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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

But the second toe is quite a bit smaller and slimmer than III and IV, huh. That’s really fascinating.

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Jackson O'Lantern-Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

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James Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It's that time of year again.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Who put this here this is a biology program.

A picture of a tulip. It is labeled petunia.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Augh I was wrong, and that’s why I deleted my previous comment. I have info on Rhizoprionodon. Still—I can help. Still PM me if you’d like and we can put our heads together.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

To reiterate: OB has no brain at all.

Orange Boy, a large orange tabby cat, looms over the camera. His green eyes are wide and vacant and his mouth is faintly agape, giving him a particularly derpy expression. He is blurry because he was coming to doof the camera.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I should add that there was also a sticker that said “Our lord and savior Jesus Chris”, which made me absolutely cackle.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I have a colleague who mentors the catholic club on our campus and they ordered some cheap stickers for an event. They got what they paid for. This feels like a threat… maybe I should go through them with her at some point and look for more bible stickers with threatening auras.

A sticker with pretty flowers that says “You need simply watch the punishment of the wicked you will see. Psalm 91.8.” It feels like a threat.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Orange boy sometimes likes to creep me out by sleeping with his eyes open. And snoring. On top of Big Boy’s head, too, because why not.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I haven’t posted anything for a while sorry guys yes my cats are still big and in love with each other.

Big Boy, a black and white tuxedo cat, is asleep (probably) next to Orange Boy, an orange tabby cat, who is looking at the camera with an absolutely vacant expression. There is clearly not a brain cell to be had in his sweet big head.

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James Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

New paper out online in Geology @geosociety.bsky.social for #FossilFriday with @bigfacecats.bsky.social, @thomashegna.bsky.social and Ron Meyer. We describe an unusual horseshoe crab from the Ordovician of Michigan which preserves the ovaries with developing eggs! 🧪⚒️ 🧵[1/7] doi.org/10.1130/G533...

A view of a fossil horseshoe crab preserving the entire animal in a cream-coloured rock. The head is unusually long and has a dark stain running around its edge. Closeup views of the dark stain show little round eggs preserved inside it.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Alt text (because it posted it before I could add alt text?!): Big Boy, a black and white tuxedo cat with a big head and a small face, blinks his yellow-amber eyes slowly at the camera and purrs loudly as a disembodied hand pets him once or twice.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Enjoy ten seconds of Big Boy purring. #purring

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Update: we have successfully put out the tree with more fire.

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James Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Is this anything?

An image of David's "The Death of Socrates", over which is emblasoned the caption "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?"

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James Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Just heard the news that Richard Fortey has passed away. As well as his science he did a lot for popukarising arthropod research in his books. Reading his autobiography (A Curious Boy) really made me reflect on my own pathway into science and highlighted the different opportunities people get.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I want to make it clear that I have liked this just for the alt text.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Ichnntaxonomy is a fuck, and I’m really glad someone is tackling the behavioral interpretation as well as the meat of the taxonomy!

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This paper is really a great paper for a number of reasons but one of the big ones *is* this figure.

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James Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This might be the best reviewer comment I have ever received. 🧪

A screenshot of a comment in a word document by a reviewer, which just says "what is a mech?".

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

They love each other so very much.

Orange Boy, a large orange tabby cat, is snuggled against Big Boy, a large black and white tuxedo cat. OB has his head against Big Boy’s side, and Big Boy has his against one of OB’s paws. It looks like they’re holding hands. They are so in love.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Y’all I think God is trying to tell me something.

A syllabus for a class titled “Natural History of the Vertebrates”, only it overprinted a handout titled “The Selfishness of Self-Care”, from a publication with the title “Self-care for Department Chairs and Faculty Members”. The overplay of words from the syllabus and handout makes it impossible to read and gives a subtly disturbing “House of Leaves” or Zalgo impression…

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Important update re: OB’s dental. I am forgiven.

Orange Boy, a large orange tabby, is lying on someone’s chest, facing the camera.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A couple years back OB had to get 3/4 canines removed all at once. The fourth one’s getting really worn down, but not bad enough to extract yet…

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

OB, bless his heart, cannot figure out churu. He bites the sides of the package XD I put it on a little plate for him.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I’ll add that my vet is extremely good about trying not to stress my boys out when they visit. Typically OB gets gabapentin before his visits to help calm him down before routine visits but, given that he was getting sedated, I didn’t want to go that route this time.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I should add that OB was especially spicy at the vet. He let them do the pre-anesthesia bloodwork and x-rays OK, but when it came time to shave him for the IV catheter, he got so spicy that they had to put him in the special chill-out box. lol so orange.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I’ve been avoiding social media except to post daily cat timeline cleanses, I should start doing that here. OB had a tooth extracted yesterday and ended up sitting like this in my living room for upwards of 20 minutes last night. He was still very stoned.

Orange Boy, a big orange tabby, sits with a vacant stare and his tongue sticking out. He can see time, thanks to the drugs the vet gave him for his dental. There is also some junk around him because I haven’t been able to be arsed to clean my living room and get rid of Christmas packing stuff. (Also the box in the foreground is for the cats.)

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

You know what they say, "Never going in against a caecilian when milk is on the line" or ... something like that

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

He snorfled, then snorted himself awake. This cat is unreal.

Big Boy, a large black and white tuxedo cat, lies on his back asleep. The picture is only of his face (and white bib), but his eyes are closed and his mouth is open. You can see his lower incisors and even his lower canines. He is an embarrassment, even though his majestic white whiskers, which are very long, sort of makes up for it. His nose and lips/gums are very pink. You can practically hear him snoring just from the picture.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

In case you were wondering, Big Boy and Orange Boy love each other very much.

Orange Boy (an orange tabby) sits with his forehead against Big Boy’s forehead (Big Boy is a black and white tuxedo cat). Their eyes are closed, and they are just vibing with each other. This was immediately after a mutual grooming session. They are clearly in love and are curled around each other, although the picture is zoomed in so you can really only see their heads and a little of their bodies.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Don’t worry, Orange Boy is happy too.

Orange Boy, a large orange tabby, is asleep on a chunky hand-knit blue blanket. He is on one side, his front paws stretched out. He almost looks to be smiling in his sleep. His nose is very pink today and turned slightly upward, towards the ceiling.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Big Boy is happy I’m home and feeling ridiculous.

Big Boy, a large black and white tuxedo cat, is lying on his back with his front paws in the air. His belly is pink because he licks the fur off of it. He’s done this for years ever since my cat Drace thumped the crap out of him when he tried to wrestle with her once. (Drace has been dead for almost 4 years so I think he just likes it now.) Orange Boy’s back half is just visible in the upper left hand corner of the picture. Big Boy is also lying on my knitting; I’ve just started a sock, but he doesn’t want me to work on it right now.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa from these two dapper boys!

Big Boy, a large black and white cat, looks up at the camera, revealing a smart little red and white checked bow tie. His white whiskers are fully extended and pointed forward. There may be a treat right out of frame for him. He has a particularly eager expression and his pink nose is pointed up.

Orange Boy, a large orange tabby, has his face buried in a bowl of food. However you can see a blue and white checked bow tie around his neck. (It’s on backwards.) He clearly doesn’t care and is intent on dinner.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

My parents’ cat Bebe has finally figured out that the pillow my mom made for her is nice. It only took like two years.

Bebe, a large, long-haired black cat, sits on a patchwork pillow made from hand-woven yarn squares in shades of blue and green. She looks off into the middle distance with an expression that is rather inscrutable. But don’t be fooled—she’s a cowardly big floof.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

It’s 63 degrees in my office this morning. I pity folks with Saturday finals today.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Thank you for reading my screed. Here is a picture of OB for those who stuck it out this far.

Orange Boy, a round-faced orange tabby with one clipped ear and one ear folded back, stares at the camera with green-gold eyes wide and round. There is not a single trace of a thought in those eyes, but his nose is very pink and his white whiskers stick out neatly to either side. He looks like he may be hungry. (He is always hungry.)

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

So it’s OK to need help. It’s OK to say no. (Please help me learn how to say no, I haven’t gotten there yet.) Yes this is a great job and we do a lot of good for our colleagues and students… but take care of yourself, too.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Also—early career folks, academia is stressful. If you’re already like me and struggling with anxiety, it likely will feed into that. Yes, I love my job and I love my students and my colleagues, but the administrative side of things is going to do me in, I swear.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I’m feeling better today, overall, but this is just a reminder that sometimes we’re not OK, and really it’s OK to not be OK sometimes. But you don’t have to feel like this all the time. If this keeps happening, I plan to talk to my doctor again. #mentalhealth

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

…but nothing was working. I sat in a meeting and had a thirty-minute anxiety spiral about something I had said in another meeting. It took my chair texting me (I had apologized to them via text) telling me I didn’t do anything wrong to snap me out of it.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Full disclosure, I’ve got generalized anxiety and PMDD, and am currently medicated, which helps a lot. But the last few days, I think, my exhaustion caught up to me, and I just absolutely spiraled. I tried the meditation and other tricks I’d learned from yoga and some techniques from my therapist...

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The last few days I think all of the stress I’ve been under has caught up to me, and I had a seriously rough couple of days with my mental health. I had a whole thread typed up multiple times and deleted it, because I couldn’t convince myself that it was worth saying, or that I wasn’t just whining.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I’ve had a very tough couple of days/weeks, but the good news is that Big Boy makes an excellent weighted blanket.

Big Boy, a large black and white tuxedo cat, lies with his paws folded in front of him, looking up at the camera. His amber-yellow eyes are big and expressive, but not entirely intelligent. He is lying on someone’s chest, and his long whiskers are slightly tucked back against his cheeks. His nose is pink and his mouth is just a little open.

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Dr. BigFaceCats @bigfacecats.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I believe he has no brain in his head at all tonight. (His allergies are also pretty bad with the weather swings we’re having, poor buddy.)

Orange Boy, a large orange tabby, sits facing the camera. Really only his face is visible. His gaze is blank, and his mouth is open with his tongue hanging out. It’s entirely possible that if one shook his head a little, one might hear a rattling sound as the one brain cell rammed around in there…

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DrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 08/12/2024

Dan Campbell when other teams don't go for it on 4th

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