Dr Ross Barnett
@deepfrieddna.bsky.social
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
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Missing-Lynx-Future-Britains-Mammals/dp/1472957350
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Well, if it’s 31 December, it’s... yes, of course: 172nd anniversary of the dinner Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, gave for 21 leading academics and other VIPs inside the Iguanodon
December 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Well, if it’s 31 December, it’s... yes, of course: 172nd anniversary of the dinner Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, gave for 21 leading academics and other VIPs inside the Iguanodon
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December 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
What did the Romans ever do for Lincoln, eh? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Evidence of life in pre-Roman times unearthed near Lincoln
Roman and Neolithic items dating back 5,000 years found during relief road dig in Bracebridge Heath.
www.bbc.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What did the Romans ever do for Lincoln, eh? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The Scottish government's refusal to reintroduce European Brown bears in the Highlands is unacceptable. We need to restore the natural balance and bears will be a huge help in that work.
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Scottish government's refusal to reintroduce European Brown bears in the Highlands is unacceptable. We need to restore the natural balance and bears will be a huge help in that work.
If one had a freepost envelope of a standard size that could be posted back to the poundland Powells that junkmailed it to me, what is the densest commonly available material one could place inside? Lead flashing? Stone?
December 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If one had a freepost envelope of a standard size that could be posted back to the poundland Powells that junkmailed it to me, what is the densest commonly available material one could place inside? Lead flashing? Stone?
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A study in Science reveals an extensive precolonial agricultural landscape in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, suggesting Indigenous American communities cultivated maize intensively between 1000 and 1600 CE, despite a cold climate and marginal growing conditions. https://scim.ag/49voBGO
Archaeological evidence of intensive indigenous farming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, USA
We describe archaeological evidence of intensive ancestral Native American agriculture in the now heavily forested Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Recent LIDAR (light detection and ranging) and excavatio...
scim.ag
December 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A study in Science reveals an extensive precolonial agricultural landscape in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, suggesting Indigenous American communities cultivated maize intensively between 1000 and 1600 CE, despite a cold climate and marginal growing conditions. https://scim.ag/49voBGO
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and this year, we saw a lot of people fight back against the dystopia. here's our deep dive on 3D-printed whistles that have become a defense against ICE www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
and this year, we saw a lot of people fight back against the dystopia. here's our deep dive on 3D-printed whistles that have become a defense against ICE www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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Guys! I have news!
December 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Guys! I have news!
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
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December 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Extinction rarely departs with drama, it slips out the back door while we’re still debating the guest list. These records are made official on the Red List. "Conservation failures are often recognised only once they can no longer be reversed."
via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Extinction rarely departs with drama, it slips out the back door while we’re still debating the guest list. These records are made official on the Red List. "Conservation failures are often recognised only once they can no longer be reversed."
via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Went for a night out in a town I don't normally go to. Saw a small bag of pills on the floor so I quickly picked them up and put them in my pocket. I got home, had a look at at them and saw they were shirt buttons. I'd like to apologise to their owner and hope you don't need them
December 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Went for a night out in a town I don't normally go to. Saw a small bag of pills on the floor so I quickly picked them up and put them in my pocket. I got home, had a look at at them and saw they were shirt buttons. I'd like to apologise to their owner and hope you don't need them
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Bulldoze the ballroom.
"When it happens, Republicans will object (and you can only imagine the meltdown Trump himself will have on Truth Social). The response Dems give should be simple: *Too bad. We have the power now.* A strong message must be sent to the country and future generations that Trump will not be honored."
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.
www.publicnotice.co
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Bulldoze the ballroom.
Possible Coevolution of Vampire Bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Desmodus) and Large Xenarthrans (Cingulata, Pilosa) in North America and South America During the Quaternary www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/...
www.mdpi.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Possible Coevolution of Vampire Bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Desmodus) and Large Xenarthrans (Cingulata, Pilosa) in North America and South America During the Quaternary www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/...
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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"A strong nation ... can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful & restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster & boasting & rashness & other signs of insecurity."
-- Jimmy Carter, who died #OTD 2024
-- Jimmy Carter, who died #OTD 2024
December 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"A strong nation ... can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful & restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster & boasting & rashness & other signs of insecurity."
-- Jimmy Carter, who died #OTD 2024
-- Jimmy Carter, who died #OTD 2024
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"Listeners will learn about the challenges of encountering extinction and the potential for them to raise awareness of the connections between humans and nonhumans over time..."
On Friday 13 Feb I’ll be at the perfect place to talk about extinction in natural history museums: Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social.
Free tickets available for “Dead as a Dodo: The Haunted Heritage of Extinction”
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
#extinction
Free tickets available for “Dead as a Dodo: The Haunted Heritage of Extinction”
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
#extinction
Dead as a Dodo: The Haunted Heritage of Extinction’
In the halls of natural history museums all over the world, you can peer through the glass and come face-to-face with the ghosts of extinction.
oumnh.ox.ac.uk
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Listeners will learn about the challenges of encountering extinction and the potential for them to raise awareness of the connections between humans and nonhumans over time..."