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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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
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coming soon another new Ediacaran taxon from Newfoundland. This one is an #Arboreomorph from the #Ediacaran of the NE Avalon Peninsula discovered and written up with PhD students Pascal Olschewski @simonrosse.bsky.social. The art needs some work to do justice to the fossil but Happy #FossilFriday!
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
coming soon another new Ediacaran taxon from Newfoundland. This one is an #Arboreomorph from the #Ediacaran of the NE Avalon Peninsula discovered and written up with PhD students Pascal Olschewski @simonrosse.bsky.social. The art needs some work to do justice to the fossil but Happy #FossilFriday!
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After a storm last week the sand stripped from the beach to reveal a 40 cm long iguanodontian dinosaur foot cast originally from the shores of a 120 million year old lagoon (Vectis Formation). #IsleofWight #FossilFriday
February 13, 2026 at 7:13 AM
After a storm last week the sand stripped from the beach to reveal a 40 cm long iguanodontian dinosaur foot cast originally from the shores of a 120 million year old lagoon (Vectis Formation). #IsleofWight #FossilFriday
I had the chance to visit the Royal Tyrrell Museum about 15 years ago.
I loved the Burgess Shale exhibit.
I guess the dinosaurs were pretty cool too.
I loved the Burgess Shale exhibit.
I guess the dinosaurs were pretty cool too.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum's galleries are like a Who's Who of famous death posture dinos:
February 13, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I had the chance to visit the Royal Tyrrell Museum about 15 years ago.
I loved the Burgess Shale exhibit.
I guess the dinosaurs were pretty cool too.
I loved the Burgess Shale exhibit.
I guess the dinosaurs were pretty cool too.
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
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Fundamentally, Republicans want Americans to die.
That’s the message from blocking new lifesaving vaccines.
That’s the message from gutting FEMA.
That’s the message from their street goons gunning people down.
Republicans hate Americans and want us dead.
That’s the message from blocking new lifesaving vaccines.
That’s the message from gutting FEMA.
That’s the message from their street goons gunning people down.
Republicans hate Americans and want us dead.
February 13, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Fundamentally, Republicans want Americans to die.
That’s the message from blocking new lifesaving vaccines.
That’s the message from gutting FEMA.
That’s the message from their street goons gunning people down.
Republicans hate Americans and want us dead.
That’s the message from blocking new lifesaving vaccines.
That’s the message from gutting FEMA.
That’s the message from their street goons gunning people down.
Republicans hate Americans and want us dead.
Mad at the world today.
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
February 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Mad at the world today.
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
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They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Yes, she really is saying that rich people making lots of money is more important than children being raped.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Yes, she really is saying that rich people making lots of money is more important than children being raped.
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The most blatantly corrupt gangster government in American history. Where are congressional Republicans on this stuff? Nowhere to be found. Vote them ALL out.
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The most blatantly corrupt gangster government in American history. Where are congressional Republicans on this stuff? Nowhere to be found. Vote them ALL out.
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Minimalist Microraptor
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Minimalist Microraptor
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Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
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the sort of information environment where you wish the FAA was not run by a contestant on the Real World, the Department of Defense by a Fox and Friends drunk, and DHS by Corey Lewandowski
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
the sort of information environment where you wish the FAA was not run by a contestant on the Real World, the Department of Defense by a Fox and Friends drunk, and DHS by Corey Lewandowski
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A friend of ours was able to be a test subject for an mRNA vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer. Completely worked. It is one of the greatest miracles of science and like 40% of the country turned it into The Jab because they are mushheaded simpletons.
February 11, 2026 at 5:11 AM
A friend of ours was able to be a test subject for an mRNA vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer. Completely worked. It is one of the greatest miracles of science and like 40% of the country turned it into The Jab because they are mushheaded simpletons.
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“It’s a complete ground stop … not even medevac are allowed to fly,” an air-traffic controller was heard telling flight crews of the imminent airspace closure Tuesday night. www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
FAA abruptly closes El Paso airspace for 10 days over unspecified security concerns | CNN
The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly issued a temporary flight restriction that immediately grounds all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days — a shutdown that...
www.cnn.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“It’s a complete ground stop … not even medevac are allowed to fly,” an air-traffic controller was heard telling flight crews of the imminent airspace closure Tuesday night. www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
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whut?
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
whut?
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Let's ask Scott Adams if ivermectin cures cancer.
Hang on. One sec. He's not picking up.
Hang on. One sec. He's not picking up.
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Let's ask Scott Adams if ivermectin cures cancer.
Hang on. One sec. He's not picking up.
Hang on. One sec. He's not picking up.
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So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Canada paid for the entire bridge because Republicans didn't want to spend the money and the Ambassador bridge near it is owned by a rich GOP donor.
Q: Why has the president changed his mind on the Gordie Howe bridge?
LEAVITT: The fact that Canada will control what crossed the bridge and owns the land on both sides is unacceptable to the president
LEAVITT: The fact that Canada will control what crossed the bridge and owns the land on both sides is unacceptable to the president
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Canada paid for the entire bridge because Republicans didn't want to spend the money and the Ambassador bridge near it is owned by a rich GOP donor.
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they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole