Writing essay on #DeExtinction and found this quote from #Darwin: “When a group has once wholly disappeared, it does not reappear; for the link of generation has been broken.”
From On The Origin of Species Chapter X (On Extinction) 😙🤌 🧪 🐋🌱
From On The Origin of Species Chapter X (On Extinction) 😙🤌 🧪 🐋🌱
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Writing essay on #DeExtinction and found this quote from #Darwin: “When a group has once wholly disappeared, it does not reappear; for the link of generation has been broken.”
From On The Origin of Species Chapter X (On Extinction) 😙🤌 🧪 🐋🌱
From On The Origin of Species Chapter X (On Extinction) 😙🤌 🧪 🐋🌱
I'm thrilled to share I've finished the intro for my book, "The Ethics of De-Extinction"!
It tackles the "why" behind this drive—from our guilt over lost species to the Jurassic Park effect and the "playing God" idea.
What do you think is our biggest motivation?
#DeExtinction #Ethics #BookProject
It tackles the "why" behind this drive—from our guilt over lost species to the Jurassic Park effect and the "playing God" idea.
What do you think is our biggest motivation?
#DeExtinction #Ethics #BookProject
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm thrilled to share I've finished the intro for my book, "The Ethics of De-Extinction"!
It tackles the "why" behind this drive—from our guilt over lost species to the Jurassic Park effect and the "playing God" idea.
What do you think is our biggest motivation?
#DeExtinction #Ethics #BookProject
It tackles the "why" behind this drive—from our guilt over lost species to the Jurassic Park effect and the "playing God" idea.
What do you think is our biggest motivation?
#DeExtinction #Ethics #BookProject
Viagen’s experience in cloning pets has lead to probably the most successful deextinction project, the cloning of the black footed ferret. I am not sure how to feel about this model of bootstrapping conservation tech onto such markets but it can be effective.
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Viagen’s experience in cloning pets has lead to probably the most successful deextinction project, the cloning of the black footed ferret. I am not sure how to feel about this model of bootstrapping conservation tech onto such markets but it can be effective.
Explore #intergenerationaljustice, the sixth #massextinction & advanced #biotechnologies shaping humanity's future in this #CPExtinction article. An important read on #ethics, #environment & progress.
bit.ly/3WCM1Da
Part of the #DeExtinction & #Rewilding collection
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Part of the #DeExtinction & #Rewilding collection
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Explore #intergenerationaljustice, the sixth #massextinction & advanced #biotechnologies shaping humanity's future in this #CPExtinction article. An important read on #ethics, #environment & progress.
bit.ly/3WCM1Da
Part of the #DeExtinction & #Rewilding collection
bit.ly/3WCM1Da
Part of the #DeExtinction & #Rewilding collection
Writing an essay on de-extinction vs deëxtinction. The former is possible, like for endangered Black-footed Ferrets, the latter is just PR BS. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service press release describing this remarkable accomplishment for BFFs now has an anti-EDI statement. Does this really #MAGA? 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Writing an essay on de-extinction vs deëxtinction. The former is possible, like for endangered Black-footed Ferrets, the latter is just PR BS. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service press release describing this remarkable accomplishment for BFFs now has an anti-EDI statement. Does this really #MAGA? 🧪
De-extinction efforts are underway! Cloning woolly mammoths & dire wolves. Ethical? Exciting? #DeExtinction #Mammoth #Cloning #Science #Conservation #DireWolf #Genetics #Tech #Colossal
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Colossal Biosciences is pioneering de-extinction with cloning! From mammoths to dire wolves, they're changing conservation. Is this a revolution or a risk? Find out now! #DeExtinction #Cloning #ColossalBiosciences 2025-11-04T213012.225+0100 Tools used for generation Text Gemini Narator Azure TTS Clips Pexel Rendering Remotion
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November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
De-extinction efforts are underway! Cloning woolly mammoths & dire wolves. Ethical? Exciting? #DeExtinction #Mammoth #Cloning #Science #Conservation #DireWolf #Genetics #Tech #Colossal
The #BioTech #ColossalBio is developing will transform healthcare; genetic disease & infertility? Gone. Monetizing tech is the point, not deëxtinction, but that tech begets designer babies (aka eugenics) — this is why critical discussion of their rhetoric matters 🧪 🐋🌱
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Biotech Barbie’ says the time has come to consider CRISPR babies. Do scientists agree?
A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes towards the controversial approach.
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The #BioTech #ColossalBio is developing will transform healthcare; genetic disease & infertility? Gone. Monetizing tech is the point, not deëxtinction, but that tech begets designer babies (aka eugenics) — this is why critical discussion of their rhetoric matters 🧪 🐋🌱
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The #ColossalBio Mammouse™️ v2.0 just dropped; same fluffy mouse but now v2.0
Check out Antonio Regalado’s original MIT Tech Review story about how #CollosalBio is attempting to legalize their definition of deëxtinction, but #ExtinctionIsForever 🧪 🦣
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
Check out Antonio Regalado’s original MIT Tech Review story about how #CollosalBio is attempting to legalize their definition of deëxtinction, but #ExtinctionIsForever 🧪 🦣
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
a man singing into a microphone with the words every day is exactly the same above him
ALT: a man singing into a microphone with the words every day is exactly the same above him
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The #ColossalBio Mammouse™️ v2.0 just dropped; same fluffy mouse but now v2.0
Check out Antonio Regalado’s original MIT Tech Review story about how #CollosalBio is attempting to legalize their definition of deëxtinction, but #ExtinctionIsForever 🧪 🦣
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
Check out Antonio Regalado’s original MIT Tech Review story about how #CollosalBio is attempting to legalize their definition of deëxtinction, but #ExtinctionIsForever 🧪 🦣
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
OK, this one is just straight-up uncanny. The tech bro billionaire in the book Ghost Species (2020) uses the same public facing rhetoric, restoration ecology, as #ColossalBio to justifying the #deëxtinction of thylacines, mammoths, and aurochs 🧪 🦣 🐃
Nice review:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/life...
Nice review:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/life...
I'm tracking down #SciFi stories where genetic manipulation is used to modify species, for obvious reasons, and found Proteus Island; this remarkable novella from 1936 explores how artificial manipulation of chromosome number and X-rays can create new species by a mad scientist in 1918 🧪 1/n
November 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
OK, this one is just straight-up uncanny. The tech bro billionaire in the book Ghost Species (2020) uses the same public facing rhetoric, restoration ecology, as #ColossalBio to justifying the #deëxtinction of thylacines, mammoths, and aurochs 🧪 🦣 🐃
Nice review:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/life...
Nice review:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/life...
It says in the bio that it is run by interns at #ColossalBio, who’re putting the FU in FUnctional deëxtinction 😂
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It says in the bio that it is run by interns at #ColossalBio, who’re putting the FU in FUnctional deëxtinction 😂
In the lead article of the new issue, "#DeExtinction: Bringing Back Beasts or Playing God?", John Kennedy Philip revives the #EthicalDebate around #resurrecting species. Art by Cameron Gray. philosophynow.org/issues/170/D...
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In the lead article of the new issue, "#DeExtinction: Bringing Back Beasts or Playing God?", John Kennedy Philip revives the #EthicalDebate around #resurrecting species. Art by Cameron Gray. philosophynow.org/issues/170/D...
#DeExtinction is (almost) always analogized to #JurassicPark, but the more apt analogy is the @margaretatwood.bsky.social #Maddaddam trilogy; in which #syntheticbiology is used for #Aesthetics and profit not conservation 🧪 🐋🍃
The age of #SyntheticBiology and development of specific purpose GMOs in the name of #DeExtinction, #ReWilding and #Aesthetics is here; it’s good that #IUCN is not fundraising from the private sector to reduce “anyrisk of perceived conflict of interest.”(@itiscolossal.bsky.social 👀) 🧪 🐋🍃
Important topic being addressed at the current IUCN Congress due to recent events: iucn.org/our-work/inf...
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#DeExtinction is (almost) always analogized to #JurassicPark, but the more apt analogy is the @margaretatwood.bsky.social #Maddaddam trilogy; in which #syntheticbiology is used for #Aesthetics and profit not conservation 🧪 🐋🍃
The age of #SyntheticBiology and development of specific purpose GMOs in the name of #DeExtinction, #ReWilding and #Aesthetics is here; it’s good that #IUCN is not fundraising from the private sector to reduce “anyrisk of perceived conflict of interest.”(@itiscolossal.bsky.social 👀) 🧪 🐋🍃
Important topic being addressed at the current IUCN Congress due to recent events: iucn.org/our-work/inf...
Synthetic biology and nature conservation
IUCN and its Members are initiating development of a policy on the implications of synthetic biology in nature conservation. Recent technological advancements in synthetic biology create both signific...
iucn.org
October 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The age of #SyntheticBiology and development of specific purpose GMOs in the name of #DeExtinction, #ReWilding and #Aesthetics is here; it’s good that #IUCN is not fundraising from the private sector to reduce “anyrisk of perceived conflict of interest.”(@itiscolossal.bsky.social 👀) 🧪 🐋🍃
JUST OUT: Issue 170's theme is Moral Issues, grappling with problems around #DeExtinction, #VaccineMandates, #DisabledRights, #ClimateCrisis and the #ethics of job searches. Also a dialogue with Luce #Irigaray on the mediation of touch. philosophynow.org/issues/170
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
JUST OUT: Issue 170's theme is Moral Issues, grappling with problems around #DeExtinction, #VaccineMandates, #DisabledRights, #ClimateCrisis and the #ethics of job searches. Also a dialogue with Luce #Irigaray on the mediation of touch. philosophynow.org/issues/170
The @itiscolossal.bsky.social Dire Wolf™ #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign continues to deceive; GMO grey wolves are not dire ones 🧪 🧟 🐺
a black and white photo of a man in a fur coat standing next to a wolf .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man in a fur coat standing next to a wolf .
media.tenor.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The @itiscolossal.bsky.social Dire Wolf™ #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign continues to deceive; GMO grey wolves are not dire ones 🧪 🧟 🐺
We're also not clones of each other; everyone can have their own reason(s) to oppose #DeExtinction; Insinuating we're Luddites is just petty...
Critics of #DeExtinction don't have the "mentality of preferring the problem to the solution." One of mine is basically is trust in advertising; @itiscolossal.bsky.social trades disinformation for capital; that's the problem, the solution is to not do that 🧪 🤷
www.spectator.co.uk/article/welc...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/welc...
Welcome to the age of de-extinction
Colossal, a $10 billion biotech firm with a knack of grabbing headlines, has announced it is on the way to de-extinguishing the dodo, the very icon of extinction. Like most of Colossal’s announcements...
www.spectator.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We're also not clones of each other; everyone can have their own reason(s) to oppose #DeExtinction; Insinuating we're Luddites is just petty...
Critics of #DeExtinction don't have the "mentality of preferring the problem to the solution." One of mine is basically is trust in advertising; @itiscolossal.bsky.social trades disinformation for capital; that's the problem, the solution is to not do that 🧪 🤷
www.spectator.co.uk/article/welc...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/welc...
Welcome to the age of de-extinction
Colossal, a $10 billion biotech firm with a knack of grabbing headlines, has announced it is on the way to de-extinguishing the dodo, the very icon of extinction. Like most of Colossal’s announcements...
www.spectator.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Critics of #DeExtinction don't have the "mentality of preferring the problem to the solution." One of mine is basically is trust in advertising; @itiscolossal.bsky.social trades disinformation for capital; that's the problem, the solution is to not do that 🧪 🤷
www.spectator.co.uk/article/welc...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/welc...
The lab grown meat and mammoth deextinction people should team up
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The lab grown meat and mammoth deextinction people should team up
In which my critical commentary of @itiscolossal.bsky.social's #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign sadly merits a subsection; debate is essential for scientific discourse, it should be heated, never be personal; I'm grateful for @embopress.org coverage; sunlight is the best disinfectant. 🧪 🌱🐋
My first ever non-peer reviewed science-related piece. Together with Howard Wolinsky and Holger Breithaupt @embopress.org
It's about how scientists critical of de-extinction are targeted by dark PR tactics: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
It's about how scientists critical of de-extinction are targeted by dark PR tactics: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics: Several academic scientists critical of de-extinction projects have become the targets of anonymous smear articles and weaponized copyright infringement claims:...
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
www.embopress.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
In which my critical commentary of @itiscolossal.bsky.social's #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign sadly merits a subsection; debate is essential for scientific discourse, it should be heated, never be personal; I'm grateful for @embopress.org coverage; sunlight is the best disinfectant. 🧪 🌱🐋
Throughout my academic career, I have only uplifted my colleagues; you don’t make enemies that way either. Mr. Lamm may be a charismatic billionaire, but that doesn't make him a good person, or the #ColossalBio #Deëxtinction #MisInformation real 7/n
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Throughout my academic career, I have only uplifted my colleagues; you don’t make enemies that way either. Mr. Lamm may be a charismatic billionaire, but that doesn't make him a good person, or the #ColossalBio #Deëxtinction #MisInformation real 7/n
The problem is that tech guys haven’t a smattering of biology education amongst them. So they are gullible for this bollocks. See also living forever, deextinction, alternative cures, terraforming mars, eugenics.
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The problem is that tech guys haven’t a smattering of biology education amongst them. So they are gullible for this bollocks. See also living forever, deextinction, alternative cures, terraforming mars, eugenics.
Impressive list of breakthroughs underlie Colossal’s #deextinction dodo program, just proves injecting (lots) of $ on a problem does have a return… certainly an interesting model
www.businesswire.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Impressive list of breakthroughs underlie Colossal’s #deextinction dodo program, just proves injecting (lots) of $ on a problem does have a return… certainly an interesting model
Colossal Biosciences claims a breakthrough in dodo bird de-extinction. Gene-edited chickens will act as surrogates, using Nicobar pigeon cells. A 5-7 year timeline is projected for the dodos' return to Mauritius. #DeExtinction #News
Scientists claim they’ve made ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back the dodo for first time in 300 years
Colossal Biosciences claims a breakthrough in dodo bird de-extinction. Gene-edited chickens will ac...
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Colossal Biosciences claims a breakthrough in dodo bird de-extinction. Gene-edited chickens will act as surrogates, using Nicobar pigeon cells. A 5-7 year timeline is projected for the dodos' return to Mauritius. #DeExtinction #News
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🧬 🦤 SCIENTISTS CLAIM A 'PIVOTAL STEP' IN BRINGING BACK THE DODO FROM EXTINCTION 🦤 🧬
A "de-extinction" company says the iconic bird, gone for over 300 years, could return to Mauritius within a decade thanks to a major new breakthrough.
Oliver Milman, The Guardian
#DeExtinction #Dodo
🧬 🦤 SCIENTISTS CLAIM A 'PIVOTAL STEP' IN BRINGING BACK THE DODO FROM EXTINCTION 🦤 🧬
A "de-extinction" company says the iconic bird, gone for over 300 years, could return to Mauritius within a decade thanks to a major new breakthrough.
Oliver Milman, The Guardian
#DeExtinction #Dodo
September 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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🧬 🦤 SCIENTISTS CLAIM A 'PIVOTAL STEP' IN BRINGING BACK THE DODO FROM EXTINCTION 🦤 🧬
A "de-extinction" company says the iconic bird, gone for over 300 years, could return to Mauritius within a decade thanks to a major new breakthrough.
Oliver Milman, The Guardian
#DeExtinction #Dodo
🧬 🦤 SCIENTISTS CLAIM A 'PIVOTAL STEP' IN BRINGING BACK THE DODO FROM EXTINCTION 🦤 🧬
A "de-extinction" company says the iconic bird, gone for over 300 years, could return to Mauritius within a decade thanks to a major new breakthrough.
Oliver Milman, The Guardian
#DeExtinction #Dodo
We created a story about what the dodo looked like and how it behaved, and that story wrong was very wrong; which version of the dodo will #ColossalBio model their #Deëxtinction efforts on, v1 or v2‽ What if there is an even more accurate v3? 🦤 🧪
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'It's just a weird, weird bird': Why we got the dodo so absurdly wrong
The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we have distorted what the dodo was really like.
www.bbc.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We created a story about what the dodo looked like and how it behaved, and that story wrong was very wrong; which version of the dodo will #ColossalBio model their #Deëxtinction efforts on, v1 or v2‽ What if there is an even more accurate v3? 🦤 🧪
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...