The same people who spent 14 years cheerleading an administration that imposed huge restrictions on protest rights and blacklisted anyone criticising the government from official events, now suddenly acting like we're in an Orwellian nightmare, six weeks into a Labour government

Registration for The PalAss Annual meeting in Erlangen is zooming along. Our first fieldtrip is fully booked, and our second is at 50% capacity - so if you want to reserve your spot to go to the amazing Messel pits register today! palass.org/meetings-event…

Major academic publishers' revenue and what they pay authors and reviewers: Revenue: Elsevier: $3.9 billion Springer Nature: $2 billion Taylor & Francis: $800M Wiley: $1.8 billion They pay: Academic authors: $0 Peer reviewers: $0

As teams grow, new #PhD graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers. scim.ag/86N Science Careers

He chose......poorly

Which one of you wrote this?

Universities will be like “I know we have a preferred internal candidate, but wouldn’t it be funny if we got 450 people’s hopes up?”

Come work with us here in Aberdeen! Now seeking a zooarchaeologist or palaeontologist specialising in Late Pleistocene fauna for a 2 year full time fellowship role (with potential for further extension) on our ERC-selected/UKRI-funded project.

I really struggled to make the transition to blue sky and start again, I just don't feel like it's worth the effort. I found the loss of community here really sad, but have found it hard to leave even though my feed is a unpleasant experience. Weird.

Just 3 more weeks to nab early bird registration and submit your abstract for #PalAss24! ✨ All of the necessary info is here: palass.org/meetings-event…

WHALE FALL BABY 🐙🦀🎉

The deadline is creeping up on us. Get those abstracts in you last minuters!

Race to the deadline starts now!

We are certainly overwhelmed by the sheer number of abstracts we have to sift! 😂😅

The holotype of Mimodactylus and models of it at the MIM Museum in Beirut for #FossilFriday In this thread you can find links to charities in Lebanon you can donate to that are rescuing victims and helping refugees in these difficult times

This. Many of the issues faced by myself, my friends, and my colleagues is not because of 'science'. It's because of the systemic issues within academia: job insecurity, low wages, lack of jobs, rampant bullying, and toxic work environments.

Today emails have been sent to everybody who submitted an abstract for #PalAss24, please check your spam folder if you haven't yet received yours. We are delighted to be hosting so many talks and posters this year, and look forward to seeing some exciting research! #FossilFriday

We hope the authors of those abstracts will still be able to attend and enjoy the conference, it promises to be a really fun meeting with delegates from all over the world

Do a PhD in a field you are passionate about and you’ll never work a day in your life, because there are no jobs.