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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #FossilFriday!

Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎

🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free

👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄️ @mu-peter.bsky.social · 2d

👇 Check it out! 🧪
Should be loads of fun!

Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #FossilFriday!

Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎

🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free

👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #FossilFriday!

Join me and Museum and Outreach Educator MaggieJo Widdicombe via Zoom today for a special National Fossil Day edition of Virtual Fossil Friday all about fossils on public lands! 🌎

🗓️ TODAY
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST
💻 Free

👉 Join via Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · 9d

Today is Virtual #FossilFriday! Our friend and paleoartist instructor Ruby Pines for Dino Doodles: Ichthyosaurs!

Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!

9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · 9d

Today is Virtual #FossilFriday! Our friend and paleoartist instructor Ruby Pines for Dino Doodles: Ichthyosaurs!

Grab a pencil 📝 and sketch, learn, and have fun as we bring prehistoric creatures to life, perfect for all ages!

9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · Jul 9

Belatedly sorting through some of my acquisitions from the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival last month, one of which is the wonderfully illustrated Prehistoric Worlds by @ladynaturalist.bsky.social & Claire McElfatrick. It was great to meet Ashley at Lyme Regis Museum & have her sign my copy of her book.

Colourful cover of Prehistoric Worlds by Ashley Hall and Claire McElfatrick.

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · 16d

Happy #FossilFriday! 🔎 Step back in time with us for another Virtual Fossil Friday! This week, we’re walking in the footsteps of Mary Anning, one of history’s most influential fossil hunters.

Join us on Zoom at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST - FREE:
museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 27

The Dino Shindig 🦖💕 at our sister museum, the Carter County Museum, is one of THE BEST dinosaur events in the country. Be sure to plan your summer ☀️ around it next year! (That's me and our outreach Velociraptor, Gobi!)
www.ktvq.com/community/ou...

Finding community: Annual dinosaur shindig brings community and financial boost to small town

Every summer in the small town of Ekalaka, the Carter County museum hosts the Dino Shindig, a four-day event connecting professional paleontologists with community dinosaur enthusiasts.

www.ktvq.com

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 22

Huge thanks to my coworker MaggieJo; several MOR volunteers; award-winning author and illustrator Ted Rechlin; and the entire Rechlin family for being incredible and helping carry the immense weight of this DINOSAUR-SIZED 🦖 event!

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our focus was promoting Cretaceous Crossroads, the newest long-term exhibit at MOR, which features stunning fossils from the Judith River and Two Medicine formations. Highlights include Maiasaura eggs 🪺, embryos, and babies, as well as Troodon, Daspletosaurus 🦖, Mosasaurus, and more.

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 22

We tabled at the Big Sky County Fair 🎡 in Bozeman for five days (Wednesday–Sunday) and connected with 1,660 people—that’s nearly an entire summer’s ☀️ worth of outreach in just a few days! ⬇️

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is one of the greatest gifts I've ever received!!! Thank you, James!!! 💖✨️

James Pascoe @jamespascoe.bsky.social · Jun 18

The second one I painted was a gift for the lovely @ladynaturalist.bsky.social and based this off the current colours of the iconic Crystal Palace Megalosaurs. It’s such a lovely iconic design, muscular, robust and still feels plausible even as science has moved onwards!

Second Megalosaurus held up by noted American Palaeontologist Ashley Hall

Megalosaurus model in the Lyme Regis Sunshine

The Crystal Palace Megalosaurus in its natural surroundings

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Jun 19

Cutting specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth — during Pride Month, no less — is disgusting.

To our LGBTQ youth: California has your back. We’ll keep investing in resources to help you lead safe and healthy lives.

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 17

No, can't say that I have!

Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 11

Aw man!!! Well I'll have a pint and cheers to you!!!

Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · Jun 10

BRB JUST GOING OVER TO 🛩 ENGLAND 🇬🇧 FOR THE FIRST TIME TO VISIT MY #1 BUCKETLIST DESTINATION (LYME REGIS) TO GIVE A TALK AS A PALEONTOLOGIST WHERE THE FAMOUS MARY ANNING - PALEONTOLOGIST - FOUND THE FIRST ICHTHYOSAUR AND PLESIOSAUR FOSSILS!!!

BZN -> ORD -> EDI -> EXT
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · Jun 9

Day 42 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution

A vase shaped clam companion to help with hot sauce. John(right, H. sapiens) is joined by the rudist Dictyoptychus persica (cut in half). #SavePRI #fossils 🦑

John stares at a vase shaped bivalve with internal cup shapes with hot sauce in the foreground and chicken wings while he leans on the table. The background and table cloth are black.

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Paleo Nerds Podcast @paleonerdspod.bsky.social · May 30

NEW! Episode #86 is out!

Listen to Painting Prehistoric Worlds 🎨 and Dinosaur Dreams ☁️ with the extraordinary, legendary, one and only paleoartist Mark Hallett.

Ready, set, go!
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/mark...

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · May 30

The Presidents Budget Request for NASA is out. It’s a bloodbath

Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision…

Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter.

If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · May 30

Happy #FossilFriday! Join us this morning at 9 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST to talk about flappy flaps - the majestic, weird, BIG, small, and wonderful world of PTEROSAURS!

🚨 Reminder that this is the LAST show until fall!

🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205158023

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · May 28

😍😍😍 Thank you 😍😍😍

Trevor Vallé @tattoosandbones.com · May 28

I haven't really had a "mentor", but colleagues/friends?

Lee and Ashley Hall (@paleeoguy.bsky.social and @ladynaturalist.bsky.social).

Their whole story needs to be a book series, a non-cancelable Netflix romantic show with at least 2 seasons, and added to the dictionary under "Wholesome".

An anonymous question asking: "Most influential archaeological or paleantological mentor in your life?"

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · May 22

Can I just say how ✨️excited✨️ I am to be meeting so many of you at the Lyme Regis Fossil Fest?!

Not only will it be my first time overseas, but I've dreamed of going to England and specifically to Lyme Regis 🐚 because of my SHEro, Mary Anning⚡️.

Please say hi 👋 if you see me!
fossilfestival.com

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · May 23

Join us this morning for #FossilFriday! We're talking with Cory Coverdell, Director of the Montana Dinosaur Center, on how YOU can go on a dinosaur dig 🦖⛏️ this summer!

JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · May 23

Join us this morning for #FossilFriday! We're talking with Cory Coverdell, Director of the Montana Dinosaur Center, on how YOU can go on a dinosaur dig 🦖⛏️ this summer!

JOIN FREE! 9 a.m. MST/ 11 a.m. EST: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...

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Ashley Hall @ladynaturalist.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you 😭

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