Jeanne Timmons
@mostlymammoths.bsky.social
Freelance writer (she/her) interested in paleontology and archaeology. Avatar by Natalia Jagielska.
https://mostlymammoths.wordpress.com/freelance-work/
https://mostlymammoths.wordpress.com/freelance-work/
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"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way." - the late Congressman John Lewis
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While I'm laid up, I'm catching up on reading and note-taking. Here's what I jotted down from chapters 2-4 of @markwitton.bsky.social's "King Tyrant" before I had to take it back to the library.
January 4, 2026 at 12:19 AM
While I'm laid up, I'm catching up on reading and note-taking. Here's what I jotted down from chapters 2-4 of @markwitton.bsky.social's "King Tyrant" before I had to take it back to the library.
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#FossilFriday the mandible of Notiomastodon platensis, one of the last gomphothere-grade proboscideans from the Pleistocene of Argentina.
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#FossilFriday the mandible of Notiomastodon platensis, one of the last gomphothere-grade proboscideans from the Pleistocene of Argentina.
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The weather is set for an icy blast here in Yorkshire - an ideal time to revisit the Ice Age faunas from the region.
There aren't many wooly mammoth fossils from Yorkshire, however this enormous tusk was excavated from Leeds in the 1960s.
#FossilFriday
🏛️ Leeds Discovery Centre
📷 Stuart Robinson
There aren't many wooly mammoth fossils from Yorkshire, however this enormous tusk was excavated from Leeds in the 1960s.
#FossilFriday
🏛️ Leeds Discovery Centre
📷 Stuart Robinson
January 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The weather is set for an icy blast here in Yorkshire - an ideal time to revisit the Ice Age faunas from the region.
There aren't many wooly mammoth fossils from Yorkshire, however this enormous tusk was excavated from Leeds in the 1960s.
#FossilFriday
🏛️ Leeds Discovery Centre
📷 Stuart Robinson
There aren't many wooly mammoth fossils from Yorkshire, however this enormous tusk was excavated from Leeds in the 1960s.
#FossilFriday
🏛️ Leeds Discovery Centre
📷 Stuart Robinson
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For the very first #FossilFriday & #FernFriday of 2026, the leaf of a #fern that was growing in what is now southern France at the end of the Carboniferous, ~300 million year ago 🌿⛏️
#paleobotany #botany
#paleobotany #botany
January 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
For the very first #FossilFriday & #FernFriday of 2026, the leaf of a #fern that was growing in what is now southern France at the end of the Carboniferous, ~300 million year ago 🌿⛏️
#paleobotany #botany
#paleobotany #botany
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"[I]nternational law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost w/o exception: not because it ignores injustice, but because it knows that if each country decides whom to "liberate" by force, the world reverts to the law of the strongest."
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"[I]nternational law wasn't built to protect the good, but to restrain the powerful. That's why it prohibits force almost w/o exception: not because it ignores injustice, but because it knows that if each country decides whom to "liberate" by force, the world reverts to the law of the strongest."
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My analysis as a human rights lawyer where I cite:
•The international & constitutional laws Trump violated
•His absurd justification for this attack & why it will absolutely fail in any court of justice
•The horrifying global implications that Trump just unleashed
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ill...
•The international & constitutional laws Trump violated
•His absurd justification for this attack & why it will absolutely fail in any court of justice
•The horrifying global implications that Trump just unleashed
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ill...
Trump's Illegal Act of War In Venezuela
Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and abduction of Maduro shatters sovereignty, invites global chaos, and establishes a doctrine no democracy can survive
www.qasimrashid.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
My analysis as a human rights lawyer where I cite:
•The international & constitutional laws Trump violated
•His absurd justification for this attack & why it will absolutely fail in any court of justice
•The horrifying global implications that Trump just unleashed
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ill...
•The international & constitutional laws Trump violated
•His absurd justification for this attack & why it will absolutely fail in any court of justice
•The horrifying global implications that Trump just unleashed
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ill...
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"If we hadn’t already, we’ve unquestionably joined the league of ordinary nations—a league in which we’re acting as little more than a bully, and in circumstances in which no obvious principle of self-defense, human rights, or even humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity."
Me on Maduro:
Me on Maduro:
200. Five Questions About the Maduro Arrest Operation
Friday night's U.S. military operation in Venezuela was a textbook violation of international law. It's also entirely unauthorized by U.S. law, which ought to (but probably won't) matter.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
"If we hadn’t already, we’ve unquestionably joined the league of ordinary nations—a league in which we’re acting as little more than a bully, and in circumstances in which no obvious principle of self-defense, human rights, or even humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity."
Me on Maduro:
Me on Maduro:
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In 1990 I taught an Environmental Geology class for the first time, & for that class I put together a lesson plan showing how U.S. control of fossil fuels was the main incentive for the Persian Gulf War. In 10 days I'll teach the same topic for the same class, just using a different place.
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
In 1990 I taught an Environmental Geology class for the first time, & for that class I put together a lesson plan showing how U.S. control of fossil fuels was the main incentive for the Persian Gulf War. In 10 days I'll teach the same topic for the same class, just using a different place.
Stocked up on some of the spices I need to make chai, and ended my day with a delicious mango lassi. Yum! 💛
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Stocked up on some of the spices I need to make chai, and ended my day with a delicious mango lassi. Yum! 💛
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
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Democrats are still busy trying to figure out how strongly to word a letter
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Democrats are still busy trying to figure out how strongly to word a letter
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Has anyone in Congress announced that they're starting the impeachment process yet?
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Has anyone in Congress announced that they're starting the impeachment process yet?
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The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
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Donald Trump has multiple indictments in the United States for crimes against the US government. And also pardoned top drug dealers.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Donald Trump has multiple indictments in the United States for crimes against the US government. And also pardoned top drug dealers.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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hey Bluesky por favor share your preferred local Venezuelan and Spanish-first news sources, I usually read El País pero necissito mas hoy porque this US coverage is basura
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
hey Bluesky por favor share your preferred local Venezuelan and Spanish-first news sources, I usually read El País pero necissito mas hoy porque this US coverage is basura
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Are we the baddies™️
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Are we the baddies™️
One would hope. But he certainly doesn't intend to leave in 3 yrs, & the morally-defunct, overwhelmingly-MAGA, sycophantic GOP won't stand in his way.
Only 3 years left
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
One would hope. But he certainly doesn't intend to leave in 3 yrs, & the morally-defunct, overwhelmingly-MAGA, sycophantic GOP won't stand in his way.
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Mexico and Brazil are among the states condemning the United States’ blatant violation of Venezuelan sovereignty.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Mexico and Brazil are among the states condemning the United States’ blatant violation of Venezuelan sovereignty.
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”In violation of international law, the embattled, doddering autocratic leader of America’s ruling ethnic faction invades and kidnaps the Venezuelan leader ” is a more accurate headline.
Just a few minutes ago I saw a reporter talking about how important mainstream media will be in the coming days, especially the AP and Reuters journalists on the ground in Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
”In violation of international law, the embattled, doddering autocratic leader of America’s ruling ethnic faction invades and kidnaps the Venezuelan leader ” is a more accurate headline.
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One thing Venezuelans have generously taught me (among many things) is that all U.S. media companies (progressive and otherwise) have a strong set of investments in Venezuelan politics. Be mindful of this as you inform yourself. All the media is very, very biased in some way on this.
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
One thing Venezuelans have generously taught me (among many things) is that all U.S. media companies (progressive and otherwise) have a strong set of investments in Venezuelan politics. Be mindful of this as you inform yourself. All the media is very, very biased in some way on this.
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When I teach my seminar on coups we keep a running tab on how many regime changes were motivated at least in part by desire for oil or other valuable commodities...
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
When I teach my seminar on coups we keep a running tab on how many regime changes were motivated at least in part by desire for oil or other valuable commodities...