#FossilFriday a freshly split Dactylioceras found this sunlit evening on the Holderness coast , Yorkshire .

Last day at SGDS needing to borrow the ornithischian teeth to my descriptions. So for #FossilFriday some nice semionotids; undescribed Latest Triassic Fish from the Bell Ranch Fm. west of Spanish Fork near SLC & basal Jurassic Lophinotus (sp.) from sw Utah at SGDS. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social

Most people completely underestimate the insane, inhumane scale of the war in Ukraine. According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, the siege of Mariupol alone saw between 27,000 and 88,000 deaths in only three (3!) months. Read that again and let it sink in

Welcome back to #FossilFriday Here is a well preserved Carneyella pilea Edrioasterioid on a Rafinesquina brachiopod. This specimen comes from the Upper Ordovician (Maysvillian) Correyville Formation from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Just back from the GAC-MAC conference in Newfoundland. Had the great privilege of seeing the #fossils of #MistakenPoint up close and personal! Pictured are Fractofusus, Charniodiscus, and Pectinifrons. Truly a special place and significant bucket lister. #Ediacaran #FossilFriday

The WTA forced Oleksandra Oliinykova to remove a Kastus Kalinouski Regiment patch before her Roland Garros match. The patch, gifted by Belarusian volunteers defending Ukraine, stayed with her anyway — in her pocket. Thank you, Oleksandra, for your stance 🇺🇦

A russian drone struck a residential building in Romania, injuring civilians. I feel for Romanian people who, just like Ukrainians, do not deserve to suffer. At the same time, western reactions seem to range from “REAL humans were hurt this time” to “it’s just some Romanians”.

Глибоке Занепокоєння / Very Deep Concern (animation)

Military medic Oleksandr Krokhmaliuk tortured to death in russian captivity He was working to save lives, and should never have been held prisoner. He is one of 406 Ukrainian POWs and civilian hostages who have died in russian captivity through torture or the failure to provide medical care

“We condemn Russia’s reckless actions, and NATO will continue strengthening our defenses against all threats, including drones,” the Alliance said in response to the Russian attack. 📍 They condemned it — problem solved.

🥔🇺🇦 There is a threat of invasion from Belarus. — State Border Guard Service of Ukraine stated Military activity in the depths of the country directly indicates — Russia has increased pressure on Belarus.

Important words from British journalist and former combat medic Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke: "The concept of 'Ukrainian resilience' doesn’t do justice to the real struggle.When we see a person drowning&saving themselves, we call it resilience&admire them - instead of admitting we should have helped more

Up to 2007: It's Ukraine's decision to join 2007-2014: Ukraine join but we have to allow it cos anti imperialism 2014 -to now: We got a promise they would never join. The past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday. The above quote on the Kremlin's own website.

Israel condemned the decision to rebury Andriy Melnyk in Ukraine. The country's Foreign Ministry repeated the Russian propaganda thesis that Melnyk allegedly "collaborated with the Nazis." t.me/ssternenko/5... No one asked to rebury the remains in Israel.🙄

They are so clever that they even found our sex tunnels! I ask myself which language that is.🤷‍♂️

What Ukrainians & all eastern europeans have always needed is a privileged westerner who does not know their history, languages or cultures to explain to them that they lack the agency to fight for their own country and are mere pawns unable to determine their own best interests. This isn't racist.

The terrorist state attacked a @un.org depot housing $1,400,000 worth of humanitarian aid—enough for 130,000 people near the frontline. This is the 85th such strike in the last 18 months, according to @wfp.org. Help protect Ukrainians: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

Is russia launching weapons from Europe's biggest nuclear reactor? youtu.be/MWkuPDmS6Gs?...

Video captured the moment a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile was intercepted directly over a camera operator in Kyiv and fell onto a nearby tennis court. The missile did not detonate — only its fuel burned.

🤬Belarus is preparing the ground for an invasion of Ukraine: they claimed that Ukraine is allegedly constantly attacking infrastructure with drones.

Meme from November 2022.

🚨Dear Ukrainians, the USA and Russia had another phone call today, so it can be another night attack. From my personal view, it often feels like whenever they have “good conversations,” Ukraine gets attacked the same night or the next day.

OTD in 2014 the Russian attack of Donetsk airport began, lasting 8 months and destroying the airport. The EU punished me by approving Nordstream 2 a short while later. The message of appeasement was noted.

Russia spends $5 billion a year on propaganda to manufacture support for its invasions through false narratives such as this one, amplified by bot and troll farms. Fact-based research to counter it takes time and effort — please support our work: vatniksoup.com/en/support-o...

For years to come, we will see monuments and statues erected for these “victims”, who in reality were soldiers from Russia’s elite Rubicon drone military unit. This was a big loss for the Kremlin, and now they are trying to gain something from it. 13/13

NAFO fella @tankerfella.bsky.social (follow them!) also found out that several photos of the victims were recycled from other sources. This is nothing new. For example, they once used a photo of famous gay porn star Billy Herrington on one of their memorial plaques. 8/13

Yet it didn’t take the Kremlin long to take advantage of the fog of war. Their first false claim was that “all 21 killed children were 14-17 years old,” even though all of the victims were of legal age and most likely had military background. 7/13

Prigozhin’s disgruntled troll farm employees later reinforced this claim, confirming that the victims of the “genocide” were actually paid actors. Russians even erected statues to “commemorate” the falsified event in a war that they themselves started. 4/13

The fake genocide was touted as one of the main reasons for Russia’s war during the early stages of the full-scale invasion, and the claim was made even by Putin himself. Before his mutiny, late Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said that all this was fabricated bullshit. 3/13

In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll introduce Russian propaganda operations around military targets like Starobilsk. For over a decade, the Kremlin has used similar strategies, combining crisis actors, “independent journalists” and fabricated evidence. 1/13

Ukraine 🇺🇦 Kyiv tonight. Amid explosions and russian attacks, people lean out of their windows shouting: “Usyk! Usyk! Usyk!” “Slava Ukraini!” “Heroiam slava!” A city refusing to let fear become its only voice.

Exceptional anatomical preservation of Jurassic Austrohamia leaves from #Patagonia reveals distinctive features of ancient #Cupressaceae New #AJB research by Sebastian Molano, Giovanni Nunes, Ignacio Escapa, Josefina Bodnar et all. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #fossil #paleobotany

Our life is that crazy: in between hiding from Russian missiles and drones many Ukrainians watched the fight between Oleksandr Usyk & Rico Verhoeven. «I want to dedicate this fight to Ukrainian people and Ukrainian soldiers.Thank God for everything. Slava Ukraini!"- Oleksandr Usyk after his victory

President #Zelenskyy 💬 "I would like to thank all our emergency services currently working at the sites of last night’s russian strikes: the State Emergency Service, the National Police and the municipal services.

Rewatched The Thing This is one of the greatest films of all time.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: "When somebody says Ukraine should withdraw from its territories, please try to withdraw from your own house"

Glory to the heroes

For #FossilFriday, an ichnological 2-for-1 deal: Eocene (~50+ mya) shorebird tracks with bonus invertebrate trails (Cochlichnus), either made by nematode worms or insect (dipteran) larvae; little "craters" may be gas-bubble escape structures. From the Green River Formation, Utah. 🧪🐦🐾

russia stages third ‘trial’ of Ukrainian POW, adds 2 years to illegal 18-year sentence for comments about russian war crimes Anton Saikhiev has been imprisoned since May 2022, with russia meting out particularly savage reprisals against defenders of #Mariupol khpg.org/en/1608815764

A reminder that some of the largest Late Triassic predators were croc relatives: here’s the humungous maxilla of a rauisuchian from the Elliot of South Africa, which was originally misidentified as a carnivorous prosauropod #FossilFriday

OTD in 1948 operation Vesna began in Lithuania. 40,000 people were deported to Siberia and replaced by Russians. Imagine that kind of thing happening today. Imagine selectively opposing it.

Solidarity today and every day with Ukrainian friends. #VyshyvankaDay

Notice how Moscow’s ‘Ukraine biolabs’ disinfo narrative escalates whenever Russia needs a justification framework?   First COVID, then invasion rhetoric, then ‘dirty bomb’ fears, now claims of ‘Western biological threats’.   The conspiracy adapts to political demand.

Publishing in both English and Russian, the GFCN claims to include over 55 ‘experts’ from 37 countries, several of whom are under European sanctions, while nearly all have a well-documented record of amplifying pro-Kremlin narratives.

Discovery of new fossils in Northwest Canada changes view of early animal evolution @egmitchell.bsky.social @cambrojoe.bsky.social #evolution #evolutionsoup #fossil #science #canada 👇🏼👇🏾 tinyurl.com/ysumm6cs

☕️☀️ It’s a beautiful morning — and Vyshyvanka Day! ✅Support/Donations here: buymeacoffee.com/24hoursukraine

Rebuilding what has been destroyed. Healing wounds. Teaching children and when they learn themselves. We preserve memory and build the future. Happy Vyshyvanka Day, Ukraine! With the fate that we embroider independently!

If, as a Ukrainian, you spend more time attacking Zelensky than Putin, like Mendel does, maybe you should ask yourself some questions. And regarding her question, most of us who help one way or another earn nothing from it. That might be hard to understand for a traitor like her

The brutality in Ukraine is not just war. It is a clear case of genocide. Russia openly uses genocidal rhetoric to justify its invasion, and its actions on the ground are executing that vision. We need to call it exactly what it is

OTD in 2002 Prez said it was Ukraine's decision to join NATO if it wanted. Which is *very* strange thing to say if you got a promise from NATO that Ukraine wasn't going to be allowed to even apply. Or maybe the idea we got one is bullshit.