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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

Zoologist, scientific author and illustrator. BOOK OUT NOW: https://teapawt.org/t.co/8X14aSbY18…

 Australia
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Joined November 2011
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Hello everyone, reminder that my book is officially OUT TODAY! Link in bio and replies!
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Every cradle of civilization based its existence on modified grass. Corn, wheat, rice, emmer, barley, oats, all grass. Grass didn't exist until the late Cretaceous and didn't spread until the Oligocene, 30 mya. The Great Filter is grass.
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Wenyu Ren@ren_wenyuOct 27
Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis 1:1 model
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Nice plant paleoart!
Asia Paleofloras (@AsiaPaleofloras) profile pictureAsia Paleofloras@AsiaPaleoflorasOct 27
Early #Miocene establishment of modern-type subtropical evergreen broadleaved #forests in southwestern #China sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Seymour Butts@VashKohimeOct 26
Film culture escaping IMDB's boomer/gen x tyranny and being given a new place for younger people to consolidate around has opened up an entire generation to different kinds of movies and if the cost is being forced to see teenagers posting annoying reviews it's a fair tradeoff
largest rodent (@capybaroness) profile picturelargest rodent@capybaronessOct 26
Replying to @staticbluebat
people who are too young to remember a world before letterboxd really don't understand. it's been the most significant positive force for cinephilia of the century. for all its faults, it has completely changed film culture for the better
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I think Letterboxd is a convenient way to track what I've watched and see what my friends are watching
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Dr. Zuzu (Digging to Avatar 4) (@ZuzuOnFire) profile pictureDr. Zuzu (Digging to Avatar 4)@ZuzuOnFireOct 25
I hate Letterboxd. I will always hate Letterboxd. It's a toxic, performative place, full of tryhards and idiots. Your reviews aren't good. They aren't funny or wise. You are not erudite enough to articulate your written thoughts on a movie in a way that adds ANY public value.
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Not really directly answering the question, but there are movies I think have bad scripts that I like anyway
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kyle (@Caol_MacCormaic) profile picturekyle@Caol_MacCormaicOct 25
this makes me wonder what the best movie with the worst script is. I guess without reading it you can't know for sure but it's an interesting question
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I shoutout Frederick Spindler literally every time one of these comes up but if I have to pick one piece specifically probably this one:
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Joschua Knüppe (@JoschuaKnuppe) profile pictureJoschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppeOct 23
Starting this up again! Name a piece of paleoart that had a large impact on you. This piece, by Douglas Henderson, showing a Rutiodon startling some Fadrosaurus, lives rent free in my head. The masterful use of light and dark totally stunned me as a child.
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🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Fossil teeth belonging to the toothed platypus genus, Obdurodon, have been described from a deposit from New South Wales dating to.....the Pleistocene! All previous specimens were from Oligocene to Miocene! Ultimate Ghost Lineage! 🎨: JuliusCsotonyi
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Polaris is "only" about 50 million years old. The non-avian dinosaurs were already extinct and the earliest horses, whales, primates, had appeared or began to appear when it formed (depending on if it was formed earlier or later in its estimated range of 60-45mya).
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i think the mass extinction of the dinosaurs is the highest recorded ratio of birds killed with one stone.
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when I was at uni my housemate told me that he kept getting emails from our ISP with warnings from Japan for illegally downloading anime
Ultima (@UltimaShadowX) profile pictureUltima@UltimaShadowXOct 20
This is what Japan thinks happens when you download a pirated copy of a video game:
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I was enamered with Oharai's Godzilla pieces when I was a kid and I still love them. I would genuinely hang prints of these in my apartment
Sci-Fi Archives (@SciFiArchives) profile pictureSci-Fi Archives
@SciFiArchivesOct 19
Godzilla art by Japanese artist Noriyoshi Ohrai
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Pleased to announce our new paper on Diplodocid Biogeography led by Colin Boisvert, palaeo-electronica.org/conte… A specimen level biogeographical analysis looking at one of the most popular Morrison Formation dinosaur clades Art piece by Sergey Krasovskiy and Pedro Salas
Diplodocid Biogeography

Diplodocid Biogeography

Specimen-level biogeographical analyses of Diplodocidae reveal widespread sauropod dinosaur populations within the Morrison Formation

palaeo-electronica.org
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It really feels like the americans and europeans are at each others throats on here more than usual lately
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I have a big soft-spot for the funny little basal members of major clades
solenodon

ALT solenodon

hyrax

ALT hyrax

mouse deer

ALT mouse deer

palm civet

ALT palm civet

Richard_Carr (@EmuLarge) profile pictureRichard_Carr@EmuLargeOct 19
Now what if I told you that this bug’s closest relatives were elephants, manatees, and aardvarks?
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がおー！からのニッコリ😄
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A24 when they have to distribute a movie
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EvanAC (@EvanAboutCinema) profile pictureEvanAC
@EvanAboutCinemaOct 16
'YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING' is currently planned for release in only 10 countries worldwide.
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being a 30 year old guy who loves nathan fielder is so life affirming. it’s like when I give my cat a churu and he goes crazy. like it’s so beautiful that someone out there makes something for you and you enjoy it exactly as much as you’re supposed to
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ライチョウ滑りこみ #いしかわ動物園
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Wikipedia just dropped the hardest image for the "skeleton" page
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