Geology Johnson
@geologyjohnson.bsky.social
Geologist of Precambrian mud and tiny fossils. Working Class. Northern. ND. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/worksofein
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It's time for #InverteFest, BRING OUT YOUR BUGS!
Go find bugs, draw bugs, have a seance with bugs but most importantly share bugs (all inverts).
We'll have a special announcement soon as well.
Plus, we've got this poster in multiple languages on our website! www.metrofieldguide.com/invertefest/
Go find bugs, draw bugs, have a seance with bugs but most importantly share bugs (all inverts).
We'll have a special announcement soon as well.
Plus, we've got this poster in multiple languages on our website! www.metrofieldguide.com/invertefest/
🎶It's the most invertebrate time of the year🎶 For this August #Invertfest I am take requests for which invert I will paint on my lunch. Leave your requests below.
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Me: do I really got the 'tism?
Mum: when you were 7 you'd collect spiders and make temporary homes for them in jam jars to study their behaviour and you’d regularly read the dictionary...
That little kid turned into an ecologist and wrote a PhD thesis chapter on definitions in trait-based ecology.
Mum: when you were 7 you'd collect spiders and make temporary homes for them in jam jars to study their behaviour and you’d regularly read the dictionary...
That little kid turned into an ecologist and wrote a PhD thesis chapter on definitions in trait-based ecology.
Me: do I really got the 'tism?
Dad: when you were five you wouldn't stop talking about the biozones of the Yorkshire lias and you carried around a diagram of the human digestive system just in case you needed it.
Dad: when you were five you wouldn't stop talking about the biozones of the Yorkshire lias and you carried around a diagram of the human digestive system just in case you needed it.
Avery Mann, 40, who was asked to give “a few examples” about their autistic traits, started with a handful of relevant anecdotes but felt they didn’t want to leave anything out – “just in case that’s the thing that diagnoses me.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Me: do I really got the 'tism?
Mum: when you were 7 you'd collect spiders and make temporary homes for them in jam jars to study their behaviour and you’d regularly read the dictionary...
That little kid turned into an ecologist and wrote a PhD thesis chapter on definitions in trait-based ecology.
Mum: when you were 7 you'd collect spiders and make temporary homes for them in jam jars to study their behaviour and you’d regularly read the dictionary...
That little kid turned into an ecologist and wrote a PhD thesis chapter on definitions in trait-based ecology.
See also, my robot shelf.
An autistic woman’s ever-growing collection of enamel pin badges has reportedly formed a union to protest against poor working conditions and overcrowding.
Autistic woman’s enamel pin badges unionise
An autistic woman’s ever-growing collection of enamel pin badges has reportedly formed a union to protest against poor working conditions and overcrowding. Abeer Zaki, 24, claims she is "obsessed"…
thedailytism.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
See also, my robot shelf.
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The artificer nodded. "I can build this wheeled chair, but why? You have an enchanted hover seat."
"Yes," the wizard fumed, "but the palace have erected magic-cancelling wards."
"Why?"
"Don't know. But they didn't think of people who need mobility aids. So I need wheels to go shout at the king."
"Yes," the wizard fumed, "but the palace have erected magic-cancelling wards."
"Why?"
"Don't know. But they didn't think of people who need mobility aids. So I need wheels to go shout at the king."
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The artificer nodded. "I can build this wheeled chair, but why? You have an enchanted hover seat."
"Yes," the wizard fumed, "but the palace have erected magic-cancelling wards."
"Why?"
"Don't know. But they didn't think of people who need mobility aids. So I need wheels to go shout at the king."
"Yes," the wizard fumed, "but the palace have erected magic-cancelling wards."
"Why?"
"Don't know. But they didn't think of people who need mobility aids. So I need wheels to go shout at the king."
Me: do I really got the 'tism?
Dad: when you were five you wouldn't stop talking about the biozones of the Yorkshire lias and you carried around a diagram of the human digestive system just in case you needed it.
Dad: when you were five you wouldn't stop talking about the biozones of the Yorkshire lias and you carried around a diagram of the human digestive system just in case you needed it.
Avery Mann, 40, who was asked to give “a few examples” about their autistic traits, started with a handful of relevant anecdotes but felt they didn’t want to leave anything out – “just in case that’s the thing that diagnoses me.”
“What if I’m not autistic?” asks person handing assessor 91-page dissertation about life
An autistic person is anxious that they won’t receive a formal diagnosis at their upcoming autism assessment - despite providing the psychologist with a folder the size of Tolstoy's War and Peace. …
thedailytism.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Me: do I really got the 'tism?
Dad: when you were five you wouldn't stop talking about the biozones of the Yorkshire lias and you carried around a diagram of the human digestive system just in case you needed it.
Dad: when you were five you wouldn't stop talking about the biozones of the Yorkshire lias and you carried around a diagram of the human digestive system just in case you needed it.
Creative hobbies are my outlet for mental health related stuff. My mental health related experiences are woven into the things I create.
So here's a fun (?) new thing. Perhaps unsurprisingly I think a lot about speculative fiction and mental health (my day job is at a mental health charity) and I thought I'd have a go at putting some of my thoughts down in writing in the form of a conference paper about Inner Worlds.
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Creative hobbies are my outlet for mental health related stuff. My mental health related experiences are woven into the things I create.
One day I will be able to take off a jumper or hoodie without also removing all my other torso clothing.
“It helped that the coat was already the right way round, but even that’s no guarantee that Kit won’t assume it’s inside out, subsequently turning it inside out in the process.”
www.patreon.com/posts/144149...
www.patreon.com/posts/144149...
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
One day I will be able to take off a jumper or hoodie without also removing all my other torso clothing.
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You beautiful, slinky worm, you! A Xenacoela - I don’t know much about these guys, but I think this one is gorgeous! Thanks @microbe_guru for the ID.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
You beautiful, slinky worm, you! A Xenacoela - I don’t know much about these guys, but I think this one is gorgeous! Thanks @microbe_guru for the ID.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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A small slab of the ancient ocean floor, as found in Ohio. There were so many of these at this site! #fossilhunting
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A small slab of the ancient ocean floor, as found in Ohio. There were so many of these at this site! #fossilhunting
Transformers: Imperium. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is more than meets the eye. First attempt at God Emperor Ginrai, (or Power Master of Mankind Prime). I want to make them look more like Blanche, than anime. More deets in the alt text. #Transformers #40k #Warhammer
December 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Transformers: Imperium. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is more than meets the eye. First attempt at God Emperor Ginrai, (or Power Master of Mankind Prime). I want to make them look more like Blanche, than anime. More deets in the alt text. #Transformers #40k #Warhammer
Transformers: Primaeval - It's like best wars, but they turn into styalised Palaeozoic and Precambrian organisms. Heavy emphasis on invertebrates. If I was feeling extra spicy, it would be all new characters with no G1 recycling. #Transfomers #BeastWars
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Transformers: Primaeval - It's like best wars, but they turn into styalised Palaeozoic and Precambrian organisms. Heavy emphasis on invertebrates. If I was feeling extra spicy, it would be all new characters with no G1 recycling. #Transfomers #BeastWars
"Day...I don't even remember what day of captivity this is. My food bowl remains only 3/4 full. But the biscuits are dry. The human ignores my cries of indignation and calls me 'floofy'. Will this nightmare never end?"
Oh hey have I mentioned that I live with the most beautiful girl in the world?
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Day...I don't even remember what day of captivity this is. My food bowl remains only 3/4 full. But the biscuits are dry. The human ignores my cries of indignation and calls me 'floofy'. Will this nightmare never end?"
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One of the earliest large predatory eurypterids, Megalograptus, for #FossilFriday. Megalograptus is known from abundant - and very unusual - material from the Ordovician of #Ohio, affording an important insight into the morphology of this rather bizarre species. ⚒️🧪
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
One of the earliest large predatory eurypterids, Megalograptus, for #FossilFriday. Megalograptus is known from abundant - and very unusual - material from the Ordovician of #Ohio, affording an important insight into the morphology of this rather bizarre species. ⚒️🧪
I like how they made a figure of that guy with the mustache from Predator. It's also fun that Kup now turns into an all terrain ride on lawn mower. But why do they keep calling Action Force "Gee Eye Joe"?
Maybe it's the fact I posted this by accident at midnight. Maybe it's the big USA on his chest. Maybe it's because I forgot to post the link on Bluesky. Who can say why this video is eating shit?
But I think you can find it in your heart to support one of Youtube's best (me).
youtu.be/MJANW3cxCFU
But I think you can find it in your heart to support one of Youtube's best (me).
youtu.be/MJANW3cxCFU
TRDQ: Transformers / GI:JOE - Triple T Kup + Sgt. Slaughter + Leatherneck Review
YouTube video by TRDQ
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December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I like how they made a figure of that guy with the mustache from Predator. It's also fun that Kup now turns into an all terrain ride on lawn mower. But why do they keep calling Action Force "Gee Eye Joe"?
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Remember these baby octos? 🐙🦑🐡
This piece is in memory of my father, Jonathan Fay, who died suddenly in October.
He took the astro photo of NGC2244 with his SeeStar. He loved when I'd message him critters I found, & joining me when he could.
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/product/baby...
This piece is in memory of my father, Jonathan Fay, who died suddenly in October.
He took the astro photo of NGC2244 with his SeeStar. He loved when I'd message him critters I found, & joining me when he could.
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/product/baby...
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Remember these baby octos? 🐙🦑🐡
This piece is in memory of my father, Jonathan Fay, who died suddenly in October.
He took the astro photo of NGC2244 with his SeeStar. He loved when I'd message him critters I found, & joining me when he could.
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/product/baby...
This piece is in memory of my father, Jonathan Fay, who died suddenly in October.
He took the astro photo of NGC2244 with his SeeStar. He loved when I'd message him critters I found, & joining me when he could.
shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/product/baby...
Bonus #FossilFriday! This lovely 1.5 billion year old #Acritarch micro #fossil that has all that lovely greebly detail! See alt text for more info #Geology #Paleontology
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Bonus #FossilFriday! This lovely 1.5 billion year old #Acritarch micro #fossil that has all that lovely greebly detail! See alt text for more info #Geology #Paleontology
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What we have so far.
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What we have so far.
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Brachiopods may look like clams, but have a different axis of symmetry and very different internal structures called lophophores. There are still brachiopods alive today, but they are rare.
This Paraspirifer bownockeri is from the Devonian Silica Shale of Sylvania, Ohio.
#FossilFriday
This Paraspirifer bownockeri is from the Devonian Silica Shale of Sylvania, Ohio.
#FossilFriday
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Brachiopods may look like clams, but have a different axis of symmetry and very different internal structures called lophophores. There are still brachiopods alive today, but they are rare.
This Paraspirifer bownockeri is from the Devonian Silica Shale of Sylvania, Ohio.
#FossilFriday
This Paraspirifer bownockeri is from the Devonian Silica Shale of Sylvania, Ohio.
#FossilFriday
Glorious! I love everything about this.
A cluster of juvenile Pachycephalosaurs shelter from an early spring downpour as the adult members of the clan stand watch against roaming predators. A pair of small pterosaurs attempt to stay dry beneath a fallen log nearby. #fossilfriday #paleoart
December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Glorious! I love everything about this.
Absolutely horrific. Anyone who supports conversion therapy is bell end.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Recent research by @hspandler.bsky.social (Professor of Mental Health), a leading historian of Psychiatry and LGBT+ health, suggests that [aversion therapy through electroshock] was far more widespread than previously documented
Recent research by @hspandler.bsky.social (Professor of Mental Health), a leading historian of Psychiatry and LGBT+ health, suggests that [aversion therapy through electroshock] was far more widespread than previously documented
LGBT survivors tell of 'barbaric' NHS electric shock therapy
More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks in NHS hospitals, the BBC discovers.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Absolutely horrific. Anyone who supports conversion therapy is bell end.
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Hey there, this is the account manager for Jucika, I hate to break silence but we need help to pay for an emergency kidney removal. We are currently uninsured and living in the US makes it difficult
We're hosting a gofundme to help avoid medical debt
Thank you for understanding
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
We're hosting a gofundme to help avoid medical debt
Thank you for understanding
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hey there, this is the account manager for Jucika, I hate to break silence but we need help to pay for an emergency kidney removal. We are currently uninsured and living in the US makes it difficult
We're hosting a gofundme to help avoid medical debt
Thank you for understanding
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
We're hosting a gofundme to help avoid medical debt
Thank you for understanding
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
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your boss wrote this article
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
your boss wrote this article
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How long does it take for a climate signal to make it to the sediment at the bottom of the ocean? That is far from an easy question to answer. This team tried to match basinal weathering proxies with data from the margins and got ~3-5 Kyr. 🧪⚒️
Link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
How long does it take for a climate signal to make it to the sediment at the bottom of the ocean? That is far from an easy question to answer. This team tried to match basinal weathering proxies with data from the margins and got ~3-5 Kyr. 🧪⚒️
Link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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An Asgard Archaeon (Lokiarchaeum ossiferum) growing and retracting its arms
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
An Asgard Archaeon (Lokiarchaeum ossiferum) growing and retracting its arms
Are you up at 02:00 in the morning fiddling with REE plots? Or are you normal?
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Are you up at 02:00 in the morning fiddling with REE plots? Or are you normal?