David Levering
@biogeoverse.bsky.social
Paleontologist --> Educator --> Administrator
Director of the @sternbergcamps.bsky.social program.
Co-Chair of the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Communications Committee
Pragmatic progressive. He/Him.
Director of the @sternbergcamps.bsky.social program.
Co-Chair of the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Communications Committee
Pragmatic progressive. He/Him.
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David Levering
@biogeoverse.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi folks! I'm a paleontologist by training who got enough museum-educator XP to become an administrator. Now my focus is creating job and training opportunities for others in earth/life science education, and leveraging my operational leadership skills+experience help solve problems.
Dalton Meyer in the Romer session doing some really cool work for Team Postcrania via analysis of lizard ankle and wrist bones. Also another great demonstration of CT scanning tech utility in vertebrate paleontology.
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Dalton Meyer in the Romer session doing some really cool work for Team Postcrania via analysis of lizard ankle and wrist bones. Also another great demonstration of CT scanning tech utility in vertebrate paleontology.
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
Brynn Wooten: Role of body size in shaping the dietary ecology of the North American 'Hell Pig' (Archaeotherium) revealed through dental microwear texture analysis.
Evidence for predation on small camelids like Poebrotherium, including meat-caching behavior.
#2025SVP
Evidence for predation on small camelids like Poebrotherium, including meat-caching behavior.
#2025SVP
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Brynn Wooten: Role of body size in shaping the dietary ecology of the North American 'Hell Pig' (Archaeotherium) revealed through dental microwear texture analysis.
Evidence for predation on small camelids like Poebrotherium, including meat-caching behavior.
#2025SVP
Evidence for predation on small camelids like Poebrotherium, including meat-caching behavior.
#2025SVP
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November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Pretty much standing room only for @jgn-paleo.bsky.social presenting on the Dueling Dinosaurs and recent Nanotyrannus publication.
Starting out providing context for Nanotyrannus research and controversy.
#2025SVP
Starting out providing context for Nanotyrannus research and controversy.
#2025SVP
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pretty much standing room only for @jgn-paleo.bsky.social presenting on the Dueling Dinosaurs and recent Nanotyrannus publication.
Starting out providing context for Nanotyrannus research and controversy.
#2025SVP
Starting out providing context for Nanotyrannus research and controversy.
#2025SVP
Yara Haridy on Ordivician vertebrates and the origin of bone remodeling:
Synchrotron scanning tech really shines when used with tiny fossils such as those from jawless fish. This includes bony scales on the body of Astraspis.
Investigation shows bone remodeling predates osteocytes!
#2025SVP
Synchrotron scanning tech really shines when used with tiny fossils such as those from jawless fish. This includes bony scales on the body of Astraspis.
Investigation shows bone remodeling predates osteocytes!
#2025SVP
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Yara Haridy on Ordivician vertebrates and the origin of bone remodeling:
Synchrotron scanning tech really shines when used with tiny fossils such as those from jawless fish. This includes bony scales on the body of Astraspis.
Investigation shows bone remodeling predates osteocytes!
#2025SVP
Synchrotron scanning tech really shines when used with tiny fossils such as those from jawless fish. This includes bony scales on the body of Astraspis.
Investigation shows bone remodeling predates osteocytes!
#2025SVP
@hannahbyrne.bsky.social on the evolution of tessellated calcified cartilage (TCC) in fossil chondrichthyans.
Evolution of tessellated cartilage in response to feeding function pressures.
Increase in TCC in Batoids at latest in the early Jurassic.
#2025SVP
Evolution of tessellated cartilage in response to feeding function pressures.
Increase in TCC in Batoids at latest in the early Jurassic.
#2025SVP
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
@hannahbyrne.bsky.social on the evolution of tessellated calcified cartilage (TCC) in fossil chondrichthyans.
Evolution of tessellated cartilage in response to feeding function pressures.
Increase in TCC in Batoids at latest in the early Jurassic.
#2025SVP
Evolution of tessellated cartilage in response to feeding function pressures.
Increase in TCC in Batoids at latest in the early Jurassic.
#2025SVP
Starting #2025SVP talks with the Synchrotron Radiation Micro-CT Scanning in Paleontology symposium in Hall 1! I always love seeing the talks on advances in this technology and its applications in paleo.
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Starting #2025SVP talks with the Synchrotron Radiation Micro-CT Scanning in Paleontology symposium in Hall 1! I always love seeing the talks on advances in this technology and its applications in paleo.
Had a great time learning some Triassic paleo and meeting a bunch of lovely folks on this trip today!
The weather held up for our Warwick field trip today! The group spent the morning at "Guy's Cliff" examining the Helsby Formation sandstone features. Thanks to the trip organizers Ivan Sansom, Stuart Burley, and Richard Dearden for putting on a great trip for our meeting attendees!
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Had a great time learning some Triassic paleo and meeting a bunch of lovely folks on this trip today!
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🇺🇸 This #Veterans Day, honor our vets by sharing the facts. For many veterans, service doesn’t end when they come home. Veterans make up nearly 1 in 4 federal employees, and 15% of the National Park Service. The federal government is the largest employer of veterans in the country. #VeteransDay #NPS
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🇺🇸 This #Veterans Day, honor our vets by sharing the facts. For many veterans, service doesn’t end when they come home. Veterans make up nearly 1 in 4 federal employees, and 15% of the National Park Service. The federal government is the largest employer of veterans in the country. #VeteransDay #NPS
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My advice for #2025SVP would be aimed not to students, who are excellent in our society and I am sure will do great but on senior academics. During Q&A, please resist the urge to grandstand or grill. Be polite, constructive, and supportive. That’s how we build a stronger, kinder community. #SVP2025
Many of our student attendees will be giving their first talk or poster this meeting! What advice you give them to help make it the best experience possible?
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#2025SVP folks, if you are looking for a fun area bar with some non-alcoholic options, check out The Botanist on Bridge St! The food was pretty solid too. (I got a piri piri chicken kabob with grilled Mediterranean veggies as the side.) A+ spot!
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#2025SVP folks, if you are looking for a fun area bar with some non-alcoholic options, check out The Botanist on Bridge St! The food was pretty solid too. (I got a piri piri chicken kabob with grilled Mediterranean veggies as the side.) A+ spot!
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The best advice I received back when I gave my first presentation was, "This is your study and you know this subject better than anyone else who might be listening. Relax." It helped. #2025SVP
Many of our student attendees will be giving their first talk or poster this meeting! What advice you give them to help make it the best experience possible?
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The best advice I received back when I gave my first presentation was, "This is your study and you know this subject better than anyone else who might be listening. Relax." It helped. #2025SVP
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Many of our student attendees will be giving their first talk or poster this meeting! What advice you give them to help make it the best experience possible?
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Many of our student attendees will be giving their first talk or poster this meeting! What advice you give them to help make it the best experience possible?
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
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My statement on the proposed Senate deal
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My statement on the proposed Senate deal
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Get on the phone and call your Senators - 5 Calls is a great app and will give you all of the information you need do it tonight apps.apple.com/app/id120255...
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I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
Folks attending SVP, what are some talks (or posters) you are particularly excited about? As I’m running comms I want to make sure I’m hitting a good variety of disciplines, not just my normal Cenozoic mammals and a smattering of biomechanics and ecology.
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Folks attending SVP, what are some talks (or posters) you are particularly excited about? As I’m running comms I want to make sure I’m hitting a good variety of disciplines, not just my normal Cenozoic mammals and a smattering of biomechanics and ecology.
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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It’s been a decade since the world met in Paris and embraced a historic agreement to stop the planet’s runaway warming.
Ten years on, nations are falling short of those goals.
Can things be turned around? Follow our coverage of the UN's climate summit:
Ten years on, nations are falling short of those goals.
Can things be turned around? Follow our coverage of the UN's climate summit:
COP30: UN climate summit — latest updates
News, highlights and analysis from the 2025 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil
www.politico.eu
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It’s been a decade since the world met in Paris and embraced a historic agreement to stop the planet’s runaway warming.
Ten years on, nations are falling short of those goals.
Can things be turned around? Follow our coverage of the UN's climate summit:
Ten years on, nations are falling short of those goals.
Can things be turned around? Follow our coverage of the UN's climate summit:
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Our litigation at @democracyforward.org has exposed this administration for what it is: cruel and willing to use the American people (including those who voted for the President) as political pawns. We will not stop fighting for the people. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits
The Agriculture Department also demands that states “immediately undo” any steps they have taken to send full November payments to recipients of the food assistance program, referred to as food stamps...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Our litigation at @democracyforward.org has exposed this administration for what it is: cruel and willing to use the American people (including those who voted for the President) as political pawns. We will not stop fighting for the people. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Giant anteaters also have the BEST skulls. No teeth, no worries. Just a looong snoot and enough mandible to make an ant-slurping tube.
Check out their forearm bones too. These are insanely strong animals!
Check out their forearm bones too. These are insanely strong animals!
Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!
Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds
news.njit.edu
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Giant anteaters also have the BEST skulls. No teeth, no worries. Just a looong snoot and enough mandible to make an ant-slurping tube.
Check out their forearm bones too. These are insanely strong animals!
Check out their forearm bones too. These are insanely strong animals!