Brittney Elizabeth Stoneburg
@brittandbone.bsky.social
paleontologist, bone librarian, mastodon enthusiast, “sea cryptid cursed to be trapped in the desert”. header art by Corbin Rainbolt.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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J is for M.R James in my #folkhorroralphabet the author and medievalist scholar responsible for ghost stories such as ‘Lost Hearts’, ‘A Warning to the Curious’ and ‘Casting the Runes’ which was adapted for cinema as ‘Night of the Demon’.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
J is for M.R James in my #folkhorroralphabet the author and medievalist scholar responsible for ghost stories such as ‘Lost Hearts’, ‘A Warning to the Curious’ and ‘Casting the Runes’ which was adapted for cinema as ‘Night of the Demon’.
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me: there's no way reverse seasonal affective disorder is a real thing
also me as soon as it rains or get gloomy: life is beautiful and worth living, how could I ever have been sad
also me as soon as it rains or get gloomy: life is beautiful and worth living, how could I ever have been sad
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
me: there's no way reverse seasonal affective disorder is a real thing
also me as soon as it rains or get gloomy: life is beautiful and worth living, how could I ever have been sad
also me as soon as it rains or get gloomy: life is beautiful and worth living, how could I ever have been sad
man I really love being a paleontologist who studies mammals instead of dinosaurs I can tell you that
October 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
man I really love being a paleontologist who studies mammals instead of dinosaurs I can tell you that
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🦘 The Naturalists Companion containing drawings with suitable descriptions of a vast variety of Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpent and Insects; & accurately copied either from Living Animals or from the stuffed Specimens in the Museums of the College and Du
1810-1817.
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1810-1817.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🦘 The Naturalists Companion containing drawings with suitable descriptions of a vast variety of Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpent and Insects; & accurately copied either from Living Animals or from the stuffed Specimens in the Museums of the College and Du
1810-1817.
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1810-1817.
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I am surrounded by snails. Everything is snails. I know no other reality than one infested by Gastropoda.
(exhibit installation continues to go well)
(exhibit installation continues to go well)
October 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I am surrounded by snails. Everything is snails. I know no other reality than one infested by Gastropoda.
(exhibit installation continues to go well)
(exhibit installation continues to go well)
Currently in the midst of inventorying hundreds of snail shells for an upcoming exhibit - 300 down, ???? to go! 🐚
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Currently in the midst of inventorying hundreds of snail shells for an upcoming exhibit - 300 down, ???? to go! 🐚
I’m at the Sun City Library Local Author’s Fair with WSC peddling my book! 🐴
September 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I’m at the Sun City Library Local Author’s Fair with WSC peddling my book! 🐴
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It lives!!! 🦣🦣🦣🧪
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons
Coastal mastodon mitochondrial genomes contextualize species distributions and dispersal patterns near southern glacial limits.
www.science.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It lives!!! 🦣🦣🦣🧪
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I haven't posted since I got back from my research cruise but uhhhh how does one combine a career in natural history museums/paleo with a career in polar ship-based field work
because I unfortunately fell in love, whoops
because I unfortunately fell in love, whoops
September 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I haven't posted since I got back from my research cruise but uhhhh how does one combine a career in natural history museums/paleo with a career in polar ship-based field work
because I unfortunately fell in love, whoops
because I unfortunately fell in love, whoops
Hello from the ice!
For the first time my email away message says “out at sea” - I’ve been aboard the RV Steadfast as a Polar STEAM Educator Fellow! ⛴️
I’m with a team of researchers studying Leconte Glacier in southeast Alaska, and I’ll be bringing back what I learn to WSC. ❄️
For the first time my email away message says “out at sea” - I’ve been aboard the RV Steadfast as a Polar STEAM Educator Fellow! ⛴️
I’m with a team of researchers studying Leconte Glacier in southeast Alaska, and I’ll be bringing back what I learn to WSC. ❄️
July 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hello from the ice!
For the first time my email away message says “out at sea” - I’ve been aboard the RV Steadfast as a Polar STEAM Educator Fellow! ⛴️
I’m with a team of researchers studying Leconte Glacier in southeast Alaska, and I’ll be bringing back what I learn to WSC. ❄️
For the first time my email away message says “out at sea” - I’ve been aboard the RV Steadfast as a Polar STEAM Educator Fellow! ⛴️
I’m with a team of researchers studying Leconte Glacier in southeast Alaska, and I’ll be bringing back what I learn to WSC. ❄️
So much gear and this isn’t even all of it! Getting ready to go to sea for the first time as a @polarsteamteam.bsky.social Fellow.
June 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So much gear and this isn’t even all of it! Getting ready to go to sea for the first time as a @polarsteamteam.bsky.social Fellow.
the world is falling apart and all I want is to finally live in a place I love and where I feel even somewhat at peace, and I have no idea if I can do that while also maintaining the career I’ve put so much sweat blood and tears into, and no one told me midcareer would be this hard
June 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
the world is falling apart and all I want is to finally live in a place I love and where I feel even somewhat at peace, and I have no idea if I can do that while also maintaining the career I’ve put so much sweat blood and tears into, and no one told me midcareer would be this hard
I’ve been practicing my film photography again in anticipation of my Alaska trip. 35mm, Canon AE-1.
1. Santa Barbara
2. San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
3. Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
4. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
1. Santa Barbara
2. San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
3. Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
4. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
June 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’ve been practicing my film photography again in anticipation of my Alaska trip. 35mm, Canon AE-1.
1. Santa Barbara
2. San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
3. Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
4. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
1. Santa Barbara
2. San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
3. Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
4. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
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Their crowns may gleam, but they are dust,
Built on tales and borrowed trust.
Built on tales and borrowed trust.
June 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Their crowns may gleam, but they are dust,
Built on tales and borrowed trust.
Built on tales and borrowed trust.
whoops my decision to pursue a wildly niche career is warring with my desire to live in a very specific location again
(my summer SAD is starting to hit and I’m in my Yearning for Coastal New England hours again)
(my summer SAD is starting to hit and I’m in my Yearning for Coastal New England hours again)
June 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
whoops my decision to pursue a wildly niche career is warring with my desire to live in a very specific location again
(my summer SAD is starting to hit and I’m in my Yearning for Coastal New England hours again)
(my summer SAD is starting to hit and I’m in my Yearning for Coastal New England hours again)
been thinking big, longterm career thoughts and I am usually pretty proud of being a generalist but man can it sometimes make me feel ✨unfocused✨ professionally
June 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
been thinking big, longterm career thoughts and I am usually pretty proud of being a generalist but man can it sometimes make me feel ✨unfocused✨ professionally
Popping back on here to share - I made a game! Sort of! I wanted to reteach myself Javascript so I made a small choose-your-own-adventure story where you play a baby mastodon lost in the forest.
Thank you to Phillip Krzeminski for providing the art!
Play here: b-e-stoneburg.itch.io/in-the-compa...
Thank you to Phillip Krzeminski for providing the art!
Play here: b-e-stoneburg.itch.io/in-the-compa...
in the company of giants by b. e. stoneburg
Play in your browser
b-e-stoneburg.itch.io
June 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Popping back on here to share - I made a game! Sort of! I wanted to reteach myself Javascript so I made a small choose-your-own-adventure story where you play a baby mastodon lost in the forest.
Thank you to Phillip Krzeminski for providing the art!
Play here: b-e-stoneburg.itch.io/in-the-compa...
Thank you to Phillip Krzeminski for providing the art!
Play here: b-e-stoneburg.itch.io/in-the-compa...
Popping back on Bluesky to say that am so excited to announce that I am a 2025 Polar STEAM Educator Fellow! I'll be deployed to Alaska to work on a glacier - I can't wait work w/ Jesse & Vanessa from OSU this summer & bring back everything I'll learn about glacial melt and climate change back to WSC
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Popping back on Bluesky to say that am so excited to announce that I am a 2025 Polar STEAM Educator Fellow! I'll be deployed to Alaska to work on a glacier - I can't wait work w/ Jesse & Vanessa from OSU this summer & bring back everything I'll learn about glacial melt and climate change back to WSC
Yesterday I had a new research paper came out, I ran a field trip bc some of our educators were out, and then I was the manager on duty when a fire broke out across the street from the museum (it's all good now).
get you a museum professional who can do it all
TGIF man
get you a museum professional who can do it all
TGIF man
a r2d2 robot is standing in the sand near a rock
ALT: a r2d2 robot is standing in the sand near a rock
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January 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Yesterday I had a new research paper came out, I ran a field trip bc some of our educators were out, and then I was the manager on duty when a fire broke out across the street from the museum (it's all good now).
get you a museum professional who can do it all
TGIF man
get you a museum professional who can do it all
TGIF man
New paper out today! Super proud to be included on this one. Do you want to learn about Pacific mastodon genetics and morphology? Of course you do!
(I made a silly little meme to summarize the paper, please enjoy).
peerj.com/articles/188...
(I made a silly little meme to summarize the paper, please enjoy).
peerj.com/articles/188...
January 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New paper out today! Super proud to be included on this one. Do you want to learn about Pacific mastodon genetics and morphology? Of course you do!
(I made a silly little meme to summarize the paper, please enjoy).
peerj.com/articles/188...
(I made a silly little meme to summarize the paper, please enjoy).
peerj.com/articles/188...
ok so reading in the Moby Dick marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum was probably the most fun and edifying thing I've done in a while
January 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
ok so reading in the Moby Dick marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum was probably the most fun and edifying thing I've done in a while
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Wow! The largest watercolour in the @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social collection, AND it’s a fossil mammal! 2.5×5.7 metres of Megatherium painted by artist George Scharf in 1842. Coloured parts include real specimens collected by Darwin, studied by Owen, now in the NHM collection 🦥 #fossilfriday
December 13, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Wow! The largest watercolour in the @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social collection, AND it’s a fossil mammal! 2.5×5.7 metres of Megatherium painted by artist George Scharf in 1842. Coloured parts include real specimens collected by Darwin, studied by Owen, now in the NHM collection 🦥 #fossilfriday
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