Nathan Cochran | ⛵🦎
@paleodude.bsky.social
Masters Student at the University of Calgary | Academic Correspondent for @jfd1.bsky.social | He/him
The only tyrant or king I respect is Tyrannosaurus rex.
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
June 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The only tyrant or king I respect is Tyrannosaurus rex.
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
I don't know who needs to hear this but you can call for the regulation of the private fossil market AND call for Brazilian fossil repatriation.
Big Rex auctions just increase the demand fulfilled by the illegal trade of Brazilian fossils.
Big Rex auctions just increase the demand fulfilled by the illegal trade of Brazilian fossils.
April 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this but you can call for the regulation of the private fossil market AND call for Brazilian fossil repatriation.
Big Rex auctions just increase the demand fulfilled by the illegal trade of Brazilian fossils.
Big Rex auctions just increase the demand fulfilled by the illegal trade of Brazilian fossils.
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Watching more movies and decided to play into me being a mid-20s white guy and made a Letterboxd. May God have mercy on my pasty soul.
letterboxd.com/paleodude/
letterboxd.com/paleodude/
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Nathan uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 3 films watched. Favorites: Jurassic Park (1993), Hundreds of Beavers (2022), Godzilla Minus One (2023), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022).
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April 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Watching more movies and decided to play into me being a mid-20s white guy and made a Letterboxd. May God have mercy on my pasty soul.
letterboxd.com/paleodude/
letterboxd.com/paleodude/
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Happy #TylosurusTuesday!
Did you know? There are seven species of Tylosurus alive today!!! They are readily distinguishable from other marine life by their toothy elongate snouts. They are of course very dangerous, & have severely injured multiple people (& killed at least one).
Did you know? There are seven species of Tylosurus alive today!!! They are readily distinguishable from other marine life by their toothy elongate snouts. They are of course very dangerous, & have severely injured multiple people (& killed at least one).
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy #TylosurusTuesday!
Did you know? There are seven species of Tylosurus alive today!!! They are readily distinguishable from other marine life by their toothy elongate snouts. They are of course very dangerous, & have severely injured multiple people (& killed at least one).
Did you know? There are seven species of Tylosurus alive today!!! They are readily distinguishable from other marine life by their toothy elongate snouts. They are of course very dangerous, & have severely injured multiple people (& killed at least one).
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A guide to the exoparia:
the presence of the exoparia doesnt actually change much for the way we reconstruct most dinosaur groups, however, it changes some minor things for two of the most well known dinosaur groups that should be taken into account:
#scicomm #paleontology #dinosaur #sciart
the presence of the exoparia doesnt actually change much for the way we reconstruct most dinosaur groups, however, it changes some minor things for two of the most well known dinosaur groups that should be taken into account:
#scicomm #paleontology #dinosaur #sciart
March 31, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A guide to the exoparia:
the presence of the exoparia doesnt actually change much for the way we reconstruct most dinosaur groups, however, it changes some minor things for two of the most well known dinosaur groups that should be taken into account:
#scicomm #paleontology #dinosaur #sciart
the presence of the exoparia doesnt actually change much for the way we reconstruct most dinosaur groups, however, it changes some minor things for two of the most well known dinosaur groups that should be taken into account:
#scicomm #paleontology #dinosaur #sciart
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#SciArt Spotlight 🎨 Florida Pliocene
Scientific art helps to illustrate Florida's evolving ecosystems, bringing life to the fossils we display in our exhibits.
🗝️ Check out the art + key and bonus fossils for gomphotheres, early artiodactyls and more:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blo...
Scientific art helps to illustrate Florida's evolving ecosystems, bringing life to the fossils we display in our exhibits.
🗝️ Check out the art + key and bonus fossils for gomphotheres, early artiodactyls and more:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blo...
March 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#SciArt Spotlight 🎨 Florida Pliocene
Scientific art helps to illustrate Florida's evolving ecosystems, bringing life to the fossils we display in our exhibits.
🗝️ Check out the art + key and bonus fossils for gomphotheres, early artiodactyls and more:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blo...
Scientific art helps to illustrate Florida's evolving ecosystems, bringing life to the fossils we display in our exhibits.
🗝️ Check out the art + key and bonus fossils for gomphotheres, early artiodactyls and more:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blo...
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Begging Democrat politicians to stop fighting to win over conservatives, and start winning over the 90 million Americans who just didn’t vote at all in the last national election. A meaningful chunk of those 90 million are absolutely looking for progressive policy directions.
March 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Begging Democrat politicians to stop fighting to win over conservatives, and start winning over the 90 million Americans who just didn’t vote at all in the last national election. A meaningful chunk of those 90 million are absolutely looking for progressive policy directions.
Happy #FossilFriday!
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
March 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy #FossilFriday!
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
I'm super excited to announce that I'll be joining the Maddin lab at Carleton University for my PhD this Fall! Expect lot's of really cool synapsidy research on this feed soon!
March 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm super excited to announce that I'll be joining the Maddin lab at Carleton University for my PhD this Fall! Expect lot's of really cool synapsidy research on this feed soon!
This is like the highlight of the year so far I'm not even kidding.
March 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is like the highlight of the year so far I'm not even kidding.
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Join our team teaching Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Calgary! We are hiring two positions to start in the Fall teaching in our new integrated curriculum.
Assistant or Associate Professor, Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary - Calgary (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Calgary - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | 670361
The University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) is seeking two academic scholars for full-time positions in Anatomy.
jobs.sciencecareers.org
March 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Join our team teaching Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Calgary! We are hiring two positions to start in the Fall teaching in our new integrated curriculum.
Unicorns are one thing but every kid I knew who got into dinosaurs was equally interested in extant animals. Dinosaurs are just a gateway into the natural sciences for a lot of kid.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead | Isabel Losada
Put up pictures of lemurs, penguins and wolves, and introduce tomorrow’s environmentalists to the amazing nature in our world, says author Isabel Losada
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Unicorns are one thing but every kid I knew who got into dinosaurs was equally interested in extant animals. Dinosaurs are just a gateway into the natural sciences for a lot of kid.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rewatching the Simpsons Season 8 and oh my god it's kind of impressive how basically every episode in it is absolutely peak. May just be my favorite.
March 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Rewatching the Simpsons Season 8 and oh my god it's kind of impressive how basically every episode in it is absolutely peak. May just be my favorite.
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Museum peeps, what's your least favorite conversation to have with people outside the field? For me, it's screens and buttons. "I hate how new exhibits are full of screens and buttons" or "you should add more screens and buttons for the kids." Both takes are missing the point! A thread. 🧵
December 13, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Museum peeps, what's your least favorite conversation to have with people outside the field? For me, it's screens and buttons. "I hate how new exhibits are full of screens and buttons" or "you should add more screens and buttons for the kids." Both takes are missing the point! A thread. 🧵
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De-extinction is the “let’s colonize Mars” for Biologists. Instead of working to fix & be sustainable, its a frat boy mentality that we can just trash it all and science will undo it. We don’t need to change our behaviors because we can control Z it
March 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
De-extinction is the “let’s colonize Mars” for Biologists. Instead of working to fix & be sustainable, its a frat boy mentality that we can just trash it all and science will undo it. We don’t need to change our behaviors because we can control Z it
One of the most accurate representations of grad school applications.
March 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
One of the most accurate representations of grad school applications.
There's nothing more heartbreaking than finding out that you've missed out on a PhD position thanks in entirety to the hell that is the federal government at this point. Science in the states is basically dead or dying.
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
There's nothing more heartbreaking than finding out that you've missed out on a PhD position thanks in entirety to the hell that is the federal government at this point. Science in the states is basically dead or dying.
Hoping all of you stayed warm this #FamilyDay with Alberta's last cold snap of the year hitting hard. Luckily I was able to escape the cold at the Royal Tyrrell Museum where I didn't have it as bad as these snowy Pachyrhinosaurus.
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
February 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hoping all of you stayed warm this #FamilyDay with Alberta's last cold snap of the year hitting hard. Luckily I was able to escape the cold at the Royal Tyrrell Museum where I didn't have it as bad as these snowy Pachyrhinosaurus.
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
Anyone who uses any other palico voice besides the funny meows in Wilds is insane and I do not trust their moral character.
February 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Anyone who uses any other palico voice besides the funny meows in Wilds is insane and I do not trust their moral character.
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Pair of small dicynodonts Diictodon snoozing in their comfy burrow
February 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Pair of small dicynodonts Diictodon snoozing in their comfy burrow
Any recommendations for reliable phones? Thoroughly disappointed by Google Pixel having to replace a screen due to a manufacturing error and now dealing with the phone not charging properly.
February 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Any recommendations for reliable phones? Thoroughly disappointed by Google Pixel having to replace a screen due to a manufacturing error and now dealing with the phone not charging properly.
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