Posts by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
(DIR) Post #AWuMr022EUxuVwZPhA by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-06-20T16:09:00Z
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Calling environmentally-engaged artists and palaeoartists! I'm running an event on 12 August in London to think about collaborations around art, nature and deep time. If you would like to take part as an artist, please fill in this form by 14 July: https://forms.office.com/e/C862sB6bnTMore information at the following link (and in the below image): http://www.poppalaeo.com/art-and-the-deep-past #art #palaeoart #poppalaeo
(DIR) Post #AWuMr1zGxjwaZxIEfQ by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-06-20T16:10:31Z
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There will also be a more open session in the afternoon of the event (15:00-17:00), where a larger group can hear about the participating artists' work, do some art workshopping & help shape wider project plans. If you'd like to attend that part (no artistic skills or training required!), then register here by 21 July: https://forms.office.com/e/PAw9ZbTaPN (this is all building on the "Design a Palaeoart Exhibition" strand at the #TetZooCon palaeoart workshop last year, if anyone attended that!)
(DIR) Post #AXI7HWEAh5jHGYWt9M by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-07-02T15:45:02Z
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It is unveiled! #crystalpalacedinosaurs #palaeotheriummagnum
(DIR) Post #AXJuj0f6jlveO5pKIS by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-07-03T13:04:31Z
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I have yet to see a copy (a box is apparently winging its way across the Atlantic right now...), but my new book has been spotted in North America, and the preview is up on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Mammals-Development-Paleontology-INTERSECTIONS/dp/0822947803?asin=0822947803&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1This lets you see the contents, acknowledgements, part of chapter 1 (about engagement with mammal fossils around the world in the years around 1800), and the index. Which of course starts with "Aardvark."
(DIR) Post #AXczbzAajPcN6cLNrM by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-07-12T18:57:01Z
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At the living zoo in Dublin today - among other things, I saw a hippo, elephants, sleepy rhino (with a magpie on its back), and tapir
(DIR) Post #AXgWeOEOPAPZNAkv6O by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-07-08T13:08:37Z
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An excellent selection of #owls at the Owls Trust in Bodafon Farm Park in Llandudno 🦉
(DIR) Post #AXiuSJ5kTR0dArP5vM by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-07-15T16:01:23Z
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@john Southend is a great place! I'm not sure if you would enjoy Adventure Island though
(DIR) Post #AXiyOjv7BSL52Vz5tI by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-07-15T16:45:52Z
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@john That does indeed sound like Southend on a Saturday night - enjoy!
(DIR) Post #AXpBSoZqHB6Kzf4EWu by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-07-18T16:38:25Z
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@john I started with Tusky, which is fine, and I haven't seen the need to try another one!
(DIR) Post #AXpBV5jdSDiMmrjXs0 by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-07-18T16:39:17Z
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@john I do not even know what they are!
(DIR) Post #AYSaa4nRhK2OeDIlvs by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-08-03T16:19:12Z
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I'll be having the launch event for my new book, The Age of Mammals, at King’s College London (Strand campus) on Monday 4 September, 18:00-19:30With responses to the book from @hydrarchos and Elsa Panciroli As well as talking about the book, there will be a wider ‘Fossil Mammal Monday,’ with exhibits of various things related to fossil mammals - including artworks from @markwitton (more participants to be announced soon)Free event! Info & sign-up link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fossil-mammal-monday-book-launch-for-chris-manias-the-age-of-mammals-tickets-688379721277
(DIR) Post #AYSaa6xndnVZMuA4Lg by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-08-03T16:20:40Z
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And for those of you who can't make it to London but would have liked to attend, I'm aiming to have some form of online launch in October/November. More info coming soon, hopefully!
(DIR) Post #AYxbPaO6jIfWR4syxM by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-08-21T14:54:26Z
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Full line-up for Fossil Mammal Monday & launch for The Age of Mammals on 4 September at King's College London now sorted! We'll have:- Short talks from Ilja Nieuwland, Elsa Panciroli & myself- Art from @markwitton - Stall from Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs- A visual display on fossil mammals in the 19C- Parts of the Hydrarchos- Books to buy from the above, and Adrian Lister & Irina PodgornySo if you're in London that evening, come along! Sign-up link here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fossil-mammal-monday-book-launch-for-chris-manias-the-age-of-mammals-tickets-688379721277
(DIR) Post #AZHlshYO3FJ5lFPlHU by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-08-31T09:32:47Z
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@markwitton I'm doubtful that any platform is going to completely replicate what was built up on twitter over many years, and some degree of fragmentation is pretty inevitable now... Mastodon seems best for developing niche communities which can connect to bigger networks, so would seem a pretty natural fit for the palaeo/palaeoart community (not to mention the name!!)
(DIR) Post #AZICZjZj0adFI7DjU0 by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-08-31T09:36:21Z
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@markwitton PS! I have a spare Bluesky invite code if anyone wants it(at the moment it mainly seems to be people who were active on twitter talking to each other - but I suppose that's likely to change once it becomes more open)
(DIR) Post #AaxztQKnlT78v0N45I by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-10-20T12:40:10Z
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One for #FossilFriday and @john - early-20C German artist Otto Dix did some modernist palaeoart! Here are Urweltwesen and Steinkohlenzeit (both from 1922)
(DIR) Post #Ac3tSzvqTL7iR8Z5cm by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2023-11-22T10:28:05Z
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@john @mike If that were an option, I would have voted for it
(DIR) Post #AhQR1HtDHVV1aRV1Oq by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2024-04-30T20:48:18Z
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@markwitton Hooray - congrats Mark, and very much looking forward to it!
(DIR) Post #AhiHKc0IN0gnyL2Ia0 by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2024-05-09T11:24:28Z
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@john Shocked myself that anyone assumed there might be genuine Monet and Renoir paintings on Ebay in the first place...
(DIR) Post #AqJMWKHramPJE6WnxI by ChrisManias@sauropods.win
2025-01-21T10:33:04Z
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"Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time" is out today, and is freely downloadable as an open access pdf, published by UCL Press ! https://uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeontology-in-public/The book is based on the discussions of the Popularizing Palaeontology network, and features contributions on dinosaurs, hominins, glyptodons, and many other aspects of palaeontology in popular culture.(and cover art by @markwitton )🎺🦕🦕🦕⚒️🎥🦖🦖🦖📖📰🦣🦣🦣🎺