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@SUEtheTrex
Specimen FMNH PR 2081. Legendary Fossil. Very Dead. M U R D E R B I R D. they/them
Aug 16, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Birds as rooms at the Madonna Inn: a 🧵

Room 151 "Sugar & Spice" / Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch ImageImage Room 104 "Captain's Bridge" / Eastern Bluebird ImageImage
Aug 20, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I HAVE DECIDED TO START BEEF WITH THE BLUE ANGELS THE YEAR IS 2021. WE SHOULD HAVE QUIET PLANES BY NOW.
Aug 16, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I will not be participating in this #NationalTellAJokeDay chicanery. This is a professional, serious feed moderated by a famous rage pigeon skeleton animated by a cursed amulet.

Thank you for your understanding in this difficult time for me.

[SEND] FINE, just one.

"A vulture boards a plane carrying twelve dead armadillos. Flight attendant comes up to the vulture and says, 'I'm sorry ma'am. We can only allow one carrion on this flight."
Jan 31, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Screens give deeper context to an artifact than a static plaque ever could.

An exhibit that doesn’t account for different audience personas might as well be a warehouse.

Honest question: did l’il aware (great rap name) have a good time? Anyway, I think about kind of thing a lot because I’ve been in New Media and UX for a while.

My theory is kids should get all the screen time they want. As long as it’s interactive and not mindless consuming. Parents on the other hand... parents.com/toddlers-presc…
Jan 30, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
(Irony filter off) I’ve been doing this dumb job (Twitter) for almost a decade now.

And on days like today, I think a lot about the part of @FieldMuseum most folks aren’t privy to: the staff that keeps our facilities and systems humming.

Even when the weather is crummy. The @FieldMuseum isn’t just a museum. It’s an active research institution that also stores millions of specimens and artifacts for academics all over the world.

We need to keep the liquid nitrogen pumping. The humidity carefully controlled. The flesh eating beetles fed.
Dec 21, 2018 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
DO IT. MOVE INTO A BUNGALOW. HAVE AN OPINION WHERE TO GET THE BEST ITALIAN BEEFS. PRONOUNCE THE "S" IN ILLINOIS. LEANR HOW TO NAVIGATE LOWER WACKER. NAME A CHILD AFTER KHALIL MACK. GET SUPER FAT AND NEVER APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE FROM THE COASTS EVER AGAIN. GET A NICKNAME LIKE "TINY MIKE" WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY 6 FOOT FIVE. VACATION IN WISCONSIN. ASK "HOW DOES IT HANDLE POTHOLES AND BLACK ICE?" WHEN BUYING A NEW CAR. SEE THE WORLD'S LARGEST T. REX EVERY DANG WEEKEND. VOTE AGAINST EVERY INCUMBENT JUDGE BECAUSE YOU LOVE CHAOS.
Dec 20, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
“Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot.

So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts.

I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible... Murderchicken...” Commissioner Gordon: “The Penguin carried out a daring heist of diamonds!”

Murderchicken: “Ok... so...”

Gordon:

Murderchicken: “You do know diamonds are only valuable because the supply is artificially controlled by a powerful consortium, right? You can make them in a lab.”
Dec 5, 2018 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
"Hey SUE, why haven't you played the dungeon game lately?"

Easy. I have been much too busy playing the cowboy game instead.

AND MASTERING IT. Not to brag, but: I am the greatest cowboy that ever lived.

THE. GREATEST.
Nov 5, 2018 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
“You play Red Dead Redemption 2 yet, SUE?”

Me: “Nah. Those open world murder simulators always end up boring me.”

“You know there’s a sassy paleontologist who teaches you how to hunt for fossils in it, right?”

Me: (A “WOOSH” noise rushes past, leaving only a me shaped cloud) STATUS UPDATE: Currently robbing trains to find my digging expeditions.

I have no idea why more universities and institutions don’t adopt this cool, victimless financial strategy.

(My lawyer fires off another “concerned” email off so quickly, it bends time and space)
Nov 3, 2018 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
I know this might be controversial because I’m very much on the record for being against anything from the sea... but this Irish cartoon about ocean scientists is the greatest TV show of all time.

It’s basically Star Trek, but good. And you learn stuff about the ocean. Basically my top five, in order:
- Octonauts
- The Americans
- The Wire
- The Sopranos
- Game of Thrones
Feb 4, 2018 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Appeal to emotion first, reason after.

If you lead with a bunch of numbers and facts, you sound like a boring West Wing episode.

Get the hook into your feelings to lead to you why you should care, it's like Dom Draper's "Carousel" pitch to Kodak. And yes, "West Wing" is hot garbage, come at me.