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(Former and future) logger for Mesozoic Mind. Interests are palaeontology, biology, and cryptids. Discord: discord.com/channels/10435515465306… Mastodon: sauropods.win

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 51m
A Paper, a Blog Post, an Email, or a Tweet? Determining the Best Format for Sharing Your Analysis www.cgdev.org/blog/paper-b...
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A Paper, a Blog Post, an Email, or a Tweet? Determining the Best Format for Sharing Your Analysis
When a policymaker or donor partner (a “decision maker” for the purposes of this post) poses a policy question—“What’s the best evidence to retain health workers in rural clinics?” “How can we scale a...
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 4h
This tooth from something like Acrocanthosaurus was found in five parts over several months. The tip turned up nearly a year later—see how it's weathered differently? This is the advantage of long-term regular surface collecting at Dinosaur Park: you miss nothing.
Pointy black tooth glued together. Next to a scale bar, it's 9.5 cm long
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Tom Near @tjnear.bsky.social · 7h
🧵1/7 New from #NearLab Paraphyletic classification and its consequences for the world’s most endangered fishes🐟 Sturgeons (Acipenseridae) are classified in a way known to be phylogenetically wrong for 28 years. It's time to fix it getting it right matters for conservation, not just taxonomy
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 7h
UK version with Andrew Sachs?
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When someone expresses an opinion you agree with but they express it in such an obnoxious and annoying way you don’t want to agree with them.
I just got out of Digger and anyone who doesn't like it is just not literate enough to get it, or complicit in the systems that it's critiquing. Americans do not understand class critique, imperialist critique, or Brechtian theatre. They do not understand art that engages it.

https://x.com/Vanessid/status/2106888078619218302
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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
21st century retrosaurs 9. Abyssosaurus nataliae
A plesiosaur with giant bulging eyes crawling on a sandy beach, leaving crawl marks in the sand. It's moving away from the pov, but the long slender neck curves backwards, pointing right towards the frame, making the head seem gigantic.
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've worked on dozens of interpretive media projects over the last 15 years, and I've learned a few things along the way. If you have a site that would benefit from interpretive signage, why not join me for a free webinar on October 13th to learn about best practices? 3common.com/event/6ab591...
A handout titled So you want to make interpretive signs? 

It includes images of three different types of panels and the woman who made them. 

Join interpretive specialist, Heather Hinam for a
free one-hour webinar that will take you through
the basics of planning, designing and creating good
interpretive signage, including:
• The principles of good interpretation
• The benefits of a good interpretive plan to save
time and money
• How does interpretive planning work?
• Types of interpretive media
• What does it cost?
• When to engage professional help
She will answer your questions and will give you
the guidance to get started telling your stories in an
interesting and timeless way.

Naturalist, artist, and educator, Dr. Heather
Hinam is the driving force behind the awardwinning
Second Nature, Creative Interpretation.
For 15 years, she has combined a Ph.D. in
ecology with 30 years of experience as a nature
and heritage interpreter, and illustrator to help
dozens of clients share their stories through
engaging and beautiful media.

When: Tues, October 13, 2026
2:00 pm CDT
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Autumn Knight @autumnalknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
went to Lake Memphremagog to hunt cryptids and found Memphre cryptozoology is easy
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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New fun with Egyptian building rocks, and extinct crocodilians from that area. 🌍⚒️
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New crocodile species discovered in rocks used to build the Great Sphinx
A new species of extinct crocodile from Egypt has been discovered, sharing more than just its home with the Great Sphinx. Herugavialis cairensis was found in the very same rocks used to build the icon...
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@chasmosaurs.bsky.social introduced it to me. Alway great to see NHM's animatronics anywhere.
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've been to Jurassic Discovery in Seaton again
Two T. rex giant animatronics and a Triceratops bathed in red light. Triceratops and hadrosaur animatronics.Close-up of T. rex face.
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AshPoust @ashpoust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hey, if you're looking to be part of something positive consider helping us get this upcoming book into as many hands as possible. Gorgeous paleoart and good science. It really is a lovely story. Help us support literacy and museums! 🦕🦣🧪📚 (Warning: contains overly-animated paleontologist cameo)
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Considering it spooky season, what would you say is the scariest scene in a palaeodoc? Mine would have to be the Megarachne scenes in Jeff Corwin's Giant Monsters. God damn it i'm not even arachophobic and I can't bear to watch him get eaten. Why the fuck did they even include it, twice!?
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 06/10/2026
@TheOnion.com #WebHistory
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Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus) @mmarcosaurus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvY...
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Museums in America are Under Attack!!!
YouTube video by Regalius
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Dino Dad Reviews @dinodadreviews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Dinosaurs to Dragons” by @shreevebooks.bsky.social is an interesting look into the possible real-world inspirations behind various mythical creatures. It’s certainly thought provoking, though I would take some of the suggestions with a grain of salt. dinodadreviews.com/2026/10/05/d...
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Dinosaurs to Dragons
A book about mythical creatures and their possible real-world inspirations.
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Emily Thomas 🦤🏳️‍🌈 @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Are there any Eyewitness Virtual Reality Dinosaur Hunter fans in the audience tonight
The paper case for the CD-ROM game Eyewitness Virtual Reality Dinosaur Hunter. It reads "Dinosaur Hunter. Bring dinosaurs back to life! For ages 8 and up". It features a 3D model of a T. rex skeleton and cutout images of various dinosaurs adorning the title of the game. In the upper left corner is the Dorling Kindersley logo (an open book with the red letters DK on the pages)A screenshot of Eyewitness Dinosaur Hunter. It shows a gloomy museum hallway designed to look like it's made of stone. Images of dinosaurs are on the walls; here you can see Barosaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, and Apatosaurus. There's a fern on the ground. A timeline on the floor is labeled "155 MYA". It leads into a room which is labeled "Cretaceous. 144-95 MYA". This is all rendered in juicy 16-bit color with the best 3D rendering 1996 can offerAnother screenshot of the game. It shows the inside of another gloomily lit room in the museum. Exhibits on the walls show dinosaur heads and skulls, plus things like dinosaur skin and a model of an Edmontonia. Now this is a liminal space
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megalograptus453.bsky.social @megalograptus453.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
God, reading the article it sounds like they were embarrassed at being known as a family friendly institution which in a day and age where everything has to be family friendly for maximal possible demographic coverage to maximize revenue intake from as many sources as possible.
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It really reads like Drexel got teased by rich twats for running something beloved by children and thus unworthy of their attention.
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Watching Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974), and I dig its Brontosaurus. The dewlap really sells it, and being a close to rare case of an antagonistic sauropod.
An olive sauropod with a green snout and dewlap in a swamp.

From Valley of the Dinosaurs.An olive sauropod with a light green underside/dewlap and snout peers in to a rocky cliff.

From Valley of the Dinosaurs.An olive sauropod with a light green underside/dewlap and snout ambles.

From Valley of the Dinosaurs.
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very happy to hear that the Maryland Dinosaur Park's discovery trail is now open! Congratulations to everyone there for *finally* making this happen. The sculptures by Tristan Crum look phenomenal—can't wait to see them in person in a couple weeks. Photos borrowed from JP Hodnett. #FossilFriday
Minimalist outdoor metal sculpture of a juvenile sauropod skeletonMinimalist outdoor metal sculpture of a giant ankylosaur skeletonMinimalist outdoor metal sculpture of a crocodile skeletonMan stands under a metal nodosaur skeleton with a face mask and portable welder
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Drexel's probably the kind of guy who still thinks that animation is for babies.
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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
drexel wants you to think the academy closed because of declining attendance. And yet, they purposefully wanted to push themselves away from being the "dinosaur museum" in philadelphia, and cut programs like the live animal exhibits to appeal to adults......
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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Nanotyrannus Went back to working on this during flocking #paleostream #paleoart #sciart #backinhell
Nanotyrannus holding a dead Infernodrakon in an open prairie, a flock of Infernodrakon stand from across a pond.
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Defunctland @defunctland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Have been researching a very specific EPCOT Center attraction and am resorting to shouting into the ether for help. So please ignore this if you don't know or care about EPCOT Center. But if you do...
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A new albertosaurine from the Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada, illuminates ambiguity between albertosaurine and tyrannosaurine characteristics: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new albertosaurine from the Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada, illuminates ambiguity between albertosaurine and tyrannosaurine characteristics
Tyrannosaurid species have often been considered to have high longevity and low diversity relative to contemporaneous megaherbivores. Recent chronospecies assertions around tyrannosaurid lineage ev...
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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
franco tempesta appreciation post
T. rex in front viewDiplodocus on a salt flat Mapusaurus feeding from a dead ArgentinosaurusDracorex portrait
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So it turns out today is #AstrodonDay in Maryland! OTD in 1998, Astrodon johnstoni was made the State Dinosaur.
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🔸Riamus🔸 @riamus01.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.reddit.com/r/ToddintheS...
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From the ToddintheShadow community on Reddit: What are some of the strangest covers you've heard
Explore this post and more from the ToddintheShadow community
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
R/Todd introduced me to Kid Rock covering "For What It's Worth". For What It's Worth, 1. Its not too bad, even if he's the last person who should be covering it. 2. it feels like a song from a Shrek movie. That's the vibes I get from the tones. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogzx...
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Kid Rock For What It's Worth LIVE Cover (Captioned)
YouTube video by Amy Ng
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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jason Cryan, from the Natural History Museum of Utah, and Barbara Thiers, formerly of the New York Botanical Garden, join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss the challenges of running a natural history museum.
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Are natural history museums in trouble?
The country’s oldest natural history museum, in Philadelphia, has closed its doors to visitors. Will other museums follow?
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Luis V Rey type shit of angle
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Really, the strange thing is that it uses actors for the talking head scenes of palaeontologists. No one is as themselves.
Ryoski MontaniZulma GaspariniRippelEnd credits listing palaeontologists
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Way ahead of you www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iKP...
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SPOOKY SCARY DINOSAUR SKELETONS MEME #spookyseason #spookyscaryskeletons
YouTube video by Zain Ahmed
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day?
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Jellybox Studio @jellybox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UMBERT ACTUALLY! EP 8!!! Why are Queer cartoon characters censored?! #UmbertActually #UnionYaoi #MistermanGuyfella #Jellybox #IndieAnimation
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👻 YSUBoOoOooOooo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Guys, if you aren't already supporting the Internet Archive, please consider doing so. They are way more than just the Wayback Machine. They have a massive library of texts, audio, films, video games, and more media available. I'm downloading the 1933 OED right now as pdfs. It's insane.
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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 30/09/2026
Insect declines threaten wildlife far beyond insect world. Apart from being food, insects provide other species with homes, protection, chemical defence and sanitation - to name a few things. Great review article by @r-cooke.bsky.social with BEAUTIFUL visuals. 🧪🪳 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Visuals demonstrating the following:

Many freshwater fish eat insects
Parrots nest in termite mounds
Chimpanzees use insects on wounds
Poisonous frogs get toxins from ants and beetles.

73% of studied vertebrate species eat invertebrates
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bizarrosaurus rex.
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Cathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Devastated for the Fort Hays community about the closure of the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, and this letter from the univ president makes clear how dramatic reductions in state funding leave universities with no good options viable long-term. www.fhsu.edu/news/2026/09...
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To the Fort Hays State University Community
I need to share a difficult decision with you, and I want to be transparent about how we arrived here, what it means, and who ultimately holds the power to change the path we are on.
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't stop thinking about this creepypasta in the making of a Tire Swing I found set up in a tunnel under a local intersection.
A concrete storm drain, with graffiti sourrounding it, and a tire swing in the darkness.A tiger swing in a grafitti tunnel, dark water to its left and darkness beyond.The other side of the tunnel, the swing in the light.
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Perhaps the state legislature is more to blame than FHSU, unclear. Either way, it's especially insidious to rob a rural community of their museum. At least in Philly you can conceivable daytrip to DC or NYC.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0s
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Philadelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | Editorial
The Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable.
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Thomas Cullen @thomascullen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
cover page of the linked paper
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Mesozoic Mind @mesozoicmind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Leonardo DiCaprio Laughing as Jay Gatsby
ALT: Leonardo DiCaprio Laughing as Jay Gatsby
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rickraptor105.bsky.social @rickraptor105.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know there was a giant prehistoric penguin whose name translates to "human bird"? For more information, go to your voice-activated assistant and tell it to search for "Anthropornis giant"
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