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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Thanks to emails from @paleosoc.bsky.social and @geosociety.bsky.social I've finally submitted my comment on the OMB changes that will devastate scientific funding if approved.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Always fun to see myself playing with my effing hair 🙃

image of the back of a woman's head with short brown curly hair, she is playing with her hair.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Congratulations to @chadtopaz.bsky.social on his incredible new book "Unlocking Justice"! I'm only one chapter in but have already learned a ton and his writing style is snappy, insightful, and informative. We had serviceable rural Thai food to celebrate. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

photo of a white middle aged man in a pink hoodie holding a yellow book

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Thurs at Williams College: The Future of the American Worker: Law, Policy, & changing landscapes w/ sociologist Ben Snyder, prof of envi studies @jmijin.bsky.social Alex Jacquez of Groundworks Collaborative & labor lawyer Ryan Hancock: 4:15-5:30 pm Griffin Hall 3: events.williams.edu/event/labor-...

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Lineup for the Public Affairs Forum at Williams College! I had a hand in the remaining two events with @itsafronomics.blacksky.app on April 22nd and @jmijin.bsky.social @alexsjacquez.bsky.social and Ryan Hancock on April 30th - join us for some great conversations about work & labor

Poster with information on the spring public affair forum at Williams College. TUESDAY, MARCH 16 | 7:30 PM | ’62 CENTER MAINSTAGE
A Conversation with Oren Cass ’05, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 7:00 PM, GRIFFIN 3
A Conversation Anna Gifty
Opoku-Agyeman and Sarah Jacobson, THURSDAY, APRIL 30 | 4:15 PM | GRIFFIN 3
Labor Roundtable with Mijin Cha, Ryan
Hancock and Alex Jacquez, moderated
by Ben Snyder

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Talk alert! Weds, March 4th - @peterbrannen.bsky.social in conversation with me and @sidneyrothstein.bsky.social at Williams College! CO2, geology, AND capitalism. 7:00pm in Wachenheim Room B11, open to the public, books for sale & signing (& cookies) to follow: events.williams.edu/event/the-st...

A square image showing the cover of a book called "the story of CO2 is the story of everything" by Peter Brannen, advertising a talk on March 4th at Williams College from 7-8:30 PM in Bronfman auditorium. Open to the public.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

So excited to bring @peterbrannen.bsky.social to campus and get to talk with him again about CO2, this time with my amazing colleague @sidneyrothstein.bsky.social on board as well! March 4th for those in the area -

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

First general meeting of our new Williams College @aaup.org chapter is Wednesday!

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Boston and Camberville! See you Thursday! I am 99% done with this epic book and so excited to blather with @peterbrannen.bsky.social about it at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Happy pub day to @peterbrannen.bsky.social and The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything! Thanks for knowing how much this inscription would piss me off 🥰 #notboring #stillabillion

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I've spent all morning making ggplot cross plots of confusing min/geochem on billion year old+ rocks and I have no idea what's going on but GOSH DO I LOVE DOING IT. Anyway if anyone wants to explain to me why there's an inverse relationship btwn TOC & kaolinite hit me up @chrisjunium.bsky.social

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

OK so I've been pretty quiet on here for quite some time. I'm still trying to figure out how best to use this place in a way that is generative, sustainable, and (at least sometimes) fun. Here's a sea lion I met last week at Carmel River Beach on a family trip to CA.

A sea lion sticking its head up above the water

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

And more pure goodness from my brave little (adopted) state. A deep #Vermont burn.

photo of a protestor standing in the snow holding a sign that says "Vance skis in jeans"

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I finally found a reason to make one of these damned things. Thanks RFK you absolute goon!!!

Anakin Padme meme; Anakin says RFK is going to focus on nutrition and healthy lifestyles instead of meds and treatments, Padme says "so he's going to bring affordable fresh produce to food deserts, right"

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Here's (just about) what I told my students in my Co-Evolution of Earth and Life class this morning

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The crust never forgets (except when it's eroded and/or subducted 😬)

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Shout out to my Canvas course transfer which has applied random dates to all of my assignments. So I guess the first assignment is for my students to build time machines! FUN!!!!

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Now with (hopefully) no spelling errors!

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

So as a helpful distraction from [[waves hands]] I decided to make myself a lab group logo. Here's my first pass. Any feedback?

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Yesterday I had the chance to do pinhole photography for the first time in over 2 decades and it was fabulous. Quaker Oats container with a brass pinhole plate.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

BTW the Paleozoic Pals are not dog toys. I repeat. They are not dog toys (except when they are 😬😬😬 ) pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com/collections/...

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

PRI also care for one of the largest invertebrate fossil collections in the US, with an estimated 7 million specimens (larger than the American Museum of Natural History!)

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

And also #saddog hiding from the rain. Classic pittie:

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

One of my favorite things about this project, and so much of my work, is the vast array of scales in which the work takes place - from outcrops to electron microscopes. Here's a scanning electron microscope image of one of these apatite scale microfossils, showing bonkers sub-micron scale detail.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

These rocks are from a place called Mount Slipper, right on the AK/Yukon border, on the land of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in people. Here's my other amazing colleague Justin Strauss looking out over the (snowy) ca. 800 million year old rocks where we collected these fossils.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I spent hoursssss trying to get this fossil and a handful of others on to these grids - and then I put them in my carry on luggage and flew them to Oxford U where Nick was at the time to examine them with their high res TEM microscope. Here's me in 2014 collecting the rocks that fossil is found in.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This is one of my favorite images, taken by my amazing colleague Nick Tosca. It's a single microfossil that I picked with a micromanipulator and placed on a transmission electron microscopy grid. We did this to examine the crystallographic structure of the apatite minerals that make up the fossil

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Determined not to JUST post photos of my frolic noodle Onyx so I will also start posting a grab bag of science images with some brief context. I have been so fortunate to get to go to amazing places and to examine some incredible tiny fossils and its time to SHARE. But for now, Onyx and quartz:

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

So much for getting lab work done this afternoon…

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Robert took some incredible images and video with his drone on this trip, including this one of me helping my colleague Justin Strauss sample black shales for possible geochronological dating using Re-Os. #geology

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

We went to this area on an NSF-funded project to investigate early Neoproterozoic (~900 million year old) reefs and their surrounding environments. Here I'm standing on what I "affectionally" referred to as the Talus Palace, with the tops of the reef structures in the background.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

This summer I did field work in NWT, on the land the Satú people. It was intense, challenging, & amazing. Here are some photos taken by the incredible Robert Gill, who accompanied us on the trip, and kept scrambling up impossibly steep talus slopes even after his drone sliced up his finger. #geology

Three people standing with their backs to the camera, facing a rocky ridge of mountains.

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hi everyone. Things are bleak, so here's my new puppy, Onyx, being blissfully unaware/adorable:

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Did you know @jacquelyngill.bsky.social and I are making a podcast? Jax and Phoebe Make a Planet is coming soon! We've got a trailer, so listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts - here's a link to the Apple version: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Next question for my SLAC / undergrad institution friends: do you get compensated ($$ or otherwise) for mentoring research students (esp when you're not getting paid summer salary from a grant)? If so, how? ⚒️ (Cambrian stromatolites for your viewing pleasure)

Cambrian stromatolites scattered with pine needles

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

Thursday is the day we talk about current & future climate change in my intro co-evolution of earth & life class...I haven't taught it since 2018, and need to update the readings -- any suggestions? Esp pieces that focus on resilience... @jacquelyngill.bsky.social ? #thanku

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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Getting to be on @wgbh.org NOVA is, well, pretty amazing. Thanks to the incredible team of folks who made this happen. I suspect the whole series will be great - so check them all out as they drop! www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...

A brown haired woman bundled up against the cold sitting on a rock next to a stream in Iceland.

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