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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Just grim, the whole thing.

A fucking peace prize for Trump and a trophy bigger than the World Cup (literally so Trump doesn’t steal the real cup like he did with the World Clubs one)

Guy Fawkes signature before and after watching this World Cup Draw

An email header from Schuh: schuh > We noticed you didn't shop Black Friday... Tell us why - we want to improve!

Idk, I just didn’t need new shoes?

Not wild about this weird post-sale reflection activity. At least offer me a voucher for my thoughts.

Related, my Tidal vibe this year was pretty on point :)

New this year: a fossil crustacean preserved in this manner that displays the sternum (underbelly) complete with food groove, and possible labrum in part I! These animals may have been up to 10 mm long and may resemble modern fairy shrimp #Crustmas 🧪

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A diminutive tyrannosaur lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex Whether Nanotyrannus lancensis represents a distinct taxon or an immature Tyrannosaurus rex is a decades-long controversy. The N. lancesis holotype is an isolated skull and ceratobranchials, but limb ...

A diminutive tyrannosaur lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

It was a pleasure to handle and recommend: A #database of #conodont occurrences between the Changhsingian (Late #Permian) and the Spathian (Olenekian, Early #Triassic) by Pauline Guenser, Marc Leu, Axelle Zacaï, Nicolas Goudemand, Gilles Escarguel (2025) for #PCI #Paleontology

I switched to this and @bookshop.org for every book, ebook, and audiobook purchase where they have what I want - which is 99% of them -- and the apps are great, and I get to support a local bookstore. It's all win here, folks.

Oooooo. I have been looking for a nice audiobook platform to switch to

Spotify wrapped age placing me at 70

Rude.

It’s fair but also might delete my subscription.

Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes - Nature Analysis of eukaryotic gene sequences using a relaxed molecular clock methodology indicate that eukaryotes emerged 3.0–2.25 billion years ago as a result of mitochondrial endosymbiosis with complex ar...

Our latest, led by the inimitable Chris Kay "Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes" in which we used gene duplications to test hypotheses of eukaryogenesis. TLDR? They're all wrong. With @tweethinking.bsky.social @anya1.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social Davide Pisani

Curator of Natural Sciences - Warwick,Warwickshire job with Warwickshire County Council | 250490 About Heritage and Culture Warwickshire Heritage and Culture Warwickshire (HCW) provide a wide range of services that help local communities and ...

Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.

www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...

'Tis the season for graduate school applications, so here's a reminder that I'm recruiting! My lab uses a combination of fossils, statistical phylogenetics, fieldwork, & computational methods to study macroevolutionary dynamics in the marine biosphere. Check the link below & feel free to reach out

Kinda sad I can't claim a T rex name-friend anymore but N. lethaeus is a great taxon name.

Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous - Nature A well-preserved skeleton of a nearly mature tyrannosaur from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, USA supports the existence of a second Nanotyrannus species, Nanotyrannus lethaeus sp. nov., and vali...

The final, formatted version of the Zanno & @jgn-paleo.bsky.social Nanotyrannus paper is out:

Zanno, L.E., Napoli, J.G. Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

What your Introduction section isn’t Today, the fourth and final instalment in a short series inspired by bad papers I’ve read (some of them, I’ll admit once again, my own). I’ve let myself rant about what a Methods sections shouldn’t…

Today in my 1-week Scientific Writing course we tackle two hard bits of a paper: the Introduction and the Discussion. So it's fitting that this week's blog post is "Three Things Your Introduction Section Isn't"! scientistseessquirre...

(yes, still with the link card apparently not working...)

Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD advertised! Please distribute. Come work with a fine group of folks. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A bi-folded scientific illustration of the internal anatomy of a worm. Blood vessels are coloured in red. It’s on stained and yellowing paper

Love this came with a fold out anatomical diagram (and that they hadn’t been ripped out to sell as framed prints)

I cannot explain how GOOD this book smells btw.

Cutecutecute.

Girl guides and girl scouts (separate but connected) have been fighting for trans girls and inclusion for a long time. This is honestly heartbreaking and enraging.

Adults bringing these lawsuits should have shame pelting them at all time.

Hot Mesh Plesioplatecarpus skulls ready to bedazzle the neighborhood

To celebrate the holidays, the 3d department made a bunch of Mini Winnies to decorate with. #MosasaurMonday

I once had to check (for a job) what badges the girl & boy scouts offered and if they differed. My joy at finding out that: yes they did technically differ, but the organisation wasn't in to in, was trying to fix it, and said you could do any badge you wanted regardless of which scouts you were in.

A pack of dragon ball z themed round biscuits adverting it has a sticker inside with various characters on the front. I got son goku!

Honestly if snacks don’t come with a sticker I’m not that interested.

🎉🦕 Big news! The Palaeontological Association has just released the abstract booklet and programme for the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association (Portsmouth, 11–15 Dec 2025)! 🌍📖 ⬇️

palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #PalAss25 #uk

A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology The burgeoning field of phylogenetic paleoecology combines paleoecological data with hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships to tease apart the roles that ecology and relatedness both play in the evo...

Out late for #FossilFriday, it's our invited @annualreviews.bsky.social paper with @sarahlsheffield.bsky.social and @bigfacecats.bsky.social on why Phylogenetic Paleoecology is useful and how to do it.

doi.org/10.1146/annu...

This is why I recommend bookshop.org similar to Amazon they offer thousands of books but you can donate to local bookstores to keep them afloat ✌️

A hotdog next to a mug of hot wine and an pint of beer

A night scene. A fairy light lit tree in foreground. In the background a large white ferris wheel. Rustic stalls fill the mid ground

Tis the season

Paleontologists, we need you! 🦕
Only a few paleontology abstracts so far… and this community needs your voices!
Submit now and bring paleo to the #6thVCWAP!

#paleontology #paleontología #paleontologia #conference #womeninstem #womeninscience #evolution #dinosaur #fossilfriday