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Dr Ross Barnett
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Invernessian palaeogeneticist and stay-at-home dad. Knows a thing or two about the aDNA of extinct lions, sabretooths and megafauna. Author of The Missing Lynx.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Missing-Lynx-Future-Britains-Mammals/dp/1472957350
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there should be an oscar for bluesky story arc and @notalawyer.bsky.social should win
February 15, 2026 at 6:57 AM
edition.cnn.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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How I feel about AI
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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It turns out those little book nook kits scratch a veryprecise neurodivergent itch in my brain, which i guess in another era would be filled by model trains or such?
February 13, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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"You boy, what day is this??"
October 13, 2023 at 7:04 AM
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Driven to extinction 40 years ago due to poaching and political unrest, successfully nurtured back through captive breeding, white rhinos are roaming again in Uganda’s Ajai wildlife reserve. A conservation victory and a game changer for tourism in the region.

news.fixthenews.com/b1SkIAD
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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11 February 1765, London: birth of Elizabeth Knipe, later Mrs Cobbold, poet, writer & pioneer fossil collector from the Plio-Pleistocene Red Crag Formation of Suffolk. From 1813 to 1824 she sent over 40 fossils to James Sowerby for his Mineral Conchology, one of which he named Nucula Cobboldiae.
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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February 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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This woman in Crowborough who took down flags is a hero and I hope she's ok.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Dinocon name-checked on Jimmy Kimmel for their strong proactive stance on the Trump-Epstein files (at 12m18s) @tetzoo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYtq...
Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi Gets Hammered on Epstein & MAGA Coalition Starting to Crack
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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JOB ALERT!

We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!

Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!

We look forward to receiving your applications!

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Due to a terrible misreading of a hashtag, we prepared something to post tomorrow, then realised it was wrong. So today, let's celebrate #GalenTines Day. Here's what Galen of Pergamon (c129BCE-216BCE) had to say about the gynaecological anatomy which influenced physicians for over a millennium...
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Bringing this back up for the International Day of Women in Science, and yes, I consider scientific art, as part of scientific process and communication 🫰
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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When a headline blares that something is the oldest evidence of XXXX in human evolution, what does that really mean?

I try to explain in @newscientist.com

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514617-which-humans-first-made-tools-or-art-and-how-do-we-know/
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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The Carpow Longboat - one of the oldest and best preserved in Scotland. Discovered in the River Tay (near Newburgh) in 2001, the boat dates to the late Bronze Age. Now part of the collections at Perth Museum & Art Gallery,. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #Carpow
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 AM