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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él)

@terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com

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I'm not an organic geochemist, I'm a dinosaur! 🟣⚫⚪🟢

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Oct 21

I'm a̶ ̶d̶i̶n̶o̶s̶a̶u̶r̶ Pablo, I'm a postdoctoral researcher at the Sorbonne University. I'm an organic geochemist working with #GDGTs in terrestrial environments; sometimes do fun things.

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 3d

😱 this is not a drill 31 minutos Tiny Desk just dropped #MiEquilibrioEspiritual www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEqT...

31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 4d

Copenhagen! Haha Excited, but yeah... Moving 🥲

Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 4d

No, it's all good... The emotional drain of moving countries for the fourth time in three years is minimal #postdoclife

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 5d

0/10 spookies ☹️

Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 5d

Ughhhh... Due to all the AI bs and CEO politics I've left most social media platforms. Which means... I'm going to miss Spooky Lake Month this year 😭

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titsay 𓆏 @titsay.bsky.social · 7d

ghosted

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 8d

Ghanaian poster for 'Return Of The Living Dead'.

#WyrdWednesday #31DaysOfHalloween #folkart
#movieposters #zombies #horror #Ghana

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Eve ♿🌻 @chronicallyeve.bsky.social · 16d

🍂 It's officially Autumn! 🍂
Quote repost with your Autumn themed #art

*NO A/I

Drawing of a fox walking through a forest, the trees and bushes in orange and red autumnal colours. The fox is carrying a pumpkin and is wearing brown striped trousers, a big puffy green jacket, red gloves and a big cosy blue scarf. There are leaves blowing all around him in the autumn wind.

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 17d

me + my comfort movie 🎃

Selfie of a man standing in a rooftop. In the background a large building with long windows, the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, is visible, as well as the park in front of it.

Poster of the movie Trick 'r Treat. In the center of the poster a creature that looks like a kid in a Halloween costume stands facing the viewer. The creature is dressed in a onesy with multiple patches and the head is a sphere of cloth with button eyes. A jack-o'-lantern is at it's side. In the background multiple faces are shown, which are characters from the stories in the movie.

Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 22d

OMG yes please!!

Crystal Palace Dinos @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨

We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur…

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Screenshot of part of the LEGO Ideas website, showing a side view of a diorama featuring both creatures

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 23d

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

Panel 1. image of a huge nuclear plant.
“Reactor Overheating”

2. A worker in a hazmat suit works at a computer. The screen reads:
“Press cancel to avoid critical overload”

3 - 9. The worker continues to type at the computer. The screen changes in each panel and reads:
“Enter password to confirm”
“Incorrect password”
“Incorrect password”
“Do you want to reset your password?”
“Reset link has been sent to your email”
“Please choose a new password”
“New password can't be the same as old password”
The colour gets hotter in each panel. Starting blue in 1 and ending in red in 9.

Panel 10. Wide view. The entire earth is blown up.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 25d

While I'm feeling feels about this…

There's a good chunk of sighted people who won't be able to read your screen caps of text, just cos the text is so smol.

Alt text usually displays in the font size used by my device.

Add alt text to screen caps.

Accessible screen caps, only 1 copy-paste away.

Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 25d

Great news! We updated your device with incredible features like:

- fucking up your accessibility settings!

- seriously, everything accessibility? We reset it!

- fonts are utterfuckingly tiny again. Your cursor & other elements too. & we've conveniently borked your contrast without asking! YW!

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 28d

#IMOG25 day 3. I think I got clipped into the #backrooms... Wonder what the lipids look like in the infinite carpet

Ominous picture of an empty office looking room. Several locked doors are present. Everything is illuminated by yellow lights.

Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · 29d

#IMOG25 day 2. Body is already 1/3 caffeine, 1/3 Portuguese food, and 1/3 biomarkers.

Picture of a street in Porto during the sunrise. A building is seen facing one of the corners, so the facade with windows, and a side pink wall are visible. In front a few motorcycles are parked in a row. A man walks towards the motorcycles while two pigeons fly above.

Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Sep 8

#IMOG25 day 1. Already doing important networking, though this college was quite skittish

Picture with the old part of Porto from across the river in the background. In the foreground some concrete steps where a cat is running away from me (sad).

Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Aug 31

The sign, Cthulhu, the velvet worm, hallucigenia. Love everything about this image 🥺

Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · Aug 31

"AND THEN, AND THEN I CAUGHT A BUG, AND THEN AND THEN I ATE THE BUG, AND THEN..."

happy end of #InverteFest lol, to know what is going on here check the reposted thread!

really silly doodle of a pink velvet worm wearing a blue baseball cap and holding a lollipop talking to his grampa, cthulhu, who is grean with glasses, greying tentacles and sitting in a brown armchair with a blue blanket over his legs, on the wall behind them there is a sign that says LIVE LAUGH LOVE with an attached postit that turns it into LOVEcraft and a Hallucigenia doodle that says heart grandma.

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Aug 28

Was having a bit of a rough day and oh boy... Okarun's fight with Evil Eye, OMG, I really needed that today #DanDaDan

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · Aug 22

I saw a possum last night runnin like this across the street it was so cute.

Digital sketch of a cute possum in pastel colors running with legs moving real fast underneath it and the tail outstretched straight behind it. Looks like it's in a real hurry to get somewhere!

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Aug 16

First day it starts to feel like Autumn in Paris + seeing the banger movie #Weapons. It's officially Spooky Season for me 🎃🍂

Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Aug 14

Sure, rEaLPApers_N0tFAke_65.tar.gz looks sketch af, but right now it is looking very promising in comparison 🤣

Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Aug 14

Great when your institution doesn't have access to a journal (which fair), but also they have SciHub blocked in the network. Like wow, now this is way more complicated and will increase any vulnerability you were trying to avoid. Awesome

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Aug 7

Scientists!

@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!

We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15

If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

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titsay 𓆏 @titsay.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Aug 5

Hahaha love that you have a name for it already