ToddRockford
@toddrockford.bsky.social
Nature. Science. Rocks, Fossils, Geology and Paleontology. Gardening, Plants, and Flowers. Pottery, Photography, Painting, Drawing, and Art. History and Politics. Astronomy. Exploration. Cats. Birds. Wildlife.
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While going through ptero collections with @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social we have rediscovered the missing holotype of Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870 in the collections of the British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
While going through ptero collections with @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social we have rediscovered the missing holotype of Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870 in the collections of the British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
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Snowy Start. This morning, Chicago's Millennium Park gets hit with lake effect snow while the autumn colors are in their final days.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Snowy Start. This morning, Chicago's Millennium Park gets hit with lake effect snow while the autumn colors are in their final days.
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Irish house, winter edition
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Irish house, winter edition
I would always rather have this fruit parfait than a fancy over-stuffed Bloody Mary. Why aren't these a thing here in the U.S. ?
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I would always rather have this fruit parfait than a fancy over-stuffed Bloody Mary. Why aren't these a thing here in the U.S. ?
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🚨PTEROSAUR NEWS🚨
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨PTEROSAUR NEWS🚨
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
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SNL just had a joke about how Gen Z doesn’t like cash.
My daughter scoffed at it and said they were wrong about that.
Gen Z like to get cash, she said. It’s fun to spend it because it doesn’t seem like real money.
😅😅
My daughter scoffed at it and said they were wrong about that.
Gen Z like to get cash, she said. It’s fun to spend it because it doesn’t seem like real money.
😅😅
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
SNL just had a joke about how Gen Z doesn’t like cash.
My daughter scoffed at it and said they were wrong about that.
Gen Z like to get cash, she said. It’s fun to spend it because it doesn’t seem like real money.
😅😅
My daughter scoffed at it and said they were wrong about that.
Gen Z like to get cash, she said. It’s fun to spend it because it doesn’t seem like real money.
😅😅
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Back in April, Illinois Senator Dick Durban announced he wasn't running for reelection in 2026; likely why he's one of the votes for raising the white flag of surrender. He won't pay a political price for last night's vote.
www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Durbin Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2026 | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois
The Official U.S. Senate website of Dick Durbin
www.durbin.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Back in April, Illinois Senator Dick Durban announced he wasn't running for reelection in 2026; likely why he's one of the votes for raising the white flag of surrender. He won't pay a political price for last night's vote.
www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Lead in gasoline, lead in paint, lead in the water pipes...
‘After environmental regulations were finally enforced and leaded gas phased out, crime in general plunged and the so-called “golden age of serial killers” came to an abrupt end.’
James Lasdun on Caroline Fraser’s exploration of the links between pollution and murder.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Lasdun on Caroline Fraser’s exploration of the links between pollution and murder.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Lasdun · American Berserk: Serial Killers in Seattle
For a period beginning in the 1960s and ending around the turn of this century, the preferred form of the homicidally...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Lead in gasoline, lead in paint, lead in the water pipes...
They're going to use this problem that they created to replace human air traffic controllers with computer programs.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that US air travel would come to a virtual standstill during the Thanksgiving holiday season if the government shutdown persists.
Duffy Warns Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Will ‘Slow to a Trickle’
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that US air travel would come to a virtual standstill during the Thanksgiving holiday in late November if the government shutdown persists, as more air-traffic controllers opt not to work without paychecks.
bloom.bg
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
They're going to use this problem that they created to replace human air traffic controllers with computer programs.
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Hey paleo-friends: Did I do this right?
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hey paleo-friends: Did I do this right?
My backyard this morning after the first snow of the season fell last night.
Rockford, Illinois, USA
#Gardening #Trees #BloomScrolling #Fall #Snow
Rockford, Illinois, USA
#Gardening #Trees #BloomScrolling #Fall #Snow
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My backyard this morning after the first snow of the season fell last night.
Rockford, Illinois, USA
#Gardening #Trees #BloomScrolling #Fall #Snow
Rockford, Illinois, USA
#Gardening #Trees #BloomScrolling #Fall #Snow
Fire and Ice
Snow on Burning Bush branches
Rockford, Illinois, USA
Snow on Burning Bush branches
Rockford, Illinois, USA
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Fire and Ice
Snow on Burning Bush branches
Rockford, Illinois, USA
Snow on Burning Bush branches
Rockford, Illinois, USA
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Even 2,500 years ago, people loved a novelty cup! 🦞 🍷 😄
It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Even 2,500 years ago, people loved a novelty cup! 🦞 🍷 😄
It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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A group of intertwined birds - one of the many Anglo-Saxon friezes from the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph at Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #Breedon #SundayStonework
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A group of intertwined birds - one of the many Anglo-Saxon friezes from the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph at Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #Breedon #SundayStonework
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 9, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 9, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Today we pause for Remembrance Sunday. This year our Then & Now displays include a small tribute to Anna Guérin, sometimes called the "Poppy Lady of France". After the First World War she championed an Inter Allied Poppy Day and helped set Britain’s first Poppy Day in 1921.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today we pause for Remembrance Sunday. This year our Then & Now displays include a small tribute to Anna Guérin, sometimes called the "Poppy Lady of France". After the First World War she championed an Inter Allied Poppy Day and helped set Britain’s first Poppy Day in 1921.
Golden leaves of Autumn
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Golden leaves of Autumn
Confused foxglove blooming in the late Autumn in the over-wintering greenhouse.
Northern Illinois, USA.
#Bloomscrolling
Northern Illinois, USA.
#Bloomscrolling
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Confused foxglove blooming in the late Autumn in the over-wintering greenhouse.
Northern Illinois, USA.
#Bloomscrolling
Northern Illinois, USA.
#Bloomscrolling
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#FossilFriday
Here are 3 beautiful Pentremites sp. Blastoids I collected from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone in Russellville, Alabama.
Here are 3 beautiful Pentremites sp. Blastoids I collected from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone in Russellville, Alabama.
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#FossilFriday
Here are 3 beautiful Pentremites sp. Blastoids I collected from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone in Russellville, Alabama.
Here are 3 beautiful Pentremites sp. Blastoids I collected from the Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) Lower Bangor Limestone in Russellville, Alabama.
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This obit of Watson is *amazing*.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This obit of Watson is *amazing*.
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It’s National STEM/STEAM Day! Where science meets imagination, the future takes shape.
What’s a STEM or STEAM invention you wish existed?
🪴☁️ A cloud that waters your plants?
✏️🤖 A notebook that solves math problems as you write?
👟🎭 Shoes that change style with your mood?
Let's hear them!
What’s a STEM or STEAM invention you wish existed?
🪴☁️ A cloud that waters your plants?
✏️🤖 A notebook that solves math problems as you write?
👟🎭 Shoes that change style with your mood?
Let's hear them!
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It’s National STEM/STEAM Day! Where science meets imagination, the future takes shape.
What’s a STEM or STEAM invention you wish existed?
🪴☁️ A cloud that waters your plants?
✏️🤖 A notebook that solves math problems as you write?
👟🎭 Shoes that change style with your mood?
Let's hear them!
What’s a STEM or STEAM invention you wish existed?
🪴☁️ A cloud that waters your plants?
✏️🤖 A notebook that solves math problems as you write?
👟🎭 Shoes that change style with your mood?
Let's hear them!