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Age verification could potentially "create a whole archive of closeted trans users whose identities are at risk of exposure" @fightforthefuture.org Director, @evangreer.bsky.social shares how online ID checks actually pose a safety risk for the entire internet.

Also to briefly address the elephant in the room: Charactosuchus is weird? It may be some weird crocodyloid that got into South America but it could also be a strange gavialoid? Whatever the case its not that complete and so far has been regarded as not suitable for phylogenies

So naturally some of them would have preferred slower backwaters, lakes, others might have been found in faster-flowing streams and so forth.

and of course long snouted gryposuchine gharials. Tho of course its important to note for Urumaco and fossil formations in general that not all of these lived together. The formation spans a wide area, multiple biomes and several million years of earths history.

As a rule of thumb the Miocene of South America largely features four chief morphotypes for its crocodilians. There's large, robust-headed macropredators like Purussaurus here, the strange-flat headed members of Mourasuchus, various small caimans including mollusc specialists...

Day 16 of #Croctober For today lets all just take a moment to appreciate the treasure trove that is Miocene South America, a true hotspot of croc evolution thanks to its warm climate and expansive wetlands. Of particular note is the Urumaco Fm. of Venezuela Art by Gabriel Ugueto

Trump openly admits arming Israel throughout its genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. The BDS movement calls for the international prosecution of leaders of states, corporations, and institutions that have partnered in or enabled Israel's genocide.

Looking for more work again! i will earn a living and you will get a cool drawing 🤵

www.eurogamer.net/little-night... well this is total bullshit

www.tumblr.com/noddytheorni... little nightmares 3 thoughts so far

'The Minns government had proposed amendments to protest laws as part of a crack down on hate speech following antisemitic* incidents.' *Now seemingly blamed on Iranian state actors. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Carmelita Fox from Sly 3 - Rumble Down Under

#Sciart #Paleoart #Dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus, commissioned artwork

Mata Nui from Bionicle is so large he literally fits an entire world inside him

thx for telling us about your covert operations, mr trump. i keep all my secrets in a list marked "secrets" that i wear as a t-shirt.

wtf do you mean the US vice president had a biopic made about him (based on his own memoir no less), directed by ron howard and written by a writer who worked on on the shape of water and game of thrones... before he was even an elected politician... and it apparently sucks

oh so they're pushing a digital ID system here in australia too, why do we always take the worst ideas from either the UK or US fucking hell

I don’t use this term lightly, but this is adorable!! Leucistic baby alligator. #CROCtober 🐊

Why are these alligators so very baby? #Croctober 🐊

It’s Blondie, a beautiful Nile crocodile! I’ve seen yellow reptiles like this often referred to as xanthic. Mutation? Polygenic morph? Anyone know more? #croctober 🐊

Even with a fence between us, it’s still intimidating being this close to such a big Nile croc. #croctober 🐊

It's always ' how's the economy' never ' how's the ecology'

Israel continues to restrict aid entering Gaza says Hamas has not met its end of deal to release all bodies of captives.

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya faces extension of his detention in Israeli court on Thursday - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/amnesty-international-calls-release-hussam-abu-safiya-who-will-be-court

Interesting things www.perthnow.com.au/wa/erosion-a...

There really is just one war, and it's class war. Genocides committed by billionares. Reshaping democracies like US , Aus, UK , Canada to have one law, one militia, all the same billionares in every place. And ppl like Oprah frigging winfrey

At the end you’ll notice this Cuban croc (C. rombifer) blink their third eyelid aka nictitating membrane. This helps protect their eyes underwater, while still allowing them to see. #Croctober #cubancrocodile 🐊

Day 15 of #Croctober Despite looking deceptively like a gharial, Euthecodon was actually more closely related to today's dwarf and slender-snouted crocodiles. This genus first appeared in the Miocene and only went extinct during the Pleistocene.

Amity reading

I've watched this so many times now, I love everything about it!!

Anti-racist rallies all over on October 19, in response to the next round of these 'Marches for Australia'. Get to your one. It's your opportunity not only to stand up, but to start meeting and making plans with other anti-racists. Your presence matters. Share it around.

INJECT IT STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS HOLY SHIT YES YES YES youtu.be/LJvbNKrukeQ?...

Have a water witch for these trying times. #lapislazuli #stevenuniverse #art

just realised that giant grub thing in the pnf teaser might just be a scene from space adventure, it even resembles a scene in the rise of skywalker with a similar looking location and monster trying to eat ships

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Haha did it starve to death?

Bogus laws to put us all ' under his eye' will not for kids because the intention is fascism. www.afr.com/companies/me...

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Like Israel's genocide continues...

Reminder of how solidarity works.

www.tumblr.com/noddytheorni... more teasers

my most evil creation... the disgraceful tube is in!

Hello #PortfolioDay , I'm a 3d artist specializing in extinct fauna!

have a few ideas for things but nothing i am jumping onto right away, so please don't expect to hear back from me anytime soon - this is all for future reference also, mutuals can dm here or on discord if they prefer!

A very interesting developement as of late is that we're finally starting to see more basal forms from this group be described, so here's hoping we'll also find some transitional forms of the derived clades

and the final animal in this little selection is Benggwigwishingasuchus, likely a coastal animal that lived at the same time as the enormous ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus

The sail-backed ctenosauriscids are among the oldest members of this group yet also the strangest, Lotosaurus was a heavily built herbivore known from almost 40 specimens, Effigia is a member of the Shuvosauridae, which almost appear like an early attempt at ornithomimids