Without context this sounds like the most niche cryptid hunt ever

While scootching around the Interwebs this morning looking for fresh geopetal imagery, I learned of the company "Geopetal Fabric," which makes astoundingly cool geonerd apparel. I just bought this one: ⚒️ geopetalfabric.com/products/geo...

Our educational paleontology & geology video game storefront is now up! We are still debugging the prototype but you should go and wishlist it in the meantime: store.steampowered.com/app/3512920/...

A hard truth of science communication is that knowledge and attitudes (to say nothing of behavior) are not intrinsically linked. A panel from my 2017 comic on the intersection of science and religion, free to read: jordancollver.myportfolio.com/comics #sciart

I know he has been dead for 100 years but Earl Douglass wrote two papers with the same name in 1907 and I think he should be belatedly cancelled for it.

This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays

As NSF approaches its 75th anniversary on May 10th, proposed budget cuts to its programs, grants, and staffing threaten its longevity. Visit the Save the U.S. National Science Foundation website to sign up for updates and use the site's resources to advocate for NSF. 📸: Madeline Marshall

Someone was playing headline telephone and something got scrambled in the mix! AND that particular article helpfully proclaims that "pigs can grow multiple sets of adult teeth," which is interesting, but not true.

Hi. How do I make it so that my webcam doesn't give me ghost boogers. Pls help.

Our Annual Dinner this year includes a talk by @geopetalfabric.bsky.social! In the area? Join us as she explores how we can confuse 'weirdness' for new species in long-dead animals, and how museum collections provide clues to untangle the fossil record.. mnch.uoregon.edu/learn/annual...

New family photo with my daughter and grandson

It can be ordered here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fossil...

My first book, The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure, is out now! It’s illustrated by the amazing Nat Cardozo. Each page features embossed fossils you can touch. Every fossil tells a story, and every scientist started out as a curious kid. I can’t believe it’s finally here! #fossilfriday #booksky

Confirmed with a source. Here's a screenshot of the email sent to staff today.

Finally some good news!!!

Psst: carcinization is not inevitable! R is for Raninoides, one of the best examples of DEcarcinization. It's a true crab, but its body is elongated and the abdomen sticks out. The wrench and spadelike appendages, and torpedolike body, are good for burrowing (see video, next skeet) #CrabAZ 🦀🧪🦑

Last element I added was this little fish, Toarcocephalus, which happened to be published around the time I worked on this image. It helps to highlight the scales that otherwise might come across as random texture. Here the fish paper. palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024...

We're moving our educational game to Steam, but need to know the minimum computer requirements to run it. So if you have a windows computer, especially a crappy one, could you please play the prototype and tell me if it's ungodly slow on your system? geopetal.itch.io/finding-lake...

Results from the Flocking #paleostream! Ophthalmosaurus, Spriggina, Bothriolepis and Homunculus.

Hey, paleo nerds ⛏️! This week, we talk with one of YouTube's paleo stars, Lindsay Nikole, who has MILLIONS of followers and incredible outreach with her YouTube ▶️ series, The History of Life on Earth (That We Know Of). 🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/lind...

Just a regular reminder since I've seen some colleagues recently publish with them: MDPI falls under the definition of a predatory publisher. predatoryjournals.org/news/f/is-md...

@etherbunnies.bsky.social did u know that Logan has finally branched out from reddit??? @loganpogan.bsky.social

Clearing out older social media accounts reminded me of when I got trolled hard by @geopetalfabric.bsky.social in sticker form. Sheets of this sticker are still available geopetalfabric.com/products/kan...

The first predatory journal solicitation I've ever found enticing, just cuz it might be worth it to say I've published in Probe.

The study deployed technique perfected by Tom Kaye. It uses lasers to simulate fluorescence, which, /literally/ "lights up" the barely visible chemical traces left by tissues, like the skin, feathers and membranes of fossilized animals! Link: elifesciences.org/articles/100...

Went through some ornaments my husband and I made years ago. Neither of us have any idea what this cursed thing is, do you?

I’ve been in a bit of a funk all day, and listening to the Weird & Dead podcast from @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social and @geopetalfabric.bsky.social has managed to cheer me up tremendously. I’m not sure what that says about me.

If I saw this in the field 100% of me would think it was poop and not the fossil kind. #FossilFriday is out here expanding my search image I guess!

If you're looking for nerd Christmas gifts I have a store geopetalfabric.com where I sell paleontology and geology themed clothing and gifts! That includes things like shoes and shirts featuring Bowen's Reaction Series

Paleoart is better with plants 💚🌱

Is there any way to turn google AI off? My fingers are tired of scrolling past word salad. 🙄

My favorite part about this 'anti-drug' game is that it keeps warning you that cannabis slows you down... but the game is easier to play once your character has imbibed and is slowed down. positivechoices.org.au/students/pur...

Recently found out that the layers in rugose corals tell us that the year was 400 days long in the Devonian. I don't know what part of that fact is crazier - the space stuff, or that corals lay down daily growth rings. So industrious but for why?

Happy Fossil Friday, this is a trilobite pendant recovered from the Baker Archaeological Site on the Utah-Nevada border. As such fossils aren't found nearby, it was likely traded to the Fremont people and possibly initially found nearly 100 miles away. 🧪