If your work involves Big Palaeo Data, you should be *begging* people to publish little local studies of new observational data, jfc. Without that you have absolutely bupkiss. I say this as someone with a foot in both camps:

In July 2023, Blue Ant Media, the Canadian company behind Animalogic, asked to use my pre-existing images for their crab video. I quoted USD60, they said yes, will pay within the month of contract. I sent my images before the payment anyway because I vaguely know the people there. They never paid.

My book 'Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider' is now just $10 at the evil corporate giant. At that price, I can't imagine why you wouldn't read it (and buy an extra copy for your sister). $10! I'm almost insulted :-) https://amzn.to/425pMbR

Made my 1.5 year old a small bag for collecting for pine cones and what not. Ocean theme because of course 😄 This took wayyyyy to long.

You want to see REAL "PhD level experts in your back pocket" in action? Read this thread

Thanks everyone! People were telling her it's not a sea cucumber and she told them she's consulted experts 💪🏽

I would agree with your ID! For a second I thought it was related to Psolus, but nope. Just elaborate mouth pieces rather than suspension feeding

My admittedly old WIO field guide agrees Synapta maculata.

Hey peeps, my mum just sent me this. Found at a beach in Mauritius. She's asking what this is. My search says Synapta maculata. Correct? Do your magic 😊

I once heard a prominent bioethicist defending genetic enhancement by claiming "your genes make up 50% of who you are as an individual" and the philosophy of biology part of my brain just melted

Thank you for having me! It was nice to talk science again for a bit!

“The kids went crazy... Kids were chanting, ‘Barbie!’ and they all got one, and they literally had tears.” www.science.org/content/arti... Nice story by @cohenjon.bsky.social for @science.org

another dinosaur fossil sold at auction for over $30 million 🫠 this time a juvenile ceratosaurus, although there was also a rather lovely looking pachycephalosaurus skull that went for $1.4m news.artnet.com/art-world/un...

Finally got time to finish @doctorvive.bsky.social’s book and am speechless. Genevieve, this work is spectacular. Razor-sharp, moving, energising - and yet profoundly conscious of what we have lost, and what we might continue to lose. “In the end it is your soul to whom you are accountable.” 💚

Hey Paleo folks! I strongly encourage paleos to boycott this year’s GSA. Texas is not a safe state for, well, anyone really, but particularly not for women, POC, LGBQT, etc. The state government is funded by sales taxes, so anything you buy funds Abbott & Klan. Attend PalAss or something else!

Things that the company I work for bans: a software that allows me to copy Unix paths from Windows machines. Why. Make it make sense. Now I've got to change all the slashes one by one. Or I write my own script?

Finally working on something at work that doesn't involve an Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint... yet 🤣 Developing a new method to standardise one of our products. Stumped on a few things but we'll get there!

Germany gears up for returning museum-held objects to their country of origin. Notice how this does not make the sky fall down etc etc.

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social @franzanth.bsky.social I think today's work shirt rocks 😍

Deadline to apply for this 3 yr #postdoc position on early evolution of flowers 🌺 is fast approaching - less than a week left so if you’re interested, make sure you get your application in soon! See post for link to job details ⬇️ #NowHiring #Science #Career #ScienceJobs

We were expecting a delivery today. There was a 10 minute window during which no one would be home. Guess when the delivery came?

They say Bluesky is dying but we're going to prove them wrong by getting a million people to like and reshare this photo of my cat Flurry taking a nap, who's with me?

If you're not already following it/us, please connect to @eartharxivbot.bsky.social to learn about the latest Earth and Planetary Science #preprints! And if you have any general questions about #EarthArxiv, please feel free to ask me, @junana.bsky.social, and @tomnarock.bsky.social anything! #AMA

The kid ate all her broccoli (and mozarella) at dinner but left her pasta. .... What do I do in this situation?

Would be hard to make complete sense of such metadata with respect to producing science (rigorous or otherwise) unless all referee reports and author responses for unpublished submissions are also published.

Launching on Friday 20 June Totally Cooked is a straight-talking podcast about weather & climate change. Hosted by me & Iain Strachan, we discuss with clarity, curiosity, & a healthy dose of dark humour. Follow the show : lnkd.in/gX2-_cgQ No jargon. No sugar-coating. Just the facts.

Why does everything have to involve EXCEL?! Make it make sense....

We've been doing baby sign language with our daughter since a while now and she just started signing in the last weeks. Among some of the ones she can do is CRAB. @franzanth.bsky.social I felt you might want to know this 🤣

You know that neighbour who takes all the package deliveries for the whole building? I'm that neighbour. The delivery peeps dont even bother to ask others now. My hallway is full of packages to be collected. How long until I can claim them as mine?

A new study of bedbug genomes traces their success back to early civilization, and claims that they may be the first urban pest. More in my story for @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...

So we're going to Beijing in July. For people who've been, would I need a buggy (the alternative is the carrier) or does it not make sense at all?

In the largest ever study of Tenochtitlan obsidian, researchers found that the Aztec empire sought obsidian from far and wide to make ritual jewelry and basic tools, revealing complex trade networks and ritual preferences. More in my story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

It's the Free Comic Day today so we picked up a few titles from the local bookshop for the kiddo to read in.... about 8 years.

If you are interested in biodiversity in deep time, check out my new preprint with @rachelwarnock.bsky.social and @dralexdunhill.bsky.social! We review methods of quantifying diversity and diversification, using the fossil record and phylogenies with extinct tips 🐚🦕📊 doi.org/10.32942/X2D...

IT'S FINISHED! The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book! Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...

My most recent PhD paper - big biodiversity databases can mostly recreate macroecological patterns when compared to field data, but with caveats based on cleaning and choice of diversity metric. Interestingly, the thumbnail shows the most consistent result - they consistently recreate bioregions.

Very pleased to see my second column published in @lepoint.fr I talk about the manipulation of scientific images and mention the work of @elisabethbik.bsky.social t in particular. Poke @olivierhertel.bsky.social @gewoessner.bsky.social www.lepoint.fr/science/mani...

@alinemghilardi.bsky.social is leading another effort to bring the Irritator challengeri holotype back to Brazil. In support of #IrritatorBelongstoBR, I've written up a bit of background on the case, as well as some of my own thoughts. Make sure to check it out! paul-stewens.com/blog/2025/ir...

Crucial point by @skyemcdavid.com: the social media campaign for #IrritatorBelongstoBR should target the gov't of Baden-Württemberg, not the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social (or the 🇩🇪 federal gov't). Remember: for #UbirajaraBelongstoBR, the gov't even overruled the museum, which had refused the return.

Looks like I'll be in Beijing in July. Anyone going to be there? mm.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index...

Have you heard the story of the Brazilian dinosaur Irritator challengeri? 🦖🇧🇷 This dinosaur, a relative of Spinosaurus from the Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil 🌵🇧🇷, had its fossil remains taken to Germany 🇩🇪 — and that’s where they remain to this day. Let’s talk about it? ⚒️🧪 #IrritatorBelongstoBR

Dinosaur teeth found in French customs check near Italy border

Well this sucks.

Among world’s top researchers 10% publish at unrealistic levels, analysis finds www.chemistryworld.com/news/among-w...

This was so much fun, really glad that I still get to join such events!

🧪 Frustrated by the actions (or inactions) of some of our professional and learned societies during this ongoing attack on #science and scholarship more generally? If so, this letter to the @royalsociety.org from my mate, @scurry.bsky.social, is worth a read and I hope, signing ✍🏻

I'll be in London this week, come say hi!

Our little human turns 1 today. It's been quite a ride and mostly good! For those who've nerded out about my baby data collection, here's 360 days of sleep for you. My fitbit stopped working right after I got pregnant so I don't have my own data to add to this. But I do sleep wayyyy less.

Husband is in the process of setting up his side gig as a family therapist. Spent the weekend advising on websites and how to set them up. I've inadvertently become his local IT