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Idriss El Almi

@driea.bsky.social
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To believe in science is not to believe in facts, but in a process that questions them relentlessly. Tunisian ER physician, science lover and addicted to paleontology.

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Idriss El Almi @driea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Say hello to Kayrasaurus changliensis from China 🇨🇳
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This Newly Discovered Dinosaur Looks Terrifying—But Probably Wouldn’t Eat You - Nautilus
Say hello to Kayrasaurus changliensis
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Somebody missed me while I was away 😍 But I'm back in the office, doing some casual #paleontology Q&A, discussing the newest dinosaur auction swindle, and looking at that new leatherback turtle video on YouTube. Join us and chitchat about natural history @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of my landlord Sweetie Pie (a longhair domestic cat) giving me an affectionate face nuzzle while I'm streaming from my office on the CAT CAM
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Idriss El Almi @driea.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A voice that has guided entire generations through the wonders of life, the history of our planet… and even its lost worlds 🐚🔨🦖 Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Frederick Attenborough — broadcaster, naturalist, fossil enthusiast, and one of the greatest storytellers nature has ever known.
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Today marks SIX YEARS since I started streaming on #Twitch, so we're having a special celebration! Join us for a retrospective on six years of paleontological outreach, fieldwork, fundraising and more — and a discussion of the future of science communication twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, but today I'm dressed up in a tux like some kind of white-collar criminal, and there's all kinds of fancy red velvety curtainy stuff around like in an upscale theater.  Various 3D prints of paleontological models and such are behind me
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We're experiencing a partial feline eclipse at the moment, but it's on to #paleontology Q&A and fossil science news in a little bit, as well as a special Wrensday Birdsday (since tomorrow we're doing our 6-year Streamiversary Special!) Jump in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, but I'm mostly obscured by an inky black void of a domestic cat (my landlord Minnie Pie) sitting in front of the camera

On the office wall behind me are life-sized 3D prints of an Archaeopteryx skeleton and a gharial skull (although you can't really see that) and various other paleontological miscellanea
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Idriss El Almi @driea.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New addition to my collection — looks like this one’s going to fossilize into my daily work routine 🦖☕ #HMNS #mug #paleontology
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
There's new #paleontology publications to cover on today's #Twitch stream (along with whatever else the chat is curious about) and you're welcome to join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office.  Behind me on the wall are a Ceratosaurus 3D-printed skull, a tree fern, a Stegosaurus model, and various framed prints of phylogenies and other paleontological miscellanea
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
It's all about TAPIRS on today's natural history #Twitch stream — their origins, biogeography, evolution, and conservation — all for #WorldTapirDay (which we missed yesterday on account of our big Wyoming fieldwork fundraiser) Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, surrounded by various pieces of tapiraphernalia -- framed illustrations of tapirs, figures of tapir osteology, and a life-sized 3D-printed tapir skull, among other things
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We're FUNDING PALEONTOLOGICAL FIELDWORK on today's #Twitch stream! Join us as we raise money to rent a truck that we'll need for prospecting in Wyoming this June. We're already got $1656.14 from generous viewers, and we're just beginning! Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, with Wyoming- and Laramidian-themed miscellanea on the wall behind me.  I'm pointing to a $3000 truck fundraiser thermometer, which is rapidly filling up!
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We're discussing the new 'supergiant predatory Cretaceous "Kraken"' paper on today's stream, because there may be some serious skepticism warranted. Join us and let's chat about it @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, with all kinds of Mesozoic cephalopod miscellanea behind me on the wall, from framed prints of ammonites and nautilus to life-sized 3D printed models of ammonite shells and a HUGE Diplomoceras "paperclip ammonite"
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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Don't forget to register for our (free) 179th Annual General Meeting! 📍 University of Southampton (and online) 📅 Wednesday 6 May 2026 Tickets can be found here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-palaeo...
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The Palaeontographical Society 179th Annual General Meeting
Come join us for the 179th Annual General Meeting of The Palaeontographical Society - a gathering of fossil enthusiasts and experts alike!
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We've got some casual #paleontology Q&A on today's stream (before our weekly Thursday Birdsday festivities) — and you're welcome to join us for some natural history discussion and science camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office.  Behind me are various framed prints related to the theropod origin of birds, as well as a two 3D-printed theropods -- a life-sized Allosaurus skull and the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy #EarthDay! We're talking all about why Earth is the best planet (for one thing, it's the only one with dinosaurs), with a heavy emphasis on why understanding natural history is *vitally* important in this day and age. Feel free to join us and chat @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office.  Behind me hangs a birthday-letters-style banner reading "WORLD'S BEST PLANET," along with a 3D-printed leatherback turtle model, various framed prints of Earth maps and phylogenies, and other natural history miscellanea
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What does somebody's favorite dinosaur say about them? We're chatting about a new YouGov poll which asked that question of Americans. It's dinosaurs, pop culture, & public understanding of paleontology all intersecting on today's stream — — and you're welcome to join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, flanked by a little 3D printed Brontosaurus model, a light-up "Jurassic Park" tyrannosaur LED, and a gigantic life-sized 3D-printed Allosaurus skull, among various framed paleontology-related images
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
There's a TON of #paleontology and natural history news to cover today, from even-weirder-than-we-thought Muttaburrasaurus to new a new herrerasaur from New Mexico on the extinct side, and even recovering monarch butterflies on the still-living side of things Feel free to join us and hang out 🦕
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, with today's backdrop featuring a life-sized 3D-printed Herrerasaurus skull, a goofy sauropod LED light, the sculpted skull of a Lystrosaurus, a BART train model, a framed megalodon shark photograph, and other paleo miscellanea
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It's a chill #TurtleTuesday here on the stream, and we're talking all about the evolution of turtles (while frequently getting distracted by viewer questions and all kinds of tangents about the history of life on Earth). Feel free to pop in and say 'hi' in the chat @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office.  The GIGANTIC life-sized Diplomoceras heteromorph ammonite is on the wall behind me as a 3D print, as well as a huge Archelon rear flipper and a brand-new trionychid turtle, too
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Aubonroman @aubonroman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Celui qui ne lit pas est condamné à croire les autres. #lectureFR
Une affiche sur fond jaune. Un corbeau, perché sur des livres, lit un livre qu'il tient dans une des ses pattes.
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We're celebrating the fossil history of plants for #PlantAppreciationDay today. Cycads, horsetails, ferns, and bennettitales are sure to feature prominently as we discuss Mesozoic floras and otherwise strive to 'give the plants their flowers' 🙃 You're welcome to join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, with SCADS of (mostly gynosperm) plants on the office wall behind me.  Ferns, palms, cycads, ginkgos, and magnolias peek out from around and in between framed illustrations of various Mesozoic-looking plants
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Idriss El Almi @driea.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Despite the increased consumption of sweeteners, obesity and metabolic disorders have not declined. Without establishing a direct link, this raises questions about their still poorly understood effects on metabolism.
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Artificial Sweeteners May Harm Future Generations, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that widely used zero-calorie sweeteners may subtly reshape the gut microbiome and alter gene activity linked to metabolism and inflammation.
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Idriss El Almi @driea.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
“The Pedra de Fogo Formation in Brazil is one of the only windows we have into Gondwana’s animals during the early Permian Period of Earth history, and Tanyka is telling us about how this community actually worked, how it was structured, and who was eating what.”
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Scientists Baffled by Bizarre “Living Fossil” From 275 Million Years Ago
Tanyka amnicola is a newly identified ancient tetrapod known from unusual twisted jawbones adapted for grinding plants. This rare herbivorous “living fossil” helps scientists better understand early e...
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Idriss El Almi @driea.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
www.sci.news/paleontology...
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250-Million-Year-Old Embryonated Dicynodont Egg Found in South Africa | Sci.News
Using high-resolution CT and synchrotron scanning, paleontologists confirmed that the fossilized specimen from the Early Triassic of the South African Karoo Basin contains an unborn dicynodont Lystros...
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We've got more WHEEL OF FOSSIL NEWS today, as well as 3D printing a giant weird 'paperclip' ammonite, and lots of paleontology Q&A as well. Join us and jump in the chat @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot featuring the 'CAT CAM,' with me and longhaired domestic cat Sweetie Pie in front of my office wall.  Behind us are a life-sized 3D print of a giant Ice Age beaver skull, as well as leatherback turtle model which we assembled yesterday, along with assorted paleo & natural history miscellanea
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We're starting off the week's #Twitch #paleontology streams with some fossil science Q&A and the assembly of a big leatherback turtle 3D-printed model. Join us for natural history discussion and paleontological camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office.  Dominating the background are life-sized 3D prints of Pachycephalosaurus and Majungasaurus skulls, plus other assorted paleontological knicknacks
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