Jenny Schwartz

'I was wrong': Dinosaur scientists agree that small tyrannosaur Nanotyrannus was real, pivotal new study finds An argument over whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a separate species may finally be settled.

This is a cracking bit of research. The tiny tyrannosaur named Nanotyrannus, long thought by many to be just a figment of the imagination (aka a young T. rex that was misclassified) turns out to almost certainly be a real species #science 🧪 #dinosaurs

www.livescience.com/animals/dino...

Turns of Fate (Isle of Wyrd Book 1) Amazon.com: Turns of Fate (Isle of Wyrd Book 1) eBook : Bishop, Anne: Kindle Store

I was just saying on FB how eagerly I've been anticipating Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop. Less than two weeks to go now! Woohoo!
#booksky

"The English profs keep sweeping our work under the rug, but that rug is about three feet off the floor by now, and things are coming out from under it and eating the English profs."

(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)

A black and white photograph of a man collecting a book from a vending machine

The first paperback vending machine was installed at Charing Cross Station in 1937 by Penguin books. They called it the ‘Penguincubator’. (📷: STML)

I didn't realise Nile crocs grew this big

Were Neanderthals capable of making art? Art has sometimes thought to be exclusive to modern humans.

theconversation.com/were-neander...
Despite the fact that we know that Neanderthals were capable of producing jewellery and using coloured pigments, there has been much objection to the notion that they explored deep caves and left art on the walls.

Map of Mazovia, east-central Poland, coloured based on topography. Colour-coded dots indicate the locations of iron production sites, settlements, cemeteries and other sites.

Map of pre-Roman and Roman period (4th century BC–4th century AD) sites across Mazovia, Poland. Many of the sites were centres of iron production, indicating the region is one of the oldest iron production centres in central Europe #IronworkThursday

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

and I am COMPLETELY unrepentant! :)

It's Thursday morning. I'm tired. Just poured a coffee, and I can "hear" my brain coaxing my muse as if she's a puppy, "who's a clever girl? who has a story she loves? is it time to write now? Writing time!!!"

Muse is yawning and ignoring me.

Recent Reads - October 2025 - Caldryn Parliament Teaching Magic by Alanna Cole is a fantasy novel set in a magic academy, but focused on the faculty rather than the students. The world-building is immersive and the character-driven plot excellent. T...

Books read in October - fantasy novels by Helen Harper, Celine Jeanjean, and (new-to-me author) Alanna Cole

#booksky

Are you as bromeli-MAD about bromeliads as us? Then you're in luck!
Following the success of our previous special issues, we're pleased to announce a new one on Bromeliaceae Evolution & Systematics! Keep an eye on our socials as we share papers over the next few weeks 🌍 🧪 👇
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🧵 Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into lovingly repairing historic books from The Portico's 19th-century collection...

🧵Spotted at a Country Fair in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A small human (4?) in bare feet, green shorts and an orange T-shirt with a fish on it is standing next to the "I'm Lost" stand.
A grownup asks if he's lost and he says with absolute earnestness: "No, but my mum is." (1)

Sometimes you just have to stand your ground.

This is figure 3, which shows eccentricity-dependent filtering that removes invisible details to improve coding performance.

A study in Nature Communications determines the maximum display resolution that the human eye can discriminate. The limit was determined for achromatic and chromatic vision, for both the fovea and periphery. go.nature.com/3L4zl5x 🧪

A Fringe Lily flower in the usual deep purple colour

A Fringe Lily flower which is snow White in colour

A Fringe Lily flower which is silver grey in colour

A Fringe Lily flower which is pale pink in colour

While the flowers of Fringe Lilies (Thysanotus sp.) are usually a beautiful deep purple colour, occasionally you can spot a Fringe Lily with flowers in other stunning colours 💜🤍🩶🩷

These were flowering today in the Perth Hills
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomsrolling #nature #inaturalist

I'm teaching my niece how to drive and I'm here to report that the passenger side brakes work just as well now as they did when we were learning.

@michaeljongen.bsky.social I hadn't realised you're on Bluesky! How did I miss that? Hiya :) And thanks for the repost

Stray Magic (Faerene Apocalypse Book 1) Stray Magic (Faerene Apocalypse Book 1) - Kindle edition by Schwartz, Jenny. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Stray Magic (Faerene Apocalypse Book 1).

Stray Magic: www.amazon.com/dp/B07N5ZVNLY/

Doctor Galaxy (Pax Galactica Book 1) Doctor Galaxy (Pax Galactica Book 1) - Kindle edition by Schwartz, Jenny. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Doctor Galaxy (Pax Galactica Book 1).

If you're in the US and you haven't grabbed a copy of "Doctor Galaxy" the Kindle Monthly Deal ends this week. Same for my dystopian fantasy novel "Stray Magic", an apocalypse with griffins.

If you could run away to from your family to star in an alien TV show, would you?

Bookmarked for later #listening

#writing

🏺🧪🦣 Was more than happy to speak to @killgrove.bsky.social for this: even if you ignored the horrendous, insurmountable ethical issues, what we'd learn would do almost nothing to advance our understanding of prehistoric #Neanderthal lives, nor our encounters with them.
There's zero justification.

Some places in Jamaica will receive more rainfall from hurricane Melissa than London or Paris receives in a year!

It’s noteworthy that scientists and technicians from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center who are tracking the storm are not being paid because of the Republican government shutdown.

Decisions Monday morning are easy. The answer is always MORE COFFEE!

Then some quality #amwriting time :)

FIG. 2: Child’s Tunic with Hood Tapestry weave of dyed wools, plain (tabby) weave ground of dyed wool, fringe of dyed wools along edge of hood and lower edge of tunic L. 101 cm; W. 89 cm Egypt, ca. 5th–7th century CE The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1927 (27.239) Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY

Most histories of hoodies go with 12th century monks as the originator, but I like to show my students this one from 5th-7th century Egypt.

Bettany Hughes shines new light on the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' The acclaimed British historian tells SBS how she followed ancient paths and used modern technology to explore the link between history and myth.

Ready to watch...

#Melissa has become a Category 4 Hurricane. Its eye feature is clearly visible with infrared satellite and rain radar. Jamaica: Seek shelter now.

This summer Bruce donated his entire $12.9m tour bonus & sponsorship deal
to build homeless centres in New Jersey. 

He said his music has always been about working people who’ve been left behind and he wanted to take action ❤️

Grey Wolf transforms into a good boy when he is visited by the people who helped raise their pack.