Reposted by David BapstChristina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“…”advocating” and “teaching” is not clearly defined, but the way the …policy is being implemented makes the situation pretty clear: If you’re using material that state lawmakers agree with, that’s teaching; if you’re talking about something they object to, that’s advocacy, and you have to stop.” 041
Reposted by David BapstJames Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We're looking for a lecturer in the Biology and Marine Biology Department at UNCW! I very much love my new department - if you are passionate about teaching and have expertise in anatomy and physiology, biodiversity, genetics, or microbiology, please consider applying! jobs.uncw.edu/postings/40986jobs.uncw.eduLecturer - BiologyThe Department of Biology and Marine Biology at The University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applications for multiple full-time Lecturer positions beginning in August 2027.Successful candidate... 01319
Reposted by David BapstAndrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026'Phylogenetic jungle' of early ecomorphologically diverse actinopretygians: "Early actinopterygians are a paraphyletic assemblage of ~600 extinct species divided between ~22 named clades and the “palaeoniscoids,” a..wastebasket" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio 0153
Reposted by David BapstJames Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Has a museum with staff whose whole job is to understand the legal and ethical treatment of fossil collections. "wE HeARd a DuDe oN a PoDCaSt" 02712
Reposted by David BapstChris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026lol. an organization that definitely cares about it's members and not increasing revenue. 032
Reposted by David BapstPaleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The organizers kindly requested that attendees answer this short survey: paleo.memberclicks.net/message2/lin... 🎯 The course will be a mix of lecture and hands-on elements and aims to prepare scientists to maximize the utility of the plant fossil record to understand Earth's deep past.paleo.memberclicks.netPaleoSoc/FIXER Short Course 2026 Registration Survey 011
Reposted by David BapstPaleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026📢 We are just a few days away from the Paleo Society short course! 📅 When? Saturday, October 10th, from 8:30 am to 5 pm 📍 Where? At the Bluebird Ballroom 2C See you there! 💃 134
Reposted by David BapstAAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026 0124
Reposted by David BapstAndy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026MorphoSource has a funding drive - if you use this resource, consider supporting! (I just did!) 072
Reposted by David BapstCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing. 311802322
Reposted by David BapstDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026More geekery tonight. Trying to make sure my code worked as intended and generating Raup's Figure 2 from his 1962 paper "Computer as Aid in Describing Form in Gastropod Shells" #marinelife #SciArt #paleobiology #MolluscMonday #paleontology 36618
Reposted by David BapstLaura Mulvey @lauramulvey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🟢 Great start to the week with an intro into stratigraphy from the one and only Mark Patzkowsky 🪨📉✨ @thepalass.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social 0106
David Bapst @dwbapst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I remember having to argue you to the point of seeing some validity of basal for fossils. I guess next set my long term goal to convincing you there might be properties of paraphyletic groups that go beyond those induced by human artificiality 120
David Bapst @dwbapst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At least that article gave us a fantastic GIF, I use it all the time on Discord 031
Reposted by David BapstAlka Tripathy-Lang @dralkatrip.bsky.social · 23/01/2026For @highcountrynews.org's latest issue on Deep Time, I reviewed 3 books that help us explore Earth's past in different ways: Basin and Range by John McPhee, Strata by @laurapoppick.bsky.social, and When the Earth was Green by @restingdinoface.bsky.social 🧪⚒️ www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...hcn.orgThree books explore deep time and help us look forward - High Country NewsEach of these books can, in its own way, teach readers how to think about Earth's history, and how to apply lessons from the past to our future. 15421
Reposted by David BapstKristian Svennevig @ksvenenvig.bsky.social · 25/09/20263D-print your own landslide! New paper out in @geomorphica.bsky.social "Open access 3D-printable landslide models for outreach and teaching" journals.psu.edu/geomorphica/... 75720
Reposted by David BapstGavin Simpson @gsimpson.bsky.social · 25/09/202696 little pink pigs, 16 pens, 4 rooms 🐷 Our students used LEGO to explore experimental design: randomising treatments, blocking by room, and asking why six pigs sharing a pen don’t give us six independent replicates. Abstract ideas made tangible, one brick at a time #lego #statistics 1134
Reposted by David BapstApril Wright @wrightam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There not always a huge financial cost to new minors or certificate programs; often pulled together out of extant courses. But there is a cost to serially starving the humanities and communicating a lack of care and respect for those disciplines to students 0112
Reposted by David BapstApril Wright @wrightam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The highlighted quote is fantastic. There’s a real desire among admin to capitalize on something that is fundamentally very difficult to predict: a future job market Fundamental skills - critical thinking, strong oral and written communication, and ability to learn - are always in style 1136
Reposted by David BapstJames Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I think it is very telling that we get news of two planned museum closures by university institutions with minimal notice. Clearly they know the moves will be publicly unpopular, and the apparent solution is to give people as little time to organize as possible and set it up as a fait accompli. 1247
Reposted by David BapstJames Lamsdell, PhD @fossildetective.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Great thread discussing museum funding from the inside. The reason some universities are trying to divest from their museums is because they are beginning to treat each unit as an independent revenue generating entity. Museums cost money and therefore they WANT to cut them. 03111
Reposted by David BapstZ. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The university-based UCMP got a nearly 30% budget cut ~15 years ago. Restructuring and reductions changed how the museum functioned, but its mission remained. The road to recovery is long and we still have no fossil preparator, but it is possible to slowly rebuild. ucmp.berkeley.edu/about/ucmpne...ucmp.berkeley.eduLetter from the Director, May 2012 075
Reposted by David BapstWalter Hickey @walthickey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026they found a real pokémon www.numlock.com/p/numlock-ne... 0102
Reposted by David BapstPaleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you are a student, why not sign up to the annual Schuchert Lunch at GSA Connects 2026 on 11th October, 12-1pm, and get a free lunch! 🔗Sign up here: forms.gle/Ze97ddbiyE3q... 🚨Only student members are eligible for a free lunch 📆Deadline: 29th September 012
Reposted by David BapstPaleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026🚨 PS SHORT COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT GSA 2026 October 10th (location TBD) A primer for researchers of all stages interested in trait-based paleoecology and deep time vegetation-climate interactions. Description in comment below! 12316
Reposted by David BapstBrandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Tenure-track job in vertebrate paleo! 🦬🦕🦈🦴 This is my former position at the Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences. Can confirm that the collections are excellent & understudied; AND that the people at the IMNH and BioSci are wonderful colleagues. APPLY!isu.csod.comCurator/Assistant Professor, Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences (3756)Job DescriptionThe Idaho Museum of Natural History and the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University invite applications for a joint... 25255
Reposted by David BapstSmart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026DAY 466 SPECIES 466 - Bulimina marginata STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen B. marginata "the margined one" has a tapering spiral shell with spiney edges. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky 1283
Reposted by David BapstGulf Coast Repository @gcrepository.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The GCR is available for a wide range of workshops and meetings, including legacy research projects and outreach. Early consultation with the GCR is strongly encouraged, and GCR staff can provide guidance and suggestions prior to funding proposal submission. gcr.tamu.edu/outreach/pla... 013
Reposted by David BapstDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Curator of Marine Invertebrates position at the NHMLA. Great opportunity for marine invertebrate zoologists, especially echinoderm researchers! (see post below)spnhc.orgMarine Invertebrates Curator | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History CollectionsNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County https://nhm.org/ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) seeks a full-time Assistant OR Associate Curator, commensurate with experience… 12022
David Bapst @dwbapst.bsky.social · 20/09/2026hit it Plugsy youtu.be/LDu1oU7CSTU?...youtu.beCutting Edge - The Brave Little ToasterYouTube video by Music and More by Andrew’s Movie Corner 032
Reposted by David BapstDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Curator job at the ROM for an athropod specialist! 087
David Bapst @dwbapst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I have it on DVD. “It’s a B-Movie” and “Worthless” are overlooked animated music gems 110
Reposted by David BapstPalaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️24th September 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Next Thursday, Emilia Jarochowska from Utrecht University will talk about “CarboKitten.jl – stratigraphic forward modeling of marine carbonate rocks and its applications in paleobiology”. Sign up here: palaeoverse.org/training/lec... 0117
Reposted by David BapstDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Did a brachiopod write this? 😅 17111
David Bapst @dwbapst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026static.klipy.comJim Halpert's Deadpan HumorAlt: Jim Halpert shrugging sadly 010
Reposted by David BapstChristopher B. Cameron @invertevo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026RT. Join us in Montreal as an Assistant Professor of Evolution of #Fungal Diversity. 🍄 rh-carriere-dmz-eng.synchro.umontreal.ca/psc/rhprpr9_...rh-carriere-dmz-eng.synchro.umontreal.caCareersThrough your undergraduate and graduate-level teaching, and your research activities, you will contribute to the faculty’s pursuit of excellence. Furthermore, you will promote your discipline and actively participate in the daily activities of a renowned institution. As such, you will: 023
Reposted by David BapstRichard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I quite like that illustrations of graptolites often look like they're done by someone slowly going mad, like the protagonist of an Edgar Allan Poe story. 0398
David Bapst @dwbapst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026me waitingstatic.klipy.comSpongebob Patiently WaitingAlt: Spongebob EXCITEDLY Waiting 030
Reposted by David BapstPawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 23/05/2026A fossil nervous system meets modern neurobiology. We found that a living comb jelly preserves neural architecture remarkably similar to those inferred from Cambrian fossils over 500 million years old 🤩. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 521986
Reposted by David BapstWindhorse @windhorse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Snagged this from FB. This may make some people uncomfortable but I think it highlights just how far we've come from what's natural, from our relationship to the Earth that sustains us and our beautiful relatives we share it with. 34499343375
Reposted by David BapstCtenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Happy #CtenophoreCtuesday! Have you ever wondered how a comb jelly propels itself in the water? They utilize a metachronal rhythm of beating cilia (located on comb plates), which appear like a moving wave! Credit to @kei-jokura.bsky.social. Read more in this original paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦑 2194
Reposted by David BapstFarid Saleh | فريد صالح @taphozoan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026New paper 🧪🪨🦐: We describe the N'kob Biota, a new Middle Ordovician Biota from Morocco that fills a critical gap between the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota and the Late Ordovician Tafilalt Biota. Out now in Geology: doi.org/10.1130/G546... Art by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social 111051
Reposted by David BapstMegan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The Natural History Museum of LA is hiring a Curator of Marine Invertebrates! Come join an amazing team and contribute to stewarding the largest marine invert collection in the Western US. 🐙🪼🦐 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau... 16348
Reposted by David BapstChristopher B. Cameron @invertevo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I love this Saddle Lake #Cree Nation initiative because it clearly demonstrates that #decolonization & #reconciliation benefit non-Native people. Also, it's subversive ✊ & counters the conservative binary narrative. 🤘 globalnews.ca/news/1205333...globalnews.caAlberta First Nation invokes treaty clause to set up gender-affirming care safe haven | Globalnews.caSaddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law. 022
Reposted by David BapstDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Absolutely incredible opportunity to be a curator of moths and butterflies. The AMNH is an awesome and wonderful institution and NYC is the best 'freakin city in the world 062
Reposted by David BapstChristina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“Paleontologists believe that this remote corner of southern Utah could be home to the next great undiscovered dinosaur — and the next, and the one after that.” 0166
Reposted by David BapstDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Ok, time for a thread about what I saw yesterday at #CrystalPalace. As you can see, just about everything has been repaired and re-painted, and in places (like the previously misidentified Xiphodon) re-positioned. It looks fantastic and you have to check it out, even if you've visited before... 16511172
Reposted by David BapstMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hey, look: the cover of my next book has been revealed. Looks like it'll be out next March. Details: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 825859