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Michael Hickerson @hickerlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How much of the tree of life did you eat? Phylodiet scores a meal by phylogenetic diversity: type what you ate and it builds the dated tree of the organisms in it, from ~3,300 edible eukaryotes, back 2 billion years. Last night's dinner, below. 🧵 mjhickerson.github.io/phylodiet/app/phylodiet.html

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just saw Roger Taylor at the Roundhouse. Fantastic gig. Brian May appearing at the end was special - as was a version of Bohemian Rhapsody by a South African choir … x.com/east_green_b...

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ニードル (@east_green_blue) on X

We Will Rock You : Roger Taylor with Brian May (26.09.2026, London) いやもう涙でてきた…ロジャー、これ歌うのね

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

By then we will have likely been involved in a war with Russia as well- but defence as well as climate change isn’t as important as Eurovision.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s moved on - formatting is old hat - it’s now plotting world domination

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestr... You can climb up inside to the head of the horse - it’s pretty cool.

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Equestrian statue of Genghis Khan - Wikipedia

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You need to see this one ….. it’s a bit huge!

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Last time I saw those it was very very very cold!

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Don’t forget your safety training! No standing in the beam

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Saw this on X and couldn’t quite believe that #Zanussi would be quite so blatant …

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

At least you know you won’t have to watch for long

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Pim Kaskes @pimkaskes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🇲🇦 Wrapping up a great fieldwork in Morocco including digging up Middle Jurassic dinosaurs 🦕 & attending a meeting on the protection of the regional geoheritage & a Middle Atlas Geoparc initiative @nhm-london.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @richardjbutler.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

At the end of our fieldwork in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco with @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social & @pimkaskes.bsky.social from @nhm-london.bsky.social & Driss Ouarhache, Khadija Boumir, Kawtar Ech-charay & @ahmedoussou.bsky.social from USMBA in Fès. What a team! 😍 (1/5)

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

And the prices of everything are so reasonable as well

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

And of course the requirement to eat large amount of cheese smothered food at all times!

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

#GenevaAirport combined with the shambolic EU entry exit system makes for a fun morning. Three hours to get through immigration. Another #brexit gift that just keeps giving.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Last day in Phnom Penh and time to say goodbye to my colleagues at the Ministry of Interior. Killing a few hours wandering around the Royal Palace and the riverfront. You can see where the sediment heavy waters of the Tonlé Sap in the foreground meet the clear Mekong water.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Early morning start at the Ministry of Environment here in Phnom Penh.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A rather depressing day in Phnom Penh. Toul Sleng museum. About 20000 are estimated to have been imprisoned here by the Khmer Rouge. Only 12 known survivors. The cherry tree is at the Killing Fields where prisoners from Toul Sleng were taken to be killed.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

After lots of travel for work this year I think only country with roads in a worse state than the UK is Zimbabwe… here we have Bulawayo in Zim, Phnom Penh Cambodia , Bukhara Uzbekistan and finally Haywards Heath!

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

After one night in #Bangkok it’s time for Phnom Penh and a coffee overlooking the confluence of the Tonlé Sap and #Mekong rivers. Sadly work starts tomorrow!

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Heading to #Cambodia via #Bangkok for another assignment. Not a bad place to spend a Saturday afternoon…..

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Insurrection in Haywards Heath! I think the date adds a nice touch.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Escaping #Tashkent today for a trip down to #Bhukara near the border with #Turkmenistan. Lunch at the Lyabi House Hotel before heading back to the airport.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Nice morning wandering around the State Geology Museum in #Tashkent. Great display of mineral specimens and some dinosaur bit and pieces.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Continuing my trip through the #tashkent metro here are the bomb blast doors at Minor station.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The wonderful Kosmonavtlar #Tashkent metro station featuring Yuri Gagarin and many others. Found out today that until about 2018 I would have been arrested for taking these as the metro stations doubled as bomb shelters.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Early morning arrival into #Tashkent #Uzbekistan with the Tien Shan mountains in the distance

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Frozen lakes and night skiing #Voss #Norway … it’s very cold!

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Maybe because the way they are going there won’t be any left!

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Last night in Bulawayo for Kimi …. recovering after a day scoring sauropodomorphs with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

In Bulawayo with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social and Kimi Chapelle for a visit to the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe. There is no power but we have stocked up on the essentials.

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simonwills.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This is Felipe just before he got stuck ….

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Great piece on this morning's Today program on Radio 4 about the discovery of the weird and very spiky Jurassic ankylosaur Spicomellus from Morocco, featuring @tweetisaurus.bsky.social, @richardjbutler.bsky.social, @ahmedoussou.bsky.social and @simonwills.bsky.social. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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How scientists discovered a 165m-year-old bizarre dinosaur - BBC Sounds

Our science editor Rebecca Morelle went behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum.

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

If you like the new specimen of #Spicomellus, check out this film of us excavating the specimen, by Ben Webber at the @nhm-london.bsky.social youtu.be/TEeCFl0MJ0A?...

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New dinosaur is unlike anything we've ever found | Unique armoured dinosaur discovered in Morocco

YouTube video by Natural History Museum

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