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Dr. Brendan Anderson
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Paleobiologist. evolution and paleoclimate. Coffee enthusiast. Snail evangelist. Visiting Professor @ SUNY Oneonta. Paleontological Research Institution Research Associate. Dartmouth, KU, Cornell alum. He/him. Opinions my own. https://www.brendan-anderson
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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 14d
Some infographics about the Paleontological Research Institution, its continuing impact on research and education, and what is needed to keep this place around into the future after a major donor was unable to keep a pledge.

Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑

www.priweb.org/donate
Infographic about the Paleontological Research institution. 94 years of research here. One of the 10 largest fossil collections in the USA, with 7 million specimens. 1.2 million users of their online content annually, 30,000 in person visitors 1,500 teachers use PRI for continuing education each year link to donate: https://www.priweb.org/donate Infographic explaining that PRI needs to raise 1 million dollars by December 31st to pay off their mortgage, be free of that debt and continue future operations. They have already raised 2.1 million of the 3.1 million needed to pay this unexpected expense due to a major donor being unable to fulfill a long-term pledge
fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
Reminder for #ithaca /Ithaca adjacent folks that Antarctica Day (Dec 1st) celebrations at the Museum of the Earth will take place this Sunday 🇦🇶

If you can't come in person, enjoy reading about one of our most fun Antarctic fossils, Diplomoceras maximum
www.museumoftheearth.org/exhibit/hete...
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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ohdearz.bsky.social
Great article by @alexwitze.bsky.social on hurdles to attend SACNAS and NSBP/NSHP this year, with quotes from me & @astrojennifer.bsky.social: "even with all the barriers and uncertainties, people showed up, supported one another, and shared their science and stories with honesty and resilience". 👏
alexwitze.bsky.social Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 3d
Following Trump's DEI cuts, attendance has plunged at some conferences for scientists from underrepresented groups. The loss of federal support means fewer chances for people to network, share science, and develop new career paths.

Still, attendees say "the sense of solidarity remains strong".
‘Anti-woke’ policies blamed for falling attendance at some US conferences
Scientific meetings that support Black, Latino and Indigenous researchers are grappling with funding cuts and other restrictions.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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mwkraus.bsky.social
~A month or so ago the nu faculty assembly voted like 598 to 7 for no deal.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
www.ithaca.com/news/tompkin...
Give Local: Five Area Nonprofits to Support this Holiday Season
Year-round, there’s always a diverse array of nonprofits in need. Here in Tompkins County, there seems to be a new nonprofit at every corner, each serving a different community purpose.
www.ithaca.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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jamellebouie.net
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
christopherjhale.bsky.social Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 4d
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.

He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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hbrappap.bsky.social
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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jeisinger.bsky.social
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.

And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes

www.propublica.org/article/how-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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The middle-aged man had craniosynostosis -- premature fusion of three skull sutures -- which was typically fatal in childhood in the Medieval period. 🏺🧪
'I had never seen a skull like this before': Medieval Spanish knight who died in battle had a rare genetic condition, study finds
The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.
www.livescience.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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In some cases, maybe. But this exercise often won’t work because students (like most of us) are very bad at intuitively understanding the limits of their knowledge without being trained to recognize it, and “fact check the AI” quickly becomes “using AI to fact check AI” and the cycle repeats.
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor - Ocean Biogeochemical Modeller (University of Hawaii)

Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...

#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🤔
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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The #COP30 text commits to following the science and embracing information integrity while stripping away all mention of fossil fuel phaseout @roycerk2.bsky.social reports.

drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts
COP30 began full of promise but ended as yet another reminder that the mechanism for global climate governance is broken.
drilled.media
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Cutie baby sea snails hanging out.
#marineplankton 🦑
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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BIG news about vampire squid! I just learned their Japanese name "koumori-dako" means "bat-octopus," which is objectively better* and I'll be using it from now on. 🦇🐙

That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Giant genome of the vampire squid reveals the derived state of modern octopod karyotypes
Marine organism; Genetics; Evolutionary mechanisms; Phylogenetics; Genomic analysis
www.cell.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
A hs student who voluteers at the Museum of the Earth has also been tmraising money to help out PRI. Donations have been coming in with the press push, I think they'll make it but keep sharing and donate what you can:
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
Horseheads student hoping to save Museum of the Earth from closure
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) — The Museum of the Earth in Tompkins County is facing potential closure due to lapses in funding from several sources. A student from Horseheads High School
www.weny.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: SUBPOENA NO. 25-1431-014 : MISCELLANEOUS ACTION : : NO. 25-39 MEMORANDUM KEARNEY,J. November 21, 2025 Our elected Congresspersons granted the Department of Justice limited authority in 1996 to investigate federal health care offenses involving the labeling and distribution of prescription drugs. The Department of Justice is now investigating the labeling and distribution of prescribed clinically authorized puberty blockers and hormone therapy. It subpoenaed fifteen categories of records from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia including billing and insurance records, communications with manufacturers and sales representatives, and the names and complete medical and psychological records of children receiving gender-affirming care. The Hospital agrees to produce most of the requested materials. But it objects to producing the identities of its child patients and their families along with their confidential medical files. Its objection requires we study two questions: whether Congress authorized a subpoena for the children's confidential medical records, and, if so, whether the children's privacy interests outweigh the Department of Justice's need for these confidential medical records under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. We find the answer to both questions is "no." We strike the three requests for these child- identifying and treatment and disclosure records as beyond the authority granted by Congress. We also find, even if this private information could be relevant, the heightened privacy interests of children and their families substantially outweighs the Department's need to know the children's names, addresses, and treatment along with disclosures for gender-affirming care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
I love this logo for the American Malacalogical Society Meeting this coming June in Syracuse, NY. 🦑🐌🦪🐙🐚⚒️🧪

The Awards Banquet will be hosted at Ithaca’s Museum
of the Earth, inside their Marvelous Mollusks
exhibit, under the right whale.

Website still being updated:
ams.wildapricot.org/Meetings
a rainbow logo of the American Malacalogical Society in Syracuse AMS 2026 with a bright colored snail and rainbow theming
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The Trump administration is demanding, in effect, a list of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at Penn. So far, Penn is resisting the subpoena. Please sign this petition in support of their resistance!

actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand with Penn Against the Trump Administration's Demand for a List of Jewish Community Members
We are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration's lawsuit, which demands that the University compile and provide the names, personal emails, phone numbers, and addresses of Jewish members of the P...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.

Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Integrative phylogenomics positions sponges at the root of the animal tree | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Integrative phylogenomics positions sponges at the root of the animal tree
Determining whether sponges or ctenophores root the animal tree has important implications for understanding early animal evolution. Here, we examined support for these competing hypotheses by constru...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Paleontologists of Bluesky! What’s something in your field you wish the public understood better or cared more about?

Asking as an artist who does a lot of paleo inspired work and wants to contribute to science communication!

#paleontology #sciart #paleoart
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
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

mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite - [Transcript]
mms.tveyes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I hope whomever wins the trip to meet John in NYC uses the opportunity to share the campaign by @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social and @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social to photoshop him in images with fossils in hopes @lastweektonight.com helps secure funding for #PRI
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lastweektonight.com Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 9d
You have until Sunday at 11:59pm to bid in our auction to benefit public media at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not all Bob Ross paintings. There’s also this absolutely gorgeous custom Minor League Baseball jersey, featuring John Oliver's face. Their idea, not ours.
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM