Sophie Westacott
@sophwestacott.bsky.social
Postdoc at Bristol as part of the Henehan lab's PETRARCH project. Growing radiolarians for B and Si isotopes. Interested in all things marine silica.
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🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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“By placing the blame where it belongs (academia), you may find more peace in your science.”
Amen, I had a very similar realization about 6 or 7 years ago; and, like this author, found a solid fit for my career (which is dissimilar from the traditional arc ingrained in us by the old guard).
Amen, I had a very similar realization about 6 or 7 years ago; and, like this author, found a solid fit for my career (which is dissimilar from the traditional arc ingrained in us by the old guard).
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“By placing the blame where it belongs (academia), you may find more peace in your science.”
Amen, I had a very similar realization about 6 or 7 years ago; and, like this author, found a solid fit for my career (which is dissimilar from the traditional arc ingrained in us by the old guard).
Amen, I had a very similar realization about 6 or 7 years ago; and, like this author, found a solid fit for my career (which is dissimilar from the traditional arc ingrained in us by the old guard).
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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 !🧪⚒️🦣🐚
www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...
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 !🧪⚒️🦣🐚
www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...
www.localsyr.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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 !🧪⚒️🦣🐚
www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...
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 !🧪⚒️🦣🐚
www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...
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Benthic forams in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
What Scientists Found When a Deep Sea Mining Company Invited Them In
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Benthic forams in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
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Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan has a neat little natural history museum on campus with a wonderful microfossil exhibit featuring hand-made glass radiolarians and 3D printed foraminiferans.
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan has a neat little natural history museum on campus with a wonderful microfossil exhibit featuring hand-made glass radiolarians and 3D printed foraminiferans.
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Who else is running the vacuum around today? Sunday chores brought to you by this Gastropod larva 😍
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Who else is running the vacuum around today? Sunday chores brought to you by this Gastropod larva 😍
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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Cosupervising x2 🇬🇧 PhD projects advertising now:
'The effects of climate cooling on evolution of Antarctic Eocene benthic communities' (BAS/Bristol) shorturl.at/MiWqJ
'Testing novel archives of seawater chemistry in biogenic carbonate' (Leeds): share.google/dbojTRZme92R...
Deadlines early Jan '26
'The effects of climate cooling on evolution of Antarctic Eocene benthic communities' (BAS/Bristol) shorturl.at/MiWqJ
'Testing novel archives of seawater chemistry in biogenic carbonate' (Leeds): share.google/dbojTRZme92R...
Deadlines early Jan '26
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Cosupervising x2 🇬🇧 PhD projects advertising now:
'The effects of climate cooling on evolution of Antarctic Eocene benthic communities' (BAS/Bristol) shorturl.at/MiWqJ
'Testing novel archives of seawater chemistry in biogenic carbonate' (Leeds): share.google/dbojTRZme92R...
Deadlines early Jan '26
'The effects of climate cooling on evolution of Antarctic Eocene benthic communities' (BAS/Bristol) shorturl.at/MiWqJ
'Testing novel archives of seawater chemistry in biogenic carbonate' (Leeds): share.google/dbojTRZme92R...
Deadlines early Jan '26
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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Petition to save Geology at the University of Leicester
c.org/h9rysz2C9x
Finances are extremely stretched in UK higher education, but it's hard to understand a university drastically cutting a field critical to the energy transition and understanding of the changes taking place in the world today.
c.org/h9rysz2C9x
Finances are extremely stretched in UK higher education, but it's hard to understand a university drastically cutting a field critical to the energy transition and understanding of the changes taking place in the world today.
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
c.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Petition to save Geology at the University of Leicester
c.org/h9rysz2C9x
Finances are extremely stretched in UK higher education, but it's hard to understand a university drastically cutting a field critical to the energy transition and understanding of the changes taking place in the world today.
c.org/h9rysz2C9x
Finances are extremely stretched in UK higher education, but it's hard to understand a university drastically cutting a field critical to the energy transition and understanding of the changes taking place in the world today.
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As an Leicester palaeo PhD alumni, I am shocked and appalled by this seemingly uncosted and short sighted descision by the @uniofleicester.bsky.social.
Please sign the petition.
Please sign the petition.
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
As an Leicester palaeo PhD alumni, I am shocked and appalled by this seemingly uncosted and short sighted descision by the @uniofleicester.bsky.social.
Please sign the petition.
Please sign the petition.
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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...
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...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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...
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...
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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I attended a talk by a scientist at a Chinese University and realized that all the background climate data that she used came from the US (CO₂ Keeling Curve, global temperature time series, etc.). Although China funds a lot of research, the destruction of US science will affect science globally.
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I attended a talk by a scientist at a Chinese University and realized that all the background climate data that she used came from the US (CO₂ Keeling Curve, global temperature time series, etc.). Although China funds a lot of research, the destruction of US science will affect science globally.
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#JobAlert 🚨: Press Assistant
Are you a science communicator with experience in science writing? We are looking for your support during the press conference at #EGU26.
📨 Send your application by 26 November to [email protected].
👉 More information: egu.eu/1H0J7I
Are you a science communicator with experience in science writing? We are looking for your support during the press conference at #EGU26.
📨 Send your application by 26 November to [email protected].
👉 More information: egu.eu/1H0J7I
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#JobAlert 🚨: Press Assistant
Are you a science communicator with experience in science writing? We are looking for your support during the press conference at #EGU26.
📨 Send your application by 26 November to [email protected].
👉 More information: egu.eu/1H0J7I
Are you a science communicator with experience in science writing? We are looking for your support during the press conference at #EGU26.
📨 Send your application by 26 November to [email protected].
👉 More information: egu.eu/1H0J7I
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We have so much work to do!!
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We have so much work to do!!
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Diatoms from 77° North
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Diatoms from 77° North
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I was awarded the Alan Higgins Award by @micropalaeosoc.bsky.social for my work on planktonic foraminifera reproduction and culture. I feel very honored and can only thank all the great colleagues who supported me along the way in Norway, Ireland, the UK, Germany and France!
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I was awarded the Alan Higgins Award by @micropalaeosoc.bsky.social for my work on planktonic foraminifera reproduction and culture. I feel very honored and can only thank all the great colleagues who supported me along the way in Norway, Ireland, the UK, Germany and France!
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You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
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Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are (Gift Article)
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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This is fascinating because this is such a new field and somehow they are going to hire 100 tenure-track faculty in the next 5 years who specialize in it. And yet when asked to fill spots with faculty of color/women/marginalized groups, administrators often cry about how the pipelines don't exist.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is fascinating because this is such a new field and somehow they are going to hire 100 tenure-track faculty in the next 5 years who specialize in it. And yet when asked to fill spots with faculty of color/women/marginalized groups, administrators often cry about how the pipelines don't exist.
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH