Thomas Williamson
@abqtom.bsky.social
Geologist, vertebrate paleontologist, amateur astronomer, scientist, lover of the natural world. #geology #Cretaceous #Paleogene #Paleocene #dinosaurs #dinos #astronomy #astrophotography #science #paleontology #newmexico #newmexicotrue #nmtru
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump administration's plan to dump water from two California dams.
Water officials knew that opening dams to meet Trump's wishes was ill-advised. Here's why it happened anyway
A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump administration's plan to dump water from two California dams.
www.latimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A memo from an Army Corps of Engineers officer shows water managers and lawmakers pushed back against the Trump administration's plan to dump water from two California dams.
It's been great to work with Stephen Chester, Jordan Crowell, Mary Silcox, Jon Block, and Eric Sargis on this project. This remarkable specimen sheds new light on the rise of primates and their closest kin following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction
www.nature.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's been great to work with Stephen Chester, Jordan Crowell, Mary Silcox, Jon Block, and Eric Sargis on this project. This remarkable specimen sheds new light on the rise of primates and their closest kin following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
At the Stand Up For Science rally in Santa Fe today. #Standupforscience2025
March 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
At the Stand Up For Science rally in Santa Fe today. #Standupforscience2025
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RFK Jr. says Texas doctors had seen “very, very good results,” he claimed, by treating measles cases with a steroid, budesonide; an antibiotic called clarithromycin; and cod liver oil, which he said had high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.
Source NY Times
RFK JR. is going to get people killed.
Source NY Times
RFK JR. is going to get people killed.
March 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
RFK Jr. says Texas doctors had seen “very, very good results,” he claimed, by treating measles cases with a steroid, budesonide; an antibiotic called clarithromycin; and cod liver oil, which he said had high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.
Source NY Times
RFK JR. is going to get people killed.
Source NY Times
RFK JR. is going to get people killed.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Trump hasn’t done squat to lower grocery prices—he’s not even trying.
Barely a month in, and it’s obvious his top campaign promise was never genuine. Families are feeling the squeeze! So this begs the question: did his voters really care about the price of groceries?
Barely a month in, and it’s obvious his top campaign promise was never genuine. Families are feeling the squeeze! So this begs the question: did his voters really care about the price of groceries?
February 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Trump hasn’t done squat to lower grocery prices—he’s not even trying.
Barely a month in, and it’s obvious his top campaign promise was never genuine. Families are feeling the squeeze! So this begs the question: did his voters really care about the price of groceries?
Barely a month in, and it’s obvious his top campaign promise was never genuine. Families are feeling the squeeze! So this begs the question: did his voters really care about the price of groceries?
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Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the White House to retract directives that led to the mass firing of government workers, calling the action “illegal.”
Trump Live Updates: News on Mass Firings, Russia-Ukraine and Tariffs
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the White House to retract directives that led to the mass firing of government workers, calling the action “illegal.”
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Meeting Again in Paris, European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
This is really, really bad!
This is really, really bad!
European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia on Ukraine
The American president’s latest remarks embracing Vladimir Putin’s narrative that Ukraine is to blame for the war have compounded the sense of alarm among traditional allies.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Meeting Again in Paris, European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
This is really, really bad!
This is really, really bad!
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Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.
For #FossilFriday a skull of the arctocyonid Claenodon ferox from the lower Paleocene (about 62.5 million years ago) Nacimiento Formation. Like many Paleocene mammals, Claenodon had large canines and accomodated huge jaw closing muscles, but the braincase housed a relatively small brain.
December 20, 2024 at 6:17 PM
For #FossilFriday a skull of the arctocyonid Claenodon ferox from the lower Paleocene (about 62.5 million years ago) Nacimiento Formation. Like many Paleocene mammals, Claenodon had large canines and accomodated huge jaw closing muscles, but the braincase housed a relatively small brain.
Here's an image of Jupiter I captured with my homemade backyard telescope on December 19, 2024. The Great Red Spot and its turbulent wake dominates the southern hemisphere.
December 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Here's an image of Jupiter I captured with my homemade backyard telescope on December 19, 2024. The Great Red Spot and its turbulent wake dominates the southern hemisphere.
Happy Thanksgiving from Albuquerque New Mexico.
November 28, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Albuquerque New Mexico.
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As I share around this time of year, the various derived features on the turkey skeleton, and where they first emerge on the phylogeny of dinosaurs:
November 21, 2024 at 7:50 PM
As I share around this time of year, the various derived features on the turkey skeleton, and where they first emerge on the phylogeny of dinosaurs:
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Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
November 19, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
November 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
November 18, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Summer dusk over White Sands, New Mexico.
November 17, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Summer dusk over White Sands, New Mexico.
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Doctors are generally respected for their expertise in medical care. This puts them in a position to do even more damage when they spread medical misinformation. Medical boards have the authority to take action against these doctors, but they rarely do.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/physician-mi...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/physician-mi...
Physician Misinformation | Science-Based Medicine
When physicians spread medical misinformation, the potential harm to health is far greater than their direct patient care. And yet, in a recent study, medical boards rarely discipline physicians for
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Doctors are generally respected for their expertise in medical care. This puts them in a position to do even more damage when they spread medical misinformation. Medical boards have the authority to take action against these doctors, but they rarely do.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/physician-mi...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/physician-mi...
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The SGU is not backing down in the face of rampant misinformation and denialism of science.
November 15, 2024 at 12:52 AM
The SGU is not backing down in the face of rampant misinformation and denialism of science.
The Rio Grande as seen this morning from the Avenida Cesar Chavez Bridge, Albuquerque, New Mexico. #newmexico #newmexicotrue #nmtrue
November 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
The Rio Grande as seen this morning from the Avenida Cesar Chavez Bridge, Albuquerque, New Mexico. #newmexico #newmexicotrue #nmtrue