I already commented this to someone else but I know there is a team working on bringing back the passenger pigeon!

I know there’s a team working to bring back the passenger pigeon!

So I get that this is a joke, and I also agree that we probably shouldn’t bring mammoths back (and to be honest, I really don’t think we will). But can we not make fun of actual important science, like Crispr? We’re already living in a time in this country where science is vilified, and I really don’t think that…

I know this isn’t what you mean, but modern birds ARE dinosaurs that survived the end Cretaceous mass extinction, and there are plenty of living raptors. I know you want dinosaurs of the non-avian variety, but I think the avian dinos are pretty cool too.

I really hope you don’t think that this nonsense is what evolutionary biology is. I’m a paleontologist, I study Cenozoic mollusks, and I study evolutionary biology. Has nothing to do with men being superior. Literally, nothing.

THIS THIS THIS THIS Fuck everyone who’s like “Well they need to save up for DeVos and Price.”

When I was a girl scout in the 90s/early aughts that was the case. If I remember right it had been fought for by the Patriot’s Trail Council in New England at whatever the big GSUSA meeting was one year around that time and a lot of councils in the south and midwest were VERY unhappy about it. If you’re in one of…

There’s actually officially an asterisk after it now, and each troop can choose to omit the god part if they want.

Ahaha yesss. I wonder if we know each other irl.

Also, way more people are afraid of invertebrates than actual vertebrates they should be afraid of. See: spiders, pretty much all bugs, anything remotely weird or alien looking in the ocean, vs large mammal predators which most humans think are adorable.

Latest research suggests dinosaurs quacked. REAL SCARY.

I’m excited and confused to see an invert paleo article on Jez!! But it makes me smile!

NO- don’t you dare suggest he abandon us for vert paleo (let alone dinosaurs, UGH)

Racism, nazis, eugenics....

But... they clearly do have at least someone working and its still not up so....

I agree, and I’ve read them. But I like Jez a lot, and they try to make themselves seem legit, news wise, so I think they should have a story up. Plus, I mostly come for the commenters anyway.

Sorry for yelling, I sort of didn’t expect this post to be so controversial?? Anyway happy new year!

Ok apparently it really was unclear that I did not in any way mean that Mariah Carey and the Turkey shooting should both be part of dirt bag. I said that it was weird that this was up and there was nothing about Turkey and I meant GENERALLY ON JEZEBEL CLEARLY THIS DESERVES IT’S OWN ARTICLE.

Was it unclear that I meant it should have its own article, really? I said that this story was up but there was still nothing about Turkey. On jezebel, in general, clearly, come on.

It happened before midnight on the East Coast. They’ve had plenty of time to put up, at the very least, a story that would be updated later.