David Clark
@clarkeocrinus.bsky.social
I'd rather be crinoid hunting.
Invertebrate enthusiast, Paleo artist, Fossil prep, President of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
Invertebrate enthusiast, Paleo artist, Fossil prep, President of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
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David Clark
@clarkeocrinus.bsky.social
· Jul 31
All right, let's do this one last time.
My name is David Clark. I was bitten by a radioactive crinoid, and for 13 years I was on the bird site as clarkeocrinus.
I'm pretty sure you know the rest.
My name is David Clark. I was bitten by a radioactive crinoid, and for 13 years I was on the bird site as clarkeocrinus.
I'm pretty sure you know the rest.
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If we learned that the Obama or Biden DOJ was casually monitoring the comings and goings of a reporter for any reason, much less b/c she was the lead reporter on all things Epstein, it would be a Watergate-level scandal but of course since it's Trump, one day (at best) and we move right along 🙃
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If we learned that the Obama or Biden DOJ was casually monitoring the comings and goings of a reporter for any reason, much less b/c she was the lead reporter on all things Epstein, it would be a Watergate-level scandal but of course since it's Trump, one day (at best) and we move right along 🙃
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wealthy business owners and investors saw what happened during covid when people had enough extra money and flexibility to assert their power or quit their shitty jobs. sever the tie between insurance and employment and that only compounds.
Millions of Americans remain at jobs they hate for one reason: the health insurance they receive. That’s absurd.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
December 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
wealthy business owners and investors saw what happened during covid when people had enough extra money and flexibility to assert their power or quit their shitty jobs. sever the tie between insurance and employment and that only compounds.
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"During 100s of hours of scanning, Geldof collected anatomical images that he used to create detailed 3D models of the rockhead poacher’s head. The work was both delicate & grueling." @phiejacobs.bsky.social
Awesome article in @science.org on @danielgeldof.bsky.social Master's thesis on the secret of the rockhead poacher’s (Bothragonus swanii) unusual cranial anatomy. Daniel did some beautiful CT scans on this odd fish's head.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
This fish seems to use its bizarre skull like a drum
The rockhead poacher’s unusual cranial anatomy may help it communicate
www.science.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"During 100s of hours of scanning, Geldof collected anatomical images that he used to create detailed 3D models of the rockhead poacher’s head. The work was both delicate & grueling." @phiejacobs.bsky.social
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December 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
The Monster at the End of This Book - read by Grover.
What book is Aragorn reading? Wrong answers only.
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Monster at the End of This Book - read by Grover.
Billionaires are a policy choice.
They are not geniuses.
They should not exist.
They are not geniuses.
They should not exist.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Billionaires are a policy choice.
They are not geniuses.
They should not exist.
They are not geniuses.
They should not exist.
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Buffalo Drive, by William R. Leigh, 1947, 📸 by @sickoscommittee.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Buffalo Drive, by William R. Leigh, 1947, 📸 by @sickoscommittee.org
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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STEM without the humanities and arts is how you end up with with all these tech bro idiots, and worse.
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
STEM without the humanities and arts is how you end up with with all these tech bro idiots, and worse.
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Somehow destroying the independence of the DOJ and regularly violating the law didn’t even make the sub-heading of this piece.
This is how the New York Times sums up Trump’s term so far.
December 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Somehow destroying the independence of the DOJ and regularly violating the law didn’t even make the sub-heading of this piece.
It will happen outside the US.
December 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It will happen outside the US.
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Didn't you guys write this exact same story about billionaires in NYC about Mamdani only to write a 'nah SIKE' follow up like a week after he won when all the billionaires realized they don't have Zabars in like Rochester
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Didn't you guys write this exact same story about billionaires in NYC about Mamdani only to write a 'nah SIKE' follow up like a week after he won when all the billionaires realized they don't have Zabars in like Rochester
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Sinatra hated racists and would have punched Miller in the mouth.
Or as Phil Hartman's impression of Sinatra put it, "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
Or as Phil Hartman's impression of Sinatra put it, "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Sinatra hated racists and would have punched Miller in the mouth.
Or as Phil Hartman's impression of Sinatra put it, "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
Or as Phil Hartman's impression of Sinatra put it, "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
“Boil 'em, fuck 'em, stick 'em in a stew”
December 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“Boil 'em, fuck 'em, stick 'em in a stew”
On the 7th day of fossils, my true love gave to me....
7 Cryptolithus bellulus trilobites.
These are from the Ordovician Whetstone Gulf formation of New York. These are very thin shelled, delicate trilobites that are difficult to prepare.
1/x
#12DaysofFossils
7 Cryptolithus bellulus trilobites.
These are from the Ordovician Whetstone Gulf formation of New York. These are very thin shelled, delicate trilobites that are difficult to prepare.
1/x
#12DaysofFossils
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
On the 8th day of fossils, my true love gave to me...
8 Hyperoblastus blastoids from Milan, Michigan.
Blastoids are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins and crinoids. At some localities they are common. They are very rare at the Devonian Silica Shale Milan location.
#12DaysofFossils
8 Hyperoblastus blastoids from Milan, Michigan.
Blastoids are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins and crinoids. At some localities they are common. They are very rare at the Devonian Silica Shale Milan location.
#12DaysofFossils
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
On the 9th day of fossils, my true love gave to me...
9 Phacopid trilobites!
Phacopids are a family of trilobites. They are one of the most common Devonian aged trilobites. I've found them in Michigan, Ohio, New York, Oklahoma and Ontario.
1/x
#12DaysofFossils
9 Phacopid trilobites!
Phacopids are a family of trilobites. They are one of the most common Devonian aged trilobites. I've found them in Michigan, Ohio, New York, Oklahoma and Ontario.
1/x
#12DaysofFossils
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
On the 10th day of fossils, my true love gave to me...
A Jovacrinus clarki with 10 arms!
I mentioned on Day 1 that Clarkeocrinus is not named after me. However, Jovacrinus clarki is!
I found this early Silurian crinoid in Quebec and it was determined to be a new species.
#12DaysofFossils
A Jovacrinus clarki with 10 arms!
I mentioned on Day 1 that Clarkeocrinus is not named after me. However, Jovacrinus clarki is!
I found this early Silurian crinoid in Quebec and it was determined to be a new species.
#12DaysofFossils
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On the 11th day of fossils, my true love gave to me...
11 Cambrian fossils from the Great Basin.
The Great Basin is a large area of Utah and Nevada that was under water 500 million years ago. Life was experimenting and there's lots of strange creatures found here.
1/x
#12DaysofFossils
11 Cambrian fossils from the Great Basin.
The Great Basin is a large area of Utah and Nevada that was under water 500 million years ago. Life was experimenting and there's lots of strange creatures found here.
1/x
#12DaysofFossils
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On the 12th day of fossils, my true love gave to me...
12 Crawfordsville echinoderms!
Crawfordsville, Indiana is home to the Mississippian aged Edwardsville formation, famous for an amazing diversity and density of crinoids. 95+ different crinoids are found here.
1/x
#12DaysofFossils
12 Crawfordsville echinoderms!
Crawfordsville, Indiana is home to the Mississippian aged Edwardsville formation, famous for an amazing diversity and density of crinoids. 95+ different crinoids are found here.
1/x
#12DaysofFossils
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
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abolish ice. theres no middle road on this and democrats will have to be held to it.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
abolish ice. theres no middle road on this and democrats will have to be held to it.
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#FossilFriday
Here is the sponge Astraeospongium meniscus that I found in the Upper Silurian Brownsport Group in Hardin, Tennessee. You can see star-shaped Spicuels. They are made up of Calcium carbonate and serve as the "skeleton" or support structure for the sponge.
Here is the sponge Astraeospongium meniscus that I found in the Upper Silurian Brownsport Group in Hardin, Tennessee. You can see star-shaped Spicuels. They are made up of Calcium carbonate and serve as the "skeleton" or support structure for the sponge.
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#FossilFriday
Here is the sponge Astraeospongium meniscus that I found in the Upper Silurian Brownsport Group in Hardin, Tennessee. You can see star-shaped Spicuels. They are made up of Calcium carbonate and serve as the "skeleton" or support structure for the sponge.
Here is the sponge Astraeospongium meniscus that I found in the Upper Silurian Brownsport Group in Hardin, Tennessee. You can see star-shaped Spicuels. They are made up of Calcium carbonate and serve as the "skeleton" or support structure for the sponge.