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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 7h

Brachiosaurus/Giraffatitan: An Artistic History in Four Parts

(Art by Zdenek Burian, Roger Payne, Steve Kirk, and Mark Witton)

A trio of heavyset brachiosaurs, long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs, stand almost fully submerged in a calm river. Their movement kicks up sediment on the riverbed, adding to the murkiness beneath the surface.

A tail-dragging brachiosaur with a muscular build ambles across a muddy shoreline, backed by a lush landscape with distant rolling hills. A pair of long-tailed pterosaurs soar overhead.

A slender, towering brachiosaur feeds from from a conifer, dwarfed by the colossal trunks of the surrounding trees. The forest floor is blanketed by ferns and saplings, all bathed in dappled sunlight.

Four towering brachiosaurs with svelte, graceful frames dance through the shallow surf, chasing each other playfully before a cloudy sky. Various pterosaurs flit about the giant dinosaurs, emphasizing their immense scale.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 7h

Is Al a Bubble? Sam Altman Warns of Al Crash... While Valuing OpenAl at $500 Billion
9 hours ago
MSN

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 8h

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 7h

Ruby the hornbill is stepping up to the plate for more Mariners enrichment! ⚾ She’s fetching baseballs, flying between bases, and rooting for the Mariners to bring home the big win today! 💙

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 7h

They have experienced no real consequences for being Nazis , why would they stop ?

THEY SAID this is who they were

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 8h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 8h

i've more than once had to rescue foolhardy and gluttonous seagulls that have gotten themselves stuck in a cafe i frequent; one was simply stunned that i dared to touch him, whereas the other let out a thunderous squawk of rage upon being released

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 8h

a small grey kitten sat on a bed in front of a laptop, captioned "i love my puter all my friends are inside it"

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14h

A teacher must have an email etiquette autoreplier bot set up.
I know I should NOT reply with:

"Dearest Kevin,

I am dreadfully sorry for the improper email I have burdened you with.

Kindly halt all lessons in email etiquette.

I am a grown ass woman with a PhD.

Auspiciously,

Sarah J. McAnulty"

a block of text from an email that reads "Hello,

I noticed your email is missing a polite greeting. Starting your email
with a greeting helps set a respectful tone.

Here are some examples of greetings you can use:
- Dear Mr./Ms. [Last Name],
- Hello [Teacher’s Name],
- Hi [Teacher’s Name],

Also, please remember to include a clear subject line in your emails.

Thank you!

Best regards,
[Your Name]"

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 9h

And it may seem like not a big deal. But while *you* are great people who accept queer kids, that's not as common as you'd hope.

New research shows only half of gay or lesbian people have parents who accept them.

Only 31% of trans people have parents that do.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 9h

End of the day enjoying a sunset with my donkeys and Emus. Best day ever 😊

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 8h

this would have been amazing. i hate gamerbros they ruin everything.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · Jan 28

Also… keep Brachauchenius in mind… for reasons 👀👀👀

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 16h

back by popular demand, oscar the congo grey 🦜 #parrotsky

oscar the congo grey faces the camera, looking deceptively sweet and demure; he's actually a diva who loves to bite and then laugh about it

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💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 9h

*BOOP*

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V Pellicer- looking for work! @veppart.bsky.social · 2d

New graphic for Doc's vet bills. Please consider buying art of anything at all! My little dude needs surgery asap. Feel free to share this graphic far and wide!

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Istrandar @istrandar.bsky.social · 9h

Reposting some personal works I made during the last years.
I wish I could be more ambitious with my own work but I often end up doing very safe illustrations. I really like them but I wish I had the energy to try some new subjects

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Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 9h

#whalewednesday The spectacular early toothed whale Xenorophus sloanii from the Oligocene (~28 mya) of South Carolina! This is a critical transitional fossil, known from about a dozen skulls and partial skeletons. Read more about Xenorophus here on my blog: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...

A black and white skeletal reconstruction of Xenorophus sloanii, and a pair of photos of the skull and neck vertebrae of the best known specimen in top and side view.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 16h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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beatrice ☾ .⁺⋆ @beawiitch.bsky.social · 16h

good morning ♡

a cat with a wizard hat and a wand that has a bunch of squiggly lines coming out of it. the text reads: “woosh, you now have energy to take on the day”

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 10h

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joshuapaleorojas.bsky.social @joshuapaleorojas.bsky.social · 10h

The first image is a spectacular reconstruction of the alvarezsauroid dinosaur, Bonapartenykus ultimus; by the talented artist @somniosa.bsky.social. The first fossilized remains to be unearthed for Bonapartenykus ultimus were

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Harkthorn @harkthorn.bsky.social · 10h

Inkotober, day 8-after a bath

#parrotSky 🪶

A photo of a wet Green Cheek conure stood on top of his cage, looking at the viewer

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 11h

that andrew wakefield isn’t sitting in a british prison and is still, to this day, inflicting harm on children represents a complete failure of our medical, science, and political classes.

btw we must make sure that hilary cass doesn’t escape justice. she has perpetrated a similar medical fraud.

Wakefield is no longer allowed to practice medicine in the U.K. and has since relocated to Texas, where he has repositioned himself as a medical martyr and "father of the anti-vaccine movement."

He was seen alongside Kennedy at anti-vax rallies, and an epidemiologist who recently left the CDC told The Times last month that he remains the secretary's "North Star."

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Anuradha Sarup @anuradhasarup.bsky.social · 15d

Magpie time.
They always seem to be demand attention. But how can you not stare when they are so striking?

Scientific Name: Pica pica
Conservation Status: Least concern

#spain #EurasianMagpie #birdphotography #birdwatching #magpie #birder #birders_gallery #birdontherun

#addbirder please :)

Eurasian Magpie running with a wasp in it's beak. The Magpie has it's tail up showing a bright green in it's tail feathers. The whole landscape is dry and brown, typical of summer time in Central Spain.

Close up of Eurasian Magpie running with a wasp in it's beak. The Magpie has it's tail up showing a bright green in it's tail feathers. The whole landscape is dry and brown, typical of summer time in Central Spain.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

Despite getting whatever anti-trans narrative they wanted out of the Charlie Kirk shooting, the American right is now blaming the Jews instead, because content must be created. It is almost like the "first they came for" thing is not hypothetical!

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

It's the golden rule of grievance politics: you will never be happy. You are a permanent captive to the infinity goalpost.

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