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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‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure
Just days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the Ithaca area landmark.
www.ithaca.com
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Local dinosaur census time is coming soon!
Mark your calendars: Feb 13-16th
www.audubon.org/news/how-tak...
Organized by: @cornellbirds.bsky.social @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social
#GBBC 🧪🦖🐦🦃🦉🦆🦢🦅🦜🦚
Mark your calendars: Feb 13-16th
www.audubon.org/news/how-tak...
Organized by: @cornellbirds.bsky.social @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social
#GBBC 🧪🦖🐦🦃🦉🦆🦢🦅🦜🦚
January 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Local dinosaur census time is coming soon!
Mark your calendars: Feb 13-16th
www.audubon.org/news/how-tak...
Organized by: @cornellbirds.bsky.social @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social
#GBBC 🧪🦖🐦🦃🦉🦆🦢🦅🦜🦚
Mark your calendars: Feb 13-16th
www.audubon.org/news/how-tak...
Organized by: @cornellbirds.bsky.social @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social
#GBBC 🧪🦖🐦🦃🦉🦆🦢🦅🦜🦚
Mostly this is smaller cuts to agencies than the 10-60% cuts Trump requested. I imagine he will respond by making all grants go through a political appointee who can slow walk or prevent grant approvals, but at least funds will be available.
These would still be cuts to science in a normal world
These would still be cuts to science in a normal world
The U.S. Congress has delivered another rebuke of President Donald Trump’s plans to slash this year’s budgets of several science agencies. https://scim.ag/49G7Zwe
Congress set to reject Trump’s major budget cuts to NSF, NASA, and energy science
Appropriators agree instead to keep this year’s spending nearly level
www.science.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Mostly this is smaller cuts to agencies than the 10-60% cuts Trump requested. I imagine he will respond by making all grants go through a political appointee who can slow walk or prevent grant approvals, but at least funds will be available.
These would still be cuts to science in a normal world
These would still be cuts to science in a normal world
Apply for Sepkoski Grants $1000 USD if you are a paleontologist from Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia www.paleosoc.org/sepkoski-gra... deadline March 1 @paleosoc.bsky.social
www.paleosoc.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Nobody wants to admit to caring about the climate anymore, and yet clean tech financing is booming, making a mint for investors. Trump is betting the future on a shrinking pot. The smart money is going green.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Smart Money Is Turning Out to Be Green Money
Climate and money are too often divorced in our imaginations, the assumption being that you can’t make money or properly run an economy and keep the climate from imploding at the same time. People who...
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Nobody wants to admit to caring about the climate anymore, and yet clean tech financing is booming, making a mint for investors. Trump is betting the future on a shrinking pot. The smart money is going green.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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feeling very artsy rn. reply with a selfie/pet pic and i’ll edit it. i’ve linked ways to tip below if you want to. love.
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
feeling very artsy rn. reply with a selfie/pet pic and i’ll edit it. i’ve linked ways to tip below if you want to. love.
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
January 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
Happy Trilobite Tuesday! Pictured is a 3-in- (7.6-cm-) long Ordovician trilobite from Morocco's Fezouata Formation. More research is being done to determine the genus of this cheirurid specimen.
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Happy Trilobite Tuesday! Pictured is a 3-in- (7.6-cm-) long Ordovician trilobite from Morocco's Fezouata Formation. More research is being done to determine the genus of this cheirurid specimen.
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
n.pr
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
"Canadian officials and public health experts are warning that US health and science institutions can no longer be depended upon for accurate information, particularly when it comes to vaccinations." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information
Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"Canadian officials and public health experts are warning that US health and science institutions can no longer be depended upon for accurate information, particularly when it comes to vaccinations." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
The non-profit Corporation for Public Broadcasting was formed 58 years ago.
5/1/69 Fred Rogers testified before Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications to defend $20 million in federal funding proposed for the newly formed Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
5/1/69 Fred Rogers testified before Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications to defend $20 million in federal funding proposed for the newly formed Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
YouTube video by Road Less Marveled
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The non-profit Corporation for Public Broadcasting was formed 58 years ago.
5/1/69 Fred Rogers testified before Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications to defend $20 million in federal funding proposed for the newly formed Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
5/1/69 Fred Rogers testified before Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications to defend $20 million in federal funding proposed for the newly formed Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
New research takes us inside the brain of a 230-million-year-old animal! Scientists used 3D technology and mathematical modeling to reconstruct the brains of pterosaurs and their pre-flight ancestors, the lagerpetids.
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
New research takes us inside the brain of a 230-million-year-old animal! Scientists used 3D technology and mathematical modeling to reconstruct the brains of pterosaurs and their pre-flight ancestors, the lagerpetids.
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
Reposted by Dr. Brendan Anderson
this is bad
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
December 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
this is bad
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure
Just days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the Ithaca area landmark.
www.ithaca.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure
Just days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the Ithaca area landmark.
www.ithaca.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:29 AM
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Why government funding of basic research is essential to scientific progress🧪:
www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
January 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Why government funding of basic research is essential to scientific progress🧪:
www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
In time for #FossilFriday, a new paper by Jansen Smith and many paleontologists (including me) on what questions the field may focus on in the coming decade
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project
www.cambridge.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
⚒️ New paper out in Paleobiology with Aaron Goodman, W. Allmon, @crowleyk.bsky.social, A. Farnsworth, M. Hopkins, D. Lunt, and Cori Myers:
Global climate model comparisons of niche evolution in turritelline gastropods across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Global climate model comparisons of niche evolution in turritelline gastropods across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Global climate model comparisons of niche evolution in turritelline gastropods across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Global climate model comparisons of niche evolution in turritelline gastropods across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction
www.cambridge.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
In time for #FossilFriday, my new paper with Warren Allmon out in Paleobiology:
Punctuated equilibria remains the dominant pattern of morphospecies origin in the fossil record: an analysis using the “persistence of ancestor” criterion 🧵
#Paleontology ⚒️🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Punctuated equilibria remains the dominant pattern of morphospecies origin in the fossil record: an analysis using the “persistence of ancestor” criterion 🧵
#Paleontology ⚒️🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Punctuated equilibria remains the dominant pattern of morphospecies origin in the fossil record: an analysis using the “persistence of ancestor” criterion | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Punctuated equilibria remains the dominant pattern of morphospecies origin in the fossil record: an analysis using the “persistence of ancestor” criterion
www.cambridge.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Our report on employment is out in Paleobiology
(They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies)
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
(They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies)
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States
www.cambridge.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My 2025 wrapped: 4 peer-reviewed papers+2 in press, helped create a museum exhibit/online exhibit/blog post🐙🐌🦪, gave 2 invited talks & GSA talk, co-led a NY master teacher program, taught 4 courses at PUIs, co-wrote 2 NAGT position statements, and helped save a museum🦕
months until unemployment: 6
months until unemployment: 6
December 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My 2025 wrapped: 4 peer-reviewed papers+2 in press, helped create a museum exhibit/online exhibit/blog post🐙🐌🦪, gave 2 invited talks & GSA talk, co-led a NY master teacher program, taught 4 courses at PUIs, co-wrote 2 NAGT position statements, and helped save a museum🦕
months until unemployment: 6
months until unemployment: 6