"we have to accept that people being murdered, the environment being ruined, artistic integrity being trashed, and our brains melting is just the inevitable future" do we though??? do we have to accept that???

Anti-trans groups are really going with “Trans people are a Jewish conspiracy to undermine the family.” It’s straight out of classical fascism.

ICE is in fact the worst of the worst

*Assuming* the reporting is correct that Adam Driver is our new Magneto in the modern day MCU, my guess is that this iteration will be a survivor of the ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War of the early/mid 1990s. I’m not necessarily advocating for this approach, but it would solve the age problem.

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To date, immigration officials have shot and killed 11 people, including two Minnesotans. Across the country, they operate with no respect for human life, the law, or consequences. There's no reforming this agency. Rip it apart.

Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

stop. if you think the existence of a warrant is part of the conversation in any way, you cannot, by definition, argue that it makes any difference whether the guy they killed had a warrant or not. because right guy or wrong guy, an arrest warrant isn't a death sentence.

US schools, research advocates urge withdrawal of proposed rule on federal grants reut.rs/4wB5SSX

My privilege to share some lovely stories from the science community about what Sam Neill's timeless performance as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park meant to them—and why it will continue to inspire kids to chase their own discoveries for years to come.

“Sam Neill’s character and how he responded to everyone with confidence but also kindness really stuck with me. It’s clear he knows his shit, but he’s not an asshole about it. Simple enough but shocking how uncommon that is.”

This makes me really sad 😢 Alan Grant and the Jurassic Park movies inspired me as well. My flat is fulled with all sorts of dino things. And I got a Palaeontology degree (Master 1st year). Rest in peace Sir Sam Neill. May you be welcomed by the Triceratops

As though it weren’t already obvious…. Graham’s Death Highlights Congress’s Age Issue www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...

Whoa, over a quarter million people (so far!) have left a comment on the egrgious openly fascist takeover attempt of the OMB. You can too! @standupforscience.net has instructions and everything you need. It's not hard, and it's critically important to science. fight2win.standupforscience.net

The NYT obituary of Lindsey Graham makes no mention of his effort to overturn the 2020 election by calling Georgia’s secretary of state to intimidate him into manufacturing votes for Trump. The Times, like all news media, is GOP propaganda erasing Republicans’ history as election deniers

Look at the bullet points under "What is at stake?" They are trying to kill science dead in the United States. There will be no scientific conferences, no future careers in science, and no functional scientific community, with those rules in place.

Me every morning when I open my news feeds

I have talked to *hundreds* of C suite execs in STEM industry...they are shaking in their boots. @dereklowe.bsky.social

Some of our favorite photos from the first half of our 2026 paleontology programs!

Sound on! Time for some geo-scenery from our Utah paleo group’s visit to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument! Grand Staircase provides a breathtaking landscape of millions of years of Earth’s history written in the rocks. One more reason we love our US public lands!

Plugging this pre-meeting workshop we're holding at the annual meeting for @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Would love to get a full house!

We’ll be tracking progress using the wonderful stratigraphy column artwork we commissioned from Sternberg camper and three-year scholarship awardee Evelyn Elsbury (via her shiny new art commissions LLC Happy Hues). sternberg.fhsu.edu/education-ou...

We’re officially kicking off our 2026 scholarships fundraiser! So far we’ve brought in a little over $18K to help sponsor our middle and high school scholarship applicants! Our goal this year is raising $60K for the scholarship fund. sternberg.fhsu.edu/education-ou...

Our beautiful 2025 art commissions from @levihastings.bsky.social are now available on our online store We have two hoodies and two t-shirts available to order. All proceeds go towards the Sternberg Science Camps Scholarship Fund! store.sternberg.fhsu.edu/mainstore?ca...

Please see your SVP member email for the full message with embedded hyperlinks so you can join the fight to help save intellectually rigorous, merit-based, independent US scientific research funding from this politically motivated attack! 1/3

Show trials are most certainly on the list of “classic ways to try to scare people from exercising their rights.” Please consider throwing some money in the kitty to defend these good people. Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers chuffed.org/project/1865...

The right of Elon Musk to poison the drinking water of Black people in Mississippi as he pursues making GROK bigger and better (and more racist) is essential to US national security, says Todd Blanche's DOJ. www.wired.com/story/doj-la...

Today we celebrate Loving Day, honoring the 59th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Loving v. Virginia decision that rightly struck down interracial marriage bans.

This month, SVP stands in proud support of our LGBTQIA+ community. Complex and expansive expressions of gender and sexuality are as natural as they are ancient. It is imperative to protect the rights of all people, celebrating the diversity that strengthens our society. Art: @emmalerae.bsky.social

When reporters say they were pressured to change facts to match a preferred narrative, that’s a story everyone should care about! A free press can’t function if stories are shaped to satisfy politicians, executives, or activists! Facts first. Always! #SheShed #TruthMatters #PressFreedom

Thanks to Paleontology Operations Manager Ian for giving our gear prep staff team a tour of the fossil prep lab! Lots of awesome specimens and projects in progress, including the mosasaur that our 2024 high schoolers excavated! #paleontology #fossils #fossilpreparation #paleontologist

Someday I’m going to write a memoir named after my favorite phrase every summer since 2014: The Least Bad Option. In related news, I’m reworking half my staff training week plan because the moment my plane touched down in Kansas the weather forecast went from workable to unsafe. ⛈️⛈️⛈️

Another SVP leadership election is upon us! The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Nominating Committee has put forward the candidates for the offices that will open at the 2026 SVP Annual Meeting. The election will commence around July 6th. Keep an eye on your inbox for more details then.

Tech oligarchs landed on hyper-scalable business models they leveraged for incredible wealth. Now they want us to see them as gods because they understand algebra and a little human psychology.

BAN DATA CENTERS,NOW !......

State Rep. @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social wins the Democratic primary in the vacant #GA13, @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social projects. Clark is now poised to become the first Black woman PhD scientist to serve in Congress. My interview with her here: 19thnews.org/2026/05/geor...

If the ultra-wealthy and their companies have billions for data centers and AI software we didn't ask for, they absolutely have enough money to pay a lot more into supporting society infrastructure that has allowed them to achieve such incredible success.

Me as I'm teaching myself new capitalism skills to hopefully make science careers a little more accessible to underprivileged kids in a capitalist hellscape

Today is a special stream, since I'm interviewing someone working to save the leatherback turtle — Dr. Justin Perrault from Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Florida I'm headed to FL next week (and I'll be assisting with some leatherback fieldwork!) so I am BEYOND excited twitch.tv/paleontologizing

putting a marker down: expanding the court is going to be the consensus position among Dem presidential candidates in 2028

I have joined over 150 other scientists & scientific organizations in speaking out against attempts to overturn protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. We call on the U.S. Congress to oppose attempts to overturn protections for the monument! monumentsforall.org/grandstairca...

Today marks SIX YEARS since I started streaming on #Twitch, so we're having a special celebration! Join us for a retrospective on six years of paleontological outreach, fieldwork, fundraising and more — and a discussion of the future of science communication twitch.tv/paleontologizing

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 we are so effing stupid in this country.

The golden age of corruption.

Adam Schiff, since when are you an educator? Where you hiding those classroom hours and that master’s in ed? Wait, you’re NOT, you’re a lawyer with 6 years of practice from BEFORE I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. I’m sorry you’re so gullible and the AI boys lied to you, but get back in your fucking lane.

Sec. Kennedy is an unrepentant eugenicist gleefully croaking out policies that will be directly responsible for preventable deaths of American citizens.