Steve Brusatte
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social
Paleontologist and professor at University of Edinburgh, dinosaur enthusiast and writer. Free born man of the USA. Immigrant. Husband & father. (views mine)
ICE is pepper spraying toddlers.
This one-year-old was in her car seat, inside the car, with her parents, in a parking lot. They were out buying groceries. Then ICE confronted them, and arrested a bunch of American citizens.
Watch this child cry. Imagine it's your child.
This one-year-old was in her car seat, inside the car, with her parents, in a parking lot. They were out buying groceries. Then ICE confronted them, and arrested a bunch of American citizens.
Watch this child cry. Imagine it's your child.
📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒:
A viral video appears to show an ICE agent throwing pepper spray into a car with a toddler inside while the family attempted to leave a parking lot. #AbuseofPowerWatch
A viral video appears to show an ICE agent throwing pepper spray into a car with a toddler inside while the family attempted to leave a parking lot. #AbuseofPowerWatch
ICE throws pepper spray into car with toddler inside, video appears to show
Assistant Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin denied the use of pepper spray in a social media post.
www.newsweek.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
ICE is pepper spraying toddlers.
This one-year-old was in her car seat, inside the car, with her parents, in a parking lot. They were out buying groceries. Then ICE confronted them, and arrested a bunch of American citizens.
Watch this child cry. Imagine it's your child.
This one-year-old was in her car seat, inside the car, with her parents, in a parking lot. They were out buying groceries. Then ICE confronted them, and arrested a bunch of American citizens.
Watch this child cry. Imagine it's your child.
Reposted by Steve Brusatte
Wonderful tribute to Mark Norell by Peter Makovicky, Jim Clark, and Steve Brusatte:
Mark Norell (1957–2025): Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Mark Norell (1957–2025): Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Mark Norell (1957–2025)
Pete Makovicky, Jim Clark and Steve Brusatte remember dinosaur paleontologist par
excellence and all-around cool dude Mark Norell.
www.cell.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Wonderful tribute to Mark Norell by Peter Makovicky, Jim Clark, and Steve Brusatte:
Mark Norell (1957–2025): Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Mark Norell (1957–2025): Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
The real Jim Watson, in all his complexity. Brilliance and bigotry, he contained multitudes.
Okay, here are some first reflections on Watson.
Watson's life is a tragedy, really of Shakespearean proportions. He did not, as most bios will tell you, do one great thing when he was young and then collect laurels for it for the next 60 years. His career arc was unlike any in science.
Watson's life is a tragedy, really of Shakespearean proportions. He did not, as most bios will tell you, do one great thing when he was young and then collect laurels for it for the next 60 years. His career arc was unlike any in science.
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The real Jim Watson, in all his complexity. Brilliance and bigotry, he contained multitudes.
Reposted by Steve Brusatte
People have long wondered if dinosaurs really would've thrived if not for the asteroid that killed them. Two new studies, involving paleontologists @stevebrusatte.bsky.social and Lindsay Zanno, dig further into that question.
Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not
Two new studies suggest that, contrary to longstanding beliefs, dinosaurs were not on the decline before the Chicxulub asteroid impact.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
People have long wondered if dinosaurs really would've thrived if not for the asteroid that killed them. Two new studies, involving paleontologists @stevebrusatte.bsky.social and Lindsay Zanno, dig further into that question.
Man this guy is really trying hard to starve his people. Let's see how it plays out.
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Man this guy is really trying hard to starve his people. Let's see how it plays out.
Jim Watson, from the South Side of Chicago. Met him a bunch of times at our Alma Mater UChicago. How tragic that such a brilliant and accomplished mind will have to be remembered the way he’ll be remembered.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Jim Watson, from the South Side of Chicago. Met him a bunch of times at our Alma Mater UChicago. How tragic that such a brilliant and accomplished mind will have to be remembered the way he’ll be remembered.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
Shapiro vs. Vance 2028, bring it on.
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Shapiro vs. Vance 2028, bring it on.
You took us all to the cleaners, gave your cronies the keys to the vault
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You took us all to the cleaners, gave your cronies the keys to the vault
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
No remorse & no regret because nothing is ever your fault
You spread your hate to divide us 'cause you are scared & alone
But soon, you'll fall in disgrace when you're dragged down on high from your throne
What do we know about the last surviving dinosaurs, living right before the asteroid? And is Nanotyrannus a tiny tyrannosaur species or juvenile T. rex?
Lindsay Zanno & I talk through the big questions with Ira Flatow on today's @scifri.bsky.social !
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/din...
Lindsay Zanno & I talk through the big questions with Ira Flatow on today's @scifri.bsky.social !
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/din...
Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not
Two new studies suggest that, contrary to longstanding beliefs, dinosaurs were not on the decline before the Chicxulub asteroid impact.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What do we know about the last surviving dinosaurs, living right before the asteroid? And is Nanotyrannus a tiny tyrannosaur species or juvenile T. rex?
Lindsay Zanno & I talk through the big questions with Ira Flatow on today's @scifri.bsky.social !
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/din...
Lindsay Zanno & I talk through the big questions with Ira Flatow on today's @scifri.bsky.social !
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/din...
This month's Whizz Pop Bang science magazine for kids is an awesome issue on dinosaurs and prehistory! With a few spreads by Sarah Shelley and me on what it's like to hunt for fossils...
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This month's Whizz Pop Bang science magazine for kids is an awesome issue on dinosaurs and prehistory! With a few spreads by Sarah Shelley and me on what it's like to hunt for fossils...
Photograph of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2025
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Photograph of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2025
Reposted by Steve Brusatte
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Could we eat dinosaur meat?
And I don't mean chicken or turkey. But T. rex or Brontosaurus!
My friends @iflscience.com asked me this fun question, and here's what I think:
www.iflscience.com/could-we-eat...
And I don't mean chicken or turkey. But T. rex or Brontosaurus!
My friends @iflscience.com asked me this fun question, and here's what I think:
www.iflscience.com/could-we-eat...
What Would Dinosaur Meat Taste Like? (And Could We Safely Eat It?)
"Depending on the species, probably quite delicious."
www.iflscience.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Could we eat dinosaur meat?
And I don't mean chicken or turkey. But T. rex or Brontosaurus!
My friends @iflscience.com asked me this fun question, and here's what I think:
www.iflscience.com/could-we-eat...
And I don't mean chicken or turkey. But T. rex or Brontosaurus!
My friends @iflscience.com asked me this fun question, and here's what I think:
www.iflscience.com/could-we-eat...
I think most normal people would agree it's sadistic for armed men to barge into a daycare and arrest a teacher.
Even if she is an illegal immigrant (which she's not).
The children are so traumatized that the daycare is closed for the week.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Even if she is an illegal immigrant (which she's not).
The children are so traumatized that the daycare is closed for the week.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
ICE agents detain teacher at Chicago daycare Rayito del Sol in North Center
ICE agents detaining a female teacher inside a North Center daycare Wednesday morning, in front of children.
www.cbsnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I think most normal people would agree it's sadistic for armed men to barge into a daycare and arrest a teacher.
Even if she is an illegal immigrant (which she's not).
The children are so traumatized that the daycare is closed for the week.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Even if she is an illegal immigrant (which she's not).
The children are so traumatized that the daycare is closed for the week.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Happy publication day to @davehone.bsky.social & @markwitton.bsky.social
If you want to encounter the real Spinosaurus, and understand what we know and don’t know about it, read this book!
If you want to encounter the real Spinosaurus, and understand what we know and don’t know about it, read this book!
Publication day! The Spinosaur Tales with @markwitton.bsky.social is officially out today! I'll be going a much longer and more detailed thread later on as today is rather manic while I'm hosting 400 school kids to my uni campus, but I wanted to get this early post out.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Happy publication day to @davehone.bsky.social & @markwitton.bsky.social
If you want to encounter the real Spinosaurus, and understand what we know and don’t know about it, read this book!
If you want to encounter the real Spinosaurus, and understand what we know and don’t know about it, read this book!
Chicago, 7am. Children have just arrived at daycare.
Armed ICE agents storm the classroom, grab a teacher, drag her outside, arrest her.
As the children watch. As she screams that she's in the US legally, tries to show her papers. All without a warrant.
This is fascism.
Armed ICE agents storm the classroom, grab a teacher, drag her outside, arrest her.
As the children watch. As she screams that she's in the US legally, tries to show her papers. All without a warrant.
This is fascism.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Chicago, 7am. Children have just arrived at daycare.
Armed ICE agents storm the classroom, grab a teacher, drag her outside, arrest her.
As the children watch. As she screams that she's in the US legally, tries to show her papers. All without a warrant.
This is fascism.
Armed ICE agents storm the classroom, grab a teacher, drag her outside, arrest her.
As the children watch. As she screams that she's in the US legally, tries to show her papers. All without a warrant.
This is fascism.
Trump's response to Republican losses in yesterday's elections is...
...making people show ID when buying groceries.
...making people show ID when buying groceries.
Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trump's response to Republican losses in yesterday's elections is...
...making people show ID when buying groceries.
...making people show ID when buying groceries.
Duck-billed dinosaurs are often found with gruesome, shattered, deformed tails.
Did the injuries happen during mating?
Maybe! A provocative new study from @fbertpaleo.bsky.social & team. My thoughts for @cnn.com
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Did the injuries happen during mating?
Maybe! A provocative new study from @fbertpaleo.bsky.social & team. My thoughts for @cnn.com
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Mating injuries may lead scientists to identify dinosaurs’ sex | CNN
Paleontologists spotted injuries on the tails of duck-billed dinosaur fossils that might have occurred during mating.
edition.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Duck-billed dinosaurs are often found with gruesome, shattered, deformed tails.
Did the injuries happen during mating?
Maybe! A provocative new study from @fbertpaleo.bsky.social & team. My thoughts for @cnn.com
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Did the injuries happen during mating?
Maybe! A provocative new study from @fbertpaleo.bsky.social & team. My thoughts for @cnn.com
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Well how about that? Many Americans don't actually want a crazy, chaotic, corrupt government of wannabee fascist dictators. And they'll vote accordingly.
A good night for America, good night for democracy.
Donald and MAGA, see you next year for the Midterms.
A good night for America, good night for democracy.
Donald and MAGA, see you next year for the Midterms.
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Well how about that? Many Americans don't actually want a crazy, chaotic, corrupt government of wannabee fascist dictators. And they'll vote accordingly.
A good night for America, good night for democracy.
Donald and MAGA, see you next year for the Midterms.
A good night for America, good night for democracy.
Donald and MAGA, see you next year for the Midterms.
Dayanne Figueroa is an American citizen. She was driving to work in Chicago when a speeding vehicle driven by ICE randomly crashed into her.
The masked ICE agents dragged her from her car. Shackled and detained her. They had no warrant, she committed no crime.
This is fascism.
The masked ICE agents dragged her from her car. Shackled and detained her. They had no warrant, she committed no crime.
This is fascism.
As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Dayanne Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away.
Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Dayanne Figueroa is an American citizen. She was driving to work in Chicago when a speeding vehicle driven by ICE randomly crashed into her.
The masked ICE agents dragged her from her car. Shackled and detained her. They had no warrant, she committed no crime.
This is fascism.
The masked ICE agents dragged her from her car. Shackled and detained her. They had no warrant, she committed no crime.
This is fascism.
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
Pleased to see my 2010 archosaur phylogeny study in this collection. My Master's research!
Of course, now almost totally superseded and some of it proven wrong by later research from many colleagues. But I hope it was a useful waypoint.
Of course, now almost totally superseded and some of it proven wrong by later research from many colleagues. But I hope it was a useful waypoint.
Article collection: JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjs...
In honour of the 85th Annual SVP Meeting, this special collection highlights landmark studies that present comprehensive systematic frameworks for a diverse range of vertebrate groups #2025SVP
In honour of the 85th Annual SVP Meeting, this special collection highlights landmark studies that present comprehensive systematic frameworks for a diverse range of vertebrate groups #2025SVP
JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology
Explore the article collection: JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology. Published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
www.tandfonline.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Pleased to see my 2010 archosaur phylogeny study in this collection. My Master's research!
Of course, now almost totally superseded and some of it proven wrong by later research from many colleagues. But I hope it was a useful waypoint.
Of course, now almost totally superseded and some of it proven wrong by later research from many colleagues. But I hope it was a useful waypoint.
Reposted by Steve Brusatte
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Happy Halloween! Children in Chicago cowering in their classrooms instead of trick or treating, because ICE is arresting and tear-gassing people on the streets.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Happy Halloween! Children in Chicago cowering in their classrooms instead of trick or treating, because ICE is arresting and tear-gassing people on the streets.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
Reposted by Steve Brusatte
ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume