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Dr Dave Hone

@davehone.bsky.social

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Palaeontologist specialising in the behaviour of dinosaurs and biology of pterosaurs. Reader in Zoology @QMUL. Author of several books, podcaster, general sci-commer. Thoughts my own. He / him. davehone.co.uk

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Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8h

For how many years now have the England 'band' been ruining the experience of watching football. There must surely be hundreds of thousands of people who would like them to shut up.

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 1d

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a
"delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 12h

I want Carole Vorderman's "Countdown to murder" and I'm prepared to wait for it.

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"How" @myoneandonlykat.bsky.social · 3d

Timeline cleanse!

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

No sadly not, this was taken in the collections. Though a cast is on display in the museum.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

Not out down south till Feb I think so you'll have to wait a little longer. Sorry.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

In advance of the publication of my new book with @markwitton.bsky.social, "Spinosaur Tales" (Nov 6th), for #FossilFriday, here's a nice close up of a tooth of Baryonyx sitting in the jaw of the holotype. More spinosaur goodness coming in the next weeks as I desperately try to promote the book.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

Both seem highly likely!

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

Oh I know I need to get around and set this up properly and I'm bad for not doing so. But it's also interesting that this is the official advice from the training - just create a different complex passwords for everything but don't write them down and not 'get a password manager'.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

every different car park apparently needs an app and a login, loyalty accounts for coffee, buying anything online (Amazon, ebay, Etsy, and any other company you have ever used). Sure, yeah, I'll come up with something complex and different for all of them and change it every 6 months.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

ITV, C4, Netflix, Apple, my TV, my laptop, my phone, my internet provider, gas, electric, water, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, and then everything else in the world that now requires an app and login like about 40 different scientific journals, buying tickets for any gig and then access to the stadium etc.,

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

It also suggests I have a different password for every separate account I have but they should also be complicated and hard to work out. OK, sure. I just have 3 email accounts, plus Google, Facebook, BlueSky, Twitter, my phone, 3 banks, the council, the council parking, Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, BBC

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

You receive an email asking you to send all your bank account details to a mystery address in Nigeria. Should you a) send them everything along with your Mother's maiden name, home address and phone number of b) not do that?

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 4d

Ah, it's the GDPR training time of the year.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 5d

That's a hell of a photo.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 5d

I think when it comes to taxonomy, he's pulled several things out of certain places before.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

Anywhere is good. It'll all be catalogued somewhere and show people are interested in the book.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for taking the time to read (or at least skim) it and give such a positive quote.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

I guess? I really don't know though, lowly authors dont get told such things by publishers. Best to check with them.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

All of these previews contain art form the book done by Mark and are in the colour spread in the centre to go with dozens of his b&w illustrations accompanying the main text.

We will be skeeting more about this in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

And finally we got @deanrlomax.bsky.social to say something nice too.

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

And Mike Benton was keen to say he liked it too:

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

And here's what @stevebrusatte.bsky.social had to say about it:

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

Here's what @chrisgpackham.bsky.social thinks of our work:

Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 8d

My new book with @markwitton.bsky.social on Spinosaurus and their relatives is out a month today! It's available for preorder, so now is the time to get in on this amazing and well-illustrated book on these oddest of #dinosaurs. But don't take our word for it, here's what others have to say: