Kelsie Abrams
@pinuppaleontology.bsky.social
She/her. Fossil Lab Manager and Fossil Preparator. Steminist, childless cat lady, orchid obsessed, hobby collector. Opinions my own.
Hey you. A while ago I was given this awesome, old gorgonopsian model. It has no logo, brand, name, etc. on it. I'm intensely curious about it! Does anyone know anything about this model? I'd love to know the artist who created this and to know the year it was produced! Help??
September 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hey you. A while ago I was given this awesome, old gorgonopsian model. It has no logo, brand, name, etc. on it. I'm intensely curious about it! Does anyone know anything about this model? I'd love to know the artist who created this and to know the year it was produced! Help??
*knocks a cup off the counter and stares at the barista*
Barista: “What kind of dog person are you, Chris?”
Me: Cat
Barista: “No, but… like a big dog or little or…”
Me: Cat, yeah.
Barista: “Ok that’s fair.”
Me: Cat
Barista: “No, but… like a big dog or little or…”
Me: Cat, yeah.
Barista: “Ok that’s fair.”
August 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
*knocks a cup off the counter and stares at the barista*
I don't get to spend a lot of time in my office, which is sad, because now there are three original @wargonopsid.bsky.social paintings hanging on the wall. So, I just want to sit there and look at them! 😭😭😭😭😭
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I don't get to spend a lot of time in my office, which is sad, because now there are three original @wargonopsid.bsky.social paintings hanging on the wall. So, I just want to sit there and look at them! 😭😭😭😭😭
I AM THE NUMBER ONE CLAM FAN!!
A little #Scicomm for your Tuesday, CLAM STYLE
I was invited to talk Big Dead Clams with the @burkemuseum.bsky.social and my friend @pinuppaleontology.bsky.social to answer some good, lingering questions about Chowder, the Platyceramus that we got to them last year. 🧪🦪 youtu.be/AGHiOofpB5U
I was invited to talk Big Dead Clams with the @burkemuseum.bsky.social and my friend @pinuppaleontology.bsky.social to answer some good, lingering questions about Chowder, the Platyceramus that we got to them last year. 🧪🦪 youtu.be/AGHiOofpB5U
Did Ancient Giant Clams Make Giant Pearls?
YouTube video by Burke Museum
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July 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I AM THE NUMBER ONE CLAM FAN!!
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Ok I’ll sign this later but I decided done was better than perfect. A pair of Lycaenops have an argument over a stick. Did you know we have found gorgons with other gorgons teeth embedded in their face, with healing after? It’s true! Anyway, it felt very dog park and I had to make it happen. #sciart
June 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ok I’ll sign this later but I decided done was better than perfect. A pair of Lycaenops have an argument over a stick. Did you know we have found gorgons with other gorgons teeth embedded in their face, with healing after? It’s true! Anyway, it felt very dog park and I had to make it happen. #sciart
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Jacket flipping (this is just 1 clam) is a team sport. @pinuppaleontology.bsky.social @paleo-hank.bsky.social @casidor.bsky.social
Son of Chowder is free from the chalk!
Son of Chowder is free from the chalk!
June 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Jacket flipping (this is just 1 clam) is a team sport. @pinuppaleontology.bsky.social @paleo-hank.bsky.social @casidor.bsky.social
Son of Chowder is free from the chalk!
Son of Chowder is free from the chalk!
This is a teaser for what is about to happen in a few weeks. A possible bucket moment may happen for me!
May 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is a teaser for what is about to happen in a few weeks. A possible bucket moment may happen for me!
I know that specimen.... 🤣 I can't wait to see it in person again!
A huge and awesome Dinogorgon skull for #FossilFriday
May 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I know that specimen.... 🤣 I can't wait to see it in person again!
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When insect fossils are this intact, just looking at them makes you go WHOA. Plus, preserved body structures reveal how their group evolved! In my latest for @cnn.com, I wrote about how a truly stunning cicada fossil from Germany's Messel Pit places singing cicadas in Europe earlier than expected 🧪
47 million-year-old bug is the oldest singing cicada fossil from Europe | CNN
Two fossils of singing cicadas, one of which was remarkably well preserved, reveals that the insects dispersed in Europe millions of years earlier than once thought.
www.cnn.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When insect fossils are this intact, just looking at them makes you go WHOA. Plus, preserved body structures reveal how their group evolved! In my latest for @cnn.com, I wrote about how a truly stunning cicada fossil from Germany's Messel Pit places singing cicadas in Europe earlier than expected 🧪
happy #fossilfriday! this is lisowicia, a dicynodont from late triassic poland. i have discussed this one before, but my previous coverage was not very comprehensive, and i can’t allow that to stand as a lisowicia superfan so strap in
(art by sarah barrett)
(art by sarah barrett)
May 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but the orcas now have two F/A-18 Hornets
May 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but the orcas now have two F/A-18 Hornets
I'll be galavanting about in the chalk in a few weeks! I can't wait! Oh yeah. Anthony will be there too.
Oh I nearly forgot to post this absolute unit of a clam for #MolluscMonday. This Cladoceramus undulatiplicatus is WIDE, curatorial coffee cup for scale. This one is early Santonian in age, from just above marker unit 8 in the Niobrara chalk.🧪🐚
May 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'll be galavanting about in the chalk in a few weeks! I can't wait! Oh yeah. Anthony will be there too.
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I am advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I am advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Burgum highlighting the work that Colossal did should make every person at Colossal rethink their relationship with the company. This fake dire wolf announcement was incredible misinformation and the company needs to massively recalibrate their media output to be 200% more honest.
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Burgum highlighting the work that Colossal did should make every person at Colossal rethink their relationship with the company. This fake dire wolf announcement was incredible misinformation and the company needs to massively recalibrate their media output to be 200% more honest.
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We are hiring a Paleontologist to join the @ndgspaleo.bsky.social team! We are looking for someone to lead our outreach efforts, including taking a leading role on our Public Fossil Digs each summer, and assist in the Johnsrud Fossil Preparation Lab.
To apply: www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/ndgs/jobs
To apply: www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/ndgs/jobs
April 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We are hiring a Paleontologist to join the @ndgspaleo.bsky.social team! We are looking for someone to lead our outreach efforts, including taking a leading role on our Public Fossil Digs each summer, and assist in the Johnsrud Fossil Preparation Lab.
To apply: www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/ndgs/jobs
To apply: www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/ndgs/jobs
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This Glyptotherium has a couple more head holes than usual. See the two ovals on top? Those are canine tooth punctures from a big cat’s bite. It could have been a large jaguar, or a sabercat like Smilodon, but either way it was a bad day for this giant armadillo. 🧪
April 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This Glyptotherium has a couple more head holes than usual. See the two ovals on top? Those are canine tooth punctures from a big cat’s bite. It could have been a large jaguar, or a sabercat like Smilodon, but either way it was a bad day for this giant armadillo. 🧪
Checking my signal app constantly in hopes I get added to a secret war planning chat 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻😂😂💀
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Checking my signal app constantly in hopes I get added to a secret war planning chat 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻😂😂💀
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please enjoy new tingler JOURNALIST POUNDED BY THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF AN EGREGIOUSLY MISHANDLED GROUP TEXT FROM MEMBERS OF THE TROMP ADMINISTRATION CONTAINING HIGHLY SENSITIVE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2HBS9LR or on patreon www.patreon.com/posts/journa...
March 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
please enjoy new tingler JOURNALIST POUNDED BY THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF AN EGREGIOUSLY MISHANDLED GROUP TEXT FROM MEMBERS OF THE TROMP ADMINISTRATION CONTAINING HIGHLY SENSITIVE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2HBS9LR or on patreon www.patreon.com/posts/journa...
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If your art pitch is: skull with mushrooms, the answer is yes. #artsky #paperart #contemporarynaturalism #paleoart #mushrooms
March 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If your art pitch is: skull with mushrooms, the answer is yes. #artsky #paperart #contemporarynaturalism #paleoart #mushrooms
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We’re Not Giving Up The Fight Yet! Please join my Discord to stay informed on upcoming protests & daily news discord.gg/7x5TgSvZBW
Multi | Tesla: tinyurl.com/teslaprotests
Apr 5 | Hands Off handsoff2025.com/about-1
Apr 30 | LGBTQIA: www.wemarchwerise.org
May 1 | Mayday: tinyurl.com/maydayprotest
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Apr 5 | Hands Off handsoff2025.com/about-1
Apr 30 | LGBTQIA: www.wemarchwerise.org
May 1 | Mayday: tinyurl.com/maydayprotest
March 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We’re Not Giving Up The Fight Yet! Please join my Discord to stay informed on upcoming protests & daily news discord.gg/7x5TgSvZBW
Multi | Tesla: tinyurl.com/teslaprotests
Apr 5 | Hands Off handsoff2025.com/about-1
Apr 30 | LGBTQIA: www.wemarchwerise.org
May 1 | Mayday: tinyurl.com/maydayprotest
Multi | Tesla: tinyurl.com/teslaprotests
Apr 5 | Hands Off handsoff2025.com/about-1
Apr 30 | LGBTQIA: www.wemarchwerise.org
May 1 | Mayday: tinyurl.com/maydayprotest
I never shared with you that I've got an @wargonopsid.bsky.social original painting. I've never told you I cried after I got it and get a bit teary eyed every time I see it. And now thanks to @snakesandkittens.bsky.social I have a sweet T-shirt with art by Wargonopsid too!!!! 💜💜💜 I'm a huge fan 💜
March 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I never shared with you that I've got an @wargonopsid.bsky.social original painting. I've never told you I cried after I got it and get a bit teary eyed every time I see it. And now thanks to @snakesandkittens.bsky.social I have a sweet T-shirt with art by Wargonopsid too!!!! 💜💜💜 I'm a huge fan 💜
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Kinda feels like this right now
March 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Kinda feels like this right now
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71 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Erythrite:
- An arsenate mineral
- Euhedral crystals are rare
- Forms in the oxide zone of cobalt-nickel-arsenic deposits
- Discovered in 1832 in Grube Daniel, Saxony, Germany
- Its name comes from the Greek word "έρυθρος/erythros" (red) #minerals
Erythrite:
- An arsenate mineral
- Euhedral crystals are rare
- Forms in the oxide zone of cobalt-nickel-arsenic deposits
- Discovered in 1832 in Grube Daniel, Saxony, Germany
- Its name comes from the Greek word "έρυθρος/erythros" (red) #minerals
March 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
71 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Erythrite:
- An arsenate mineral
- Euhedral crystals are rare
- Forms in the oxide zone of cobalt-nickel-arsenic deposits
- Discovered in 1832 in Grube Daniel, Saxony, Germany
- Its name comes from the Greek word "έρυθρος/erythros" (red) #minerals
Erythrite:
- An arsenate mineral
- Euhedral crystals are rare
- Forms in the oxide zone of cobalt-nickel-arsenic deposits
- Discovered in 1832 in Grube Daniel, Saxony, Germany
- Its name comes from the Greek word "έρυθρος/erythros" (red) #minerals