Prof Susie Maidment
@tweetisaurus.bsky.social
Dinosaur researcher at NHM London. Honorary Prof at Birmingham. Ed-in-Chief of TJSP. One half of the Fossil Files podcast. Medium pace swing bowler. You were thinking it; I just said it out loud.
Jesus christ Americans. How many shepherds tend *bison*
Okay, for family dinner night on Friday, Littlest-Sis-in-Law has asked for Shepherd's Pie. Not a go-to dish for me. So what should I do in this?
I have beef and bison, which I will do with a gravy. Pearl onions. Carrots and peas. And then top with potatoes. And bake. Anything I'm missing?
I have beef and bison, which I will do with a gravy. Pearl onions. Carrots and peas. And then top with potatoes. And bake. Anything I'm missing?
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Jesus christ Americans. How many shepherds tend *bison*
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Just going to leave this here
February 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Just going to leave this here
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This really is quite staggeringly, awfully recent…
#OnThisDay, 11 Feb 2014, women ski jump for the first time at the winter Olympics. Carina Vogt wins gold.
Previous objections to the event included a man saying that it was “not appropriate for ladies from a medical point of view”. *In 2005*.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
Previous objections to the event included a man saying that it was “not appropriate for ladies from a medical point of view”. *In 2005*.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
February 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM
This really is quite staggeringly, awfully recent…
How it started... how it's going....
*tbf I believe these were names appearing in a list of conference speakers, but maybe DinoCon should have nuanced their statement somewhat...
*tbf I believe these were names appearing in a list of conference speakers, but maybe DinoCon should have nuanced their statement somewhat...
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 AM
How it started... how it's going....
*tbf I believe these were names appearing in a list of conference speakers, but maybe DinoCon should have nuanced their statement somewhat...
*tbf I believe these were names appearing in a list of conference speakers, but maybe DinoCon should have nuanced their statement somewhat...
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Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
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(CNN) - The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
@cnn.com
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February 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
(CNN) - The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
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Textbook. If you are surprised, it is because this shit usually, at least not in the last 150 years, does not happen in the US. And the past is mild in comparison
February 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Textbook. If you are surprised, it is because this shit usually, at least not in the last 150 years, does not happen in the US. And the past is mild in comparison
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Robert Jenrick is lying.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Robert Jenrick is lying.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions.
They are NOT a local Manchester printer.
They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
It's a new #FossilFiles episode! This time we talk about recovery from everyone's favorite mass extinction, the end-Permian! And we focus on the super-cool Grippia bone bed described in Science by @aubronectes.bsky.social.Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts
www.youtube.com/shorts/H4906...
www.youtube.com/shorts/H4906...
When life nearly died #paleontology #podcast
YouTube video by The Fossil Files Podcast
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February 10, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It's a new #FossilFiles episode! This time we talk about recovery from everyone's favorite mass extinction, the end-Permian! And we focus on the super-cool Grippia bone bed described in Science by @aubronectes.bsky.social.Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts
www.youtube.com/shorts/H4906...
www.youtube.com/shorts/H4906...
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The end Permian nearly wiped out all life on earth.🌋🦈🐬🐍🐊🐸 Now new data shows that life bounced back much faster than expected with a big diversity of predators right at the beginning of the Triassic. Find out more in today's new episode
February 10, 2026 at 9:28 AM
The end Permian nearly wiped out all life on earth.🌋🦈🐬🐍🐊🐸 Now new data shows that life bounced back much faster than expected with a big diversity of predators right at the beginning of the Triassic. Find out more in today's new episode
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What do you want to hear about? Every week we cover a new palaeo paper or discovery. This time, we are asking you to choose! Take a look at the options below and 'like' the title(s) you want @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @fossilrob.bsky.social to do next!
February 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
What do you want to hear about? Every week we cover a new palaeo paper or discovery. This time, we are asking you to choose! Take a look at the options below and 'like' the title(s) you want @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @fossilrob.bsky.social to do next!
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Productivity increases between 5% and 13% with working from home, and worker wellbeing improves hugely too.
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Productivity increases between 5% and 13% with working from home, and worker wellbeing improves hugely too.
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
Good lord. This is quite the thread.
Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵)
Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM.
Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM.
Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Good lord. This is quite the thread.
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#MolluscMonday 99% of visitors to the Egyptian and Greek galleries in the British Museum will be too focused on the items displayed in the cabinets to notice the Jurassic gastropods and Cretaceous rudist bivalves in the flooring beneath.
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
#MolluscMonday 99% of visitors to the Egyptian and Greek galleries in the British Museum will be too focused on the items displayed in the cabinets to notice the Jurassic gastropods and Cretaceous rudist bivalves in the flooring beneath.
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The 3-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is now at 1.53°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is snookered again.
Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is snookered again.
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The 3-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is now at 1.53°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is snookered again.
Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is snookered again.
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 429 ppm in January 2026
10 years ago January averaged about 403 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
10 years ago January averaged about 403 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 429 ppm in January 2026
10 years ago January averaged about 403 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
10 years ago January averaged about 403 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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Suspect this is gonna attract a lot of scoffing & derision from the Briefcases so before they all descend to honk & snort I just wanna say this is an irresistible interview. Polanski comes across wonderfully: warm, big hearted & utterly approachable which is exactly what's missing in our politicians
‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub
‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub
With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revolution?
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Suspect this is gonna attract a lot of scoffing & derision from the Briefcases so before they all descend to honk & snort I just wanna say this is an irresistible interview. Polanski comes across wonderfully: warm, big hearted & utterly approachable which is exactly what's missing in our politicians
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#SaveTheDate
11.02.2026 | 18.30 Uhr | Museum am Löwentor & Online
Vortrag: Die Wunderechse Mirasaura – Überleben durch Experimentierfreude
Dr. Stephan Spiekman, Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart
➡️ https://t1p.de/tpg5y
📷: G. Ugueto
11.02.2026 | 18.30 Uhr | Museum am Löwentor & Online
Vortrag: Die Wunderechse Mirasaura – Überleben durch Experimentierfreude
Dr. Stephan Spiekman, Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart
➡️ https://t1p.de/tpg5y
📷: G. Ugueto
February 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
#SaveTheDate
11.02.2026 | 18.30 Uhr | Museum am Löwentor & Online
Vortrag: Die Wunderechse Mirasaura – Überleben durch Experimentierfreude
Dr. Stephan Spiekman, Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart
➡️ https://t1p.de/tpg5y
📷: G. Ugueto
11.02.2026 | 18.30 Uhr | Museum am Löwentor & Online
Vortrag: Die Wunderechse Mirasaura – Überleben durch Experimentierfreude
Dr. Stephan Spiekman, Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart
➡️ https://t1p.de/tpg5y
📷: G. Ugueto
So @fossilrob.bsky.social has posted me something and told me I'm not allowed to open it until we record the next Fossil Files podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social. I have concerns. Find out what it is by listening in wherever you get your podcasts... new episodes every other Tuesday
February 7, 2026 at 12:22 PM
So @fossilrob.bsky.social has posted me something and told me I'm not allowed to open it until we record the next Fossil Files podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social. I have concerns. Find out what it is by listening in wherever you get your podcasts... new episodes every other Tuesday
A breathtaking start to this @theguardian.com article
February 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
A breathtaking start to this @theguardian.com article
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Reform, the pro-death & life-changing injuries party
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Reform, the pro-death & life-changing injuries party
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a very warm welcome to haolong dongi, a fascinating hadrosauroid from the early cretaceous yixian formation described by huang et al. 🎉 the near-complete holotype preserves highly unique integumentary structures unknown in other dinosaurs
www.nature.com/articles/s41
(art by fabio manucci)
www.nature.com/articles/s41
(art by fabio manucci)
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
a very warm welcome to haolong dongi, a fascinating hadrosauroid from the early cretaceous yixian formation described by huang et al. 🎉 the near-complete holotype preserves highly unique integumentary structures unknown in other dinosaurs
www.nature.com/articles/s41
(art by fabio manucci)
www.nature.com/articles/s41
(art by fabio manucci)
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This #FossilFriday I am delighted to share a postdoctoral position that we @deeptimeecology.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social are advertising on early animal evolution in the #Ediacaran.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
February 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
This #FossilFriday I am delighted to share a postdoctoral position that we @deeptimeecology.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social are advertising on early animal evolution in the #Ediacaran.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...