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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pikes Peak is somewhere behind the clouds enjoying rain and early season snow. We'll see what El Nino brings this year.

Broken rain clouds obscure the view of Pikes Peak from Colorado Springs.

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Heinrich Harder's Ichthyosaurus, Richard Orr's Tyrannosaurus, marsupials, and birds, Ashley Patch's Hibbertopterus, and Peter Zallinger's Dimetrodon!

Two slick-skinned ichthyosaurs with olive-coloured skin break the surface of the sea. One is fully airborne, while the other is half submerged.

A group of white-furrred, opossum-like marsupials clamber about on a tree limb. Two birds, shown in silhouette, pass by a huge yellow moon. Below, the slumbering form of a Tyrannosaurus blends in with the cool, stony ground.

A Hibbertopterus sits on the sea floor, barely distinguishable in the blurred blue waters.

A Dimetrodon lifts up into a push-up posture, teeth bared in a savage snarl. Its sandy brown skin is marked by broad bands of greenish tones, matching the pebble-strewn ground beneath it.

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Dynamognathus @dynamoterror.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hadrosaurus foulkii, the first dinosaur discovered in North America and one whose holotype is housed at the currently-threatened Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. If the academy is shut down, this and thousands of other irreplaceable specimens will likely be lost. #SavetheAcademy #sciart

A colored-pencil drawing of the hadrosaurid dinosaur Hadrosaurus foulkii, in a walking pose at an angle away from the viewer and towards the left side of the page. Much of the body is a warm brown, separated by a darker squiggly line from the pinkish grey back. Its head is turned slightly towards the viewer, and a thin black tear marking extends down from its eye.

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pterosaurs: An Artistic History in Four Parts (Art by Joseph Smit, Zdenek Burian, John Sibbick, and @markwitton.bsky.social)

A mixed group of pterosaurs, all with slick, featureless skin and pointed, swooping wings. Some soar with outstretched limbs, others cling frog-like to a stony cliff, and others perch with their feet flat on the rock.

A Pteranodon with a plump, bat-like torso and short, stumpy legs drops a mouthful of fish to a group of sprawled, leathery-skinned young which are strewn about the top of a stony seaside cliff. In the distance, two other giant pterosaurs can be seen soaring toward the sea below.

Two huge ornithocheirid pterosaurs with rounded crests at the end of their snout soar over coastal waves, while a smaller, duller pterosaur with no crest feeds its well-developed youngster in a bird-like fashion.

Two enormous azhdarchids with slender builds and erect, upright stances scavenge the carcass of a dead Triceratops beside a pond. One stands tall, while the other is mid-launch, carrying a strip of meat in its beak.

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Humans. So fragile, so resilient . Had I been born a generation ago, the cancer would have claimed me by now. A generation from now, I’d have an mRNA vaccine and no worries. Here I am in the between time, cared for by amazing humans and all the technology we know how to throw at the problem.

I lie immobile waiting for radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer beneath a large machine that looks like it escaped from a science fiction movie.

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sauropods: An Artistic History in Four Parts (Art by Charles Knight, Bill Berry, John Gurche, and @tessasaurus.bsky.social)

A group of wriggly-necked, blunt-skulled Brontosaurus wade in a lake while one emerges on the shore, dragging its lengthy tail behind it. A Stegosaurus approaches the lake, dwarfed by the long-necked herbivores.

A towering Brachiosaurus with a drooping tail hauls itself out of the water, moving in a wide-legged waddle as rivulets of water drip down its hide.

An impossibly tall, earthy-brown Barosaurus with elephantine skin rears high in the air, threatening to crush an encroaching Allosaurus. A young Barosaurus hides behind its tree-trunk legs, crouching in fearful trepidation. A dense conifer forest and gorgeous cloudscape extend behind.

A low view of a colossal rearing titanosaur. Its heaving bulk produces a cloud of dusty sand as it lifts upward, revealing the complex array of scales covering its underside and limbs. A little feathered theropod looks on, looking comically tiny beneath the great mass of the colossus before it.

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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Actually did make you feel better.

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Breathtakingly beautiful, every single second.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Here are some* of the many, many indie books I have thoroughly enjoyed which you should totally read! I have reviews for all of them, so if one looks intriguing to you and you want to read my review, please don't hesitate to ask! Check them out! 🧵⬇️ *I know I forgot some favs. Forgive me!! 🩷

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The Sword In The Stone: Merlin's Magic

Alt: The Sword In The Stone: Merlin magically putting books into his bag

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Day the Earth Stood Still 18 Sep 1951 💯 #FilmSky🎞️

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is an important time of year along Colorado’s Front Range. The clouds today will carry some of the last rain for the year as they get ready to transport winter snow. Bring it, clouds. Can’t hardly wait.

Cloud-shrouded Pikes Peak catches the morning sunlight between the trees in Colorado Springs

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tyrannosaurus vs Triceratops animation

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Layers of clouds just like a cake or parfait, or an onion.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

16% of the way!!! You are all stars 🥹🥹 Please keep reposting! One of these is due ASAP 🫠

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: John Dawson's Edmontosaurus, Norman Nodell's Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus, Zdenek Burian's Chasmosaurus, and Luis Rey's Deinonychus and Nothronychus!

A rust-coloured Edmontosaurus wades through a swamp forest, surrounded by the trunks and knees of Taxodium trees. A hazy fog hangs between the trees, creating a humid, mysterious atmosphere.

A pair of lumpy, wrinkly-skinned Triceratops with stony grey skin forage in a grassy meadow. The foreground individual crops grass with its beaky jaws, while the rear individual faces off with an erect-postured, muddy brown Tyrannosaurus.

A pair of long-limbed ceratopsians with rugose, sandy scales stand in a desert landscape. Their tall, rectangular frills jut high above their backs, creating a striking visual. Behind, a sparse forest of coniferous trees and stony hills stretch into the distance.

A lappet-faced Deinonychus leaps at a sparsely feathered, rough-bellied Nothronychus. The dromaeosaur spreads its taloned wings and gapes its jaws, perhaps a threat display or overzealous predatory lunge. The therizinosaur mirrors the spread-armed pose, prepared to swat or trample the little carnivore.

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I have a problem with the sky, I know I do. I can’t let the transition from day to night or daybreak slip by unremarked. Watch the sky wherever you live. It’s magical.

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The visitor center atop Pikes Peak reflects the morning light. No sign of autumn yet with the temperature down below in Colorado Springs running 15 degrees F above average.

The summit of Pikes Peak stands bare of snow on a too warm September morning.

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ceratosaurus and Allosaurus

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Doug Berch @moishepipick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man's eternal fight against tyranny. In this war, we know, books are weapons." - FDR

A poster that reads "Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man's eternal fight against tyranny. In this war, we know, books are weapons."

- President Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dystopian joke: A prisoner goes to the jail's library to borrow a book. The librarian says: "We don't have this book, but we have its author".

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

AI LLMs are being used to create false history for local museums. How long before it reaches the Smithsonian? m.youtube.com/watch?v=N5YD...

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I Visited a Railroad Museum that was all AI Slop - and this is why it's so bad

YouTube video by Great Basin Car Shops

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today's four random pieces of paleoart: @jedtaylorartist.bsky.social's Utahraptor, Tuomas Koivurinne's Parasaurolophus, William Stout's Psittacosaurus, and Édouard Riou's labyrinthodonts!

A pair of Utahraptor with extensive, earthy-toned feathery coats and intense aquiline eyes. Their heads are held in close proximity, nearly touching.

A dark, subtly striped Parasaurolophus walks through a forest at sunset, its red-tinged crest and yellowish face contrasting against the dark tones on the rest of its body. Moss and lichen-covered trunks frame its great bulk as it turns toward the viewer.

A baby Psittacosaurus nearly tumbles over backwards as a large butterfly with eyespotted wings flutters toward it.

A mixed group of squat, frog-like amphibians with jaws resembling a mix of beartrap and crocodile amble over a sandy shore. A long-jawed individual looms over a stone in the middle distance as waves crash behind.

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Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Allosaurus and Stegosaurus

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Michael Skrepnick's Spiclypeus, Dan Varner's Xiphactinus, @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social's Pleistocene Cuba, and Heinrich Harder's Megatherium!

A lone Spiclypeus with white and blue eyespots on its frill wanders across a sandy river shore strewn with bits of wood and short stumps. A conifer forest towers behind.

A pair of blue-grey Xiphactinus swim through blue waters, cast in dappled sunlight.

A waterside scene in Pleistoscene Cuba, with a diverse array of animals such as tortoises, ground sloths, and a variety of birds gathered on the sandy shore and surrounding vegetation.

A doe-eyed, shaggy-furred Megatherium stands in a grassy plain at sunset, looking on with a dull expression.

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: Karen Carr’s Apatosaurus, John Sibbick’s Albertosaurus, John Conway’s Hypsilophodon, and Richard Orr’s Allosaurus and Camptosaurus!

A colossal Apatosaurus with smooth, chestnut-brown skin strides towards a fern-covered riverbank. The stormy sky above casts the scene in a hot, hazy gloom. Two more sauropods can be seen passing in behind.

An Albertosaurus with prominent, leathery scales rests with its belly against the ground, tail curled catlike alongside the body.

A shaggy, brown-feathered Hypsilophodon with long eyelash filaments clutches a conifer cone during a downpour. Its fluffy hide is completely saturated with water. A tangle of lichen-covered branches form a backdrop.

A red Allosaurus with blue stripes clutches a greenish Camptosaurus in its jaws, lifting it off the ground as it flails defiantly. The theropod’s body is covered in tiny scales, while the ornithopod has a smoother hide with a crenulated ridge down its back.

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

NASA released clearest view of surface of Mars!!!

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I was wrong. Not rain up on Pikes Peak, but a dusting of fresh snow to brighten this fine 20 August afternoon.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Ankylosaurus speedpaint for Toon-Rex based on his design of this armored dinosaur. #Ankylosaurus #Dinosaur #Paleoart

Ankylosaurus facing right in a standing pose with a brick red coloration and yellow striped osteoderms and green eyes based directly on Toon-Rex's depiction of the animal.

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Soon it's gonna rain, I can see it Soon it's gonna rain, I can tell Soon it's gonna rain, what are we gonna do? Lyrics by Tom Jones

Rain clouds gather over Pikes Peak.

Hear how the wind begins to whisper
See how the leaves go streaming by
Smell how the velvet rain is falling
Out where the fields are warm and dry
Now is the time to run inside and stay
Now is the time to find a hideaway
Where we can play
Soon it's gonna rain, I can see it
Soon it's gonna rain, I can tell
Soon it's gonna rain, what are we gonna do?

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Allosaurus and Apatosaurus

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: Dave Marrs’ Dilophosaurus, Neave Parker’s Triceratops, @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social’s Lotosaurus, and Kenyon Shannon’s Tyrannosaurus!

A grey, dull-coloured Dilophosaurus with a red-fringed head crest walks through a lush forest, backed by a dense array of ferns and cycads.

A brown, countershaded Lotosaurus rests beneath the leafy fronds of various plants. Its beaky snout and eagle-brows give it a birdy look, contrasted against the more crocodile-like limbs and sailed body.

A towering Tyrannosaurus with massive, muscle-bound legs strides into viewer. Its slender, almost weedy body contrasts with its hugely overdeveloped legs. Its fang-lined jaws are angled down, as if it has taken notice of some morsel on the ground before it.

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A fine Blue Sky, Colorado, Pikes Peak morning to you all. It’s going to be another sparkling day.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🎧 “I've got my job, l've got my girl I've got the guaranteed destruction of this world I've gotta drink about, dream about and run away from Gonna smash my TV, smash my phone Leave politics alone Go outside for a while”

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One More and the Bill

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Packed and ready for Book Bash tomorrow (8/16) at Basecamp Books and Adventure in Colorado Springs. 28 local authors will be attending from noon to 6:00. Join the fun if you’re in the area.

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N0-V4 (silly dollbot 🐇🗝️) @roboticnova.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

now THIS is fine dining

my lunch today, consisting of a grilled cheese and spaghetti-os

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pinecliffwoman.bsky.social @pinecliffwoman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Painted sunset Above the peaks Move in just a bit closer…crisp days aren’t far away. Stock the woodpile for the wood stove and make sure there is hot cocoa to put in the mugs to warm our hands by. Get the extra blanket out to snuggle under. After a walk on fallen autumn leaves we can cozy up…🍂🍁🪵

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Steven Anderson @theropodpublishing.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The storm has moved on, but the mud remains.

A car parked along a muddy dirt road with cumulonimbus clouds in the background. Mount Hermann Road, Colorado.

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Kathleen Thomas @xleaver.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Leaving you with this for the evening… Lars Leber Photography©️ Moon rising over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado

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