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Dr. Win
@paleowin.bsky.social
College professor at SWOCC in Coos Bay Oregon. Paleontologist and geologist. 🏳️‍🌈 Avatar by Black Mudpuppy. 🦏🐋🦭🦌🦒🐴🐿️🦡
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Will always look for an excuse to post this post from Gritty’s official Instagram account.

The caption reads simply “gritty luvs u”.
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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Another goofy hippo face for #WorldHippoDay 🦛:
The #hippopotamus. Chromolithograph by Gibson & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1874.
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February 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Thing I just said while grading: “Why is my student’s lab sticky?”
a man in a suit and tie says nope. don 't like that
Alt: a man in a suit and tie says nope. don 't like that
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February 16, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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#worldwhaleday Last week I was invited by @paleowin.bsky.social to give a lecture at her institution (SWOCC) on the evolution of whales. If you want to learn about about the origin of baleen and the importance of fossils from the Pacific Northwest, watch here: 🐬🦖🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7jg...
Fossil Whales of the Pacific Northwest and the Evolution of Baleen
YouTube video by Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC)
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February 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Happy Valentine’s Day! 💖
February 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I backed this, so please join me because I really want this!
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Taught this morning and then got to do some fieldwork and boy howdy did I hit the weather and location jackpot! While we didn’t find the marine mammals we were hoping for, the invertebrates and geology were so spectacular as to more than make up for it!
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Why are there 1000 kelp crabs at Fossil Point today? It was incredible, I’ve never seen more than a handful at a time.
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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...
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
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...
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
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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
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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
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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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 🧵:
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
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.
February 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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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)
Explore this post and more from the Paleontology community
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February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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-Prescribing moral rules for the entire world
-Protecting child rapists

Catholic Church SVP
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February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The next time you think “wow, this food item is really expensive” remember that it took me five hours to butcher and process four ducks WITH HELP today. But now basically every part of my extra male ducks will go to use. Small scale farming is expensive and labor intensive!
February 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Boy did I luck out on weather for my geology field trip up the coast yesterday!
February 2, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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January 29, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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the reason DHS officers wear masks is because it allows them to commit crimes with impunity. there is literally no legitimate reason for it.
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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the ability of dogs (and other animals- shout-out to cancer-sniffing rats too!) to *smell* things like cancer and stress and blood sugar is something that only becomes more incredible when you learn more about it, i swear???
This is Callie. She is trained to accurately detect bowel cancer in order to provide rapid diagnoses through non-invasive testing. Some might call it lab work, but Callie is actually a sprocker spaniel. 14/10 incredible job, Callie (IG: medicaldetectiondogs)
January 29, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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A random assortment of pterosaur skulls 🐊
January 29, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Pro: got two radiometric dates on a snail and badger bone from Kyrgyzstan for dating deformation of terraces

Con: I sent them in January 2018 and I haven’t worked on that exact project since… 2018.
a bunch of badgers are dancing in a field
Alt: a bunch of badgers are dancing in a field
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January 29, 2026 at 4:38 AM