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Ms. Rosenberg @msrosenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fort Hays State University, facing a major budget shortfall due to federal and state policies, seems to have made a decision appalling to anyone who cares about paleontology or rural Kansas. #ksleg

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Sternberg Museum future in question

" /> By CRISTINA JANNEYHays PostAn employee of the Sternberg Museum of

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Andy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some Monday morning thoughts on museum closures, spurred in part by the recent Academy of Natural Sciences, but not necessarily specific to that. <thread>

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'd like to enter this into the "best thing I've seen on the Internet this month" contest. This racist piece of shit called ICE after these fellas built his fence to avoid paying them. They handled their business. And I love the music this is set to. "You've been, THUNDERSTRUCK!"

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Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just about halfway to this deadline!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today’s rally to save the academy of natural sciences was incredible. Hundreds of people turned out. This is only the beginning. Follow along with save-the-academy.org

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Turtles. They're weird. Where did they come from? We find out in today's #FossilFiles. This one is hot off the press. We only recorded it this morning and it's out for your listening pleasure already! @fossilrob.bsky.social is my turtle hero. share.google/a5Aale2SzYyS...

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The Fossil Files: Where did turtles come from?

The origin of turtles has long been a scientific mystery. Not only do they have super weird things going on with their ribs, head, and teeth, but also its unclear if they were more closely related to ...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/09/2026

Well. To be fair, we were all hoping he would dye.

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

REMINDER we are live streaming with @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social about our fundraiser at 3pm EDT on twitch. We will be announcing a second dinosaur to add to our research

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William B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The NHMLA is hiring an Assistant Collections Manager for updating our frozen tissues collection to liquid nitrogen storage. This position is grant-funded for 3 years. I'm a bit late on posting this, but there is still one week left to apply! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

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Recruitment

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Utah Geological Association needs a chief editor for our esteemed peer-reviewed journal, Geology of the Intermountain West. www.giw.utahgeology.org/index.php/GI... you are interested reach out to Doug Sprinkel (dsprinkel@gmail.com). GIW is a critical open source publication on western geoscience.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I feel like I’m going to throw up

Screen shot of an Instagram post that says the academy of natural sciences is closing its museum after nearly two centuries

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Really cool 3D models of fossils from La Brea and McKittrick. Buried in the paper are links to college level lessons (UC ACCESS) using the models! Someone else posted this link but when I returned to BlueSky to repost, it had vanished in the timeline. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Computed tomography datasets and 3D models of California Quaternary tar seep faunas for education and research

The Rancho La Brea and McKittrick asphalt seeps of California have produced exceptionally rich Cenozoic fossil assemblages, preserving late Pleistocene to Holocene fauna from distinct environmental...

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Why is it that when I’m tired and need to sleep I can’t sleep, but my brain can extract some Bagel Bites jingle from a 1990s commercial like I just heard it this afternoon 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

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Bagel Bites Pizza Snacks

ALT: Bagel Bites Pizza Snacks

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Do. Not. Submit.

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ISO: papers by Crusat 1980 and Lillegraven and Crusat 1981 regarding mammal fossils and a museum with acronym SPG. Anyone have PDFs to share?

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This has been an ongoing problem for a long time now. Scientifically significant fossil discoveries should never belong in the hands of private collectors. Our shared prehistory belongs to the public.

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I wrote to several paleontologists when I was a teenager and Ernie was the first to reply. He has always been so kind and friendly to me. Glad to see things like this.

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Why are all the Lowes surrounded by #Flock cameras? Are they in cahoots with them?!

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San Merg @sandromergvaz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

😘❤️‍🔥😍

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Watching a movie from 1990 with my kids and they are wondering why it is so smokey in their office. Then we see people smoking around the office. So I had to explain how people use to be able to smoke at work or in planes or at restaurants. They were confused why people even smoke to start off with

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Donna Yates @profdonnayates.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I guarantee this will be the weirdest story you hear today. And you know what? It's even weirder than what is published. Take it from me...a T. rex will bite you. They make people do weird things. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Billionaires’ T. Rex Obsession Has Turned Fossils Into Red-Hot Drama

As the battle for dinosaur bones heightens, paleontologists, collectors and auction houses navigate a Wild West market.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Trump didn't just eliminate 91% of Bears Ears National Monument — he eliminated the first-of-its-kind tribal commission that has helped manage the monument: www.hcn.org/articles/bea...

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Bears Ears cuts also end first-of-its-kind tribal land commission - High Country News

A presidential proclamation slashed the monument by 90% despite a promise to involve tribes.

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026

I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Gus the T. rex fetched $50.1 million at auction, a new record price for a dinosaur If this is how much dinosaurs cost now, how can museums afford them? Where does that leave science & education? Will the public still have opportunities to be inspired? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record

Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South Dakota

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Can anyone recommend a cell phone charger for cars that isn’t dash/window mounted (would over heat here in a min flat!), and doesn’t occupy a cup holder. I’ve tried the vent ones, they always fall off. I currently have one that fits in the CD player but it hates bumpy roads. Anyone? Recommendations?

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

John D. Orcutt, Kevin C. Talbott, Michael J. Monroe & Nicholas A. Famoso (2026) Updates to the caniform fauna (Carnivora, Caniformia) of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication) doi: doi.org/10.1017/jpa.... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Updates to the caniform fauna (Carnivora, Caniformia) of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core

Updates to the caniform fauna (Carnivora, Caniformia) of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA

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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Go tell them exactly what you think about leases for offshore mining!

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max power 🌌 @sneptech.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Nothing like a 1:30AM 🦨 wake up call 😬🫠🫠🫠☹️

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15/06/2026

So besides crypto and Trump coin, the Saudis sponsored part of the ufc event on the WHITE HOUSE LAWN. The country under actual sharia law. And MAGA is cool with that? Gotcha

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

With Martha Hayden retiring after 47 years, we labeled the group picture of the May, 1996 joint meeting of WAVP and UFOP in Vernal, Utah. Certainly a unique grouping of Utah's Paleontologists from this century. Three Utah State Paleontologists and representives from every museum in the area.

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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. Both are back because of this science denying administration.

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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Led by the incomparable Sanaa El-Sayed, a study out today in Science Advances throws open an important new window on marine fish diversity during the critical few million years following the K-Pg mass extinction. Below: artistic vision of the new fauna by Ian Baylatry.

Illustration of many fishes swimming in sunlit blue water.

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Raven Amos (Spoopy Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

mfw its only the first and I'm already $200 in the red for the month for reasons completely out of my control seriously, even sharing my etsy listings helps. If nothing in my etsy is your thing, I also have Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/alaskanime

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Bubu Crying: Twitter Sad Panda

Alt: A sad panda shaking and crying as his little phone is on the ground next to him

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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Gifting this article 🎁 I don’t understand. Who can defend this? How stupid is this country? How stupid are our Senators? Are we really thinking that simply shorting ourselves in the face is going to make us better off? Why isn’t this a complete outrage? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Destroying American science is part of the GOP's plan to take down America

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Andy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Opportunity (paid, short-term) for paleobotanists, hosted at my museum (Claremont, California) - looking for folks to assist with ID of plant fossils in our collection. Details here: www.alfmuseum.org/plantfossilp...

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Project Opportunity: Visiting Plant Fossil Specialists – Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

"A button gives the option to 'text President Trump,' which, when clicked, opens a text message to a pre-selected number with the default text 'Greatest President Ever!'"

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Raven Amos (Spoopy Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

New listing on my Etsy! Dragon #suncatchers in various colors to match your decor! - Purple - Green - Stainless steel w/cobalt blue - Silvery w/clear crystal - Golden w/clear crystal alaskanime.etsy.com/listing/4511339769/dragon-sun-catcher-fantasy-decor-rainbow #art #crafts #bsnm #handmade

A selection of different dragon-themed sun catchers. From left to right - a golden Amphiptere (dragon with wings but no legs/arms) and clear crystal beads; a wyvern in silver with clear crystal beads; two identical Western dragons different only in their colors - purple on the left and green on the right, with ombre colors of chandelier beads; a shiny stainless steel Western dragon with cobalt blue beads and crystals.

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Heather F. Smith. Ph.D. @heatherfsmith.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Excited to share the Menefee Paleontology Project’s latest publication! 🦐 We explored Upper Cretaceous Cliff House Sandstone in NM San Juan Basin & uncovered new insights into ancient marine ecosystems preserved in this dynamic coastal environment: petrifiedforestfieldinstitute.org/lithodendron...

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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The US government was legally required to release the remaining Epstein files 169 days ago. They still have not done so.

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Self nominations - I wonder what the gender breakdown of that is in geosciences (thinking of the GSA 50 Under 50 Award Nominations). I’d be curious to see those stats.

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