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The Blazing Dracogriff

@dracogriffking.bsky.social
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Just a guy who loves good stories with Excellent storytelling. #StopKOSA #BringBackDINOSAUR

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savetheacademy.bsky.social @savetheacademy.bsky.social · 2h
Today is the fourth day that the Academy of Natural Sciences doesn’t have a public facing side to the museum. We can change that. You can help. Save-the-academy.org
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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 5h
There are some pieces of paleoart that to my eye are so fantastic that I regularly come back to them to just stare and marvel them. Peter Trusler has made many such pictures but these 3 particular ones are just of such exquisite quality that they take my breath away every time.
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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 8h
I’ve been to the AMNH a couple times already and am running out of parts of the museum I’ve never seen. But they’ve got this exhibit that I’m going to be seeing today.
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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A detail I like about this piece is that one of the Allosaurus is looking in the juvenile’s direction. It’s not any less dangerous of a task, though, with all the adults amok and probably not taking kindly to the theropods. Art by John Gurche
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Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Here's a concept art sketch of Hoppers drawn by Daniel Chong. It's such a We Bare Bears sketch and you can still feel his touch all over the film. Just such a hilarious and special ride.
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🦖Gavin Hayes (DinoFang127)🦖 @dinofang127.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I implore each and every single one of you to go and subscribe to my boi @isaiahctorre.bsky.social's YouTube channel if you haven't already. He really deserves more subs and more love. youtube.com/@izzietheani...
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Isaiah Cole Torre
Nerdy 20-something dumbass who likes big dead things, big living things, big things that don't exist, as well as animation and film. This channel is just where I share my silly little personal project...
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For context, that's a typical size of a jurassic pterosaur (juvenile) found in the fossil record
Small sparrow coloured pterosaur
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ZZ the Kaiju @zzthekaiju.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Easily the moment I realized I was going to love this movie. It's funny, it's awesome, it's insanely over the top, it's everything. Never forget that there are people with lots of power who saw this, said "I feel nothing", and tried to bury it.
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Karen Carr's Deinonychus and hypsilophodonts, Luis Rey's Amargasaurus, @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social's Edmontosaurus, and Ely Kish's Stygimoloch!
Four tiny, yellow-green ornithopods drink from a pond in a flooded forest. Behind, a striped, scaly Deinonychus lurches out from the greenery behind. The smaller dinosaurs are framed by stark white and deep, earthy greenery, trapping them with the encroaching predator.A trio of Amargasaurus with pink, fleshy nostrils and jet-black neck spines display in a sandy desert. A quartet of tiny, zebra-striped ornithopods enter the frame from the right, while a tiny yellow-headed theropod walks towards the viewer. Several prominent footprints are strewn about the sand.A massive hadrosaur with a splotchy, lizard-like pattern of dappled brown, yellow, orange fading to a creamy white underside. It strides forth with imposing presence, mouth gaped as if letting forth a thunderous bellow. Its nose steams with moisture, and its eyes glow with white intensity. The deep, triangular tail is curved toward the viewer, partially filling the frame.A sickly-thin, pin-headed pachycephalosaur with light green skin dappled with black speckles walks through a conifer forest, framed by trunks, ferns, and vines. Its long, stiff tail sports a dazzling zig-zag pattern that virtually disappears against the earthy forest floor behind it.
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Raf Enshohma @enshohma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
HALLOWEEN RE-SHARES OCT 2nd, 2026: Helltops, a ceratopsian so greedy and vile in prehistoric life that he was sent to Hell, only to return later as a troublesome demon in modern times, stalking the dark out-of-the-way places at night, searching for human prey!
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Chris Pink Moss @christoptomus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you are not an academic but have a large following and think science is worth defending, you should repost this.
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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We at Skype a Scientist are deeply troubled by the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences. We urge you to contact Drexel University Leadership and Academy interim leader Trish Wellenbach to urge them to reopen the museum. President Merlo president@Drexel.edu Trish Wellenbach tw958@drexel.edu
a block of text with a statement that reads We at Skype a Scientist are deeply alarmed by the decision of Drexel University leadership and the Academy of Natural Sciences Board to close the Academy’s public museum.

Skype a Scientist is based in Philadelphia with deep roots in our city. Making science accessible, in particular for Philly’s children, is a top priority for our organization. We operate in community centers, at street festivals, and at the intersection of science and art. For the last 10 years, we have worked to engage a broader coalition of Philly residents to care for our local biodiversity. 

Our program does not exist in a vacuum. The work that we do, alongside environmental education centers, our museums, classroom teachers, and more, create an ecosystem of connections with science. The loss of any part of this fragile ecosystem is detrimental. The Academy of Natural Sciences grounds biodiversity education in Philadelphia. With grand fossil halls, historical connections, and engaging exhibits, it is a place where many Philadelphians develop a love of science. Loss of access to this space cannot be tolerated.

We are living through an erosion of public education, particularly in the life sciences. Philadelphia cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum.

We call on the leaders of Drexel University and the Academy board to reverse their decision to close the Academy’s public museum. The children of Philadelphia and future generations of Philly-made scientists are counting on you.
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Joshua Lüdtke @joshualudtke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm not saying that we need to call out Drexel University leadership, but, they need to know that the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia needs to be kept open as a publicly available and accessible museum. So call them into a conversation about how they are making a bad decision right now.
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Kee The Tom and Jerry Guy @drummerfromfife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The original user blocked me. Maybe he realized just how ludicrous his "Give up media" proposal was. Kid you not, that's what he said. Give up media altogether because of what's going on between Paramount and Warner.
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Kee The Tom and Jerry Guy @drummerfromfife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What, like all media ever, past, present and future? That would mean giving up these things and dude, that's just sad... Media lovers, here's some advice: Appreciate what you have rather than panic about what could be.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I cannot overemphasize that this is a fight we can win, but we need as many voices as possible here. The kids of Philly cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum. The Philly school district closed 17 schools this year. We need to turn this around for our kids and the culture of Philly.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is there no end to the joy and wonderment that @restingdinoface.bsky.social brings into our lives? For today her newsletter brings me word of A NEW TYRANNOSAUR THIS IS NOT A DRILL FRIENDS, we have a new tyrannosaur!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new albertosaurine from the Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada, illuminates ambiguity between albertosaurine and tyrannosaurine characteristics
Tyrannosaurid species have often been considered to have high longevity and low diversity relative to contemporaneous megaherbivores. Recent chronospecies assertions around tyrannosaurid lineage ev...
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Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No I won't because I want to be hopeful unlike some of yall because we should still hope for artists and film-makers to make stuff now when the world is at nowadays
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Zeurel @zeurel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Make stuff. For the love of all that there is, please just keep making stuff! Doesn't matter if it's bad, good etc. Just *keep* making stuff.
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Dr. Rich B @morphometrich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And in other news, the continued campaign by #Drexel to close the #ANSP is also taking some very concerning turns. Please read these updates on efforts to get transparency to #SaveTheAcademy from closure. whyy.org/articles/aca...
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What went wrong at the Academy of Natural Sciences? Former staffers point to years of missteps
“There was a big push to not be known as the dinosaur museum,” said one laid-off worker. That shift came with a cost, ex-staffers say.
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AshPoust @ashpoust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you don't know Kenshu Shimada, read this letter anyway. But realize that this is coming from someone who, in addition to being an intellectual heavy hitter, is one of the nicest, best humored people in the sciences. This was not written lightly.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Post them on social media. Tag Drexel in those posts. Send to President Merlo president@drexel.edu And Trish Wellenbach tw958@drexel.edu The pressure is working and we need to push it over the edge. It’s not enough, but it’s getting better. Please please take action this weekend, academics.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
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savetheacademy.bsky.social @savetheacademy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today is the second day without a public side of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Do the right thing, Drexel. Reopen the doors. See you on the 7th! #savetheacademy
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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wonder if Creative Beast will ever decide to make a Tromerosaurus figure now.
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Kevin Sievers @diplotomodon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Until it is accompanied by an actual plan, concrete action, transparency, and a process that meaningfully incorporates public input we see no reason to treat the University’s statements as evidence that any of the underlying problems have been or will be resolved. save-the-academy.org/statement.html
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Save the Academy Coalition statement, October 1, 2026
We refuse closure. Secure a year of bridge funding, appoint an independent commission, and give the public a real role in the Academy’s future.
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
LETTER: Absolute need to maintain entire ‘collections side’ of Sternberg Museum intact hayspost.com/posts/d21f98...
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LETTER: Absolute need to maintain entire ‘collections side’ of Sternberg Museum intact
Image by Pixabay Dear Dr. Tisa Mason,I am a proud graduate of Fort Hay
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Dave Rodland @daverodland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sigh. I wrote a chapter on this. The Holocene is the past, a stratigraphic unit defined only by its onset. We cannot change the past. The Anthropocene is the future, and the future begins now. We CAN change it. That's what makes it the Anthropocene. Not fire, the Bomb, or anything else.
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Racecar @racecarart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dilophosaurus portrait with pen and highlighters (did I mention that work was slow??). #art #paleoart #RacecarPitStop
A dilophosaurus drawn in highlighters and pen. It has a cassowary-like design, with messy black feathers on its body and a bare, bright pink neck. Around its eye is bright blue skin and it's crest is yellowish keratin that extends onto the front of its muzzle, which has a few whispy whiskers.
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This really cheared my Friday: Paleoartists you are supported even by the pope 👇 #Paleobio
Pope Leo XIV declaration on the nature of arts
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Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I wanna show Corpse Bride a little love. Always find this such a sweet film from Tim Burton.
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The Blazing Dracogriff @dracogriffking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today’s my birthday! 🎉🥳
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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Sternberg Museum is now also in danger of closing. So today here are old photos of a small Pteranodon from the George F. Sternberg collection. #FossilFriday
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Emily Higgs Art @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Spinosaurus ~ 🐟🦄 . I’ve finally got around to colouring in my Spinosaurus mirabilis and Spinosaurus aegypticus! Decided to have a bit of fun with colours 💙 now onto details!
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Lillie B. @lilliebeltran.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keep contacting decision makers (Drexel Board, Mayor, Governor) to encourage the Academy of Natural Sciences to take the donation from the William Penn Foundation to buy time to find a long term solution. The museum can be saved! 😊❤️🦖 #savetheacademy #AcademyofNaturalSciences #Philadelphia #Philly
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Reecee 🎃 @reecee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why pressure someone to watch something that they’re not interested in? It’s not like he has an obligation to review it.
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Massive new review paper out on the causes of insect population declines. It's not great news, BUT if we pay attention, we can still turn things around. 🧪🦋 academic.oup.com/aesa/advance...
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Drivers of insect decline: direct, indirect, and combined pressures
Abstract. Reductions in insect biodiversity are widely documented and result from numerous pressures that operate from local to global scales. Identifying
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Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People going after Schaffrillas over the most nothingburger reasons is really weird behavior. He doesn’t want to see Hexed. It ain’t his fault the movie doesn’t look all too interesting to him. It’s not like he’s going after those who are looking forward to it.
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jason Cryan, from the Natural History Museum of Utah, and Barbara Thiers, formerly of the New York Botanical Garden, join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss the challenges of running a natural history museum.
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Are natural history museums in trouble?
The country’s oldest natural history museum, in Philadelphia, has closed its doors to visitors. Will other museums follow?
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🔸Riamus🔸 @riamus01.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carcharodontosaurus
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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I love the different evolutionary paths megalosaurs, allosaurs, and ceratosaurs went down, despite them all having familiar big, serrated-toothed, dinosaur flesh-ripping species throughout the Jurassic. (Art credits in alt-text)
Ceratosuchops and Riparovenator by Anthony HutchingsEkrixinatosaurus by Gabriel UguetoGiganotosaurin hunting titanosaur by Lucas Atwell
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Nicolas Siregar @nazrigar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A collection of some glimpses into the future off my post-apocalypse worldbuilding project, No Man's Land. By this time most of the remains of human civilization has been swallowed up, but the legacy we humans have via animal life is now naturalized. #specevo #speculativeevolution
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Mario Lanzas @mariolanzas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
a few more #gameofthrones #prehistoricanimals #dinosaurs #medievalart #heraldry
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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some more lovely weirdos! Toxodon & Mixotoxodon. #SciArt #artbyjulio
A simple infographic showing a grayish, sparse-haired Mixotoxodon and a more tan, slightly hairier Toxodon against a solid background, with a human silhouette for scale. Each animal has a graphic besides it showing an estimated range, and its scientific name below it.
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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 31/10/2024
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stargazerkittycat @stargazerkittycat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Monstrous nightmare custom for starlitskyes_ on insta!! Love how this critter turned out, it's so much fun drawing the httyd dragons in my style MUST do more!! - #httyd #dragon #digitalart
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Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Definitely not happy the merger got approved, but I’m not gonna bow my head in despair. I’m still fighting for a brighter future for filmmaking no matter what and I know this merger will only hurt Ellison in the long run. No matter what, I’m still holding strong for good movies.
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Jacob Schick (commissions open) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I did the art for this!!! It’s nice to finally be able to talk about this
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A list of people who honked in support of the Academy of Natural Sciences at yesterday's protest: A schoolbus A car full of kids A cop A mailman Cars full of people in business attire Cars full of people in work outfits Cars full of people in street clothes The PPA Philly supports the Academy.
a woman in glasses holds up a sign that says Honk for the Academy
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