Dr. Brendan Anderson

Plush Paleozoic Pals™ Paleozoic Pals™ are the Paleontological Research Institution’s line of plush fossils. The Paleozoic is the era before dinosaurs, during which animal life first diversified in the seas,...

hoping you mean the plush trilobite and not the tiny human. sadly Isotelus is currently sold out, but Greenops and some others are available pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com/collections/...

Day157 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John (Homo sapiens) looking out for the little guy (H. floresiensis), maybe he can help our little museum too!
#savePRI #evolution #JohnOliverCoprolitasticshed

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

New POLITICO report: Trump admin is “exploring options to sell parts of the government’s $1.6T student loan portfolio to the private market.”

We're announcing our willingness to purchase the portfolio for its market value. We will then subsequently cancel the debt.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Can I just say I hate this system so much. I've wasted full days of work crafting tailored applications for things that went to internal hires and have even interviewed for posts that went to the internal hires. Just let places give that person job security and dont waste the time of 200 applicants

Ok, ill leave your comments up to warn others. I have had the rug pulled out from under me in similar situations several times

*shrug* could be, but so few places that are not nightmares to live in are hiring at all and I'm not a vertebrate worker so I may have missed earlier ads

Assistant Professor in Paleontological Vertebrate Evolution - HigherEdJobs Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

Rutgers is looking for a vertebrate paleontologist: www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...

Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves Clams reveal North Atlantic destabilization in the early 20th century and at present.

Interesting paper using mollusks as climate archives🦑⚒️:
Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement."

'Completely flawed': Monash University is scrapping its flagship sustainability institute The uni's plans to 'streamline operational services' by closing down its flagship institute dedicated to climate action and sustainability have sparked internal backlash.

‘Completely flawed’: Monash University is scrapping its flagship sustainability institute www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/07/m...

Day156 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com 's #JohnOliver w/ fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John(H. sapiens) having a lovely time with the Paleozoic Pal of Isotelus gigas ⚒️

#trilobitetuesday #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed #Paleontology #SavePRI #Cornell

"AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations"

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Day155 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John(H. sapiens) raising a nautiloid for freedom, Casteroceras alternatum (PRI5363) #SavePRI #molluskMonday #fossils 🧪🦑⚒️ tag&share #JohnOlivercoprolitasticshed

The faint impression of a snail can be seen in this limestone rock lying on a shore.

The clear impression of a snail can be seen inside a limestone rock lying amongst other limestone rocks on the shore in the sun.

Found some fun fossils on the beach the other day. These snails date back to the Ordovician period over 440 million years ago 🌿

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Day154 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Don't worry John(H. sapiens) those aren't sandworms, they are just bryozoans (PRI108377). Please make the #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed a reality and #savePRI 🧪

Of all the people who have donated or raised awareness for similar causes, he seemed most likely to respond to internet nonsense. Help from anyone would be appreciated, it is a time sensitive situation. Also I was able to give him a shark plush with a note attached after a stand up show.

😊 thanks

Day153 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com with extinct critters in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Clams are the recently extinct Epioblasma stewardsonii (PRI92090), John is H. sapiens 🧪🦑⚒️

Learn more about unionids at: www.museumoftheearth.org/marvelous-mo...

My newest publication is out in @peerj.bsky.social! In this collaboration with Ana Valenzuela, Nick Pyenson & Mario Suarez we describe the most complete skeleton of the #AquaticSloth - #Thalassocnus - from #Chile!
Artwork by @alexboersma-art.bsky.social
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#FossilFriday
peerj.com/articles/198...

A partial skull of a small baleen whale; it is about a meter long, light brown in color, with a long blowhole and a narrow, pyramidal braincase with high muscle attachment crests and a large eye socket. It's sitting on a white sheet with scale bars next to it.

#fossilfriday The beautiful skull of the dwarf baleen whale Herpetocetus bramblei (Cetotheriidae) I discovered and excavated as an undergrad from the 5-6 myo Purisima Formation near Santa Cruz, California. Now in @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social collections!

#FossilFriday An unused view of the bizarre tooth-whorl of the Permian cartilaginous fish Helicoprion taken for ‘Fossils. The Essential Guide’.

Three crinoids tangled together on a large plate

This plate of crinoids is from Crawfordsville, Indiana. The Mississippian aged Edwardsville Fm. has tremendous density and diversity. There are over 85 crinoid species found here, often tangled together.

#FossilFriday

For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Verónica Vennari.

This is Argentiniceras noduliferum, an Early Cretaceous ammonite & index fossil specimen from the Vaca Muerta Formation in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina.
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Day152 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he helps save the Paleontological Research Institution

Fossil is the cephalopod Pachytheuthis densus from the Jurassic of Wyoming (PRI 70604), cake (for my b-day) is John Oliver
🦑 #fossilfriday ##SavePRI

Breaking Down Trump's New Higher Ed Loyalty Oath Compacts and Why We Must Resist YouTube video by TheAAUP

We’re going live at 7PM ET on YouTube & Instagram to discuss the Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges & universities that pledge an oath of loyalty to Trump’s ideological agenda.

Pure corruption & a violation of core principles of US higher education & democracy.

If you are in the fan/academic space where this makes sense to you, I'm really enjoying this podcast. Thoughtful HEMA/cosplay/material culture analysis of TLT series weirdness

"We are the champions, my friends,
And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end!"

Congratulations, #Kyanite! I've been voting for this mineral since its first-round victory over diamond in 2017, and I'm ecstatic that it finally gets the laurels it deserves! #MinCup25