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Geology Johnson

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Geologist of Precambrian mud and tiny fossils. Working Class. Northern. ND. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/worksofein

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 26

🎶It's the most invertebrate time of the year🎶 For this August #Invertfest I am take requests for which invert I will paint on my lunch. Leave your requests below.

Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's time for #InverteFest, BRING OUT YOUR BUGS!

Go find bugs, draw bugs, have a seance with bugs but most importantly share bugs (all inverts).

We'll have a special announcement soon as well.

Plus, we've got this poster in multiple languages on our website! www.metrofieldguide.com/invertefest/

What is #InverteFest?
It's a periodic event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online. #InverteFest takes place every April, August, & December over the last 7 days of the month.

Going out?
1. Find invertebrates
2. Share observations online using the hashtag #InverteFest
3. Interact with others who are celebrating the event

NOT Going out?
- Post your squid painting
- Stream a game where you play as a crab with a knife
- Selfie with your 27 beetle enamel pins
- Write wikipedia pages

Questions?
ask franzanth / maureenbug / saimihanma

More info and ideas on:
invertefest.com

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 47m

Thanks for all the spoons. In return please enjoy the tiny fossil below, it's from my talk, deets in the alt text. Talks still not done and it's looking like crap. But it's more finished that it was.

Microscope photo of a tiny 3.2 billion year old microfossil that looks like a the little grey ghost of a raisin. It's about 20 microns long, or 0.02 mm

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 52m

Thanks pal, it's going to be seat of the pants fo sho.

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 53m

I love me some dolphins.

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 54m

Done!

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 54m

Good luck with your talk, and especially your recovery!

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 55m

Oof note book transfer is a pain!

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 56m

Thanks. That's some prime fl00f

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 56m

About to give that a go now

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 57m

I had some banging d & b mixes

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 57m

Thanks. Such a handsome wee chap!

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 9h

I'm really struggling today but have a big presentation I need to finish by the end of the day and have ready for Monday. I can't go into deets but I'm really burned out on what used to be a source of joy. If anyone can send spoons and motivation that would be appreciated.

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 9h

Nice paint job. It's amazing the leap in mini sculpt quality between late 80's to late 90's to now. I thought these things were amazing back in the day.

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 23h

I'm painting a little series of colorful autumn minis. These will be added to my shop sometime next week. Sign up for my emails on my website if you'd like to have early access.

Tisha Mark ©2025, Autumn Mini No. 2502, oil on gessobord, 4"x4"

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#art #painting #TraditionalArt #ArtYear

Photo of a hand holding an original autumn landscape painting by Tisha Mark, "Autumn Mini No. 2502" 4"x4" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2025). The painting shows an autumn landscape where the leaves are turning red, orange, and gold, and the grass is starting to turn a lighter shade of green. There is a body of water reflecting colors from the leaves as well as colors from the sky which is purple, peach, and blue. A paint palette with puddles of oil paint and a paintbrush and palette knife are visible in the background.

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 10h

Everything in this image is great but I love the energy in particular.

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 19h

#daily 36: Dog | haunted house

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 10h

I've noticed that people have started putting ©️ copyright on their shit AI memes and other images. Is this an AI in joke?

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 10h

I love it when people mix their local music with metal open.spotify.com/album/4ZNvlZ...

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 12h

Cool!

Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 12h

Good. Also I wish Clegg would fuck right off. All the way off. As far as it is possible to get fucked.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 12h

I'm gonna use early fish like this as the basis for the design language for one factions space craft in my SciFi stories.

Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 18h

School of Pteraspis in a diorama at the KU Natural History Museum for #FossilFriday

Models of jawless fishes swimming in a diorama.

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David Clark @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social · 1d

I'm taking my kids to Mt. Orab this weekend to hunt trilobites. It's an Ordovician site (Arnheim Mb. Richmond Fm.) near Cincinnati with Flexicalymene retorsa and Isotelus, though much less common.

I'm hoping to see my little girl find her first complete trilobite.

#FossilFriday

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Prof. Juan Cisneros ⚒️🐉 @cisneros.bsky.social · 1d

Um galinho de Brachyphyllum, um tipo de araucária que viveu no Nordeste há +100 milhões de anos. #FossilFriday

Foto mostrando um pequeno galho fossilizado, de cor laranja-marrom, dentro de uma laje de rocha amarelada.

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Cam Muskelly (Explorer of Deep Time ⏰ ⚒️) @cambriancam.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome back to #fossilfriday

Here is the fresh water Dastilbe elongatus. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Santana Formation in Serra de Araipe, Brazil. The Santana Formation is well known for its exquisite preservation of pterosaurs fossils.

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 12h

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Dr Susannah Lydon @susieoftraken.bsky.social · 1d

A 300 million year old Sigillaria tree trunk, in front of a mural depicting those steamy Carboniferous coal swamp forests.

On display in Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.

#FossilFriday ⚒🌏🌱🧪🌿🔬

A Sigillaria tree trunk, in front of a mural depicting the Carboniferous swamp forest. About 1.75 m tall

On display in Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.

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Samuele Papeschi サムエレパペスキ | Geology is the way ⚒️🧪 @calamitaman.bsky.social · Jul 24

Am I alone in this room? I feel like more should contribute to trends like #ThinSectionThursday #FridayFold or #RockInTuesday . I know that many of us remained on X, and here may feel like there is no engagement, but if we never try, our community will not grow again!
⚒️ #geology

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Geology Johnson @geologyjohnson.bsky.social · 13h

#FossilFriday gets lots of action. But I've not seen any of the other tags in my feed for a while. I don't have any new thin sections to post. 😞