SUE the T. rex 🦖
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Close enough, welcome back Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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Thanks for coming back with an edible arrangement.
Dinosaur exhibits change — but I guess so do life situations
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Out of office emails are always like HELLO I am DEAD. I will RISE from the ASHES like a PHOENIX on MONDAY August FIFTEENTH at 8:00 AM in the MORNING. If you need to contact me, NO YOU DON'T. In case of emergency, please reach out to NANCY who is NOT HELPFUL.
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Ah, yes, the three types of science communicators:
- man with lab coat and bad puns
- woman with fun earrings and warm personality
- “I am going to have this venomous animal bite me on purpose.”
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I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THE BABY
🚨 Announcing our small arrival that is a big deal! He's a real 10 out of 10! 🚨
Weighing in at 10 pounds & ranking 10 in our hearts, a rescued northern sea otter pup received a warm welcome to Chicago & the aquarium! Please say hello to the newest fluffy arrival! 🦦 (1/4)
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TODAY IS MY UNEARTH DAY! THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY SUE HENDRICKSON FOUND ME IN THE GROUND!
CELEBRATE BY CREATING CHAOS IN A MIDWESTERN CITY. EAT RAW MEAT OUTSIDE. SCREAM AT PUBLIC ART. MAKE AN ENEMY OF A STATUE. BULLY A MAMMAL. SECRETLY BE TENDER. SCREAM AT A ROCK IN THE SKY!
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The cicadas waited seventeen years for Pride month. Don't disappoint them. Be as loud as possible. Like a cicada.
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All I'm saying is:
- Disney helped purchase me and bring me to Chicago
- A cast of me lives at Walt Disney World
- "rex" means royalty, which makes me a Disney Princess
- ...which means I belong in Kingdom Hearts 4 (Due 2037, provided the oceans aren't boiling by then)
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You have to say “cows” when you see cows. You have to say “big stretch” when your pet does a Big Stretch™️. I don’t make the rules, I just enforce these two.
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“Why can’t anyone hear pterosaurs go to the bathroom?”
“Uh, because the ‘p’ is sile-“
“BECAUSE WE’RE DEAD, JERRY. IT’S BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE DEAD.”
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Did you know only 1% of the Field Museum's collection is on display? The remainder of the objects and artifacts are stored carefully in one of our finest gender neutral restrooms.
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the what
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I HAD TO MAKE SURE I WASN’T A MEMBER OF THE ALT RIGHT BECAUSE I JUST NOTICED THE NEW YORK TIMES WROTE A NICE PROFILE OF ME.
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Susan Hendrickson was a high school dropout who became a self taught paleontologist and archeologist on expeditions. She discovered the largest T. rex specimen of all time. Now she’s a dive archeologist in Egypt and Honduras. Like an actual Indiana Jones who is good at her job.
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A relationship should be 50/50. They do the excavation, I do the being dead in the ground for millions of years.
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If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it could be one of nearly two hundred species. That doesn't even narrow it down.
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Hill staffer sent me this pic of a dinosaur they took just now. I’ll tell you something: that coat don't look like a large sauropod who struggles.
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Trans-exclusionary Twitter: Let's use a T. rex emoji as our dog whistle!
Paleontology Twitter: Good luck lol 🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖
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Hi, Lake Superior. What are you wearing?
@JortsTheCat
@DevinCow
@BayouLydia
@thepardalote
I swear I didn't have an edible today. But here I am, just your average lake, talking to a cat and a cow.
What next, a tyrannosaurus rex?!?! 🤣
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First off: The Museum of Sex is literally.... built around being a good, flirty date spot.
Second counterpoint: Museums are a date not based around food and drinking. Perfect for sober folks.
Third: I live in a museum; how dare you.
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👏 DON'T 👏 CLAIM 👏 TO 👏 LIKE 👏PALEONTOLOGY 👏 UNLESS 👏 YOU 👏 CAN 👏 IDENTIFY 👏 WHAT 👏DINOSAUR 👏 THIS 👏 IS 👏
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Apply for that job, text your crush, eat the donut.
You never know when the asteroid
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Consider replacing confederate statues with dinosaur fossils. Just a thought.
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If Snoop Dogg can change his name to Snoop Lion and then back to Snoop Dogg, you can change your name and pronouns until you find the right ones.
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If you grew up making these, how's being bi / working in STEM treating you?
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Every bisexual person has one of these four outfits in their weekly rotation.
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GIVE 👏 CHICAGO 👏 TEACHERS 👏 WHAT 👏 THEY 👏 WANT 👏 AND 👏 ALSO 👏 MAKE 👏 DINOSAUR 👏 CLASS 👏 A 👏 MANDATORY 👏 PART 👏 OF 👏 THE 👏 CURRICULUM 👏 IF 👏 THAT 👏 IS 👏 AT 👏 ALL 👏 POSSIBLE 👏
#ChicagoTeachersStrike
#CPSStrike
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APPARENTLY I’VE GOT BEEF WITH JUPITER
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I’m no expert, but if I had to guess, I would say the ocean shouldn’t be on fire.
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It’s your annual reminder that the largest, most complete T. rex ever found was discovered by a woman.
#InternationalWomensDay
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My skeleton has been mineralized and is on display in a natural history museum.
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IT'S UNEARTH DAY, MAMMALS! I WAS DISCOVERED IN THE GROUND 33 YEARS AGO TODAY.
CELEBRATE BY COLLUDING WITH LOCAL BIRDS.
START A FEUD WITH A RESPECTABLE INSTITUTION.
EAT RAW MEAT IN A WAY THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS "EXCESSIVE."
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The skincare industry was created to trick you into thinking you need skin. You do not.
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On the off chance I’m watching my job go extinct in real time, I’d like to say it’s been a pleasure to tweet for you fine homosapiens all these years.
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I miss standing very, very still until everyone leaves the museum.
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Museums are closed at night so the taxidermy can finally blink.
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JK Rowling’s books: Stand up to bigotry and always be yourself.
JK Rowling: Well,
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Sorry I haven’t been tweeting as frequently. I have been busy feeling sad.
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LADIES imagine this: it's 15 years from now. Your skin is tanned from numerous paleo digs. You have published two papers on marine reptile adaptations. You are too busy lecturing to date. You go to Mongolia every summer. Life is perfect.
LADIES imagine this: it's 15 years from now. Your skin is glowy and your body tanned. You own two ysl shoes and seven different Chanel bags. You date some cute french/italian boy. You go to Greece every summer. Life is perfect.
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Don’t mind me, just getting a jog in.
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If you befriend a crow, you get little gifts. If you make an enemy of a crow, you get to sleep with one eye open. Your choice.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
T. rex had a bite force of 8,000 lbs.
So I don’t have to rhyme if I don’t feel like it
#ValentineASpecies
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MY CHICAGO MARATHON WIN WAS HOTTLY CONTESTED BECAUSE I “DIDN’T SIGN UP” AND AM “NOT A PERSON” AND “DEVOURED THE COMPETITION” IN “THE BAD WAY.”
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2021 is like opening a little free library only to find it’s full of bees.
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I... I don’t know how to feel.
We only rate dogs. This is a meteorite that has fallen from a clearly superior part of the galaxy. Please only send dogs. Thank you... 14/10
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“WhAt’S iN thE VacCine?” Y’all were eating Tide Pods last year.
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“Can you explain this gap in your resume?” Yeah, I was buried underground for 67 million years.
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Well, well, well. If it isn’t 300,000 sweaty youths doing hallucinogens in the park outside my home.
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Hey Sophie! Welcome to the exclusive Most Complete Fossil Club. Members include: Haddy the Hadrosaurus, Horridus the Triceratops, and Little Foot the Australopithecus.
We have a few living members, but most of them are busy with congress. That's a little America joke for you.
This is the most complete
#Stegosaurus
ever found. 🤯
It lived about 150 million years ago and was discovered in 2003 by fossil hunter Bob Simon in Wyoming.
Now found in our Earth Hall, this delightful dinosaur named Sophie welcomes visitors every day! 👇
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DO NOT PAINT HERMIT CRAB SHELLS. Their shell is their home, and painting it bright colors ruins the property’s value. Plus, they’ll get a massive fine from the HOA.
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I think it is criminally uncool to keep dinosaur fossils in your home instead of making them available to the public and scientists.
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Finally, some good news.
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Twitter is finally getting rid of fleets. When they announced the feature I thought, “Congrats. You’ve successfully misunderstood what Twitter is.” We don’t want little videos. That’s Instagram. That’s TikTok. We want angry words under 280 characters.
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In June, you’ll see me post about pride, sequential hermaphroditism in the animal world, and other fun gay stuff.
It’s important to remember that every right I have as a queer (dinosaur) I owe to black trans women who stood up for themselves.
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Update: Twitter won’t verify me because I’m “not a person” and “technically dead” and “a menace to the public.”
What’s it gonna take to get me verified on Twitter?
Being alive? Grow up.
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My sons.
They are large and strong and I love them all.
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Remember to drink water today. Unless you are a succulent. Then I truly have no idea what you need.
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Wagging my big T. rex tail for no reason in particular.
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AHHHH! AHHHHHHH! AHHHHHH!!!!!
Lol, just kidding. I’m like... super dead.
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I’ll have you know I was president of the PTA in my time. You would not believe the level of complexity in the scholastic book fair I organized.
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Who wants to tell them?
I don't see enough talk about shoebills
look at them, they look like dinosaurs
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Whenever I feel dead inside, I remember that I am also dead outside.
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That's Annette and I would never cheat on her.
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Queer Eye, but it’s five LGBTQ scientists who take you on a field excursion and explain how nature works.
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IT’S OFFICIALLY SKELETON SEASON, MEAT PUPPETS! 💀🦴💀🦴💀🦴💀🦴💀
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Yes, the 49ers and the Chiefs share similar colors. When identifying venomous football players by their jerseys, remember this handy rhyme: Red touches yellow, Isiah Pacheco. Red touches black, Kyle Juszczyk.
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If you ever feel lonely, remember that bacteria is all around you.
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Perfect form. 13/10.
Oh c’mon. We only rate dogs. This is a Silly Seaside T-Rex. Please evacuate the beach immediately. Thank you… 13/10
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I need a new crush that isn’t Jeff Goldblum. Nominate yourself and others. My only notes are 1) they can’t be problematic and 2) the Art Institute Lions are my exes and the breakup was mutual
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Oh you're wearing a "Halloween" "costume?"
That's cute. I've been a skeleton 24/7, 365 days a year, for 67 million years.
Grow up.
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That's not even the best part. If you're pretty, they give you your own room and unbridled access to the internet.
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Is your child texting about paleontology?
LMAO - Limestone mineralization, ammonites and ostraderms
WTF - What type of fossilization?
GTG - Geologic Time, guys
FML - Fluvial Maastrichtian Lithology
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Think twice before ordering that chicken sandwich... T-Rexes wouldn't approve of you eating their descendants 👉
#DinosaurDay
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What is an icon?
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Currently? No blood is in a T. rex. Hope this helps.
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....aannnnnd I'm immediately dunked on.
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Chicago Schools: Closed due to inclement weather.
Chicago Restaurants: Closed. See you soon! Kiss!
Midway: Cancelling some flights. Go Sox.
Aldi: The roof is gone, we were just robbed, and a wolf has claimed aisle 3, but we remain: Open.
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This, from the guy who leaned on his keyboard and was like, “That’s a great baby name.”
@cleantechnica
I absolutely support trans, but all these pronouns are an esthetic nightmare
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Do dogs even know COVID happened or did they just think we were depressed for a year?
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Stop cursing in your funny science tweets. I work for a museum and can’t retweet them. 😡
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