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The painting “Sappho and Erinna in the Garden Mytelene” by Simeon Solomon, in which a pale woman with brown hair wearing a red dress is held by another pale woman with black hair wearing a yellow dress. They sit together on a stone bench surrounded by nature.]
Dire Wolves were a real actual animal that lived in North America until right about 10,000 years ago, but they really weren’t much bigger than modern grey wolves! they were slightly more heavyset, but that’s about it.
however, their packs were much much larger than modern wolf packs, sometimes containing as many as 50 individuals.
however, if you really have your heart set on gigantic extinct canids and nothing else will do, don’t fret! look to the even more ancient canine family Borophaginae, the Bone-Crushing Dogs! they are here for YOU when you need them :)
sorry pal Bald Eagles in particular lead a life of crime! they prefer to scavenge or straight-up steal prey from other predators instead of hunting themselves when they can get away with it, so a Bald Eagle’s day looks less like “majestic intimidating sky predator’ and more like:
6am: steal fish from Osprey
11am: steal fish from another Eagle
3pm: steal rabbit from Red Fox
6pm: steal fish from fucking Sea Lion
8pm: steal fish from human
they will gank your sandwich right out of your hand if they think there might be fish in it. watch out!
The first issue of Inference didn’t seem to exactly meet this
standard, with two long feature articles attacking evolution and climate
science, as well as other strange content, including an essay about a biomolecular research laboratory written by a tennis instructor. More recent issues
continue the trend of real articles mixed with pseudoscience. And in
some cases, Inference has run seemingly innocuous pieces written by
authors with a history of making racist or otherwise problematic
remarks. For example, the classicist Victor Davis Hanson, who once wrote that he had lectured his son on the dangers of being approached by young black men on the street, contributed a book review. And the physicist Frank Tipler co-wrote an article on the Copernican revolution in astronomy. Tipler is also well known for an unusual claim: The laws of physics prove that just before the universe ends, God will resurrect the dead and bring them to heaven.
Yet Inference also has contributions from well-known intellectuals and scientists. The outlet published an essay by Chomsky and he is also listed on their current board of editors. (Chomsky did not reply to an interview request.)
