I got A*A*AA grades at A-level I graduated bachelors with high distinction average. Then finished a Master of Research with distinction. My family is working class and i went to state school. I have an entry level job (lab-technician)...this tweet hit a nerve 🥴

Would wear this off the rack 🔮

Megalenhydris barbaricina was the largest of the giant Mediterranean otters. Reaching around the size of a wolf, this mustelid endemic to Sardinia may have been an oceangoing species with a flattened tail for swimming. #megafaunamonday theextinctions.com/megalenhydris

This year's summer has evidenced just why #geography is the most important subject. Climate change, refugees escaping conflict, a deadly virus and earthquakes at full force. Choose the subject, learn it and value it #geographyteacher

Preview for my Megalania comic!

Important new paper on unpaid positions in marine science. This is a ✨key✨reason marginalized groups are unable to access the field.

A colony of the crinoid Traumatocrinus. They grew off of driftwood and floated on the surface before eventually sinking to the anoxic sea bottom. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/… #Fossils #Crinoids #CrinoidWeek #Paleontology

Arthur River, ~180 km SE of Perth, Western Australia, has hosted a number of minor earthquakes in the last hour, incl. M3.6, M3.8, M3.5, adding to the heightened seismic activity there in the last month; a total of ~40 recorded earthquakes, incl. a M4.0 earlier in Jan.

It is finally complete! Behold my travel poster for the Western Interior Seaway, the first in a series of travel posters from formations across prehistory

One of the fossils welcoming you to Royal Ontario Museum Palaeontology section - a spectacular crinoid fossil slab from the Silurian of Morocco 🌊

Even though I'm only 5ft i never wore heels at work. Closed toes, yes. I got a student job once because I went to the interview in Wellies, in the snow They thought it was hilarious. #highheels Are the days of high-heels at work finally over? | Tayo Bero theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I am honestly terrified to post this but it has to be said. Medication and/or therapy shouldn’t be necessary to get through graduate school and we should NOT have to tolerate manipulation, harassment, or abuse. Take care of yourselves ♥️ #AcademicTwitter