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Another Paleontologist. Warning: post not always about fossils. Original post are my opinions & thoughts, & not that of my employer.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"It’s generally illegal for executive branch officials to play a role in awarding contracts that would have a direct impact on their own finances..." www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Difficult not to conclude that if the original research had been done properly (using CT scans, as should be standard for purchased fossils from areas where “enhancement” is widespread) then none of this saga would have been necessary. retractionwatch.com/2026/10/08/m...
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A paper suggested a paleontologist’s fossil was forged. He wants it retracted.
An artist’s reconstruction of a mosasaur first described by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues in 2021. by Andrey Atuchin, 2020, in: N.R. Longrich et al/Cretaceous Research 2021 Nicholas Longri…
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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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Raven Amos (Spoopy Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now that it's officially fall - artists, reskeet with your fall-themed #art! #sciart #paleoart
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A Fall Day Out
A mother Leptoceratops and her 3 chicks forage in the cycad undergrowth on a fall day. One of my few "painterly" pieces - I usually go for a more graphical, line work based style. Now available as shi...
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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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Andy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Computed tomography datasets and 3D models of California Quaternary tar seep faunas for education and research - new in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social - fantastic open dataset with great use for research & teaching! 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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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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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thank you!
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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thank you!! That’s probably them. I appreciate it.
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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I don’t have it is the problem. That’s all the info I have.
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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 · 17/08/2026
He is temporary. We want you around. You are important. Please stay.
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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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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Offer or force us to have 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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Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hey everyone - For #FossilFriday, I'm relaunching a completely overhauled Skeletal Drawing dot Com. Check it out, read the welcome post (below), and let me know what you think! www.skeletaldrawing.com/blog/welcome...
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Welcome to Skeletal Drawing 4.0! | Skeletal Drawing
Welcome to the completely overhauled SkeletalDrawing.com. For the last month and a half I've been working on a ground-up overhaul of the website. I'd like to explain a bit of what's changed and why, h...
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.kfyrtv.com/2026/07/21/s...
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Small town museum to undergo big-time expansion
Big things are happening in one tiny Montana town. The Carter County Museum in Ekalaka is expanding. Plans are to triple the museum’s size.
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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 “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @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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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
12 week paleo internship at Big Thicket National Preserve, Kountze, Texas is still accepting application till June 28. Apply soon! conservation-legacy.breezy.hr/p/7e993d08c8...
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Paleontology Assistant (12 Weeks) - AmeriCorps at Conservation Legacy
POSITION DETAILSPosition ID(s): 4314Position Title: Paleontology Assistant - AmeriCorpsConservation Legacy Program: Scientists in Parks, Stewards Individual PlacementsSite Location: Big Thicket Nation...
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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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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thank you so much @kelleypaleolab.bsky.social - I got a copy. I appreciate it.
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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Can someone please send me this paper? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Speleothems in Utah caves record past dynamics of mountain permafrost | Quaternary Research | Cambridge Core
Speleothems in Utah caves record past dynamics of mountain permafrost - Volume 131
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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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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Americans Are Starting to Really Hate Data Centers—and It’s Making the Tech Industry Nervous gizmodo.com/americans-ar...
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Americans Are Starting to Really Hate Data Centers—and It's Making the Tech Industry Nervous
A recent survey shows a dramatic swing against new data center construction.
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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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