ReBecca
@dinochick.bsky.social
Another Paleontologist. Warning: post not always about fossils. Original post are my opinions & thoughts, & not that of my employer.
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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
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The #2025SVP #SVP2025 field trip to the Jurassic Coast is apparently going well despite some vintage British weather. Photos from @kirstymedgar.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The #2025SVP #SVP2025 field trip to the Jurassic Coast is apparently going well despite some vintage British weather. Photos from @kirstymedgar.bsky.social
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ICE is paying a $50,000 sign-on bonus to get you to turn on your neighbors
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICE is paying a $50,000 sign-on bonus to get you to turn on your neighbors
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Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
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Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
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Proper thread time! Today marks the publication of my fourth book, Spinosaur Tales, this one written with and illustrated by @markwitton.bsky.social. It's out now in the UK (hardback, audiobook, ebook) and will be out elsewhere in Jan 2026. It covers all things spinosaurian, including Spinosaurus.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Proper thread time! Today marks the publication of my fourth book, Spinosaur Tales, this one written with and illustrated by @markwitton.bsky.social. It's out now in the UK (hardback, audiobook, ebook) and will be out elsewhere in Jan 2026. It covers all things spinosaurian, including Spinosaurus.
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I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
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The Clearsky Top 20 blocked (24hrs)
October 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Clearsky Top 20 blocked (24hrs)
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If you see job openings in the science communication direction and the like please send it my way! That would be greatly appreciated.
So that's it. I am officially on the job hunt again with some new skills in my bag including the world of standards and norms, ecolabels, compliance/issue management, target group specific communication, project management, data management, teaching new colleages to name a few.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
If you see job openings in the science communication direction and the like please send it my way! That would be greatly appreciated.
Are you not following the @museumoftherockies.bsky.social page yet? Time to fix that!
Happy #FossilFriday! The teeth of #Tyrannosaurus were a scary sight for all the #dinosaurs in the #Cretaceous #HellCreek ecosystem. Tyrannosaurus bite marks have been found on the bones of #Triceratops, #Edmontosaurus, and even other Tyrannosaurus!
November 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Are you not following the @museumoftherockies.bsky.social page yet? Time to fix that!
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Its 24% for the National Park Service.
And yes, they love the pain they are causing federal workers, which is sadism.
And yes, they love the pain they are causing federal workers, which is sadism.
🦬 This is roughly a 10% deduction in the civil service (and about 11% for DOI) — WELL above the average attrition rate in any given year.
Remember that the next time Republicans say they are trying to "dial down the pain" of this shutdown. They wallow in the pain they cause like pigs.
Remember that the next time Republicans say they are trying to "dial down the pain" of this shutdown. They wallow in the pain they cause like pigs.
Good morning. ☕️
ICYMI: Trump has now forced more than 211,000 people out of their federal jobs. A near-decimation of the federal workforce in nine months.
Biggest losses at Defense Dept and Treasury.
“He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
ICYMI: Trump has now forced more than 211,000 people out of their federal jobs. A near-decimation of the federal workforce in nine months.
Biggest losses at Defense Dept and Treasury.
“He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Its 24% for the National Park Service.
And yes, they love the pain they are causing federal workers, which is sadism.
And yes, they love the pain they are causing federal workers, which is sadism.
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Microbiology lecturer JOB: Dickinson State Uni. MSc required. $55-60k pa. If you're a paleontologist who can teach microbio, you can do the job!
Badlands Dinosaur Museum (my institution) works with DSU paleontologists & students on a variety of projects. Join us! prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/...
Badlands Dinosaur Museum (my institution) works with DSU paleontologists & students on a variety of projects. Join us! prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/...
Careers
DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY (DSU) is a regional comprehensive institution within the North Dakota University System, whose primary role is to contribute to intellectual, social, economic, and cultural development, especially to Southwestern North Dakota. The University’s mission is to provide high quality, accessible programs; to promote excellence in teaching and learning; to support scholarly and creative activities; and to provide service relevant to the economy, health, and quality of life for the citizens of the State of North Dakota.
prd.hcm.ndus.edu
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Microbiology lecturer JOB: Dickinson State Uni. MSc required. $55-60k pa. If you're a paleontologist who can teach microbio, you can do the job!
Badlands Dinosaur Museum (my institution) works with DSU paleontologists & students on a variety of projects. Join us! prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/...
Badlands Dinosaur Museum (my institution) works with DSU paleontologists & students on a variety of projects. Join us! prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/...
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An early dyrosaurid (Wadisuchus kassabi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Campanian of #Egypt ...
Sara Saber @belals.bsky.social Khaled Ouda @gohar.bsky.social @sanaaelsayed.bsky.social Patrick M O’Connor @hesham-sallam.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Sara Saber @belals.bsky.social Khaled Ouda @gohar.bsky.social @sanaaelsayed.bsky.social Patrick M O’Connor @hesham-sallam.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
An early dyrosaurid (Wadisuchus kassabi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Campanian of #Egypt ...
Sara Saber @belals.bsky.social Khaled Ouda @gohar.bsky.social @sanaaelsayed.bsky.social Patrick M O’Connor @hesham-sallam.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Sara Saber @belals.bsky.social Khaled Ouda @gohar.bsky.social @sanaaelsayed.bsky.social Patrick M O’Connor @hesham-sallam.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
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New fossil marine croc from Egypt!
Wadisuchus kassabi is the earliest known dyrosaurid 🐊
It pushes back the evolutionary origins of the group and highlights North Africa as their cradle.
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf134
#Wadisuchus #MUVP #Sallam_Lab #ZoolJLinnSoc
Wadisuchus kassabi is the earliest known dyrosaurid 🐊
It pushes back the evolutionary origins of the group and highlights North Africa as their cradle.
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf134
#Wadisuchus #MUVP #Sallam_Lab #ZoolJLinnSoc
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New fossil marine croc from Egypt!
Wadisuchus kassabi is the earliest known dyrosaurid 🐊
It pushes back the evolutionary origins of the group and highlights North Africa as their cradle.
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf134
#Wadisuchus #MUVP #Sallam_Lab #ZoolJLinnSoc
Wadisuchus kassabi is the earliest known dyrosaurid 🐊
It pushes back the evolutionary origins of the group and highlights North Africa as their cradle.
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf134
#Wadisuchus #MUVP #Sallam_Lab #ZoolJLinnSoc
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UTTERLY SURREAL LOW ANGLE GLACIER SLIDE!! 😮😱
On Saturday at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge! 🧊🌊
asiaplustj.info/en/node/354309
📽️ via @volcaholic1
On Saturday at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge! 🧊🌊
asiaplustj.info/en/node/354309
📽️ via @volcaholic1
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
UTTERLY SURREAL LOW ANGLE GLACIER SLIDE!! 😮😱
On Saturday at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge! 🧊🌊
asiaplustj.info/en/node/354309
📽️ via @volcaholic1
On Saturday at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge! 🧊🌊
asiaplustj.info/en/node/354309
📽️ via @volcaholic1
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Four weeks into the federal shutdown, rent is about to be due and next month’s SNAP benefits are at risk.
We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food?
Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️
We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food?
Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️
A guide to giving and receiving help in D.C.
Where to find all kinds of assistance, from legal aid to food donations to political organizing.
51st.news
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Four weeks into the federal shutdown, rent is about to be due and next month’s SNAP benefits are at risk.
We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food?
Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️
We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food?
Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️
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They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
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But those assholes are still getting paid
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
But those assholes are still getting paid
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As the federal government shutdown drags on, Americans are feeling disruptions in their day-to-day lives. Many federal workers are not allowed to work, so government services have stopped or slowed, and funding for some programs has run dry or threatens to run dry soon. https://cnn.it/3JihRSz
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As the federal government shutdown drags on, Americans are feeling disruptions in their day-to-day lives. Many federal workers are not allowed to work, so government services have stopped or slowed, and funding for some programs has run dry or threatens to run dry soon. https://cnn.it/3JihRSz
Glad I never bothered to use #Spotify
Welp. I had been using Spotify exclusively since 2011, but running ads for ICE was the last straw. I have known I need to cancel for a while, but I was dragging my feet. That's it man. Fuck spotify. Just cancelled my subscription.
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Glad I never bothered to use #Spotify
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Scientists are under attack by an out-of-control, virulently anti-science administration - but they are NOT alone in the fight. @csldf.org will be at the @geosociety.bsky.social #GSAConnects on 10/20 & 10/21.
Schedule a free, confidential legal consultation: calendly.com/cmarchesano/...
Schedule a free, confidential legal consultation: calendly.com/cmarchesano/...
GSA Free & Confidential Legal Consultations (2025) - Christopher Marchesano
We are the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund and we are offering totally free and confidential legal consultations. We provide legal services for scientists and researchers who face any sort of haras...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Scientists are under attack by an out-of-control, virulently anti-science administration - but they are NOT alone in the fight. @csldf.org will be at the @geosociety.bsky.social #GSAConnects on 10/20 & 10/21.
Schedule a free, confidential legal consultation: calendly.com/cmarchesano/...
Schedule a free, confidential legal consultation: calendly.com/cmarchesano/...