I thought getting my paper out was the hardest thing.
No, this was the hardest thing I have ever done:
I've been asked to look away, to let it remain in the shadows, but I am happy I put my foot down.
Huge thanks go out to my supervisor
@PerAhlberg1
!
It took me 9 years to gather the confidence, and I know there are many more who are simply not in good positions to speak openly at the moment, so I raised my voice for them too. Professor Octavio Mateus is a sexual predator and should face consequences.
Voor koeien ruimte genoeg, maar voor een ingeburgerd Amsterdams jochie is geen plek.
Wij als Nederland moeten ons diep diep schamen. Wat een zondeboekpolitiek, gadverdamme.
Als de golfstroom straks stilvalt en Europa terug in een ijstijd valt... zullen ze ons dan willen hebben in Afrika? Als we proberen om op onze bootjes de Middellandse zee over te steken in de hoop op een beter en warmer leven.
A hooded crow picking on a hedgehog who hasn't been run over yet, to the crows disappointment.
This dinosaur does not intend to help the little spiny mammal, he knows hedgehogs and roads don't go together and he's ready for lunch.
Dit mag gewoon in Nederland, ontkennen dat een volk (Palestijnen) bestaat.
De genocide duurt al meer dan een half jaar, maar Nederland ziet het niet want het zijn geen mensen.
Oh maar dit kabinet is niet extreemrechts hoor...
Het is fascistisch.
This week I once again found myself overwhelmed by
#impostersyndrome
. I've excavated countless of different fossils, prepared many of them, helped reconstruct replicas of dinosaurs. Published on the season of the KPg impact in Nature and recently I even signed a book deal and 1/2
$6.1 million for a composite of 3 individual T.rex specimens to likely disappear into someone's private property. Pieced together to make one T.rex to make money.
Because that is what this is about.
This is a loss for science, we will never uncover the information in the bones.
I wonder if the rest of the world is aware that a bunch of lying fascists have formed a cabinet in the Netherlands and are currently using their (proven!) lies to cause a state of alarm that would allow them to break down the Dutch democracy.
They are lying about asylum seekers.
@TheSpaceGal
A teenage girl at the gas station in rural ND last week wore a dinosaur shirt. I asked if she liked dinosaurs, she didn't reply. I told her I love and study dinosaurs and unzipped my hoodie to show her my dinosaur shirt. She asked, "are you a paleontologist?" I said yes: Her : 😱
Ze laat er geen gras over groeien, ze gaat de asielcrisis veroorzaken.
Niet de asielzoekers, maar Faber gaat de crisis veroorzaken, want dat is wat er nodig is om de democratie in te kunnen perken.
En de media doet vrolijk mee door keer op keer te doen alsof de instroom hoog is
Our (open access) paper on the Late Cretaceous paddlefish diversity from Tanis is out! This was a wonderful collaboration with Eric Hilton, Lance Grande, and
@PerAhlberg1
.
Paddlefishes were far more diverse in the Late Cretaceous than we thought!
After 200 days, this is the rejection they send me.
Science should correct itself, but not at
@SciReports
We informed them of our concerns in December 2021. Submitted this article in November 2022. The amount of time we lose to trying to right the wrongs is becoming ridiculous.
Whooo our paper :"The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring" was awarded with the 21st International award in palaeontological research! Paleonturology 23 by
@DinopolisTeruel
The Mesozoic terminated in spring on the northern hemisphere and in autumn on the southern hemisphere.
I explain the (3-minute) story of our paper here:
I still can't believe it, but they're announcing it, so it's true. I'll be speaking at the next
@TEDXStockholm
!
DATE: 15 APRIL
PLACE: Musikaliska Kvarteret, Nybrokajen 11
TICKETS:
Last night Dennis and I became the proud parents of Odin Stefan Voeten. Born on 11-11-2020 at 23:50 pm.
I'm doing quite good, apart from sleep deprivation, but the little boy is an absolute dream and Dennis and I are extremely happy !
Fijn dat je de MBO-ers wilt strippen van ambities.
Ze gaan naar school om brave arbeiders te worden immers, wat een verschrikkelijk kortzichtige insteek.
ondertekend,
een voormalig vmbo-er met een mastertitel.
De nieuwe topman van ROC Midden Nederland (20.000 studenten) denkt dat de klassieke verplichte vakken (Nederlands, Engels, rekenen) hun beste tijd wel hebben gehad. "We hebben praktisch personeel gewoon keihard nodig. Dan maar zonder generieke vakken."
People sliding in my DMs to tell me they are unhappy with me raising my voice for the lives of the Palestinians in Gaza can all just look at the pictures of the dying children and explain to themselves why their lives aren't worth the same as Israeli children.
This
Is
Genocide.
I thought getting my paper out was the hardest thing.
No, this was the hardest thing I have ever done:
I've been asked to look away, to let it remain in the shadows, but I am happy I put my foot down.
Huge thanks go out to my supervisor
@PerAhlberg1
!
I got new fieldwork pants and am super happy because it has so many pockets!!
Also, it's not black so I won't melt inside, but did I mention the amount of pockets???
#ThrowbackThursday
to just over 2 years ago. When I "rode" a
#Trex
Stan replica that we reconstructed at
@bhigr_ep
back in 2017. Picture by
@PeteLarsonTrex
Remains the best picture ever of me, despite the pink being washed out of my hair entirely.
@DrJenGunter
As a person abandoned by my parents as a child I chose my distance too and am too often questioned for why I'm not doing "the right thing" and rekindle with my parents.
Parents have no right to unconditional love from their children, it is supposed to work the other way around!
got to explain about the mystery of
#Winterswijk
on Dutch TV. Yet I found myself paralysed by a lack of confidence. I would like to use this
#Fossilfriday
to normalise talking about insecurity in the field, at any stage. We are human, and we can doubt ourselves from time to time.
Zullen we als Nederland bij de Europese verkiezingen alsjeblieft massaal sociaal en groen stemmen?
Al die neppe beloftes van Wilders gaan niet waargemaakt worden, op de xenofobe aanvallen op minderheden na.
Als je een toekomst wil, stem daar dan ook alsjeblieft voor.
The book is at the printer, and the audiobook is recorded. And as we relax on the couch, it finally dawned on me: I wrote a book!🤯
I actually wrote a book!
Vandaag begint de week van
#Lentekriebels
.
Zodat elk kind weet dat de buurjongen, papa, oom B, opa of tante A ook niet in hun onderbroek mogen en dat ze zelf mogen bepalen wie er aan hun gevoelige plekjes komt en hoe.
Kennis is macht, kennis voorkomen is machtsmisbruik
Today was an
#Edmontosaurus
day. We extracted this jaw and found a few vertebrae. Then as the plaster set we prospected some more, found some
#ornithomimisaurid
vertebra and several raptor and
#Triceratops
teeth.
Also a ton of modern bones for us yo play with!
#Livefromthefield
Me, a paleontologist, hiding under the bed:
Armed robber: ...
Me: ...
Armed robber: ...
Me: ...
Armed robber: I like crocodiles, they're basically living dinosaurs
Me: CROCODILES AREN'T DINOSAURS, CROCODILES ARE DESCENDANTS OF CROCODILIANS, WHICH PREDATE DINOSAURS... shit.
Me, a zoologist, hiding under the bed:
Armed robber: ...
Me: ...
Armed robber: ...
Me: ...
Armed robber: I like most dogs, but hyenas are ugly
Me: HYENAS AREN'T DOGS, THEY BELONG TO THEIR OWN FAMILY, AND THEY ARE SUPER CUTE ... shit.
My talk on recovering the season of the KPg extinction by studying the osteohistology of paddlefishes and sturgeons from the Tanis event deposit went well. I was really quite shakey with nerves but very happy with the questions I got afterwards!
#SVP2022
What are they trying?
Destroying the soil, biodiversity, and climate isn't enough? They want to hurt people, damage buildings and infrastructure too?
How deep did they stick their heads in the manure?!
Seriously and forgive me for my language: Fuck these farmers.
Dit weekend stond ik in
@VROUW
magazine met en over mijn boek!
Als een soort literaire superheld ben ik voor de gelegenheid in mijn boek gefotografeerd door Corne van der Stelt, visagie door Joelle Romita.
It looks like Nova University was finally convinced. Paleontologist Octavio Mateus is suspended and the case will be investigated by the Portugese Criminal Justice System.
The predator will finally face consequences for his actions.
#MeToo
@qikipedia
Did you install the app?
I mean this is seriously what they tell me every other day.
Alternating with: The most common language on Duolingo in Sweden is Swedish, mostly by refugees.
And in the US more people are learning a language with Duolingo than in school.
To a man who has dedicated his life to conserving and understanding our natural world: Happy 98th Birthday! 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for your decades of devotion to our planet's wonders and wildlife.
My heart goes out to the people in Gaza. The whole world supports the notion that innocent civilians will be eradicated as punishment for the monstrous acts of others.
Are their lives worth nothing? Are these children not worth saving?
This is genocide.
wir haben es gewusst
I've been asked more & more recently if
@MelanieDuring
and I are family.
We are sisters, although we did not grow up together after our teens.
I'm proud of her academic journey, & discovery about the Dinosaurs.
I went to visit her in Sweden, this is us together there😊
@thierrybaudet
wil niet dat jongens worden beschermd tegen:
- anuskanker
- penis kanker
- (genitale) wratten
- mond- en keelkanker
Nee, want het lijkt op een "meisjes vaccin", omdat hij enkel het woord baarmoederhalskanker heeft zien staan. Ho ho, daar moet over getweet worden!
Best wishes to all my fellow paleontologists (and everyone else of course)! I hope this year is rich in new interesting finds!
Artwork by Charles R. Knight (1874-1953).
In 1663, the partial fossilised skeleton of a woolly rhinoceros was discovered in Germany. This is the “Magdeburg Unicorn”, one of the worst fossil reconstructions in human history.
My
#mondaymotivation
to anyone doubting themselves at the start of the semester. I am a Master in
#paleontology
, I sing, paint, model, act, have pink hair, which I flash everywhere, for safety I own a pink hardhat.
A former foster child, a first-gen scientist and I have dreams!💫
Wow.
Twee gigantische afsluitdijken - eentje tussen Schotland en Noorwegen, de andere tussen Cornwall en Bretagne - zouden West-Europa kunnen beschermen tegen de zeespiegelstijging. Het kost een paar centen, maar het is haalbaar, zegt
@SjoerdGroeskamp
van
@NIOZnieuws
This picture is for everyone who's ever told me to stop it with the weird hair and just be normal. I call it: pink, pink everywhere.
#DIYhairdye
#pinkhairdontcare