Dr. Brendan Anderson
@fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
Paleobiologist. evolution and paleoclimate. Coffee enthusiast. Snail evangelist. Visiting Professor @ SUNY Oneonta. Paleontological Research Institution Research Associate. Dartmouth, KU, Cornell alum. He/him. Opinions my own. https://www.brendan-anderson
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Day191 of badly photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
John(H. sapiens) seems very at home as a trilobite(Dipleura dekayi;PRI50318)
Donations still needed!
#JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed
#trilobiteTuesday 🧪⚒️
John(H. sapiens) seems very at home as a trilobite(Dipleura dekayi;PRI50318)
Donations still needed!
#JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed
#trilobiteTuesday 🧪⚒️
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Day191 of badly photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
John(H. sapiens) seems very at home as a trilobite(Dipleura dekayi;PRI50318)
Donations still needed!
#JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed
#trilobiteTuesday 🧪⚒️
John(H. sapiens) seems very at home as a trilobite(Dipleura dekayi;PRI50318)
Donations still needed!
#JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed
#trilobiteTuesday 🧪⚒️
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We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
To read about the history of the Paleontological Research Institution's 1/2 million specimen modern mollusk collections, including many endangered or recently extinct species;
check out page 141 on of the Nautilus issue on the history of malacology collections 🦑🦪🐌
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check out page 141 on of the Nautilus issue on the history of malacology collections 🦑🦪🐌
shellmuseum.org/wp-content/u...
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
To read about the history of the Paleontological Research Institution's 1/2 million specimen modern mollusk collections, including many endangered or recently extinct species;
check out page 141 on of the Nautilus issue on the history of malacology collections 🦑🦪🐌
shellmuseum.org/wp-content/u...
check out page 141 on of the Nautilus issue on the history of malacology collections 🦑🦪🐌
shellmuseum.org/wp-content/u...
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The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology — Assigned
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology
www.assignedmedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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“The flooding we’ve seen in recent years is the new normal.” @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social professor Jonathan Winter writes an op-ed in the Valley News about the importance of preparing for flooding in New England despite the current drought.
Column: New England should prepare for flooding, even during drought - Valley News
New England faces drought conditions, but research shows a decrease in droughts over the past 40 years. Prepare for the new normal: flooding.
vnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“The flooding we’ve seen in recent years is the new normal.” @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social professor Jonathan Winter writes an op-ed in the Valley News about the importance of preparing for flooding in New England despite the current drought.
The winner of the 2025 @paleosoc.bsky.social Clash-of-the Clades was...
@sethf.bsky.social !
But Mollusks took "Most Money Raised;"
From a mollusk worker, good to see that both these important groups for modern paleobiology got to shine in their own way!
#molluskmonday #paleontology #fossils
@sethf.bsky.social !
But Mollusks took "Most Money Raised;"
From a mollusk worker, good to see that both these important groups for modern paleobiology got to shine in their own way!
#molluskmonday #paleontology #fossils
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The winner of the 2025 @paleosoc.bsky.social Clash-of-the Clades was...
@sethf.bsky.social !
But Mollusks took "Most Money Raised;"
From a mollusk worker, good to see that both these important groups for modern paleobiology got to shine in their own way!
#molluskmonday #paleontology #fossils
@sethf.bsky.social !
But Mollusks took "Most Money Raised;"
From a mollusk worker, good to see that both these important groups for modern paleobiology got to shine in their own way!
#molluskmonday #paleontology #fossils
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
🧪Day190 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
John (H. sapiens) proclaims You are now entering...the Turritellid zone, with Allmonia carniolica, a genus named for PRI's 4th director Warren Allmon #savePRI
John (H. sapiens) proclaims You are now entering...the Turritellid zone, with Allmonia carniolica, a genus named for PRI's 4th director Warren Allmon #savePRI
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
🧪Day190 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
John (H. sapiens) proclaims You are now entering...the Turritellid zone, with Allmonia carniolica, a genus named for PRI's 4th director Warren Allmon #savePRI
John (H. sapiens) proclaims You are now entering...the Turritellid zone, with Allmonia carniolica, a genus named for PRI's 4th director Warren Allmon #savePRI
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Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Could someone else's imaginary friends please kidnap Chuck's imaginary friends the Bailey's and hold them hostage so Chuck can give in to the pretend people's pretend kidnappers and have a spine with the shutdown.
Y’all need to leave Chuck Schumer alone, he checked in with Joe and Eileen Bailey and they wanted a deal.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Could someone else's imaginary friends please kidnap Chuck's imaginary friends the Bailey's and hold them hostage so Chuck can give in to the pretend people's pretend kidnappers and have a spine with the shutdown.
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"The discovery of juvenile shells within adult Sinotaia quadrata—only the second fossil evidence of viviparity among viviparids worldwide—provides rare insight into ancient reproductive strategies."
TIL some snails give birth???
TIL some snails give birth???
Fossil of a baby sea snail inside a mother's shell discovered
Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater mollusk species in the Early Pleistocene Tananwan Formation of northern Ta...
phys.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"The discovery of juvenile shells within adult Sinotaia quadrata—only the second fossil evidence of viviparity among viviparids worldwide—provides rare insight into ancient reproductive strategies."
TIL some snails give birth???
TIL some snails give birth???
Day 189 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
We had a fossil named for PRI's 2nd director, so here is 1 from a paper by PRI's 3rd Peter Hoover; Fossil is Spiriferina alia, John is H. sapiens #SavePRI 🧪⚒️
We had a fossil named for PRI's 2nd director, so here is 1 from a paper by PRI's 3rd Peter Hoover; Fossil is Spiriferina alia, John is H. sapiens #SavePRI 🧪⚒️
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Day 189 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
We had a fossil named for PRI's 2nd director, so here is 1 from a paper by PRI's 3rd Peter Hoover; Fossil is Spiriferina alia, John is H. sapiens #SavePRI 🧪⚒️
We had a fossil named for PRI's 2nd director, so here is 1 from a paper by PRI's 3rd Peter Hoover; Fossil is Spiriferina alia, John is H. sapiens #SavePRI 🧪⚒️
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I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
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One of my favorite marine snails on the Georgia coast, the knobbed whelk (Busycon carica), a bivalve-killing predator that lives in sandy shallow-marine environments, but is occasionally seen buried (by its burrowing) in intertidal zones. 🧪🌊🐌
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One of my favorite marine snails on the Georgia coast, the knobbed whelk (Busycon carica), a bivalve-killing predator that lives in sandy shallow-marine environments, but is occasionally seen buried (by its burrowing) in intertidal zones. 🧪🌊🐌
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Here are some fossil pleurotomariids, which have lived in Earth’s oceans for over 450 million years.This is a kind of snail you won’t find in your garden or on a seashore. You’d have to dive 400 meters to see a living one.If you could beachcomb in the Jurassic, you’d probably find one on the coast🐚
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here are some fossil pleurotomariids, which have lived in Earth’s oceans for over 450 million years.This is a kind of snail you won’t find in your garden or on a seashore. You’d have to dive 400 meters to see a living one.If you could beachcomb in the Jurassic, you’d probably find one on the coast🐚
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These are my snails. They are good boys. And excellent comic relief. Pomacea bridgesii
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
These are my snails. They are good boys. And excellent comic relief. Pomacea bridgesii
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#snailposting Strombus pugilis, fighting conch #snails 🐌
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#snailposting Strombus pugilis, fighting conch #snails 🐌
Snails 🐌 ! a 🧵 of snail pics on my phone as a snail paleontologist.
Turritella cooperi
Excluded: videos, John Oliver save PRI posts, pics of snails with lots od not snails.
BTW, donating to PRI is definitely in the realm of "save the snails", lots of snail history there, 1 mil+ 🐌specimens
Turritella cooperi
Excluded: videos, John Oliver save PRI posts, pics of snails with lots od not snails.
BTW, donating to PRI is definitely in the realm of "save the snails", lots of snail history there, 1 mil+ 🐌specimens
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Snails 🐌 ! a 🧵 of snail pics on my phone as a snail paleontologist.
Turritella cooperi
Excluded: videos, John Oliver save PRI posts, pics of snails with lots od not snails.
BTW, donating to PRI is definitely in the realm of "save the snails", lots of snail history there, 1 mil+ 🐌specimens
Turritella cooperi
Excluded: videos, John Oliver save PRI posts, pics of snails with lots od not snails.
BTW, donating to PRI is definitely in the realm of "save the snails", lots of snail history there, 1 mil+ 🐌specimens
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
Cornell Chapter of the AAUP
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Cornell Chapter of the AAUP
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Thoughts on Cornell are firmly in the category of "Death First to Vultures and Scavengers"
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💬 0 🔁 844 ❤️ 1756 · Gideon during her pov in GtN: why does almost everyone avoid me I just want friends I'm so bored :((
everyone's else's pov in GtN (this is gideon and Harrow's least sinister…
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November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thoughts on Cornell are firmly in the category of "Death First to Vultures and Scavengers"
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it's pretty funny how peppers produce capsaicin so they get eaten and dispersed long distance by birds instead of puny walking mammals, but then some apes decided "oh hey pain is fun actually" and now the plants made it to every part of the planet
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
it's pretty funny how peppers produce capsaicin so they get eaten and dispersed long distance by birds instead of puny walking mammals, but then some apes decided "oh hey pain is fun actually" and now the plants made it to every part of the planet