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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 8h

New features in MyoGeneratorRemix 3.0 Coming soon... #FossilFriday

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Academic communication always goes like this: Student: Dear Professor, I’m writing to kindly request your assistance with the following topics: -Topic A -Topic B -Topic C Professor: Yes.

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Through geometric morphometrics and R-based modeling, this tool enables the adjustment of morphospace parameters to simulate shape transitions. Working in progess

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Just released zotero-filters — a lightweight extension that makes large Zotero libraries easier to explore, filter, and manage. Perfect for researchers who live inside Zotero every day. 🔗 github.com/MiguelDLM/zo...

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

MyoGeneratorRemix is a reimplementation of MyoGenerator (Herbst et al., 2022), a tool for muscle reconstruction and parameter estimation—essential for downstream analyses like FEA. Our version brings major upgrades, including full compatibility with Blender 4.5.2.

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Just got word from DAAD: they’re stopping payment of my PhD admin fees—no warning, no discussion. We came with a funding promise, and now benefits are being cut while fees, rent, and living costs abroad keep rising. Disheartening.

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Will the AI industry form a new Phoebus cartel? In the early 20th century, bulb makers conspired to shorten lifespans—planned obsolescence. Now, after the AI boom, generous tiers are shrinking and access is tightening. Coincidence or collusion? Pass me the tinfoil hat!

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Quiz will be available in the next release 😃 The questions are dynamically created using data from the PBDB according to your request. Questions about Geological time came from the last chart by the ICS

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

MyoGenerator Remix V2.0 is on the way, or should I call it HornsGenerator 🤣🤣

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Due to Firebase's free-tier limits, I added ads to cover potential future costs (Where is my Fossil? stores user/event/paleontologist data). I dislike ads too, so I'm exploring an ad-free version that drops private DB access but keeps PBDB, Macrostrat, iDigBio, etc. Would you pay for that?

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🦕 Where is My Fossil? just updated to v1.4.0 with a powerful new feature! Thanks to @UWMacrostrat , users can now explore geological context—not just species data. Discover fossils and the rocks they came from! 🌍

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🚀 Zotero Paper Search just got an update! Now you can select a species name (1–2 words) and instantly search it in Where is My Fossil? 🦴 Explore taxonomy, specimen images, and more paleontological data—right from your workflow! Download it from Github: github.com/MiguelDLM/zo...

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

New tool!! Paper search for Zotero: Select a text on a PDF while reading and launch a search in the different platforms' availables. Also, you can configure a custom search engine (it automatically detects DOIs, you know what I mean 😉) github.com/MiguelDLM/zo...

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

BFEX was updated to version 2.1! 🦴✨ A new feature now allows you to scale meshes to a target volume or size. This is especially useful when comparing FEA results across models of different dimensions (1/2)

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

"Americans laughing about Mexico having a wooden ship or even having a navy are the same morons who are unable to locate the USA on a map."

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Where is My Fossil? V1.3.0 with new features: 1. Job/Study positions database for paleontologist or people interested in the field 2. A basic chronostrstigraphic chart based on the ICC Chart 2024/12

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

So... Diogenes was right, the featherless chicken is a human since it fits the definition of a human and "looks like a human"

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Genetically modifying a few members of an extant species to express traits of an extinct species is not "de-extinction". Dire wolves are still extinct. They aren't coming back. Conservation is the only way to keep species alive.

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

That skull is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Super complete and detailed. Finding something like this would be a dream come true for me. And the illustrations are wonderful as well!

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Where is my Fossil now has a browser extension! From any website, just highlight the text with the name of the taxa, and right-click to select "search in Where is My Fossil?" This will open a pop-up window with the search results in WIMF. Then you can start exploring the paleo-world!

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Upcoming events in Where is My Fossil? App. Submit your own events and contribute to spread the palaeontology! play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Where is my Fossil? New update! ✨ Improved zoom & layout in phylogenetic trees Isolate & focus on specific groups New radial phylogram Customizable colors for diversity & occurrence charts Explore diversity by geological period (PBDB data) Added German & French support Notification support

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

BFEX was just published yesterday, and today, it received the first update: A renowned User Interface that make it much easier to use. Download BFEX 2.0 from github.com/MiguelDLM/BFEX

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

BFEX: Blender Finite Elements eXporter is a Blender extension (a.k.a. add-on) for building Finite Elements Models to be used on Fossils. From Blender you can easily build, visualize, export and run your FEA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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