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Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, and Tyrant Lizard Queen (2026). 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. http://rileyblack.net
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When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
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Tyrant Lizard Queen will be stomping your way next year, so it’s a good time to get into When the Earth Was Green if you haven’t already. 🌱
🎧"Do you realize the price of pretending everything is fine?
It falls apart fantastically, collapses with efficiency
Now your cheeks won't seem to dry
and you don't understand why"
It falls apart fantastically, collapses with efficiency
Now your cheeks won't seem to dry
and you don't understand why"
Possession
YouTube video by The Dirty Nil - Topic
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December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎧"Do you realize the price of pretending everything is fine?
It falls apart fantastically, collapses with efficiency
Now your cheeks won't seem to dry
and you don't understand why"
It falls apart fantastically, collapses with efficiency
Now your cheeks won't seem to dry
and you don't understand why"
Once more, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social asked me for my favorite science books out this year. I picked Mary Roach's Replaceable You and Sadiah Qureshi's Vanished, the latter of which I especially recommend for the way it offers an important new view of what we mean when we talk about extinction.
The Ten Best Science Books of 2025
From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year
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December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Once more, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social asked me for my favorite science books out this year. I picked Mary Roach's Replaceable You and Sadiah Qureshi's Vanished, the latter of which I especially recommend for the way it offers an important new view of what we mean when we talk about extinction.
Walking Practice became an instant favorite the moment I read it. Enjoy it however it suits you, but if you go with a hard copy there are some amazing illustrations inside.
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Walking Practice became an instant favorite the moment I read it. Enjoy it however it suits you, but if you go with a hard copy there are some amazing illustrations inside.
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Re-imagined B-Movie monsters, all Roger Corman related Movies. #bmoviemonster #rogercorman #monsterart #creatureart #bmovie
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Re-imagined B-Movie monsters, all Roger Corman related Movies. #bmoviemonster #rogercorman #monsterart #creatureart #bmovie
There’s a good puddle outside and I wish I were a big theropod to stomp and slosh around in it.
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There’s a good puddle outside and I wish I were a big theropod to stomp and slosh around in it.
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On the 2nd day of #Crustmas, my Georgia coast gave to me, a coastal-dune-dwelling isopod, making tracks! Trackmaker is probably Armadillidium vulgare (nicknamed "pillbug" or "roly poly"), with special guest tracks made by much bigger ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrate), on Sapelo Island, GA. 🦀🐾
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On the 2nd day of #Crustmas, my Georgia coast gave to me, a coastal-dune-dwelling isopod, making tracks! Trackmaker is probably Armadillidium vulgare (nicknamed "pillbug" or "roly poly"), with special guest tracks made by much bigger ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrate), on Sapelo Island, GA. 🦀🐾
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Hey y'all, the audiobook and e-book versions of my memoir PANSY are both in the Queer Liberation Library for free, as are hundreds of other books by queer authors.
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Queer Liberation Library
Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hey y'all, the audiobook and e-book versions of my memoir PANSY are both in the Queer Liberation Library for free, as are hundreds of other books by queer authors.
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Highly recommend joining them over on Libby if you haven't already (and it's free to join!). www.queerliberationlibrary.org
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For #ArtAdventCalendar today, sharing the drawing I probably spent the greatest number of hours on this year.
Vultures are one of my favorite birds but even I will admit I got a bit obsessive with this photorealism😅
Follow @birdwhisperers.bsky.social for a fun monthly art challenge drawing BIRDS!
Vultures are one of my favorite birds but even I will admit I got a bit obsessive with this photorealism😅
Follow @birdwhisperers.bsky.social for a fun monthly art challenge drawing BIRDS!
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For #ArtAdventCalendar today, sharing the drawing I probably spent the greatest number of hours on this year.
Vultures are one of my favorite birds but even I will admit I got a bit obsessive with this photorealism😅
Follow @birdwhisperers.bsky.social for a fun monthly art challenge drawing BIRDS!
Vultures are one of my favorite birds but even I will admit I got a bit obsessive with this photorealism😅
Follow @birdwhisperers.bsky.social for a fun monthly art challenge drawing BIRDS!
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Today I’m joining the #GivingTuesday challenge to save the Museum of the Earth. As a Board of Trustee emeritus member, I see first-hand the Museum's impact on educating our community and the world about climate change, biodiversity, and our home planet. Please donate at priweb.org/support.
Save the Museum of the Earth and PRI – Secure Its Future!
In these challenging times, places like the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) stand as beacons of hope, fostering understanding of the natural world and inspiring action for a sustainable fut...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today I’m joining the #GivingTuesday challenge to save the Museum of the Earth. As a Board of Trustee emeritus member, I see first-hand the Museum's impact on educating our community and the world about climate change, biodiversity, and our home planet. Please donate at priweb.org/support.
Oh my gosh I love them 🦕
Dino Live At Dublin Zoo (Irish commercial)
YouTube video by thabigben1
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December 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Oh my gosh I love them 🦕
Dinosaur documentary soundtracks aren’t often discussed, but the music for PBS’ The Dinosaurs! makes me happy to this day. 🎧
Dinosaur Ghosts
YouTube video by DinosaurTheatre
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December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Dinosaur documentary soundtracks aren’t often discussed, but the music for PBS’ The Dinosaurs! makes me happy to this day. 🎧
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If you're in a shopping mood and looking for autographed copies of my books, go indie! Read It Again Books ships everywhere, and the autographs are free!
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December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If you're in a shopping mood and looking for autographed copies of my books, go indie! Read It Again Books ships everywhere, and the autographs are free!
read-it-again.com/alex-white-a...
read-it-again.com/alex-white-a...
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Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar & I'm going with a piece that still makes me go 'blimey did I actually do that', created as part of BirbFest this year in Jan. It's one of those ones where you loose time while making and then surprise yourself when it's finished!
#BirdArt #SciArt #Cassowary #Procreate
#BirdArt #SciArt #Cassowary #Procreate
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar & I'm going with a piece that still makes me go 'blimey did I actually do that', created as part of BirbFest this year in Jan. It's one of those ones where you loose time while making and then surprise yourself when it's finished!
#BirdArt #SciArt #Cassowary #Procreate
#BirdArt #SciArt #Cassowary #Procreate
It was a long walk to look at a footprint.
A large theropod track, likely left by a tyrannosaur around 70 million years ago, in what’s now Denali National Park. Tracks like these are preserved on patches of exposed rock called flatirons that take some serious hiking to get to. 🧪
A large theropod track, likely left by a tyrannosaur around 70 million years ago, in what’s now Denali National Park. Tracks like these are preserved on patches of exposed rock called flatirons that take some serious hiking to get to. 🧪
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It was a long walk to look at a footprint.
A large theropod track, likely left by a tyrannosaur around 70 million years ago, in what’s now Denali National Park. Tracks like these are preserved on patches of exposed rock called flatirons that take some serious hiking to get to. 🧪
A large theropod track, likely left by a tyrannosaur around 70 million years ago, in what’s now Denali National Park. Tracks like these are preserved on patches of exposed rock called flatirons that take some serious hiking to get to. 🧪
Presenting to you
The Snoof
The Snoof
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Presenting to you
The Snoof
The Snoof
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Let me blow your mind a little.
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Let me blow your mind a little.
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the duality of amphipods
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
the duality of amphipods
It’s the kind of damp grey this morning that makes me think of An American Werewolf in London.
Blue moon, I saw you standing alone…
Blue moon, I saw you standing alone…
December 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s the kind of damp grey this morning that makes me think of An American Werewolf in London.
Blue moon, I saw you standing alone…
Blue moon, I saw you standing alone…
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HUUUUGE Black bear caught on our garden cam in our backyard in Jersey the other night.
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
HUUUUGE Black bear caught on our garden cam in our backyard in Jersey the other night.
Goo evening, monsters.
Sliding through shadows to growl and menace is not the only use of the night. You can rest. You can slumber. You can be heavy until the morning kisses your claws.
Sliding through shadows to growl and menace is not the only use of the night. You can rest. You can slumber. You can be heavy until the morning kisses your claws.
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Goo evening, monsters.
Sliding through shadows to growl and menace is not the only use of the night. You can rest. You can slumber. You can be heavy until the morning kisses your claws.
Sliding through shadows to growl and menace is not the only use of the night. You can rest. You can slumber. You can be heavy until the morning kisses your claws.
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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Print for MFF to accompany my zine! Over the moon with how this turned out
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Print for MFF to accompany my zine! Over the moon with how this turned out
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