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Ah. So sad. I only just “discovered” him, through a second-hand copy of _Dinosaur impressions : postcards from a paleontologist_, an impulse purchase from Oxfam in Lincoln.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Ah. So sad. I only just “discovered” him, through a second-hand copy of _Dinosaur impressions : postcards from a paleontologist_, an impulse purchase from Oxfam in Lincoln.
It’s v much like that scene in _Jurassic Park_!
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It’s v much like that scene in _Jurassic Park_!
@robwords.bsky.social Hi! I enjoyed your video about temporal terms. Re the use of minutes & seconds in geometry as well as time keeping, did you know that both are used in astronomical coordinates? Declination is measured in degrees, minutes & seconds; right ascension in hours, minutes & seconds.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@robwords.bsky.social Hi! I enjoyed your video about temporal terms. Re the use of minutes & seconds in geometry as well as time keeping, did you know that both are used in astronomical coordinates? Declination is measured in degrees, minutes & seconds; right ascension in hours, minutes & seconds.
There’s this …
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
There’s this …
Yeah, majestic slop from the genAI plagiarism machine. 🙄
🚫🤖🎨
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October 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Yeah, majestic slop from the genAI plagiarism machine. 🙄
🚫🤖🎨
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PS. Re Arctic/Antarctic & Earth itself …
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"…named, 'Bearlandia' and 'Nobearlandia'?"
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October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
PS. Re Arctic/Antarctic & Earth itself …
Balaur bondoc by Gaëlle Seguillon @gaelleseguillon on Instagram
One of the prints I bought at DinoCon!
One of the prints I bought at DinoCon!
October 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Balaur bondoc by Gaëlle Seguillon @gaelleseguillon on Instagram
One of the prints I bought at DinoCon!
One of the prints I bought at DinoCon!
Avē! 🖖
Guten Morgen aus Kiel! 🇩🇪 (Photo from the North Sea, yesterday!)
Guten Morgen aus Kiel! 🇩🇪 (Photo from the North Sea, yesterday!)
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Avē! 🖖
Guten Morgen aus Kiel! 🇩🇪 (Photo from the North Sea, yesterday!)
Guten Morgen aus Kiel! 🇩🇪 (Photo from the North Sea, yesterday!)
That was a fun episode!
You might appreciate this as a guide to the relationships among the different clades of animals you discussed. I think you missed out my favourite marine reptiles. the mosasaurs.
You might appreciate this as a guide to the relationships among the different clades of animals you discussed. I think you missed out my favourite marine reptiles. the mosasaurs.
September 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
That was a fun episode!
You might appreciate this as a guide to the relationships among the different clades of animals you discussed. I think you missed out my favourite marine reptiles. the mosasaurs.
You might appreciate this as a guide to the relationships among the different clades of animals you discussed. I think you missed out my favourite marine reptiles. the mosasaurs.
Playing Holotype the other day, I came across a v odd generic name, 𝑍𝑏𝑦. The folks who described it were kind enough not to make everyone struggle ŵ Zbyszewski, the surname of the paleontologist after whom it was named. 😏
August 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Playing Holotype the other day, I came across a v odd generic name, 𝑍𝑏𝑦. The folks who described it were kind enough not to make everyone struggle ŵ Zbyszewski, the surname of the paleontologist after whom it was named. 😏
Heracles/Hercules would’ve had his work cut out then, eh?
August 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Heracles/Hercules would’ve had his work cut out then, eh?
#potteryPainting at Center Parcs Longleat Forest. A rough pastiche of @palaeojules.bsky.social’s print. The stalks are too broad & I didn’t really capture the “biloba” leaves, so maybe it’s a different kind of ginkgo …
August 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#potteryPainting at Center Parcs Longleat Forest. A rough pastiche of @palaeojules.bsky.social’s print. The stalks are too broad & I didn’t really capture the “biloba” leaves, so maybe it’s a different kind of ginkgo …
Cool #paleoart : Ginkgo biloba on marble by Julianne Zelda “F— plants” Kiely @palaeojules.bsky.social
Yet another of the prints that I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social.
Yet another of the prints that I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social.
August 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Cool #paleoart : Ginkgo biloba on marble by Julianne Zelda “F— plants” Kiely @palaeojules.bsky.social
Yet another of the prints that I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social.
Yet another of the prints that I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social.
Cool #paleoart : Sauropoda by @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social. Not in her trademark folded style, but v fine & v Emily nonetheless!
Another one of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social (technically @tpbunny.bsky.social procured this for me).
Another one of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social (technically @tpbunny.bsky.social procured this for me).
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Cool #paleoart : Sauropoda by @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social. Not in her trademark folded style, but v fine & v Emily nonetheless!
Another one of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social (technically @tpbunny.bsky.social procured this for me).
Another one of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social (technically @tpbunny.bsky.social procured this for me).
Cool #paleoart : Balaur bondoc by Gaëlle Seguillon @gaelleseguillon on Instagram
One of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social
One of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Cool #paleoart : Balaur bondoc by Gaëlle Seguillon @gaelleseguillon on Instagram
One of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social
One of the prints I bought at @dinoconuk.bsky.social
@robwords.bsky.social @jesszafarris.bsky.social Re “Why the ‘cockpit’?”, & the phonetic alphabet, here is my dad’s drawing of the plane he flew in in WW2, “B Baker”. The “First Again!” refers to the bets the crews used to have on which plane would be first back to base at RAF Burn, near Selby.
August 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
@robwords.bsky.social @jesszafarris.bsky.social Re “Why the ‘cockpit’?”, & the phonetic alphabet, here is my dad’s drawing of the plane he flew in in WW2, “B Baker”. The “First Again!” refers to the bets the crews used to have on which plane would be first back to base at RAF Burn, near Selby.
Happy #YorkshireDay!
This flag is the official flag of the #WestRiding of Yorkshire, the Riding I was born in.
It was designed by Michael Faul, originally as a candidate for the flag of Yorkshire, as a whole, but lost out to the blander design of a white rose on a blue background.
This flag is the official flag of the #WestRiding of Yorkshire, the Riding I was born in.
It was designed by Michael Faul, originally as a candidate for the flag of Yorkshire, as a whole, but lost out to the blander design of a white rose on a blue background.
August 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Happy #YorkshireDay!
This flag is the official flag of the #WestRiding of Yorkshire, the Riding I was born in.
It was designed by Michael Faul, originally as a candidate for the flag of Yorkshire, as a whole, but lost out to the blander design of a white rose on a blue background.
This flag is the official flag of the #WestRiding of Yorkshire, the Riding I was born in.
It was designed by Michael Faul, originally as a candidate for the flag of Yorkshire, as a whole, but lost out to the blander design of a white rose on a blue background.
July 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The new bike!
July 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The new bike!
Ah! They’ve found a friend …
July 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ah! They’ve found a friend …
@robwords.bsky.social Hi, Rob! Re today’s newsletter, I though you might appreciate this, one of at least 3 similarly title works by Claude Monet: “La Débâcle de la Seine”
July 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
@robwords.bsky.social Hi, Rob! Re today’s newsletter, I though you might appreciate this, one of at least 3 similarly title works by Claude Monet: “La Débâcle de la Seine”
Happy #AphelionDay!
The Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun, today at 19:54 UT. Earth is now approximately 152.1 million kilometres (94.5 million miles) from the Sun.
The Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun, today at 19:54 UT. Earth is now approximately 152.1 million kilometres (94.5 million miles) from the Sun.
July 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Happy #AphelionDay!
The Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun, today at 19:54 UT. Earth is now approximately 152.1 million kilometres (94.5 million miles) from the Sun.
The Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the Sun, today at 19:54 UT. Earth is now approximately 152.1 million kilometres (94.5 million miles) from the Sun.
It’s not true of polar bears either!
June 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s not true of polar bears either!
So, can I be an optician? Which is better, 1 or 2 … ? (Or a putative 3?)
June 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So, can I be an optician? Which is better, 1 or 2 … ? (Or a putative 3?)
I do like the use of “concentric circle” diagrams rather than trees. Here’s a chart that I created to show the relationships among things often considered to be “dinosaurs“ (correctly or incorrectly) – or not (birds!). Any expert advice on how to improve it would be welcome!
June 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I do like the use of “concentric circle” diagrams rather than trees. Here’s a chart that I created to show the relationships among things often considered to be “dinosaurs“ (correctly or incorrectly) – or not (birds!). Any expert advice on how to improve it would be welcome!