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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Okay, since I’m in a mood, do you know what is annoying mild *annoyance* about all this, rather than a gut-wrenching crisis?
I’m not a Christian but my sense of fairness keeps requiring me to defend the church because people keep posting shit about “Why aren’t Christians speaking up?!”
I’m not a Christian but my sense of fairness keeps requiring me to defend the church because people keep posting shit about “Why aren’t Christians speaking up?!”
January 25, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Okay, since I’m in a mood, do you know what is annoying mild *annoyance* about all this, rather than a gut-wrenching crisis?
I’m not a Christian but my sense of fairness keeps requiring me to defend the church because people keep posting shit about “Why aren’t Christians speaking up?!”
I’m not a Christian but my sense of fairness keeps requiring me to defend the church because people keep posting shit about “Why aren’t Christians speaking up?!”
Probably worth repeatedly getting water in my boots as I failed to outrun the waves on Charmouth beach today. It was wild out there. #fossil #jurrasic #fossilfriday #ammonite
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Probably worth repeatedly getting water in my boots as I failed to outrun the waves on Charmouth beach today. It was wild out there. #fossil #jurrasic #fossilfriday #ammonite
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I'm not kidding when I say that #DinoConUK 2025 was the gigantic, immersive, inclusive, fun event I hoped it would be. If you like #dinosaurs we want you to be part of it too :) Join us for 2026.
January 18, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I'm not kidding when I say that #DinoConUK 2025 was the gigantic, immersive, inclusive, fun event I hoped it would be. If you like #dinosaurs we want you to be part of it too :) Join us for 2026.
January 19, 2026 at 8:58 AM
This is a truth not truly appreciated until you are in ownership of a large and mostly feral horse In an area with heavy clay soil.
January 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
This is a truth not truly appreciated until you are in ownership of a large and mostly feral horse In an area with heavy clay soil.
My share of that fucking medal they gave the NHS post pandemic.
Quote courtesy of T.Kingfisher A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking.
Quote courtesy of T.Kingfisher A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking.
January 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
My share of that fucking medal they gave the NHS post pandemic.
Quote courtesy of T.Kingfisher A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking.
Quote courtesy of T.Kingfisher A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking.
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In this week's #FossilFiles podcast, @fossilrob.bsky.social and I talk DINOSAUR SEX and giggle childishly. Listen here: fossils.libsyn.com/20-back-brea... or wherever you get your podcasts
The Fossil Files: 20. Back-breaking and baby making, the disturbing bedroom habits of hadrosaurs
Having large body sizes conferred all sorts of advantages on dinosaurs, but it potentially made breeding a bit complicated. This week we take a look at some weird pathologies in fossil hadrosaurs (duc...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
In this week's #FossilFiles podcast, @fossilrob.bsky.social and I talk DINOSAUR SEX and giggle childishly. Listen here: fossils.libsyn.com/20-back-brea... or wherever you get your podcasts
All time classic.
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
All time classic.
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I thought I'd try something new with the background for this kestrel drawing - what do you think?
January 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I thought I'd try something new with the background for this kestrel drawing - what do you think?
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Good intentions.
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Good intentions.
If they made me stick to the I’d end up going and fucking eating JFK. ‘Eat Real Food’ is a feminist issue.
realfood.gov
realfood.gov
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
If they made me stick to the I’d end up going and fucking eating JFK. ‘Eat Real Food’ is a feminist issue.
realfood.gov
realfood.gov
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Reminder that #DinoConUK venue info is up NOW, and we're accepting vendor applications AND hotel places (do not wait to the last minute!). Tickets are not YET on sale but things are coming together. Our 2025 meeting in Exeter was huge, we expect Birmingham 2026 to be bigger! www.dinocon.co.uk
DinoCon
www.dinocon.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Reminder that #DinoConUK venue info is up NOW, and we're accepting vendor applications AND hotel places (do not wait to the last minute!). Tickets are not YET on sale but things are coming together. Our 2025 meeting in Exeter was huge, we expect Birmingham 2026 to be bigger! www.dinocon.co.uk
And it’s off! USPS has your order 🚚
Haven’t ordered from the US in years, but couldn’t resist a tiny bit of #paleoart. A whole adventure. Will it arrive, how long will it take, will they double the cost by sticking random charges and a tenner to collect them on this end? We will see - eventually.
Haven’t ordered from the US in years, but couldn’t resist a tiny bit of #paleoart. A whole adventure. Will it arrive, how long will it take, will they double the cost by sticking random charges and a tenner to collect them on this end? We will see - eventually.
January 6, 2026 at 8:03 AM
And it’s off! USPS has your order 🚚
Haven’t ordered from the US in years, but couldn’t resist a tiny bit of #paleoart. A whole adventure. Will it arrive, how long will it take, will they double the cost by sticking random charges and a tenner to collect them on this end? We will see - eventually.
Haven’t ordered from the US in years, but couldn’t resist a tiny bit of #paleoart. A whole adventure. Will it arrive, how long will it take, will they double the cost by sticking random charges and a tenner to collect them on this end? We will see - eventually.
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Change in the weather?
The Earth said 'I am
a little hot in here
could we open a window?'
He replied 'Are you really dear?
I’ll just turn the heating up?
As it’s probably just your age.
© Bernard Pearson
The Earth said 'I am
a little hot in here
could we open a window?'
He replied 'Are you really dear?
I’ll just turn the heating up?
As it’s probably just your age.
© Bernard Pearson
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Change in the weather?
The Earth said 'I am
a little hot in here
could we open a window?'
He replied 'Are you really dear?
I’ll just turn the heating up?
As it’s probably just your age.
© Bernard Pearson
The Earth said 'I am
a little hot in here
could we open a window?'
He replied 'Are you really dear?
I’ll just turn the heating up?
As it’s probably just your age.
© Bernard Pearson
I think the biggest problem we have in our politics is that voters don’t understand how bloody complicated things are and unintended consequence/unknown unknowns. We somehow need to teach this ar school but that is even more bloody complicated.
December 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I think the biggest problem we have in our politics is that voters don’t understand how bloody complicated things are and unintended consequence/unknown unknowns. We somehow need to teach this ar school but that is even more bloody complicated.
I was finishing rewatching Prehistoric planet last night and got recommended Monarch, Legacy of Monsters, which I am really enjoying in my cynical old age. Please do not tell me of it goes downhill, you’ll break my old lady heart.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I was finishing rewatching Prehistoric planet last night and got recommended Monarch, Legacy of Monsters, which I am really enjoying in my cynical old age. Please do not tell me of it goes downhill, you’ll break my old lady heart.
www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/monarch_l...
www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/monarch_l...
I updated this. I suspect we’ll be needing it.
December 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I updated this. I suspect we’ll be needing it.
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Treatment
The way to avoid all pain,
Is either to chose to die,
Now, this minute,
Or to choose to live,
And not by
The second hand.
© Bernard Pearson
The way to avoid all pain,
Is either to chose to die,
Now, this minute,
Or to choose to live,
And not by
The second hand.
© Bernard Pearson
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Treatment
The way to avoid all pain,
Is either to chose to die,
Now, this minute,
Or to choose to live,
And not by
The second hand.
© Bernard Pearson
The way to avoid all pain,
Is either to chose to die,
Now, this minute,
Or to choose to live,
And not by
The second hand.
© Bernard Pearson
December 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Paleo Sunday: Eohippus
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Paleo Sunday: Eohippus
December 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Merry Christmas! ✨
December 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Merry Christmas! ✨