This loss hurts. Sam Neill was a tremendous actor and, by all measures, a terrific human being, warm & caring & charming & funny. So many of my colleagues were inspired by his performance in Jurassic Park; I first watched him ten years earlier in the British series Reilly: Ace of Spies. RIP. 😔

Buzz is not terribly motivated for the weekend. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

For #FossilFriday: posing with fossil bison skull from Orange County, California at the Ralph B. Clark Interpretive Center in Buena Park, CA. Bison were among the most abundant large mammals in late Pleistocene SoCal (& the rest of North America), but their remains from "the OC" need more study. 🧪

Excellent new study reviewing what we *actually* know about Clovis "kill" sites. (Spoiler alert: not as much as maybe we thought we did.) Congrats to @brianapobiner.bsky.social and the whole study team! 🧪

If four SC justices are comfortable w/ ignoring the specific & (one would think) inarguable language of a *constitutional amendment* ... how do you think they'll respond when the felon tries to run for a 3rd term? As he will. Anyone thinking, "No, he can't, that's unconstitutional" needs to wake up.

A mighty yawn from Tigger. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

Advertise your BlueSky account with a Simpsons GIF

Good lord, this made me laugh out loud. A lot. (Somebody get this horse some cake!)

One of our yard kitties, Otto (named by my wife for "A Fish Called Wanda"), somehow got a nasty burst abscess on his throat, so I've spent this week catching him, getting him to the vet, & caring for him. He's getting healthy again & is *quite* the affectionate sweetie! 🐈 #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

He was all twist, no shout.

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Yeah, I'm gonna get work done today. Sure I am. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

If you are so inclined, American Prairie can be found here: americanprairie.org

Okay, this is awesome.

"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?"

This is why one should avoid using the abbreviation "T. rex" from here on out - 'cause now there are *two* of them. Welcome to science, Tylosaurus rex! (Take a back seat for once, tyrannosaurs.) #FossilFriday 🧪

Absolutely.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live! 1. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer (also Powell) 2. Rush 3. Jethro Tull 4. Yes 5. Rainbow 6. Deep Purple 7. Peter Gabriel 8. Oingo Boingo 9. Brian Setzer Orchestra 10. Lindsey Stirling 11. Monty Python (Hollywood Bowl)

Re-re-upping for the west coast evening crowd.

The ICE officer who allegedly shot a Venezuelan man, and who has been accused by Minnesota prosecutors of lying about the incident, one Christian Castro, has now been charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime. Please read this thread to learn the whole horrific story.

Sharing this! The linked page has a number of suggested actions one can take to help defend the monument.

In the film "The Ring", one survives the curse by (spoiler alert) passing it along to others. In like fashion, now that I've had to listen to this, you do too.

Also for #FossilFriday if a bit peripheral: today @metrolosangeles.bsky.social opened its new four-mile D Line w/ new stations along Wilshire Blvd. at La Brea, Fairfax, & La Cienega. Station excavations produced numerous Ice Age fossils - some of which are represented in on new tap cards! #RideTheD

Happy, happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday! (Such a pleasure to meet him way at Rancho La Brea in LA way back in 1988! That's me on the left.) #DavidAttenborough100 #TarPits #FossilFriday

Six years with us today. We love you, Tigger. (Even though you pee on everything. You know better.) #CatsOfBluesky

Slightly diminish a book. The Puppy of the Baskervilles

Our boy Buzz catching some warming morning sunlight, seen through the petals of one of my wife's orchids. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

Also for #FossilFriday - the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social has released this statement re: the US administration's recent decision to dismiss all members of the US National Science Board. 🧪

For #FossilFriday: visiting @tarpits.org to measure horse hip bones, calculating the relative abundance of males vs. females in the sample to try to assess the social structure these ancient equids might have had. (Gotta get the data before the museum closes for its planned 2-year renovation!) 🧪🐎

Are you following @museumoftherockies.bsky.social ? If not, you should be - it's a wonderful museum! (Dinosaur lovers of the world, take note!)

Important thread about the state of education at all levels in the US right now, and how we got here.

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Wars/Trek, LotR, or Marvel.

Drop your crime-fighting Catholics.

Married to the Kangaroo 🦘

A day at the #SanDiegoZoo.

Boris and Tigger waiting patiently (🙄) for elevenses. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

Happy National Burrito Day, everyone! (And thanks to El Burrito in Redlands, CA for the delicious meal!) 🌯 #NationalBurritoDay

My blood pressure spiked reading this ... until I realized what time (and day) it was where The Daily Mail is published. Damn you, Daily Mail.

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Here's a thread with suggestions & options for providing needed support!

In Anaheim, CA. #NoKings

This Saturday at WonderCon 2026! (Yep, it's me!)

This Saturday at WonderCon 2026!

It was truly a privilege to be a part of the "discovery" of a second species of Ice Age mastodon in North America. Here, my friend and colleague Alton Dooley lays out the backstory of how we found this new species right under our noses. (Pertinent publications linked in the post!) #mastodons 🧪

This Saturday at WonderCon 2026!

Great thread for all those "both parties are equally bad" and "we need a brand new direction" folks out there. If you're serious about that & not just a troll, then *now* is the best time to be organizing, promoting new candidates at all levels, generating support, etc. Yet ... nada.

Happy to be participating on this panel!

There are so many genuinely good people in vertebrate paleontology. But there are also still far too many misogynists, and bullies, and outright predators. It's so critical to shine light on this abuse and these abusers, and expunge them.

Tigger among my wife's flowers. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky