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Covers of Mesozoic Art and Mesozoic Art II.

Contents page from Mesozoic Art I, showing our selected 25 artists.

Pages from within book, showing selection of images and text.

Pages from within book, showing selection of images and text.

Great news on #MesozoicArtII relevant to buyers in the USA -- I'm reliably informed that you can order direct from Bloomsbury's US site, and that the book qualifies for free shipping. I can't test that from here (as in the UK), but I hope it works out :) @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social

Thank you! I picked up both for myself. 🙂

These Enigmatic ‘Fossils’ Could Rewrite the History of Life on Earth Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once

In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing 500 million years ahead of schedule. His critics say they are — literally — fool's gold. At stake? The question of when and how complex life arose at all.

My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!

Great writing Asher, I have no idea how you made such complicated stuff easily understandable, kudos!

Roasted Root Vegetable & Wheat Berry Salad Last summer, Romain went to stay at a place in the French countryside with a large, semi-wild potager, a vegetable garden, which the people who lived there fed themselves from. They let weeds grow, di...

I love this root veggie salad. I use bulgher for a faster cook time, and top with roasted salted pumpkin seeds for extra fall vibes.

www.davidlebovitz.com/roasted-root...

I think they would have found him, there was too much footage of his face. Your average person can’t just disappear any more anyway, even if he had tried.

In this context I stand by my use of the word. The conversation of how to change both policy and public opinion is essential, but beyond the scope of whether to add “political” to this currently in vogue statement about violence.

Finally and thank you. Everyone has been posting “political violence”, there should be no place for any type of violence.

As a bank teller in the early 2000’s, I would have approved any of the first 4 as being extremely consistent. For for a large check I would have gotten supervisor approval on those bottom two. But the one in question, I would have bet $10k comfortably was his.

*throws money like confetti*

Every new piece I see I immediately wish was a puzzle. Really enjoyed anatomy of a flower in that format!

Fully agree.

Why do we even need a west? The west sub-population is no older or younger or more special than any other human sub-population.

Couldn’t agree more and thank you for using your voice on this.

Love is real in a way that hate and division can never be. Standing with someone is real. Ministering to them, in word and presence and humble service, is real. Trump's vanity and authoritarianism? Delusions like chaff in the wind, as Psalm 1 has it.

This is real? It 100% reads as satire, an official .gov website that says Trump is the biggest brand in the world and bigger than Nixon.

They’re lovely.

Do they think a $10-20 price tag for the government to run this is a deterrent? It costs 10 times as much to use software and even more to use a brick and mortar shop.

Terri Gross and Steve Inskeep.

Don’t throw the phone, then AI wins!

As usual, this stuff isn’t even remotely accurate. Approximately half a million people took the Oregon trail. *14 million* people immigrated to the US just between 1900 and 1920 alone. Most of our ancestors were immigrants, not settlers.

I logged a complaint and said I won’t buy the brand unless they stop using AI and pay real humans to market stuff to real humans.

Charismatic salamanders. It’s the expressions for me that scream Kocak.

Their real human partner holds them accountable for real life things, like chores and shared income and emotional intimacy. The AI chatbot doesn’t need any of that.

TRUMP: We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.

I’m convinced it’s a wig.

If only.

This extends to medical and tech conferences too, of course. What international company/university wants to risk having their confidential data confiscated?

If you watch any of those customs tv shows, it’s not abnormal. For example, if someone claims they won’t work but have no money when visiting Australia, they may ask for bank account balance, view texts, call the friends you’re staying with, etc. But none of that is political based entry.