Dr. Win
@paleowin.bsky.social
College professor at SWOCC in Coos Bay Oregon. Paleontologist and geologist. 🏳️🌈 Avatar by Black Mudpuppy. 🦏🐋🦭🦌🦒🐴🐿️🦡
2.25 hours till a WHALE of a good time! I’m really going to baleen into you tuning in. This talk won’t be a fluke or blow!
If you happen to be near Coos Bay Oregon come see a talk by Dr. Robert Boessenecker on the evolution of baleen and my pop-up whale museum!
If you aren’t close we’ll be live-streaming the talk! www.youtube.com/live/s7jgUfz...
If you aren’t close we’ll be live-streaming the talk! www.youtube.com/live/s7jgUfz...
Fossil Whales of the Pacific Northwest and the Evolution of Baleen
YouTube video by Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC)
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February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
2.25 hours till a WHALE of a good time! I’m really going to baleen into you tuning in. This talk won’t be a fluke or blow!
If you happen to be near Coos Bay Oregon come see a talk by Dr. Robert Boessenecker on the evolution of baleen and my pop-up whale museum!
If you aren’t close we’ll be live-streaming the talk! www.youtube.com/live/s7jgUfz...
If you aren’t close we’ll be live-streaming the talk! www.youtube.com/live/s7jgUfz...
Fossil Whales of the Pacific Northwest and the Evolution of Baleen
YouTube video by Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC)
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 AM
If you happen to be near Coos Bay Oregon come see a talk by Dr. Robert Boessenecker on the evolution of baleen and my pop-up whale museum!
If you aren’t close we’ll be live-streaming the talk! www.youtube.com/live/s7jgUfz...
If you aren’t close we’ll be live-streaming the talk! www.youtube.com/live/s7jgUfz...
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Did you know that the Pike Place Market fish guys don't only throw fish, they'll throw anything? Like, for example, my book?
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David Shiffman on Instagram: "Since I'm in Seattle, here are the @pikeplacefish @pikeplacepublicmark...
21 likes, 2 comments - whysharksmatter on January 5, 2024: "Since I'm in Seattle, here are the @pikeplacefish @pikeplacepublicmarket guys throwing not a fish..."
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January 5, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Did you know that the Pike Place Market fish guys don't only throw fish, they'll throw anything? Like, for example, my book?
www.instagram.com/p/C1uOTueMaqg/
www.instagram.com/p/C1uOTueMaqg/
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Is @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social being serious here?
No, the presence of a name on an email doesn't establish wrongdoing. But the *content* of those emails is what so many members, including myself, are outraged about. This response does nothing but further degrade my confidence in SVP leadership
No, the presence of a name on an email doesn't establish wrongdoing. But the *content* of those emails is what so many members, including myself, are outraged about. This response does nothing but further degrade my confidence in SVP leadership
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Is @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social being serious here?
No, the presence of a name on an email doesn't establish wrongdoing. But the *content* of those emails is what so many members, including myself, are outraged about. This response does nothing but further degrade my confidence in SVP leadership
No, the presence of a name on an email doesn't establish wrongdoing. But the *content* of those emails is what so many members, including myself, are outraged about. This response does nothing but further degrade my confidence in SVP leadership
Honestly this goober would probably eat them… he’s like the orange cat of horses. Sweet, athletic, but not a lot between the ears
February 6, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Honestly this goober would probably eat them… he’s like the orange cat of horses. Sweet, athletic, but not a lot between the ears
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I have nothing of substance to add re: the condemnation of paleo associations with Epstein, but as the initiator of one of the more recent high-profile SVP ethics cases who spent months going through their process, I have some thoughts re: SVP's handling of ethics cases/reports.
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
Really SVP? You’re just going to ignore decades of sexual and academic misconduct, marrying a student AT one of your conferences, and every report I’ve filed (implying that’s what you do with reports) to defend famous Horner? You’d rather have pedophiles than students is your message?
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I have nothing of substance to add re: the condemnation of paleo associations with Epstein, but as the initiator of one of the more recent high-profile SVP ethics cases who spent months going through their process, I have some thoughts re: SVP's handling of ethics cases/reports.
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
I’m figuring he’s large enough to not notice. But also if he can pick out pills from a bucket of feed why can’t he pick out a slug?
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I’m figuring he’s large enough to not notice. But also if he can pick out pills from a bucket of feed why can’t he pick out a slug?
Well on a lighter note, but still disturbing in a totally different way, may horse just ate a slug 😭😭😭
I didn’t see it in the edge of the food bucket feeding dinner and he knocked it into and it’s gone.
I didn’t see it in the edge of the food bucket feeding dinner and he knocked it into and it’s gone.
February 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Well on a lighter note, but still disturbing in a totally different way, may horse just ate a slug 😭😭😭
I didn’t see it in the edge of the food bucket feeding dinner and he knocked it into and it’s gone.
I didn’t see it in the edge of the food bucket feeding dinner and he knocked it into and it’s gone.
The whisper network absolutely doesn’t work. And students are most likely to be hurt by that. While I’m not in a position where I am sending students directly to grad school, I have several geology friends who call me up and ask for their students interested in paleo what places are ok or not.
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 AM
The whisper network absolutely doesn’t work. And students are most likely to be hurt by that. While I’m not in a position where I am sending students directly to grad school, I have several geology friends who call me up and ask for their students interested in paleo what places are ok or not.
That’s at least something. Although I have definite concerns about seeing banned individuals sending students with their names as coauthors. But that’s a start!
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
That’s at least something. Although I have definite concerns about seeing banned individuals sending students with their names as coauthors. But that’s a start!
Thank you for clarifying. I’d only heard of banning single meetings. Are banned members also banned from authorship?
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Thank you for clarifying. I’d only heard of banning single meetings. Are banned members also banned from authorship?
Fck this shit into the sun
February 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Fck this shit into the sun
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3 hours ago, I shared my results of having combed through ~470 DOJ Epstein files that mention Jack Horner, his MSU email, or "Dinochicken". I posted a copy, w/ screenshots and receipts, to r/Paleontology. It has been pinned by moderators and thus far viewed 38k times.
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From the Paleontology community on Reddit: Timeline of Jack Horner - Jeffrey Epstein contact per DOJ's newest releases (see comments)
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February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
3 hours ago, I shared my results of having combed through ~470 DOJ Epstein files that mention Jack Horner, his MSU email, or "Dinochicken". I posted a copy, w/ screenshots and receipts, to r/Paleontology. It has been pinned by moderators and thus far viewed 38k times.
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I’m willing to be loud and obnoxious about issues in my field for all those not in positions of privilege to speak out. Although I’m “just” a community college professor, and no longer an SVP member, so I’m also seen as ignorable by many.
February 4, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I’m willing to be loud and obnoxious about issues in my field for all those not in positions of privilege to speak out. Although I’m “just” a community college professor, and no longer an SVP member, so I’m also seen as ignorable by many.
SVP, to the best of my knowledge, has never banned anyone from membership. They have issued a few bans on attendance to the annual conference. Although one of those occurred two weeks before the conference only after two student victims publicly protested for their own safety.
February 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
SVP, to the best of my knowledge, has never banned anyone from membership. They have issued a few bans on attendance to the annual conference. Although one of those occurred two weeks before the conference only after two student victims publicly protested for their own safety.
Yikes, I hadn’t even thought of that aspect.
February 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Yikes, I hadn’t even thought of that aspect.
Exactly. Like while SVPs continued harboring of predators IS a part of why I’m no longer a member… it’s far from the only reason. I’ll stick to Paleo Society and GSA.
February 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Exactly. Like while SVPs continued harboring of predators IS a part of why I’m no longer a member… it’s far from the only reason. I’ll stick to Paleo Society and GSA.
Seriously. One of my reports of sexual misconduct wasn’t even acknowledged receipt.
February 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Seriously. One of my reports of sexual misconduct wasn’t even acknowledged receipt.
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-Prescribing moral rules for the entire world
-Protecting child rapists
Catholic Church SVP
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-Protecting child rapists
Catholic Church SVP
🤝
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
-Prescribing moral rules for the entire world
-Protecting child rapists
Catholic Church SVP
🤝
-Protecting child rapists
Catholic Church SVP
🤝
Exactly. Like their previous performances with known abusers at conferences has been bad… but like… they could have not made a statement at all if this was the statement?
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Exactly. Like their previous performances with known abusers at conferences has been bad… but like… they could have not made a statement at all if this was the statement?
I was already told that while I “can” file a report, my no longer a member status means my report is less valued.
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I was already told that while I “can” file a report, my no longer a member status means my report is less valued.
Yup, his own words in print apparently aren’t enough. But it’s not like his actions have been enough?
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Yup, his own words in print apparently aren’t enough. But it’s not like his actions have been enough?
Multiple conferences where students have had to fight tooth and nail to get their abuser banned so that they can attend, only to have SVP often wait till immediately before meetings to half heartedly ban bad actors from a single conference, if at all.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Multiple conferences where students have had to fight tooth and nail to get their abuser banned so that they can attend, only to have SVP often wait till immediately before meetings to half heartedly ban bad actors from a single conference, if at all.