Mesozoic Mind

Behold, a new AMV, centred on pterosaurs. Originally it was just gonna be azhdarchids (and admittedly they form a huge number of clips used), but I realosed this was pretty limiting, so I went with pterosaurs in general. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Li...

1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

My red Pachycephalosaurus out there helping fight for the Academy. Ease check out @savetheacademy.bsky.social to learn how you can help.

Basic question time: what is your favorite Tyrannosaurus rex display at any museum? 🦖 Reasons for your choice (interpretation, lighting, pose, interactive peripherals) appreciated!

This is the appropriate way to react if you come across a fossil fish.

#PaleoAgainstAI One by one, the pillars that once held up scicomm succumbed to AI. Tim Haines fell. Nick Shoolingin-Jordan fell. Giant Screen Films fell. Even the BBC Science Unit is contemplating the possibility of using AI... WHERE NOW IS HOPE FOR MAJOR VFX-HEAVY PALEO DOCUS?

#PaleoAgainstAI NICK SHOOLINGIN-JORDAN, director of #TheDinosaurs , is now OPENLY PRO-AI. He was a host of the 'Lights, Camera, Algorithm' panel at AI Film Fest Monaco. His Linkedin bio now EXPLICITLY states that he's using 'emerging AI tools' to 'bring DEEP-TIME WORLDS to life'.

#PaleoAgainstAI As AIGC inexorably encroaches on natural history filmmaking, and as mainstream scicomm continues to be distorted or hindered by AI worshippers and 'higher ups', IS THERE STILL HOPE FOR MAINSTREAM VFX-HEAVY PALEO DOCUS? ARE WE ALREADY WITNESSING THEIR EXTINCTION?

In the world of #paleaort and #dinosaur depictions there’s always been interest in The Age of Reptiles mural on show at Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut, sometimes called the Zallinger Mural. I'm here sharing a thread orignally posted at Twitter.... 1/n

#FossilFriday Cingulate power couple! The pampathere Holmesina and the glyptodont Glyptodon @romtoronto.bsky.social

Markets in Gaza are nearly empty. Flour is scarce and extremely difficult to find, with prices reaching $200. Please help Waseem’s family secure flour, food, and basic necessities before it becomes even harder to survive. Every donation can make a difference. gofund.me/35fdca7d

Please speak up about this. Unfortunately, fan art is a gray area but no one is profiting off, even if you secure a license for the opposite. For anything to be fair use and non-commercial, it should be for our own enjoyment.

Back from my Indiana vacation that was full of friends, family, and dinosaurs!

Lovely birthday at the Toronto Zoo.

Dinosaurs ruled Earth, until a 10-km asteroid changed everything. The impact triggered firestorms, shockwaves, and mass extinction on a global scale. How did one day end their reign? Watch Amazing Dinoworld 2 on Curiosity Stream. . . . #Dinosaurs #AsteroidImpact #Extinction #Prehistoric #Dinoworld

Sometimes I think chronic oxygen deprivation really is a thing here in Colorado.

GUESS WHO'S BIRTHDAY IT IS!? QUARTER 100 I AM

It should not be socially acceptable for stores to play Christmas music before Black Friday. Yes I'm a Christmas hater but hearing it in October feels like a microaggression.

An update from Brewster Kahle on today's outage.

Tricerabottoms

BEWARE OF SWAMP MONSTER Aka a Snapping Turtle #SpookyNature #SpookySeason #herps 🌿

The museum display that made me a life long Cambrian/Burgess Shale lover :]

Anyway, if anyone out there wants actual good Jurassic Park or dinosaur-themed analog horror with 0.00% AI garbage, go to these channels instead of Ali Awada.

'Hell Chicken' is actually an elegant, dignified little creature, if you please. 🤓☺️ The recently described oviraptorosaur, Infernogallus. Qualifying as an honorary #Boktober. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm.

Saw TheGamingBeaver’s new video on The Muldoon Logs and appreciate him bringing Ali Awada using generative AI to light. I actually liked the Muldoon Logs initially, but looking back, I shouldn’t have given it my time. The AI Bob Peck voice should’ve been an automatic dealbreaker and red flag.

It pisses me off seeing a cool concept for a JP prequel wasted on pure slop. A series about Muldoon documenting what happened on Nublar before the Jurassic Park incident is a terrific idea. But from the get go, Ali Awada ruined it with an uncanny synthesized voiceover and blatant AI shortcutting.

This owl was getting banded and tagged by the Rocky Point Bird Observatory. For the owl’s safety, he/she was wrapped up. These photos…🤣🦉. So cute.

Strikes me as a mausoleum for the magazine's heyday, which has decidedly passed at this point.

The Metallica thing is so funny. I think at this point being loudly MAGA gets less shit than being loudly apolitical

The book is real and it’s finally out!! Extinction Coast is a collection of my dinosaur art and stories of the changed world they inhabit. I’m super proud of it and so stoked it finally really exists

I’m getting fed up with work monopolising all of my time. I’m finding it harder and harder to keep up with my academic interests and my hobbies, and it’s quite literally impossible to carve out time for art, writing, or games. Capitalism is reducing me to a husk and I am not okay with that.

César Jáuregui, Maru Campos’s Former Prosecutor, Arrested in Relation to the CIA Case in Chihuahua The CIA operated illegally on Mexican soil without the federal government's consent; now the Chihuahua officials who allowed it are facing charges. mexicosolidarity.com/jauregui-ar…

In retrospect, using NWA's "Fuck tha Police", a song about the horrors and pain of police brutality as a silly meme about defying authority was really messed up.

It rained overnight, meaning that all four of the working butts are full again, which is great. Over the weekend I must repair the FIFTH one so I can store even more water. Droughts are going to be normal for the UK in view of climate breakdown, we must start storing water over the winter. And...

YES. JESUS CHRIST YES. ITS ONLY BEEN AROUND 3 YEARS. WE DON'T NEED IT. www.techspot.com/news/114234-...

Shining Star & Comet are ready for Halloween! #musclewoman #originalcharacter #wonderwoman #artwork!

The Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays, Kansas, could close to the public this December after state budget cuts at Fort Hays State University. A Hays foundation is matching gifts to save it dollar for dollar, up to $1 million. https://fossi.ls/sternberg

Happy #NationalFossilDay 2026! Fossils connect us to the lands we live on and the ecosystems we're a part of. They show us that everything around us is part of a 3.5 billion years story that's still ongoing. I just think that's magical. ☮️❤️🦣🦕

Renderings and press release for the Field Museum's new Africa hall