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My grandmother once told us she wished she'd had the opportunity to see really tall mountains. So one summer my wife drove her from Virginia to Wyoming to join me at a dinosaur excavation. From there we drove her over the Beartooth Highway (elevation ~11,000 feet) and into Yellowstone National Park.

17 views My grandmother once told us she wished she'd had the opportunity to see really tall mountains. So one summer my wife drove her from Virginia to Wyoming to join me at a dinosaur excavation. From there we drove her over the Beartooth Highway (elevation ~11,000 feet) and into Yellowstone National Park.

9 views Western Science Center mascot Max Mastodon gets into the spirit of the 66ers game! #museum #baseball #scicomm #Mastodon

#CalFire aircraft called in for the #DomenigoniFire across the street from the Western Science Center #museum, including a #C130, an #S2T, an #S70, and an #OV10 spotter. Fire at 62 acres, but seems mostly under control now. #planespotting #brushfire

6 views #CalFire aircraft called in for the #DomenigoniFire across the street from the Western Science Center #museum, including a #C130, an #S2T, an #S70, and an #OV10 spotter. Fire at 62 acres, but seems mostly under control now. #planespotting #brushfire

Today is Western Science Center’s monthly free Science Saturday event. Today’s theme is Women in Science. Activities are designed by WSC staff and high school and college students run the activity tables. Today’s event is sponsored by Hemet Unified School District. #museum #outreach #scicomm #educat

6 views Today is Western Science Center’s monthly free Science Saturday event. Today’s theme is Women in Science. Activities are designed by WSC staff and high school and college students run the activity tables. Today’s event is sponsored by Hemet Unified School District. #museum #outreach #scicomm #educat

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Avg engagement / post

1.2%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: My grandmother once told us she wished she'd had the opportunity · 17 likes + reposts

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0.68 / week

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Mostly images

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Follower / following

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Follows 207 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

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🔥 Top post My grandmother once told us she wished she'd had the opportunity to see really tall mountains. So one summer my wife drove her from Virginia to Wyoming to join me at a dinosaur excavation. From there we drove her over the Beartooth Highway (elevation ~11,000 feet) and into Yello… ★ 17

#CalFire aircraft called in for the #DomenigoniFire across the street from the Western Science Center #museum, including a #C130, an #S2T, an #S70, and an #OV10 spotter. Fire at 62 acres, but seems mostly under control now. #planespotting … ★ 6

Small brush #fire just popped up across the street from Western Science Center in Hemet, #California. Local ground #firefighters on scene. With current winds no immediate threat to the #museum. ★ 2

Tonight Western Science Center’s Mobile Museum #M3 is at the Riverside County 5th District Summer Bash in San Jacinto! #museum #scicomm #paleontology #palaeontology ★ 3

32 years. #anniversary ★ 4

It’s primary day in #California ! Still time to vote in person if you haven’t yet returned your ballot. #vote #Elections #ElectionDay ★ 5

Western Science Center mascot Max Mastodon gets into the spirit of the 66ers game! #museum #baseball #scicomm #Mastodon ★ 9

Western Science Center’s Mobile Museum #M3 is in San Bernardino for an Inland Empire 66er’s baseball game – tonight is Jurassic Ballpark! #paleontology #palaeontology #museum #scicomm ★ 5

Today the Western Science Center has outreach tables/mobile displays at 4 different events across Riverside County, in Lake Elsinore, Perris, Riverside, and Temecula. And the museum is open in Hemet. Maximum #outreach! #museum #scicomm #pa… ★ 3

Currently in the Western Science Center #Paleontology Lab: Several Pleistocene horses from Riverside Co., CA, A Pleistocene tortoise from Blythe, CA, Parts of several Cretaceous dinosaurs and tortoises from New Mexico, A Colombian mammoth … ★ 3

Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 from Western Science Center is spending the afternoon at Roosevelt Elementary School in San Bernardino, CA. #Scicomm #paleontology #palaeontology #museum ★ 5

Today is Western Science Center’s monthly free Science Saturday event. Today’s theme is Women in Science. Activities are designed by WSC staff and high school and college students run the activity tables. Today’s event is sponsored by Heme… ★ 6

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mstdn.social

A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.

On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 6 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.7× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

66/100 Good

Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~1.2% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Established account (3+ years old).

Est. authentic audience

89%

Fake-follower risk

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About

Paleontologist, Executive Director of the Western Science Center. Views are my own. He/him. For more paleontology goodies, check out my blog “Life…From a Certain Point of View “ at: https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/