Fun fact! Mastodon species are in the genus Mammut, which doesn't have the same root as 'mammal'. It's from an Indigenous language from Russia, and means 'earth horn' (for their fossil remains).

It may not be what was technically ever claimed, but common understanding of the Effect, i.e., that there is an inverse correlation between cockiness & depth of knowledge/competance is, I think, obvious to anyone who has ever been or dealt w/ 1st year university students (myself included in both).

Because the conditions materials are produced in (i.e., their impact on human heath, labour rights, and the environment) matter, if we're ethical consumers.

Bit confused by this. Is this for supervised thesis-based masters? I've only written a few for MSc programs, but in each, I've either had feedback/follow up from potential supervisor or the student has told me that their supervisor commented on letters' content.

In the meantime the work happening right now is super interesting: study of ancient earthquakes preseved in the rocks. I can hook you up with contact if you want story.

Will be down to attempt to either extract or cast it in the next couple of weeks. Will keep you posted!

I have a colleague down there with a student and some other profs doing unrelated work, but... the fossil has emerged!

This is basically the basement of Nova Scotia or British Columbia (or really any accretion terrane province)!

The fourth one is actually part of the same slab as the third one. I should have noted that. I just photographed the portion that most clearly showed the geometry that struck me as biological.

The fourth is the same, I've just captured it at a different angle/lighting to emphasize the "feather" like geometry of central axis and secondary elements coming off. This one shows same.