Meaghan Wetherell
@geopetalfabric.bsky.social
Paleontologist. Artiodactyl enthusiast. Co-host of the podcast Weird & Dead. Clothing and art at www.Geopetalfabric.com
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Oh, I just listened to @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social and @geopetalfabric.bsky.social doing their thing about bird crop milk. I know.
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Oh, I just listened to @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social and @geopetalfabric.bsky.social doing their thing about bird crop milk. I know.
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We cover a lot of ground in this one: the ethics of publishing on Myanmar amber, article retraction, and whether Rob has any credibility. It's a good one. Give it a listen 👇
#Fossil Files podcast fans!! Today sees the release of Fossil Fails II: The tiny dinosaur with the massive flaw... Get our take on that whole Oculudentavis thing - available now on libsyn and wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/fossil-fails...
The Fossil Files: Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw
Discovery of the smallest ever dinosaur acheived quite a splash when it was publised on the front cover of Nature in 2020. The new critter, Oculodentavis, was the size of a hummingbird and reconstruct...
fossils.libsyn.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We cover a lot of ground in this one: the ethics of publishing on Myanmar amber, article retraction, and whether Rob has any credibility. It's a good one. Give it a listen 👇
Without context this sounds like the most niche cryptid hunt ever
C. elegans is a real animal and we set out to understand how it comes to have its distinctive biogeography. Its ancestral center of diversity is in the higher elevation forests of Hawaii. Its closest relatives are spread across east Asia. Did they travel from Asia? [Preprint 🧵]
September 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Without context this sounds like the most niche cryptid hunt ever
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While scootching around the Interwebs this morning looking for fresh geopetal imagery, I learned of the company "Geopetal Fabric," which makes astoundingly cool geonerd apparel. I just bought this one:
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geopetalfabric.com/products/geo...
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geopetalfabric.com/products/geo...
September 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
While scootching around the Interwebs this morning looking for fresh geopetal imagery, I learned of the company "Geopetal Fabric," which makes astoundingly cool geonerd apparel. I just bought this one:
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geopetalfabric.com/products/geo...
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geopetalfabric.com/products/geo...
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Our educational paleontology & geology video game storefront is now up! We are still debugging the prototype but you should go and wishlist it in the meantime:
store.steampowered.com/app/3512920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3512920/...
July 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our educational paleontology & geology video game storefront is now up! We are still debugging the prototype but you should go and wishlist it in the meantime:
store.steampowered.com/app/3512920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3512920/...
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A hard truth of science communication is that knowledge and attitudes (to say nothing of behavior) are not intrinsically linked.
A panel from my 2017 comic on the intersection of science and religion, free to read: jordancollver.myportfolio.com/comics #sciart
A panel from my 2017 comic on the intersection of science and religion, free to read: jordancollver.myportfolio.com/comics #sciart
June 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A hard truth of science communication is that knowledge and attitudes (to say nothing of behavior) are not intrinsically linked.
A panel from my 2017 comic on the intersection of science and religion, free to read: jordancollver.myportfolio.com/comics #sciart
A panel from my 2017 comic on the intersection of science and religion, free to read: jordancollver.myportfolio.com/comics #sciart
I know he has been dead for 100 years but Earl Douglass wrote two papers with the same name in 1907 and I think he should be belatedly cancelled for it.
June 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I know he has been dead for 100 years but Earl Douglass wrote two papers with the same name in 1907 and I think he should be belatedly cancelled for it.
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This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
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As NSF approaches its 75th anniversary on May 10th, proposed budget cuts to its programs, grants, and staffing threaten its longevity. Visit the Save the U.S. National Science Foundation website to sign up for updates and use the site's resources to advocate for NSF.
📸: Madeline Marshall
📸: Madeline Marshall
May 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
As NSF approaches its 75th anniversary on May 10th, proposed budget cuts to its programs, grants, and staffing threaten its longevity. Visit the Save the U.S. National Science Foundation website to sign up for updates and use the site's resources to advocate for NSF.
📸: Madeline Marshall
📸: Madeline Marshall
Someone was playing headline telephone and something got scrambled in the mix! AND that particular article helpfully proclaims that "pigs can grow multiple sets of adult teeth," which is interesting, but not true.
April 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Someone was playing headline telephone and something got scrambled in the mix! AND that particular article helpfully proclaims that "pigs can grow multiple sets of adult teeth," which is interesting, but not true.
Hi. How do I make it so that my webcam doesn't give me ghost boogers.
Pls help.
Pls help.
April 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hi. How do I make it so that my webcam doesn't give me ghost boogers.
Pls help.
Pls help.
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Our Annual Dinner this year includes a talk by @geopetalfabric.bsky.social! In the area? Join us as she explores how we can confuse 'weirdness' for new species in long-dead animals, and how museum collections provide clues to untangle the fossil record..
mnch.uoregon.edu/learn/annual...
mnch.uoregon.edu/learn/annual...
Annual Dinner and Talk
The museum's annual dinner and talk. Tickets on sale now!
mnch.uoregon.edu
March 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our Annual Dinner this year includes a talk by @geopetalfabric.bsky.social! In the area? Join us as she explores how we can confuse 'weirdness' for new species in long-dead animals, and how museum collections provide clues to untangle the fossil record..
mnch.uoregon.edu/learn/annual...
mnch.uoregon.edu/learn/annual...
New family photo with my daughter and grandson
March 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New family photo with my daughter and grandson
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It can be ordered here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fossil...
The Fossil Keeper's Treasure: With Amazing Fossils to Touch|Hardcover
Discover how every fossil tells a story with paleontologist, Amy Atwater. Open this scrapbook to learn how fossils are as precious as gold-because of what they tell us about the past. Uncovering key d...
www.barnesandnoble.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It can be ordered here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fossil...
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My first book, The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure, is out now! It’s illustrated by the amazing Nat Cardozo. Each page features embossed fossils you can touch.
Every fossil tells a story, and every scientist started out as a curious kid.
I can’t believe it’s finally here!
#fossilfriday #booksky
Every fossil tells a story, and every scientist started out as a curious kid.
I can’t believe it’s finally here!
#fossilfriday #booksky
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My first book, The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure, is out now! It’s illustrated by the amazing Nat Cardozo. Each page features embossed fossils you can touch.
Every fossil tells a story, and every scientist started out as a curious kid.
I can’t believe it’s finally here!
#fossilfriday #booksky
Every fossil tells a story, and every scientist started out as a curious kid.
I can’t believe it’s finally here!
#fossilfriday #booksky
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Confirmed with a source. Here's a screenshot of the email sent to staff today.
March 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Confirmed with a source. Here's a screenshot of the email sent to staff today.
Finally some good news!!!
Psst: carcinization is not inevitable!
R is for Raninoides, one of the best examples of DEcarcinization. It's a true crab, but its body is elongated and the abdomen sticks out. The wrench and spadelike appendages, and torpedolike body, are good for burrowing (see video, next skeet)
#CrabAZ 🦀🧪🦑
R is for Raninoides, one of the best examples of DEcarcinization. It's a true crab, but its body is elongated and the abdomen sticks out. The wrench and spadelike appendages, and torpedolike body, are good for burrowing (see video, next skeet)
#CrabAZ 🦀🧪🦑
February 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Finally some good news!!!
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Psst: carcinization is not inevitable!
R is for Raninoides, one of the best examples of DEcarcinization. It's a true crab, but its body is elongated and the abdomen sticks out. The wrench and spadelike appendages, and torpedolike body, are good for burrowing (see video, next skeet)
#CrabAZ 🦀🧪🦑
R is for Raninoides, one of the best examples of DEcarcinization. It's a true crab, but its body is elongated and the abdomen sticks out. The wrench and spadelike appendages, and torpedolike body, are good for burrowing (see video, next skeet)
#CrabAZ 🦀🧪🦑
February 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Psst: carcinization is not inevitable!
R is for Raninoides, one of the best examples of DEcarcinization. It's a true crab, but its body is elongated and the abdomen sticks out. The wrench and spadelike appendages, and torpedolike body, are good for burrowing (see video, next skeet)
#CrabAZ 🦀🧪🦑
R is for Raninoides, one of the best examples of DEcarcinization. It's a true crab, but its body is elongated and the abdomen sticks out. The wrench and spadelike appendages, and torpedolike body, are good for burrowing (see video, next skeet)
#CrabAZ 🦀🧪🦑
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Last element I added was this little fish, Toarcocephalus, which happened to be published around the time I worked on this image. It helps to highlight the scales that otherwise might come across as random texture. Here the fish paper.
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024...
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024...
February 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Last element I added was this little fish, Toarcocephalus, which happened to be published around the time I worked on this image. It helps to highlight the scales that otherwise might come across as random texture. Here the fish paper.
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024...
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024...
We're moving our educational game to Steam, but need to know the minimum computer requirements to run it. So if you have a windows computer, especially a crappy one, could you please play the prototype and tell me if it's ungodly slow on your system? geopetal.itch.io/finding-lake...
Finding Lake Chewaucan by Meaghan's Games
Reconstruct and travel to the Pleistocene.
geopetal.itch.io
February 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We're moving our educational game to Steam, but need to know the minimum computer requirements to run it. So if you have a windows computer, especially a crappy one, could you please play the prototype and tell me if it's ungodly slow on your system? geopetal.itch.io/finding-lake...
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Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Ophthalmosaurus, Spriggina, Bothriolepis and Homunculus.
Ophthalmosaurus, Spriggina, Bothriolepis and Homunculus.
February 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Ophthalmosaurus, Spriggina, Bothriolepis and Homunculus.
Ophthalmosaurus, Spriggina, Bothriolepis and Homunculus.
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Hey, paleo nerds ⛏️! This week, we talk with one of YouTube's paleo stars, Lindsay Nikole, who has MILLIONS of followers and incredible outreach with her YouTube ▶️ series, The History of Life on Earth (That We Know Of).
🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/lind...
🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/lind...
January 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hey, paleo nerds ⛏️! This week, we talk with one of YouTube's paleo stars, Lindsay Nikole, who has MILLIONS of followers and incredible outreach with her YouTube ▶️ series, The History of Life on Earth (That We Know Of).
🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/lind...
🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/lind...
Just a regular reminder since I've seen some colleagues recently publish with them: MDPI falls under the definition of a predatory publisher. predatoryjournals.org/news/f/is-md...
Is MDPI a predatory publisher? (Updated)
MDPI as a publisher of open-access scientific journals was spun off from the Molecular Diversity Preservation International organization. It was formally registered by Shu-Kun Lin and Dietrich Rordorf...
predatoryjournals.org
January 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just a regular reminder since I've seen some colleagues recently publish with them: MDPI falls under the definition of a predatory publisher. predatoryjournals.org/news/f/is-md...
@etherbunnies.bsky.social did u know that Logan has finally branched out from reddit??? @loganpogan.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
@etherbunnies.bsky.social did u know that Logan has finally branched out from reddit??? @loganpogan.bsky.social