It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:

Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.

Image of a white woman in a darkened auditorium in black doctoral regalia smiling.

Image of a white woman in glasses and a denim blouse smiling in the foreground with the sign at the front of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in the background. Not all text in the sign is visible.

I forgot I had this account tbh...
But I graduated from UT 🥳
And I'm now a Postdoc at the National Museum of Natural History 🥳

FORAMS 2026 Important Dates and Deadlines

Hey! Did you know you can Propose Sessions, Short Courses, and Field Trips for the FORAMS 2026 conference in Amherst? Because you can: sites.google.com/view/forams2...

Person standing in front of a ship docked in port. Ship is labeled as JOIDES Resolution.

The Ocean Discovery Lecture Series is announced! If you are looking for someone to come speak to your univ./museum/etc. on scientific ocean drilling, check out these topics and apply to host a lecturer (there's one that is a fascinating look at #SciComm...😉) 🌊⚒️
usoceandiscovery.org/lecture-seri...

A graduate student gazes determinedly into a microscope searching for some kind of meaning, purpose, or joy in this tragic reality. Also for microfossils in support of PhD research.

person: so what are you looking for?
me: my will to live

Life is so short. We are all going to die.

Imagine choosing to inspire hate instead of sowing love. Imagine choosing profit over people. Imagine seeing the worst rather than hoping for the best.

Love is what makes life tolerable and good. Those who take that away are the cruelest, most wretched.

Exploring macroevolutionary links in multi-species planktonic foraminiferal Mg∕Ca and δ18O from 15 Ma to recent Abstract. The ratio of the trace element Mg over Ca (Mg/Ca) and the oxygen isotopic composition (δ18O) of foraminiferal calcite are widely employed for reconstructing past ocean temperatures, although...

New paper out in Biogeosciences: Exploring macroevolutionary links in multi-species planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca and δ18O from 15 Ma to recent. Read all about it here doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...

Most Americans who experienced severe winter weather see climate change at work, AP-NORC poll shows A new poll finds that most U.S. adults who say severe cold was among the types of extreme weather they experienced in recent years cite climate change as a cause

Most Americans who experienced severe winter weather see climate change at work, AP-NORC poll shows

It's looking unlikely that they will receive as much warning or information in the future.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Big thanks to Laura Guertin, who’s been an AGU member since 1993 and volunteer extraordinaire along the way! From Annual Meeting planning to science advocacy & mentoring, Laura's dedication is truly inspiring. 🌍👏Discover. https://buff.ly/3ESsfxM
#AGU

This is so horrible and completely avoidable 💔

Image of classic "this is fine" comic consisting of 6 panels. Panel 1 is a dog sitting at a table in a room on fire. Panel 2 is the dog smiling and saying "This is fine." Panel 3 shows dog about to drink a cup of coffee and saying "I'm okay with the events that are unfolding currently." Panel 4 shows the dog drinking coffee as the dog's arm catches fire. Panel 5 shows the dog setting the cup back down and saying "That's okay, things are going to be okay." Panel 6 shows the dog's face melting. Gruesome, but accurate.

Just writing my lil dissertation amidst *gestures everywhere* 😌