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Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs A detailed scan of a fossil therapsid embryo reveals the oldest egg belonging to a mammalian ancestor.

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The Karoo Supergroup: Modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana | South African Journal of Geology | GeoScienceWorld

#Gondwana #KarooSupergroup
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Zionism's Biggest MISTAKE In 300 Years. End Of Project. | Profs. J. Sachs & Y. Rabkin YouTube video by Neutrality Studies

m.youtube.com/watch?v=evtM... #Zionism was always a plan to resettle the jews of Europe even against their will & to dominate West Asia in the process. Jeffrey Sachs & Yakov Rabkin are discussing the past and the future of a racist settler-colonial political project. An irredeemable political sin.

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#iNaturalist

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This is insanity #IranWar

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#IranWar

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Varanus albigularis (southern rock monitor) just strolled past our bedroom! Heading for the bush behind our house. Makhanda, South Africa

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My photo shows part of a limestone wall panel carved in bas relief from the Fifth Dynasty mortuary temple of king Userkaf at Saqqara, Old Kingdom, 2465-2458 BC. It shows a Hoopoe, a crested bird with black and white wing pattern, and an ibis, with long curved beak, amongst papyrus plants in the marshes of the river Nile. My photo was taken in 2022 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Lovely naturalistic relief of a Hoopoe and Ibis, carved by an Egyptian artisan some 4,500 years ago!

Limestone wall relief from the 5th Dynasty mortuary temple of Userkaf at Saqqara. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me

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#Iran

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Thankful for the wonderful rain in Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa

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The Trump Administration is Trafficking Pregnant Children to Texas So They Can't Get Abortions At least half of these unaccompanied migrant kids are rape victims, and all are being denied adequate medical care for high-risk pregnancies in a state with sky-high maternal mortality rates.

How much worse can things get? This is truly evil 😢
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‘First feline’ Larry marks 15 years as Britain’s political top cat Larry the cat is marking 15 years as Britain’s Chief Mouser at 10 Downing Street, a symbol of stability in turbulent political times.

Larry the cat celebrates 15 years as the British government’s official rodent-catcher and unofficial first feline, a reassuring presence who has served under six prime ministers. Sometimes it seems like they have served under him.

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#Ukraine

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#Neanderthals

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Russian attacks on Ukraine never stop.
Odesa region and Zaporizhzhia were under attack last night.

▪️ Zaporizhzhia: A Russian Shahed drone struck a residential building. Three people were injured: a 75-year-old man and two women aged 73 and 55.

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I don't think in my lifetime there has ever been a U.S. federal agency as universally and deservedly hated (in this country, anyway) as ICE.

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Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.

He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.

At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.

Wael died on Friday at age 30.

ICE caused his death.

They didn’t get to say goodbye.