Jeanne Timmons
@mostlymammoths.bsky.social
Freelance writer (she/her) interested in paleontology and archaeology. Avatar by Natalia Jagielska.
https://mostlymammoths.wordpress.com/freelance-work/
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"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way." - the late Congressman John Lewis
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Two things about this....
North Dakota mammoths need paleontologists, seriously, please. (They must be everywhere up there, but still only a few for the state)
And...I knew I liked Beulah for a reason.
North Dakota mammoths need paleontologists, seriously, please. (They must be everywhere up there, but still only a few for the state)
And...I knew I liked Beulah for a reason.
You had me at "a whole lot of mammoths" 🦣
Some updates on what we have been working on lately here at NDGS Paleo.
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Two things about this....
North Dakota mammoths need paleontologists, seriously, please. (They must be everywhere up there, but still only a few for the state)
And...I knew I liked Beulah for a reason.
North Dakota mammoths need paleontologists, seriously, please. (They must be everywhere up there, but still only a few for the state)
And...I knew I liked Beulah for a reason.
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The PLAINTIFFS didn't even expect the DOJ to toss Noem under the bus. She's not on their list of proposed witnesses to the decision to let the planes land.
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The PLAINTIFFS didn't even expect the DOJ to toss Noem under the bus. She's not on their list of proposed witnesses to the decision to let the planes land.
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NEW:
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
NEW:
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who obsessively wash their hands after touching meat before touching anything else—
and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There are two types of people in the world. People who obsessively wash their hands after touching meat before touching anything else—
and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
and people’s whose house I won’t eat at.
🧪
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
🧪
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Desde la bella Paraná decimos feliz día a lxs paleontólogxs de 🇦🇷
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Desde la bella Paraná decimos feliz día a lxs paleontólogxs de 🇦🇷
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Yup. Authors should talk more about how most of us make a living not writing so we can live to write. I'm very lucky to get paid for 9 months of university teaching (with benefits), which allows me to write during not-teaching times. Otherwise advances & royalties are too small & rare. 🧪📚✍️ #Booksky
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yup. Authors should talk more about how most of us make a living not writing so we can live to write. I'm very lucky to get paid for 9 months of university teaching (with benefits), which allows me to write during not-teaching times. Otherwise advances & royalties are too small & rare. 🧪📚✍️ #Booksky
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New art is arrived !
A large Yutyrannus is being cleaned up by a group of Hongshanornis. A curious Gegepterus approaches.
In the foreground, a Zhongjianosaurus seems interested in the small birds.
#paleoart #SciArt #dinosaur #digitalart #yixian #china #feathered
A large Yutyrannus is being cleaned up by a group of Hongshanornis. A curious Gegepterus approaches.
In the foreground, a Zhongjianosaurus seems interested in the small birds.
#paleoart #SciArt #dinosaur #digitalart #yixian #china #feathered
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New art is arrived !
A large Yutyrannus is being cleaned up by a group of Hongshanornis. A curious Gegepterus approaches.
In the foreground, a Zhongjianosaurus seems interested in the small birds.
#paleoart #SciArt #dinosaur #digitalart #yixian #china #feathered
A large Yutyrannus is being cleaned up by a group of Hongshanornis. A curious Gegepterus approaches.
In the foreground, a Zhongjianosaurus seems interested in the small birds.
#paleoart #SciArt #dinosaur #digitalart #yixian #china #feathered
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Definitely in good hands.
(image from @pbs.org: www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp...)
Definitely in good hands.
(image from @pbs.org: www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp...)
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Definitely in good hands.
(image from @pbs.org: www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp...)
Definitely in good hands.
(image from @pbs.org: www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp...)
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November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You had me at "a whole lot of mammoths" 🦣
Some updates on what we have been working on lately here at NDGS Paleo.
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research
The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota. Researchers first discovered the bones in September 2024 while searching for croc...
www.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You had me at "a whole lot of mammoths" 🦣
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Nice piece on the Hillsborough mastodon from New Brunswick, Canada.
Fun fact: a replica of this mastodon is on display at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians in Saltville, Virginia.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Fun fact: a replica of this mastodon is on display at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians in Saltville, Virginia.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Unearthing 75,000-year-old mastodon bones
A mammoth-like creature that once roamed Hillsborough in the southeastern area of the province now lives packed away in a New Brunswick Museum research centre.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Nice piece on the Hillsborough mastodon from New Brunswick, Canada.
Fun fact: a replica of this mastodon is on display at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians in Saltville, Virginia.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Fun fact: a replica of this mastodon is on display at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians in Saltville, Virginia.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Longest woolly rhino horn yet found, from longest-lived individual, a female
A 164.7 cm #rhino horn from #Yakutia sheds light on woolly rhinoceros morphology, longevity, and sexual dimorphism zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #permafrost #palaeoecology @davehone.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Longest woolly rhino horn yet found, from longest-lived individual, a female
Mammoth spotted in South Poland!
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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During the earliest stages of domestication, dogs in archaeological sites would be indistinguishable from wolves.
Unless you find them on a small island where no wolves would survive on their own, eating things wolves normally don’t eat.
Such as here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Unless you find them on a small island where no wolves would survive on their own, eating things wolves normally don’t eat.
Such as here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
During the earliest stages of domestication, dogs in archaeological sites would be indistinguishable from wolves.
Unless you find them on a small island where no wolves would survive on their own, eating things wolves normally don’t eat.
Such as here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Unless you find them on a small island where no wolves would survive on their own, eating things wolves normally don’t eat.
Such as here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Bucket list sloth butt selfie!! This beautiful specimen is from Anza Borrego and it has THOUSANDS of in situ osteoderms. There are only two specimens with in situ osteoderms (that I know of) in North America and I’m spending the day with this one.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Bucket list sloth butt selfie!! This beautiful specimen is from Anza Borrego and it has THOUSANDS of in situ osteoderms. There are only two specimens with in situ osteoderms (that I know of) in North America and I’m spending the day with this one.
I hung a rectangle of seeds & mealworms towards the end of the branch to provide another source of food for the birds, but squirrels have figured out that they can eat from it, too, if they hang upside down. :)
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I hung a rectangle of seeds & mealworms towards the end of the branch to provide another source of food for the birds, but squirrels have figured out that they can eat from it, too, if they hang upside down. :)
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Last month, we sued the Trump Admin for attempting to cut off funding to support survivors of domestic abuse & violent crimes in the name of their cruel immigration policies.
Now, faced with our lawsuit, the DOJ is officially dropping the restrictions. Supporting survivors shouldn't be conditional.
Now, faced with our lawsuit, the DOJ is officially dropping the restrictions. Supporting survivors shouldn't be conditional.
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Last month, we sued the Trump Admin for attempting to cut off funding to support survivors of domestic abuse & violent crimes in the name of their cruel immigration policies.
Now, faced with our lawsuit, the DOJ is officially dropping the restrictions. Supporting survivors shouldn't be conditional.
Now, faced with our lawsuit, the DOJ is officially dropping the restrictions. Supporting survivors shouldn't be conditional.
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Trump's DOJ is suing @boston.gov over the Trust Act - a local law that limits local law enforcement's participation in federal immigration policy, builds trust, and promotes public safety.
I'm filing a brief with the courts today to stand with Boston, the safest major city in America.
I'm filing a brief with the courts today to stand with Boston, the safest major city in America.
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump's DOJ is suing @boston.gov over the Trust Act - a local law that limits local law enforcement's participation in federal immigration policy, builds trust, and promotes public safety.
I'm filing a brief with the courts today to stand with Boston, the safest major city in America.
I'm filing a brief with the courts today to stand with Boston, the safest major city in America.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Mammoth spotted in South Poland!
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Mammoth spotted in South Poland!
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍