David Levering
@biogeoverse.bsky.social
Paleontologist --> Educator --> Administrator
Director of the @sternbergcamps.bsky.social program.
Co-Chair of the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Communications Committee
Pragmatic progressive. He/Him.
Director of the @sternbergcamps.bsky.social program.
Co-Chair of the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Communications Committee
Pragmatic progressive. He/Him.
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David Levering
@biogeoverse.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi folks! I'm a paleontologist by training who got enough museum-educator XP to become an administrator. Now my focus is creating job and training opportunities for others in earth/life science education, and leveraging my operational leadership skills+experience help solve problems.
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Can you teach human anatomy - or know someone who can?
CWRU Anatomy is recruiting, and it would be great to have another paleontologist in the department!
More info and application: apply.interfolio.com/151831
Please share widely!
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
CWRU Anatomy is recruiting, and it would be great to have another paleontologist in the department!
More info and application: apply.interfolio.com/151831
Please share widely!
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Can you teach human anatomy - or know someone who can?
CWRU Anatomy is recruiting, and it would be great to have another paleontologist in the department!
More info and application: apply.interfolio.com/151831
Please share widely!
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
CWRU Anatomy is recruiting, and it would be great to have another paleontologist in the department!
More info and application: apply.interfolio.com/151831
Please share widely!
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
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Can you teach human anatomy - or know someone who can? CWRU is recruiting, and it would be great to recruit someone from @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Can you teach human anatomy - or know someone who can? CWRU is recruiting, and it would be great to recruit someone from @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
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The time has come! Many of you have reached out to ask if I was making another calendar this year, and although it’s taken a little longer than intended, it’s finally here! Available for preorder now, featuring 12 new epic pieces of Paleoart.
buff.ly/GOcWUVR
buff.ly/GOcWUVR
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The time has come! Many of you have reached out to ask if I was making another calendar this year, and although it’s taken a little longer than intended, it’s finally here! Available for preorder now, featuring 12 new epic pieces of Paleoart.
buff.ly/GOcWUVR
buff.ly/GOcWUVR
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Happy #FossilFriday! We are back from another great meeting of the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social , this year in Birmingham, #England. We presented a poster each on collections problem-solving and 3D prints for outreach + loved getting to see the @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! We are back from another great meeting of the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social , this year in Birmingham, #England. We presented a poster each on collections problem-solving and 3D prints for outreach + loved getting to see the @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social
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Congratulations, @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social et al.! Such creative work; nothing more satisfying than a good cross-field method-repurposing.
Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Congratulations, @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social et al.! Such creative work; nothing more satisfying than a good cross-field method-repurposing.
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Happy #FossilFriday! This tooth plate is from a giant fossil lungfish called Ceratodus. This specimen is thought to be from the Mesozoic Era and is estimated to be up to 13 feet long! Lungfish have been around for nearly 400 million years, and are one of the closest living relatives to tetrapods!🦎
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! This tooth plate is from a giant fossil lungfish called Ceratodus. This specimen is thought to be from the Mesozoic Era and is estimated to be up to 13 feet long! Lungfish have been around for nearly 400 million years, and are one of the closest living relatives to tetrapods!🦎
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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As Thanksgiving gets closer, an excellent video from @minutefood.bsky.social on how to deep-fry turkey (or any other food) SAFELY, to avoid the fireballs you've seen in so many PSAs.
TLDR: what matters most is to account for oil displacement.
youtu.be/nFR70RKkN7Q?...
TLDR: what matters most is to account for oil displacement.
youtu.be/nFR70RKkN7Q?...
The REAL problem with deep-frying frozen turkeys
YouTube video by MinuteFood
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
As Thanksgiving gets closer, an excellent video from @minutefood.bsky.social on how to deep-fry turkey (or any other food) SAFELY, to avoid the fireballs you've seen in so many PSAs.
TLDR: what matters most is to account for oil displacement.
youtu.be/nFR70RKkN7Q?...
TLDR: what matters most is to account for oil displacement.
youtu.be/nFR70RKkN7Q?...
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A huge congratulations to Noah da Silva (Camps alumni and Teaching Assistant) for this fantastic achievement!
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/11...
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/11...
Abreu Jerez '25 and da Silva '25 Named Rhodes Scholars | Dartmouth
home.dartmouth.edu
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A huge congratulations to Noah da Silva (Camps alumni and Teaching Assistant) for this fantastic achievement!
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/11...
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/11...
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The last leaves of autumn glow even brighter to a hungry pair of Therizinosaurus, bulking up for a long winter. These strange dinosaurs are some of my favorites, and though they're slow movers, they made it just in time to be included in my new calendar!
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The last leaves of autumn glow even brighter to a hungry pair of Therizinosaurus, bulking up for a long winter. These strange dinosaurs are some of my favorites, and though they're slow movers, they made it just in time to be included in my new calendar!
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Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
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Giving Jane the final word here. She got it!
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Giving Jane the final word here. She got it!
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What's the secret to being a 'good' and 'productive' scientist? Having a lab with the brightest, most enthusiastic students!
And here, in no particular order, is a sample of Univ of Edinburgh student research at last week's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
And here, in no particular order, is a sample of Univ of Edinburgh student research at last week's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What's the secret to being a 'good' and 'productive' scientist? Having a lab with the brightest, most enthusiastic students!
And here, in no particular order, is a sample of Univ of Edinburgh student research at last week's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
And here, in no particular order, is a sample of Univ of Edinburgh student research at last week's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
Welllpp this explains a lot
A study finds that deep sleep rewires the brain to eliminate anxiety.
My own study suggests that anxiety rewires the brain to eliminate deep sleep.
My own study suggests that anxiety rewires the brain to eliminate deep sleep.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Welllpp this explains a lot
There is a little girl galloping around the cozy UK coffee shop I'm at, yell-singing along with Pink Pony Club as her parents try to gently corral her. 😆
Corralling into an alcove table is holding steady. Now she's yell-humming along with the tune. Respect for finding a loophole, kid.
Corralling into an alcove table is holding steady. Now she's yell-humming along with the tune. Respect for finding a loophole, kid.
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
There is a little girl galloping around the cozy UK coffee shop I'm at, yell-singing along with Pink Pony Club as her parents try to gently corral her. 😆
Corralling into an alcove table is holding steady. Now she's yell-humming along with the tune. Respect for finding a loophole, kid.
Corralling into an alcove table is holding steady. Now she's yell-humming along with the tune. Respect for finding a loophole, kid.
Guys are more likely to think the whole world just can't wait to hear what they have to say? Color me stunned lol
New research from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that both podcast hosts and their guests skew very heavily male — and white.
Bros really are dominating podcasting
New research from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that both podcast hosts and their guests skew very heavily male — and white.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Guys are more likely to think the whole world just can't wait to hear what they have to say? Color me stunned lol
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@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social #2025SVP #SVP2025. Can people check they didn’t grab the wrong tote last night? Marc’s had his coat (blue waterproof) in it and he really needs it back!
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social #2025SVP #SVP2025. Can people check they didn’t grab the wrong tote last night? Marc’s had his coat (blue waterproof) in it and he really needs it back!
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Congratulations to Camps instructor Emily Bōgner for winning the 2025 @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Albert E. Wood Student Research Award!
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Congratulations to Camps instructor Emily Bōgner for winning the 2025 @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Albert E. Wood Student Research Award!
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
Dr. @renpoole.bsky.social: Sauropods were offensively big because they were actually photosynthesizing.
Send tweet.
#2025SVP
Send tweet.
#2025SVP
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Dr. @renpoole.bsky.social: Sauropods were offensively big because they were actually photosynthesizing.
Send tweet.
#2025SVP
Send tweet.
#2025SVP
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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As #2025SVP starts winding down, make sure to get our 2026 meeting in Cleveland, OH on your calendar for November 11-14.
Our committees are working on some really cool new events and opportunities for the 2026 meeting and over the coming year. We hope you'll join us!
Our committees are working on some really cool new events and opportunities for the 2026 meeting and over the coming year. We hope you'll join us!
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
As #2025SVP starts winding down, make sure to get our 2026 meeting in Cleveland, OH on your calendar for November 11-14.
Our committees are working on some really cool new events and opportunities for the 2026 meeting and over the coming year. We hope you'll join us!
Our committees are working on some really cool new events and opportunities for the 2026 meeting and over the coming year. We hope you'll join us!
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SVP Communications
Committee (CommComm) is
recruiting new members! They especially need members with skills in any of the following:
- Video editing
- Micro-blogging (BlueSky for example)
- TikTok and Instagram video content
- Background researchers for video programs
Committee (CommComm) is
recruiting new members! They especially need members with skills in any of the following:
- Video editing
- Micro-blogging (BlueSky for example)
- TikTok and Instagram video content
- Background researchers for video programs
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
SVP Communications
Committee (CommComm) is
recruiting new members! They especially need members with skills in any of the following:
- Video editing
- Micro-blogging (BlueSky for example)
- TikTok and Instagram video content
- Background researchers for video programs
Committee (CommComm) is
recruiting new members! They especially need members with skills in any of the following:
- Video editing
- Micro-blogging (BlueSky for example)
- TikTok and Instagram video content
- Background researchers for video programs
Dalton Meyer in the Romer session doing some really cool work for Team Postcrania via analysis of lizard ankle and wrist bones. Also another great demonstration of CT scanning tech utility in vertebrate paleontology.
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Dalton Meyer in the Romer session doing some really cool work for Team Postcrania via analysis of lizard ankle and wrist bones. Also another great demonstration of CT scanning tech utility in vertebrate paleontology.
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
Brynn Wooten: Role of body size in shaping the dietary ecology of the North American 'Hell Pig' (Archaeotherium) revealed through dental microwear texture analysis.
Evidence for predation on small camelids like Poebrotherium, including meat-caching behavior.
#2025SVP
Evidence for predation on small camelids like Poebrotherium, including meat-caching behavior.
#2025SVP
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Brynn Wooten: Role of body size in shaping the dietary ecology of the North American 'Hell Pig' (Archaeotherium) revealed through dental microwear texture analysis.
Evidence for predation on small camelids like Poebrotherium, including meat-caching behavior.
#2025SVP
Evidence for predation on small camelids like Poebrotherium, including meat-caching behavior.
#2025SVP