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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 2h

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social · 7h

SVP President @stuartsumida.bsky.social speaks to Open Access Government about the importance of vertebrate paleontology and science in the United States.

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The importance of palaeontology, Earth history, and science

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology discusses the significance of paleontology, Earth history and science in this insightful opinion piece

www.openaccessgovernment.org

Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 12h

Love it! (But now the cats are awake.) What a gorgeous pup!

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, what a gorgeous morning - and what a handsome fellow!

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 1d

This is a huge help - thank you! As the article notes, now that the harvest season is largely past, we'll see how ICE treats farm workers in the days and weeks ahead.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, this is nice - thanks for sharing!

Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 1d

Honest question, though: I've seen a lot of posts here & elsewhere about farm owners saying that they have too few workers & are worried about losing crops. Is that all BS? (Not arguing with your point, at all, but if I'm misinformed I'd like to correct that.)

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 2d

War zone in Portland.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 2d

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 3d

Science Magazine @science.org · 3d

“It’s really a tour de force to get such high-quality data out of something so degraded and old.” https://scim.ag/3Ku8SxQ

Ancient DNA from horses slaughtered by Neanderthals sheds light on equine evolution

200,000-year-old genes are oldest ever recovered from open-air site

www.science.org

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 3d

a cartoon character with glasses and the words that boy ain 't right

Alt: a cartoon character with glasses and the words that boy ain 't right

media.tenor.com

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 5d

Buzz proudly says he's UP for #Caturday! #CatsOfBluesky

A handsome orange and white kitty named Buzz sitting proudly atop a cardboard in a room with paintings of ivy and other plants, a ceiling light fixture, and a hanging blue glass ball behind and above him

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 5d

I'm primarily Pliocene and Pleistocene in focus. And my childhood fascination w/ dinosaurs led me to focus on megafauna - I like my fossils from big critters.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for silver linings wherever they might be.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 5d

I majored in biological anthropology, but then became a paleontologist anyway. My focus is on mammals, but I still love dinos. 😊

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 5d

Happy 120 years of Tyrannosaurus rex and Albertosaurus sarcophagus! Both of these iconic dinosaur species were named by paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn on this day back in 1905. (Yes, this would have been a good #FossilFriday post, but it's Saturday and I'm terribly literal.) 🦖🧪

Mounted skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. View is looking up at the complete skeleton w/ the skull to the left & the tail to the right; there are plants and another dino skeleton beneath the mount and a grey museum roof above. This particular skeleton is important because it is the holotype specimen of the species (although the skull here is a cast because the actual skull is far too heavy to be mounted this way).

Skull of Albertosaurus sarcophagus on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 7d

Here in California, in a desert town named Baker (population 482 as of 2023), one can find the world's largest thermometer.

A towering red and white thermometer with glowing digital temperature readouts rising above a cluster of gas stations along a highway in the desert under cloudy skies

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 7d

I dunno about this, sounds fishy.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to you both!

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 8d

a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

Alt: a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

media.tenor.com

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for posting this, I wasn't aware. I'm watching now.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 9d

Yep, canceling my subscription all those months ago continues to look like a smart move. What a bunch of garbage.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 9d

Oh, George is a beauty. What a happy boy! And what a gorgeous morning!

Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 13d

Let's not disrespect toads by equating them with Gutfeld.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 13d

Please note that this is a *color* photo - that fossil is *black* (and consequently tough to photograph!). It was discovered during excavations in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles, and is the furthest-inland fossil of sea otters known from the San Pedro Formation.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 13d

For #FossilFriday and #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek: a fossilized right humerus (arm bone) from the sea otter Enhydra lutris, discovered during construction in Los Angeles in 2018. The fossil derives from the middle Pleistocene marine San Pedro Formation, which has been dated from 900 ka to 270 ka. 🧪🦦

Dark-colored fossil bone seen against a white background with a scale bar to the left

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