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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.
Let's get ready to baaaannnqquuueeettt!!!

#2025SVP
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Lovely time at the #2025SVP welcome event at the Lapworth Museum of Geology!
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Pretty much standing room only for @jgn-paleo.bsky.social presenting on the Dueling Dinosaurs and recent Nanotyrannus publication.

Starting out providing context for Nanotyrannus research and controversy.

#2025SVP
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Yara Haridy on Ordivician vertebrates and the origin of bone remodeling:

Synchrotron scanning tech really shines when used with tiny fossils such as those from jawless fish. This includes bony scales on the body of Astraspis.

Investigation shows bone remodeling predates osteocytes!

#2025SVP
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Starting #2025SVP talks with the Synchrotron Radiation Micro-CT Scanning in Paleontology symposium in Hall 1! I always love seeing the talks on advances in this technology and its applications in paleo.
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#2025SVP folks, if you are looking for a fun area bar with some non-alcoholic options, check out The Botanist on Bridge St! The food was pretty solid too. (I got a piri piri chicken kabob with grilled Mediterranean veggies as the side.) A+ spot!
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Bill Maher still sucks but I'm always down to see O'Reilly getting nuked from orbit on TV.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
@winterriverrd.bsky.social coming in with possibly the best compliment I’ve gotten all year!
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Clean sweep. Prop 50 in CA called as passing. It’s frustrating that this maneuver was necessary… but it was absolutely necessary.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
New business cards all ready for the upcoming @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting! (Commissioned artwork by @nataliajagielska.bsky.social)

#2025SVP
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Luthen Rael appreciation post
#FriendsEverywhere
October 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Shout-out to Puddles the Oregon Duck for doing some public science outreach during GameDay last weekend!
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I’d like to contribute something insightful to the current moment, but all I have is deafening rage at the greedy, entitled ghouls that dragged us to this place.

So here are some of my favorite recent paleo-art pieces that have been uplifting.

Remember even the tiniest acts of resistance help.
September 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This week on Endless Forms our I’ll be joined by Alexandra Bonham to talk about grad school, amazing Utah paleontology, and her career path in the NPS and @swcaenvironmental.bsky.social! We’ll see you on Wednesday at 7:30pm central time on Instagram!
September 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Nice. 💚💛

#GoDucks
September 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Starting September 3rd!
August 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Concept art for the 2026 @sternbergcamps.bsky.social staff and returning student shirts. We’re going mammals this time! Subjects are teleoceros (Minium Quarry) and tapirs (Gray Fossil Site). Teleoceros for staff, tapirs for returning students.
August 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Abstract accepted for a poster at @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social! Instead of the education side, I'm packing as much entrepreneurial strategy, process, and lessons learned from 11 years leading the Sternberg Camps. My hope is that this info can be valuable to other institutions’ funding stress.
August 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
August 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
First look at @sternbergcamps.bsky.social 2026 projected operations map! We still have space for a couple more site partners, so get in touch ASAP if you and your organization are interested in hosting one of our programs next summer.
July 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Stephen Colbert looking like he needs photos of that menace Spider-Man!
July 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
July 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Little beach trip this morning!
July 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wild weather here in Kansas tonight
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM