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Rachel Ignotofsky

@rachelignotofsky.bsky.social

Herbivore Dinos grazing in a Cretaceous Period paradise! Illustration from my book: DINOSAURS

Link to buy here: a.co/d/b5XhJp2

#prehistoric #dinosaurs #fossil #fossiladdict #paleontology #evolution #sciart #paleoart

November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Victoria Arbour

@victoriaarbour.bsky.social

I feel like you've gotta be a very specific kind of old for this joke and yet, here I am.

Tristan Olson @tristanolson.bsky.social · 6d

#Comics #Bluey #MST3k

A comic strip based off of the television show "Bluey." It is recreating the opening theme, where four anthropomorphic dogs dance in a blue background. In the first panel, three of the dogs are pointing at the mother dog, who has the word "mum" over her. In the second panel, three dogs are pointing at the father dog, who has the word "dad" over him. In the third panel, suddenly Tom Servo from the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 is hovering in the middle of the panel. He is a res robot made out of a gumball machine. He has the words "Tom Servo" floating over him. The dogs look surprised and alarmed. In the final panel, Crow T Robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000 has also joined in, he is a gold robot made out of a bowling pin, athletic wire mask, and other stuff, and he is practically popping out of the panel at the viewer. The word "Croooow!" floats over him. The dogs just look confused now.

November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM

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Kelly B

@kellyblack.ca

“At $73 billion in direct impact on the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.” www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...

Comment: Investing in Canada's cultural sector is crucial to 'elbows up'

At $73 billion in direct impact to the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.

www.timescolonist.com

November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM

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Jay 🌲

@telekitnetic.bsky.social

🏞️🪶 Raven Immemorial 🪶🏞️ #formline #telekitneticart
#paleoart

A print illustration with a limited green, cream, and dark blue palette. The poster is divided into six rectangular sections. The top left shows a formline design of a raven in flight. The top right shows an illustration of Hornby Island Azhdarchids. The middle left shows a cliff overlooking the ocean, with bird-like silhouettes flying above. The middle right shows a shoreline of the ocean, with bird-like tracks in the sand. The bottom left shows an illustration of a raven. The bottom right shows a formline illustration of a Hornby Island Azhdarchid in flight.

September 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM

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Jay 🌲

@telekitnetic.bsky.social

Raptor formline.. 🦖🏀 this design was made as a gift for my brother last year!!! He's ballin'!!!! #paleoart

A formline design of a raptor-type dinosaur with a feathered tail, crest, and wings and a basketball being held in it's talons. The raptor is colored a dark navy blue, bright red, and bright orange, and the background is a pale light yellow.

April 3, 2024 at 5:57 PM

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Jay 🌲

@telekitnetic.bsky.social

If you get a blackout sheet, my grand prize for the stamp rally is an 8 x 10 AFC-exclusive print, titled "Raven Immemorial"! I have a limited number of these, so get those sheets filled out quick if you're visiting AFC!!

September 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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Jay 🌲

@telekitnetic.bsky.social

Here's my single-row bingo prize- a 1.5" holographic button pin of the Hornby Island Azhdarchid!!

First unearthed on Hornby Island, BC, this guy is thought to have been rather small for pterosaurs based off current remains- right now, they're believed to have been about the size of a house cat!!

A button pin design featuring a Hornby Island Azhdarchid sitting and holding a small fruit. Blocky letters above and below it read "I am simply a little guy."

September 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Victoria Arbour

@victoriaarbour.bsky.social

I know these are Bumpy and Dolores but they can pass for a pretty good Zuul and Ferrisaurus, in my opinion.

July 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM

Victoria Arbour

@victoriaarbour.bsky.social

Loooooooook at this Zuul, I mean Bumpy.

June 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM

Victoria Arbour

@victoriaarbour.bsky.social

BC's provincial fossil has a new scientific name - welcome Traskasaura!

Extinct marine reptile species named for Courtenay man who discovered it

The previously unnamed species of elasmosaur is being called Traskasaura sandrae in honour of Mike Trask, who in 1988 discovered fossils in the Puntledge River.

www.timescolonist.com

May 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM

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Katie Mack

@astrokatie.com

dire wolves more like liar wolves am I right

April 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM

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Eric Scott

@captainfossil.bsky.social

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology has issued an official statement regarding recent executive orders from the current administration & the effects of these attacks on vertebrate paleontology and the scientific community in general, w/ a request for input from affected scientists. 🧪

Dear Eric,

We are now facing unprecedented, systemic challenges to scientific enterprise, its infrastructure, and the diverse people and communities that make it possible. The recent executive orders issued by the Office of the President of the United States threaten to directly harm our discipline and the people in it.

As paleontologists, we know that in times of upheaval, ecological communities that fare the best tend to be the most diverse. Analogously, our varied backgrounds and perspectives and our willingness to listen to and learn from each other have enabled us to adapt to challenges facing our discipline and our Society in the past. We believe that the best approach to overcoming these new challenges is to turn to our fundamental values and our mission, which includes facilitating the cooperation of all persons concerned with the history, evolution, ecology, comparative anatomy, and taxonomy of vertebrate animals. We take this moment to specifically support and affirm the right of all of our members and our non-member colleagues to conduct science and live their lives in safety and harmony, no matter their gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, age, or citizenship status.

We encourage members in positions of safety and security to advocate for members who are not. Speak out in favor of research funding, evidence-based policies, and policies that ensure people of all identities receive equitable protections and opportunities. SVP leadership is actively working with other scientific organizations to respond to and mitigate the impact of these government actions on our members. We will continue to prioritize building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive vertebrate paleontology community where all feel welcome and are able to thrive.

The mission of our Society is primarily scientific in nature. We seek to advance the science of vertebrate paleontology throughout the world, and foster the scientific, educational, and personal appreciation and understanding of vertebrate fossils and fossil sites. Several executive actions taken by the current presidential administration are antithetical to this mission, including the pause and audit of federal grant funding, the silencing of federal employees, the stripping of climate history data from government websites, the attempts to downsize the federal workforce, including departments charged with maintaining fossils and fossil sites, and attacks on academic freedom, climate change research, disabled people, transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people, immigrants, and endeavors for diversity, equity and inclusion. These actions, if successful, will impede our ability to carry out our mission and harm the broader practice of science.

The Society would like to gather additional information regarding the effects of recent federal action on paleontologists on the ground. To help us in this task, we ask that you share your experiences. We would like to know if you have been impacted or may be impacted by these executive actions. We recognize that at this point there is uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the federal funding audit, pending legal challenges, and other aspects of these executive actions, so you may not know the full impacts yet. This uncertainty itself is an impact. If you have been or might be impacted by these executive actions, please fill out this survey [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]. Please also provide any ideas or suggestions, including areas of concern on which you believe the Society should focus.

Below we share some resources that you may find helpful when considering ways to support your colleagues and/or take action during these tumultuous times. We appreciate that this is a time full of uncertainty for many of you, especially those located in the United States, and we will do our best to keep you informed of Society actions.

Contact your congressional representatives [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]

NSF updates on the implementation of executive orders [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]

List of ongoing presidential actions [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]

Understanding the impacts of NIH funding on a specific state [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]

How to support trans colleagues [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com] (linked from SICB)

In solidarity,

Stuart Sumida, SVP President, and the SVP Executive Committee

February 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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Dr. Jasmina Wiemann

@jwiemann.bsky.social

Apply now for SVP’s Futures Award! 🦕

This award ($5,000 USD) is intended to support a summer research experience for current undergraduate students (incl. community colleges) who are Black, Indigenous, and/or members of other racial or ethnic minority groups!

Link: vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-...

SVP Futures Award – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

vertpaleo.org

February 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM