Eric Scott

Claude, the albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences, in September 2021

Claude, the albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences, in September 2021

My wife and I saw Claude at the Academy back in 2021 as part of our 25th anniversary celebration trip. He was very special. I'm so sorry to learn of his passing; he will be missed.

Oh, hell. I'm so sorry to learn this. 😔

Oh, my lord, Nelly is simply gorgeous!

Smiling man in a holiday jumper in low lighting, lounging in a rocking chair with two cats in his lap

Boris and Sasha keeping warm - and keeping *me* warm - through the cold winter evening. (That's southern California "cold", it's actually only in the mid 60s. But I'll take the cuddles.) #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

That would be ... a considerable amount of chowder.

Dibs.

Statue of Charles Darwin at the Natural History Museum, London

#OTD in 1859, Charles Darwin published his landmark work, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". Our understanding of life and living things has never been the same since. #Darwin #Evolution #OriginOfSpecies 🧪

Looks very cool!

Can't wait to see this! Looks amazing! #Dinosaurs #Fossils #Paleontology 🦖🧪

A long haired black kitty named Boris sitting in his person's lap

I'm home from a few weeks of travel overseas & the kitties like Boris here all seem very happy to see me ... but my sinuses are forcibly reminding me that I actually do have a minor allergy to cats. Gonna take a bit to re-acclimate. Still, let the snuggles commence! #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

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Scruffy bespectacled man in a black long-sleeved shirt and jeans with unkempt hair standing next to a mastodon femur (leg bone) standing upright on a small table (the femur, not the man) in a museum

For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪

I suppose this is a win, but the fact that backlash was even needed is pretty damn appalling.

I think we're at the point where you can safely put "ceasefire" in quotation marks.

I was frustrated at this year's Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting with one poster presentation that featured artwork of scavenging birds atop the carcass of a horse trapped in tar. I asked who the artist was & the nonchalant response was, "Oh, that's AI." Totally oblivious. 😡

Split-level screenshot from the TV show "Babylon 5": Londo Molari (Peter Jurasik) talking with Lord Refa (William Forward) on the station in the Zócalo, saying, "Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts." (Just after this exchange, Londo reveals that he had just poisoned Refa.)

It was an excellent and informative - and fun! - meeting!

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology is looking for new members for the Communications Committee - and in this age of miscommunication and misinformation, committees like this one are more needed than ever. #2025SVP

Agree with this ... but I do recall doing this one morning in my hotel room, rehearsing to get ready for a 4:30 p.m. presentation. Practiced over and over. The afternoon rolled around, I got up to give my talk, and I led with, "Good morning, everyone." 🙄

OMG that looks spectacular! Very festive. Can't wait to see it in person!

The best advice I received back when I gave my first presentation was, "This is your study and you know this subject better than anyone else who might be listening. Relax." It helped. #2025SVP

I'm her person, and very lucky to be so. She's a sweetie.

OMG what a gorgeous boy! 😍🤩🥰

Cluster of pomegranates in sunlight

Pomegranates in our yard. #LazySunday

A gorgeous grey kitty named Sasha lounging in a papasan chair in low light, up close, looking at her person

This is Sasha. She is my heart. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

Not your fifty-first tattoo? 😉

YouTube video by The Merry Wives of Windsor - Topic The Cockerel Song

Following a train of thought. Peripheral but possibly pertinent ... 😉

Can we not bring chowder into this? Please?

YouTube video by A Blast from the Past Lost Los Angeles "Zachary All" Commercial Wilshire Blvd. Miracle Mile Edward G. Nalbandian

Grew up with these commercials.