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Sarah Davis
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she/her | PhD | paleontology | birds | color evolution 🦖🦆🦩
Collection Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology @ Carnegie MNH
Paleofeathers on everything
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Sarah Davis @paleofeathers.bsky.social · Nov 14
Seems like a good time for a 🦋 introduction!

I’m a paleontologist interested in the evolution/diversification of birds and in color evolution in dinosaurs! I’m the collection manager of vertebrate paleo at Carnegie MNH. I mostly post about cool fossils, museums, and my research. 🦖🦆🌈
A photo of a woman standing in front of a shelf full of sauropod dinosaur vertebrae.
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birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any bird’s lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...
IMAGE SHOWS GRAPHIC OF CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY PHYLOGENY EXPLORER TOOL.
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
The Trump regime got rid of 10,109 PhDs in science and related fields, representing 14% of the total number of PhD scientists in the federal workforce.
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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keymonster.bsky.social
Stand up, fight back.
An illustration of an opossum holding a sign that says abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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nbedera.bsky.social
If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent.

And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
naomikritzer.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
The Senate Switch Board Number is: (202)224-3121.
chanda.blacksky.app Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding

We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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alisabokulich.bsky.social
Geological Society of America Michele Aldrich History & Philosophy of Geology Research Award for PhD students, Masters, or recent (w/in 5 yrs) PhD to conduct research on history & philosophy of geosciences.
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deadline: 18 Feb
#HPS
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January 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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mementomorty.bsky.social
museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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aadineen.bsky.social
Collaborate with me! Myself and @peterroopnarine.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with expertise in quantitative paleoecology to work on our new NSF grant addressing whether communities after the PTME functioned differently than those beforehand.

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Postdoctoral Researcher, Paleontology
San Francisco, CA
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January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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pauldufour80.bsky.social
🚨 PhD offer (please share)
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species

Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me

Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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mimulus.bsky.social
Time Travel Is Easy, my full length collection of Deep Time poetry, processing queer embodiment in the Late Anthropocene (with dinosaurs), is now available on Itch! dinoholler.itch.io/time-travel-...
Time Travel Is Easy by Rick Hollon
Poems of Deep Time, queer embodiment, and life in the late Anthropocene.
dinoholler.itch.io
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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volcanojw.bsky.social
Do you care about the future of the US NSF and science in general? The agency is seeking feedback on the draft Strategic Plan. www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan
www.nsf.gov
January 13, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
Our job adverts are now live! 🤩
We are hiring a Research Software Engineer and a Community Engagement Coordinator to support @palaeoverse.bsky.social over the next two years, based at UCL.
Apply by January 18th 2026, ideally to start in March 2026 🗓️
More info and links below 👇
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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chasmosaurs.bsky.social
From all the way back in 1958, here's some more work from the ever-superb Maurice Wilson, as featured in Richard Carrington's 'A Guide to Earth History' (the Pelican version). It's in black and white because everything was back then, you know. Enjoy. chasmosaurs.com/2026/01/04/v...
Vintage Dinosaur Art: A Guide to Earth History
Should you ever visit the historic Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England (it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, you know), be sure to drop by the superb Ironbridge Book Shop. There you’l…
chasmosaurs.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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drdonhaas.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to share that PRI reached its fundraising goal and we will survive! Thanks to all who made this happen! I am so grateful!❤️

www.priweb.org/blog-post/pr...
PRI's Wonderful Life — Paleontological Research Institution
By Dr. Warren Allmon , Director of the Paleontological Research Institution December 30, 2025 The holidays are a time for “Christmas movies” in my house, and one that is always on our list is&nbs...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
Apropos of nothing, here's Walt Disney saying Compsognathus
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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neogonzo.bsky.social
One of the absolute coolest "regular" birds in my area - a hybrid Red-shouldered X Red-tailed Hawk that has been in the same wintering spot for 12 years in a row here in MA! Check out the mix of RSHA and RTHA field marks. A real splendid bird that I hope makes it through another winter! #birding 🦅🪶
Red-shouldered X Red-tailed Hawk (hybrid, adult) Red-shouldered X Red-tailed Hawk (hybrid, adult) Red-shouldered X Red-tailed Hawk (hybrid, adult) Red-shouldered X Red-tailed Hawk (hybrid, adult)
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Sauropods

xkcd.com/3185/
Comic. [Top panel: Long-necked dinosaur with red X over it.] [Bottom panel: two smaller dinosaurs the same shape except their neck isn’t long, while in the background there’s an extremely long neck criss-crossing the frame like a snake. Green check mark in center.] [caption] Thanks to modern paleontological reconstructions, we now know that most sauropods had short necks, and all those extra vertebrae belonged to the sauropod colony’s queen.
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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edmondsscanner.bsky.social
The only New Year’s resolutions you need:
- haunt more forests
- wander more moors
- terrify more towns
- draw more townsfolk towards their mossy doom with the awesome and terrible grandeur of your dark shambling form
December 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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cascoclauda.bsky.social
decked out in her breeding plumage, arizona's most eligible dilophosaurus debutante takes a much-needed rest by a stream. who knew that competing for a mate could be such an exhausting endeavour?
#paleoart comm by @literallymiguel.bsky.social
the double-crested theropod dilophosaurus rests by a stream in the shade of a tree, with some slender sauropodomorphs and pterosaurs in the background, which shows a forest and a canyon. her plumage is mostly black to dark grey, with a slightly lighter underbelly, flecked throughout with lilac-white highlights. there is a ring of blue skin around her eye, and her crest is sulphur-yellow with black vertical stripes.
December 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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We wish you a Merychippus, and a happy New Year! This Miocene, three-toed horse hopes everyone has a safe and cozy holiday season. 🐴🎄
A mounted fossil skeleton of the extinct Miocene horse, Merychippus, in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The skeleton’s heating a santa hat.
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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franzanth.bsky.social
Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous.
#Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts
a pine tree with bugs hanging all around it. at the very top is a dragonfly-like meganeura with open wings, circling the base is the giant millipede arthropleura. on the branches sit various insects and circular pine cones.
December 20, 2024 at 4:24 PM
paleofeathers.bsky.social
We wish you a Merychippus, and a happy New Year! This Miocene, three-toed horse hopes everyone has a safe and cozy holiday season. 🐴🎄
A mounted fossil skeleton of the extinct Miocene horse, Merychippus, in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The skeleton’s heating a santa hat.
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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paleontologizing.bsky.social
Merry Christmas!

Here, have a vintage snow-covered Diplodocus skeleton
Old black-and-white photograph postcard of a tail-dragging Diplodocus skeleton outdoors in ?Vernal, Utah, covered in snow. The small text at the bottom reads "CONCRETE DIPLODOCUS COVERED IN SNOW"
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM