Dr. Win
@paleowin.bsky.social
College professor at SWOCC in Coos Bay Oregon. Paleontologist and geologist. 🏳️🌈 Avatar by Black Mudpuppy. 🦏🐋🦭🦌🦒🐴🐿️🦡
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Happy Halloween!
This piece isn't quite done, but it fit the spooky vibes of the season so I'm posting the WIP.
This piece isn't quite done, but it fit the spooky vibes of the season so I'm posting the WIP.
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Halloween!
This piece isn't quite done, but it fit the spooky vibes of the season so I'm posting the WIP.
This piece isn't quite done, but it fit the spooky vibes of the season so I'm posting the WIP.
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Ocean acidity has increased by ~30% over pre-Industrial levels due to the uptake of anthropogenic CO2. Pteropods, “sea butterflies,” are planktonic snails that are sensitive to these changes. Scientists have found that their shells are getting thinner & are dissolving, especially at high latitudes.
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ocean acidity has increased by ~30% over pre-Industrial levels due to the uptake of anthropogenic CO2. Pteropods, “sea butterflies,” are planktonic snails that are sensitive to these changes. Scientists have found that their shells are getting thinner & are dissolving, especially at high latitudes.
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Nanotyrannus is cool and all, but what if there was a brand new book written with, and illustrated by, @markwitton.bsky.social on Spinosaurus? Wouldn't that be really cool?
Listen to use talk about it here before it comes out in less than a week!
terriblelizards.libsyn.com/s11e10-spino...
Listen to use talk about it here before it comes out in less than a week!
terriblelizards.libsyn.com/s11e10-spino...
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Nanotyrannus is cool and all, but what if there was a brand new book written with, and illustrated by, @markwitton.bsky.social on Spinosaurus? Wouldn't that be really cool?
Listen to use talk about it here before it comes out in less than a week!
terriblelizards.libsyn.com/s11e10-spino...
Listen to use talk about it here before it comes out in less than a week!
terriblelizards.libsyn.com/s11e10-spino...
A #Halloween #FossilFriday! Here’s a 🧠 brain! Sorta… this is an endocast, where sediment packed into a skull while there was still some soft tissue replacing and molding and casting where the brain was. This particular one is Miocene from Kyrgyzstan and likely horse. Found by @ashpoust.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A #Halloween #FossilFriday! Here’s a 🧠 brain! Sorta… this is an endocast, where sediment packed into a skull while there was still some soft tissue replacing and molding and casting where the brain was. This particular one is Miocene from Kyrgyzstan and likely horse. Found by @ashpoust.bsky.social
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Power outage at work, time to post baby tapirs!
October 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Power outage at work, time to post baby tapirs!
Read the whole thread, but: this! Just because a new well-done paper has come out with a similar finding to previous very bad science does not actually give validity to previous poor science.
to be convinced. Now that has happened, people like me and @arctomet.bsky.social and @stevebrusatte.bsky.social are saying 'yes, this is convincing, Nano appears to be valid' *because* the scientific method was followed, and *not* because people *thought* that it was. In short...
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Read the whole thread, but: this! Just because a new well-done paper has come out with a similar finding to previous very bad science does not actually give validity to previous poor science.
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HORNY SPONGES
Face it, we ALL need to know MOAR about the HORNY SPONGES! #spongeThursday!
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
HORNY SPONGES
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Anyone else might want to contribute work to fundraise for PRI? If someone is willing to coordinate and run the auction, i will certainly spread the call to all my #sciart friends 🥰
I wonder if a group art for PRI auction could be set up? I have some paleo quilting I’d donate!
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Anyone else might want to contribute work to fundraise for PRI? If someone is willing to coordinate and run the auction, i will certainly spread the call to all my #sciart friends 🥰
My whiteboard drawing seems to have modified. I personally think it’s a great improvement. I want only really derpy sauropod reconstructions from now on!
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My whiteboard drawing seems to have modified. I personally think it’s a great improvement. I want only really derpy sauropod reconstructions from now on!
An example for my historical geology class today!
A fossil once assumed to be of a young Tyrannosaurus rex is in fact that of a different species altogether
go.nature.com/4qyROr5
go.nature.com/4qyROr5
‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species
The discovery of smaller predator Nanotyrannus could prompt a re-think of tyrannosaur evolution.
go.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
An example for my historical geology class today!
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Let me attempt to articulate something. As a former participant in the "teenage nerds talk about dinosaurs online" scene, I think some of us who follow paleontology as adults or do dinosaur stuff professionally care too much about the specifics of what's being discussed there. (cont'd)
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Let me attempt to articulate something. As a former participant in the "teenage nerds talk about dinosaurs online" scene, I think some of us who follow paleontology as adults or do dinosaur stuff professionally care too much about the specifics of what's being discussed there. (cont'd)
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The Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY, has been in financial trouble for a while. I'm biased because I currently have my life-size giant snail and clam on display, but they're a bunch of great people doing great work.
Read how you can help here: www.priweb.org/mortgage-cam...
Read how you can help here: www.priweb.org/mortgage-cam...
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY, has been in financial trouble for a while. I'm biased because I currently have my life-size giant snail and clam on display, but they're a bunch of great people doing great work.
Read how you can help here: www.priweb.org/mortgage-cam...
Read how you can help here: www.priweb.org/mortgage-cam...
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302 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Smoky Quartz:
- A grey to black variety of quartz
- Its colour is due to a combination of Al3+ replacing Si in the crystal lattice and gamma irradiation
- Its colour fades when exposed to UV light and heat
- Forms in igneous rocks #minerals
Smoky Quartz:
- A grey to black variety of quartz
- Its colour is due to a combination of Al3+ replacing Si in the crystal lattice and gamma irradiation
- Its colour fades when exposed to UV light and heat
- Forms in igneous rocks #minerals
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
302 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Smoky Quartz:
- A grey to black variety of quartz
- Its colour is due to a combination of Al3+ replacing Si in the crystal lattice and gamma irradiation
- Its colour fades when exposed to UV light and heat
- Forms in igneous rocks #minerals
Smoky Quartz:
- A grey to black variety of quartz
- Its colour is due to a combination of Al3+ replacing Si in the crystal lattice and gamma irradiation
- Its colour fades when exposed to UV light and heat
- Forms in igneous rocks #minerals
Loosing the PRI would devastate US science. Any level donation, spreading the word helps. #FossilFriday #SaveScience
priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
Save the Museum of the Earth – Secure Its Future!
In these challenging times, places like the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) stand as beacons of hope, fostering understanding of the natural world and inspiring action for a sustainable fut...
priweb.donorsupport.co
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Loosing the PRI would devastate US science. Any level donation, spreading the word helps. #FossilFriday #SaveScience
priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
Yall want to see a box of crap for #FossilFriday? Of course you do!
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Yall want to see a box of crap for #FossilFriday? Of course you do!
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Oh hey look at that. My piece Portrait of a Human is featured in @knowablemag.bsky.social #sciart
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Oh hey look at that. My piece Portrait of a Human is featured in @knowablemag.bsky.social #sciart
When you forget your regular crafting I guess you just have to make a Permian synapsid during faculty meetings?
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
When you forget your regular crafting I guess you just have to make a Permian synapsid during faculty meetings?
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Throwback Thursday! Grey Seal in Chatham MA 09/19
#seal #seals #GreySeal #mammals #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #wildlife #nature #BlueskyArtShow #Blueskyphotographers #PhotographersUnited #Chatham #CapeCod #ThrowbackThursday 🦭🌿
#seal #seals #GreySeal #mammals #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #wildlife #nature #BlueskyArtShow #Blueskyphotographers #PhotographersUnited #Chatham #CapeCod #ThrowbackThursday 🦭🌿
October 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Throwback Thursday! Grey Seal in Chatham MA 09/19
#seal #seals #GreySeal #mammals #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #wildlife #nature #BlueskyArtShow #Blueskyphotographers #PhotographersUnited #Chatham #CapeCod #ThrowbackThursday 🦭🌿
#seal #seals #GreySeal #mammals #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #wildlife #nature #BlueskyArtShow #Blueskyphotographers #PhotographersUnited #Chatham #CapeCod #ThrowbackThursday 🦭🌿
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Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!
This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact
This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact
October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!
This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact
This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact
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Another 3.2 billon year old mat section, this time less weathered and wetted to make the mats more visible. #geology #Paleontology
October 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Another 3.2 billon year old mat section, this time less weathered and wetted to make the mats more visible. #geology #Paleontology
I actually absolutely love side track questions in my intro classes (because they all relate to geology!) but this may be the first time I’ve (or anyone else) combined Three Mile Island nuclear accident and tuataras in the same lecture! 😅🤣
(Images from Brittanica and Wikipedia)
(Images from Brittanica and Wikipedia)
October 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I actually absolutely love side track questions in my intro classes (because they all relate to geology!) but this may be the first time I’ve (or anyone else) combined Three Mile Island nuclear accident and tuataras in the same lecture! 😅🤣
(Images from Brittanica and Wikipedia)
(Images from Brittanica and Wikipedia)
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Hip Hip Hooray! Have a nice 120th nameday old chap.
October 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hip Hip Hooray! Have a nice 120th nameday old chap.
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Day154 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
Don't worry John(H. sapiens) those aren't sandworms, they are just bryozoans (PRI108377). Please make the #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed a reality and #savePRI 🧪
Don't worry John(H. sapiens) those aren't sandworms, they are just bryozoans (PRI108377). Please make the #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed a reality and #savePRI 🧪
October 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Day154 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
Don't worry John(H. sapiens) those aren't sandworms, they are just bryozoans (PRI108377). Please make the #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed a reality and #savePRI 🧪
Don't worry John(H. sapiens) those aren't sandworms, they are just bryozoans (PRI108377). Please make the #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed a reality and #savePRI 🧪
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Tyrannosaurus rex was named 120 years ago today on 4th October, 1905.
I would do things a little differently now, but this drawing is from 2020.
I would do things a little differently now, but this drawing is from 2020.
October 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Tyrannosaurus rex was named 120 years ago today on 4th October, 1905.
I would do things a little differently now, but this drawing is from 2020.
I would do things a little differently now, but this drawing is from 2020.