Marc Jones
@marcehjones.bsky.social
Curator, fossil reptiles and amphibians, at Natural History Museum London UK. Honorary positions at UCL and University of Adelaide. #tuatara 🦎 #Cymraeg He/Him
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Marc Jones
@marcehjones.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Hello Bluesky! 🦋 It's great to see so many familiar names and faces here already. For #FossilFriday here are some mosasaurs on display @nhm-london.bsky.social
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In an era marked by rapid climate change and biodiversity loss, it is imperative that we continue to invest in the unique value of natural history collections data
"Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪
"Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪
Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections - Nature Communications
Natural history collections hold over two billion specimens representing Earth’s biodiversity, but their scientific value depends on continued specimen collection and digitisation. This study demonstr...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In an era marked by rapid climate change and biodiversity loss, it is imperative that we continue to invest in the unique value of natural history collections data
"Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪
"Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪
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So... let's see if we can get this digital reconstruction of Winnie done by Thanksgiving.....
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
So... let's see if we can get this digital reconstruction of Winnie done by Thanksgiving.....
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📚 Paper alert! 🧪
Thrilled to share my first scientific publication as a first author!
"Svalbard's Record‐Breaking Arctic Summer 2024: Anomalies Beyond Climatological Warming Trends" is just out in Geophysical Research Letters, open access.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Thrilled to share my first scientific publication as a first author!
"Svalbard's Record‐Breaking Arctic Summer 2024: Anomalies Beyond Climatological Warming Trends" is just out in Geophysical Research Letters, open access.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Svalbard's Record‐Breaking Arctic Summer 2024: Anomalies Beyond Climatological Warming Trends
2024 mean summer and August temperatures on Svalbard reached unprecedented levels, breaking previous records by record margins The August mean temperature falls outside of historically observed c...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📚 Paper alert! 🧪
Thrilled to share my first scientific publication as a first author!
"Svalbard's Record‐Breaking Arctic Summer 2024: Anomalies Beyond Climatological Warming Trends" is just out in Geophysical Research Letters, open access.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Thrilled to share my first scientific publication as a first author!
"Svalbard's Record‐Breaking Arctic Summer 2024: Anomalies Beyond Climatological Warming Trends" is just out in Geophysical Research Letters, open access.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Deadline next week! Don't forget to nominate! (and if you have problems, get in touch with us directly via our website)
Have you completed or commissioned a piece of palaeoart in the last year? Nominations are now open for The Marsh Palaeoart Award! 🎨🦕🌿🐌🐟🎨
You can self-nominate, or nominate an artist you think deserves recognition. Check out our website for more details - palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...
You can self-nominate, or nominate an artist you think deserves recognition. Check out our website for more details - palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Deadline next week! Don't forget to nominate! (and if you have problems, get in touch with us directly via our website)
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Our paper re-evaluating the notosuchian Eremosuchus elkoholicus is out now! This work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis, and sheds some light on the complex evolutionary history of sebecid crocodyliforms 🐊🌎
@es-ucl.bsky.social
@es-ucl.bsky.social
New paper on the notosuchian Eremosuchus by @piginatutu.bsky.social, co-authored by myself and @pdmannion.bsky.social among others out now!! We even find some cool evidence of replacement teeth in the dentary! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A re-evaluation of the notosuchian crocodyliform Eremosuchus elkoholicus from the lower Eocene of Algeria and the evolutionary and biogeographic history of sebecids
Notosuchian systematics have been highly debated in recent decades, particularly the placement of sebecids and closely related species. As the only notosuchian lineage to have survived the Cretaceo...
www.tandfonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our paper re-evaluating the notosuchian Eremosuchus elkoholicus is out now! This work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis, and sheds some light on the complex evolutionary history of sebecid crocodyliforms 🐊🌎
@es-ucl.bsky.social
@es-ucl.bsky.social
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A first impression of the Antarctic!
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November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A first impression of the Antarctic!
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In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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"Despite the difficulties getting everyone to agree on how to tackle climate change, real-world solutions are being implemented at speed almost everywhere."
Love this #COP30 takeaway from
@georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!
Love this #COP30 takeaway from
@georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!
COP30 in Brazil fails to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels - follow live
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Despite the difficulties getting everyone to agree on how to tackle climate change, real-world solutions are being implemented at speed almost everywhere."
Love this #COP30 takeaway from
@georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!
Love this #COP30 takeaway from
@georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!
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Raise your hand if you're sick of the internet being filled with
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Raise your hand if you're sick of the internet being filled with
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
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Great Site to Follow @mybirdcards.com 🐦
What bird am I? 🤔 (See Alt text for clue) 🌍 #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Great Site to Follow @mybirdcards.com 🐦
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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Final sentence for #NathanGill. 10.5 years jail time for Nigel’s right hand man in Strasbourg for taking payments from Putin’s right hand man Ukraine
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Final sentence for #NathanGill. 10.5 years jail time for Nigel’s right hand man in Strasbourg for taking payments from Putin’s right hand man Ukraine
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The #NathanGill bribery case is one of the clearest documented instances where money, messaging and political access intersect in a way that can be traced from a European politician back to figures in Medvedchuk’s and Medvedev’s circles - and thus to Putin
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that has infiltrated European politi...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The #NathanGill bribery case is one of the clearest documented instances where money, messaging and political access intersect in a way that can be traced from a European politician back to figures in Medvedchuk’s and Medvedev’s circles - and thus to Putin
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
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There are far better choices for email than Gmail. You can’t trust Google with much.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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#FossilFriday: Seen on a recent visit to the Yorkshire Museum, a coprolite from the Lias of Lyme Regis presented in 1831 to @ypsyork.bsky.social by Oxford geologist William Buckland. This may be one of the many coprolites which Mary Anning was collecting at Buckland's request in 1829 and 1830.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
#FossilFriday: Seen on a recent visit to the Yorkshire Museum, a coprolite from the Lias of Lyme Regis presented in 1831 to @ypsyork.bsky.social by Oxford geologist William Buckland. This may be one of the many coprolites which Mary Anning was collecting at Buckland's request in 1829 and 1830.
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The Most Misunderstood Thing About Human Evolution | Human | BBC Timestamp
YouTube video by BBC Timestamp
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November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Please @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social is there a chance you could schedule the annual business meeting when people outside the Americas could attend at a reasonable time? Scheduling at 1 pm ET would allow west coasters to attend in business hours & allow more easterly & westerly members to attend
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Please @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social is there a chance you could schedule the annual business meeting when people outside the Americas could attend at a reasonable time? Scheduling at 1 pm ET would allow west coasters to attend in business hours & allow more easterly & westerly members to attend
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The American Petroleum Institute is running a "seven-figure ad campaign featuring real landmen" on Paramount+ and CBS to capitalize on Landman's gusher of "misleading nonsense."
The latest in the long history of Big Oil weaponizing culture and entertainment to bury us in their cataclysmic bullshit:
The latest in the long history of Big Oil weaponizing culture and entertainment to bury us in their cataclysmic bullshit:
Big Oil Hijacked ‘Landman’ for Its Propaganda
I wasn’t planning on writing about the hit TV show Landman, about a Texas oil man, mainly because I haven’t actually, how do you say, watched it. That seems like kind of a prerequisite. But Landman ke...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The American Petroleum Institute is running a "seven-figure ad campaign featuring real landmen" on Paramount+ and CBS to capitalize on Landman's gusher of "misleading nonsense."
The latest in the long history of Big Oil weaponizing culture and entertainment to bury us in their cataclysmic bullshit:
The latest in the long history of Big Oil weaponizing culture and entertainment to bury us in their cataclysmic bullshit:
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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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My Chat (Rant) about the latest State of the Climate 2025 Report Release...
youtu.be/iyfMW0RltLU?...
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateScience #ClimateTech #weather #COP #COP30 #Belem #Brazil
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#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateScience #ClimateTech #weather #COP #COP30 #Belem #Brazil
My Chat (Rant) about the latest State of the Climate 2025 Report Released for COP30 in Brazil
YouTube video by Paul Beckwith
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My Chat (Rant) about the latest State of the Climate 2025 Report Release...
youtu.be/iyfMW0RltLU?...
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateScience #ClimateTech #weather #COP #COP30 #Belem #Brazil
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#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateScience #ClimateTech #weather #COP #COP30 #Belem #Brazil
As things get really bad many people will blame scientists for not being "persuasive" enough earlier, just you wait and see.
And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As things get really bad many people will blame scientists for not being "persuasive" enough earlier, just you wait and see.
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Mosaic puffball on Exmoor grassland
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Mushrooms #UKNature #UKNaturalist #Wildlife
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Mushrooms #UKNature #UKNaturalist #Wildlife
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Mosaic puffball on Exmoor grassland
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Mushrooms #UKNature #UKNaturalist #Wildlife
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Mushrooms #UKNature #UKNaturalist #Wildlife
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Two weeks ago, it took the NHS 75 minutes to examine, x-ray, and refer me.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Two weeks ago, it took the NHS 75 minutes to examine, x-ray, and refer me.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.
I met my consultant today, had a physio session, and booked an MRI for 8 December.
Nobody asked for my credit card details.
The NHS shows another world is possible, which is why they want to destroy it.