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Leigh Anne Riedman

@fossils.bsky.social
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Paleontologist, lover of early eukaryotic evolution, all of the protists, fan of the Proterozoic and I bake.

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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 4h
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 9h
Important update to a developing story
Large black and white cat smiling while sleeping on a patio bench. His toes slightly flared to reveal lil pink beans
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 11h
Get a load a this guy
Ridiculous large black and white cat stretched out and showing his fluffy belly as he sprawls upon the concrete in the shade during a heat wave. Flipflop bearing feet and petunia for scale indicate his largeness.
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 05/10/2026
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Would be curious if they're winding down other divisions in a similar way but on a slower time table. The number of grants provided by the Geosciences division was halved this year compared to prior years, the *explicit expectation* is for it to be halved again next year. Comparing notes is good.
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don't have to worry about that yet-- that conference doesn't happen until October!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 03/10/2026
I was having personal date night A mild evening Candles A juicy red Cheese and crackers I don’t know why i felt it necessary to bring a half pound of cheese outside… it felt necessary My zero gravity chair broke and i went flying backwards while enjoying my cheese
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals
Divergent models persist for the emergence of animals. Lipid biomarkers suggest animals originated before 635 million years ago (Ma), but their body fossil record extends to only 574 Ma. Molecular clo...
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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
LA is HOT. But does it have to be this hot? Did you know shade from a single tree can drop temps by 20° or more? Yet working-class neighborhoods like South LA, East LA, and the Valley get the least tree coverage and bear the brunt of extreme heat. Let's finally cool things down for everyone.
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The Geological Society of America (GSA) @geosociety.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lehigh University is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Earth & Environmental Sciences specializing in solid Earth geosciences. Field-based research on lithospheric processes, critical resources, natural hazards & energy encouraged. 🔗 geosociety.co/JobBoard
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ain't that the truth
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 02/10/2026
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looking for phylogenetic diversity in your meal? The answer is in your local pond water-- Protists: it's what's for dinner!
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 01/10/2026
Yeah, Russell Vought hates universities and scientists more than he hates science per se, but it’s a distinction without difference 
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolutely *the fuck* no. Do not touch our National Parks!
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LadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home
Tom Ford spring 2027 runway look
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 01/10/2026
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...
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Assistant Professor
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Applications accepted through Friday:
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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150
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Postdoctoral Researcher
The Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar as part of NSF-funded research on speciation under alternating cycles of gene flow and isolation (fundi...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨Postdoc job alert: Come work with my paleontology & evolution group in Edinburgh! Researcher in Cognitive Evolution Over Deep Time. You'll study how brains & neurons have evolved over time, and predict neuron count in extinct species! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTC355/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time at The University of Edinburgh
Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So embarrassing
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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spread the word! I’m looking to recruit a PhD student to grow the Paulinella project. Some details can be found here: www.vanettenlab.org/join
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Join! — Van Etten lab at UMD
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Seth Finnegan @sethf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program is accepting applications until November 1. If you're a finishing Ph.D student or recent grad interested in coming to Berkeley to work on a project in paleobiology/paleoecology/geobiology please feel free to reach out! ppfp.ucop.edu/info/
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University of California | President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Someone should invent a way that growing out a pixie doesn't look like dog shit
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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026
My group is recruiting a Ph.D student for Fall 2027! We're a friendly group of mathematically-minded and computationally-inspired biologists studying topics including social evolution, host-pathogen interactions, genetics, and demography. See vancleve.theoretical.bio for more info!
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Van Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I saw the senator‘s performance today and I’m worried he’s been kicked in the head by a mule”
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 29/09/2026
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
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Mara Freilich @maratimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're hiring a tenure-track faculty member in geochemistry & climate at Brown! apply.interfolio.com/193121
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Krzysztof T Jurdzinski @ktjurdzinski.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
A global mitochondrial genomic atlas illuminates freshwater microeukaryote diversity #microsky #protistsonsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A global mitochondrial genomic atlas illuminates freshwater microeukaryote diversity - Nature Communications
Environmental genomics has focused mainly on prokaryotes, leaving microbial eukaryote diversity poorly understood. Using ~20,000 mitochondrial genomes from 3,400 lake metagenomes worldwide, this study...
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please pass along - Our CAMBIUM NSF NRT provides fellowships to support new PhD students at @uarizona.bsky.social To train & prepare a new generation of scientists to harness the revolution in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate the impacts of climate change. cambium.arizona.edu 🧪🌐🌾
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know some paleontologists available for hire if you know of departments looking to change that!
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is how I learn the outcome of the saints game!?! Cmon guys, get it together
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also, these aren't 'boys' who did this. They are *men* who committed rape.
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Blanche Devereaux: Oh Yes, Definitely
ALT: Blanche Devereaux: Oh Yes, Definitely
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 27/09/2026
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That's because early branching does not equal ancestral. Basic tree thinking. Very often misunderstood, though, including in the scientific literature.
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The family and I got our flu and covid shots last night! Never anyone's favorite thing to do but I've got junk food and movies for a lazy weekend AND we get to not get the flu or covid, so I call that a very big win.
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It definitely seems like things are going to crash out, but how do we use that warning? What do we do to mitigate the worst of it?
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 26/09/2026
Maybe it will happen tomorrow
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Virginia Tech has TWO Assistant/Associate Professor positions open in the Department of Biological Sciences targeting fungal and bacterial molecular biologists. Join some great fungal biologists @mycorican.bsky.social and Kirsten Nielsen! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lasted a week! But the counter is back down to zero
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Leigh Anne Riedman @fossils.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Theyve definitely got that one going. There was a pre-order for it back in ?June? I'm looking forward to it but I have no idea what to expect
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!
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