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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Just got my hot-off-the-press copy of the new edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, written by @tetzoo.bsky.social and yours truly, with gorgeous new cover art from @bobnichollsart.bsky.social: finally, a sauropodomorph on the cover 🦕🦕🦕 On sale soon!
February 18, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Just got my hot-off-the-press copy of the new edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, written by @tetzoo.bsky.social and yours truly, with gorgeous new cover art from @bobnichollsart.bsky.social: finally, a sauropodomorph on the cover 🦕🦕🦕 On sale soon!
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I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Little bit of housekeeping for the SciArt Feed.
Gave the icon pic a fresh colour scheme, and added a pinned post for people who find the feed.
Gave the icon pic a fresh colour scheme, and added a pinned post for people who find the feed.
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Little bit of housekeeping for the SciArt Feed.
Gave the icon pic a fresh colour scheme, and added a pinned post for people who find the feed.
Gave the icon pic a fresh colour scheme, and added a pinned post for people who find the feed.
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Justin Webb: ‘shouldn’t it be made as cheap as possible for businesses to employ young people?’ (pay them less that £10 p.h.)
Businessman: ‘yes’
20 minutes later….
‘Mental illness crisis in the UK, especially amongst young people’
#R4Today
Businessman: ‘yes’
20 minutes later….
‘Mental illness crisis in the UK, especially amongst young people’
#R4Today
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Justin Webb: ‘shouldn’t it be made as cheap as possible for businesses to employ young people?’ (pay them less that £10 p.h.)
Businessman: ‘yes’
20 minutes later….
‘Mental illness crisis in the UK, especially amongst young people’
#R4Today
Businessman: ‘yes’
20 minutes later….
‘Mental illness crisis in the UK, especially amongst young people’
#R4Today
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A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen
These jaw-dropping photographs show a new ‘Triassic Park’ of dinosaur prints in the Italian Alps
A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen
www.scientificamerican.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen
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Spotted in Granada, Spain. Works for me.
February 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Spotted in Granada, Spain. Works for me.
Me when I realised I'm Marsha now.
February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Me when I realised I'm Marsha now.
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I've decided to revise and update one of my most important and popular blogposts "How do I become a paleontologist?".
I still get asked this every few weeks so having a new version of this post to share is so useful to put people on track.
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/h...
I still get asked this every few weeks so having a new version of this post to share is so useful to put people on track.
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/h...
How do I become a paleontologist?
This is a revised and updated version of an old post of mine that’s now nearly 10 years old, so it seemed sensible to give it a polish and re-release it into the wild. So, what do you do to become …
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I've decided to revise and update one of my most important and popular blogposts "How do I become a paleontologist?".
I still get asked this every few weeks so having a new version of this post to share is so useful to put people on track.
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/h...
I still get asked this every few weeks so having a new version of this post to share is so useful to put people on track.
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/h...
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Tonight at 9pm. Join us, and join in!
Coming in February 2026 - Haunted Book Club - @gavcross.bsky.social and I invite you to join us in a brand new fortnightly podcast about ghost stories, creepy tales, and weird fiction. Join us.
linktr.ee/haunted_book...
linktr.ee/haunted_book...
February 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Tonight at 9pm. Join us, and join in!
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i still can't accept the fact that we've cycled back to horse year so i'm declaring this to be the year of the horseshoe crab in defiance
February 17, 2026 at 11:33 AM
i still can't accept the fact that we've cycled back to horse year so i'm declaring this to be the year of the horseshoe crab in defiance
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Maths and biology conspired to make something beautiful: the world’s largest floating leaf (genus Victoria), spanning up to 3 m across. We decoded this enigma with mathematical modelling to show the lattice is an economy of material– the most structurally efficient way to cover a large surface area.
February 17, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Maths and biology conspired to make something beautiful: the world’s largest floating leaf (genus Victoria), spanning up to 3 m across. We decoded this enigma with mathematical modelling to show the lattice is an economy of material– the most structurally efficient way to cover a large surface area.
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It’s #RockinTuesday and I’m going to rock it with traces of long gone life. These are nummulites, large foraminifera (single-celled protozoans) from the Eocene epoch (about 56-34 million years ago). Almost beyond imagination.
#photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
February 17, 2026 at 8:33 AM
It’s #RockinTuesday and I’m going to rock it with traces of long gone life. These are nummulites, large foraminifera (single-celled protozoans) from the Eocene epoch (about 56-34 million years ago). Almost beyond imagination.
#photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
#photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
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Are you an relatively new to field ecology and data collection? Or are are you supervising students? Our guide for effective field data collection is now published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! We also include a printable poster with a visual overview of the guide
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
February 16, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Are you an relatively new to field ecology and data collection? Or are are you supervising students? Our guide for effective field data collection is now published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! We also include a printable poster with a visual overview of the guide
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
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It's been a while! But I’m back with some massive 🧪 news: 15 papers on the Cabrières Biota have been accepted in Lethaia.
They show the incredible complexity of life 470 million years ago (e.g., sponges, algae, worms🪱, arthropods🦐) and will be rolling out soon!
🎨 by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
They show the incredible complexity of life 470 million years ago (e.g., sponges, algae, worms🪱, arthropods🦐) and will be rolling out soon!
🎨 by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
It's been a while! But I’m back with some massive 🧪 news: 15 papers on the Cabrières Biota have been accepted in Lethaia.
They show the incredible complexity of life 470 million years ago (e.g., sponges, algae, worms🪱, arthropods🦐) and will be rolling out soon!
🎨 by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
They show the incredible complexity of life 470 million years ago (e.g., sponges, algae, worms🪱, arthropods🦐) and will be rolling out soon!
🎨 by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
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Digesting an ancient ecosystem: #coprolites from the Grippia #bonebed, Lower #Triassic, Svalbard
peerj.com/articles/207...
@peerj.bsky.social #paleobiology #paleontology #fossils
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
peerj.com/articles/207...
@peerj.bsky.social #paleobiology #paleontology #fossils
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
February 17, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Digesting an ancient ecosystem: #coprolites from the Grippia #bonebed, Lower #Triassic, Svalbard
peerj.com/articles/207...
@peerj.bsky.social #paleobiology #paleontology #fossils
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
peerj.com/articles/207...
@peerj.bsky.social #paleobiology #paleontology #fossils
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
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I've come to the conclusion that this huge burst of AI is basically the Innovations Catalogue: an apparently brilliant invention to solve a problem that actually isn't very good and wasn't a problem that needed solving in the first place.
February 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
I've come to the conclusion that this huge burst of AI is basically the Innovations Catalogue: an apparently brilliant invention to solve a problem that actually isn't very good and wasn't a problem that needed solving in the first place.
It's Pancake Day
Maid Marian And Her Merry Men - Pancake Day
YouTube video by Britcom Fan
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 8:26 AM
It's Pancake Day
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If you need 150 people in palaeontology, geology, zoology, scicomm and related. And I could list more, but ran out of space!
February 17, 2026 at 4:29 AM
If you need 150 people in palaeontology, geology, zoology, scicomm and related. And I could list more, but ran out of space!
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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FUN FACT! If you preorder my new book Let's Make Cocktails! from @challengers.bsky.social by March 9, you will get a FREE exclusive art print by me. This is what it looks like!
More info on the event and the preorders:
challengerscomics.com/pages/event-...
More info on the event and the preorders:
challengerscomics.com/pages/event-...
February 16, 2026 at 9:28 PM
FUN FACT! If you preorder my new book Let's Make Cocktails! from @challengers.bsky.social by March 9, you will get a FREE exclusive art print by me. This is what it looks like!
More info on the event and the preorders:
challengerscomics.com/pages/event-...
More info on the event and the preorders:
challengerscomics.com/pages/event-...
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I feel so miserable about this. Nearly broke myself working 16, 18 hour days during the pandemic. We did everything we possibly could, then doubled it, tripled it. HE is still struggling to get back off the floor, years later. Now another financial punch in the face.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I feel so miserable about this. Nearly broke myself working 16, 18 hour days during the pandemic. We did everything we possibly could, then doubled it, tripled it. HE is still struggling to get back off the floor, years later. Now another financial punch in the face.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Many parasitic plants produce tiny seeds as light as dust: you can barely even see them. But zoom in with a powerful enough microscope, and suddenly they reveal a hidden trove of jewels.
(Thanks to Renata Piwowarczyk for the photos; microscopy by Justyna Kasińska)
(Thanks to Renata Piwowarczyk for the photos; microscopy by Justyna Kasińska)
February 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Many parasitic plants produce tiny seeds as light as dust: you can barely even see them. But zoom in with a powerful enough microscope, and suddenly they reveal a hidden trove of jewels.
(Thanks to Renata Piwowarczyk for the photos; microscopy by Justyna Kasińska)
(Thanks to Renata Piwowarczyk for the photos; microscopy by Justyna Kasińska)
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My dad has gotten back into stamp collecting and gave me some cool vintage dinosaurs. These were issued by Fujairah (part of UAE) in the 60s and Somalia in 1999.
February 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
My dad has gotten back into stamp collecting and gave me some cool vintage dinosaurs. These were issued by Fujairah (part of UAE) in the 60s and Somalia in 1999.
