These are always a delight to read. I love getting this insight, and it’s so refreshing after hearing the usual discourse surrounding this documentary. It’s clear a lot of thought and care was put into this production and I can’t wait to hear about the rest of it.

I think in terms of their model, look, and animation, the Utahraptor might well be up there among my favourites in the series. They feel like quintessential dromaeosaurs – for more info, I’ve written a longer article here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

G. lorriemcwhinneyae is quite different compared to its cousin – considerably spikier! Until the revelation of Spicomellus’ new look recently, this species of Gastonia was almost certainly up there in terms of being the pincushion-iest of the ankylosaurs. (7/40)

After a 3-month hiatus, thread number 3! Band of Brothers is the third episode of WWD2025, and focuses on the coming-of-age story of George the teenage Gastonia as he is pursued by Utahraptor, framed around the Lorrie’s site quarry in the Cedar Mountain Formation. (1/40)

We have swimming crabs, a brittle star, a sand tiger shark, mussels, herring (stand-ins to represent a kind of actinopterygian that may have been around in Florida at the time, but we can’t say for certain), and an undescribed crocodyliform.

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It gives me great pleasure to declare that I am now Chief Paleo-Artist of the Florida Fossilized program!
This late Eocene piece involving Zygorhiza was made for an outreach program focused on paleontology in the state of Florida. There is more to come…

3,000 health workers call for Kennedy to resign and delouse.

Maybe that’s what was going on with that one Psitaccosaurus sp. specimen.

Looks like some kind of meaty bull, so I hedge my bets on Carnotaurus

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

never take freedom of the press or access to news for granted. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Do not accept the question "But how do we pay for it?" about social programs ever again. That talking point is done forever.

Gazans are starving
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(And a reminder since there will be people who try to change the narrative of this cartoon: Criticizing the Israeli government and its policies is not antisemitic)

Breaking now: hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers stage a sit in at the Manhattan office building where Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have offices. They’re calling for an arms embargo and for food relief in Gaza. Jewish Voice for Peace organized the protest.

“Liberation, not starvation!”

I love talking about country music.

🧪🦣🏺 Who wants to hear a story about biotech billions, unscientific claims, and shoddy smear tactics attacking women in science*?

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*which, for legal clarity, are totally denied as being connected

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Okay, here we go! This is my second thread for Walking with Dinosaurs, delving into some of the fun behind-the-scenes bits, especially those I was more involved with. This time, we’re looking at episode 2, The River Dragon! (1/50)