I made a bad art! I went to an acrylic painting class as part of my "try to meet anyone outside of the department" scheme. Most of the attendees were older ladies but I had a good time and made bad art (especially taken in comparison to what everyone else did!).

Got invited to an art social and so made another bad art!

Yes

Down to just two of us for acrylics this week, plus the instructor. Working on abstract art with metallic paints.

One for the taxonomy nerds.

Another valentines day, another time to post this.

PALEO FOLKS! Given recent advances in AI and use of AI images in paleo publications, I've made a poll to quantify the opinions of the community on this issue. Please fill out and share! forms.gle/NBSmGfmSLKkdCc…

Status update: only looking half as haggard as I feel.

Further details on the 2 years postdoc to work with me, Dr. Sarah Sheffield, Dr. Adriane Lam and Jen Bauer on echinoderm evolution can be found here! The job ad has also been updated with some more details. jameslamsdell.com/postdoc-recrui… #FossilFriday #paleontology Earth and Environmental Science Faculty Jobs

I'm meant to be working on a talk for tomorrow, but instead I've ended up obsessed with this stamp I found on a scan of Hutchinson's 1896 "Extinct Monsters". Who was this person that wanted a book on big animals and got thrown into the carceral system for it?

Forgot to share this when it came out - here's an episode of Common Descent Podcast where they interview myself, Curtis and Amanda about our podcast. It was interesting to undertake a bit of a retrospection of something that we've been doing for 10 years youtube.com/watch?v=chGw9R…

🦂📢Planning on presenting this year at #GSA2024?Consider submitting to T128. Development in Deep Time: Ontogeny in the Fossil Record, which I'll be chairing with Dr. James Lamsdell. Let's talk deep time development! Sponsors: Time Scavengers Paleontological Research Institution The Paleontological Society GSA Geobiology

Sea scorpions 🌊🦂 You can clearly tell what I’ve been obsessed this week! They lived in different times and habitats, but I just want to imagine them gathering together and show what a masterpiece nature has done once upon a time!

We are looking for a teaching faculty member at WVU who will teach a variety of classes with a focus on geology and paleontology - this would be a good position for someone with an interest in biogeography with experience in GIS. Please share widely! jobs.chronicle.com/job/37735049