Sheril KirshenbaumNov 25, 2023

About 250M years ago, 90% of species on Earth died during the Permian extinction. All of that loss created a lot of vacant niches to fill. And not long after, the first mammals, our ancestors, appeared.

Life on this pale blue dot will continue to be resilient - whether or not we’re part of it. #Thanksgiving #science #history

Show threadBryan McElveenNov 25, 2023
@Sheril
Certainly not a proponent of his every statement, however George Carlin was fairly succinct in laying out that however much we destroy this planet, what we are destroying is this planet’s comfort zones for humans, not the planet itself. The planet will be fine. We, are fucked.
Show threadBryan McElveen

@Sheril

“The planet isn’t going anywhere… we are! We’re going away! Pack your shit folks! We’re going away and we won’t leave much of a trace either, thank God for that… maybe a little styrofoam… maybe… little styrofoam. The planet will be here, we’ll be long gone; just another failed mutation; just another closed-end biological mistake; an evolutionary cul-de-sac.

Nov 25, 2023 at 6:34amWeb
Show threadBryan McElveenNov 25, 2023
@Sheril
The planet will shake us off like a bad case of fleas, a surface nuisance. You wanna know how the planet’s doing? Ask those people in Pompeii who are frozen into position from volcanic ash how the planet’s doing. Wanna know if the planet’s all right? Ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake rubble if they feel like a threat to the planet this week.”