Reposted by Kat JordanDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"Yes contributing to environmental catastrophes and extinction is scary, but what else are we going to do? Write our own emails? Learn math? Create art? Speak to other humans?!" 0187 0
Reposted by Kat JordanPaleontological 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 0
Reposted by Kat JordanPeter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Hey Paleo Folks! Rowan Lockwood (PS President) sent me this description of the Paleobotany short course at this year's GSA. “A primer for researchers of all stages interested in trait-based paleoecology and deep time vegetation-climate interactions. Attendees will be trained to make measurements… 12615 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I literally just got the word about 4 days ago 😐 I thought they were going to cancel until the beginning of this week 🫠 000 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Yeah, that's exactly what we meant to do 👀 lol 110 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Information coming soon (like within the next couple days)!!! 110 0
Reposted by Kat JordanPaleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026🌈 Diversity makes our community stronger The Paleo Society appreciates each one of you who makes science richer and more welcoming. Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 419739 0
Reposted by Kat JordanPaleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 09/04/2026This week, we are starting our first #PaleoArt Highlight! 🎨 This tattoo was inspired by the elasmosaurid plesiosaur Nakonanectes 🐊 🌊 #Plesiosaurs lived during the Late #Cretaceous in the Western Interior Seaway ✨This gorgeous tattoo was brought to life by Tamara Pez @Pez.Tattooer 2145 0
Reposted by Kat JordanRachel Warnock @rachelwarnock.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I’m looking for a post doc (up to five years) interested in phylogenetics and earth systems - please spread the word! 16283 0
Reposted by Kat JordanKelly Tingle @kellyetingle.bsky.social · 03/02/2026⚡Applications for Paleontological Society Student Representative (2026-2028) are open! ⚡ @paleosoc.bsky.social It's a great way to be a part of the community and advocate for students! Applications due March 1. forms.gle/6qg2BLWgEXVd...forms.gleNominations for Student Representative to the Paleontological Society (2026-2028)The deadline for consideration is March 1, 2026. The Role: Student Representatives serve as voices for student needs in the Society and play leading roles in student activities including organizing... 047 0
Reposted by Kat JordanDr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 02/01/2026ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis! Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...ithaca.com‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From ForeclosureJust days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the Ithaca area landmark. 5449159 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 29/12/2025I love a description of preservation as "a fine trilobite hash". Really captures the frustration of having smashed trilo bits 020 0
Reposted by Kat JordanDr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Semi-infaunal squid? Everyone update your mollusk theoretical ecospace diagrams and let me know if you got bingo with this one www.livescience.com/animals/moll...livescience.com'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plantA new study reveals an unknown species of whiplash squid burying itself upside down in the deep sea — a first-of-its-kind behavior for cephalopods. 05814 0
Reposted by Kat JordanDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 18/11/2025keep ai slop out of scientific journals 945052 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 18/11/2025@sethf.bsky.social do you feel honored or just surprised? Hahaha 120 0
Reposted by Kat JordanPeter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Glad to have this one out! As some of you might remember, I'd kicked around the idea for some time, but the inestimable @wrightam.bsky.social got it all pulled together properly. It's a first step - we still need to include likelihoods of stasis between first & … www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgDistinguishing punctuated and continuous-time models of character evolution for discrete characters and the implications for macroevolutionary theory | Paleobiology | Cambridge CoreDistinguishing punctuated and continuous-time models of character evolution for discrete characters and the implications for macroevolutionary theory 12011 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 06/11/2025All my friends and I woke up with hope for the first time in nearly year and didn't know what to do with ourselves 110 0
Reposted by Kat JordanDr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Pretty good article about the specifics of PRI's situation and what led to the immediate need they have from upstate NY based media. www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...newyorkupstate.comThis hidden gem Upstate NY museum with dino bones you can touch is on the brink of extinctionOfficials say the museum that houses a mastadon skeleton needs to raise $1 million by the end of 2025 to avoid foreclosure. 16041 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 28/10/2025@sethf.bsky.social you're currently destroying mollusks. You may just win this one 😂😂😂 100 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 19/10/2025My proetide paper is finally out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgGlobal evolutionary relationships of Devonian proetide trilobites | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge CoreGlobal evolutionary relationships of Devonian proetide trilobites 070 0
Reposted by Kat JordanJosé Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comecoevojobs.net 2025-26 5207214 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Ok, I finally saw the Jurassic World movie. No notes… except maybe more Dunkelosteus content… and maybe don’t say there’s more oxygen in the tropics…ok lots of notes 🤣🤣🤣 #paleontologymedia.tenor.coma close up of a toy dinosaur with sharp teeth standing in front of a fence .ALT: a close up of a toy dinosaur with sharp teeth standing in front of a fence . 040 0
Reposted by Kat JordanPaleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Submit your research to a Paleo Society-sponsored session at @geosociety Connects 2025 in San Antonio! This year we have 30 paleo sessions, and today we’re featuring paleocology related sessions. 🦕🌴 Submit your abstract by August 5th! #Paleo #Geoscience #Geology #gsaconnects2025 172 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Are you going to GSA 2025 and have a cool phylogenetic or computational study you want to talk about? Consider submitting to our session T159 "Phylogenetic and Computational Approaches in Paleobiology and Paleoecology"! We would love to have you! #GSA2025 #paleontology #phylogenetics 183 0
Reposted by Kat Jordanpikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Blue isopods with ribbons🎀 232380777 0
Reposted by Kat JordanPaul Bierman @paul-bierman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Really scary stuff. the US NSF is following the lead of Ted Cruz cancelling "questionable projects that pushed onto science neo-Marxist perspectives about enduring class struggle". I've worked with NSF for 32 years. Something is wrong. This is not what they do.🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgIn killing grants, NSF appears to follow Ted Cruz’s blueprintSenator’s report targeted up to $2 billion for diversity, climate change, and misinformation research 510841 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I’m in DC at the Smithsonian this week. Any recommendations on food and other places to check out? 000 0
Reposted by Kat JordanPaleobiology Database @paleodb.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Do you want to learn how to contribute to and use the Paleobiology Database? 🌎🦕🐚 Look no further - we're now welcoming applications to the 2025 edition of our introductory workshop! More details here: forms.gle/xQqDEQwwXeTH... 32721 0
Reposted by Kat JordanRebecca Gelernter @nearbirdstudios.bsky.social · 22/01/2025More old work for #TrilobiteTuesday - specimen of Phacops 🐡 512116 0
Reposted by Kat JordanDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Even *if* their fossil collections were somehow rehoused at other institutions, the potential closure of the Paleontological Research Institute would be an incalculable loss to specimen-based research. It would also eliminate an immensely important educational facility for students and the public. 🧪science.orgFinancial peril could doom a famed New York paleontological institute“Exceptional” fossil collections housed by the Paleontological Research Institute risk being orphaned 09339 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Can we please just let people do their essential jobs 000 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Brah… I’m so tired of all these major historical events 🫠 130 0
Reposted by Kat JordanSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate Kendrick: actually 117538247177 0
Reposted by Kat JordanHistory With Kayleigh @kayleighhistory.bsky.social · 21/01/2025All of us Europeans are just lost for words, we know what Musk did. We aren't fooled, our ancestors lived through the horrors of WW2. It's been less than 100 years. We didn't forget because the pain is still felt to this day💔 As a Dutch woman, I'm telling you don't gaslight us. 611419 0
Kat Jordan @invertlovekat.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Up too early because I’m excited about #Palass2024 🤩 can’t wait for the symposium 040 0
Reposted by Kat JordanShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 09/12/2024"Women full professors are 19% more likely than men at the same career stage to leave academia, as compared with 6% for women assistant professors and 10% for associates."science.orgWomen faculty feel ‘pushed’ from academia by poor workplace climateThe gender gap in faculty attrition worsens after tenure, according to a new study 15572289 0