Dr Susannah Lydon
@susieoftraken.bsky.social
Palaeobotany | Scicomm | Associate Prof in Plant Science, Nottingham, UK | Vogon poet | Views my own | She/her
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I had a pleasant day mostly looking at astrolabes. Did you know that the little bit of metal that keeps the pin in place is called the horse? In the case of the later example on the right it is actually shaped like one #histSTM 📜
February 12, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I had a pleasant day mostly looking at astrolabes. Did you know that the little bit of metal that keeps the pin in place is called the horse? In the case of the later example on the right it is actually shaped like one #histSTM 📜
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Ill be clear about why I am so angry and critical about it: Im seeing a good portion of my students who have imbibed the notion that they dont have to read, think or write for themselves because ChatGPT/CoPilot will do their thinking for them, and its terrifying. It should scare all of us.
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Ill be clear about why I am so angry and critical about it: Im seeing a good portion of my students who have imbibed the notion that they dont have to read, think or write for themselves because ChatGPT/CoPilot will do their thinking for them, and its terrifying. It should scare all of us.
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As impressões corporais reptilianas mais antigas com pele escamosa www.cell.com/current-biol...
The earliest reptile body impressions with scaly skin
Marchetti et al. describe Cabarzichnus, the first definite body impression of stem
reptiles, specifically bolosaurians. Cabarzichnus includes the earliest fossil evidence
of epidermal scales and a clo...
www.cell.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
As impressões corporais reptilianas mais antigas com pele escamosa www.cell.com/current-biol...
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It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift
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Delighted to hear these altars are now on display! I was privileged to do the pigment analyses of these objects. They were once quite brightly painted #romanpainting #pigments
Ancient Roman altars found in Scotland to go on display www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ancient Roman altars found in Scotland to go on display www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ancient Roman altars to go on display in Edinburgh
Two Mithraic Roman altars are to be displayed as a part of an upcoming exhibition after being acquired for the nation.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Delighted to hear these altars are now on display! I was privileged to do the pigment analyses of these objects. They were once quite brightly painted #romanpainting #pigments
Ancient Roman altars found in Scotland to go on display www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ancient Roman altars found in Scotland to go on display www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Violet” had better give up the idea that she can write verses. The specimen she has sent us of her composition is perfect rubbish.
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“Violet” had better give up the idea that she can write verses. The specimen she has sent us of her composition is perfect rubbish.
Specifically mentions "Plant Sciences and transforming sustainable food production" #PlantSciJobs
JOB ALERT!
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Specifically mentions "Plant Sciences and transforming sustainable food production" #PlantSciJobs
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A little blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
A little blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Surprisingly: "Conditional stability of HY5 through the ATE N-degron pathway regulates environmental responses in Arabidopsis thaliana".
The shining bounds of N-degron pathway influence expands! @charlene-kunaka.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The shining bounds of N-degron pathway influence expands! @charlene-kunaka.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Surprisingly: "Conditional stability of HY5 through the ATE N-degron pathway regulates environmental responses in Arabidopsis thaliana".
The shining bounds of N-degron pathway influence expands! @charlene-kunaka.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The shining bounds of N-degron pathway influence expands! @charlene-kunaka.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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The ancient artefacts of Blake's 7 #010
'Time Squad', 'Seek-Locate-Destroy', Mission to Destiny', 'Project Avalon', 'Bounty'.
Glacière camping cooler.
#blakes7
'Time Squad', 'Seek-Locate-Destroy', Mission to Destiny', 'Project Avalon', 'Bounty'.
Glacière camping cooler.
#blakes7
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The ancient artefacts of Blake's 7 #010
'Time Squad', 'Seek-Locate-Destroy', Mission to Destiny', 'Project Avalon', 'Bounty'.
Glacière camping cooler.
#blakes7
'Time Squad', 'Seek-Locate-Destroy', Mission to Destiny', 'Project Avalon', 'Bounty'.
Glacière camping cooler.
#blakes7
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The big project of the year so far is crossing the finish line. We're moving the website from WordPress to Ghost. You should be able to see the new site at www.botany.one as the DNS updates around the web.
There are still bugs, so there'll be a period of finding and squashing them for a while yet.
There are still bugs, so there'll be a period of finding and squashing them for a while yet.
Botany One
Get what's happening in Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems from the non-profit Annals of Botany Company
www.botany.one
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The big project of the year so far is crossing the finish line. We're moving the website from WordPress to Ghost. You should be able to see the new site at www.botany.one as the DNS updates around the web.
There are still bugs, so there'll be a period of finding and squashing them for a while yet.
There are still bugs, so there'll be a period of finding and squashing them for a while yet.
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Cute babies glowing babies
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Cute babies glowing babies
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🌿🌾🌴⚘️🏵🍂🌻🐛🦋🐌🌍Anyone interested in hearing about a botanical hoax on the Isle of Rum (or Rhum) in Scotland in the early 20th century, was a question in #BUC2026, follow this link.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🌿🌾🌴⚘️🏵🍂🌻🐛🦋🐌🌍Anyone interested in hearing about a botanical hoax on the Isle of Rum (or Rhum) in Scotland in the early 20th century, was a question in #BUC2026, follow this link.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Lemon curd tart starfish
MORE from the MANY new starfish species of New Caledonia! There seemed to be a surprisingly large number of "cookie" or pentagonal shaped forms! #echinoday #goniasteridae MORE detail in the responses below! These were new species out of the 28 I described! www.mapress.com/mt/article/v...
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Lemon curd tart starfish
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Goth rhyolite ⚒️
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Goth rhyolite ⚒️
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Presenting the background and my general thoughts about a new developing project next week....
🔔 Next in the CHoSTM seminar, we will have
@chrismanias.bsky.social talk about his new project:
'Deep Time and the Polycrisis'
18 February 2026
16.00-17.30
Strand Building
See more about this event in our website www.kingschostm.com/seminar-series
#histsci #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
@chrismanias.bsky.social talk about his new project:
'Deep Time and the Polycrisis'
18 February 2026
16.00-17.30
Strand Building
See more about this event in our website www.kingschostm.com/seminar-series
#histsci #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Presenting the background and my general thoughts about a new developing project next week....
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Oh, and here’s a neat trick. If you’re trying to quote from a movie or TV show, and getting the rights from a media company is like pulling teeth, try and find the book version (novelisation, say, or script book) and use that as your source. Publishers love bibliographies. And you’re clear.
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Oh, and here’s a neat trick. If you’re trying to quote from a movie or TV show, and getting the rights from a media company is like pulling teeth, try and find the book version (novelisation, say, or script book) and use that as your source. Publishers love bibliographies. And you’re clear.
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There are many levels of "naked": underwear only, no clothing at all & the highest level of (human) nakedness: only wearing socks.
Then we have the glass frogs of Family Centrolenidae, who take it to the next level: visible organs.
This is part of their Cloak of Invisibility!
(📷: Jaime Culebra)
Then we have the glass frogs of Family Centrolenidae, who take it to the next level: visible organs.
This is part of their Cloak of Invisibility!
(📷: Jaime Culebra)
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
There are many levels of "naked": underwear only, no clothing at all & the highest level of (human) nakedness: only wearing socks.
Then we have the glass frogs of Family Centrolenidae, who take it to the next level: visible organs.
This is part of their Cloak of Invisibility!
(📷: Jaime Culebra)
Then we have the glass frogs of Family Centrolenidae, who take it to the next level: visible organs.
This is part of their Cloak of Invisibility!
(📷: Jaime Culebra)
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Australia’s Banksia has fruits that are serotinous, opening after fire. Wildfires clear competing vegetation + deposit nutrients in the soil = good conditions for seedling establishment. 📷: Banksia ornata by davidsando CCBYNC4. #Proteaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Australia’s Banksia has fruits that are serotinous, opening after fire. Wildfires clear competing vegetation + deposit nutrients in the soil = good conditions for seedling establishment. 📷: Banksia ornata by davidsando CCBYNC4. #Proteaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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A new fossil tree to add to my gazetteer 'Britain's Fossil Arboretum'! This stump, from the Purbeck Group, is in Thorndon Country Park. Thanks to Ros and Ian Mercer for alerting me to this specimen and also for providing the photo. See the full list at ruthsiddall.co.uk/Walks/Britai... #urbangeology
February 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM
A new fossil tree to add to my gazetteer 'Britain's Fossil Arboretum'! This stump, from the Purbeck Group, is in Thorndon Country Park. Thanks to Ros and Ian Mercer for alerting me to this specimen and also for providing the photo. See the full list at ruthsiddall.co.uk/Walks/Britai... #urbangeology
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I said the word chupacabracadabra out loud and now I've got a big pet insurance problem
February 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
I said the word chupacabracadabra out loud and now I've got a big pet insurance problem
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Bringing this back up for the International Day of Women in Science, and yes, I consider scientific art, as part of scientific process and communication 🫰
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Bringing this back up for the International Day of Women in Science, and yes, I consider scientific art, as part of scientific process and communication 🫰
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What do we want?
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The billion-dollar case for sustaining palaeontology’s digital databases - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors survey community palaeontological databases, documenting their contributions to science as well as their vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for the future of open science databas...
www.nature.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
What do we want?
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fossil databases! 🐚🦕
When do we want them?
Forever! 🗓️
Nice new paper highlighting how academic funding systems and digital architecture need to change, to ensure we can protect and sustain our precious fossil data 📚
www.nature.com/articles/s41...