Green River Rocks is coming again in April. Fun learning about geology, paleontology, and archaeology in eastern Utah. I'll be leading the Old SR-24 Diving into the Cretaceous Fieldtrip. Nothing else quite like it. See you there. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social

uk friends, just a reminder you can donate old glasses and hearing aids to lionsrecycling.co.uk where people turn them into new ones for those that need them !

I'm legitimately proud of scientists and artists that made it, not coming from wealth, connections, and systemic inequality. So many of your colleagues are landlords, privately educated, with connections and resources most don't have. But you've made it, without pampering and making the world worse.

Just learned the term "golluming" RE academia and am shook because it's something I've encountered first hand and literally described the person as "gollum with their precious". Though the person I was talking about is more like Smaug with the amount of data and sample material they hoard.

I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them." That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.

As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org

literally any amount will help so much. I struggling with this month’s groceries and daily necessities. (I won’t DM this. those are impersonator accounts with my profile photo) www.paypal.me/mtfvicky

Make HISTORY by backing this project. Read the first Jugger Morph Comic in 30+ years! A great time to get in on the second floor. Plus there are SIXTEEN other comics which I deem to be: EXCELLENT.

reaction rim, phyllite xenolith in Chilliwack Batholith, Slesse

We know dinosaurs reached the Arctic. But did they stay year-round… or just migrate? The answer came from something tiny: newborn fossils. 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/H62Y5Wh

#ThinSectionThursday Fun with the piemontite schist! 4th picture shows the change in color of the same (pink) piemontite grain after rotating the stage. FOV 3 mm ⚒️ #geology #minerals

What’s a cyanide leach pad? Modern gold mining requires the use of chemicals (usually a dilute solution of sodium cyanide) to get the gold out of the rock that the gold is in. One way to do this is to build a leach pad which is large pile of ore rock that you run the solution through.

Got a new tape player so I don't have to stream anymore. Has some really weird stuff on the cassettes that came with it. The radio stations are even stranger. #transformers #soundwave #decepticon

DAY 252 SPECIES 252 - Ca. Bathyarchaeum tardum STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow Colored pencil NOTES: All I see is three pieces of fry bread. 😅 #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

A quick and dirty #Windcharger pic. The low res makes his face look weird. #Transformers #Autobot

Ded.

#Geology and #mineralogy pals, how do you pronounce the name of the mineral "Crocidolite". I have been saying it KROK-ido-LITE. But I've recently heard it said as "KRO-sido-LITE". @calamitaman.bsky.social can you advise?

WIP of a #Quintesson from my #Transformers and #Warhammer40k AU. "Rogue trader Blanche returned from the Halo Stars a changed man with some very close new friends."

fantastic megatronus

Phrases like "Lessons we must learn" etc get right on my chebs. Why must our lives repeatedly be reduced to educational materials for the so-called political elite.

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And yesterday brought me a slime mould, the tiny pinheads of Comatricha nigra in vast profusion in our local Kent woodland. #slimemould #slimemold #fungifriends #naturephotography #myxomycetes #mycology

This looks rad. Nice design for the Lego ship and an all-around nifty illustration by Kim.

A fabulous talk from Ben at @therockpoolproject.bsky.social on zoom this afternoon! 🦑 Check out this amazing citizen science project if you haven’t already!

Hello nerds, my job searching continues, I'm looking for Table Top Miniature Companies in UK, Europe or USA - chances are they are on my list already, but I am not omniscient, so any recommendations or insider knowledge is welcome! Page from my portfolio, unit design for Zeo Genesis!

Another potential shirt or sticker design. Very niche. Wanted to make it look like a retro futuristic racing team sponsor. The circular designs are highly stylised cartoons of the most common Leiosphearidia microfossils found in pre-Cryogenian rocks.

There must have been a #Scottish #Metal band called "War Haggis" at some point. Surely? But metal archives say no. Sadly.

If you want to know what monetization is like on tiktok for geology science communication. I've got 19k+ followers, and I've had over 1 million views. But so far I've earned... £0.68. This is not a joke. #ScienceCommunication #SciCom

🌿 Applications are open for the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Awards (GSRAs), including the J. S. Karling and AJ Harris awards. BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards. Deadline: February 16, 2026. Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...

Fab find! I reckon I looked as delighted yesterday with this find at #HookHead #fossils #stonebothering !

Getting ready to restart my YT channel. I've also found a new shirt supplier. Working on revamping the original designs, and putting together some new ones. Who goes in the Archean park slot? Which paleo critter, rock, or time interval do you want to see on a shirt?

Sheesh. "Were the mountains that formed 1.8 billion years ago similar to modern mountain belts?" Well, now I gotta go read the whole darn thing for the answer. "6 Things Your Geologist Doesn't Want You To Know About Orogeny" vibes

DAY 249 SPECIES 249 - Picrophilus oshimae STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow Colored pencil NOTES: Experimenting with layers P. oshimae is an extremely acidophilic archaeon Isolated from solfataric springs in Hokkaido, Japan.

Don't forget it's the last of our Winter lectures is coming up! Join us and the Friends of the CHCC in Charmouth Village Hall, 7pm, Tuesday 10th, for a talk by Professor James Scourse. Free entry but donations are always welcome!

Accidental Stim Lock. WIP on Magos Perceptorius Maximus. Another #Transformers #Warhammer40k cross over, and based on one of my favourite John Blanche paintings. #SciFi

This is Sea Grave, my first custom TF way back in 2003. The name is a reference to him being a marine marauder and a nod to one of my favourite death metal cover artists. The GW paints didn't work too well, but the Death Guard transfer is still there. #Transformers #customtransformers

DAY 248 SPECIES 248 - Ca. Nanopusillus acidilobi STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor. Sakura & Charsoco pen #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

This fossil is an example of what is called a "mortality plate" as it contains the remains of several animals that all died around the same time. Trilobites were some of the first animals to evolve an exoskeleton, and as a result fossilize very well compared to other Cambrian creatures.

Another one for you, for today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sunlight Tisha Mark ©2025, With Light, We'll See It Through, oil on linen, 20"x16" Original is available: tishamark.com/product/with... #art #painting #SciArt #ArtSky #bsnm

Looks like a totally normal vertebrate skeleton to me. I like the happy little face.

Another painting to share for today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sunlight Tisha Mark ©2023, Awake, Marshlands Series, oil on canvas Limited edition fine art prints available: tishamark.com/product/awak... Original is also available: tishamark.com/product/awak... #art #painting #prints #bsnm #SciArt

Amazing slime moulds.......... A world where we are the giants and these little fellas or literally 1-2mm in height which you can barely see! www.dhphotography.info/macrophotogr... #macro #photography #slimemould #macrophotography #nature #mushrooms

Tripolar mitosis is a great band name.

DAY 247 SPECIES 247 - Nanobdella aerobiophila STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen NOTES: Lost track of time and didn't finish #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

Fascinating. Nice disc fossils. I'm not familiar with this interval, so I'll have to read up on this when I get the chance.

Job offer!! I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July. This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!

Tiny Cam or giant fish!?

Time lapse of an odd little monster. Presumably some kind of cercozoan from brackish water. #protistsonsky

#FossilFriday falls with the creeping inevitability of a global glaciation. These Proterozoic stromatolites from Minnesota's Iron Ranges stand as a reminder that, no matter how small we are alone, together we can change the world, making complex relationships possible like a breath of fresh air. 🧪⚒️

My blog post on Ailsa Craig, curling stones, and the weird minerals that make this rock unique. 🥌