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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fun little feature i never noticed before (since the Dominion model definitely doesn't have these) but the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom model for Rexy has scars on the left side of the face from the Indominus fight. #jurassicpark #jurassicworld

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Why are my socials suddenly full of talk of Miracinonyx not being a cheetah? That's been not uncommon knowledge for years.

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Strange time to have it but I just had a really emotional moment about Peter Cullen

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Dino Dad Reviews @dinodadreviews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I finally got around to writing about my experience at #DinoConUK this year! The kids and I had a good time. Check out my review here! @dinoconuk.bsky.social #DinoConUK2026 🦖🦕 dinodadreviews.com/2026/08/30/d...

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DinoCon 2026

The second year of the UK’s premier dinosaur-themed event!

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I don't mind if the dog dies in films. I think sometimes the scene should be the dog dies.

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

In Florida watching a storm. I can literally feel the thunder

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

First time crossing the Atlantic and im unreasonably disturbed that the sun is down at home. But up here. It Ain't Right

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Oak street has some good scenes and some really awful dialogue. Basically i think it's rewatchable in the same way as Rebirth. Go to youtube and find the fun chase scene. Design wise? I mean i appreciate the thought It didnt really work But I appreciate the thought

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

End of oak street reviews so far OMG BEST EVER And You q9nt remember it in a day

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MidKil @midkil.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Liquified Neurons

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tetrapod Zoology ver 4 (the Tet Zoo dot com one) was 8 years old on July 31st and I totally missed it (due to meetings about DinoCon 2027 I'll have you know). But here's an article on the 7th birthday from last year.... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/7/...

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Tetrapod Zoology ver 4’s 7th Birthday — Tetrapod Zoology

Today is July 31st 2025… do you know what this means?

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Collins, it seems, wouldn't allow Diagram to put their name or logo on the book's front or rear cover, or spine. So Diagram got artist Graham Rosewarne to enact a sneaky plan. Look at the markings on the tail of the Deinonychus... #books #dinosaurs #dinosaurbooks

Colour dinosaur images on the back cover of the book. A striped, orange Deinonychus has markings that read DIAGRAM arranged along the side of its tail.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A book I've written about a few times is Collins Guide to #Dinosaurs, written by David Lambert, published 1983. If you know this book, you'll recall that the images were compiled by The Diagram Group. Yesterday, former Art Director Mark Evans at TGM told me something I didn't know before...

Cover of Collins Guide to Dinosaurs. Orange with a selection of Mesozoic dinosaurs.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Review # 1 submitted. These books are a major achievement and congrats to the author, artist and publisher. They're good but absolutely obsessed with phylogeny to the exclusion of just about everything else, and as a consequence their appeal is limited. #books #dinosaurs

The three Jones and Viola dinosaur volumes on a desk.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just added prints of my new coloured Styracosaurus artwork to my web store! If your life needs more elaborate neck frills, grab one from here: www.markwitton.co.uk/product-page.... (And if that's not to your fancy, there's over 140 other #paleoart pieces to choose from.)

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Styracosaurus albertensis in (full) colour (2026) | MarkWittonPalaeoart

Uncropped print on 312gsm smooth fine art paper.

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

So far highly detailed but with a bit of iffy phylogeny here and there. Also, and this is entirely personal, I personally don't care for then3d photorealistic artwork.

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just diving into this. Interesting although there's some phylogenetic stuff in here I dont love including creating new clades without formal peer review. Which as a pterosaur worker is a particular bugbear of mine.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Something else picked up at #DinoConUK 2026... massive thanks to the excellent Haidar Jaffri for gifting me his really nice Loch Ness Monster image. Haidar did the cover art for the UK edition of my book #AncientSeaReptiles and also has a section in #MesozoicArtII

Darren and Haidar at DinoCon 2026, holding framed piece of art.

Loch Ness Monster image by Haidar Jaffri, showing it as a modern plesiosaur.

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

American vultures have long been reported to lack a syrinx (avian vocal organ); a new study suggests that they instead have a highly modified one: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🪶🧪 (📷Ibarra et al.)

Digital models and cross sections of the lower respiratory tract of two vultures.

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Great thing about being 40 and confident is i no longer give a crap about how online reviewers or fandoms perceive media. Freedom!

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My cabbages! I laughed I laughed so hard.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My entire stock of Ancient Sea Reptiles sold at #DinoConUK, huge thanks to those who bought it and attended my talk and signing event. During the talk I discussed new findings on ichthyosaur form and function, plesiosaur anatomy and physiology and mosasaur ecology - delivered to a packed room :)

Cover slide for Naish DinoCon 2026 talk 'Mesozoic Marine Reptiles, the View from the Mid-2020s'.

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#dinoconuk continues to be a brilliant experience. Behold the goodies acquired by myself and my collective humans. As always huge thanks to the @dinoconuk.bsky.social team

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CJ BROSKIN @cjbroskin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Carnotaurus in Ancient Argentina" (This one was in development for a while, but then all i had to do was give it some harsh sunlight on the side and it was an instant fix for progression) #DinoconUK #BROSKINArt #Art #Dinosaurs #Paleoart

A Carnotaurus in flat red stretch of land enjoys a dust bath in the early evening. the Mountains looming behind them with the moon a pale pink.

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Hamakei @hamakei.co.uk · 28/07/2026

Costume competition parade at #dinoconuk 2026. I'm sure there'll be a much higher quality version at some point, but here you go. I cut off after the parade because the judging took a LONG time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSHk...

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Dinocon 2026 Costume Competition Line-up

YouTube video by Hamakei

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just in lieu of absolutely nothing Remember that in the majority (but not all) cases, tv is the product of the work of hundreds of dedicated people. A formal creator or producer may provide oversight but they are usually not the ones drawing, animating and scripting.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hey, if you're _thinking_ of coming to #DinoConUK - July 25th & 26th, Hilton Birmingham Metropole - you KNOW you should. Fully TWICE AS BIG as our 2025 meeting. Tickets and discount rooms available at... www.dinocon.co.uk .. and follow @dinoconuk.bsky.social

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Monsterverse is the perfect cinematic universe. I will be taking questions

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Yes, stock of the new edition of #Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved has arrived and a limited number WILL be present at the Tetrapod Zoology stall at #DinoConUK, see you there! Both authors will be present at DinoCon by the way :) @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social

Copies of the book spread out on a table.

Cover of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved held in pink European human hand.

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Been thinking on the "T. rex parenting" talk of the last few days which has as always lit a fire of certainty in the online palaeo community. One thing I think is often lost in translating scientific concept to the interested layperson is the fact that there /1

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CJ BROSKIN @cjbroskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

#PortfolioDay Name's CJ, I'm a comic Illustrator fresh out of college and going into University. My specialty is Prehistory and Manga... most of the time both. First Portfolio Day on Bluesky too!

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

www.slashfilm.com/2182501/best... 10. Yes 9. Yes. It should be number one. 8. Yes 7. No 6. If we're talking animation...oddly no 5. No. I outgrew it. 4. Its good. Its not great. But its good 3. Eh. I mean its fine. 2. I genuinely hate this show 1. But not as much as I hate this piece of crap.

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10 Best Adult Animated Shows Of All Time, According To IMDb - SlashFilm

These series aren't just the highest-rated adult animated shows on IMDb, they're also some of the most well-regarded TV series in general.

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

In my nerdy life im a long time Kamen Rider fan (very much blame @vangelus.bsky.social and the figuarts hype of 2010). I love summing series up in one sentence no one gets unless they've seen it. Build is: War is bad but also Cthulu.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Big fan of this comic-strip style academic figure

Various soaring techniques of pterosaurs using lift produced by (A) thermals, (B) vertical convection currents over water, (C) slopes,
(D) declivity currents from Posture, locomotion, and paleoecology of pterosaurs by Sankar Chatterjee

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Bob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Want to make a living from #Palaeoart? Then come to my #LymeRegisFossilFestival talk: A DINOSAUR ART LIFE, How Painting & Sculpting Prehistoric Animals Became My Job. June 14: www.marinetheatre.com/lyme-regis-f... #SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark #LymeRegis

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Dr. Mike O'Sullivan @irishpalaeo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

So happy to announce the digital pdf version of Professor Primula's Portfolio of Palaeontology from @palaeogames.bsky.social is out now! Physical copies will come soon and are still available to preorder! palaeogames.com/collections/...

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Bananas got his banana tonight. When I see tapirs on the security cameras right before sunrise, I know that they are sleeping somewhere near the house and that they will come and visit me before the sun sets. Sure, enough my buddy came and said hi. #tapiroftheday #wildlife #costarica

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