Bored Aardvark
@boredaardvark.bsky.social
Interests palaeontology, art especially science and paleoart, science, medicine, history, sewing and beading. Most knowledgeable and least likely to engage in arguments about nutrition - what can I say, the pseudoscientific claptrap wears you down.
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Shades of me trying to learn to use a mouse with my left hand.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Shades of me trying to learn to use a mouse with my left hand.
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Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
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"AI has become the high-fructose corn syrup of the digital realm: It’s now in everything, even if you don’t want it there." www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
www.sfgate.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"AI has become the high-fructose corn syrup of the digital realm: It’s now in everything, even if you don’t want it there." www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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Away Wi' The Fairies
I present my latest Away Wi' The Fairies pendant, in handcrafted sterling silver & 24k gold hand gilding.
Available from my website: www.emmascottjewellery.com/shop
I present my latest Away Wi' The Fairies pendant, in handcrafted sterling silver & 24k gold hand gilding.
Available from my website: www.emmascottjewellery.com/shop
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Away Wi' The Fairies
I present my latest Away Wi' The Fairies pendant, in handcrafted sterling silver & 24k gold hand gilding.
Available from my website: www.emmascottjewellery.com/shop
I present my latest Away Wi' The Fairies pendant, in handcrafted sterling silver & 24k gold hand gilding.
Available from my website: www.emmascottjewellery.com/shop
The most true cartoon in the history of cartoons.
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The most true cartoon in the history of cartoons.
How do you stop lorries getting stuck under the east coast mainline road bridge? An effing great gantry with chains. Genius.
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
How do you stop lorries getting stuck under the east coast mainline road bridge? An effing great gantry with chains. Genius.
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It’s that time of year again.
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It’s that time of year again.
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
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Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
Ok I’ve just realised why many journalists can’t see through AI. It’s literally an automated journalist. It skims the evidence, doesn’t discriminate poor quality sources, misrepresents and cherry picks to support an argument and even makes stuff up to provide information for the hard of thinking.
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Ok I’ve just realised why many journalists can’t see through AI. It’s literally an automated journalist. It skims the evidence, doesn’t discriminate poor quality sources, misrepresents and cherry picks to support an argument and even makes stuff up to provide information for the hard of thinking.
So bloody much of this going on by all sides in politics. It’s corrosive because time and money that could be spent improving people’s lives gets wasted.
The left can be the better/worse as they believe their simplistic solutions rather than just thinking their voters will like them.
The left can be the better/worse as they believe their simplistic solutions rather than just thinking their voters will like them.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
So bloody much of this going on by all sides in politics. It’s corrosive because time and money that could be spent improving people’s lives gets wasted.
The left can be the better/worse as they believe their simplistic solutions rather than just thinking their voters will like them.
The left can be the better/worse as they believe their simplistic solutions rather than just thinking their voters will like them.
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Jesus wept 🤦♀️. I saw this at the time but didn’t realise just how brave John Noakes was. When people talk about getting ride of health and safety I’m guessing they mean going back to this.
BBC just showed this video of John Noakes climbing Nelson’s column.
Wearing flared jeans and ordinary shoes, on a wooden ladder with no harness!
youtu.be/tMrB_3wq2ak?...
Wearing flared jeans and ordinary shoes, on a wooden ladder with no harness!
youtu.be/tMrB_3wq2ak?...
1977: JOHN NOAKES scaling Nelson's Column is TERRIFYING | Blue Peter | Classic clips | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Jesus wept 🤦♀️. I saw this at the time but didn’t realise just how brave John Noakes was. When people talk about getting ride of health and safety I’m guessing they mean going back to this.
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So we're slightly late to the party given that the big news dropped a month ago, but here's a full hour of the #TerribleLizards #Podcast where @iszi.com and I talk about #Nanotyrannus and what it all means for T. rex and tyrannosaur research going forwards. terriblelizards.libsyn.com/nanotyrannus
Terrible Lizards: Nanotyrannus or not?
The biggest news in palaeontology this year dropped just in time for us to miss it with last month’s episode but we’re giving it the full hour this time. The idea that there’s a miniature tyrannosaur ...
terriblelizards.libsyn.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So we're slightly late to the party given that the big news dropped a month ago, but here's a full hour of the #TerribleLizards #Podcast where @iszi.com and I talk about #Nanotyrannus and what it all means for T. rex and tyrannosaur research going forwards. terriblelizards.libsyn.com/nanotyrannus
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NEWS! 'My vision for Twitter was always an army of foreign nationals monetising propaganda to influence US voters', insists Elon Musk newsthump.com/2025/11/25/m...
‘My vision for Twitter was always an army of foreign nationals monetising propaganda to influence US voters’, insists Elon Musk
After Twitter added a new feature that showed the locations of many high-profile, well-followed MAGA accounts to be outside the United States, Elon Musk has insisted this was his plan all along.
newsthump.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
NEWS! 'My vision for Twitter was always an army of foreign nationals monetising propaganda to influence US voters', insists Elon Musk newsthump.com/2025/11/25/m...
Really enjoyed Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Buchold. A book with a really good middle aged female protagonist is a rare thing. Stands alone but probably want to read The Curse of Chalion first #BookSky
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Really enjoyed Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Buchold. A book with a really good middle aged female protagonist is a rare thing. Stands alone but probably want to read The Curse of Chalion first #BookSky
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Some frosty bird nest for #FungiFriday
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Some frosty bird nest for #FungiFriday
FFS I hate it when they do this.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
FFS I hate it when they do this.
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A tiny dragon guarding his treasure.
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A tiny dragon guarding his treasure.
The Kobo turned up. First impression was it’s tiny, but the screen is the same size as the kindle paperwhite, and the text seems just as clear with lots of adjustments possible, much more intuitive screen controls particularly screen dimming. Colour looks nice but not sure how much I’ll use it. 1/w
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Kobo turned up. First impression was it’s tiny, but the screen is the same size as the kindle paperwhite, and the text seems just as clear with lots of adjustments possible, much more intuitive screen controls particularly screen dimming. Colour looks nice but not sure how much I’ll use it. 1/w
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US customers: contrary to what you might have heard, art and books from the UK are still TARIFF-FREE! Plus, all import duties are pre-paid by me, so you WON’T have to pay any extra!
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
US customers: contrary to what you might have heard, art and books from the UK are still TARIFF-FREE! Plus, all import duties are pre-paid by me, so you WON’T have to pay any extra!
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
Bollocks to it, tired of giving so much money to Amazon for books and my Kindle battery is very poor now. Going to try a little colour Kobo.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Bollocks to it, tired of giving so much money to Amazon for books and my Kindle battery is very poor now. Going to try a little colour Kobo.
Can we have our country back please. I’ve been banging on about this since the riots but no one seems to care about community staff.
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Can we have our country back please. I’ve been banging on about this since the riots but no one seems to care about community staff.
Ok so Swortdheart by @tkingfisher.com has come out in the UK today. It’s £9.99 on Kindle 😱. Anyone know if the author gets more money if I pay that much? Back to contemplating an alternative eReader (£7.99 on Kobo) - my hands don’t like physical books much and I don’t want to read on a iPad screen.
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Ok so Swortdheart by @tkingfisher.com has come out in the UK today. It’s £9.99 on Kindle 😱. Anyone know if the author gets more money if I pay that much? Back to contemplating an alternative eReader (£7.99 on Kobo) - my hands don’t like physical books much and I don’t want to read on a iPad screen.