Magi (pumpkinlanding)
@magical-game.bsky.social
39 | They/Them | Unofficial Paleontology Student
I love Zelda. I love Digimon. I love... lots of things
Ain't it great? Tezzle-mozzles and kasspans!
I love Zelda. I love Digimon. I love... lots of things
Ain't it great? Tezzle-mozzles and kasspans!
Pinned
Zelda and I turn 40 next year.
I truly hope Nintendo is working on something extra special for my favorite game series. 40 years is quite a stretch of time to be alive as a human. It's so much longer for a video game. Come on, Nintendo, don't let your #1 Fantasy down.
#TheLegendofZelda
I truly hope Nintendo is working on something extra special for my favorite game series. 40 years is quite a stretch of time to be alive as a human. It's so much longer for a video game. Come on, Nintendo, don't let your #1 Fantasy down.
#TheLegendofZelda
I am not one to clamor for DLC.
If you put out DLC, that to me says your game was incomplete on launch, or you just want to get more money after your game is out, or both.
But.
Square. Listen to me.
Give monsters more abilities.
You know you want to.
#FinalFantasyTactics #TheIvaliceChronicles
If you put out DLC, that to me says your game was incomplete on launch, or you just want to get more money after your game is out, or both.
But.
Square. Listen to me.
Give monsters more abilities.
You know you want to.
#FinalFantasyTactics #TheIvaliceChronicles
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I am not one to clamor for DLC.
If you put out DLC, that to me says your game was incomplete on launch, or you just want to get more money after your game is out, or both.
But.
Square. Listen to me.
Give monsters more abilities.
You know you want to.
#FinalFantasyTactics #TheIvaliceChronicles
If you put out DLC, that to me says your game was incomplete on launch, or you just want to get more money after your game is out, or both.
But.
Square. Listen to me.
Give monsters more abilities.
You know you want to.
#FinalFantasyTactics #TheIvaliceChronicles
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I feel a strange need to repost this art. Sometimes art needs reposting y'know? Like this art. Did you know lionesses sometimes take out their males when the pride is under intense pressure? Apparently bees, ants, & termites do this too. #art
Available as a print! www.inprnt.com/gallery/pala...
Available as a print! www.inprnt.com/gallery/pala...
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I feel a strange need to repost this art. Sometimes art needs reposting y'know? Like this art. Did you know lionesses sometimes take out their males when the pride is under intense pressure? Apparently bees, ants, & termites do this too. #art
Available as a print! www.inprnt.com/gallery/pala...
Available as a print! www.inprnt.com/gallery/pala...
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Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
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Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.
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We have a T. rex!
Tyrant Lizard Queen: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore
The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore
bookshop.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We have a T. rex!
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I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
Copy that, Rogue Leader! ✨
On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
December 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Copy that, Rogue Leader! ✨
What they said.
I think I'm well looked after!
I think I'm well looked after!
December 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
What they said.
I think I'm well looked after!
I think I'm well looked after!
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Looking for last minute gift ideas? Give them a gift that will delight/horrify/awaken something in them!
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
December 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Looking for last minute gift ideas? Give them a gift that will delight/horrify/awaken something in them!
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December 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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It is finally done! I can now reveal what I have been hinting at for however long I've been hinting! Happy Anniversary Va Eheniv! Congratulations on twenty years online (va-eheniv.conlang.org/gerudolang1....) and more than eight years of being better than the official 'language!'
#eheniv #gerudo
#eheniv #gerudo
December 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
It is finally done! I can now reveal what I have been hinting at for however long I've been hinting! Happy Anniversary Va Eheniv! Congratulations on twenty years online (va-eheniv.conlang.org/gerudolang1....) and more than eight years of being better than the official 'language!'
#eheniv #gerudo
#eheniv #gerudo
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A 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub emerged from melting permafrost... whiskers intact.
Incredible science.
But the reason we’re finding more of these animals isn’t better fieldwork.
It’s a warming Arctic slowly unlocking carbon we were never meant to release.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/BNAouHY
Incredible science.
But the reason we’re finding more of these animals isn’t better fieldwork.
It’s a warming Arctic slowly unlocking carbon we were never meant to release.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/BNAouHY
Melting Permafrost Reveals Cute Ice-Age Animals — and Climate Challenges?
As ice-age creatures resurface from the frost, scientists grapple with the climate risks of thawing permafrost
medium.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub emerged from melting permafrost... whiskers intact.
Incredible science.
But the reason we’re finding more of these animals isn’t better fieldwork.
It’s a warming Arctic slowly unlocking carbon we were never meant to release.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/BNAouHY
Incredible science.
But the reason we’re finding more of these animals isn’t better fieldwork.
It’s a warming Arctic slowly unlocking carbon we were never meant to release.
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/BNAouHY
Play Amber Isle!!! It's so amazing!!! 💖
Amber Isle NPCs vs their IRL counterparts Pt.6
Verne the yutyrannus!
Verne the yutyrannus!
December 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Play Amber Isle!!! It's so amazing!!! 💖
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Thank you for writing this!
The choice of Khaleesi continues to rankle, too, especially for a white wolf as a namesake of white lady savior trope for animals that, so de-extinctioners say, they foresee on lands stolen from Indigenous peoples, hopping right over them to some undefined Ice Age time.
The choice of Khaleesi continues to rankle, too, especially for a white wolf as a namesake of white lady savior trope for animals that, so de-extinctioners say, they foresee on lands stolen from Indigenous peoples, hopping right over them to some undefined Ice Age time.
December 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thank you for writing this!
The choice of Khaleesi continues to rankle, too, especially for a white wolf as a namesake of white lady savior trope for animals that, so de-extinctioners say, they foresee on lands stolen from Indigenous peoples, hopping right over them to some undefined Ice Age time.
The choice of Khaleesi continues to rankle, too, especially for a white wolf as a namesake of white lady savior trope for animals that, so de-extinctioners say, they foresee on lands stolen from Indigenous peoples, hopping right over them to some undefined Ice Age time.
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This is such a good read!!!
Colossal named its first "de-extinct" dire wolves for the fratricidal founder of a now fallen empire and the twin he did in. These names... they've been gnawing at me! So, I wrote about lupine Romulus and Remus and snow-white mythmaking for @g-ehr.bsky.social.
g-ehr.com/essay/cry-wo... #Paleosky
g-ehr.com/essay/cry-wo... #Paleosky
Cry, Wolf • Germinate
Uncover the story behind the dire wolf and Aesop's fable, a classic tale about trust and deception through history.
g-ehr.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is such a good read!!!
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You don't want to read this.
But you must.
We cannot look away from the abhorrent abuse and devastation that is the #EpsteinFiles.
This is the last page.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
But you must.
We cannot look away from the abhorrent abuse and devastation that is the #EpsteinFiles.
This is the last page.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
You don't want to read this.
But you must.
We cannot look away from the abhorrent abuse and devastation that is the #EpsteinFiles.
This is the last page.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
But you must.
We cannot look away from the abhorrent abuse and devastation that is the #EpsteinFiles.
This is the last page.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
I know I've said this 2349284720384720384v times but y'all need to play Legend of Mana. It will change your life. I can't tell you how, that's a secret. Multiple secrets. But my stars, I've just about plumbed the depths of this game over the past few years and it still finds ways to surprise me.
December 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I know I've said this 2349284720384720384v times but y'all need to play Legend of Mana. It will change your life. I can't tell you how, that's a secret. Multiple secrets. But my stars, I've just about plumbed the depths of this game over the past few years and it still finds ways to surprise me.
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(Old Art) Leaellynasaura Illustration!
I haven't posted this here yet, so just gonna show it here.
I have depicted a "Months of Light Seasons Morph" (Dark Variant) and a "Months of Dark Seasons Morph" (Light Variant), Inspired by old illustrations with different morphs in books. #sciart #paleoart
I haven't posted this here yet, so just gonna show it here.
I have depicted a "Months of Light Seasons Morph" (Dark Variant) and a "Months of Dark Seasons Morph" (Light Variant), Inspired by old illustrations with different morphs in books. #sciart #paleoart
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Just write the thing.
What even is good?
Just write the thing.
What even is good?
Just write the thing.
December 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Just write the thing.
What even is good?
Just write the thing.
What even is good?
Just write the thing.
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Oh my gosh...
So I've finally started season 2 of Carmen Sandiego (yes, the new-ish one). And like. I love this show. I've loved this show since it first came out like a decade ago. And it is FULL of awesomeness. But I was NOT expecting a karaoke rendition of "More Than a Feeling" by Boston!!! 🤣💖🎶
So I've finally started season 2 of Carmen Sandiego (yes, the new-ish one). And like. I love this show. I've loved this show since it first came out like a decade ago. And it is FULL of awesomeness. But I was NOT expecting a karaoke rendition of "More Than a Feeling" by Boston!!! 🤣💖🎶
December 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Oh my gosh...
So I've finally started season 2 of Carmen Sandiego (yes, the new-ish one). And like. I love this show. I've loved this show since it first came out like a decade ago. And it is FULL of awesomeness. But I was NOT expecting a karaoke rendition of "More Than a Feeling" by Boston!!! 🤣💖🎶
So I've finally started season 2 of Carmen Sandiego (yes, the new-ish one). And like. I love this show. I've loved this show since it first came out like a decade ago. And it is FULL of awesomeness. But I was NOT expecting a karaoke rendition of "More Than a Feeling" by Boston!!! 🤣💖🎶
Zelda and I turn 40 next year.
I truly hope Nintendo is working on something extra special for my favorite game series. 40 years is quite a stretch of time to be alive as a human. It's so much longer for a video game. Come on, Nintendo, don't let your #1 Fantasy down.
#TheLegendofZelda
I truly hope Nintendo is working on something extra special for my favorite game series. 40 years is quite a stretch of time to be alive as a human. It's so much longer for a video game. Come on, Nintendo, don't let your #1 Fantasy down.
#TheLegendofZelda
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Zelda and I turn 40 next year.
I truly hope Nintendo is working on something extra special for my favorite game series. 40 years is quite a stretch of time to be alive as a human. It's so much longer for a video game. Come on, Nintendo, don't let your #1 Fantasy down.
#TheLegendofZelda
I truly hope Nintendo is working on something extra special for my favorite game series. 40 years is quite a stretch of time to be alive as a human. It's so much longer for a video game. Come on, Nintendo, don't let your #1 Fantasy down.
#TheLegendofZelda