Media needs to stop with "critics say" and just quote the actual language of the bill.
HB 249 creates a new category of "seminudity" which can be used to arrest women who aren't nude, but are wearing clothing — leggings, t-shirts without bras — that religious groups feel is too provocative.
Excited that my paper on a Jurassic fish with teeth on its nose is now out! Shoutout to my co-authors Ben Kligman and Maranda Stricklin, who is another all-star undergraduate mentee. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
The nails I got done for a field course are just on the edge of too long for me now.
Apologies to anyone around me but apparently I click them like a Stan Winston raptor when I’m thinking.
2 PhD Opportunities! 🤩
We are recruiting two highly motivated PhD students to join an ambitious project advancing Robotic Paleontology—a rapidly emerging field that fuses paleontology, biomechanics, simulation, and robotics.
nyakaturalab.com/news/
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My friend’s kid (11?!) just took his first wicket at county level cricket! As an honorary Auntie I’m very happy for him.
Do you get to keep the ball at the end, like in football?
I think if I start now I might be able to finish him a cricket jumper for his inevitable England debut
I'm hiring a postdoc (start date flexible) and a PhD student (for Fall 2027) to work in any area of computational phylogenetics! More info here:
mhibbins.github.io
I will be attending both PEQG and Evolution in June, so please reach out if you want to chat at these meetings!
My partner is away for the weekend and before he left he gave me a copy of Pokopia 💕
I’m doing nothing but watering grass and building cute little spaces for Pokemon (and maybe some laundry if I remember to move)
This one clips hard this week.
I found a mutant worm with sharp teeth on the road, it’s better not to touch it #worm #worms #mutant #insect #insects #animal #animals #mutants #wildlife #wild #parasite #parasitic #parasiticdraw #monster #monsters youtube.com/shorts/AxPvG...
It seems like a car vs public transport issue m?
As it you’re going to go super minimal you have to lug your equiptment around, but with a car right next to the camp spot … why not throw in a rug and some extra chairs.
A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi
I’m three paragraphs from finishing off two pieces of work and they just.wont.connect.
I’m hoping this is a calorie problem that lunch will fix 🤞
Leodamas edgari, light microscopy of the living holotype.
#NewSpecies!
New polychaete worm from #kuwait just came in:
Leodamas edgari
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/3F464663-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #LeodamasEdgari
#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #worms #annelida
Be excellent to each other
Bill & Ted 19:89
Text reads: "New Blog Post. Illustration and image resources for your science". The image shows a science poster with various illustrations of penguins.
Looking to make some eye-catching graphics for your next presentation or poster? You don’t have to make your own!
Check out our blog post on illustration & image resources for your science to find out more!
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Need an eye-catching figure for your next grant application or paper? Or want to increase your research impact with an engaging press-release or social media graphic? We're here to help! Why not check out our portfolio on our website to find out more! 🧪#SciComm www.sciencegraphicdesign.com
Obsessed with the cultural history of T. rex. It’s a perfect storm of invocative name, cool fossil & great marketing
It had a massive PR push on discovery to drive museum visitor numbers & made its film debut in 1918
It’s so interesting reading how T. rex, above all others, became THE dinosaur
This HAS to be the most disgusting use of AI so far
Even if his family are ok with it? we have to draw a line somewhere, and I think it should probably be “artificially resurrecting dead actors to squeeze a bit more money out of their image”
bifrost: an R package for scalable inference of phylogenetic shifts in multivariate evolutionary dynamics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04...
POSSIBLE RESEARCH TOPICS
If you are interested in macroevolution, macroecology, fossil record, stratigraphy and stuff, please consider applying for the 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) grant this year in my lab.
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio
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Calling all fossilologists! Can anyone help identify this? It was found loose in a drawer, no data or providence.
What on earth could our little weird friend be? Please RT for reach because it's flummoxing us!
📢 Paper alert!
Excited to share the first publication of my PhD!😁
We analysed fossil occurrences of the last 23 Ma to understand how geographic range change relates to extinction risk.🌍🐚🪸🦈
Keen to learn more? Here is the paper:
👉 dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
A large bag of puffed crisps in the shape of snakes, spiders, scorpions and lizards.
Not sure “butter” is a great flavour but these are super cute snacks
Basic workflow for community projection and adaptive dynamics analyses using R package adapt3.
Cool:
"Package adapt 3 is available on CRAN and can be used to study the nature and stability of ecological interactions, the mechanics of natural selection and even speciation."
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 ⚒️ #EvoBio #Ecology #Macroecology #Paleobio
🐦 New PhD position!
@prfju.bsky.social @ckecz.bsky.social
Nest defence in passerine birds
Interested in animal behaviour, fieldwork and evolutionary ecology?
📅 Start July 2026 | ⏳ 4 years | 💰 Fully funded
Apply by May 10 → veselp03@jcu.cz / krausl07@jcu.cz
#PhDjobs #PhDchat #PhD #ornithology
Photo of the side of a road. The path is narrow and interrupted by concrete blocks. On one side is a metal safety fence. The other is a tall metal wall covered in scribble graffiti
Trying to get to the students sampling site.
Decided to take the more direct route.
Love a walk with a view
A silhouette of a capybara from PhyloPic is shown on a mobile. The same image is shown on a paper next to it. The text on the post reads: “New blog post. Using images and illustrations from the web responsibly”.
Ever been confused about what images you can use from the internet to illustrate your research? Read our latest blog post to find out about copyright licences, image use, and why you should avoid generative AI for scientific illustrations. 🧪 #SciComm
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"Ten simple rules for postdoctoral mums to stay competitive in academia" provides good advice for anyone, but great to see an article focused on having a life in science