Dr. Morrison Nolan
@morrisonnolanpaleo.bsky.social
Researcher and Teacher. Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Denison University. Ediacaran-Cambrian Paleobiogeochemistry, esp stable isotopes.
Since ~ 2021, trans people have been subject to extensive political & media hysteria. For the crime of seeking to live freely, their motives have been impugned, their identities questioned, and their rights constrained. This "concern" has very real costs for trans people.
Insights and Data — Trans Remembrance Project
www.transremembrance.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Since ~ 2021, trans people have been subject to extensive political & media hysteria. For the crime of seeking to live freely, their motives have been impugned, their identities questioned, and their rights constrained. This "concern" has very real costs for trans people.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Have you completed or commissioned a piece of palaeoart in the last year? Nominations are now open for The Marsh Palaeoart Award! 🎨🦕🌿🐌🐟🎨
You can self-nominate, or nominate an artist you think deserves recognition. Check out our website for more details - palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...
You can self-nominate, or nominate an artist you think deserves recognition. Check out our website for more details - palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Have you completed or commissioned a piece of palaeoart in the last year? Nominations are now open for The Marsh Palaeoart Award! 🎨🦕🌿🐌🐟🎨
You can self-nominate, or nominate an artist you think deserves recognition. Check out our website for more details - palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...
You can self-nominate, or nominate an artist you think deserves recognition. Check out our website for more details - palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...
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I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
yawak.jp
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
Reposted by Dr. Morrison Nolan
AI slop gracing the cover of Royal Society B. Not only in AI yellow but scientifically nonsensical. Come on. I'm certain human photographs and artworks were ignored to platform ... this.
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
AI slop gracing the cover of Royal Society B. Not only in AI yellow but scientifically nonsensical. Come on. I'm certain human photographs and artworks were ignored to platform ... this.
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Protoceratops in an ironstone enhanced burrow. The burrow had rolled down the hill. Most pics are of a Proto in burrow not enhanced by ironstone (no sign of burrow) scavenged beetle larvae, who left borings in the bone and their pupae. They loved to chew up the cartilage in the joints.
August 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Protoceratops in an ironstone enhanced burrow. The burrow had rolled down the hill. Most pics are of a Proto in burrow not enhanced by ironstone (no sign of burrow) scavenged beetle larvae, who left borings in the bone and their pupae. They loved to chew up the cartilage in the joints.
Hello All! The deadline for @geosociety.bsky.social connects 2025 abstract submissions is rapidly approaching (Aug 5th). My Co-chairs @masonscher.bsky.social, Ben Kligman, and I still eagerly invite your submissions on #coprolite research! We want to catch a whiff of your work! #paleontology
August 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hello All! The deadline for @geosociety.bsky.social connects 2025 abstract submissions is rapidly approaching (Aug 5th). My Co-chairs @masonscher.bsky.social, Ben Kligman, and I still eagerly invite your submissions on #coprolite research! We want to catch a whiff of your work! #paleontology
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I remember hearing the words "brought to you by the corporation for public broadcasting" every time I watched Sesame Street as a kid. Horrifying that this tiny pot of funds for educational media and public information is being stolen from us. www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it's winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.
www.npr.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I remember hearing the words "brought to you by the corporation for public broadcasting" every time I watched Sesame Street as a kid. Horrifying that this tiny pot of funds for educational media and public information is being stolen from us. www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
The deadline for @geosociety.bsky.social connects 2025 abstract submissions is rapidly approaching (Aug 5th). My Co-chairs @masonscher.bsky.social, Ben Kligman, and I still eagerly invite your submissions on #coprolite research! We want to catch a whiff of your work! #paleontology
August 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The deadline for @geosociety.bsky.social connects 2025 abstract submissions is rapidly approaching (Aug 5th). My Co-chairs @masonscher.bsky.social, Ben Kligman, and I still eagerly invite your submissions on #coprolite research! We want to catch a whiff of your work! #paleontology
George Frandsen is the owner and curator of the Poozeum, the largest private collection of #coprolites. As an invited speaker to this year's @geosociety.bsky.social session T154: Coprolite happens, I and my co-chairs are very excited to learn about his work with coprolites. We hope you can join!
July 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
George Frandsen is the owner and curator of the Poozeum, the largest private collection of #coprolites. As an invited speaker to this year's @geosociety.bsky.social session T154: Coprolite happens, I and my co-chairs are very excited to learn about his work with coprolites. We hope you can join!
Dr. Karen Chin is a Professor & Curator of #Paleontology at UC Boulder, studying Mesozoic ecosystems/community interactions. A great mover and shaker in #coprolite science, we are excited to have her as an invited speaker at this year's @geosociety.bsky.social session T154. Coprolite Happens!
July 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Dr. Karen Chin is a Professor & Curator of #Paleontology at UC Boulder, studying Mesozoic ecosystems/community interactions. A great mover and shaker in #coprolite science, we are excited to have her as an invited speaker at this year's @geosociety.bsky.social session T154. Coprolite Happens!
At @geosociety.bsky.social 2025 meeting, I, @masonscher.bsky.social , and Benjamin Kligman are chairing session T154: Coprolite Happens: Insights into Geobiology. We have two excellent invited speakers: Dr. Karen Chin at UC Boulder and George Frandsen, owner and curator of the Poozeum.
July 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At @geosociety.bsky.social 2025 meeting, I, @masonscher.bsky.social , and Benjamin Kligman are chairing session T154: Coprolite Happens: Insights into Geobiology. We have two excellent invited speakers: Dr. Karen Chin at UC Boulder and George Frandsen, owner and curator of the Poozeum.
Ben Kligman, Mason Scher, and I are chairing GSA section T154: Coprolite Happens! We eagerly invite abstract submissions on coprolite research. There's been a lot of movements in the field, and we want to share it!
July 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ben Kligman, Mason Scher, and I are chairing GSA section T154: Coprolite Happens! We eagerly invite abstract submissions on coprolite research. There's been a lot of movements in the field, and we want to share it!
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"Democrats are claiming that Trump is going to kick 16 million Americans off their healthcare. In reality, Trump is only going to kick 11 million people off their healthcare and then another 5 million people"
July 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Democrats are claiming that Trump is going to kick 16 million Americans off their healthcare. In reality, Trump is only going to kick 11 million people off their healthcare and then another 5 million people"
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Swarthmore College has a teaching collection of fossil plants that has probably not been used in decades, recently re-discovered when we moved into a new building. We are hoping to catalog/digitize them. Can anyone ID any of these specimens beyond the brief descriptions on the cards? (1/2)
June 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Swarthmore College has a teaching collection of fossil plants that has probably not been used in decades, recently re-discovered when we moved into a new building. We are hoping to catalog/digitize them. Can anyone ID any of these specimens beyond the brief descriptions on the cards? (1/2)
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Please celebrate the Gay and Modern Apes in your life this month for pride!
June 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Please celebrate the Gay and Modern Apes in your life this month for pride!
Ben Kligman, Mason Scher, and I are chairing GSA section T154: Coprolite Happens! We eagerly invite abstract submissions on coprolite research. There's been a lot of movements in the field, and we want to share it!
June 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ben Kligman, Mason Scher, and I are chairing GSA section T154: Coprolite Happens! We eagerly invite abstract submissions on coprolite research. There's been a lot of movements in the field, and we want to share it!
Reposted by Dr. Morrison Nolan
“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”
BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”
This is a hideous invasion of civil liberties
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a hideous invasion of civil liberties
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The Scotsman Steps, #Edinburgh
Work No. 1059
Martin Creed, 2011
104 steps clad in a different #marble from such diverse places as Italy, Lebanon, Namibia & Portugal,
#SundayStonework #Art
Work No. 1059
Martin Creed, 2011
104 steps clad in a different #marble from such diverse places as Italy, Lebanon, Namibia & Portugal,
#SundayStonework #Art
March 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Scotsman Steps, #Edinburgh
Work No. 1059
Martin Creed, 2011
104 steps clad in a different #marble from such diverse places as Italy, Lebanon, Namibia & Portugal,
#SundayStonework #Art
Work No. 1059
Martin Creed, 2011
104 steps clad in a different #marble from such diverse places as Italy, Lebanon, Namibia & Portugal,
#SundayStonework #Art
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Benjamin Franklin produced the very first chart of the Gulf Stream and then two more charts of it—here’s the final one, of 1786, showing Dr. Franklin in the lower right-hand corner, lecturing poor old Neptune, behind whom is the source of the Gulf Stream: the Gulf of Mexico
February 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Benjamin Franklin produced the very first chart of the Gulf Stream and then two more charts of it—here’s the final one, of 1786, showing Dr. Franklin in the lower right-hand corner, lecturing poor old Neptune, behind whom is the source of the Gulf Stream: the Gulf of Mexico
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This is a nice discussion of stable isotope analysis with application to shark teeth. Remember, though, folks that this technique is used for lots of stuff
theconversation.com/fossil-shark...
theconversation.com/fossil-shark...
Fossil shark teeth are abundant and can date the past in a unique way
Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years. Recent research on fossil shark teeth has discovered an innovative method for dating ancient sediments.
theconversation.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is a nice discussion of stable isotope analysis with application to shark teeth. Remember, though, folks that this technique is used for lots of stuff
theconversation.com/fossil-shark...
theconversation.com/fossil-shark...
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I’d like to share my blog on the history of fishes. Expect to see more of these at the end of the spring (post PhD). If you enjoy, please subscribe to support my work!
open.substack.com/pub/fishhist...
open.substack.com/pub/fishhist...
The rise and fall of the armored fishes
what we can learn from the doom of a lost kingdom
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I’d like to share my blog on the history of fishes. Expect to see more of these at the end of the spring (post PhD). If you enjoy, please subscribe to support my work!
open.substack.com/pub/fishhist...
open.substack.com/pub/fishhist...
In a recent class discussion, Principal Component Analysis came up. I explained it briefly. I later found this very nice PCA explanation/visualization tool: setosa.io/ev/principal... I thought my students would appreciate it and yours might too #statistics #biostatistics
Principal Component Analysis explained visually
setosa.io
December 12, 2024 at 8:59 PM
In a recent class discussion, Principal Component Analysis came up. I explained it briefly. I later found this very nice PCA explanation/visualization tool: setosa.io/ev/principal... I thought my students would appreciate it and yours might too #statistics #biostatistics