Posts by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
(DIR) Post #AnWs1NYhHzu0QFNrTk by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-10-30T10:31:46Z
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@drmambobob I hope they answered "yes" and not "Did I stutter, fat face?" 😅
(DIR) Post #AnhlqAUoSq6ORKLUx6 by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-04T16:44:20Z
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@markwitton I'm sorry to hear this. It's odd how much spam you're receiving, you must be being targeted, or just unlucky! I'm fortunate I don't get any spam here, despite us being on the same server, so hopefully its a problem that can be resolved for you.This is the only social platform I'm active on or plan to be active on in the future (apart from the DinoToyForum etc.), so I'll miss your posts and updates if you leave. If you do, I sincerely hope you pop back every now and then.
(DIR) Post #AnjLIWAj9qFVKSAFlo by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-05T10:38:44Z
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@mike @markwitton It can be annoying maintaining an online presence spread across multiple sites, but there's a bigger factor for me: traditional Social Media networks make me unhappy. I don't like what they have become, or what they will inevitably become in the case of the new ones.The decentralised, open, algorithm-free, ad-free, model of Mastodon and the new Social Web is so appealing to me I'm willing to put all my eggs into that basket to help speed along a change I want to see.
(DIR) Post #Ao5OtAPA0pZ2Ga8ZYu by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-16T02:20:14Z
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@drmambobob I think there's one in the fluid preserved collection at Wollaton Hall.
(DIR) Post #Ao6wOuL8lfGVM1xZDM by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-16T20:08:54Z
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New on the Monster Toy Blog, it's the OG vintage Star Wars rancor. Put your hands up! https://monstertoyblog.com/rancor-monster-1984-return-of-the-jedi-star-wars-by-kenner/#MonsterToyBlog #Monster #StarWars #rancor #toys #vintage #actionfigure
(DIR) Post #AoCbd6RDeUBMqCURsm by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-19T13:45:58Z
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@TetZoo occasionally is still good!
(DIR) Post #AoES3D9yfjePza9jua by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-20T11:08:04Z
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@drmambobob Haha, nice eggcorn! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
(DIR) Post #AoGyWxhoHUF1bA8At6 by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-21T16:04:37Z
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I've wanted a desk globe for years. Since I was a kid, really. It just never happened. But now I have the whole world in my hands!#globe #earth #planet
(DIR) Post #AoS0iMivETmQIdGs88 by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-27T00:07:43Z
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@drmambobob Whoever scheduled that for you is either cruel or oblivious!
(DIR) Post #AobvXfsl83res9oXFQ by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2024-11-30T15:15:14Z
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It's that time of year again when I'm supposed to promote my children's books. Authors LOVE doing that. 😬 Honestly, your kids will adore 'em, and they'll learn something too! Go on, if you all just bought a copy I wouldn't have to bother pestering you about it any more. 😇 Widely available at your favourite book stores. And your least favourite stores, too: The Tyrannosaur's Feathers: https://amzn.to/4eSUFEa The Plesiosaur's Neck: https://amzn.to/3D1khkQ#Books #dinosaurs @bookstodon
(DIR) Post #AqPlmtlf6iMxhgDzpQ by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-01-24T17:55:13Z
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@markwitton @mike “ME WANT HUGS!!!”
(DIR) Post #AqueLYilmj6DSJ1fQe by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-02-08T15:27:51Z
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@futurebird If anyone's interested, I discussed the case for 'plesiosaurs' here: https://plesiosauria.com/the-name-game-plesiosaur-ia-oidea-idae-or-us/
(DIR) Post #AqyQ3GJkbx1MCncaCe by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-02-10T11:06:32Z
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@futurebird I use “basal” for some plesiosaurs not others, but all plesiosaurs are extinct, so extinction isn’t a factor (for me). I think your definition 2 matches my usage the closest. Essentially, I use “basal”as an antonym for “derived” in a given phylogenetic context i.e. animals which lack specific derived characters. But then we have to define “derived”!
(DIR) Post #AuZreagXq2BWdBV7hY by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-05-28T16:09:05Z
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It's been a while since I plugged one of my children's picture books, and what's the point of writing a book if nobody knows about it!? 'The Tyrannosaur's Feathers' is a fun exploration of the science of palaeontology. The book uses T. rex to show how a growing body of evidence gradually shifts our understanding of dinosaur appearance and behaviour.On Amazon here https://amzn.to/3Z7V7JM for the blurb etc, but widely available elsewhere.#bookstodon #dinosaurs #STEM #TheTyrannosaursFeathers
(DIR) Post #AvJNve4juphFd24R96 by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-06-19T17:09:55Z
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Grass is just ‘grass’ until you let it grow. All this diversity is sprouting from my lawn (or what used to be my lawn). #Nature #grass #lawn
(DIR) Post #AyB3hNwcGwPVfqACyu by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-09-13T22:32:03Z
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@grickle 😆 I guffawed.
(DIR) Post #AzgHa111db1gMwVvPc by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-10-28T21:55:42Z
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@futurebird Maybe the ant needs you!?
(DIR) Post #B0gTkuWdQT8BQmOCbQ by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-11-18T12:28:41Z
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@benjojo Ha!
(DIR) Post #B0rh8jKW8c8Bnly8Xo by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-12-02T17:47:18Z
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Why are so many pictures on Mastodon blurred out, and is there a way to fix it? They aren't censored or anything, they just never load. #Mastodon
(DIR) Post #B0rh8m2Y3sXYCuaKS8 by AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win
2025-12-02T18:30:41Z
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@idoubtit Maybe. It seems random though, not all images are blurred, even if they are in the same person's feed. And the same images aren't always blurred, if I visit them another time they may or may not be blurred - many 'reappear'. It tends to be older images that are blurred, but not always.What say you @john?