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Sean, they/them. Moving here from sqbr@im-in-space More often at https://alias-sqbr.dreamwidth.org/
Dreamwidthhttps://alias-sqbr.dreamwidth.org/
This sign raises many questions, which probably should be answered by the sign but aren't
"wikipedia formatted like a social media feed of bite sized facts" feels MADE for mastodon https://xikipedia.org/
Xikipedia

Wikipedia you can doomscroll

Here is a little footage (complete with morbling sounds!) of my favorite neighbors. #quorb

"This marks not only the first find of hooves on a dinosaur, but on any kind of reptile. On top of that, with an age of 66 to 69 million years, it's the oldest known example of a hoof on any animal."

https://www.sciencealert.com/exceptionally-preserved-dinosaur-mummies-reveal-first-known-reptile-hooves

#science #reptiles #paleontology #dinosaurs #anatomy

Exceptionally Preserved 'Dinosaur Mummies' Reveal First-Known Reptile Hooves

About 66 million years ago, a herd of herbivorous dinosaurs succumbed to drought – tragically, just hours or days before heavy rains fell.

ScienceAlert
Since English is an Anglo-Saxon language, we refer to its speakers as "Anglophones". We missed a trick not being called "Saxophones".

Now that quote posts are a thing on Mastodon, we need an insufferably cutesy nickname for them that everyone hates but still gets used anyway.

To that end I nominate “Quoots”, a portmanteau of ‘quote’ and ‘toot’. I believe it’s the worst possible option, solidly cementing Mastodon in particular and the Fediverse in general as having the worst slang on the internet.

Please quoot to spread the word.

Poking www.radio-map.com I discovered a local indigenous station I didn't know about! https://www.noongarradio.com/
People are talking about leaving Spotify because the CEO is a douchebag, so let me remind you that you can stream radio stations from all over the world for free with Radio-Map. It's been my primary source of music the past few weeks. I'm a little biased because I built it, but I've never invested in a company that's building dystopian killing machines, so you can stream guilt-free.
Radio-Map

Listen to the world

Most doctors agree on a simple plan for life:
- drink water
- get some rest
- exercise once every thousand years
- cover your corporeal form in moss & wildflowers
- shamble slowly through the old forest and become a dark legend of the wildlands
Really cool video that made me understand sound harmony and dissonance at a more fundamental level:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl6ZcY9ag
The Physics Of Dissonance

YouTube