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Will Gearty
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Paleobiologist 🦴, Software Engineer 💻, and Open Scientist 🔍
Postdoctoral Researcher at Syracuse University (He/Him)
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Will Gearty @willgearty.bsky.social · 1d
📢 deeptime 📦 v. 2.3.1 is now on #CRAN:

- pos arg is now recycled in coord_geo() ♻️
- fixed reverse arg for coord_geo_radial() 🍩
- pattern code/name dictionary 📖
- new logo! ✨

Patch notes 👉 williamgearty.com/deeptime/news/

Docs 👉 williamgearty.com/deeptime/

#rstats #dataviz #geology #deeptime
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methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
Did you know that you may be able to publish your paper in MEE, or in our other open access journals at no cost?

We have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers.

Find out more👇

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November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
willgearty.bsky.social
📢 deeptime 📦 v. 2.3.1 is now on #CRAN:

- pos arg is now recycled in coord_geo() ♻️
- fixed reverse arg for coord_geo_radial() 🍩
- pattern code/name dictionary 📖
- new logo! ✨

Patch notes 👉 williamgearty.com/deeptime/news/

Docs 👉 williamgearty.com/deeptime/

#rstats #dataviz #geology #deeptime
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
curiossorg.bsky.social
🎉@curioss has two new members!

A warm welcome to Leigh Phan of @uclalibrary.bsky.social who is also working with the #UCLA #OSPO.

We’re also thrilled that @k8hert.bsky.social of @biohub.org has joined the community.

We look forward to learning more about your work!

#AcademicOSPO #OpenScience
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
Come and join us in 40 mins to hear from Dr Tyler! 🤩
palaeoverse.bsky.social The Palaeoverse Community @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 14d
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️20th November 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week to hear from Dr Carrie Tyler from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on “The high fidelity of trophic structure in ancient marine ecosystems: from functional diversity to food webs” 🎣

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series, featuring a yellow cartoon trilobite following a trail of small cubes. There is also a picture of Dr Tyler, wearing a teal and black scarf and smiling into the camera.
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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harriedrage.bsky.social
*Gain skills and training in journal publishing!* Open Palaeontology is looking for Managing Editors and Steering Committee members! Please consider helping to shape community open-access publishing in palaeontology, and spread the word!
openpalaeo.org
@openpalaeo.bsky.social
Open Palaeontology (open access journal) Managing Editor job advert Open Palaeontology (open access journal) Steering Committee job advert
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
willgearty.bsky.social
📢 rphylopic 📦 1.6.0 is now on #CRAN!

- resolve_phylopic() retries failing API calls 🔄
- geom_phylopic()/add_phylopic() work with ggplot2 4.0.0 🪛
- add_phylopic_tree() wraps add_phylopic() for base R trees 🪾
- get_phylopic() can get og source files from #PhyloPic 👤

rphylopic.palaeoverse.org
#Rstats
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
palaeoverse.bsky.social
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️20th November 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week to hear from Dr Carrie Tyler from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on “The high fidelity of trophic structure in ancient marine ecosystems: from functional diversity to food webs” 🎣

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series, featuring a yellow cartoon trilobite following a trail of small cubes. There is also a picture of Dr Tyler, wearing a teal and black scarf and smiling into the camera.
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
paleosynth.bsky.social
On Saturday November 15, 2025 we will open the call to submit proposals for the Analytical Paleobiology School 2026 for grad students in Erlangen for a training in analytical methods. Do you want to join or send someone? More info and details: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-scho...
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
willgearty.bsky.social
Sounds like a pretty cool project* studying the coevolution of the geosphere 🌍 and biosphere 🐚! I've already got a PhD, but if you're looking for a funded opportunity to get one for yourself, think about applying!

*@lewisajones.bsky.social is pretty cool, too.

#paleontology #academia #phdchat
lewisajones.bsky.social Lewis A. Jones (he/him) @lewisajones.bsky.social · 24d
Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸

We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.

🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025

www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
How did the closure of the Tethys Ocean impact global marine biodiversity? | TREES DLA
The closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Miocene represents one of the most profound reorganisations of Earth’s surface systems in the Cenozoic. Once a vast marine corridor linking the Indo-Pacific ...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
Join us later today for Dr Hagen’s talk! An additional reminder, double-check the time if your clocks have recently changed (this will be at 4pm CET) 🕰️
palaeoverse.bsky.social The Palaeoverse Community @palaeoverse.bsky.social · Oct 24
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️30th October 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week to hear from Dr Oskar Hagen, on “Mechanistic biodiversity modelling with gen3sis: population-based simulations across regional and global domains to deep and shallow time” 🌐

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series. The flyer features a cartoon landscape with a river and trees, overlying a grid showing how the system might be simulated across space. There is also a picture of Dr Oskar Hagen, wearing a white shirt and navy suit jacket, smiling into the camera.
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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paleowin.bsky.social
Loosing the PRI would devastate US science. Any level donation, spreading the word helps. #FossilFriday #SaveScience

priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
Save the Museum of the Earth – Secure Its Future!
In these challenging times, places like the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) stand as beacons of hope, fostering understanding of the natural world and inspiring action for a sustainable fut...
priweb.donorsupport.co
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
harriedrage.bsky.social
Last week the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team published our new paper outlining steps for cleaning palaeobiological occurrence data. I'm really proud of this one; we even have a step-by-step run-through of data cleaning and an accompanying vignette. Thanks to the fantastic team! ⭐
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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python.org
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
thepalass.bsky.social
Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @daveyfwright.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social
Series of plots and graphs illustrating the five different evolution model configurations studied. They correspond to a range of simple to (moving down the page) increasingly complex and parameter-rich models of morphological evolution.
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
willgearty.bsky.social
Reposting this today to give it some more attention. Working on this paper with other @palaeoverse.bsky.social folks was a great experience 😄. Hopefully this will serve as a great resource for paleontologists in the future!

It even comes with R code that you can copy/paste: tenrules.palaeoverse.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
willgearty.bsky.social
I've had such a great time talking about some of my recent #opensource and #openscience work at #useR2025, #USRSE25, and #GSAConnects2025 over the last few months!

If you missed it, you can watch the recording of my #useR2025 talk on YouTube.

#reproducibility #paleontology #datascience #Rstats
paleopal: A Shiny app for building data science workflows in paleontology - William Gearty
YouTube video by useR! Conference
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October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
palaeoverse.bsky.social
Currently looking for a postdoctoral position and interested in this kind of research? 👀
Dr Hagen currently has an open position in his new Computational Integrative Biodiversity group at Goethe University Frankfurt, for more details see: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen...
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
palaeoverse.bsky.social
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️30th October 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week to hear from Dr Oskar Hagen, on “Mechanistic biodiversity modelling with gen3sis: population-based simulations across regional and global domains to deep and shallow time” 🌐

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series. The flyer features a cartoon landscape with a river and trees, overlying a grid showing how the system might be simulated across space. There is also a picture of Dr Oskar Hagen, wearing a white shirt and navy suit jacket, smiling into the camera.
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
thepalass.bsky.social
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @lewisajones.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @paleodb.bsky.social #FossilFriday
Graphic summary of the proposed ten rules and steps to follow when cleaning occurrence data for palaeobiological analysis. The rules are grouped within their respective theme: project setup (Rules 1–3; blue); data exploration and cleaning (Rules 4–8; red); and reporting and archiving (Rules 9 and 10; green).
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reposted by Will Gearty
lewisajones.bsky.social
Just in time for #FossilFriday! Our paper is out today in Palaeontology @thepalass.bsky.social

Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology 🧹🦕

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Another great @palaeoverse.bsky.social team effort to offer a community resource!
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology
Large datasets of fossil occurrences, often downloaded from online community-maintained databases, are a vital resource for understanding broad-scale evolutionary patterns, such as how biodiversity h...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
🎉 This #FossilFriday we’re happy to share our new paper! 🎉

We take readers through 10 key steps for cleaning palaeontological data ready for computational analyses 🦕🧽

There’s also an R vignette showing you how to put these steps into practice! 💻

Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/pala...
A schematic showing “Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data im palaeobiology”, each illustrated with a cartoon and arranged around three key processes, in circles. The first stage is Project setup. Here we have: 1. Choose the right data for your question, with a cartoon of an arrow in a bullseye 2. Keep raw data raw, with a cartoon of a hand next to a small ‘no entry’ sign 3. Document your workflow, next to a cartoon of two stacked papers with writing on The second stage is Data exploration & cleaning, which can be performed iteratively: 4. Explore your data, with a cartoon of a magnifying glass over a normal distribution 5. Identify and handle incomplete data records, with a cartoon showing four squares in a larger square, all filled except the one in the bottom right, which is outlined 6. Identify and handle outliers, with a cartoon showing four squares in a larger square, where the one in the bottom right is larger and extends beyond the others 7. Identify and handle inconsistencies, with a cartoon showing three squares in a larger square, with the bottom right quadrant instead featuring a triangle 8. Identify and handle duplicates, with a cartoon showing an opaque square stacked over a transparent (edge only) square The final stage is Reporting and archiving: 9. Report your data and cleaning efforts, with a cartoon of a loudspeaker 10. Deposit your data and workflow, with a cartoon of a safe
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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sortee.bsky.social
#SORTEE2025 Conference is over but you can (re)watch @ www.youtube.com/@SORTEcoEvo/...
- Introductory & closing remarks by @eivimeycook.bsky.social
- Plenary 1 by Dr. Israel Borokini
- Plenary 2 by Prof. Simine Vazire
SORTEE
The Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE) is a service organization which brings together researchers working to improve reliability and transparency…
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reposted by Will Gearty
daxkellie.bsky.social
Still want to make cleaning biodiversity data shrimp-ler? 🦐

Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀

Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au

#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
The cover of the Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book. It has an illustration of an Pacific Cleaner Shrimp in the middle of a navy background. The shrimp has a bright red-orange shell, pale-yellow body and white whiskers.
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
We are honoured and excited to be running the 2025 @paleosoc.bsky.social Short Course at #GSAConnects2025 this Saturday! Come and join us (it’s 100% free) if you will be around! 😎
paleosoc.bsky.social Paleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · Jul 10
Mark your calendars for the FREE 2025 PS Short Course, Open Science, Collaboration, and Reproducibility in Paleontology! It will be held from 8:00am - 5:30pm on Saturday, October 18 in San Antonio, TX.

www.paleosoc.org/2025-paleo-s...

#gsaconnects2025 #paleontology #paleo #gsa #shortcourse
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
willgearty.bsky.social
Super excited for GSA this week!

I am especially hyped to teach members of @paleosoc.bsky.social some open science best practices 🔓, help folks with the data at the GSA Data Help Desk 📓, and see lots of great talks about comp paleo 🦴 and geoinformatics 🌐!

#GSAConnects
paleosoc.bsky.social Paleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · Oct 16
Remember to mark your calendar for PS events at GSA in San Antonio, there will be 6 fantastic events across 5 days. Find more information at paleosoc.org and from our Priscum newsletter!
We hope to see you there, & safe travels!
#PSEvents #GSAConnects #GSA #GSASanAntonio #Paleontology
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM