...and I'm pretty confident that the telegraph will supplant cellphones in usage after I die. Also, the Pony Express will be the primary method people will use to ship items.

Huh...if that blows your mind, wait till you see how fast a F-15 fighter jet goes! And also.... STOP MAKING robots do this. I mean I know the end result is a fulling mechanized robot army, but....why??! It only ends w/our death, watch a movie for pete's sake!!

TAXONOMIC REASSESSMENT OF JUVENILE TYRANNOSAURINE SPECIMENS FROM ASIA REVEAL LARGE BIOGEOGRAPHIC RANGES IN TYRANNOSAURIDS The recently named tyrannosaurid, Asiatyrannus xui, from the Nanxiong Formation of southeastern China bears a striking resemblance to juvenile specime…

Great new paper on tyrannosaurid taxonomy, showing that Asiatyrannus is likely a juvenile Tarbosaurus (among other interesting findings). Open access!
As often happens when these kinds of papers are published, I see flickers of ontogenetic nihilism in some comments. My thoughts/cautions. (thread)

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

🚨EXCLUSIVE: On multiple occasions, Kash Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment” was made because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors.

a close up of the face of jabba the hutt ALT: a close up of the face of jabba the hutt

his addle-brained, mush mouthing, gibberish aside....why is he is so puffy and sweaty?

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people.

The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work.

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What's your favorite dinosaur? Many Americans don't have one Surveys about dinosaurs, monogamy, the World Cup, AI, Donald Trump, Pope Leo XIV, and MAGA.

Well, well.....the real take-away here is- T. rex has 4 times the support that doofy Triceratops has. And wins the plurality of votes. Shocking no one....nuff said. yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC Péter Magyar called the payments a “crime” and said his government would stop the funds.

The entire American conservative MAGA “movement” has been a Russian funded op the entire time. Follow the money. It’s a straight line from Putin to CPAC.

Looking good!

It turns out that the DoorDash deliverer earlier at the White House was a Republican staged event. Sharon Simmons of Arkansas was used last year by the GOP to promote their “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

I still have my original 1st edition on my shelf (same as Star Wars). Fun fact, Don Glut also did a series of popular dinosaur encyclopedias. Got both & ROTJ novelization at my grade school's book fair. Are book fairs still a thing?

Ill take it...

Exclusive | Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, according to people familiar with the remarks.

Well, at least they’re self-aware.
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What a fuckwit. 25th Amendment you spineless fools (Vance & Cabinet).

felt like 25 they had a better start than this? Maybe viewing w/rose-colored memory glasses cause they finished 2nd in the Division.

they need to find their groove soon-ish

oh look, Convicted Felon, Grandpa Shit-His-Pants, is mush-mouthing around again, showing how ignorant he is & how he's completely unqualified to run even a lemonade stand. And the dude is all over the unreleased #EpsteinFiles. Prove me wrong.

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When #TinaTurner Proud Mary plays, I'm compelled to sing/perform it, no matter what I'm doing (driving, etc). Done fieldwork w/me, you know. A family at CostCo got a show as I was parking, looked mildly terrified. Threw in a TT Kung-Fu move or 2. Got out & said it was Tina Turner. Dad- "Thats fair"

hey! I know a few people in this flick!

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So, Iran is another "proxy" war that will go on & on & on & on.....surprising NO ONE with any sense. End the war now, you Reflubican dumbasses.

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OMG yes....that one scene, in the cave. Holy S#$T!! I mean, damn!!!

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I hate to post this, but I read that #BuzzAldrin, who is without a doubt a national hero, supported Trump for 2024 Prez race because he supposedly supports "space exploration". Yet it was Biden Admin that supported/funded Artemis. Now Trump wants to gut NASA by 47%. Press gonna ask Buzz about this?

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and what the hell......article says wife of an "old star wars fan"?!??!!!

I still have mine, but yes.....many have "battle damage" :(

Hey @stevebrusatte.bsky.social important #WhiteSox announcement you might be interested in. Good way to be there, but not actually catch a game... :)

representation & supporting diverse character matters. I got so mad when (almostly entirely dudes) shit on the Captain Marvel movie, hoping it would bomb, or the same kind of Star Wars "fans" bitching about Ahsoka or griping about how much screen time Bo-Katan got in the last Mando season. Pathetic

Agreed. As a kid, I had 4-5 friends who knew who Barry Allen, Doctor Strange, Iron Man were. They were all dudes (& the heroes were dudes). Last Comic-Con I went to, I saw little girls dressed as- Captain Marvel, Ahsoka Tano, Ms. Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Bo-Katan, etc. I felt like a proud Uncle.

#FossilFriday, Toothy McToothers here is currently on exhibit in #CretaceousCrossroads. Its a holotype too, which is pretty cool. #paleontology

A photo of the fossilized remains of Prestosuchus on display in the Museum. The animal is quadrupel and low to the ground. It has a dinosaur-like skull.

Happy Fossil Friday! Meet Prestosuchus chiniquensis. It lived in what’s now Brazil some 210 million years ago. Although it was a large animal with big claws & a huge head with sharp-toothed jaws, it wasn't a dinosaur—it's actually a close relative of crocodylomorphs.

Photo: © AMNH