The deadline for submitting abstracts & workshop proposals for the 2026 AMMP meeting is Sunday Nov 23rd. The 2026 meeting is hosted by the North Dakota Geological Survey in Bismark, ND. Our symposium will be: Defining “Best Practices”. paleomethods.org/Symposium paleomethods.org/Annual-Meeting

This is incredibly important: we must frame tonight as a resounding victory — an electoral landslide, a mandate from the universe itself and as a repudiation of MAGA, of Trump, and of vichy democrats we must be relentless, we must not shut up

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani (D) elected mayor of New York City - DDHQ projection

Out before dawn on a cool October morning. The NDGS Paleontology field season continues, now entering our sixth month this year.

FINAL DAYS! This is the LAST WEEKEND to get your exclusive 2025 NDGS Public Fossil Dig shirt featuring our Medora dig site! This is a limited time fundraiser that closes on Sept 7th and shirts will not be available after this time so don't miss your chance to pick up this one-of-a-kind souvenir.

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Remember! Our open Paleontologist position [Field and Outreach Lead] closes Sunday, May 4th. Get your application in and come work with Jimmothy, our newest star specimen from the Pembina Gorge! See this page for more details and linknto the application site: www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/ndgs/jobs

The secret to making happy little Edmontosaurus mummy murder mittens is lots of duct tape and really loud Ladytron while waiting for adhesive to cure. My methods certainly do get results i guess.

I am advocating for due process for Abrego Garcia.

One of my "secret projects" I've recently finished is making a copy of the arm of Dakota the dinomummy. Here's the blog update on it with shoutouts to @boydpaleo.bsky.social and @himmapaan.bsky.social and @uglyfossils.bsky.social for their work on the paper/exhibit rmdrc.blogspot.com/2025/04/dako...

I'm just discovering it's #portfolioday And since I've been busy with work, allow me to reintroduce you to my by this post:

Love me some pXRF!

We are hiring a Paleontologist to join the @ndgspaleo.bsky.social team! We are looking for someone to lead our outreach efforts, including taking a leading role on our Public Fossil Digs each summer, and assist in the Johnsrud Fossil Preparation Lab. To apply: www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/ndgs/jobs

I suppose the officially official post went out from the university, so I can share that I got a teaching award from the UT College of Arts and Sciences earlier this week:

Since it is officially announced, it is time to spread the word: The 2026 Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology annual meeting will be hosted by @ndgspaleo.bsky.social in Bismarck, North Dakota! Mark your calendars for April 15-17th next Spring and join us for a great meeting!

Calling all Big 10 folks. Put pressure to follow suit and call for active coordination and alliance in defense of academic freedom. No more Columbias. No more Paul Weiss.

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Whether Universities allow students to speak their minds about Palestine or live as themselves, this administration will find some reason to revoke funding. The only path is for Unis to support their students and to sue the federal government when it fails to uphold its obligatory payments.

Reminder we are coming up on the final deadline for the 2025 @sternbergcamps.bsky.social program applications on April 7th. Here's an at-a-glance of everything we have offered for this summer. (Credit to @geosplore.bsky.social for the graphic design work.) sternberg.fhsu.edu/education-ou...

This is why you don't remove qualified people from crucial safety jobs for no reason. Even if this wasn't a direct cause, stunts like this raise the background risk for these types of incidents.

To every Senate Dem: Shut it the fuck down. Trump’s unconstitutional chaos will kill people. 1️⃣ Oppose all nominees until OMB reverses the freeze. 2️⃣ Deny Unanimous Consent to slow Senate proceedings. 3️⃣ Vote no on all Cloture. 4️⃣ Force Quorum Calls at every opportunity. It's time to fight.

Join our Public Fossil Digs this summer in North Dakota! NDGSdigs2025.eventbrite.com Registration opens Feb 1st, but if you want to be assured of getting a spot you can become a Dig Supporter donor and get access to early registration next week. More info here: Ndpaleofriends.org/dig-supporters/

Super excited that three of our high school programs hit or passed our six-applicant minimum tonight just 1.5 weeks into the pre-registration period! - Research Academy Kansas - Field Paleontology Kansas (session 2) - Field Paleontology North Dakota

Sobering read about ongoing financial challenges for PRI. I'm hard pressed to think of a US museum that stretches limited resources further for science and outreach.

Happy #FossilFriday ! Another "Deciphering the Dinomummy" video for your viewing pleasure - this time covering the artwork done by @himmapaan.bsky.social and the traits requested, based off of the fossil features. youtu.be/338pfPjiXnc?... #paleontology #dinosaur #dinomummy #paleo

I don't think I shared this here yet. This is the Edmontosaurus illustration very kindly commissioned by @ndgspaleo.bsky.social to accompany the return to public display of Dakota the Edmontosaurus dinomummy at the North Dakota Heritage Centre in 2021. 1/4

NEW dinosaur artwork today! I had a ton of fun creating these two sinosauropteryxes. Honestly, probably the most fun I've had with a painting in a *long* time...

Oh no! Paleontologizing caught @boydpaleo.bsky.social, @mhouseholder.bsky.social, and me being super normal about a rotting cow on the SVP field trip. #taphonomy

It was an itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie, yellow poka-dot rare crocy, that I prepped for the first time today. Pin-vise is at 1/64" size! So little!

Hello there! I’ve subscribed here a little while ago but had no time/energy/head to write something yet. I’m Filippo Bertozzo, dinosaur paleontologists actually unemployed and in existential crisis 🫡😬 here’s my fav dinosaur, Ouranosaurus, from the Museum in Venice. I started my career with it!

Hello all! I'm a first-year Masters student at the University of Minnesota, studying the evolution of dental development in horses (and morphological evolution, more broadly). Hopefully this can be as good of a place to network as Twitter used to be!

Curious where Sternberg Science Camps+ will be this summer? Well we’ve got a map for that! Yellow states are places we have logistics pretty much locked in for. States in gray are ones we are diligently working on for 2025 programs! We’ll be posting updates of this map as we get logistics finalized.

Back working on our review of North American leptictid taxonomy and systematics since Bill Korth is visiting. I hold three genera in the palm of my hand. Yes, sometimes #mammals are fun to work on.

Anyway hi, I'm a vertebrate paleontologist. I study swimmy things and make memes. Also love James Cameron's Avatar. Follow me I guess. I may snap sometimes 🥺 (post dank trash content) but that's just because I forget that I'm safe 😪 (not on Twitter [im still on Twitter])

Enjoy a nice jugal from the hadrosaurid Edmontosaurus we collected at our Hell Creek Formation public fossil dig site in North Dakota this past summer. Prepared by one of the volunteers @ndgspaleo.bsky.social.

🐤: Hesperornis, Archaeopteryx

Hey BlueSky peeps! My name is Carrie and I’ve been the Curator at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum for 15 years. 😮 Will blather on about all things museum, paleo, geology, mom-ing, running, nordic skiing, and general nerdery!

Hi! I’m Mindy and I’ve worked as a preparator of fossil vertebrates for 21 years. I’ve worked on all sorts of projects both large and microscopic. Most of my current work is on fossilized skin from Dakota the #dinomummy.

Sorry for the delay! Catching up on posting over a lunch break. @mhouseholder.bsky.social and I set off early this morning to run some SEM-EDS analysis on thin sections of fossilized skin from Dakota the #dinomummy at NDSU in Fargo.

Hello! I'm Tom, I'm a palaeontologist & ecologist, working as a prof at Auburn U. I research community dynamics, life history, & biodiversity of organisms in ancient greenhouse environments using a variety of methods. I've also done a fair bit of museum work & exhibit development, & love fieldwork.

I suppose some #introduction is in order. I'm a museum person and vertebrate paleontologist at #PennState. Hat #1. I'll be skeeting about #Museums, #CommunityBuilding #scicomm, big #NaturalHistory data, and #3dtechnology. Because it's cool and what we should be doing.

Gonna SEM-EDS analyze some Dinomummy skin tomorrow. Should I live tweet the findings?

Howdy, I'm Jim Kirkland, State Paleontologist for Utah, as a biostratigrapher, I'm working to ensure continued sustainable research and interpretation of Utah's unmatched geological and fossil record for the benefit of all our citizens. Collateral scientific discoveries are an ongoing joy.

Our current collections assistant is leaving us this week and we are accepting applications to fill the position. This job also includes fieldwork (see the advertisement below for details). To learn more about our team and the work we do, visit our website: www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/paleonto... .

With all of the new people following me here, it's time for another introduction I'm Anthony. I started working on sauropod dinosaurs 27 years ago but have since been sucked into solving mysteries of the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas thanks to my intensive fieldwork schedule. I also post pics of my dog🧪

Hi, I'm Stephanie! I study taphonomy (everything that happens between when an organism dies and when we find it), especially relating to fossil crocs and dinosaurs. Expect a lot of grotty rotten things, but I also talk about evolution, behavior, and sometimes even croc conservation. 🧪🐊🦖🦕🦴

Hello Everyone! I am Clint, a vertebrate paleontologist studying how dinosaur 'mummies' fossilize and what they can teach us about how dinosaurs looked and lived. I also do a lot of descriptive taxonomic work, including recent papers naming the new early bear Eoarctos and the mosasaur Jormungandr.