Reposted by James 🏴🦖Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Magical creatures don’t exist, eh? Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were. Plant: no Mushroom: no Animal: no Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic 47840221
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When Mantellisaurus was standing up 15511
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 27/08/2026News | Call for ‘national treasure’ protections to cover natural history specimens Concern in museum sector after world-class fossil collection is sold overseasmuseumsassociation.orgCall for 'national treasure’ protections to cover natural history specimens - Museums AssociationConcern in museum sector after world-class fossil collection is sold overseas 0135
Reposted by James 🏴🦖GHOULology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026🎶Dinosaur theme tune🎶 😞 071
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I’ve never read the book - every e keeps telling me to avoid it. What is the point the author attempts to make? 010
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Two full days into my Lyme Regis adventure and, after an embarrassing fault start, found my first ever ichthyosaurus bone! 🐬 I’m on cloud nine - and still got a week of my trip to go! 081
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Anyone attending Lyme Regis Fossil Festival next weekend? 🦖 000
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Look at the detail! You’ve done an amazing job! 🤩 010
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines 615288239435
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology.bsky.social · 17/05/2026 Follow in the footsteps of Cromarty’s most famous historic figure. 🔍️ Examine the latest findings from scientific research conducted on Cromarty beach by modern scientists. 👩🔬 Discover the expeditions exploring Cromarty's deep time that took place after Hugh Miller made this shoreline famous! 🗺️ 131
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Join us for a guided walk along Cromarty beach 🌊 with an experienced guide to discover the rocks, fossils, and geological formations that captivated Hugh Miller. Have your name go alongside any new discoveries made and displayed at Hugh Miller's Birthplace Museum! 🦴 111
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Inspire the young geologists in your life with a fun and engaging kid's trail! 💡 This year marks the 300th birthday of James Hutton. As we celebrate this milestone, help Hugh Miller track down the perfect birthday present from objects housed at the museum. 🎁 163
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 14/05/2026One of my favs - can’t wait to see it finished! 🐟 010
Reposted by James 🏴🦖The Geological Society of Glasgow @geolsocglasgow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026🏡 Did you know you could visit the birthplace of Hugh Miller? Well you can! And they have a variety of events on this year! ⬇️ See below for details. #geology #hughmiller #fossils 131
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Is there a desire at the museum to address the colonial and imperial links the specimens at NHM may have (i.e. how they came to be part of the collection during an age of European imperialism)? 110
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Got to be there when they dug it out last year! 120
Reposted by James 🏴🦖The Onion @theonion.com · 06/04/2026NASA Announces Plan To Put Moon On Mars By 2040 theonion.com/nasa-announces-plan-to… 371804204
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen comments on the crew surpassing the Apollo 13 record for humans to fly farthest from Earth. 🌔 Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa... 622952
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 05/04/2026New look at crescent Earth 🌎 📷 Artemis II 191446264
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/04/2026Naturally, the comment section of this post has attracted those who believe otherwise. 575104381342
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Looking forward to attending my first one! 🙌 110
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Mark Tingay @mudvolcanoguy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026🧪⚒️ A big eruption occurred at a mud volcano in Colombia on the night of the 25th February 2026. Thread… Video from @fluxfolio_ 38036
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Say hello to Galahadosuchus! 👋🏻 This new species of crocodile, which looked like a 'reptilian greyhound', would once have roamed southern Wales and southwest England on the hunt for anything it could fit in its snappy little mouth 🐊🦴 Find out more about it 👇🏻 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...nhm.ac.ukNew species of ancient crocodile named in honour of Welsh school teacher | Natural History MuseumIt has been called Galahadosuchus jonesi in recognition of David Rhys Jones. 616541
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 15/02/2026I am ABSOLUTELY reading this as HARD PROOF that Romans farmed ichthyosaurs. It is fact now. Sorry. 33945219
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 13/02/2026A favorite for #FossilFriday: this exquisite skull of the late Permian therocephalian Ictidosuchoides from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of #Zambia 🇿🇲 Check out those post dentary bones! 👂🏻? @burkemuseum.bsky.social 29831
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Guess who’s turning 217 today? It’s Charles Darwin! 🥳 Born in 1809, he transformed the way we understand the natural world. He developed the theory of evolution by natural selection in his 1859 best-seller, ‘On the Origins of Species’. Send him your birthday wishes in the comments! 👇 39230
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 09/02/2026On and on the subject of that, the “Giants” exhibit is really great - lots of cool stuff to see. Any kid who loves fossils and dinosaurs and is visiting Edinburgh should defo see this 🦣 www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions/giants 000
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 09/02/2026My new favourite information panels featuring in any museum is this one in the “Giants” exhibit at National Museum of Scotland featuring an elderly man who is so happy to see sloths he wants to give them a hug 🦥 120
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026HELLO?? Unbelievably cool critter here!! My paleoart plans for the weekend have changed dramatically 2568
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Jeffrey Epstein was a monster who ruined the lives of many young women. It's maddening how many scientists & universities were chasing after his money, even after his crimes were known. Were I in that generation of scientists, I pray I would have had the fortitude to avoid this psycho. 1466
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Crystal Palace Dinos @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social · 01/02/2026We’re obsessed with this Tylosaurus from the Saint-Vrain Zoological Park, South of Paris, that opened in the mid-1970s and closed in 1999. The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there! 213137
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Good news: Fossil walks are back at Hugh Miller’s Birthplace! 🎉 Join us in Cromarty & travel back 385 million years to find the fossilised remains of animals that lived long before the dinosaurs! 🦖 Find out more & book tickets online - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fossil-walks-2026-tickets-1980371654930 020
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Wait did Burns and Hutton actually meet? That’s pretty cool if true! 000
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I think one of the most frustrating things for many neurodivergent people is that we cannot understand why people don’t give a fuck about things that could make the world a better and kinder place - that’s what happens when your emotional circuitry doesn’t work “effectively” 701665251
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Jurassic World: Rebirth. Now we can say: the Oscar-nominated Jurassic World: Rebirth! Huge congrats to everyone at @ilmvfx.bsky.social , especially pal David Vickery! The visual effects in the film are truly awesome. Just look at those titanosaurs. So well deserved! 0263
Reposted by James 🏴🦖The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22/01/2026A fossil from a lifeform which once towered over the ancient landscape is to go on display at the National Museum of Scotlandthenational.scotFossil of dead-end branch of life which became extinct to go on display 142
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Always fun saying these things existed on our Hugh Miller museum fossil walks 010
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Casual reminder than Jaws 4 is a Christmas movie 🦈 010
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Some Christmas Eve stargazing whilst searching for Santa Claus 🪐 010
Reposted by James 🏴🦖History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Holiday greeting cards from ~ 1880 by London based publisher De La Rue based on the newest paleontological discoveries of the time 🦖🎄🐘 0115
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 23/12/2025British folk. If Farage gets his way, it's a guarantee, life for British immigrants will turn hellish. People like me and my family could get deported. This will destroy our lives, but also make your lives worse. Please, do not sit in silence. 26720
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History @smmnh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks. 016410
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Equally atmospheric here in the highlands too! 010
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented. 1011106742818
Reposted by James 🏴🦖Laura Woods @woodsiegirl.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Just listened to the 'eels' episode of @robinince.bsky.social's Infinite Monkey Cage, and I have to say that if I'd seen all this series' episode titles in advance, I would NOT have predicted that would end up being the most fascinating episode so far 🤯 share.google/RrijNuqRkYNQ...share.googleBBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 34, What’s the deal with eels? – Lucy Porter, David Righton and Caroline DurifBrian Cox and Robin Ince dive into the slippery science of the elusive eel. 4597
James 🏴🦖 @thattalljacobite.bsky.social · 27/11/2025This is without question the most realistic cgi creature I have ever seen - absolute stellar job the animators on Prehistoric Planet Ice Age did, I was blown away by this Gigantopithecus 🦧 The segment itself was also absolutely heartbreaking on top of that… 011