‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure Just days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the Ithaca area landmark.

ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!

Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI

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Happy #fossilfriday everyone,

Enjoy a feel good story about one of the Museum of the Earth's high school supporters!

Thanks to big giving Tuesday support, PRI is now within ~400,000 of its end of year goal of ~4 million for the mortgage+ops. We can #SavePRI !🧪⚒️🦣🐚

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As we approach #GivingTuesday consider donating to www.priweb.org/donate to help #savePRI
Time is running out to save this amazing #museum and #fossil collection
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News story from Syracuse local news about saving the Museum of the Earth. (They dont explain that the Museum footage is from a Halloween event so enjoy a lot of unexplained costumed folks)

Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils

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Here's hoping @lastweektonight.com still helps the Paleontolgical Research Institution secure funding before the year runs out or that folks donate the needed 1M in the next month www.priweb.org/donate or @60minutes.bsky.social does a piece on this campaign bsky.app/profile/foss... to #savePRI

Day196 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he helps the Paleontological Research Institution

Too slow to help to get a philosoraptor meme, maybe a philoso-sloth? John is H. sapiens, claw is Megalonyx jeffersonii(PRI73073) #science #SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #fossils

Gastropods | Marvelous Mollusks — Museum of the Earth

Learn more about endangered and recently extinct land snails and other mollusks at PRI's marvelous mollusks exhibit, in person in Ithaca, NY or online

Consider donating to help #SavePRI

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Day193 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com 's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

We know you support science bugs, John(H. sapiens), so enjoy a visit from this fossil roach(Etoblattina;PRI49722)
#fossils #SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #insects #invertebrates

Day192 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

#JohnOliver (H. sapiens) can try to hide in the Pseudocidaris mammosa echinoid spines, but the coprolitastic shed awaits! #savePRI ⚒️ #fossils #LastWeekTonight

🧪Day190 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John (H. sapiens) proclaims You are now entering...the Turritellid zone, with Allmonia carniolica, a genus named for PRI's 4th director Warren Allmon #savePRI

Katherine Palmer was PRI's 2nd Director and one of the most prominent women in Paleontology in the 20th century.

Again, PRI IS NOT PART OF CORNELL, HELPING PRI DOES NOT SHOW SUPPORT FOR #CORNELL

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#SavePRI

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Day 189 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

We had a fossil named for PRI's 2nd director, so here is 1 from a paper by PRI's 3rd Peter Hoover; Fossil is Spiriferina alia, John is H. sapiens #SavePRI 🧪⚒️

We came, we questioned, we pushed every button possible 🦖😅

Had an absolute blast today @ the Museum of the Earth! They are in trouble sooo...

If you are near Ithaca definitely go visit! If you are far, consider donating to #SavePRI!

Day 188 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John(H. sapiens) with a Leptopecten gilbertharrisi, named for PRIs founder, who didn't trust Cornell to value his science/collections 👀 #SavePRI
#Cornell ⚒️🦑🧪

Day 187 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

What could be more relaxing than having a glass of wine with a sympathetic snail(Loxonema)?
#fossilfriday #savePRI #johnolivercoprolitasticshed 🧪 #savescience

Day 186 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Our microphones aren't as fancy as at #LastWeekTonight, but John (H. sapiens) could get used to an Exogyra cancellata(PRI45547) setup
#SavePRI 🦑 #science 🦪⚒️

Day185 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

"John Oliver (H. sapiens) prevents disaster for US paleontology" could be this month's nonsense headline. Shake a poor ichthyosaur's hand #savePRI 🧪⚒️ #science

Day 184 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Look deeply into the zoophycos, John(H. sapiens)...you are getting sleepy...you want to donate to the PRI...
#tracefossiltuesday #SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #geology #science

Day183 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution, a major US fossil collection

John (H. sapiens) with some petrified (rock-hard), knoty wood from Antarctica... Might I have deep rooted issues?
#SavePRI 🧪⚒️🌲

Day182 of photoshopping John Oliver @lastweektonight.com with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John uses an Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris jaw (PRI50490) to indicate roughly where to turn north to get to PRI from PA
#fossils #ichthyosaur #SavePRI #paleontology

Day181 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com 's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Look out John! (H.sapiens) On Halloween there may be vampire squid out, like this Jurassic Proteroctopus ribeti #fossilfriday #savePRI @timcarvell.bsky.social

Day179 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John and Colbert @colbertlateshow.bsky.social (H. sapiens) excited to be photographed with a real Gilboaphyton
Please help #SavePRI! @mpasset.bsky.social 🧪🌲⚒️

Hey @lastweektonight.com there are more than 179 photoshopped images of John Oliver with fossils to #savePRI. Please help before time runs out! #fossils #EarthScience @adamconover.net @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social @desilydic.bsky.social @nhm.org @museumsassociation.org
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Day178 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Discussing politicians all day can lead to fantasizing about something with an actual spine, like this mysticete whale's #whalewednesday #SavePRI #fossils 🐳⚒️

Museum of Earth could be met with possible foreclosure The PRI has until Dec. 31, 2025 to raise $1 million or the only collections based national history museum between New York City and Buffalo will be forced into foreclosure.

Local news story on why MotE/ PRI is special:
$̳1̳ ̳m̳i̳l̳l̳i̳o̳n̳ left to raise before the end of 2025 to save the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY.

#SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #museums #dinosaurs #Mastodon #Ithaca
#fingerlakes

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Day176 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

Ain't no rule that says John(H. sapiens) can't still #SavePRI. You know a Imitoceras rotatorium sits better in your hand than a basketball, John 🧪🦑 #fossils

Day175 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he helps save the Paleontological Research Institution

John(H. sapiens) arms himself to combat anti-science rhetoric with a Cretaceous oyster(PRI49890) (only slightly enlarged) ~ #molluskmonday 🧪🦑⚒️ #SavePRI

Day173 of photoshopping John Oliver @lastweektonight.com with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

John(H. sapiens) with the ammonoid Asteroceras obtusum (PRI 43873)
#SavePRI #fossilfriday ⚒️🧪🦑🐚 #earthscience #JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed 💩 #urgent Please share!

Day172 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

As we leave #GSA #GSA2025 in San Antonio, John Oliver (H. sapiens) reminds us to remember the Alamosaurus sanjuanensis. And don't forget to fight to #savePRI 🧪

Saving the Museum After years of financial troubles and millions of funds raised in support, the Museum of the Earth is still struggling to bridge its multi-million dollar budgetary gap. It needs to

Update on the Paleontological Research Institution and their remaining need for donations to pay off their mortgage and avoid foreclosure
#savePRI please share; tag anyone you think might help🧪⚒️🦑

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