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Dr. Jey McFright 😱 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · Apr 10

I hate everything

I hope Colossal Biosciences is happy that their little marketing stint is going to lead to more extinctions

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as reason to cut endangered species list

The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aline Ghilardi @alinemghilardi.bsky.social · Apr 7

Some people are trying to paint us as the villains in the Irritator case — simply because we’re demanding justice.
This is a familiar tactic: blaming the victims to protect the system.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Apr 8

Maybe I'm too much of a negativist, but I've always disliked the 'de-extinction' field. It all looks like one big grift that attracts charlatans and pretenders, and which is forever making false claims and promises that distract people from what's actually interesting about extinct animals.

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Large Marge Sent Me 👻 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · Apr 8

You know, it’s hard to say what Colossal has even done because there’s no research to show. No publication. No access to data. All we have is their say so about what they did and how. Slick marketing but nothing to fact check the research and methods directly.

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · Apr 7

So they certainly made some kind of GMO wolf, but it’s fundamentally not a dire wolf. A few points:

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

time.com

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Large Marge Sent Me 👻 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · Apr 7

If I wanted to see an extinct species come back scrungled and wrong I’d watch a Jurassic World movie.

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Dr Nathan Barling @palaeogames.bsky.social · Apr 5

We're now moving into the last 48 hours of our campaign. Make sure you don't miss out on the Kickstarter exclusives! Bring awesome & accurate prehistoric creatures into your TTRPGs.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pal...

#dnd #dnd5e #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleontology #scicomm

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Nova @novastein.bsky.social · Apr 4

evening sketch: giraffatitan brancai, a massive sauropod from the late jurassic of Tanzania.

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Nova @novastein.bsky.social · Mar 10

Hi, hello, just gonna quickly drop my comm sheet here for...no reason in particular.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · Mar 22

A male Trakaiam Alar, one of many alar or river drake species found throughout the known world.

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🏳️‍⚧️🇩🇴THE REALMS THAT TIME FORGOT @lostrealmsspecevo.bsky.social · Mar 17

help if yall can

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · Mar 15

The government is about to give OpenAI the ability to legally steal if we do not flood this page in the next 12 hours.

OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.

Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art

Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan

On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan ("Plan"). Th...

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Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · Mar 15

If you do one thing today, PLEASE do this! There are less than 1k comments on this, lets try to get it there!

Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · Mar 15

The government is about to give OpenAI the ability to legally steal if we do not flood this page in the next 12 hours.

OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.

Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art

Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan

On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan ("Plan"). Th...

www.federalregister.gov

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · Mar 11

Weasels I drew today:

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Mar 7

1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.

While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.

Watch their speech.

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Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana

Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · Mar 2

Here the result of the St. Bathans fauna stream! This one took us into the early Miocene of New Zealand, the Moa's ark, as some call it. After many formation streams with very few birds this one has probably way too many!
#paleostream #paleoart #sciart

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Skullbottle @skullbottleart.bsky.social · Mar 1

Free interaction bait

Post your flagship creature or writing project’s main character!

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Gabriel Bertoja (commissions open) @gabrielbruh.bsky.social · Dec 20

-irritator and tapejara- esse aqui eu to bem orgulhoso! vai na minha parede

Irritator challengeri sitting down on a beach

Tapejara wellnhoferi, doesent even know what its happening

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eri 🌩️ VGen Comms Open~ @erisperitas.bsky.social · Feb 26

[2021] A place of worship~

Erik's first altar to Kord was one he built himself of mismatched stones on a cliffside, as close to the sky as he could manage and overlooking all of which he found most beautiful.

[ #croquisdennui / #goldenravencrew / #dnd / #oc / #ocsky / #firbolg / #erierik ]

A digital illustration (2021) of Erik, a firbolg with longer dark auburn hair and a thick coat sitting on a stone overlooking the mountain as he smokes a pipe.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · Feb 24

A eudromaeosaur with stage-1 quills instead of conventional feathers. Just wanted to see what it would look like. Especially with a base hide like a plucked chicken I think this would be a properly horrid creature.

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Skullbottle @skullbottleart.bsky.social · Feb 22

Long may he reign

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Skullbottle @skullbottleart.bsky.social · Feb 22

Who would be interested in joining a worldbuilding/writing discord or something of the like?

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Skullbottle @skullbottleart.bsky.social · Feb 16

Keep fighting the good fight queen

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Vincent @domesticus.bsky.social · Feb 13

HTTYD rathalos ideas

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