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Unelected bureaucrats led by Russell Vought at the Office of Management and Budget are destroying the scientific capabilities and credibility of the United States.

Israel launches strike against Iran, declares state of emergency across country | CNN Israel launched what it called a “preemptive strike” against Iran Saturday morning, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz, as a state of emergency was declared across the country.

Israel launches what it calls a "preemptive strike" against Iran, according to defense minister, as a state of emergency is declared across country.

Quantifying fossil displays at natural history museums Over the last few years, I’ve gradually been assembling what I imaginatively call the Big Spreadsheet. It’s a record of every single vertebrate fossil on display at a number of natural …

New blog post: what can we learn from quantifying the kinds of fossils on display at different natural history museums? extinctmonsters.net/2026/02/27/q...

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MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.

They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

GO DONATE.

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3 days notice from when this letter is dated (not when it was received) to get a new driver‘s license.

The cruelty is the point.

Paywall protecting predators @nature.com ? Seems like the kind of info that should NOT be subscription only. But guess that only matters if you actually care about scientists and keeping them safe. Bottom line/almighty dollar is clearly more important to Nature.

Don’t forget that tomorrow is the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social new town hall - An Explanation of SVP’s Ethics Policies and Practices. “It is anticipated that the town hall will last approximately one hour.”

(Thursday), February 26, 2026, at 10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM EST

my uncle runs a place in Anchorage that serves fish and chips, and he named the half portion the "Texas size" which is just an incredible troll

Two young parents hold up a baby to look at a giant sloth fossil skeleton

How to fall in love with the world, step 1: come to the museum.

Hey.

Tell people when they do good job.

When you like the stuff they make.

When you like the characters they’ve created.

The stories they’ve told.

Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time.

Trust. They don’t.

Tell. Them.

UPDATE: MS NOW reports Files related to an accusation about Trump and abuse of a minor are missing 🤔

FLASHBACK: In 2017, Bannon referenced those accusations in Vanity Fair to lash out at Ivanka as he defended Roy Moore 👇🏽

#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

I love ER and the Pitt!

President Donald Trump made false claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Here is a fact check of some of Trump’s remarks: https://cnn.it/4b7r4rL

If you did not know Hans, his work in "The Doctor Is In" captures so much of who he genuinely was--especially that impish sense of humor. Watching this video and a few others cheered me up and brought back some really fun memories.

Absolutely adore these clips.

To: Jeevacation[jeevacation@gmail.com] From: roger schank Sent: Mon 1/4/2010 12:53:33 PM Subject: Re: there is a simpler explanation about women and intelligence wrong; one; my very best PhD student was female; smartest woman I ever knew; she has decided to quit being a professor and is now an accupuncturist; that is the point; no matter how smart, she wanted to be liked or some such crap; also she failed to be brilliant when I made her leave Yale; she needed a man in order to be smart; they all do roger schank http://www.rogerschank.com/ On Jan 4, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Jeevacation wrote: > It's the tail of distribution , no really smart women ---none > Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2010, at 7:15 AM, roger schank • t > wrote: » intelligence comes about in part from real focus (goal-directed >> behavior); (this is why you have the absent minded professor » caricature) >> it is a rare woman who is not first and foremost focussed on what >> others are thinking and feeling about her >> >> hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why >> another woman hates you or why you dont own a kelly bag

Note how Schank also takes credit for his former PhD student's brilliance, saying "she failed to be brilliant when I made her leave Yale; she needed a man in order to be smart; they all do."

This is the logic that allows men to justify exploiting women's intellectual labor for their own gain.

Hans created a label for himself on google scholar, "vertebrate_morphology_and_phylogeny", which to date he is the only person to use. One of one.

I'm shocked and really saddened by the news that Hans Sues passed away. He was in a class of his own. He loved paleo and worked on everything, he was generous, he gave sound advice. Even more, he was genuinely fun to be around, especially if you could get his laugh to click into the next gear.

Hans Sues was one of the best. He was always so kind & encouraging, accommodating me when I visited collections & let me look at things he was working on (rare in paleo). He always had such a joy about him, a great giggle & such a wealth of knowledge. He was a wonderful mentor & a good person.

We are devastated to learn about the passing of the great palaeontologist Hans Sues.

May his legacy live on through all that knew him and the students he mentored. Our thoughts are with his family at this incredibly difficult time 💔.

🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/hans...

YouTube video by WIRED Paleontologist Answers Dinosaur Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Hans Sues was a phenomenal paleontologist, and a kind person. It is nice to have known someone like him in the field. For those of you who didn't know him, enjoy listening to him talk dinosaur facts. He was a good one and will be genuinely missed.

Triceratops

Those are so good!!

Please let me know when you do. I’d love to see it.

Is the talk online anywhere?

A landscape page with a pale green background and two illustrations of Ginkgo on it. On the left is an inaccurate one with leaves coming directly from a branch. On the right is an accurate one with clusters extending from short shoots.

I, too, would like to have a go at the new Spinosaurus soon, but in the meantime:
Here's a slide from my recent talk, which covers the DOs and DON'Ts of restoring ginkgoes within palaeoart!
Enjoy! #Ginkgo #FossilFriday #paleobotany #paleoart #SciComm

Do you love Star Wars and geology? I’ve got a podcast for you!!

I had the pleasure of geeking out with @jamesjawa.bsky.social and @melissatruth.bsky.social about the geology of Star Wars!