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Jeanne Timmons
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Freelance writer (she/her) interested in paleontology and archaeology. Avatar by Natalia Jagielska.
https://mostlymammoths.wordpress.com/freelance-work/
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"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way." - the late Congressman John Lewis
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Tree rings are amazing! 🌲💍🥰

Here is a 600 yr-old Siberian pine cross section showing no less that 7 scars on the tree side facing the rock cliff upstream! 🔥

All the scars are dated to the year (or season) and are used to build chronicles of different hillslope processes! 📅
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November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The palaeonto & geological collections of LGL-TPE (lgltpe.fr/tous-platefo...) are being modernised to make their treasures more accessible thanks to @e-colplus.bsky.social

V. Genillon (M1 TPE, UCBL/ENS Lyon) is contributing to the digitisation of #Afrotheria, including sirenians and proboscideans.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
GROSS

"The interior department has announced new 'America-first' entrance fees for national parks, commemorative annual passes featuring Donald Trump & 'resident-only patriotic fee-free days for 2026' including Trump’s birthday." @cecilianowell.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans
Interior department, which has defunded conservation organizations, claims fee hike is for conservation
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The joy of speaking with someone who is remarkably enthusiastic about their field, explains it well, and has me totally enrapt 💛

#amwriting #geology
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Guess who's in charge of sweet potatoes for tomorrow
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Two things about this....

North Dakota mammoths need paleontologists, seriously, please. (They must be everywhere up there, but still only a few for the state)

And...I knew I liked Beulah for a reason.
You had me at "a whole lot of mammoths" 🦣
Some updates on what we have been working on lately here at NDGS Paleo.

T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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The PLAINTIFFS didn't even expect the DOJ to toss Noem under the bus. She's not on their list of proposed witnesses to the decision to let the planes land.
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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NEW:

The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
BREAKING:

“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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There are two types of people in the world. People who obsessively wash their hands after touching meat before touching anything else—

and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)

RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
🤎🦣🤎🦣🤎
She’s done!❤️🦣
#Embroidery
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Desde la bella Paraná decimos feliz día a lxs paleontólogxs de 🇦🇷
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Yup. Authors should talk more about how most of us make a living not writing so we can live to write. I'm very lucky to get paid for 9 months of university teaching (with benefits), which allows me to write during not-teaching times. Otherwise advances & royalties are too small & rare. 🧪📚✍️ #Booksky
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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New art is arrived !

A large Yutyrannus is being cleaned up by a group of Hongshanornis. A curious Gegepterus approaches.
In the foreground, a Zhongjianosaurus seems interested in the small birds.
#paleoart #SciArt #dinosaur #digitalart #yixian #china #feathered
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

Definitely in good hands.

(image from @pbs.org: www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp...)
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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🌓 Ursa Major/Minor 🌗 (2025 Remake)

#telekitneticart #formline #indigenousart
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You had me at "a whole lot of mammoths" 🦣
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Nice piece on the Hillsborough mastodon from New Brunswick, Canada.

Fun fact: a replica of this mastodon is on display at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians in Saltville, Virginia.

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Unearthing 75,000-year-old mastodon bones
A mammoth-like creature that once roamed Hillsborough in the southeastern area of the province now lives packed away in a New Brunswick Museum research centre.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Longest woolly rhino horn yet found, from longest-lived individual, a female
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Mammoth spotted in South Poland!

Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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During the earliest stages of domestication, dogs in archaeological sites would be indistinguishable from wolves.

Unless you find them on a small island where no wolves would survive on their own, eating things wolves normally don’t eat.

Such as here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Bucket list sloth butt selfie!! This beautiful specimen is from Anza Borrego and it has THOUSANDS of in situ osteoderms. There are only two specimens with in situ osteoderms (that I know of) in North America and I’m spending the day with this one.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM