Reposted by SynapsidGirlSAHASA 🐙🪸 @sculptedreef.com · 05/07/2026Did you know octopuses are technically colorblind? 🌈 One photoreceptor, no color vision, should only see in grayscale. So how are they perfect color matching camouflage artists? 🐙 A thread 🧵 (with sources at the end, of course 😋) 🦑🐡 13370150
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026So, apparently, you are allowed to take your e-bike on a train. But you are not allowed to take your e-unicycle. Which... I didn't even know those existed, but good to know in case I ever plan to travel on one, I guess. 140
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Btw also, the piercer told me that I have "the most symmetrical nostrils" she had ever seen, which goes onto my list of the most unhinged compliments I've ever received, right next to the time a radiologist told me I had "beautiful insides". 090
Reposted by SynapsidGirlWindfalcon @windfalcon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026“Raven and Fireweed” - linocut print. These will be making their debut at Meandering Mediums in Seward, Alaska next week! 48922
Reposted by SynapsidGirlDr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 02/07/2026While I'm checking in on BlueSky, here's the stem-mammal Sphenacodon ferox, which lived long before there were any dinosaurs. 517542
Reposted by SynapsidGirlMatt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Nothing to see here, just a cart of skulls. 5588
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026*in that one particular tone of voice* I did it 😁 260
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 27/06/2026If my brain could explain to me how I'm supposed to function on a grand total of 2 hrs of sleep, that'd be just great 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 080
Reposted by SynapsidGirlClaude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 27/06/2026i don't like summer anyway but i especially hate people acting like this deadly heatwave that's causing wildfires in england of all places is "just a nice summer 😝" shut up 1141
Reposted by SynapsidGirlNatee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I might have called this finished several thousand tiny brushstrokes ago, but as ever, I needled away at inconsequential intricacies probably nobody would notice or care about. It's always the process. Being lost in it is something all artists are keenly familiar with. Botlickers don't get it. 1845182
Reposted by SynapsidGirlHarkthorn @harkthorn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Griffon sketch. She heard the fridge open and is making a hard turn/leap back towards the source -3458 🎨 #art 26113
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I took Luna outside today for like 10 minutes, mostly just into the backyard, and by the time we went back home she was panting as if we spent half an hour playing. She just walked around a bit, and went to the toilet. And it's nowhere near as hot here as it is elsewhere in Europe. 120
Reposted by SynapsidGirlVille Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Indricotherium study #sciart 024043
Reposted by SynapsidGirlSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/06/2026genuinely concerned that if AI goes bankrupt I might shrug so hard I dislocate both shoulders 302202373
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Of course, on the day I actually manage to sleep, I get woken up by some private number calling me an hour before alarm. The universe hates me, there's no other explanation. 030
Reposted by SynapsidGirlKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/06/2026Begging news outlets to stop illustrating deadly heat waves with happy beach fun 🏖️😎 and life-saving vaccines with terrifying needle assaults 💉😭. Especially on social media (where many/most people get their news) the photo is the most prominent part of the story; these choices undermine it completely 403310838
Reposted by SynapsidGirl☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Larry the Cat has been the only stable presence at No 10 and should automatically be PM. 482231264
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I honestly can't be bothered to be bothered about starmer resigning, as his replacement will be equally shit, considering the possible ones. It's going to be a "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" situation 061
Reposted by SynapsidGirlClaude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 21/06/2026dicynodonts as ecosystem engineers is really under-explored both in literature and paleomedia. just putting it out there 2224
Reposted by SynapsidGirljess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Every time I see AI all I see is "stealing has been revolutionary. You can just steal, I steal, and I'm excited to steal from you! Wait, you don't? You haven't tried stealing yet? Oh buddy it's revolutionary!! You can just take shit!! I mean it'll collapse the economy but it's quick and cheap" 1664186
Reposted by SynapsidGirlSmeesh 🌿 Illustrator for hire @asmeesh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026sea wolves sea wolves 5439114
Reposted by SynapsidGirlD. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 21/06/2026One more for #WorldHorseshoeCrabDay —look closely and you can see my preparatory sketch on the previous page 🖊️ I adore these ancient monsters 🖤 433151
Reposted by SynapsidGirlHelen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 19/06/2026People think digital artists have so many tools at their disposal when I'm just using the same three brushes for 90% of my drawings 😅 717219
Reposted by SynapsidGirlDan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026the year is 2030 and you need a face scan, retinal scan, voice scan and to answer 20 questions about your family, health and employment history every time you use the computer. but don’t worry your personal data is safe with Butterfingers Corp in partnership with The Dark Web 653333881
Reposted by SynapsidGirlJay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026This grumpy fella is Jachaleria, the only dicynodont known from the Los Colorados Formation! I always think of dicynodonts a bit like modern hippos or rhinos - big, beefy, and easily annoyed. Size comparison below ⬇️ #sciart #paleoart 1116035
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Ok, so, did they change how the following tab works? Because lately I see posts from some of the people I follow way more often in the discover tab than the following one, which kind of defeats the point of the following tab? 130
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026*angelic choirs intensify* It works, it works, it works, it woooooooorks :D 2295
Reposted by SynapsidGirlThe Teabun 🧙🏻♀️ aka El @theteabun.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Because it’s not about children’s safety, it’s about identifying who we are in real life If it was about safety they’d ban Twitter in the UK and stop their ministers using it. If it was about safety they’d be working with the social media companies to improve moderation. 2175
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Good news: I got the resolution back. Very Bad News: drivers not working properly, games won't launch, KRITA AND BLENDER WON'T OPEN!!!!! AaaaaaaAaaAAAAaaaa!!!!!!!!! That's it, I will never update any software again in my life. 290
Reposted by SynapsidGirlLorraine Turner calicohorses @lorraineturnerart.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Fabric collage pattern available to download ⬇️ All of my work supports non profits helping animals shop.calicohorses.com #fabriccollage #artquilt #quiltsky #fabricart #sciart #embroidery #threadpainting #textileart #fiberart #animalart #inspiration #polarbears #stitched #textileartist #bears #art 625634
Reposted by SynapsidGirlMette the Liminal Entity @mettiina.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Does the global economy qualify as a psychological disorder these days? I'm just asking because it seems to be largely made up of pathological lies, rampant sociopathy and delusion. 062
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026And the worst part about this whole "update borked my display" thing is that's just a reminder that I'll need to build a new pc at some point in the somewhat future, because my GPU is bloody ancient. Which is great, because, you'll be shocked to find, I don't have a spare ~3,5k gbp laying around 110
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The people in my feeds are making me insanely jealous that I have no access to a kiln I can experiment in once again... 020
Reposted by SynapsidGirlJulian Miholics @pansybeast.bsky.social · 14/06/2026A hanging display piece/luminary from the start of the year - complete with babies that can be attached from small holes in the scales at the bottom of the parent's tail with fishing line (sold)! #ceramics 17786217
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I just want to paint and get a heart attack after getting yoinked out of my seamoth by a warper, give me my resolution back you useless lump of junk!!!!!! 130
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 14/06/2026So, before you go being upset in the replies talking about late stage capitalism (valid), just know, that the biggest contribution to falling birth rates is the fact that there's way less teenage pregnancies. Which the article even mentions. They're freaking out about kids not having kids. 0201
Reposted by SynapsidGirlJustin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 13/06/2026This is one of those things that kills me. The stuff that people accept from AI art would get any professional fired 110530
Reposted by SynapsidGirlTom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 13/06/2026If the "legitimate concerns" of violent racists are global news and have to be entertained by politicians, thousands of people showing up to reject hate and fight for a welcoming Belfast better be heard loud and clear. 04818
Reposted by SynapsidGirlRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 13/06/2026A puppy before puppies. These tracks were made by mammals called oxyaenids, sort of catdog-like carnivores that thrived circa 60 million years ago before true dogs and cats stepped onto the scene. From Wyoming, on display at the Raymond M. Alf Museum. 122131
Reposted by SynapsidGirlbookswain.bsky.social @bookswain.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Plate from my 1886 first edition copy of “Dinocerata” by American professor and paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh. Dinocerata (terrible horn) is an extinct order of massive, herbivorous mammals that lived during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs. #FossilFriday 0124
Reposted by SynapsidGirlSAHASA 🐙🪸 @sculptedreef.com · 12/06/2026No.5 "A COZY DEN III" 🪸 Sculpted Reef 🪸 🐙 sculptedreef.com/collections/... #ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #Cephalopods #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife 🦑🐡 316653
Reposted by SynapsidGirlc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Want to hear something freaky? If a deer gets a cut on its antlers while it's still in velvet, the next year when the deer grows a completely NEW rack, it will often grow an extra branch in the exact spot of the cut. Let's talk about TROPHIC MEMORY, the weird way cells (may) remember each other.static.klipy.comMajestic Deer with Huge Velvet AntlersAlt: Majestic Deer with Huge Velvet Antlers. To be clear, this is probably a genetic event or even a breeding decision, but it illustrates the strange ways that antlers can grow. This poor buck, I'm assuming probably a white tailed deer, looks a bit overwhelmed to have a monstrous rack. 626458
Reposted by SynapsidGirlStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 12/06/2026 2374118
Reposted by SynapsidGirlGabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Last night was the premiere of the first episode of Surviving Earth! I want to share with you snippets of the concept art I did for Inostrancevia #SurvivingEarth 425263
Reposted by SynapsidGirlRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 12/06/2026We have several prestige paleontology shows coming from a very narrow social perspective - alpha males, mothers only living to sacrifice themselves for offspring, an emphasis on dominance, dynasties. It’s tired. It’s all of life as an arms race, everything needing to have a direct survival function. 3709
Reposted by SynapsidGirlNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 27/09/2025And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November. Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet 4839471311
SynapsidGirl @synapsidgirl.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Oh for the love of everything that's good and holy in this world... The saga gets stupid. The saline was supposed to be delivered by Wednesday, but on Wednesday tracking didn't even show it as posted. So I contacted the seller. They got back to me yesterday saying it got lost in transit... 130