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Liz Martin-Silverstone

@gimpasaura.bsky.social
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Palaeontologist interested in biomechanics and tomography. Business owner. Lab manager for the University of Bristol Palaeobiology group. she/her. Opinions mine.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
so the alberta seperatist movement was entirely a false flag op, organized by the US state dept, in exchange for promises for alberta resources I'm thankful today for impartial reporting in my country that is free to discover and publish these things. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Canadians shutting down truth & reconciliation denialism, it’s disrespectful to deny our past, we need to learn our history, the good and the bad Sooke brewery owner terminated after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ shirt sparks backlash on Truth and Reconciliation Day www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/va...
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Sooke brewery owner terminated after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ shirt sparks backlash on Truth and Reconciliation Day
A Sooke brewery has closed temporarily and fired one of its owners after a photograph appearing to show him wearing a “Show Me the Evidence” T-shirt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation sp...
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today’s game: what was Liz scanning today?
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just got back from my first Bruker/Blue Scientific users meeting in Cambridge. Had a good couple of days talking about CT scanning and learning more about one of our machines. Looking forward to putting some of what I learned to use!
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Bristol Palaeobiology @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last weekend saw the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the place where Thecodontosaurus, the Bristol dinosaur, and 4th dinosaur named, was found back in 1834. Several Bristol Palaeo members attended while Professor Mike Benton gave a short talk on the discovery and importance.
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you also believe this, sign the petition. The Oilers are losing lifetime fans over this. I won’t be watching this year if he is on the team. c.org/VVSWMwbrmf
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Sign the Petition
Edmonton Oilers Reverse The Signing of Alex Formenton
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here's a twist on Canadian legend Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic" (who was amazing when one of us saw her live last month). It's an acoustic version about Trump's #USCanada #tariffs, #tradewar and his attempted renaming of #LakeOntario. It's called "Moronic" 🎶 - lyrics: youtu.be/Y6OGKFQBG7s
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"Moronic" - Marsh Family parody of Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" about Trump's Trade War with Canada
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🇨🇦👠OhHellNoCanada👠🇨🇦 @ohhellnocanada.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Canadian Dolly Parton Fact Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has benefited hundreds of communities across Canada, delivering over 5 million free books. Key Canadian communities covered are First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Communities. Over 52% of all books that are mailed go to indigenous children👍❤️
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"We should never forget that Dolly Parton chose not to be a billionaire."
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The PalAss is proud to support the new Natural History GCSE 🌿🦋. As the public consultation on subject content is under way, we make the case that fossils should be at the heart of this new qualification. Read the full story here and have your say 📚👇 teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
After missing @thepalass.bsky.social annual meeting for the last 2 years while very pregnant and on maternity leave, I’m super happy that I’ve just registered for this year! Looking forward to catching up with people I haven’t seen in a long time ☺️
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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Two weeks left to apply for our postdoc position on vision in trilobites! Come and explore the exciting world of reconstructing vision in the fossil record, using some of the most iconic extinct animals to grace our oceans! Please reach out + RT! (*Deadline in fact 23.59 BST on the 26th August!*)
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Help needed from people who know things about mythology! I'm looking for god's or mythological creatures who did things like coming up from below/Hell/depths. Preferably not Greek or Roman (I already have Persephone). I am open to flexible usage if it makes sense...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Not a single word about how these tariffs violate both our WTO & USCMA obligations. Every time Trump does this, the NYT & other outlets simply write as if we live in an international vacuum, where the US has no obligations under signed, ratified international treaties. It's journalistic malpractice.
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Ramon Nagesan @nagesanr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
With my upcoming departure from the University of Michigan, I've found myself deep in the job hunt process. Moving back to Canada from the U.S is certainly something I'm really looking forward too. If any 🇨🇦 labs (especially in Alberta) are searching for a µ-CT expert, please let me know!
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 27/05/2026
insane to me that @patagonia.com is suing incredibly impactful drag queen and climate activist Pattie Gonia for “harming their brand” is Patagonia not a brand for the LGBTQ+ community or for climate activists? because you’ve spent a lot of time pretending to be both.
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Happy (belated) 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! Sometimes meeting your heroes can be disappointing, but this was not the case. Despite being part of the background on the day, his face lit up when he found out I worked on pterosaurs and we had a lovely discussion. Such an inspiration ❤️
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Bristol Palaeobiology @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Our MSc in Palaeobiology has its 30th anniversary in 2026! We're delighted to invite you to a special event celebrating the anniversary, exploring the contributions to science by Bristol palaeobiologists during that time, and looking to the future. Book your free ticket: tinyurl.com/Palaeo30
Poster for Bristol Palaeobiology Festival, July 3rd 2026, 7:00 to 9:30 pm, Wills Memorial Building.
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Fun times at work today trying new things after some training last week!
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
When you re-qualify as a first aider for work for the first time since having a child so the instructor goes out of his way to give child info and a booklet on first aid for kids 🥰
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
One month to go until a run the Bristol 10k to raise money for Action on Pre-Eclampsia. I’m slowly getting there with my running, and hopefully won’t embarrass myself too much. Help me raise money for this charity close to my heart ajbellgreatbristolrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/liz-marti...
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Help me raise money for Action on Pre-Eclampsia
Last year in my 36th week of pregnancy, I suddenly developed severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome, a rare and very dangerous complication. These can be fatal for the mother, and if developed early
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Unexpectedly had a few hours free at work yesterday after they cancelled my son’s vaccination appointment last minute, so what exciting thing did I do with this time? Rocks. Moved a lot of rocks. And that’s only half (I think) of what I need to move)… the life of a technician. To be continued…
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Kirsten Emily Flett @kirstenflett.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Very excited to share that my first PhD paper is out now in Biology Letters! We studied Megaclonophycus specimens and analysed how they develop, informing on their affinity. Developmental biology of the Ediacaran Megaclonophycus from the Weng’an Biota url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
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Developmental biology of the Ediacaran Megaclonophycus from the Weng’an Biota
Abstract. The Ediacaran Weng’an Biota of South China yields embryo-like microfossils preserved with sub-cellular fidelity, previously interpreted as the ol
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
When the universe is against you and keeps giving you error after error, give in and eat the biscuits someone gave you as a thank you to remind you that not everything is terrible…
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Third week back at work and I’ve had a filament blow in the middle of a long day of scanning, after the second scan of a 2 part scan failed. I did not miss this part of my job…
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Out in @nature.com today, we shake up the ornithischian family tree. Remember those weird Late Cretaceous iguanodontians, the rhabdodontids? Well they're weird because they aren't iguanodontians. They're ceratopsians. Well, at least some of them are... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe - Nature
New results indicate that rhabdodontids and the previously described Ajkaceratops are actually distinctive European ceratopsians, a group better known from Asia and North America.
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Last day of maternity leave so I’m reflecting and enjoying some quiet reading time while Robin is asleep. Thinking a lot about the last 10.5 months and what would have happened if I hadn’t gone into the hospital on a whim on my way home from work in February… #preeclampsia #hellpsyndrome
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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#FossilFriday: the pterosaur found by Mary Anning in December 1828, probably at Church Cliffs (close to where her statue is today), Lyme Regis. The 1st British pterosaur fossil to be recognised (not the 1st found), it was purchased by William Buckland who forced it upon a reluctant British Museum.
A slab of grey-brown coloured rock with long thin bones preserved on it.
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
New NoCTURN paper on open science in computed tomography out now! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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A FAIR narrative on open science: when, who, what and how of computed tomography and the NoCTURN network
Abstract. Open science, the practice of making research products and processes free and available to scientists and non-scientists alike, is transforming i
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/12/2025
‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada
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‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada
In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providers
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This free birth movement is insane. There’s one thing to try to give birth without medical intervention, but to try to go through a whole pregnancy without any tests, ultrasound etc is just crazy. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t go for extra tests. Insanity www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘There’s no longer a heartbeat’: the couple whose twins were stillborn – and the ‘birth keeper’ they blame
Soon-to-be parents hired a woman they believed would act as a licensed midwife. But she in fact belonged to a radical society that was linked to baby deaths around the world
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
As I was struggling to stay upright walking around Brussels I looked down at the very slippery paving stones and discovered they were full of fossils! Not great for my shows but fun to notice walking around central Brussels. Can’t take a palaeontologist anywhere… 😅
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
On my way back to Bristol after a great #2025SVP. Thanks to all the organisers for a great conference and getting me to use my brain a bit and be a scientist for the first time in 9 months. So lovely to catch up with so many friends I haven’t seen in a while. I love my palaeo pals ❤️
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Back in Bristol for 2 nights being a mum to my little one who has a sad cough. Hope no one at #2025SVP drowns today and you all survive the storm! See you tomorrow for the dinner 🦕 #svp2025
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Enjoyed my one full day at #2025SVP yesterday and this cool diorama that lots of my friends were involved in making! Well done all #SVP2025
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GraphicsSci.bsky.social @graphicssci.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Come to Hall 3 for these super cute Triassic cuddle stickers!! #2025SVP #SVP2025
Photo of a sticker showing a Thrinaxodon and Broomistega
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GraphicsSci.bsky.social @graphicssci.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Come see us tomorrow and for the rest of the week at Hall 3! #SVP2025 #2025SVP
Photo of Science Graphic Design booth with merchandise like notebooks, bookmarks and tote bags of palaeontology themes
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Looking forward to catching up with people at #2025SVP this week! I’m only at the conference on Wednesday but around socially for some of Thursday and Saturday!
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GraphicsSci.bsky.social @graphicssci.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Don't forget to sign up for our workshop at #SVP2025: Designing For All: Creating Accessible Graphics For Science! Spaces are limited so sign up while you can! vertpaleo.org/2025-worksho...
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I hope the 2 30ish guys who had parked in their fancy car in the “parking with children” section of Sainsbury’s thought at least slightly bad when I was struggling to get my baby out of a tiny spot in the pouring rain and sorting out the stroller. I shouted at them. They didn’t respond. Mom wrath
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I’m always annoyed by the suggestion that there are too many c-sections. They happen for a reason, and the decision isn’t taken lightly. If I hadn’t had one when I did I may not be here today. And I didn’t have a complex pregnancy. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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More than half of UK births now involve medical intervention, audit finds
Caesareans drive rise in assisted deliveries as experts warn of complex pregnancies linked to age, obesity and other conditions
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social when will a more detailed schedule come out? I am likely only registering for 1-2 days of the conference but need the schedule to know when. I was hoping to do this before the early registration deadline but can’t yet
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Got asked to do an interview for a tv programme on a paper coming out tomorrow. Had to decline because baby life. They asked me for a suggestion of another woman based in the UK that they could contact… which is how I realised there are far too few women who work on pterosaurs. And none in the UK?
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Huh this is interesting. And scary. showyourstripes.info/l/europe/uni...
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Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
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Davide Foffa @davfoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
‪[1/n] New paper co-lead by @emmadnn.bsky.social‬ @macroecoevoale.bsky.social‬ and I: we combined fossil occurrences, biogeography and climate modelling to investigate the origins and early evolution of pterosaurs 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The lagerpetid Scleromochlus, one of the closest relatives of pterosaurs. Artowrk by Gabriel Ugueto
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Joe Keating @evopalaeo.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Come and visit @thepalass.bsky.social at the Lyme Regis fossil festival. See if you can beat the odds and become a fossil!
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Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Check out this article @davehone.bsky.social, Mike Habib and I wrote based on our ideas about pterosaurs as models for aircraft. Heavy lifting done by Dave Hone and very little by me while I’m on mat leave, but still appreciate being involved!
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