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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 08/05/2026

Yeah, sorry, even my book by now has been ripped by AI, so these things are actual experiences to me, whether you joke about it or not. Thanks for the clarification though.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 08/05/2026

Compared to what colleagues in academia can do in terms of harm, this is insignificant and annoying at best.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 08/05/2026

I've been informed that they looked into it and decided on a rejection.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 17/03/2026

Als je natuur vaak genoeg als optioneel neer blijft zetten, gaan mensen geloven dat het optioneel is - niet dat weer al 3.8 miljard jaar afhankelijk van zijn. Fundament als trivialiteit behandelen heeft consequenties. Nog een reden om geen geriatrische afdeling in machtsposities te willen.

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Boswachter Tim 🕊️🇺🇦 @boswachtertim.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Ik vind het zo absoluut bizar dat er mensen tegen zijn om anders om te gaan met de aarde. Ondanks alle waarschuwingen vanuit de natuur zelf. Ik dacht een tijdje: het gaat goed komen. Maar de laatste tijd lijken we alleen maar stappen achteruit te zetten. www.trouw.nl/buitenland/h...

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Het Europese Parlement stemt in met de afbraak van duurzaamheidswetten

Het Europees Parlement nam donderdag voor het eerst een groot besluit via de rechtervleugel: het verminderen van duurzaamheidsregels voor bedrijven. Europarlementariër Lara Wolters treurt.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 16/03/2026

Reviewing is a serious burden on academics. We can't allocate proper time for it, we don't get compensated for it. Nonetheless, we make time for it to enhance science. Today, when a manuscript came back to me for the second or third time, I sadly had to draw the line:

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 16/03/2026

Lieve @nieuws.nos.nl en wat is de oorzaak van de PFAS in de wormen? Wat een verschrikkelijk misleidende kop, alsof die wormen ons probleem zijn en niet de menselijke vergiftiging van die wormen.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/02/2026

I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵) Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM. Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.

The first attempt to reconstruct Tyrannosaurus rex, in the 1905 paper in which Osborn named it and a panel mount of the skeleton (middle), from the 1916 paper in which Osborn described and named it.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 01/02/2026

Ik ben genomineerd voor de vrouw in de media awards 2025. Tot 13 februari mag er gestemd worden: vidm.nl/degenomineer... Van collegezalen tot festivaltenten, musea tot het 8-uur journaal, Zappelin tot RTL, van jong tot oud - het liefst maak ik iedereen enthousiast over wetenschap! 📸 Ilva Stoelwinder

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how the #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk - As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions Story by me and and Steven Morris www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

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‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk

As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Every American needs to see this. Each of the people murdered by ICE had a place in their community, and those kidnapped and imprisoned also were people with lives that touched many others

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Wouter Monden @woutermonden.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Hoi @nieuws.nos.nl, jullie schrijven 'volgens het ministerie'. Grammaticaal gezien brengen jullie wat het ministerie zegt niet als feit. Maar, is het nou echt zo moeilijk om daar direct bij te zetten 'uit de videobeelden blijkt dat dat niet waar is'

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 07/01/2026

Imagine that none of these luxury problems are yours. Imagine being outside, soaking wet with nowhere to go in this weather. We are all a minor or major tragedy away from homelessness. Be kind, be considerate, and when you can, help those in need. There is no us versus them, just us, human.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 07/01/2026

No, nothing in the Netherlands is prepared for loads of sticky snow, and working from home with your kid(s) because school is closed is not ideal. Being stuck at the airport sucks, but it isn't the end of the world.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 02/01/2026

Thank you, and I just noticed my typo in Sweden🫣.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 02/01/2026

Aaaaaaand I miss Swedem again. So so stunning. And give Janet a hug from me please!

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SaschaJanssen 🎸 @saschajanssen.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

"These sanctions are a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution," it said in a statement, adding that the measures put the international legal order at risk.” www.reuters.com/world/rubio-...

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Trump administration imposes sanctions on two more ICC judges

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court's case against Israel, ratcheting up ...

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

A #PrehistoricPlanet Christmas, borrowed from jurassic_world_clipz on TikTok :) Merry Christmas everyone!

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 24/12/2025

Happy holidays and all the best for 2026 from my family.

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Tjeerd Royaards @tjeerdroyaards.com · 22/12/2025

Getting into the Christmas spirit. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #Christmas #Xmas #Ukraine #Sudan #PeaceOnEarth

Cartoon showing a living room where Santa is decorating a Christmas tree. A box next to him is filled with Christmas ornaments and is labeled ‘Christmas spirit CRISIS TEAM’. Behind him elves are shoving skulls and bombs labeled ‘Gaza’, ‘Ukraine’ and ’Sudan’ into a closet and trying to close the closet door so they do not spill out again. Outside we see a war going on in the distance, with buildings on fire and bombs being dropped while nearby an elf is operating a snow cannon to make the garden white.

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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Learn how chemical clues reveal a mosasaur was hunting in freshwater rivers as the Cretaceous seaway receded. www.discovermagazine.com/a-marine-pre...

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A Marine Predator the Size of a Bus Patrolled Ancient Rivers 66 Million Years Ago

Learn how chemical clues reveal a mosasaur was hunting in freshwater rivers as the Cretaceous seaway receded.

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Isotope analysis of a mosasaur tooth from North Dakota indicates that some mosasaurs inhabited freshwater rivers as well as marine environments in the final million years before extinction. doi.org/hbfgck

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Sea reptile's tooth shows that mosasaurs could live in freshwater

Mosasaurs, giant marine reptiles that existed more than 66 million years ago, lived not only in the sea but also in rivers.

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Palaeocast @palaeocast.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Ep171: Freshwater Mosasaurs www.palaeocast.com/mosasaurs/ We're dipping into the Late Cretaceous rivers of the Hell Creek Formation in this special episode. What's the worst that could happen? Oh and we made a video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q24... #mosasaur #paleo #fossil #dinosaur #geochem

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"King of the Riverside", a multi-proxy approach offers a new perspective on mosasaurs

YouTube video by Palaeo cast

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

On the off-chance that you are one of the three people left in the world who hasn't heard me talking about stegosaurs, you can catch me here, on The Ancients podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=I9Vk...

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Inside The Bizarre Biology Of The Stegosaurs

YouTube video by The Ancients

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🇺🇦 paul q. brussée @paulbrussee.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

„Zoals zeehonden en dolfijnen met enige regelmaat in rivieren worden aangetroffen moet zo’n tijdelijk uitstapje voor mosasauriërs ook geen probleem zijn geweest.” @melanieduring.com @gemmavenhuizen.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #paleontologie www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 17/12/2025

only if you count the T.rex carcass in the image - the living animal here is a mosasaur, which is a lizard and is more closely related to snakes than to dinosaurs.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 17/12/2025

only if you count the T.rex carcass in the image - the living animal here is a mosasaur, which is a lizard and is more closely related to snakes than to dinosaurs.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/12/2025

Data centres are being marketed as 'vital cogs in the energy transition', but the metaphor is wrong. They're black holes, sucking up time, light, matter and energy from the decarbonisation space and redeploying it to protecting big tech's profits. www.businessinsider.com/ford-data-ce...

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Ford is pulling back on EVs and getting in on the AI boom

The Detroit auto giant said on Monday it would pull back from electric vehicles in a move that would cost the company nearly $20 billion.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 16/12/2025

Het Maastrichtiën is vermoemd naar de kalksteenpakketten nabij Maastricht, van toen het een zee was. De Mosasaurus is ook naar deze regio vernoemd, als een zeehagedis die toen in deze zee leefde. De regio van de Maas was geen rivier in de tijd van de Mosasaurus. Hope this helps.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 16/12/2025

The first palaeo-artist's reconstructions are trickling in. Check out this amazing freshwater mosasaur with a Tyrannosaurus carcass in a river in the Hell Creek by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 15/12/2025

Zo veel vreselijk nieuws, en dan toch met onze bescheiden paleontologische ontdekking de voorpagina van de @nieuws.nos.nl mogen halen op de laatste maandag voor de kerstvakantie. nos.nl/artikel/2594...

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Only two pieces tonight on #paleostream Funnily quite similar in lighting conditions :P First is the Hell Creek mosasaur second is Kaatedocus, taking into account the recently described melanosomes and their potential for coloration.

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 12/12/2025

Ah yeah, I can understand that. Poor Dave, though, that was certainly not his intention. He typically doesn't have people reappear. I had fun recording the podcast though! I do hope this invited you to also listen to: www.palaeocast.com/tanis/

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Palaeocast | Palaeontology podcasts

Palaeontology podcasts

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Dr. Melanie During @melanieduring.com · 12/12/2025

Awww, I'm sorry to read that! Dave is a good friend of mine, and one of our jokes is that I tend to get ahead and answer 5 of his upcoming questions, but I did not feel uncomfortable or told off at all. Hope that helps!

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