Jane
@fossilyarns.bsky.social
Palaeontologist. Post-Doc @OfficialUoM Poking about with burrowing worms 🔍🪱
Early Vertebrate fan girl. 🐟
She/Her #BLM @fossilyarns pretty much everywhere
Early Vertebrate fan girl. 🐟
She/Her #BLM @fossilyarns pretty much everywhere
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What do we want?
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The billion-dollar case for sustaining palaeontology’s digital databases - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors survey community palaeontological databases, documenting their contributions to science as well as their vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for the future of open science databas...
www.nature.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
What do we want?
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Want to learn the ins and outs of diversification, trait and biogeographic evolution models? I will be giving another edition of "Dive Deep into Probabilistic Phylogenetic Comparative Methods" in Oct! @tscourses.bsky.social www.transmittingscience.com/courses/evol...
Dive Deep into Probabilistic Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
Transmitting Science ONLINE course Dive Deep into Probabilistic Phylogenetic Comparative Methods, by Dr. Ignacio Quintero.
www.transmittingscience.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Want to learn the ins and outs of diversification, trait and biogeographic evolution models? I will be giving another edition of "Dive Deep into Probabilistic Phylogenetic Comparative Methods" in Oct! @tscourses.bsky.social www.transmittingscience.com/courses/evol...
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Summer Workshop in Comparative Biomechanics (phylogenetic methods etc.) in sunny Riverside, California:
moenlab.ucr.edu/workshop-pcms/
moenlab.ucr.edu/workshop-pcms/
Workshop in phylogenetic comparative methods for early career biomechanists – Moen lab at UCR
moenlab.ucr.edu
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Summer Workshop in Comparative Biomechanics (phylogenetic methods etc.) in sunny Riverside, California:
moenlab.ucr.edu/workshop-pcms/
moenlab.ucr.edu/workshop-pcms/
If anything makes me reconsider my life choices it’s trying to organise supplementary materials.
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
If anything makes me reconsider my life choices it’s trying to organise supplementary materials.
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Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord has announced a major change coming to the service as part of its aim to improve teen safety features. Starting in March, all users globally will be required to submit age verification via a face scan or submitted ID, or be given teen-level access restrictions.
more…
9to5mac.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
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Paleontologists used to think that dino skin impressions required rapid burial, soon after death, to be preserved.
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Paleontologists used to think that dino skin impressions required rapid burial, soon after death, to be preserved.
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
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Hey y'all. I'm hiring. Are you interested in building instruments for astrophysics?
wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
Research Scientist/Engineer 2 (E S UAW Research)
Job Description The University of Washington (UW) Astronomy Department has an outstanding opportunity for a researcher who will have responsibilities in the design, development, construction, and test...
wd5.myworkdaysite.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Hey y'all. I'm hiring. Are you interested in building instruments for astrophysics?
wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
My partner currently is playing a horror game where the entire goal is to try to leave a Japanese train station
They’ve made it in to a film and I’m so hyped to see it, it’s creepy af.
Source: YouTube share.google/vpNK88HpiZEj...
They’ve made it in to a film and I’m so hyped to see it, it’s creepy af.
Source: YouTube share.google/vpNK88HpiZEj...
EXIT 8 - Official Trailer - In Theaters April 10
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
share.google
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
My partner currently is playing a horror game where the entire goal is to try to leave a Japanese train station
They’ve made it in to a film and I’m so hyped to see it, it’s creepy af.
Source: YouTube share.google/vpNK88HpiZEj...
They’ve made it in to a film and I’m so hyped to see it, it’s creepy af.
Source: YouTube share.google/vpNK88HpiZEj...
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Good lord. This is quite the thread.
Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵)
Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM.
Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM.
Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Good lord. This is quite the thread.
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Bad Bunny understands the value of the humanities, history and academia.
#academicsky
#academicsky
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Bad Bunny understands the value of the humanities, history and academia.
#academicsky
#academicsky
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Super sad end to this Olympics for her.
Tbf, faced with and event I’d trained my whole life for, and an injury that felt like it might be ok, I’m pretty sure I would have made the same choice to give it a go
Tbf, faced with and event I’d trained my whole life for, and an injury that felt like it might be ok, I’m pretty sure I would have made the same choice to give it a go
BREAKING: Lindsey Vonn has suffered a major crash during the Women's Downhill final at the Winter Olympics.
Vonn was competing with a ruptured ACL, and has been medevacked from the run
Vonn was competing with a ruptured ACL, and has been medevacked from the run
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Super sad end to this Olympics for her.
Tbf, faced with and event I’d trained my whole life for, and an injury that felt like it might be ok, I’m pretty sure I would have made the same choice to give it a go
Tbf, faced with and event I’d trained my whole life for, and an injury that felt like it might be ok, I’m pretty sure I would have made the same choice to give it a go
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Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
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Low key conspiracy theory:
Curling is sponsored by Big Geology to make us all take an interest in Scottish Granite - a gateway drug in to learning about other rocks.
Curling is sponsored by Big Geology to make us all take an interest in Scottish Granite - a gateway drug in to learning about other rocks.
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Low key conspiracy theory:
Curling is sponsored by Big Geology to make us all take an interest in Scottish Granite - a gateway drug in to learning about other rocks.
Curling is sponsored by Big Geology to make us all take an interest in Scottish Granite - a gateway drug in to learning about other rocks.
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So @fossilrob.bsky.social has posted me something and told me I'm not allowed to open it until we record the next Fossil Files podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social. I have concerns. Find out what it is by listening in wherever you get your podcasts... new episodes every other Tuesday
February 7, 2026 at 12:22 PM
So @fossilrob.bsky.social has posted me something and told me I'm not allowed to open it until we record the next Fossil Files podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social. I have concerns. Find out what it is by listening in wherever you get your podcasts... new episodes every other Tuesday
The BEST thing about marrying a football obsessive is that we have all the sports channels so I can watch all the coverage of the Winter Olympics 💕💕
Yes it shouldn’t be behind a paywall but I’ll take what I can get in this capitalist nonsense we live in.
Yes it shouldn’t be behind a paywall but I’ll take what I can get in this capitalist nonsense we live in.
February 7, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The BEST thing about marrying a football obsessive is that we have all the sports channels so I can watch all the coverage of the Winter Olympics 💕💕
Yes it shouldn’t be behind a paywall but I’ll take what I can get in this capitalist nonsense we live in.
Yes it shouldn’t be behind a paywall but I’ll take what I can get in this capitalist nonsense we live in.
This might be the best (most fun/least high stakes) Olympic Scandal yet
Using filler to get a slightly large body suit for Ski Jumping which can give you an slight advantage on drag and lift
Apparently 2cm change in the suits can add an extra 5.8 metres to your total jump!
Using filler to get a slightly large body suit for Ski Jumping which can give you an slight advantage on drag and lift
Apparently 2cm change in the suits can add an extra 5.8 metres to your total jump!
‘Penis injection’ claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada
Wada is to investigate claims ski jumpers are injecting acid into their penises to game the suit-measuring system
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This might be the best (most fun/least high stakes) Olympic Scandal yet
Using filler to get a slightly large body suit for Ski Jumping which can give you an slight advantage on drag and lift
Apparently 2cm change in the suits can add an extra 5.8 metres to your total jump!
Using filler to get a slightly large body suit for Ski Jumping which can give you an slight advantage on drag and lift
Apparently 2cm change in the suits can add an extra 5.8 metres to your total jump!
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Yet another strike against the "large dinosaurs can't have any fibrous integument" narrative.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A juvenile iguanodontian from the Lower Cretaceous of China preserves both spikes and scales in its skin that are different from integumentary structures in either non-avian dinosaurs or extant squama...
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Yet another strike against the "large dinosaurs can't have any fibrous integument" narrative.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I explained to a child who expressed frank interest and concern over my eyeliner last night, “You know how poison dart frogs are all those crazy colors?? It’s the same thing. It’s a warning: if you try to eat me, I’ll poison you!!”
It’s never too early to teach kids about aposematism!
It’s never too early to teach kids about aposematism!
February 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I explained to a child who expressed frank interest and concern over my eyeliner last night, “You know how poison dart frogs are all those crazy colors?? It’s the same thing. It’s a warning: if you try to eat me, I’ll poison you!!”
It’s never too early to teach kids about aposematism!
It’s never too early to teach kids about aposematism!
Update!
They’ve finally taken the tree down!
Thank you for joining in with the weird parasocial relationship I have with people in the building around me.
They’ve finally taken the tree down!
Thank you for joining in with the weird parasocial relationship I have with people in the building around me.
My neighbours still have their Christmas tree up complete with twinkling lights.
I’m all for ‘you do you’ but this feels like a crime?
I’m all for ‘you do you’ but this feels like a crime?
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Update!
They’ve finally taken the tree down!
Thank you for joining in with the weird parasocial relationship I have with people in the building around me.
They’ve finally taken the tree down!
Thank you for joining in with the weird parasocial relationship I have with people in the building around me.
We once went in to a very normal cafe in manchester and glanced and did that nod/smile at an aging rocker in the corner having lunch figuring he was just some local flavour.
Didn't think much of it until about half way through our meal we realised it was Alice Cooper
Didn't think much of it until about half way through our meal we realised it was Alice Cooper
One of my academic colleagues looks a bit like Bob Mortimer. One time near our labs I saw him walking towards me and I warmly said Hey Kevin. It was Bob Mortimer.
Please share your very low impact celebrity encounters here.
Please share your very low impact celebrity encounters here.
Fun low level anecdote: I once sat near Peter Mandelson in a theatre but I had a name blank and said rather too loudly ‘ooh look it’s Michael Portillo!’
He was visibly unamused.
He was visibly unamused.
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
We once went in to a very normal cafe in manchester and glanced and did that nod/smile at an aging rocker in the corner having lunch figuring he was just some local flavour.
Didn't think much of it until about half way through our meal we realised it was Alice Cooper
Didn't think much of it until about half way through our meal we realised it was Alice Cooper
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This thread has become one the most glorious things.
It’s like twitter in the olden days.
It’s like twitter in the olden days.
One of my academic colleagues looks a bit like Bob Mortimer. One time near our labs I saw him walking towards me and I warmly said Hey Kevin. It was Bob Mortimer.
Please share your very low impact celebrity encounters here.
Please share your very low impact celebrity encounters here.
Fun low level anecdote: I once sat near Peter Mandelson in a theatre but I had a name blank and said rather too loudly ‘ooh look it’s Michael Portillo!’
He was visibly unamused.
He was visibly unamused.
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
This thread has become one the most glorious things.
It’s like twitter in the olden days.
It’s like twitter in the olden days.
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📢 Abstract submission for IPC7 is now open!
We invite researchers to submit their abstracts through our web
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
🔗 Submit your abstract: www.ipc7.site
#IPC7 #Paleontology #AbstractSubmission #CapeTown
We invite researchers to submit their abstracts through our web
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
🔗 Submit your abstract: www.ipc7.site
#IPC7 #Paleontology #AbstractSubmission #CapeTown
February 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
📢 Abstract submission for IPC7 is now open!
We invite researchers to submit their abstracts through our web
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
🔗 Submit your abstract: www.ipc7.site
#IPC7 #Paleontology #AbstractSubmission #CapeTown
We invite researchers to submit their abstracts through our web
📅 Deadline: 30 June 2026
🔗 Submit your abstract: www.ipc7.site
#IPC7 #Paleontology #AbstractSubmission #CapeTown
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🤩 Very proud to announce that today @chiaratenne.bsky.social first #ant paper has been published in #JCP-A @springernature.com 🥳🧪👩🔬
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️
Magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica ants - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to detect and use the geomagnetic field (GMF) for spatial orientation. Cataglyphis ants are experimental models for insect navigation and magnetoreception. A...
link.springer.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🤩 Very proud to announce that today @chiaratenne.bsky.social first #ant paper has been published in #JCP-A @springernature.com 🥳🧪👩🔬
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️