Cory J Godwin

Not-so-subtle racist bullshit.

What’s the poli-sci term for “Government By A Random Caller To C-Span’s ‘Washington Journal?’”

Sayonara, Week Five!

The fifth week of the 2025 field season was full of great progress and we couldn't be more thrilled with the group we had! Each quarry has been producing some really cool fossils — everything from theropods to sauropods, and even some ornithopods!

“If the data aren’t that good” doing a lot of work here.

When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard that President Trump was holding small group dinners with major donors, he saw opportunity. Mr. Schiermeyer reached out to a lobbyist with connections in Mr. Trump’s orbit, who arranged for him to attend a dinner with the president at his private Mar-a-Lago club on March 1 in exchange for donations to a pro-Trump PAC called MAGA Inc. totaling $1 million. The personal and corporate donations were among dozens of seven- and eight-figure contributions to MAGA Inc. from crypto and other interests revealed in a campaign finance filing on Thursday night that hinted at the access Mr. Trump accords those willing to pay. At the dinner, Mr. Schiermeyer, who had never given a federal political donation before, presented an idea for a cryptocurrency called “U.S.A. Token” that would be distributed to every citizen, according to interviews and a flier he distributed to attendees that sets out details of the proposal. He hoped it could be su

Cryptocurrency interests, which have benefited from the Trump administration’s dismantling of a yearslong government crackdown and from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45 million in donations to MAGA Inc.An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the crypto services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each. Ondo Finance, which has a partnership with the Trump family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to MAGA Inc., on top of $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.

The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the @nytimes.com is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.

NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.

Then the harassment began.

Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.

Six credible threats to his life.

More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:

Looks like Cotton saw what happened to Hawley and knowing trump can’t differentiate between two goofy looking white guys from Missouri and Arkansas, as there be only one, Cotton needs to differentiate himself.

Plus a potential opening if Hegseth runs for office in Tennessee.

A High mesopelagic fish production in a well-ventilated water column during the Late Holocene. B Enhanced/low epipelagic/mesopelagic fish production under expanded ocean hypoxia during Sapropel deposition. C Ocean data view bathymetry map of study area and core locations of M144 KC5-6 (this study) and SK1.

Sapropels are one of my favorite recent (geologically) oceanographic events. These are periods when the Mediterranean became stratified and anoxic.
They are also a stark reminder of how bad oceanic oxygen loss can be for local ecosystems. 🧪🌊

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Unfinished I believe and he gave permission to OCMS to finish. I think that is how it went.

Department of Homeland Security Memo Here’s the text of a memo obtained by The New Republic, written by Philip Hegseth, senior adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and DHS liason to the Department of Defense.

We posted most of the text of the memo in this link, omitting logistical and biographical information:
newrepublic.com/article/1986...

I did it! Dunnet Head, the northern point of mainland Scotland, bringing to a close a fantastic three month adventure, walking the cardinal points of the country. A fascinating journey of 999.68 miles. 😊

Just returned from a fantastic week of field work along the coasts of Lake Winnipeg. Many amazing #Ordovician #fossils now safely back at the museum and lots of new ideas for advancing research in the area. Couldn't have asked for a better team!
#FossilFriday #ManitobaFossils

Did someone say Mississippian AND carbonates?

And based on his past history of his own numbers inflation, that 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom will probably only be 40,000 sq. ft.

In time for #FossilFriday, my new paper with Warren Allmon out in Paleobiology:

Punctuated equilibria remains the dominant pattern of morphospecies origin in the fossil record: an analysis using the “persistence of ancestor” criterion 🧵

#Paleontology ⚒️🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This is a disaster for rural media in particular

They…they looked at all the possible stock car photos and went with that? Ouch.

Being in Congress is supposed to be Public Service, not self- serving.

If you can't handle living on a salary many times that of the average American, don't run for office.

No one is forcing anyone to be in Congress.

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I realize that digital invoices via email make for more efficient billing, but does there need to be an big red "Overdue" on the invoice when I open it THE MORNING AFTER RECEIVING IT?

Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback Researchers say DOE report cherry picks data to downplay threat of greenhouse gases

So what makes a climate assessment? In short: not this new Energy Dept report, which rehashes contrarian greatest hits with areas of known uncertainty -- that climate scientists talk about all the time.

It's all a little grim. Who needs 721 authors when you have 5?

Mastodon mounted skeleton with head and tusks held high. In a modern looking white atrium with stairs behind it.

Close up of forefoot and sign with header: the case of the missing toes

This male mastodon cast at the U of Michigan preserves a cool taphonomic detail: missing toes on the right forefoot.

The mastodon was butchered by humans and stashed in an icy pond. Those people probably cut the toes off while removing the skin and foot pads and didn’t bother to retrieve them.

What has two thumbs and a paper in the new issue of Journal of Foraminiferal Research? 👍This Guy👍

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/cushmanfound...

Clearly, companies will not raise prices dramatically, all in one go. They will slowly raise prices to 1) hopefully sneak it past some consumers and 2) not turn the eye of orange Sauron their way.

2016-2028+ will be felt for generations. Driven by a empty man so desperate for relevance he doesn’t give shit about the form that relevance takes.

Achyrophanite, another new mineral from the Tolbachik Volcano Mineral Matters #771

Mineral Matters # 771 - Achyrophanite, another new mineral from the Tolbachik Volcano
#mineralmatters #minerals #🧪 open.substack.com/pub/mineralm...

Reporters should fucking hammer this guy constantly with, "Why do we need rebate checks when the President insists the country of origin pays the tariffs"

Because losing a few lower-level employees to another job offer is totally why really rich guys end decades-long friendships.

Man who funded Vinita theme park concept sues developers, claiming fraud A key investor in the proposed, uncertain American Heartland Theme Park is accusing its developers of defrauding him of millions of dollars in a lawsuit filed last week.

A key investor in the proposed American Heartland Theme Park planned in Vinita is accusing its developers of defrauding him of millions of dollars.

Lawyers accuse two defendants of impersonating God through electronic messages to pressure the investor.

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