Came home from digging up dinosaurs in Morocco to find my new children’s book on digging up dinosaurs has arrived in the post!

The absolute wonder of having a planet with an atmosphere

Me ,after a very nice bottle of wine, trying to stabilise phone on from gate…

Nice lady passing in street, “Can you see them?”

Me, “Err….?”

Her, “I’m heading for the park.”

Me, “you should do that!”

I so love that she knew, and that she is going in search of dark(ish) sky

The funniest thing about the lights is people outside in various states of undress taking photographs of a fairly normal looking sky then looking at the phone and shrieking

Look at your book face out & pride of place in the The Royal Society Library, Matthew Cobb!

Anthro types. What is best recent paper looking at gift economy (a review would be perfect!)?

I am so excited about the redevelopment of the Natural History Museum Gardens. Ever plan I have seen has been wonderful. Every conversation I have had about it has left me thrilled. So much thought has gone into the design, and planting.

I mean -- just look!

By my --likely incorrect-- reckoning it would take you 590 hours (that's TWENTY FOUR DAYS) to watch all of Sir D's docos.

That's not including random guest appearances

Happy 98th Birthday, David Attenborough!

70 years of telly. Not bad.

Spot on. Take Bournemouth council:

Its £60 million high needs deficit will bankrupt the whole council if not addressed

The only way to finance that is with a safety valve bailout. But the savage cuts attached would force the council to breach its legal duties to SEND children

A thread about one of the many public sector scandals going under the radar....

The DfE 'safety valves' for special educational needs.

These were started in 2021 due to councils getting into deficit on school spending because demand for special needs support has risen so much.

Apologies to all political journalists...

But the use of specialists is really important for public understanding.

So, for the BBC
1) Have the specialist first
2) Then have a 2-way with parliamentary journalist explaining political context (not the story itself)

A fossiliferous story of moas, megalosaurs, and mylodons — and of the firm friendship between anatomist extraordinaire Richard Owen and novelist R. D. Blackmore.

The longest sauropods foot traces in the world 🗺 🦕 (147 m length trail) 👣 #jurassic #JurassicWorld #dinosaur #world #footprint #traces #paleontology #palaeontology #science #film #trip #sauropods #portugal #atlanticocean #geology

39,000 EUROs still needed. Safety costs money. But even donating the price of a coffee, or a friday night pint, will help.

With so many Gazans in need, knowing how to help can be overwhelming. Here is the desperate family of an archaeologist. Read Jana's recent posts to see their conditions.
If half the people who follow me gave just £5, they'd almost be on target to reach safety.

What about the other 245,000 years of Homo sapiens prehistory & fluctuating seasonality….

My spidey autocorrelation senses are tingling

From now on I am referring to single mothers as double mothers because they do double the work and their relationship status is irrelevant x