Dr Jake Atterby 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸
@jakeatterby.bsky.social
Palaeontologist 🐠 | Learning and Community Development Officer at Lapworth Museum of Geology 🏛️ | Co-host of Palaeocast 🎮 | Palaeovision Champion 🎵 | he/they | 💀💀 to the IOF
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Second new paper this week: Reconstructing the oral apparatus of the Silurian heterostracan Athenaegis. Led by @lisaschnetz.bsky.social and in collaboration with many colleagues, including @euphanerops.bsky.social (who rendered the animation) and @nitroshutter.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Second new paper this week: Reconstructing the oral apparatus of the Silurian heterostracan Athenaegis. Led by @lisaschnetz.bsky.social and in collaboration with many colleagues, including @euphanerops.bsky.social (who rendered the animation) and @nitroshutter.bsky.social
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as @palaeostephan.bsky.social has noted below, latest on Athenaegis @lisaschnetz.bsky.social did a lot of the work, funding from @leverhulme.ac.uk "feeding without jaws" @dragonsofwales.bsky.social produced a stunning reconstruction for @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social temporary exhibition #fossilfriday
September 18, 2026 at 8:28 PM
as @palaeostephan.bsky.social has noted below, latest on Athenaegis @lisaschnetz.bsky.social did a lot of the work, funding from @leverhulme.ac.uk "feeding without jaws" @dragonsofwales.bsky.social produced a stunning reconstruction for @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social temporary exhibition #fossilfriday
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Turns out the artificial intelligence were the billionaires we were told were smarter than us along the way.
SAM ALTMAN: “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”
February 23, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Turns out the artificial intelligence were the billionaires we were told were smarter than us along the way.
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Of all the comments, the one that has made me furious is the one of "he was begging for money". Like, please step in the real world for 3 seconds. That is not what this is about.
What it is about is that many people apparently knew he was a perv and they let him walk into conferences with minors?
What it is about is that many people apparently knew he was a perv and they let him walk into conferences with minors?
February 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Of all the comments, the one that has made me furious is the one of "he was begging for money". Like, please step in the real world for 3 seconds. That is not what this is about.
What it is about is that many people apparently knew he was a perv and they let him walk into conferences with minors?
What it is about is that many people apparently knew he was a perv and they let him walk into conferences with minors?
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Something fishy!
I had the privilege of creating a number of illustrations for this new exhibition under the expert guidance of @nitroshutter.bsky.social and his colleagues at Birmingham University. It runs from November 12th to February 28th. I’ll be visiting, and hope you will too!
I had the privilege of creating a number of illustrations for this new exhibition under the expert guidance of @nitroshutter.bsky.social and his colleagues at Birmingham University. It runs from November 12th to February 28th. I’ll be visiting, and hope you will too!
Grab your snorkels and dive back in time with us - our new temporary #exhibition Feeding Without Jaws opens on Weds 12 Nov. The exhibition explores cutting-edge palaeontological research on the lives of unusual ancient fishes.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi...
#LapworthRocks
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi...
#LapworthRocks
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Something fishy!
I had the privilege of creating a number of illustrations for this new exhibition under the expert guidance of @nitroshutter.bsky.social and his colleagues at Birmingham University. It runs from November 12th to February 28th. I’ll be visiting, and hope you will too!
I had the privilege of creating a number of illustrations for this new exhibition under the expert guidance of @nitroshutter.bsky.social and his colleagues at Birmingham University. It runs from November 12th to February 28th. I’ll be visiting, and hope you will too!