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   Bruce Sterling @bruces (bruces@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 15:14:31 JST Bruce Sterling @bruces

   “We did not just shove mammoth genes into a mouse." But, well, that's more or less a research-target murine mastodon anyhow.

   https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-just-created-a-woolly-mouse-with-mammoth-like-fur/

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     West Lawns⚡️ (westlawns@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 15:17:27 JST West Lawns⚡️

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     @bruces oh dear.
     I guess they are looking to cure male baldness.

     Watch out when the tusks appear.

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     Steinar Bang (steinarb@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 15:51:01 JST Steinar Bang

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     @bruces It aint no mastodon until they've given 'em tusks!

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     Total Sonic Media (totalsonic@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Mar-2025 03:50:27 JST Total Sonic Media

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     @bruces I don't care about ethics questions or myriads of potential unintended consequences, the 11 year old inside of me is just all in for bringing back mastodons and dodos into every backyard.