Dr. Brendan Anderson
@fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
Paleobiologist. evolution and paleoclimate. Coffee enthusiast. Snail evangelist. Visiting Professor @ SUNY Oneonta. Paleontological Research Institution Research Associate. Dartmouth, KU, Cornell alum. He/him. Opinions my own. https://www.brendan-anderson
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Some infographics about the Paleontological Research Institution, its continuing impact on research and education, and what is needed to keep this place around into the future after a major donor was unable to keep a pledge.
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
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So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
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The middle-aged man had craniosynostosis -- premature fusion of three skull sutures -- which was typically fatal in childhood in the Medieval period. 🏺🧪
'I had never seen a skull like this before': Medieval Spanish knight who died in battle had a rare genetic condition, study finds
The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.
www.livescience.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The middle-aged man had craniosynostosis -- premature fusion of three skull sutures -- which was typically fatal in childhood in the Medieval period. 🏺🧪
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In some cases, maybe. But this exercise often won’t work because students (like most of us) are very bad at intuitively understanding the limits of their knowledge without being trained to recognize it, and “fact check the AI” quickly becomes “using AI to fact check AI” and the cycle repeats.
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In some cases, maybe. But this exercise often won’t work because students (like most of us) are very bad at intuitively understanding the limits of their knowledge without being trained to recognize it, and “fact check the AI” quickly becomes “using AI to fact check AI” and the cycle repeats.
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor - Ocean Biogeochemical Modeller (University of Hawaii)
Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor - Ocean Biogeochemical Modeller (University of Hawaii)
Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
Full details here: www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
#coralreefs #academia #assistantprofessor #hawaii #biogeochemical #modeller #marinebiology
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The #COP30 text commits to following the science and embracing information integrity while stripping away all mention of fossil fuel phaseout @roycerk2.bsky.social reports.
drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts
COP30 began full of promise but ended as yet another reminder that the mechanism for global climate governance is broken.
drilled.media
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The #COP30 text commits to following the science and embracing information integrity while stripping away all mention of fossil fuel phaseout @roycerk2.bsky.social reports.
drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
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Cutie baby sea snails hanging out.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Cutie baby sea snails hanging out.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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BIG news about vampire squid! I just learned their Japanese name "koumori-dako" means "bat-octopus," which is objectively better* and I'll be using it from now on. 🦇🐙
That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Giant genome of the vampire squid reveals the derived state of modern octopod karyotypes
Marine organism; Genetics; Evolutionary mechanisms; Phylogenetics; Genomic analysis
www.cell.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BIG news about vampire squid! I just learned their Japanese name "koumori-dako" means "bat-octopus," which is objectively better* and I'll be using it from now on. 🦇🐙
That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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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...
A hs student who voluteers at the Museum of the Earth has also been tmraising money to help out PRI. Donations have been coming in with the press push, I think they'll make it but keep sharing and donate what you can:
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
Horseheads student hoping to save Museum of the Earth from closure
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) — The Museum of the Earth in Tompkins County is facing potential closure due to lapses in funding from several sources. A student from Horseheads High School
www.weny.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A hs student who voluteers at the Museum of the Earth has also been tmraising money to help out PRI. Donations have been coming in with the press push, I think they'll make it but keep sharing and donate what you can:
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I love this logo for the American Malacalogical Society Meeting this coming June in Syracuse, NY. 🦑🐌🦪🐙🐚⚒️🧪
The Awards Banquet will be hosted at Ithaca’s Museum
of the Earth, inside their Marvelous Mollusks
exhibit, under the right whale.
Website still being updated:
ams.wildapricot.org/Meetings
The Awards Banquet will be hosted at Ithaca’s Museum
of the Earth, inside their Marvelous Mollusks
exhibit, under the right whale.
Website still being updated:
ams.wildapricot.org/Meetings
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I love this logo for the American Malacalogical Society Meeting this coming June in Syracuse, NY. 🦑🐌🦪🐙🐚⚒️🧪
The Awards Banquet will be hosted at Ithaca’s Museum
of the Earth, inside their Marvelous Mollusks
exhibit, under the right whale.
Website still being updated:
ams.wildapricot.org/Meetings
The Awards Banquet will be hosted at Ithaca’s Museum
of the Earth, inside their Marvelous Mollusks
exhibit, under the right whale.
Website still being updated:
ams.wildapricot.org/Meetings
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The Trump administration is demanding, in effect, a list of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at Penn. So far, Penn is resisting the subpoena. Please sign this petition in support of their resistance!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand with Penn Against the Trump Administration's Demand for a List of Jewish Community Members
We are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration's lawsuit, which demands that the University compile and provide the names, personal emails, phone numbers, and addresses of Jewish members of the P...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Trump administration is demanding, in effect, a list of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at Penn. So far, Penn is resisting the subpoena. Please sign this petition in support of their resistance!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
Integrative phylogenomics positions sponges at the root of the animal tree | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Integrative phylogenomics positions sponges at the root of the animal tree
Determining whether sponges or ctenophores root the animal tree has important implications for understanding early animal evolution. Here, we examined support for these competing hypotheses by constru...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Integrative phylogenomics positions sponges at the root of the animal tree | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Paleontologists of Bluesky! What’s something in your field you wish the public understood better or cared more about?
Asking as an artist who does a lot of paleo inspired work and wants to contribute to science communication!
#paleontology #sciart #paleoart
Asking as an artist who does a lot of paleo inspired work and wants to contribute to science communication!
#paleontology #sciart #paleoart
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Paleontologists of Bluesky! What’s something in your field you wish the public understood better or cared more about?
Asking as an artist who does a lot of paleo inspired work and wants to contribute to science communication!
#paleontology #sciart #paleoart
Asking as an artist who does a lot of paleo inspired work and wants to contribute to science communication!
#paleontology #sciart #paleoart
News story from Syracuse local news about saving the Museum of the Earth. (They dont explain that the Museum footage is from a Halloween event so enjoy a lot of unexplained costumed folks)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils
mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils
mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite - [Transcript]
mms.tveyes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
News story from Syracuse local news about saving the Museum of the Earth. (They dont explain that the Museum footage is from a Halloween event so enjoy a lot of unexplained costumed folks)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils
mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils
mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
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I hope whomever wins the trip to meet John in NYC uses the opportunity to share the campaign by @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social and @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social to photoshop him in images with fossils in hopes @lastweektonight.com helps secure funding for #PRI
bsky.app/profile/foss...
bsky.app/profile/foss...
You have until Sunday at 11:59pm to bid in our auction to benefit public media at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not all Bob Ross paintings. There’s also this absolutely gorgeous custom Minor League Baseball jersey, featuring John Oliver's face. Their idea, not ours.
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I hope whomever wins the trip to meet John in NYC uses the opportunity to share the campaign by @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social and @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social to photoshop him in images with fossils in hopes @lastweektonight.com helps secure funding for #PRI
bsky.app/profile/foss...
bsky.app/profile/foss...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Bizarre that their new motto, fuck our minority customers, isn’t juicing sales
Target said it doesn’t think holiday sales will be enough to turn around a tough year.
Target Predicting Week Holiday Sales As Consumer Angst Weighs On Season
Target said it doesn’t think holiday sales will be enough to turn around a tough year.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Bizarre that their new motto, fuck our minority customers, isn’t juicing sales
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On Sunday the 30th PRI's Museum of the Earth will celebrate Antarctica Day, including a talk by Dr. Alejandra Gandolfo,"When Antarctica Was Green: Fossil Plants Reveal Its Crucial Role in the Evolution of Southern Hemisphere Floras" come check it out #Ithaca #Antarctica
tockify.com/paleontologi...
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Antarctica Day Celebration
Sun 30 Nov, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM [EST]: Discover the secrets of the South Pole—because penguins don’t hang with Santa! Experience the wonders of Antarctica at the Museum of the Earth’s Antarctica Day ev...
tockify.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
On Sunday the 30th PRI's Museum of the Earth will celebrate Antarctica Day, including a talk by Dr. Alejandra Gandolfo,"When Antarctica Was Green: Fossil Plants Reveal Its Crucial Role in the Evolution of Southern Hemisphere Floras" come check it out #Ithaca #Antarctica
tockify.com/paleontologi...
tockify.com/paleontologi...
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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 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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...
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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