Prof Susie Maidment
@tweetisaurus.bsky.social
Dinosaur researcher at NHM London. Honorary Prof at Birmingham. Ed-in-Chief of TJSP. Medium pace swing bowler. You were thinking it; I just said it out loud.
JOB KLAXON! The @nhm-london.bsky.social is recruiting a micro-CT specialist! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
CT Data and Micro CT Specialist :South Kensington
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December 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
JOB KLAXON! The @nhm-london.bsky.social is recruiting a micro-CT specialist! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Surely the bad jokes and childish banter are the whole point?
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Surely the bad jokes and childish banter are the whole point?
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If you can endure the bad jokes and childish banter, check out my chat with Susie & Rob on the latest @thefossilfiles.bsky.social podcast!
What were dinosaurs up to right before the asteroid hit?
@tweetisaurus.bsky.social @fossilrob.bsky.social #fossilfriday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Q6...
What were dinosaurs up to right before the asteroid hit?
@tweetisaurus.bsky.social @fossilrob.bsky.social #fossilfriday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Q6...
18. Dinosaurs were doing fine (before the asteroid), with Steve Brusatte. part 1
YouTube video by The Fossil Files Podcast
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December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
If you can endure the bad jokes and childish banter, check out my chat with Susie & Rob on the latest @thefossilfiles.bsky.social podcast!
What were dinosaurs up to right before the asteroid hit?
@tweetisaurus.bsky.social @fossilrob.bsky.social #fossilfriday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Q6...
What were dinosaurs up to right before the asteroid hit?
@tweetisaurus.bsky.social @fossilrob.bsky.social #fossilfriday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Q6...
This year, @nhm-london.bsky.social scientists have described 262 new species. Josh talks us though these discoveries, including one by @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social and I.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfTx...
What new species were discovered in 2025? | Natural History Museum
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December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This year, @nhm-london.bsky.social scientists have described 262 new species. Josh talks us though these discoveries, including one by @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social and I.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfTx...
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Recommended, even if you’ve heard Susie talk about stegosaurs before. How could you ever have enough of Susie talking about stegosaurs?
On the off-chance that you are one of the three people left in the world who hasn't heard me talking about stegosaurs, you can catch me here, on The Ancients podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=I9Vk...
Inside The Bizarre Biology Of The Stegosaurs
YouTube video by The Ancients
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December 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Recommended, even if you’ve heard Susie talk about stegosaurs before. How could you ever have enough of Susie talking about stegosaurs?
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Last day in the office for 2025. It’s been an incredible year workwise, but as always the greatest pleasure and privilege is the people I get to work with. Thanks in particular to my main partners in crime @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & @kirstymedgar.bsky.social for being absolutely inspirational.
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last day in the office for 2025. It’s been an incredible year workwise, but as always the greatest pleasure and privilege is the people I get to work with. Thanks in particular to my main partners in crime @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & @kirstymedgar.bsky.social for being absolutely inspirational.
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We're LIVE on #Twitch, and for today's stream we'll be interviewing Andrew Milner (@andrewtracks.bsky.social) about his fieldwork adventures, as well as recent discoveries at the Saint George Dinosaur Discovery Site.
Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We're LIVE on #Twitch, and for today's stream we'll be interviewing Andrew Milner (@andrewtracks.bsky.social) about his fieldwork adventures, as well as recent discoveries at the Saint George Dinosaur Discovery Site.
Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
On the off-chance that you are one of the three people left in the world who hasn't heard me talking about stegosaurs, you can catch me here, on The Ancients podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=I9Vk...
Inside The Bizarre Biology Of The Stegosaurs
YouTube video by The Ancients
youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
On the off-chance that you are one of the three people left in the world who hasn't heard me talking about stegosaurs, you can catch me here, on The Ancients podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=I9Vk...
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This new episode of "The Ancients" takes up a truly ancient subject: stegosaurs. Dr. Susannah Maidment (@tweetisaurus.bsky.social) of @nhm-london.bsky.social does a brilliant job of presenting an overview what is known about these Jurrasic icons.
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Stegosaurus: Titan of the Jurassic
Podcast Episode · The Ancients · 12/14/2025 · 45m
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December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This new episode of "The Ancients" takes up a truly ancient subject: stegosaurs. Dr. Susannah Maidment (@tweetisaurus.bsky.social) of @nhm-london.bsky.social does a brilliant job of presenting an overview what is known about these Jurrasic icons.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Migration Advisory Committee has published its annual report today
They have supplemented their earlier analysis of the fiscal impact of migrants on skilled work and health/care visas with those on family visas.
Full results below:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
They have supplemented their earlier analysis of the fiscal impact of migrants on skilled work and health/care visas with those on family visas.
Full results below:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Migration Advisory Committee has published its annual report today
They have supplemented their earlier analysis of the fiscal impact of migrants on skilled work and health/care visas with those on family visas.
Full results below:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
They have supplemented their earlier analysis of the fiscal impact of migrants on skilled work and health/care visas with those on family visas.
Full results below:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Just a quick heads up for those who intended to use the free scale bars handed out at this year's SVP by #PaleoTools: don't...
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just a quick heads up for those who intended to use the free scale bars handed out at this year's SVP by #PaleoTools: don't...
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🪨💥🌎🦖🦕 What were dinosaurs up to before the asteroid hit? In the latest @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and I sit down with @stevebrusatte.bsky.social to talk about new insights from New Mexico, out now on YouTube or where ever you get your podcasts youtu.be/l4Q6ifORvVY?...
December 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🪨💥🌎🦖🦕 What were dinosaurs up to before the asteroid hit? In the latest @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and I sit down with @stevebrusatte.bsky.social to talk about new insights from New Mexico, out now on YouTube or where ever you get your podcasts youtu.be/l4Q6ifORvVY?...
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🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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This weekend I very briefly presented some of my research on hydrodynamics of bone beds at PalAss 2025. Big thanks to the host committee and @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @imranrahman.bsky.social for all the help with the project!
December 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This weekend I very briefly presented some of my research on hydrodynamics of bone beds at PalAss 2025. Big thanks to the host committee and @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @imranrahman.bsky.social for all the help with the project!
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With an equal mix of trepidation and gratitude, I’m delighted to announce that I’m now the President-Elect of @thepalass.bsky.social and am looking forward to doing my part in helping the Association grow and prosper
December 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
With an equal mix of trepidation and gratitude, I’m delighted to announce that I’m now the President-Elect of @thepalass.bsky.social and am looking forward to doing my part in helping the Association grow and prosper
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Nice summary of our team's recent paper on the osteohistology of the tiny ankylosaur Liaoningosaurus, with words by @emmacaton.bsky.social www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
First armoured dinosaur hatchling discovered in China | Natural History Museum
The mystery surrounding dozens of small dinosaur fossils has finally been solved.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Nice summary of our team's recent paper on the osteohistology of the tiny ankylosaur Liaoningosaurus, with words by @emmacaton.bsky.social www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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I wrote a piece for @theconversation.com about the top dinosaur discoveries of 2025, featuring Zavacephale, Istiorachis, Spicomellus, Nanotyrannus and Huayracursor. Research from @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @valdosaurus.bsky.social, Lindsay Zanno and more:
theconversation.com/the-best-din...
theconversation.com/the-best-din...
The best dinosaur discoveries of 2025
We’re in a golden era for dinosaur science.
theconversation.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I wrote a piece for @theconversation.com about the top dinosaur discoveries of 2025, featuring Zavacephale, Istiorachis, Spicomellus, Nanotyrannus and Huayracursor. Research from @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @valdosaurus.bsky.social, Lindsay Zanno and more:
theconversation.com/the-best-din...
theconversation.com/the-best-din...
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Thank you all for your support
Beautifully said: “They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness [and] empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn’t pamper myself with the luxury of silence.”
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Comedian Robin Ince quits Radio 4 show, claiming BBC found his views ‘problematic’
Ince says he resigned as co-host of Infinite Monkey Cage because of what he described as his lack of ‘obedience’
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/13/comedian-robin-ince-quits-as-host-of-bbcs-infinite-monkey-cage#:~:text=The%20comedian%20and%20author%20Robin,a%20lack%20of%20“obedience”
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thank you all for your support
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Interesting preprint suggesting that recently described fossils from Brazil described as a new ctenochasmatine pterosaur, Bakiribu, preserved within a regurgitalite, instead represent the gill arch apparatus of an actinopterygian fish:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reinterpretation of Bakiribu waridza from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil: a fish not a pterosaur
Fragmentary remains of fossil vertebrates from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil, preserved in association with two fish were interpreted as two individuals of a new genus and specie...
www.biorxiv.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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London now has its first fully electric cross-river ferry.
The Orbit Clipper is faster, greener and can carry up to 100 bikes. It means cleaner and faster trips between North and South London - a big win for a more connected city.
The Orbit Clipper is faster, greener and can carry up to 100 bikes. It means cleaner and faster trips between North and South London - a big win for a more connected city.
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
London now has its first fully electric cross-river ferry.
The Orbit Clipper is faster, greener and can carry up to 100 bikes. It means cleaner and faster trips between North and South London - a big win for a more connected city.
The Orbit Clipper is faster, greener and can carry up to 100 bikes. It means cleaner and faster trips between North and South London - a big win for a more connected city.
All of this is complete bollocks. I have a terrible chest infection and the only thing that's soothed it is a Christmas Baileys*
*this is the same as a normal Baileys, but drunk on the approach to Christmas. In case you wondered. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
*this is the same as a normal Baileys, but drunk on the approach to Christmas. In case you wondered. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Is it a good idea to have a hot toddy when you’re sick?
Experts weigh in on if the traditional remedy of whisky, honey, lemon and hot water can actually help your cold
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December 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
All of this is complete bollocks. I have a terrible chest infection and the only thing that's soothed it is a Christmas Baileys*
*this is the same as a normal Baileys, but drunk on the approach to Christmas. In case you wondered. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
*this is the same as a normal Baileys, but drunk on the approach to Christmas. In case you wondered. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Rob snuck out a @thefossilfiles.bsky.social podcast on Tues and I missed it! Herein, we discuss AI and whether it is about to replace us, and I express 'scepticism' about some previous AI studies... fossils.libsyn.com You can find us here or wherever you get your podcasts 👇
The Fossil Files
In “The Fossil Files”, a pair of palaeontologists delve into the latest discoveries from the world of palaeontology and seek to bring fossils to back to life. Each episode, Susie and Rob will discuss ...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Rob snuck out a @thefossilfiles.bsky.social podcast on Tues and I missed it! Herein, we discuss AI and whether it is about to replace us, and I express 'scepticism' about some previous AI studies... fossils.libsyn.com You can find us here or wherever you get your podcasts 👇
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#fossilfriday I normally don't post dinos but last month we saw an exceptional one - "Sophie" the Stegosaurus on display at the @nhm-london.bsky.social. Beautiful skeleton from the upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, described by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social in 2015. 🦖🧪
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#fossilfriday I normally don't post dinos but last month we saw an exceptional one - "Sophie" the Stegosaurus on display at the @nhm-london.bsky.social. Beautiful skeleton from the upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, described by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social in 2015. 🦖🧪
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Jeremy is a wonderful person doing some great science.
A great article about @nhm-london.bsky.social Scientific Assiciate and generally fabulous human @valdosaurus.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The GP turned Isle of Wight dinosaur hunter rewriting history
Retired doctor Jeremey Lockwood has used his medical skills to discover three new dinosaur species
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Jeremy is a wonderful person doing some great science.
A great article about @nhm-london.bsky.social Scientific Assiciate and generally fabulous human @valdosaurus.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The GP turned Isle of Wight dinosaur hunter rewriting history
Retired doctor Jeremey Lockwood has used his medical skills to discover three new dinosaur species
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A great article about @nhm-london.bsky.social Scientific Assiciate and generally fabulous human @valdosaurus.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...