Post #3705071

2026-07-09 23:52 UTC

About 250M years ago, 90% of species on Earth died during the Permian extinction. All of that loss created a lot of vacant niches to fill.  Not long after, the first mammals, our ancestors, appeared.  Life on this pale blue dot will be resilient - whether we’re part of it or not.

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@kplklink@mastodon.social 2026-07-10 00:10

@Sheril@mastodon.social You are so right.

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@DonChacale@mastodon.social 2026-07-10 03:56

@Sheril@mastodon.social we're s tupid virus that kills its host but damn.. architecture, music, art, dance, books... a partially brilliant mfking virus.

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@xs4me2@mastodon.social 2026-07-10 05:49

@Sheril@mastodon.social But of course, no doubt about it. We could easily go extinct. And no-one would care… The planet and life on it would simply go on.

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@adamantichrist@mastodon.social 2026-07-10 06:41

@Sheril@mastodon.social as long as the nukes and/or climate don't evaporate all the water into space

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@CloudMountain23@mstdn.social 2026-07-09 23:55

@Sheril@mastodon.social I find that oddly comforting.

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@kevinrns@mstdn.social 2026-07-10 01:00

@Sheril@mastodon.social The rock is not resiliant. Life on it could end. Our lack of responsibility will have consequence. Is having consequence.

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@mattmaison@mastodon.world 2026-07-10 01:48

@Sheril@mastodon.social Yep. Live will evolve.

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@davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social 2026-07-21 22:35

@Sheril@mastodon.social IIRC, scientists found that the Permian Extinction was caused by: Volcanoes pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Rising temperatures from volcanic CO2 melted frozen undersea methane, another greenhouse gas. It happened over 80,000 years. We're doing it faster.

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