Dr Michelle @Drosmel@qoto.org

Appropriate for here. I'm imaging a #mastodon tooth.

We're looking for an Invertebrate Zoologist (palaeontologist) to come work with us at University of Reading! There's a potential to take on the curation of the Cole Museum of Zoology so museum experience would be a plus.
Please get in touch if you have any enquiries.
Application deadline is 25/04/2025.
https://jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=24301
#academia #jobs #academicjobs #science #zoology #Palaeontology #palaeobiology #invertebrates

Imposter is suspiciously blocky. The only way forward is combat.

#Caturday

#OnThisDay, 8 Apr 1959, Mary K Hawes initiates a project to create the first universal programming language for computers used by businesses and government. Grace Hopper led the team that then created COBOL. Some mainframes are still using it.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM #Histodons

@CellySally Ooooh I’ve got one for this! #BakeYourData

I'm looking for a job... hire me? https://hireme.fyi

#Fedihire #GetFediHired

Happy Geologist's Day to whoever celebrates it

International Geologist’s Day began in the mid 60’s in the former USSR and technically falls on the first Sunday of April. It was eventually adopted by other countries, many now celebrate it on or around April 2nd, but there are also different dates.

It was good to see so many fellow minded people out and about today at the Austin #HandsOff protest. My eyes, ears and throat are now full of oak pollen, but it was worth it.

If you must go to the states, do so through a pre-clearance airport.
This means your last airport before departing for the US pre-clears your visa into the US.

Examples: YEG > YYZ > AUS: I did pre-clearance in Toronto
YEG > YYC > DFW > BRO: I did pre-clearance in Calgary

US Border Protection cannot detain or jail individuals seeking entrance into the US through pre-clearance points. If they cause you issues, you can simply walk away back into the airport, no questions asked.

#canpoli #cdnpoli

"we call it a custom wrap"

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#TeslaTakedown

"It is worth emphasizing that tinyplot requires only base R. It has zero recursive dependencies and we have been careful to keep its installation size down to a minimum."

That's my kind of package. Let's go Tinyverse!

https://github.com/grantmcdermott/tinyplot

#rstats
#datascience
#graphics
#tidyverse
#visualization

@wikimediaDE is looking for a Staff Engineer for @wikidata (based in Berlin): https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/55063868/Staff-Engineer-Wikidata-all-genders-

#FediJobs

“These are the voyages of the starship Fungi.”

#FungusFriday #FridayFungi #StarTrek

I wouldn't want to be a PR person promoting travel to the US right now. Very unappealing.

"Across the globe foreign visitors and their governments are now asking just how welcome travellers really are in the States these days. The land of the free could be morphing into a home for only the braver tourist."

#travel #USA https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/an-australian-was-denied-us-entry-for-bizarre-reasons-he-s-not-alone-20250403-p5lov8.html

Oh you need some money to keep your research operation afloat in the face of catastrophic funding cuts? Nah, baby, that’s not what the $14 billion we have is for. Plus we just built that new football stadium, so we gotta keep things tight for a while you understand.