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Meig Dickson (ey/em)

@kulindadromeus.bsky.social

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Paleoecologist studying birds and trying to get my PhD. I run a-dinosaur-a-day on tumblr. Queer, Disabled, Neurodivergent, Anarchocommunist, Scottish-Sephardic Jew. Birds are Wonderful Dinosaurs. I live with 5 of them, and my spouse Max Wipson.

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Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · 5d

Guest: so why’d you become a paleontologist?
Me: I was born in 1992 so I was assigned paleontologist at birth
Guest group: *loud long laughter*
Me internally: I’ve done it. I have finally mastered human interaction

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · 7d

The worst part about Simchat Torah ending is that, unless you count/observe Sigd, it’s the last Yom Tov till Pesach 😬😬😬😬

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · 8d

Song lyric: when it all boils down there's nothing but bones left

me, a person who studies paleocene birds: if you're fucking LUCKY

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · 8d

I need a #GravityFalls / #DeadEndParanormalPark / #OwlHouse crossover

If nothing else I just need teenage!Mabel, Norma, and Luz all being friends going on a wacky adventure

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Noah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social · 24d

These changes pretty much mean that if you enroll in an MS program, you will never get the NSF GRFP. The GRFP more typically covers PhD projects than MS because they cover 3 years of funding, so you are already less likely to get it for an MS project, but now you can’t apply if you have an MS…

Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 27d

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible:

Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program
Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed)
Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed
First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)
Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded.
Not be a current NSF employee.

Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

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Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · 26d

AHHHHHHHHH

youtu.be/vQszKkN6Jb0?...

HOMESTUCK - The Animated Pilot

YouTube video by Vivziepop

youtu.be

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · 27d

Me: reads the word “linoleum”
My Brain: *deep breath*
Me: No Don’t -
My Brain: LA LA LA
LINOLEEEUUUUM
Me: gd fcking dammit

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 29d

"For centuries, scientists and sailors have know that sperm whales hunted the 'giant squid', Architeuthis dux. Whale bodies are scarred with huge sucked marks and gashes from Archituthus. But the battles take place in deep water, far beyond where humans can easily travel…"

- Awesome stuff.

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 29d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · 29d

Yall just lost the game

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 29d

Commentary: When health data is funneled into law enforcement, we blur the line between patient and suspect. The result? People seeking care may become targets of surveillance; entrenching existing patterns where disability and poverty are not only criminalized — but now automated and scaled.

Kate Caldwell: How our health information can be used to criminalize us

Executive orders on health technology and crime are the first steps toward health data becoming a tool of surveillance.

trib.al

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Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Sep 12

Necessary reading.

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Sep 9

When I was a kid, this video made such an impression on me - for many reasons, but one was the process of paleontological science, demonstrated by Mark

May his memory be a blessing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c8g...

Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs?

YouTube video by Johnny Yanko

www.youtube.com

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Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Sep 9

I love teaching the bird behavior lab, not for the obvious reasons (though those are reasons)

but because I get to demonstrate how humans have actually extremely little sexual dimorphism through bird of paradise dancing videos

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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Feeling the incalculable loss of Mark Norell (1957-2025): wonderful scientist and cherished friend. His influence will continue through his many mentees and the science he did and inspired.

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Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Sep 8

youtube.com/shorts/FOQ0K...

Homestuck lore #homestuck

YouTube video by Nirami

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Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 28

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 26

Feel free to DM me if you need more information or want to discuss further.

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 26

Given the shittiness of the paleontology job market; and my desire to move abroad; this is my official post asking people to keep an ear out for job ops I might be good for.

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 26

Soooooo there’s a nonzero chance I’ll be graduating at the end of this academic year (if not spring 26, then almost definitely at the end of fall 26).

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’ve planned a decent amount of Maastuck (Maastrichtian #Homestuck, ie life from the very end of the #Cretaceous play Sburb)

And I need someone to stop me before I write the whole damn thing

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 18

Uhhhhhhhh

thiswillhold.substack.com/p/ex-cia-whi...

Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won"

Math doesn’t lie—people do. A buried NSA‑authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.

thiswillhold.substack.com

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 17

Given the presence of exiles on post-sburb planets and the logical impossibility of proving a negative such as “there was no chance of any life sapient enough to play sburb”; we cannot currently completely rule out that the end Cretaceous extinction was caused by sburb. In this essay, I will -

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 9

😭😭😭😭 #homestuck

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 9

UHHHHHHHHHHHH

youtu.be/Yl5x8jpiOsg?...

Homestuck the Animated Pilot Trailer

YouTube video by Vivziepop

youtu.be

Meig Dickson (ey/em) @kulindadromeus.bsky.social · Aug 9

Yep, there’s a whole chapter about it in Anti-Judaism