Dr Thomas Clements
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@Thomas_Clements
Doctor of Decay. Dead account. Find me over on blue sky.
Everything is coming up crabs... Did you know that a 'crab-like' body plan ahs evolved independently at least 5 times over the last 250 million years? The process of evolving into, well, a crab, even has its own term: carcinization.
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.
we’re not quitting science, we’re quitting academia. I am still very much in science and will remain here forever
We are absolutely blown away by the number of early bird registrations and abstract submissions that came in before the deadline - it's going to be a lively and diverse meeting in December! #PalAss24 🌍🦴🐚
🚨 There's only 1 WEEK left to nab early bird registration and submit an abstract to @ThePalAss Annual Meeting in Erlangen! 🚨 Deadline is Thurs Oct 3rd 23:59 BST! #PalAss24 More info here: palass.org/meetings-event…
There are now papers showing that the migration of academic communities from Twitter to other social media sites mostly failed. But they never fully returned to Twitter either. I wonder if we will ever see so many different communities interacting in the same online space again.
Job alert! Are you a specialist in late Pleistocene animals? Come join us for 2+ years in Aberdeen to work with @WhatKatieDigs on the amazing PALaEoScot project jobs.ac.uk/job/DJO014/res…
We are very happy to announce the winners of the Royal Society's medals and awards for 2024. “The scope of scientific knowledge and experience in this year’s line-up is amazing. These outstanding researchers, individuals and teams have contributed to our collective scientific endeavour and helped further our understanding of the world around us." said Sir Adrian Smith PRS. Meet this year's winners: royalsociety.org/news/2024/08/m…
