Glendon Mellow
@flyingtrilobite.com
Science + Visual Communicator
Past: SciAm, Scholastic, Yale U Press
🔸 https://glendonmellow.com
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SciArt Feed Admin (No AI/NFTs)
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Past: SciAm, Scholastic, Yale U Press
🔸 https://glendonmellow.com
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Glendon Mellow
@flyingtrilobite.com
· Jan 16
🔸A reintroduction.
I’m Glendon Mellow, aka @FlyingTrilobite.com.
Illustrator, fine artist, writer.
glendonmellow.com
By day, life sciences marketing strategist (seeking new role).
Toronto-based, asthmatic cyclist, grateful dad.
Admin of the popular SciArt Feed 🐡:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I’m Glendon Mellow, aka @FlyingTrilobite.com.
Illustrator, fine artist, writer.
glendonmellow.com
By day, life sciences marketing strategist (seeking new role).
Toronto-based, asthmatic cyclist, grateful dad.
Admin of the popular SciArt Feed 🐡:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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If you get flamed on Twitter, it's going to be by right wing bluechecks and it's going to all sound like bottalk. That's easier to shove aside and see it as just part of the noise of the platform.
If you get flamed on Bluesky, it's artisanal and coming from multiple quarters.
If you get flamed on Bluesky, it's artisanal and coming from multiple quarters.
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If you get flamed on Twitter, it's going to be by right wing bluechecks and it's going to all sound like bottalk. That's easier to shove aside and see it as just part of the noise of the platform.
If you get flamed on Bluesky, it's artisanal and coming from multiple quarters.
If you get flamed on Bluesky, it's artisanal and coming from multiple quarters.
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Bluesky doesn’t have a central algorithm that’s forced on everybody, and allows users to create their own feeds.
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Algorithms do widen the divide: Social media feeds shape political polarization
A study shows that the order in which platforms like X display content to their users affects their animosity towards other ideological groups
english.elpais.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Bluesky doesn’t have a central algorithm that’s forced on everybody, and allows users to create their own feeds.
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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The Color That Shouldn’t Exist: Scientists Find Unexpected Blue on Ancient Artifact
scitechdaily.com/the-color-th...
scitechdaily.com/the-color-th...
The Color That Shouldn’t Exist: Scientists Find Unexpected Blue on Ancient Artifact
In a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light on the prehistoric origins of art and human creativity, researchers from Aarhus University have identified the earliest known use of blue pigment in ...
scitechdaily.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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It would be awesome if we could stop re-inventing every awful thing from the past, unlearning every brutal lesson, dismantling every hard-won solution
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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This is alarming, as @nature has one of the best statements on gen AI I’ve ever seen.
Here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is alarming, as @nature has one of the best statements on gen AI I’ve ever seen.
Here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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this sums up my general stance on "AI"
bsky.app/profile/unen...
bsky.app/profile/unen...
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
this sums up my general stance on "AI"
bsky.app/profile/unen...
bsky.app/profile/unen...
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I did my best to not yell about how ridiculous everything is right now and how hard it is to take anything seriously when we're all supposed to bet our future on magic beans
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
The AI hype-machine: Canada’s ill-advised ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence
Cynthia Khoo, Jeff Doctor and Hadrian Mertons-Kirkwood discuss the dangers of Canada’s accelerated approach to artificial intelligence.
rabble.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I did my best to not yell about how ridiculous everything is right now and how hard it is to take anything seriously when we're all supposed to bet our future on magic beans
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
rabble.ca/podcast/the-...
Dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby sound
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby sound
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won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.
#art
#art
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.
#art
#art
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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Gold+Ruthenium=blue/purple.
#bugs #insect #beetle #electroformed #copper #sciart #pendant #jewelryart #bugsky
#bugs #insect #beetle #electroformed #copper #sciart #pendant #jewelryart #bugsky
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Gold+Ruthenium=blue/purple.
#bugs #insect #beetle #electroformed #copper #sciart #pendant #jewelryart #bugsky
#bugs #insect #beetle #electroformed #copper #sciart #pendant #jewelryart #bugsky
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Tired of all the slop? I built a browser extension called Slop Evader that only returns search results from before Nov 30, 2022 - the pre-ChatGPT internet. Sure, the info is a couple years old, but at least you know a human wrote it :) chromewebstore.google.com/detail/slop-...
Slop Evader - Chrome Web Store
An extension for avoiding AI slop
chromewebstore.google.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Tired of all the slop? I built a browser extension called Slop Evader that only returns search results from before Nov 30, 2022 - the pre-ChatGPT internet. Sure, the info is a couple years old, but at least you know a human wrote it :) chromewebstore.google.com/detail/slop-...
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
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"y'all still hating on generative AI over here?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"y'all still hating on generative AI over here?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
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this is just one step that ultimate leads to "well, the AI bubble has burst, and now these companies need a massive government bailout of billions of dollars"
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
this is just one step that ultimate leads to "well, the AI bubble has burst, and now these companies need a massive government bailout of billions of dollars"
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November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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This little one has sold! But I have a few spaces left if you’d like to commission your own in time for Christmas! www.ruths-portraits.com/product-page...
Bird Portrait Christmas Ornament (Commission) | Ruth's Portraits
Commission your own bird-themed Christmas ornament with your favourite species! Hand-drawn on wood slices with lightfast coloured pencil Each slice is a minimum of 5cm (sizes vary from 5-6cm) Each sl...
www.ruths-portraits.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The Little Bee-eater is the smallest of the African bee-eaters, growing only 15-17cm long. They are incredibly common, with an estimated 60-80mil individuals across Sub-Saharan Africa. As their name suggests, they feed on insects, primarily bees, wasps, and hornets.
#huevember #birds
#huevember #birds
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Hey guys! I'm having a sale on all my silk #sciart scarves and ties 😊 🐡🧪🧠
Banish the Boring and Beige
This year, give gorgeous, geeky gifts
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hey guys! I'm having a sale on all my silk #sciart scarves and ties 😊 🐡🧪🧠
Congrats on being Bluesky Verified, fellow Torontonians!
@mayoroliviachow.ca
@socialmedialab.ca
@clareblackwood.bsky.social
@planning.cityof.toronto.ca
@mayoroliviachow.ca
@socialmedialab.ca
@clareblackwood.bsky.social
@planning.cityof.toronto.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Congrats on being Bluesky Verified, fellow Torontonians!
@mayoroliviachow.ca
@socialmedialab.ca
@clareblackwood.bsky.social
@planning.cityof.toronto.ca
@mayoroliviachow.ca
@socialmedialab.ca
@clareblackwood.bsky.social
@planning.cityof.toronto.ca
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Hoping if any journalists are doing end-of-year Top 10 Lists of Bluesky Feeds, they’ll consider the SciArt Feed 🐡.
One of the oldest Feeds on Bluesky: a curated list of contributors to keep AI out; and the 4th most popular Feed in both Science and Art.
One of the oldest Feeds on Bluesky: a curated list of contributors to keep AI out; and the 4th most popular Feed in both Science and Art.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🧪🎨
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People who are ‘AI’ boosters and whine about ‘anti-AI’ sentiment bewilder me. You have Twitter and LinkedIn; you have politicians and journalists on your side; businesses are all pro-AI.
What exactly do you want?
Yall behave like it’s literal sacrilege to be critical of AI
What exactly do you want?
Yall behave like it’s literal sacrilege to be critical of AI
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
People who are ‘AI’ boosters and whine about ‘anti-AI’ sentiment bewilder me. You have Twitter and LinkedIn; you have politicians and journalists on your side; businesses are all pro-AI.
What exactly do you want?
Yall behave like it’s literal sacrilege to be critical of AI
What exactly do you want?
Yall behave like it’s literal sacrilege to be critical of AI
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Glendon’s Feed is so thoughtfully curated and I love it so much. It’s also something I scan at least three times a week for new artists to include on @womensart2.bsky.social .
It’s a keeper.
It’s a keeper.
Hoping if any journalists are doing end-of-year Top 10 Lists of Bluesky Feeds, they’ll consider the SciArt Feed 🐡.
One of the oldest Feeds on Bluesky: a curated list of contributors to keep AI out; and the 4th most popular Feed in both Science and Art.
One of the oldest Feeds on Bluesky: a curated list of contributors to keep AI out; and the 4th most popular Feed in both Science and Art.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Glendon’s Feed is so thoughtfully curated and I love it so much. It’s also something I scan at least three times a week for new artists to include on @womensart2.bsky.social .
It’s a keeper.
It’s a keeper.
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Herbivore Dinos grazing in a Cretaceous Period paradise! Illustration from my book: DINOSAURS
Link to buy here: a.co/d/b5XhJp2
#prehistoric #dinosaurs #fossil #fossiladdict #paleontology #evolution #sciart #paleoart
Link to buy here: a.co/d/b5XhJp2
#prehistoric #dinosaurs #fossil #fossiladdict #paleontology #evolution #sciart #paleoart
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Herbivore Dinos grazing in a Cretaceous Period paradise! Illustration from my book: DINOSAURS
Link to buy here: a.co/d/b5XhJp2
#prehistoric #dinosaurs #fossil #fossiladdict #paleontology #evolution #sciart #paleoart
Link to buy here: a.co/d/b5XhJp2
#prehistoric #dinosaurs #fossil #fossiladdict #paleontology #evolution #sciart #paleoart
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I'm officially launching my Patreon next week and currently feeling like some sort of out-of-work Renaissance painter desperately in need of wealthy patronage, except instead of painting the Sistine Chapel I'll be cavorting around my living room in a Danielle Smith wig ranting about clean energy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I'm officially launching my Patreon next week and currently feeling like some sort of out-of-work Renaissance painter desperately in need of wealthy patronage, except instead of painting the Sistine Chapel I'll be cavorting around my living room in a Danielle Smith wig ranting about clean energy.