water from two California dams.
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
It's been great to work with Stephen Chester, Jordan Crowell, Mary Silcox, Jon Block, and Eric Sargis on this project. This remarkable specimen sheds new light on the rise of primates and their closest kin following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
At the Stand Up For Science rally in Santa Fe today. #Standupforscience2025
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I'm Mar🐫 & I approve this message. 👍 #EcomomicBlackout (image by @donkoclock.bsky.social) 🙏
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/02/2025
Trump hasn’t done squat to lower grocery prices—he’s not even trying. Barely a month in, and it’s obvious his top campaign promise was never genuine. Families are feeling the squeeze! So this begs the question: did his voters really care about the price of groceries?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/02/2025
Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the White House to retract directives that led to the mass firing of government workers, calling the action “illegal.”
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Trump Live Updates: News on Mass Firings, Russia-Ukraine and Tariffs
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Meeting Again in Paris, European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w... This is really, really bad!
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European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia on Ukraine
The American president’s latest remarks embracing Vladimir Putin’s narrative that Ukraine is to blame for the war have compounded the sense of alarm among traditional allies.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
For #FossilFriday a skull of the arctocyonid Claenodon ferox from the lower Paleocene (about 62.5 million years ago) Nacimiento Formation. Like many Paleocene mammals, Claenodon had large canines and accomodated huge jaw closing muscles, but the braincase housed a relatively small brain.
fossil skull that is elongate with wide flaring zygomatic arches.
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Here's an image of Jupiter I captured with my homemade backyard telescope on December 19, 2024. The Great Red Spot and its turbulent wake dominates the southern hemisphere.
The giant planet Jupiter with it's distinctive banded clouds and the Great Red Spot.
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving from Albuquerque New Mexico.
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
As I share around this time of year, the various derived features on the turkey skeleton, and where they first emerge on the phylogeny of dinosaurs:
Skeleton of turkey (by Matthew Wedel) marked with the derived traits from various points on the dinosaur family tree as found in that species.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/11/2024
Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Cottonwoods along the Rio Grande Bosque this morning. #newmexico #newmexicotrue #nmtrue
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Summer dusk over White Sands, New Mexico.
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe @theskepticsguide.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Doctors are generally respected for their expertise in medical care. This puts them in a position to do even more damage when they spread medical misinformation. Medical boards have the authority to take action against these doctors, but they rarely do. sciencebasedmedicine.org/physician-mi...
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Physician Misinformation | Science-Based Medicine
When physicians spread medical misinformation, the potential harm to health is far greater than their direct patient care. And yet, in a recent study, medical boards rarely discipline physicians for
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe @theskepticsguide.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The SGU is not backing down in the face of rampant misinformation and denialism of science.
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The Rio Grande as seen this morning from the Avenida Cesar Chavez Bridge, Albuquerque, New Mexico. #newmexico #newmexicotrue #nmtrue
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Blue skies above San Diego Canyon near Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Partial skull of the lambeosaurine hadrosaur Parasaurolophus tubicen - a rare dinosaur from the upper Campanian of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. #dinosaur #paleontology
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Jupiter and its giant moon Ganymede captured early Sunday morning using a homemade 12.5" telescope and a ZWO ASI662mc camera. Hard to believe that images like these can be captured with a relatively simple backyard telescope. #high-resolution #planetary #astrophotography
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Thomas Williamson @abqtom.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
My first post here with a morning view from the West Mesa overlooking the North Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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