Mesozoic Mind
@mesozoicmind.bsky.social
(Former and future) logger for Mesozoic Mind. Interests are palaeontology, biology, and cryptids.
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Mesozoic Mind
@mesozoicmind.bsky.social
· Dec 15
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age - brief overall thoughts
IT'S BACK! I'M BACK! Do I mean my blog or Prehistoric Planet ? Both. This time, instead on continuing with the dinosaurs, we go to our era, ...
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First #MesozoicMindBlog post in months! Belatedly give my thoughts on PrePlanet Ice Age!
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In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited. n.pr/49WF6w1
How a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of paleontology
In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.
n.pr
February 5, 2026 at 2:25 AM
In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited. n.pr/49WF6w1
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A bittersweet article today as Gemma remembers a hidden gem in Emmen, a dinosaur museum that is no longer there.
Remembering the Biochron
Zoos and dinosaurs. I have written a lot about Dutch zoos and dinosaurs on these pages. Most zoos in my home country have some degree of dinosaur presence, in the shape of permanent or temporary mo…
chasmosaurs.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
A bittersweet article today as Gemma remembers a hidden gem in Emmen, a dinosaur museum that is no longer there.
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Result from the Joggins Formation #paleostream! This Canadian site is an absolute classic and even if you are not familiar with its name you probably know at least one of its major players...
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Result from the Joggins Formation #paleostream! This Canadian site is an absolute classic and even if you are not familiar with its name you probably know at least one of its major players...
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this post is gettin a lot of love! just wanna remind folks that Black trans history never ended! u can support black trans lives TODAY!
THEM has this rad list of trans orgs by state, many of which specifically serve Black queer folks. i urge u to donate + follow! www.them.us/story/orgs-f...
THEM has this rad list of trans orgs by state, many of which specifically serve Black queer folks. i urge u to donate + follow! www.them.us/story/orgs-f...
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
this post is gettin a lot of love! just wanna remind folks that Black trans history never ended! u can support black trans lives TODAY!
THEM has this rad list of trans orgs by state, many of which specifically serve Black queer folks. i urge u to donate + follow! www.them.us/story/orgs-f...
THEM has this rad list of trans orgs by state, many of which specifically serve Black queer folks. i urge u to donate + follow! www.them.us/story/orgs-f...
In honour of #BlackHistoryMonth, I bring up Viola Desmond, perhaps the shining example of black canadians' resilliance.
February 3, 2026 at 12:39 AM
In honour of #BlackHistoryMonth, I bring up Viola Desmond, perhaps the shining example of black canadians' resilliance.
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Maybe it's time that we stop venerating rich US men, and give similar platform to unproblematic, progressive women? Like Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska?
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Maybe it's time that we stop venerating rich US men, and give similar platform to unproblematic, progressive women? Like Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska?
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i made another youtube video! this time i ramble about the recently extinct animals of the pleistocene and how they make me feel... link below!
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
i made another youtube video! this time i ramble about the recently extinct animals of the pleistocene and how they make me feel... link below!
Latest palaeomeme, months in the making.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVMX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVMX...
Tribute to Gigantoraptor - Crawl to me
YouTube video by Zain Ahmed
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Latest palaeomeme, months in the making.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVMX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVMX...
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This will surely become more common in many places (and a serious cost for local authorities) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding
Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This will surely become more common in many places (and a serious cost for local authorities) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
In... less depressing news, I've gained my highest viewed video!
2,668 views and counting!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i075...
2,668 views and counting!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i075...
Prehistoric Planet Ice Age trailer but with Ice Age theme
YouTube video by Zain Ahmed
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
In... less depressing news, I've gained my highest viewed video!
2,668 views and counting!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i075...
2,668 views and counting!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i075...
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Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵)
Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM.
Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM.
Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵)
Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM.
Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM.
Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.
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This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
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I strongly encourage my palaeoart peers who work in the museum display sector to write explicit "no AI modification" clauses into their contracts.
Even if your employee contacts at a given museum are trustworthy, you can't rely on outsourced 3rd parties to not butcher your work without said clause.
Even if your employee contacts at a given museum are trustworthy, you can't rely on outsourced 3rd parties to not butcher your work without said clause.
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I strongly encourage my palaeoart peers who work in the museum display sector to write explicit "no AI modification" clauses into their contracts.
Even if your employee contacts at a given museum are trustworthy, you can't rely on outsourced 3rd parties to not butcher your work without said clause.
Even if your employee contacts at a given museum are trustworthy, you can't rely on outsourced 3rd parties to not butcher your work without said clause.
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As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
7 Reasons Teens Say No to AI
Some young people only turn to artificial-intelligence chatbots as a last resort, citing concerns about relationships, creativity, the environment and more.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
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I already didn't like the guy for being a lousy paleontologist, but now I hate him even more after knowing he was in the files.
I hope death marches quicker for him so he gets tormented by all the Tyrannosaurs in the spirit realm.
I hope death marches quicker for him so he gets tormented by all the Tyrannosaurs in the spirit realm.
Honestly, between being exposed as bing tied to Jeffery Epstein and the Tyrannosaurus ontogny model being invalidated by "Nano", the universe is really trying to destroy Jack Horner's legacy - as it should be.
February 1, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I already didn't like the guy for being a lousy paleontologist, but now I hate him even more after knowing he was in the files.
I hope death marches quicker for him so he gets tormented by all the Tyrannosaurs in the spirit realm.
I hope death marches quicker for him so he gets tormented by all the Tyrannosaurs in the spirit realm.
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Dinoland USA sees its final day of operation today. I will definitely miss it. Here I am posing with @suethetrex.bsky.social during my visit in 2013.
February 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Dinoland USA sees its final day of operation today. I will definitely miss it. Here I am posing with @suethetrex.bsky.social during my visit in 2013.
I'd like it... it weren’t for the dinosaurs being clear traces.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I'd like it... it weren’t for the dinosaurs being clear traces.
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A children’s book about the life of Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska? Yes please! Learn more about the discoveries of the Polish-Mongolian Expeditions with “Dinosaur Desert”!
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dinodadreviews.com/2026/02/01/d...
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dinodadreviews.com/2026/02/01/d...
Dinosaur Desert
All about the life and discoveries of Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska!
dinodadreviews.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
A children’s book about the life of Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska? Yes please! Learn more about the discoveries of the Polish-Mongolian Expeditions with “Dinosaur Desert”!
🦕📖🦖
dinodadreviews.com/2026/02/01/d...
🦕📖🦖
dinodadreviews.com/2026/02/01/d...
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Honestly, never liked him anyway due to his Scavenger Rex "theory" born of jealousy it was more popular then hadrosaurs. Like dude, just focus on building up hadrosaurs more then tearing down another like palaeonerds do.
February 1, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Honestly, never liked him anyway due to his Scavenger Rex "theory" born of jealousy it was more popular then hadrosaurs. Like dude, just focus on building up hadrosaurs more then tearing down another like palaeonerds do.
Honestly, between being exposed as bing tied to Jeffery Epstein and the Tyrannosaurus ontogny model being invalidated by "Nano", the universe is really trying to destroy Jack Horner's legacy - as it should be.
February 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Honestly, between being exposed as bing tied to Jeffery Epstein and the Tyrannosaurus ontogny model being invalidated by "Nano", the universe is really trying to destroy Jack Horner's legacy - as it should be.
... I am not suprised this would happen considering he married an 18 year old.
Jack Horner in the Epstein File trying to raise money to fund dinosaur research. When I discovered we had rich nazis on our dig in 2008, I dropped them like a rancid turd; ask Don. There will never be a Trumpasaurus with my name attached! @paleontologizing.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
... I am not suprised this would happen considering he married an 18 year old.
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Happy Imbolc from Ireland, a pagan festival marking the return of light after winter and the beginning of lambing season. Day of the goddess Brigid (later adopted as the Christian ‘St Brigid’) associated with wisdom, poetry, healing, and domesticated animals. #SpeirGorm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc
Imbolc - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Happy Imbolc from Ireland, a pagan festival marking the return of light after winter and the beginning of lambing season. Day of the goddess Brigid (later adopted as the Christian ‘St Brigid’) associated with wisdom, poetry, healing, and domesticated animals. #SpeirGorm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc
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This is a VERY small thing, but I love how the IUCN Red List’s website calls its assessed species “Amazing Species”. Amidst the bleak subject of the website, it’s a reminder that threatened species aren’t merely victims to feel sad for. They’re marvels to behold.
January 31, 2026 at 11:07 PM
This is a VERY small thing, but I love how the IUCN Red List’s website calls its assessed species “Amazing Species”. Amidst the bleak subject of the website, it’s a reminder that threatened species aren’t merely victims to feel sad for. They’re marvels to behold.
Ugh, I hate this kind of design:
Its literally just human but with animal head, so dissonant and uggo.
Its literally just human but with animal head, so dissonant and uggo.
T.J., as you seem to like her, was proposed as a love interest for Joe. Test audiences were not ready for her, as the idea of giving the lone wolf Joe a romantic partner struck them as distracting when he already had the Hard Pack by his side. She went unseen until the 1998 release of Joe's artbook.
January 31, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Ugh, I hate this kind of design:
Its literally just human but with animal head, so dissonant and uggo.
Its literally just human but with animal head, so dissonant and uggo.
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I have never been moved to tears by a quirky tech youtuber before. I really need folks to see the last 15 minutes of this even if you can't commit to the whole thing. youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?...
January 31, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I have never been moved to tears by a quirky tech youtuber before. I really need folks to see the last 15 minutes of this even if you can't commit to the whole thing. youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?...