Jane
@fossilyarns.bsky.social
Palaeontologist. Post-Doc @OfficialUoM Poking about with burrowing worms 🔍🪱
Early Vertebrate fan girl. 🐟
She/Her #BLM @fossilyarns pretty much everywhere
Early Vertebrate fan girl. 🐟
She/Her #BLM @fossilyarns pretty much everywhere
This is why I recommend bookshop.org similar to Amazon they offer thousands of books but you can donate to local bookstores to keep them afloat ✌️
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is why I recommend bookshop.org similar to Amazon they offer thousands of books but you can donate to local bookstores to keep them afloat ✌️
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Paleontologists, we need you! 🦕
Only a few paleontology abstracts so far… and this community needs your voices!
Submit now and bring paleo to the #6thVCWAP!
#paleontology #paleontología #paleontologia #conference #womeninstem #womeninscience #evolution #dinosaur #fossilfriday
Only a few paleontology abstracts so far… and this community needs your voices!
Submit now and bring paleo to the #6thVCWAP!
#paleontology #paleontología #paleontologia #conference #womeninstem #womeninscience #evolution #dinosaur #fossilfriday
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Paleontologists, we need you! 🦕
Only a few paleontology abstracts so far… and this community needs your voices!
Submit now and bring paleo to the #6thVCWAP!
#paleontology #paleontología #paleontologia #conference #womeninstem #womeninscience #evolution #dinosaur #fossilfriday
Only a few paleontology abstracts so far… and this community needs your voices!
Submit now and bring paleo to the #6thVCWAP!
#paleontology #paleontología #paleontologia #conference #womeninstem #womeninscience #evolution #dinosaur #fossilfriday
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Thinking about this during this season of recommendation letters xkcd.com/773/
University Website
xkcd.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Thinking about this during this season of recommendation letters xkcd.com/773/
🎉 Aonishiki got promoted to Ozeki (2nd highest position) after just 5 tournaments at the top level. He’s 21 and unreal to watch!
Also the first Ukrainian Ozeki!
After the Russia invasion he found safety in Japan via his sumo contacts and chose to go pro.
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Also the first Ukrainian Ozeki!
After the Russia invasion he found safety in Japan via his sumo contacts and chose to go pro.
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki promoted to Ozeki | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has won promotion to the second-highest rank of Ozeki.
www3.nhk.or.jp
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🎉 Aonishiki got promoted to Ozeki (2nd highest position) after just 5 tournaments at the top level. He’s 21 and unreal to watch!
Also the first Ukrainian Ozeki!
After the Russia invasion he found safety in Japan via his sumo contacts and chose to go pro.
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Also the first Ukrainian Ozeki!
After the Russia invasion he found safety in Japan via his sumo contacts and chose to go pro.
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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All flesh and all roads yearn to be crab.
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
All flesh and all roads yearn to be crab.
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💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
Honestly, coming from a biology background it's WILD how many geology identification tests begin "try eating it"
"Siltstones can be distinguished from claystone in the field by chewing a small sample"
I mean.. you can distinguish mushrooms that way but I wouldn't recommend it.
"Siltstones can be distinguished from claystone in the field by chewing a small sample"
I mean.. you can distinguish mushrooms that way but I wouldn't recommend it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Honestly, coming from a biology background it's WILD how many geology identification tests begin "try eating it"
"Siltstones can be distinguished from claystone in the field by chewing a small sample"
I mean.. you can distinguish mushrooms that way but I wouldn't recommend it.
"Siltstones can be distinguished from claystone in the field by chewing a small sample"
I mean.. you can distinguish mushrooms that way but I wouldn't recommend it.
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Deadline for abstract submissions for the International Conference on Palaeogenomics (Stockholm, 23–26 June 2026) is 30 November.
Submit your abstract via the link below
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
#aDNA #archaeology #proteomics
Submit your abstract via the link below
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
#aDNA #archaeology #proteomics
Abstracts – International Conference on Palaeogenomics 2026
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Deadline for abstract submissions for the International Conference on Palaeogenomics (Stockholm, 23–26 June 2026) is 30 November.
Submit your abstract via the link below
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
#aDNA #archaeology #proteomics
Submit your abstract via the link below
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
#aDNA #archaeology #proteomics
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ICYMI: David Burslem (Aberdeen), Daniel Pincheira-Donoso (QUB), Zoe Goodwin (RBGE), and I are advertising a fully funded PhD project on plant traits, to be based in my lab.
Open to international applicants, deadline January 14, please contact me with any questions.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Open to international applicants, deadline January 14, please contact me with any questions.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
QUARTILES DLA CASE: Trait-based drivers of the ornamental plant trade at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Trait-based drivers of the ornamental plant trade at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
ICYMI: David Burslem (Aberdeen), Daniel Pincheira-Donoso (QUB), Zoe Goodwin (RBGE), and I are advertising a fully funded PhD project on plant traits, to be based in my lab.
Open to international applicants, deadline January 14, please contact me with any questions.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Open to international applicants, deadline January 14, please contact me with any questions.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Woken up with another chip in a tooth and I can feel the twinge of the onset of new, weird, eye-based headache that I've started getting recently.
For a mental condition anxiety sure does like to step out and fuck with my physical health too, which feels wildly unfair tbh.
For a mental condition anxiety sure does like to step out and fuck with my physical health too, which feels wildly unfair tbh.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Woken up with another chip in a tooth and I can feel the twinge of the onset of new, weird, eye-based headache that I've started getting recently.
For a mental condition anxiety sure does like to step out and fuck with my physical health too, which feels wildly unfair tbh.
For a mental condition anxiety sure does like to step out and fuck with my physical health too, which feels wildly unfair tbh.
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Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
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don’t talk to me
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
don’t talk to me
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This has always been the end-goal.
Are you extra muscular?
Does your mastectomy take away your curves?
Do you need to bleach your upper lip?
Just not classically pretty?
You're now going to be targeted.
Trans rights are human rights and every time we take rights away from someone, we all lose.
Are you extra muscular?
Does your mastectomy take away your curves?
Do you need to bleach your upper lip?
Just not classically pretty?
You're now going to be targeted.
Trans rights are human rights and every time we take rights away from someone, we all lose.
Users of r/tallgirls share their experiences of measures intended to target trans people:
www.reddit.com/r/TallGirls/...
www.reddit.com/r/TallGirls/...
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Explore this post and more from the TallGirls community
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November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This has always been the end-goal.
Are you extra muscular?
Does your mastectomy take away your curves?
Do you need to bleach your upper lip?
Just not classically pretty?
You're now going to be targeted.
Trans rights are human rights and every time we take rights away from someone, we all lose.
Are you extra muscular?
Does your mastectomy take away your curves?
Do you need to bleach your upper lip?
Just not classically pretty?
You're now going to be targeted.
Trans rights are human rights and every time we take rights away from someone, we all lose.
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warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
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The online Joy of Discovery event is back! 🎉
This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker!
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers.
Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker!
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers.
Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The online Joy of Discovery event is back! 🎉
This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker!
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers.
Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker!
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers.
Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
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Like math and plant community ecology?
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
The Ecology, Evolution and Behavior graduate program at The University of Texas at Austin is top-10 ranked.
integrativebio.utexas.edu
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Like math and plant community ecology?
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
I am recruiting one or two new Ph.D. students to work on theory and its integration with data in the areas of forest dynamics, species coexistence, or plant community ecology more generally.
Deadlines for the EEB and Plant Biology programs are Dec. 1.
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ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
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Very excited to share my exploration of the phylogenetics of early ray-finned fishes, out today in the Anatomical Record! Really busy day but I’ll have more info shortly.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
An ontological morphological phylogenetic framework for living and extinct ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
The ray-finned fishes include one out of every two species of living vertebrates on Earth and have an abundant fossil record stretching 380 million years into the past. The division of systematic kno...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Very excited to share my exploration of the phylogenetics of early ray-finned fishes, out today in the Anatomical Record! Really busy day but I’ll have more info shortly.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Join the course "Proteomic Methods for Species Identification" by Transmitting Science, taught by Dr. Michael Buckley from Dec 12-19. Learn peptide mass fingerpr… https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/genetics-and-genomics/palaeoproteomics-and-zooarchaeology-by-mass-spectrometry-zooms/ #course
Proteomic Methods for Species Identification of Archaeological and Palaeontological Materials
Uncover the secrets of the past with our Transmitting Science course on Palaeoproteomics and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS).
www.transmittingscience.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Join the course "Proteomic Methods for Species Identification" by Transmitting Science, taught by Dr. Michael Buckley from Dec 12-19. Learn peptide mass fingerpr… https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/genetics-and-genomics/palaeoproteomics-and-zooarchaeology-by-mass-spectrometry-zooms/ #course
😮 that is SO cool
For the first time, scientists have documented an unusual defense: Some species of arachnids build giant doppelgängers on their webs, creating a frightening deception that scares off would-be killers. https://scim.ag/487Myn0
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
😮 that is SO cool
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Rob is recording #FossilFiles episodes at #2025SVP! Listen to his thoughts and some of the superstars of the conference on libsyn or wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/nanotyrannus...
The Fossil Files: Nanotyrannus and vertebrate origins: day 1 at the society of vertebrate paleontology
The Fossils Files are on Tour! Susie and Rob are in Birmingham for the massive Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference which has made a rare trip to Europe. We will be meeting and chatting with ...
fossils.libsyn.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Rob is recording #FossilFiles episodes at #2025SVP! Listen to his thoughts and some of the superstars of the conference on libsyn or wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/nanotyrannus...
Weird Manchester titbit
In windy weather one of our skyscrapers (Beetham Tower) makes a eerie humming noise. They’ve tried to fix it but it hasn’t really worked.
It is singing its heart out in today’s storm
In windy weather one of our skyscrapers (Beetham Tower) makes a eerie humming noise. They’ve tried to fix it but it hasn’t really worked.
It is singing its heart out in today’s storm
Beetham Tower Humming in Stormzy Doris
YouTube video by Mad About Manchester
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Weird Manchester titbit
In windy weather one of our skyscrapers (Beetham Tower) makes a eerie humming noise. They’ve tried to fix it but it hasn’t really worked.
It is singing its heart out in today’s storm
In windy weather one of our skyscrapers (Beetham Tower) makes a eerie humming noise. They’ve tried to fix it but it hasn’t really worked.
It is singing its heart out in today’s storm
Found this playlist, perfect for a stormy day while I'm trying to make sense of the seemly endless number of threads of work I have hanging
It's a vibe.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0nz...
It's a vibe.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0nz...
80/90s Japanese City Pop
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Found this playlist, perfect for a stormy day while I'm trying to make sense of the seemly endless number of threads of work I have hanging
It's a vibe.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0nz...
It's a vibe.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0nz...
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Gonna be honest and say I don’t want to spend the day reading people quote posting each other and hankering on about how this or that person is having the wrongly calibrated reaction to a wildly surreal and massive info dump during what has already been a surreal year
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Gonna be honest and say I don’t want to spend the day reading people quote posting each other and hankering on about how this or that person is having the wrongly calibrated reaction to a wildly surreal and massive info dump during what has already been a surreal year