Leigh Anne Riedman

@fossils

Paleontologist, lover of early eukaryotic evolution, all of the protists, fan of the Proterozoic and I bake.

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Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Jul 9

Like a lion. A Lion of love.

Dan Stevens performing "Lion of Love" I'm Eurovision movie. He is wearing a gold and black cloak and is surrounded by scantily clad muscular male dancers.

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Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Jun 24

A boy and his beans

Face and paw of a sleeping white cat, his lil pink beans displayed with tufts of fur between.

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Jun 21

Proud of my garden babies!

Tiny praying mantis baby upside down on a leaf. Yellow aphid in the frame.

Praying mantis baby on a fuzzy cucumber leaf

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· May 26

Is this related to the excellent kids' books series of the same name?

Collection of brightly colored book covers for the 1980's series called Sweet Pickles.

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· May 20

Not that the thumbnail of a strat column isn't great, but here's some fossil photos. The fossil in A is the oldest known eukaryote so far, from 702 meters depth in a drillcore from Northern Territory, Australia

photos of organic-walled microfossils. Mostly circular and flattened, some of the fossils show that they are made of tiny plates around the outside of a cell, some show stripy texture and some have little projections from their exterior. One of the fossils is a multicellular filament. Most of the fossils are between 20 and 150 microns across (100 microns is a tenth of a millimeter) and one of the fossils is several hundred microns long- this species is known to get longer than a millimeter. The point of the image is to show the varied types of fossils that are found in even the oldest known assemblages of eukaryotes.

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· May 11

AI in my way as I try to work and now AI in my way as I try to go to the fucking gym. If this were a good product you wouldn't have to work so hard to sell it!

Entrance to a university rec center blocked by signs and stalls advertising Gemini AI bullshit.

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· May 8

Flight of the Conchords concert at Santa Barbara Bowl tonight and it was everything I'd hoped!

View of stage during a Flight of the Conchords concert with Bret and Jemaine in the center and large screens on either side.

Red toned image of Bret of Flight of the Conchords during concert

Red toned image of Jemaine of Flight of the Conchords while singing Business Time.

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Apr 28

Blackberry season is upon us!

Foreground metal bowl full of blackberries being held out, background black and white cat and combination of blackberry and raspberry vines

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Apr 5

Our kids understand that the local bunny prefers gin

Gin and tonic with lime in a cut crystal highball glass, garnished with a little carrot

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Apr 4

Truly a remarkable number of caterpillars!

Milkweed plant with at least eight monarch caterpillars in view eating leaves

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Apr 2

Image of frustrated youth, text reads "you guys have snack tables?"

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Mar 31

Seven! I count seven monarch caterpillars on this one milkweed plant! Luckily there are several more plants- these lil guys are hungry!

Ratty looking milkweed plant with at least seven monarch caterpillars scattered about, eating leaves. Santa Barbara daisies in the foreground and background

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Mar 27

I never have seen nasturtium with a star shaped flower!? This little guy popped up in the garden with especially narrow petals. How unusual is it for a new variety to arise in this plant family?

Yellow nasturtium flower streaked with red. Petals are narrower than typical nasturtium, giving a star shaped appearance to the flower

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Mar 27

I am familiar, yes.

Star Trek next generation screen shot. Older man with crossed arms addresses Captain Picard. Text on screen says "Are you familiar with micropaleontology?"

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Mar 24

The onion doesn't miss

Tshirt from the Onion that reads, "US dignity reserves nearly depleted"

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Mar 22

Chonky monarch caterpillar

Thicc monarch caterpillar on narrow leaf milkweed

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Mar 21

Number crop of monarch caterpillars already! Counted four on just one plant!

Three fine looking monarch caterpillars enjoying breakfast of milkweed leaves.

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Mar 8

Is this where we're supposed to deposit those cat pictures you asked for?

Closeup on the face of a Black and white cat with a little pink nose. His eyes are swinched shut as he enjoys a scritch on his head

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Mar 8

Hey buddy!

Dapper and upside down monarch caterpillar on yellow-blooming milkweed.

Leigh Anne Riedman@fossils· Jan 17

Feels weird to post silly stuff right now, but maybe doing so is a little act of defiance? I'll keep working on that idea, but in the meantime here are the first king cakes of the season!