[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Continuing a deep rock galactic addiction, and used the sales to start sea of thieves with some mates, having a blast for the moment!

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Trop cool ! Dans les JDR light, j'ai beaucoup aimé For the queen (Pour la Reine en VF) qui fonctionne plutôt bien avec des enfants, le côté on raconte une histoire comme on veut c'est vraiment chouette

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

I don't agree but I like the meme, upvoted!

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In phylogeny, genomic is just another tool. The point is that turtles are os course animals, but they do branch off of different reptile groups if you look at morphological evidence (which includes fossil data) or at molecular (genetic) evidence (which only includes extant species). This is not something frequent, as usually molecular evidence tends to strengthen previous morphologically established evolutionary relationships. And even though molecularists are more numerous today, their methods are neither better or worse than anatomy.

Phylogeny is not as straightforward as some people make it seem, and especially molecular phylogeny tends to rely on abstract concepts that can't always be backed up by biological evidence (I'm not saying it's wrong, it's very often very good, juste that a lot of people doing it do not understand the way it works, and thus can't examine the process critically).

And so turtles' origin are still very much an active debate!

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago

I feel inappropriate near all the very universal questions here, but as a paleontologist specialised in some reptilian groups, the question would probably be "where the fuck do turtles come from?!" The thing is that fossil evidence points to different answers when compared to genetic evidence, and thez separated long enough from other extant groups that we keep on having new "definitive" answers every year

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

He was Education minister before this, despite never setting foot in a public school, and heavily criticised protesters during the very unpopular pension reform while he was already a millionaire at 25 even though he never worked a day in his life. But hey, nice for us that he's young and openly gay !

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

Only in the souls like niche, but Iron Pineapple covers a lot of often unknown indie games in his series of steam dumpster diving (don't be fooled by the name, a lot of the games are good)

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Actually, a LOT of studies do show that no, in most countries, taxes are far from enough to cover the cost of tobacco induced diseases.

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

I'm sorry but doesn't this go against this community's concept of providing simple explanations for things?

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Yes of course, and I'm all for it, I just hope it's a first step and not the end

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

Very good start, but as a French I fear that it may not be complete until it starts to include the high speed lines (TGV) that are the most expensive but also the most competitive when trying to divert traffic from cars or planes

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Not too much techy, paleontologist here

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Sarcosuchus was one of the largest crocodylomorph to ever live, around 110 million years ago. This incredible specimen is exposed in Paris, at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, in the Paleontology gallery. Some bones are artificial and can be recognized by the uniform grey color (like most of the limbs), but a lot of other are directly from the specimen, like almost all of the skull ! Picture from Wikipedia, by Shadowgate from Novara, ITALY

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Crocodilia on Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org)

As the start of this community, why not learn about the group including all extant crocodiles ?

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