BJ Nicholls
@bjn2.bsky.social
Retired graphic designer and marketing consultant. Volunteer fossil preparator. I love deep time and geoscience, but my curiosity is ecelectic. He/him.
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The science behind Walking With Dinosaurs!
Curator on our excavations at the largest ankylosaur bonebed this week at Science Thursday. You’ll learn about discoveries that weren’t featured in last year’s BBC/PBS documentary including some that are rewriting the books on armored dinosaur biology!
Curator on our excavations at the largest ankylosaur bonebed this week at Science Thursday. You’ll learn about discoveries that weren’t featured in last year’s BBC/PBS documentary including some that are rewriting the books on armored dinosaur biology!
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 AM
The science behind Walking With Dinosaurs!
Curator on our excavations at the largest ankylosaur bonebed this week at Science Thursday. You’ll learn about discoveries that weren’t featured in last year’s BBC/PBS documentary including some that are rewriting the books on armored dinosaur biology!
Curator on our excavations at the largest ankylosaur bonebed this week at Science Thursday. You’ll learn about discoveries that weren’t featured in last year’s BBC/PBS documentary including some that are rewriting the books on armored dinosaur biology!
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Nikki Glaser calls out CBS News at the Golden Globes while it’s being broadcast on CBS.
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Nikki Glaser calls out CBS News at the Golden Globes while it’s being broadcast on CBS.
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
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Gullible, easily-misled dolts
January 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Gullible, easily-misled dolts
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It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
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January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy. We will never forget it, and we will not let the nation or the world forget — despite the revisionism of Trump and his lackeys in the Republican Party.
The most shameful day in American history
We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.
robertreich.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy. We will never forget it, and we will not let the nation or the world forget — despite the revisionism of Trump and his lackeys in the Republican Party.
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#FossilFriday (or at least #BiologicallyMediatedSedimentaryStructureFriday) One of the North Pole Dome, Australia, Paleoarchean stromatolites
January 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
#FossilFriday (or at least #BiologicallyMediatedSedimentaryStructureFriday) One of the North Pole Dome, Australia, Paleoarchean stromatolites
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[December 26th, 1925] A Princeton scientist found the first Cambrian vertebrate fossil, a fish scale named Eoichthys howelli. Found in Vermont and confirmed by experts, it is the earliest known chordate and fills a major gap in the fossil record.
December 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
[December 26th, 1925] A Princeton scientist found the first Cambrian vertebrate fossil, a fish scale named Eoichthys howelli. Found in Vermont and confirmed by experts, it is the earliest known chordate and fills a major gap in the fossil record.
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I'm thrilled to earn the endorsement of Bernie Sanders.
"Enough is enough. We need members of Congress who have the guts to demand that the billionaire class start paying their fair share of taxes. Nate’s values and courage make him the clear choice."
-Sen. Bernie Sanders
"Enough is enough. We need members of Congress who have the guts to demand that the billionaire class start paying their fair share of taxes. Nate’s values and courage make him the clear choice."
-Sen. Bernie Sanders
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I'm thrilled to earn the endorsement of Bernie Sanders.
"Enough is enough. We need members of Congress who have the guts to demand that the billionaire class start paying their fair share of taxes. Nate’s values and courage make him the clear choice."
-Sen. Bernie Sanders
"Enough is enough. We need members of Congress who have the guts to demand that the billionaire class start paying their fair share of taxes. Nate’s values and courage make him the clear choice."
-Sen. Bernie Sanders
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November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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THREAD 👇
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
THREAD 👇
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This PSA to active Military Dems put out: bsky.app/profile/slot...
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This PSA to active Military Dems put out: bsky.app/profile/slot...
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Remember the plastic surgeon in Utah who threw away Covid-19 vaccines, giving kids saline shots instead, and selling faked vax cards?
Pam Bondi just dismissed all charges. RFK Jr. says the guy deserves a medal for his "commitment to healing!"
More ignorance and broken oaths.
Pam Bondi just dismissed all charges. RFK Jr. says the guy deserves a medal for his "commitment to healing!"
More ignorance and broken oaths.
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember the plastic surgeon in Utah who threw away Covid-19 vaccines, giving kids saline shots instead, and selling faked vax cards?
Pam Bondi just dismissed all charges. RFK Jr. says the guy deserves a medal for his "commitment to healing!"
More ignorance and broken oaths.
Pam Bondi just dismissed all charges. RFK Jr. says the guy deserves a medal for his "commitment to healing!"
More ignorance and broken oaths.
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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This #fossilfriday, we move in time to the #Permian when the #amphibian Seymouria sanjuanensis lived in what is New Mexico today. Clusters of large animals like this one are rarely found in the #fossil record, especially this well preserved.
Photo: Amy Henrici
Photo: Amy Henrici
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This #fossilfriday, we move in time to the #Permian when the #amphibian Seymouria sanjuanensis lived in what is New Mexico today. Clusters of large animals like this one are rarely found in the #fossil record, especially this well preserved.
Photo: Amy Henrici
Photo: Amy Henrici
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For #fossilfriday here is the Golden Gate walrus - a partial snout and tusk of a walrus dredged from late Pleistocene sediments on the seafloor below the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco! This is the southernmost record of modern walrus in the eastern Pacific. On display @calacademy.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For #fossilfriday here is the Golden Gate walrus - a partial snout and tusk of a walrus dredged from late Pleistocene sediments on the seafloor below the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco! This is the southernmost record of modern walrus in the eastern Pacific. On display @calacademy.bsky.social
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Worth listening to @techwontsave.us on how news is increasingly consumed through social media and now "AI" platforms www.techwontsave.us/episode/288_... and then reading this BBC piece...
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Worth listening to @techwontsave.us on how news is increasingly consumed through social media and now "AI" platforms www.techwontsave.us/episode/288_... and then reading this BBC piece...
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mRNA 🧬 vaccines - but not other kinds - trigger an innate response that can allow the immune system to 'see' and attack tumours, animal studies suggest 🧪
If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
mRNA covid vaccines spark immune response that may aid cancer survival
An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives
www.newscientist.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
mRNA 🧬 vaccines - but not other kinds - trigger an innate response that can allow the immune system to 'see' and attack tumours, animal studies suggest 🧪
If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
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It's a good time to lean into using Wikipedia as your first point of call for researching stuff. It certainly shouldn't be your last, but it's always a great jumping-off point, with links aplenty.
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It's a good time to lean into using Wikipedia as your first point of call for researching stuff. It certainly shouldn't be your last, but it's always a great jumping-off point, with links aplenty.
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Instead of standing on the sidewalk waving a sign, Hubs and I went about our morning spreading the word at a packed local breakfast joint and busy grocery store. Quite a few side-eyed looks and muttered disapprovals. HA! Here’s to making those who avoided the protest downtown see me!! #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Instead of standing on the sidewalk waving a sign, Hubs and I went about our morning spreading the word at a packed local breakfast joint and busy grocery store. Quite a few side-eyed looks and muttered disapprovals. HA! Here’s to making those who avoided the protest downtown see me!! #NoKings
Axolotls for democracy. #nokings #saltlakecity
October 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Axolotls for democracy. #nokings #saltlakecity
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Just so we’re clear…
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just so we’re clear…