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PuzzledJayProsSomething spooky shall arise at <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Anthrocon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anthrocon2025</a>! Seek the Skull in the den at table G11 <3 <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/skull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skull</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mask</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/masquerade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#masquerade</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/costume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costume</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/anthrocon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anthrocon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/dealersden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dealersden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ac2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ac2025</a>

Noel Wilson<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dna</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genetics</a>This month saw the return of the direwolf from extinction, which reminded me of this similar article about the wooly mammoth <a href="https://thoughts.tosay.blog/2021/07/evolution-nature-and-racism.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thoughts.tosay.blog/2021/07/evolution-nature-and-racism.html</a>

Sarah DalA bit more on Colossal, the company who claimed to have "brought back the dire wolf". they are claiming the patents on the animals they de-extinct, so even if they actually do bring back the mammoth, they will all belong to Colossal. <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1115154/jurassic-patent-how-colossal-biosciences-is-attempting-to-own-the-woolly-mammoth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1115154/jurassic-patent-how-colossal-biosciences-is-attempting-to-own-the-woolly-mammoth/</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/de" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#de</a>-extinction <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/DireWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DireWolf</a>

Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:They have not resuscitated the dire wolf. // Article in French // - - - Ils n’ont pas ressuscité le loup sinistre. <a href="https://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/actualite/detecteur-rumeurs/2025/04/10/verification-eclair-loup-prehistorique-ramene-vie-faux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/actualite/detecteur-rumeurs/2025/04/10/verification-eclair-loup-prehistorique-ramene-vie-faux</a><a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/DireWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DireWolf</a> <a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/LoupSinistre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LoupSinistre</a> <a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extinction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Faune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Faune</a>

Desert TrailI feel like being told by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indigenous</a> Elders it would be nice if they could bring back the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bison</a> , but then deciding dire wolves are a better choice is totally missing the point of their self-stated mission. I’d don’t think we can really call dire wolves a keystone species. <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/is-dire-wolf-real-colossal-deextinction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thefp.com/p/is-dire-wolf-real-colossal-deextinction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genetics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geneediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geneediting</a>

Tom CapuderHey Everyone:They didn't resurrect the dire wolf. They altered a grey wolf to look like what they thought a dire wolf looked like.Stop spreading this bullshit story, please. Thanks.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DireWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DireWolf</a>

ansuz / ऐरनI've found all the discourse about Colossal Biosciences "Dire wolf" announcement very annoying, because it seems like a lot of the exchanges have been between a bunch of pedantic nerds and what is probbaly Colossal's marketing/public-outreach department. Honestly, I think both camps are wrong in their own way, and it's turning into more of a shouting match than anything.The core problem is that there are many different definitions of species, none of which are perfect, and almost all of them cease to be meaningful in cases where horizontal gene transfer occurs.<a href="https://social.cryptography.dog/tags/direWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direWolf</a> <a href="https://social.cryptography.dog/tags/colossal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colossal</a> <a href="https://social.cryptography.dog/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a>

Schwarwel• „Erleichterter Abschuss: Schutzstatus soll herabgestuft werden – Bundesrat befasst sich mit Jagd auf Wölfe“ • „Vor 13.000 Jahren ausgestorben: US-Genetiker bringen Schattenwolf zurück“ <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/artenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artenschutz</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/schwarwel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schwarwel</a>

Boris Karnikowski„Anfang März hatte Colossal verkündet, das Erbgut von Mäusen in sieben Genen so verändert zu haben, dass diese mammutartiges Fell entwickeln.“ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schattenwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schattenwolf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a>

RicósI'll answer myself: te dire wolf thing was some disappointing bullshit.Serves me right for doubting myself and for having hope.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DireWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DireWolf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biotech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a>

anubis2814<a href="https://youtu.be/sfUit_A-Ips" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">youtu.be/sfUit_A-Ips</a> My latest video. I swear the algorithm is killing smaller creators. In 1 1/2 hours I got 6 views. Everyone I watch is saying the same thing. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=direwolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolves</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/sfUit_A-Ips?si=2K_O-gESA8ASBwqF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enter a title</a>

Doc_McCullough<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deextinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deextinction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/megafauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#megafauna</a>

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Useless trivia I recently stumbled upon:Gil Gerard, who played Buck Rogers circa 1980, was in a 2009 film named Dire Wolf.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Gerard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Gerard</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GilGerard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GilGerard</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BuckRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuckRogers</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DireWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DireWolf</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Game of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/clones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clones</a>: Colossal’s new <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wolves</a> are cute, but are they dire? <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ColossaBiosciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColossaBiosciences</a> claims it has revived an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinct</a> species, but scientists outside the company are skeptical. It’s making a bold new claim—that it has actually “de-extincted” an animal called the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a>. Inside a preserve roam three striking snow-white wolves—which a startup called Colossal Biosciences says are members of a species that went extinct 13,000 years ago, now reborn via <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/biotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biotechnology</a>. <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/08/1114371/game-of-clones-colossals-new-wolves-are-cute-but-are-they-dire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/08/1114371/game-of-clones-colossals-new-wolves-are-cute-but-are-they-dire/</a>

anubis2814<a href="https://peertube.stream/w/2H3PPDJtofzb2ivbcta9Zt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">peertube.stream/w/2H3PPDJtofzb…</a> My latest video <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=direwolfdeextinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolfdeextinction</a> <a href="https://peertube.stream/w/2H3PPDJtofzb2ivbcta9Zt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Did they actually bring back the Dire Wolf?</a>

Michael Downey 🧢From "artificial intelligence" to "de-extinction", stop automatically believing what corporate marketers try to sell you.<a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/</a><a href="https://floss.social/tags/direWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direWolf</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marketing</a>

David Penfold :verified:The Graun article on dire wolves was correct in saying they have the dire wolf phenotype (not genotype, although they could have explained to the layman what this meant). It's basically genetic lipstick rather than anything approaching de-extinction. What a colossal waste of resources.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/direWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direWolf</a>

KyleeIt's weird to talk about the ecological benefits of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DireWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DireWolf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deextinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deextinction</a> when the ecosystem they belonged to isn't here any more. Dire wolves ate a bunch of huge animals that also aren't around any more, and the ecosystem was literally an ice age. Hank Green makes the best points I've seen so far. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0zgedLyTw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0zgedLyTw</a>

Sir Rochard 'Dock' BunsonI've got to go with my resident wolf friend on this one. <a href="https://pawb.fun/@ErgonWolf/114305821925091473" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pawb.fun/@ErgonWolf/114305821925091473</a>They changed 20 lines of code out of a million? Sounds like vibe coding, to me. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DireWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DireWolf</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genetics</a>

AI6YR BenHmm, didn't think the project went extinct and need reviving. Last checkin was 7 months ago, not bad for a ham radio project.<a href="https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/direwolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#direwolf</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> 😉

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