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Miguel Díaz de León

@migueldlm.bsky.social

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Mar 7

BFEX: Blender Finite Elements eXporter is a Blender extension (a.k.a. add-on) for building Finite Elements Models to be used on Fossils. From Blender you can easily build, visualize, export and run your FEA

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Aug 26

✨ Key improvements: – Works with modern Blender versions – 2 “lofting” methods for complex muscle shapes – Mesh resolution control – More accurate parameter calculations – Automatic muscle texture – Fewer bugs, better stability

🔗 Available here: github.com/MiguelDLM/my...

GitHub - MiguelDLM/MyoGeneratorRemix: Blender add-on to create volumetric muscles

Blender add-on to create volumetric muscles . Contribute to MiguelDLM/MyoGeneratorRemix development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Aug 26

MyoGeneratorRemix is a reimplementation of MyoGenerator (Herbst et al., 2022), a tool for muscle reconstruction and parameter estimation—essential for downstream analyses like FEA.

Our version brings major upgrades, including full compatibility with Blender 4.5.2.

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Aug 18

Just got word from DAAD: they’re stopping payment of my PhD admin fees—no warning, no discussion. We came with a funding promise, and now benefits are being cut while fees, rent, and living costs abroad keep rising. Disheartening.

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jul 1

Will the AI industry form a new Phoebus cartel? In the early 20th century, bulb makers conspired to shorten lifespans—planned obsolescence. Now, after the AI boom, generous tiers are shrinking and access is tightening. Coincidence or collusion? Pass me the tinfoil hat!

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 20

Quiz will be available in the next release 😃
The questions are dynamically created using data from the PBDB according to your request. Questions about Geological time came from the last chart by the ICS

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 18

MyoGenerator Remix V2.0 is on the way, or should I call it HornsGenerator 🤣🤣

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 12

Due to Firebase's free-tier limits, I added ads to cover potential future costs (Where is my Fossil? stores user/event/paleontologist data). I dislike ads too, so I'm exploring an ad-free version that drops private DB access but keeps PBDB, Macrostrat, iDigBio, etc. Would you pay for that?

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 2

Chale, hace tiempo vi que la IA avanzó tanto que ahora les es muy fácil resolver los captchas a las IAs. En consecuencia hacen captchas más difíciles que los humanos no pueden resolver 🫠

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 2

a veces los captchas se buguean por culpa de la red a la que estás conectado que interpretan como de tráfico sospechoso. Cuando te pase, cambia a datos móviles o prueba otra red

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 2

Web version: museovirtualnacional.com/WIMF/WIMF

Where is my fossil?

A new Flutter project.

museovirtualnacional.com

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 2

Android version: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Where Is My Fossil? - Apps on Google Play

Discover fossils and species data worldwide with maps, images, and 3D models

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 2

🦕 Where is My Fossil? just updated to v1.4.0 with a powerful new feature!
Thanks to
@UWMacrostrat
, users can now explore geological context—not just species data.
Discover fossils and the rocks they came from! 🌍

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚀 Zotero Paper Search just got an update!
Now you can select a species name (1–2 words) and instantly search it in Where is My Fossil? 🦴
Explore taxonomy, specimen images, and more paleontological data—right from your workflow!
Download it from Github: github.com/MiguelDLM/zo...

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · May 29

New tool!!

Paper search for Zotero:

Select a text on a PDF while reading and launch a search in the different platforms' availables. Also, you can configure a custom search engine (it automatically detects DOIs, you know what I mean 😉)
github.com/MiguelDLM/zo...

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · May 22

According to Dumont et al. (2009), models should have the same surface area to compare stress, and the same volume to compare strain.
This new scaling tool helps ensure your biomechanical comparisons are valid and standardized.

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · May 22

BFEX was updated to version 2.1! 🦴✨
A new feature now allows you to scale meshes to a target volume or size. This is especially useful when comparing FEA results across models of different dimensions (1/2)

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · May 19

"Americans laughing about Mexico having a wooden ship or even having a navy are the same morons who are unable to locate the USA on a map."

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Apr 11

Where is My Fossil? V1.3.0 with new features:

1. Job/Study positions database for paleontologist or people interested in the field
2. A basic chronostrstigraphic chart based on the ICC Chart 2024/12

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Apr 9

So... Diogenes was right, the featherless chicken is a human since it fits the definition of a human and "looks like a human"

Reposted by Miguel Díaz de León

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · Apr 8

Genetically modifying a few members of an extant species to express traits of an extinct species is not "de-extinction". Dire wolves are still extinct. They aren't coming back. Conservation is the only way to keep species alive.

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Apr 8

How to make your dire wolf

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Apr 7

If that is a #DireWolf, then this is a Ferrari

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Mar 20

That skull is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Super complete and detailed. Finding something like this would be a dream come true for me. And the illustrations are wonderful as well!

Prof. Valentin Fischer @val-fisch.bsky.social · Mar 20

New paper out on the morphology of early carnivoran Cynodictis! Lead by Dr. Kevin Le Verger and with mind blowing illustrations by Charlène Letenneur; check it out!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@universitedeliege.bsky.social @mnhn.fr

Cranial osteology of Cynodictis (Amphicyonidae), the oldest European carnivoran - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

The amphicyonids, colloquially called ‘beardogs’, are one of the oldest known groups of caniformians, taking part in the initial radiation of this carnivoran clade. While the oldest American occurrenc...

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Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Mar 20

Congratulations on your work, and excellent illustrations. I have a question about why you decided to use the Van Valkenburgh's equations for carnivorans to estimate body mass instead of the Figueirido et al. equations for Amphicyonids?

Miguel Díaz de León @migueldlm.bsky.social · Mar 15

I want to go to scan some amphicyonids 🥲