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tappingsnurtle.bsky.social
Amateur Paleoartist•Semi-Succesful Fisherman•Professional Lobotomite
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"Oh, my God" "What is it?" "It's a birdcage" "For what?" My 3D anatomical study of a large male Pteranodon longiceps. The skeleton is a generalised composite as per usual with my models, but is scaled to UNSM 50130 (a very large and almost complete wing)

First new painting in a while — Leptonectes tenuirostris (foreground) and Leptonectes solei (background) hunt cephalopods as dusk

🎶🎵One of these things is not like the others🎵🎶 #paleostream

animação inacabada...

Baisesaurus, a genus of ichthyosauromorph seen here just enjoying the waves I went a bit speculative with my reconstruction, basing the proportions off of early ichthyosaurs and hupehsuchians :3

Proterosuchus and pals #sciart #proterosuchus #paleoart #paleontology #triassic #katbergformation #earlytriassic #lystrosaurus #myosaurus #reptiles #archosaurs

Dearc, the largest known Jurassic pterosaur.

A Great Auk caught in a fishing line. intaglio print with hard ground etching + soap ground aquatint, single plate inked in colors. #SciArt #printmaking #birds

Trans kids and their families can now apply for up to four (4) $500 grants annually for aid in accessing gender-affirming care. If you are looking to financially support a good org, donate here to the Trans Youth Emergency Project >>> southernequality.org/tyep/

JD Vance spearheaded a federal ban on mask mandates. He said it was “a massive victory for personal freedom in this country.” So wear a mask because JD doesn’t want you to. Wear a mask to make them harder to ban. Wear a mask as a form of community care, solidarity and resistance.

Ptychodus latissimus the (very big) ammonite muncher #sciart #paleoart #shark #fish

More goobers from the Katberg Formation #sciart #lystrosaurus #lystrosaurusmurrayi #myosaurus #dicynodonts #paleontology #paleoart #triassic #earlytriassic #karoo

Magneto was right

Climate refugees face the worst impacts of a crisis they did not cause, one that is only worsening as 🌍 temperatures rise. In @theecologist.org, @stevetrent.bsky.social discusses the uncertain future for Kenya’s Refugee Act and people living in Dadaab Refugee Camp: theecologist.org/2025/jan/23/...

This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.

More old work for #TrilobiteTuesday - specimen of Phacops 🐡

it’s becoming increasingly clear the goal of the far right is to defund and buy up every source of reliable information until there is no more objective reality to counter them

I didn't need to know Musk's intentions. His actions were what they were. I didn't need to know Gaiman's intentions. His actions were what they were. I don't need to know the intentions of the J6 terrorists. Their actions were what they were. Stop making excuses for these fuckers.

TLDR: There is nothing enforceable for the immediate future. It will take months or years to implement this via rulemaking or bureaucratic changes which are then subject to legal challenge. While it's worrying, there's no immediate change yet for most trans people. Do not comply in advance.

anyway

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025

if we are all going to be forced to relive 2016, they should at the very least let us see mad max fury road in theaters again

So, Trump got Twitter, Facebook/Instagram and now also TikTok sucking up to him - this is deeply concerning. Traditional media is on the decline and most people (particularly young people) nowadays get their news/info from these sites, which are now dancing to Trumps’ tune. Be careful out there.

Tiktok or Vine?

yet another example of democrats handing donald trump a win for absolutely no reason

the wildfire relief donation magnet is up on my site :)

here's today's #Paleostream sketches!!! today we sketched Han, Tameryraptor, Rhizodus, and Dinornis

Participated in my first #Paleostream of 2025 with my first sketches from 2025! • Han solo, the trilobite relative, and Yoda eating a hamburger • Tameryraptor, an Egyptian Carcharadontosaurid • Rhizodus, a lobefinned fish/early tetrapodomorph • Diornis, a giant moa from New Zealand

Tameryraptor lifts its head above some foliage.

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

Myosaurus gracilis (2025) #sciart #paleoart #myosaurus #dicynodont #triassic #katbergformation #paleontology #stemmammals #extinctlife

Words cannot describe how excited I am to announce the publication of my first peer-reviewed paper published in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution! Here's a big, fancy thread summarizing everything: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Finish! #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark #JurassicWorldRebirth #Titanosaurus #Sauroposeidon #dinosaurs #paleoart #sciart #fanart #sauropods

Schiff: "I've been in Congress a long time approving aid after disasters. I never once even considered 'is this hurricane hitting a red or blue state?' ... we need the incoming president to view it that way."

Fanta was created so coke could sell soda in nazi Germany around a trade embargo. IBM sold the machines that were used to track and tabulate holocaust victims. Henry Ford inspired Hitler. Big business has always collaborated with fascism. Today's businesses are bastards who are no different.

midjourney, chatgpt and all that other "AI" slop is realtime climate crisis accelerant. even if you don't give a fuck about creative people, take a look at the fires right now and consider your priorities

OOoOOoohh it’s paleostream time baby #paleostream

For the last 5 years, LAPD has received 3x the budget of LAFD. The department that coordinates these incredible emergency responses, the Emergency Management Department, gets about $4million - less than .1% of LAPD’s budget. When you talk to people offline about these fires, drop that in.

LINKS TO MUTUAL AID IN LOS ANGELES — PLEASE SHARE tiny.cc/malan-fire