Dave Rodland

daverodland.bsky.social

12 October 2026 14:33

Reminds me of the time we used one to cut a frozen game hen in half for a student taphonomy project (sulfuric acid bath, under anaerobic conditions, will in fact dissolve the bones while leaving soft tissue intact).

Rage Against the Miocene

organiccarbon.bsky.social

02 October 2026 19:10

Exciting new paper by Alex Farnsworth. The East Asian Monsoon, in some form or another, has been around for at least 159 million years, but its strength and xharacter has changed dramatically, with climate and geography. academic.oup.com/nsr/article/...

Jean-François Cudennec

limpetnerd.eurosky.social

02 October 2026 08:47

A gorgeous specimen for #FossilFriday : the internal cast of a Jurassic bivalve (Pleuromya cf. uniformis), turned into a talisman with a religious Islamic inscription : ‘There is no god but Allāh [and] Muḥammad is His Prophet’ #PaleoSky ⚒️🏺🧪🦑🦕

Max Telford

maxjtelford.bsky.social

30 September 2026 16:58

Spandrels of San Marco. Strictly speaking ‘pendentives’ but spandrels seems to work much better.

Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social

30 September 2026 11:41

And if it's a plesiosaur will mention Nessie.