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Glendon Mellow
@flyingtrilobite.com
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Art in Awe of Science
Past: SciAm, Scholastic, Yale U Press
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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · Jan 16
🔸A reintroduction.

I’m Glendon Mellow, aka @FlyingTrilobite.com.

Illustrator, fine artist, writer.
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By day, life sciences marketing strategist (seeking new role).

Toronto-based, asthmatic cyclist, grateful dad.

Admin of the popular SciArt Feed 🐡:
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Parrot-Winged Trilobite from “A Field Guide to Flying Trilobites”. Ink drawing with digital paint (ArtRage). Green feathery winged trilobite perched on a branch, with some field notes in cursive below. Neutral background, except the trilobite appears to be on vellum taped to the page. That’s a trompe d’œil effect, I painted on. #sciart Darwin Took Steps Oil on canvas paper. Portrait of elder Charles Darwin with a partial staircase arising from his forehead. A sketch of his “I think” sketch is beside him in red-gold. Lots of umbers in this piece.
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Finally a politician who understands what gen AI is really doing.

Let’s pause and insulate ourselves a bit while the bubble bursts.
#ndp #cdnpoli #VoteAviLewis
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis calls for a pause on data centre construction | CBC News
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is calling for a moratorium on data centres along with other measures in a bid to rein in emerging generative artificial intelligence (AI) companies that he says are...
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Watercolor inspired by xylem #sciart
This one is cool because it's box-mounted, no framing required
artologica.etsy.com/listing/4441...
blue and red abstract watercolor with blobby shapes painting shown at an angle so the side is visible
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Carney should start his own Board of Peace, but just fill it with Canadian comedians like Anna Lambe, Michael Cera, and Catherine O’Hara.

Then tell Trump he’s not invited
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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i designed this sign yesterday and i normally don’t like…claim my work, but i just want to talk about the power of a good podium sign.

put your message there! it ends up in every photo! have it mounted on foam so it stays straight for photos!
clergy with sign “do justice love kindness abolish ice”
January 23, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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Canada thrives because we are Canadian.
Photo of Prime Minister Carney in front of a podium at La Citadelle in Québec City, Québec. A quotation from his speech is edited above: "CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE BUILT A REMARKABLE PARTNERSHIP, IN THE ECONOMY, IN SECURITY, AND IN RICH CULTURAL EXCHANGE. BUT CANADA DOESN'T 'LIVE BECAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES’. CANADA THRIVES BECAUSE WE ARE CANADIAN.”
January 22, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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the slop devourer www.thenation.com/article/soci...
January 22, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Three AI executives admitting everyone hates their product this week.
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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opossum-doodles.bsky.social Opossum_Doodles @opossum-doodles.bsky.social · 6d
Oil-covered heron
Might flesh this out into a actual painting at some point
#heron #paintpens #heron
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Occasionally we get tiny Goldcrests in the garden, hunting for insects amongst the evergreens. They’re resident in Britain, but some Goldcrests cross the North Sea to escape the harsher continental winters; people used to believe they rode on the backs of migrating Woodcocks. (watercolour)
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Watercolour painting of three Goldcrests amongst ivy
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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C A N A D I A N S
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cyn-k.bsky.social Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 1d
The People's Consultation on AI launched today! Whether you have in-depth expertise in AI issues, or don't consider yourself an "expert" but have firsthand experience with AI or its impacts and want to have your say, this is for you. Participate by March 15, 2026: www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca
An image in muted colours showing vague aesthetic animated illustrations of a light-brown-skinned man with curly hair, Black woman with a short afro, and red-headed white woman sitting in various poses on, respectively, a reclined chair, a bench, and a stool, in front of and facing an abstract geometrical image, as if considering it and mid-discussion about it.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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I'd love to share with you my favorite #sciart painting of 2025: this Pacific Northwest anatomical heart commission for a cardiologist. Every detail in this piece was decided using science! Prints and stickers in my Etsy shop!

#painting #watercolor #pnw #pnwart
Anatomical heart watercolor painting inspired by the Pacific Northwest nature: hand holding the painting against a tree background Anatomical heart painting inspired by the Pacific Northwest nature. A print framed on a table next to a cozy candle Sticker of anatomical heart painting Close up of painting with paint brushes and watercolor palette
January 22, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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@ketanjoshi.co - Congrats on your verification, Ketan!
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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@goldie.bsky.social - Congrats on your verification, Goldie!
January 22, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Americans need to go The Distance
thebandcake.bsky.social CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 1d
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
vtcommons.bsky.social VT Commons @vtcommons.bsky.social · 2d
Republicans in Congress could end this nightmare right now if they wanted to. Except they are cowards, afraid of an elderly, demented, malignant buffoon with a raging personality disorder.
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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putting together a presentation on my work and realized how fucking tiny the first sketches were I ever did on stream
#paleostream #paleoart
January 22, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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"the $3.6B being spent on rehabilitating Gardiner Expresswy...would cover BikeShare’s annual expansion budget for ~450yrs. Good enough for our great-grandchildren+their great-grandchildren—and probably some cyborg +xenomorph cyclists too"

Well said @graphicmatt.com

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Why dark clouds loom over Bike Share Toronto, despite its undeniable success
Adding more e-bikes certainly sounds like an admirable goal, but it comes with a downside.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Mark Carney gave a very good speech yesterday -- so naturally, Trump is now threatening Canada.

"Canada lives because of the United States," Trump warned.

"Remember that, Mark."

Carney's speech showed backbone. Could it signal a shift in Canada's approach to the United States?

Let's discuss:
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Heads of Canada's zeppelin institutes warn Canada risks losing top researchers in global war for zeppelin talent
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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I am already setting aside space in my brain for videos of ICE chuds running from exploding trees, slipping on ice while running from exploding trees, and trying to arrest dark-coloured exploding trees
djgloverepair.bsky.social Jimmy Lonetti @djgloverepair.bsky.social · 1d
I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.
January 21, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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themalky.bsky.social Malky @themalky.bsky.social · 2d
🦕 Prehistoric buddies! 🦖

A new drop just in time for my bday today, shares would be deeply appreciated 🙏

wallpapers + more 🔗👇
Drawings of cute dinosaurs (and a few non dinosaurs) in simplified color palettes of green, blue and orange. From left to right: spinosaurus, parasaurolophus, styracosaurus, barosaurus, velociraptor, tarbosaurus, ichthyosaurus, quetzalcoatlus, stegosaurus.
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Bike ride home from work should be a blast today. ❄️❄️❄️

Careful out there, #bikeTO peeps!
January 21, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Art Nouveau style Mosura for an art class. (Plus Pikaia, Burgessochaeta, and Gogia).

#paleoart #sciart #art
An Art Nouveau style drawing of Mosura and several other Cambrian animals.
January 21, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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I'll repost this for reach and take the opportunity to post my take on the thumbnail image

The Cosmic Cliffs
36×48″ 91×122 cm
2024
Based on the JWST image of NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula
#sciart
Large abstract painting of a swirling orange & red nebula that looks like a cliff with blue black background above with lots of stars
January 21, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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New moth painting available on my website: www.nataliejunewernimoon.com

#moth #moths #paintings #bugs #insects #oddities #entomology #sciart #mothart #art
Realistic painting of a yellow/brown moth in a dark ornate frame, sitting on a distressed white tabletop. There are hints of wood tone showing throughout the white surface, which you can also see behind the moth. This helps to indicate that the insect has been painted on a clear glass surface, and looks like it is floating in the middle of the frame.
January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM