David Clark
@clarkeocrinus.bsky.social
I'd rather be crinoid hunting.
Invertebrate enthusiast, Paleo artist, Fossil prep, President of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
Invertebrate enthusiast, Paleo artist, Fossil prep, President of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
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David Clark
@clarkeocrinus.bsky.social
· Jul 31
All right, let's do this one last time.
My name is David Clark. I was bitten by a radioactive crinoid, and for 13 years I was on the bird site as clarkeocrinus.
I'm pretty sure you know the rest.
My name is David Clark. I was bitten by a radioactive crinoid, and for 13 years I was on the bird site as clarkeocrinus.
I'm pretty sure you know the rest.
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Tiny babes.
Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset Nos. 2601, 2602, & 2603, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"
Original works on paper are available in my shop:
tishamark.com/product-cate...
#art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt #BlueSkyArt
Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset Nos. 2601, 2602, & 2603, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"
Original works on paper are available in my shop:
tishamark.com/product-cate...
#art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt #BlueSkyArt
February 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Tiny babes.
Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset Nos. 2601, 2602, & 2603, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"
Original works on paper are available in my shop:
tishamark.com/product-cate...
#art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt #BlueSkyArt
Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset Nos. 2601, 2602, & 2603, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"
Original works on paper are available in my shop:
tishamark.com/product-cate...
#art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt #SciArt #BlueSkyArt
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Yup, everyone else is moving on and leaving the U.S. behind.
Boom to that Mr. Hassett.
Boom to that Mr. Hassett.
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Yup, everyone else is moving on and leaving the U.S. behind.
Boom to that Mr. Hassett.
Boom to that Mr. Hassett.
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the thing is, the way it looks right now democrats are going to do really well even by default. dont have to go on record promising anything, dont need to be bold, dont need to put themselves out there and theyll probably get control
thats just not good enough
thats just not good enough
February 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
the thing is, the way it looks right now democrats are going to do really well even by default. dont have to go on record promising anything, dont need to be bold, dont need to put themselves out there and theyll probably get control
thats just not good enough
thats just not good enough
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Yes! Also why I feel newsrooms dumped their extremist dystopia beat reporters because they were gonna get a little too close to shitting where the bosses were eating
January 31, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Yes! Also why I feel newsrooms dumped their extremist dystopia beat reporters because they were gonna get a little too close to shitting where the bosses were eating
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“There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics.”
ICE did this.
Trump did this.
Republicans did this.
“Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this.
Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
ICE did this.
Trump did this.
Republicans did this.
“Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this.
Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
Someone just told me that they saw multiple people passed out during the first brutal wave of tear gas when there were still a ton of children and elderly folks. There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 AM
“There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics.”
ICE did this.
Trump did this.
Republicans did this.
“Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this.
Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
ICE did this.
Trump did this.
Republicans did this.
“Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this.
Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
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DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
This was another unlabeled piece, but I plan to search for an ID.
It's a very strange echinoderm with 4 swirling ridges to the mouth.
It feels like an Ordovician cystoid, but I really don't know.
I would love to hear if anyone has ideas.
#FossilFriday
It's a very strange echinoderm with 4 swirling ridges to the mouth.
It feels like an Ordovician cystoid, but I really don't know.
I would love to hear if anyone has ideas.
#FossilFriday
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 AM
January 31, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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I spent this #FossilFriday at Wadi al Hitan in Egypt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where early whales like this Basilosaurus are hard to miss as they weather out of the Eocene Birket Qarun Formation. (Wadi al Hitan translates as "Valley of the Whales.")
January 30, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I spent this #FossilFriday at Wadi al Hitan in Egypt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where early whales like this Basilosaurus are hard to miss as they weather out of the Eocene Birket Qarun Formation. (Wadi al Hitan translates as "Valley of the Whales.")
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I recently had the wonderful opportunity to speak with the Che-Hanna Rock and Mineral Club and Inga Wells gifted me this lovely trilobite! Cryptolithus tesselatus from the Trenton Formation, Swatara Gap, PA. #FossilFriday
January 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to speak with the Che-Hanna Rock and Mineral Club and Inga Wells gifted me this lovely trilobite! Cryptolithus tesselatus from the Trenton Formation, Swatara Gap, PA. #FossilFriday
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This was another unlabeled piece, but I plan to search for an ID.
It's a very strange echinoderm with 4 swirling ridges to the mouth.
It feels like an Ordovician cystoid, but I really don't know.
I would love to hear if anyone has ideas.
#FossilFriday
It's a very strange echinoderm with 4 swirling ridges to the mouth.
It feels like an Ordovician cystoid, but I really don't know.
I would love to hear if anyone has ideas.
#FossilFriday
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This was another unlabeled piece, but I plan to search for an ID.
It's a very strange echinoderm with 4 swirling ridges to the mouth.
It feels like an Ordovician cystoid, but I really don't know.
I would love to hear if anyone has ideas.
#FossilFriday
It's a very strange echinoderm with 4 swirling ridges to the mouth.
It feels like an Ordovician cystoid, but I really don't know.
I would love to hear if anyone has ideas.
#FossilFriday
I usually stick to echinoderms, but this insect was so stunning.
This is a Cretaceous aged Neuropterid insect, Hemerobidae sp.
#FossilFriday
This is a Cretaceous aged Neuropterid insect, Hemerobidae sp.
#FossilFriday
January 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I usually stick to echinoderms, but this insect was so stunning.
This is a Cretaceous aged Neuropterid insect, Hemerobidae sp.
#FossilFriday
This is a Cretaceous aged Neuropterid insect, Hemerobidae sp.
#FossilFriday
This is another really cool trace fossil, but unfortunately there was no label, so I don't know where it's from.
There is a trilobite resting spot and at least two starfish trace fossils.
#FossilFriday
There is a trilobite resting spot and at least two starfish trace fossils.
#FossilFriday
January 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is another really cool trace fossil, but unfortunately there was no label, so I don't know where it's from.
There is a trilobite resting spot and at least two starfish trace fossils.
#FossilFriday
There is a trilobite resting spot and at least two starfish trace fossils.
#FossilFriday
The label said this is a Pennsylvanian aged trilobite track from the Hale Formation of Arkansas.
I've never seen a trilobite or track from Pennsylvanian aged Arkansas. Trilobites would be extinct at the end of the Permian.
#FossilFriday
I've never seen a trilobite or track from Pennsylvanian aged Arkansas. Trilobites would be extinct at the end of the Permian.
#FossilFriday
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The label said this is a Pennsylvanian aged trilobite track from the Hale Formation of Arkansas.
I've never seen a trilobite or track from Pennsylvanian aged Arkansas. Trilobites would be extinct at the end of the Permian.
#FossilFriday
I've never seen a trilobite or track from Pennsylvanian aged Arkansas. Trilobites would be extinct at the end of the Permian.
#FossilFriday
I finally have a nice LeGrand crinoid piece.
This Mississippian aged site in Iowa is famous for crinoids with preserved color. The darker crinoid is Rhodocrinites kirbyi and the lighter one is Platycrinites symmetricus.
#FossilFriday
This Mississippian aged site in Iowa is famous for crinoids with preserved color. The darker crinoid is Rhodocrinites kirbyi and the lighter one is Platycrinites symmetricus.
#FossilFriday
January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I finally have a nice LeGrand crinoid piece.
This Mississippian aged site in Iowa is famous for crinoids with preserved color. The darker crinoid is Rhodocrinites kirbyi and the lighter one is Platycrinites symmetricus.
#FossilFriday
This Mississippian aged site in Iowa is famous for crinoids with preserved color. The darker crinoid is Rhodocrinites kirbyi and the lighter one is Platycrinites symmetricus.
#FossilFriday
I picked up a few fossils from an old collection this week.
I need a timeline cleanse for #FossilFriday
Here it goes.
I need a timeline cleanse for #FossilFriday
Here it goes.
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I picked up a few fossils from an old collection this week.
I need a timeline cleanse for #FossilFriday
Here it goes.
I need a timeline cleanse for #FossilFriday
Here it goes.
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Happy #FossilFriday how does a thread about the Inner Meadow biota and unexpected age for the fossils, and a refocusing of Martin Brasier’s #KotlinCrisis sound?
We’ve been trickling out our findings from Inner Meadow including #Charnia brasieri, #Aninoides and there's even cooler stuff in review. 🧵
We’ve been trickling out our findings from Inner Meadow including #Charnia brasieri, #Aninoides and there's even cooler stuff in review. 🧵
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Happy #FossilFriday how does a thread about the Inner Meadow biota and unexpected age for the fossils, and a refocusing of Martin Brasier’s #KotlinCrisis sound?
We’ve been trickling out our findings from Inner Meadow including #Charnia brasieri, #Aninoides and there's even cooler stuff in review. 🧵
We’ve been trickling out our findings from Inner Meadow including #Charnia brasieri, #Aninoides and there's even cooler stuff in review. 🧵
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Finished this awesome mid-devonian Pterichthyodes "Ptessa" recently.
#achanarras #Scotland #fossilfish #notadinosaur #fossilfriday #Devonian #fossil #fossilpreparation
#achanarras #Scotland #fossilfish #notadinosaur #fossilfriday #Devonian #fossil #fossilpreparation
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Finished this awesome mid-devonian Pterichthyodes "Ptessa" recently.
#achanarras #Scotland #fossilfish #notadinosaur #fossilfriday #Devonian #fossil #fossilpreparation
#achanarras #Scotland #fossilfish #notadinosaur #fossilfriday #Devonian #fossil #fossilpreparation
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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My 7yo daughter’s best friends’ family fled the country a few weeks ago. Today she came home with a drawing of her and another friend blowing whistles at ICE agents.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM
My 7yo daughter’s best friends’ family fled the country a few weeks ago. Today she came home with a drawing of her and another friend blowing whistles at ICE agents.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
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democrats tell their base they cant do anything in the minority but the problem is we've had multiple instances over the last 20 years of watching republicans do shit while in the minority so we know the dems are full of it.
This is the crucial part. Republicans knew how to use their minority power. Democrats appear to be frittering it away.
January 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
democrats tell their base they cant do anything in the minority but the problem is we've had multiple instances over the last 20 years of watching republicans do shit while in the minority so we know the dems are full of it.
They're all fucking cowards.
#GVerse So Republican Alabama Rep.Barry Moore held a town hall in Baldwin County where he was asked why immigrants aren’t getting due process & he said they aren’t allowed it & his constituents let him know he was full of crap & it’s a violation of the Constitution & he fled out the back
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
They're all fucking cowards.