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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️

@restingdinoface.bsky.social

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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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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · Sep 6

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. 🌱

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance

Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance

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Tom Fowler @tomfowler.bsky.social · 6h

Some affable space monsters.

Drawing of a quartet of friendly aliens enjoying each other’s company.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 6h

I could tell from the vibrations

Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 6h

The Tingler got me.

Strata the torbie cat on Riley’s lap, being affectionate but looking very serious

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 6h

A friend showed it to me relative recently and I found it mostly amusingly bad, in the 90s way of “Why yes we know about this Video James.”

Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 7h

Worth it just to hear Vincent Price say “First I’m going to put the Tingler back where it came from.”

Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 8h

You know what, it’s worth a try

William Castle at the start of The Tingler saying “you may obtain immediate relief by screaming.”

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 14h

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 7h

Embrace Change- 2022

My art, digital. A comic page of a women shapeshifting into a werewolf

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Bingcai Liu @bingcailiu.bsky.social · 14h

Excited to share our research on the evolution of fossil forests from the Devonian to Jurassic! By analyzing 38 global fossil forests, we explored key parameters to better understand how these fossil forests developed over time.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 8h

You know what, it’s worth a try

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 8h

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon and it’s not severe.

This is the year it got me for the first time, too. I have some comments about 2025.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 9h

All the smoke just adds to the mood

Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 9h

Yes I am aware the question is “Riley how is this different from any other time for you” and you shush

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 9h

I haven’t really been feeling my favorite holiday looming ahead, so it’s going to be monster movies, fishnets, and weed until the mood coalesces.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 9h

Plenty of leopard print stockings and some thigh highs, but I’ve yet to find true leopard print fishnets… I imagine it would have to be a relatively dense mesh to hold the spots. But if I find them, I’ll share the knowledge.