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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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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New analysis reveals that the flood wave traveled the first 25 km (15 miles) of its catastrophic descent at an average speed of 150 km/h (93 mph), reaching a maximum velocity of 190 km/h (120 mph) at the Nepal–Tibet border. Data: Geopera/Vantor

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sketch I commissioned Midiaou Diallo! Many thanks to him for doing this for me! A prehistoric dragon is gored by a Triceratops. In the background a T. rex cleverly watches and waits for either its biggest competitor or its greatest prey to fall.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

forgotten by everyone except nature.

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Portalrealm @portalrealm.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Chekov: Sir, Excelsior is powering up with orders to pursue.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 21/08/2026

Last thread for #NeutronStarWeek! A collection of articles, visualisations and fun facts showing how awesome neutron stars (and esp. pulsars) are! Let's start with this .... Neutron stars are TINY! ~20km across. Let's zoom in to one hovering over Sydney! 📸 Daniel Wysocki and HanGyeol Suh

Simulated graphic of a neutron star hovering over Earth with Earth's curvature showing

Simulated graphic of a neutron star hovering over the coastline of NSW in Australia

Simulated graphic of a neutron star hovering over the city of Sydney with coastline showing

Zoomed in simulated graphic of a neutron star hovering over Sydney

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

An extremely impressive, very big, very thorough book on #Cretaceous #dinosaurs and their world has just arrived here: Christa Sadler's Dinosaur Frontier: Utah at the Dawn of the Cretaceous, published by Earth Press. Definitely one to get - more thoughts to come! #books #fossils

Cover, palaeoart shows dromaeosaurid vs iguanodontian.

Book interior, photos and life reconstructions.

Book interior, lots of images of dinosaurs and other animals.

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

HISTORIC 41 DEGREES IN AUSTRIA HOTTEST DAY IN AUSTRIA HISTORY 10 STATIONS >40c: Absolute madness Hundreds of records pulverized throughout the country.

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Xaver Forthuber @xaverdavid.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"sind diese kinder (...) für unser volkstum unbrauchbar, müsste dann gelegentlich eine entscheidung getroffen werden." in spital am pyhrn (oö) betrieben die nazis ein "heim" für kinder von zwangsarbeiterinnen. die sozialforscherin maria prieler-wodan hat diese geschichte akribisch aufgearbeitet. #ö1

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"Vielleicht hätte ich eine Familie ..." | MO | 03 08 2026 | 15:55

Das "fremdvölkische Kinderheim" in Spital am Pyhrn. Mit: Maria Prieler-Woldan, Soziologin und historische Sozialforscherin. Gestaltung: David Winkler-Ebner.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Medusa but her hair is an anaconda

Medusa with a single anaconda for hair. She wears a grey chiton and stubbornly strides to the left, dragging the heavy snake, which trails sullenly along behind

Medusa with a single anaconda for hair. It is completely coiled around her, leaving only her angry yellow eyes visible, and a single hand lifted to flip off the world

Medusa with a single anaconda for hair. She wears a grey towel and is scrubbing the snake. A bar of soap sits in a small puddle off to the left

Medusa with a single anaconda for hair. She sits, drumming her fingers impatiently, while in the background the anaconda digests some large prey

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Xaver Forthuber @xaverdavid.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

while this is true, they took something away from us there. i *want* to anthropomorphize tech. my car has a name, and i curse at the printer. pretending machines have personalities used to be harmless and cute. they made movies for children about it

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I love this *checks notes* Allosaurus, ok, on display in Taipei They look so cautious and polite

Allosaurus with red bow, big googly eyes

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Xaver Forthuber @xaverdavid.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

He's not the first president to call in the excavators. The #whitehouse has been constantly evolving and changing, along with the presidency itself, since John Adams first described his brand new residence as "...habitable". Our podcast with Matthew Costello from @whitehousehistory.bsky.social:

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Ö1 Betrifft: Geschichte - If White Walls Could Talk *ENGLISH ORIGINAL VERSION*

History of the White House. With: Matthew Costello, Chief Education Officer at the White House Historical Association, Gerard B. Lambert Foundation Chair in White House History, and Director of the Da...

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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Just a reminder to everyone: join a trade union. And if you're already a member, please be active. Vote, volunteer, become a rep or an officer. You are the union. The larger the union membership the more strength and agency we have.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I say this with all love for speculative fiction: let's put our scientific resources towards real problems. (And we should also be putting more resources into literature and literary scholarship, but call it what it is. Also, I doubt the SFF community wants these clowns either.) >>

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Xaver Forthuber @xaverdavid.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

in thailand they have cricket pitches the size of a dinosaur! 🦕

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Outer Space Treaty, like all treaties, is based around the state, even though it also says that the use of space is the common province of humanity. States eg US are issuing launch licences for spacecraft constellations that harm all humanity. Other nations don't get a say.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

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Denver Fowler Ph.D @denverfowler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

RAPTOR TOOTH: very large tooth from a raptor #dinosaur, Paronychodon. It's been really rainy here for a few days, but we're back in the quarries today and finding new things! Dinosaur Park Fm, 76M yrs old. From US public lands administered by @BLM_MTDKs #FossilFriday

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

#DinoCon 2026 is happening at the end of July -- tickets are on sale and selling well :) WHAT sort of thing can you look forward to? Check out this video of last year's DinoCon, taken and edited by Tom Fishenden... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqh-... Follow @dinoconuk.bsky.social for announcements

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DinoCon 2025

YouTube video by DinoCon UK

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Xaver Forthuber @xaverdavid.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

my mom got this around 1950. now it's hanging out with me.

cute stuffed bambi toy. the way they used to do them, stiff, with light brown fur and meticulously painted details like white spots, black hooves and nose. the eyes are black glass beads sitting on top of white leather patches with a brown gradient representing the iris. the deer is about 20cm tall and it is standing on my living room table, curiously looking to the left.

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Xaver Forthuber @xaverdavid.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

morgen in #ö1 punkt eins: kann die #hisbollah (militärisch) besiegt werden? schiismus-experte @simonwfuchs.bsky.social spricht über ihre situation im libanon-krieg und lisa fellhofer von der dokustelle politischer islam berichtet über die internationalen netzwerke der organisation.

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Die Hisbollah als Hydra | MI | 03 06 2026 | 13:00

Radikal-schiitische Netzwerke im Libanon und bis Europa. Gäste: Lisa Fellhofer, Direktorin des Österreichischen Fonds zur Dokumentation des religiös motivierten politischen Extremismus & Simon Wolf...

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Stephan Tischler @igls.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Ein Radiotipp für den 29.5.2026: freue mich, zusammen mit Hermann Knoflacher bei @xaverdavid.bsky.social Gast in der Ö1 Sendung "Punkt Eins" sein zu dürfen. Die Sendung kann 1 Monat lang nachgehört werden: oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

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Brennerpass: "Umfahren Sie Tirol!" | FR | 29 05 2026 | 13:00

Der Brennerkorridor, gordischer Verkehrsknoten des Alpenraums. Gäste: Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dr. Hermann Knoflacher, Forschungsbereich Verkehrsplanung und Verkehrstechnik, TU Wien & Dr. Stephan Tischler, ...

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Researchers at Utrecht University have upgraded Paleolatitude - originally built to link fossil records to ancient climates, but now it is a free online tool that traces the geological history of any point on Earth over the last 320 million years 🌐 paleolatitude.org#!/

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Xaver Forthuber @xaverdavid.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

here we have a very ancient chonk.

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Craig Deeley @craiguito.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"Right" - Fred

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The series finale of Dinosaurs was an emotionally brutal reflection on corporate greed and climate change, the entire family accepting the grim inevitability of death due to a handful of rich assholes making life for everyone else literally impossible. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changin...

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Changing Nature - Wikipedia

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 23/04/2026

🔭 Large Scale Structure of the Universe Image Credit: Claire Lamman/DESI collaboration Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260423

The image shows a circle with bands of different colors,
missing two opposite pizza slices, on a dark background.
An inset presents a zoomed-in view of the center,
showing a fine, feathery structure.

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Thank you, @stevebrusatte.bsky.social, for recommending The Last Days of the Dinosaurs! “[T] latest and most engaging glimpse at what it would have been like to experience the carnage. In doing so, Black pioneered a new genre of narrative prehistorical nonfiction.” 🦖 ☄️ 🌱 🐆

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10 books that will make you see dinosaurs differently

Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs and The Story of Birds, recommends 10 dinosaur books to dig into

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Animal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

Happy #CapybaraAppreciationDay! Please enjoy this 17th c. book illustration of a #capybara chilling under a banana tree in Brazil🍌 📕A Relation of a Voyage made in the Years 1695, 1696, 1697 on the Coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles... by François Froger, 1698.

digital scan of a black and white book plate, woodcut illustration of a capybara sitting upright against a banana tree, with banana in hand along with caption "A CAPIVARD or Water Hog at the foot of a Bananier."
Image via Bonhams: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21752/lot/247/froger-francois-a-relation-of-a-voyage-made-in-the-years-1695-1696-1697-on-the-coasts-of-africa-streights-of-magellan-brasil-cayenna-and-the-antilles-by-a-squadron-of-french-men-of-war-under-the-command-of-m-de-gennes-m-gillyflower-and-others-1698/

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Liam Elward Paleoart 🇵🇸 @paleobyliam.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The undisputed #1 greatest photo of a person with a fossil: Paleontologist Altangerel Perle, with the Museum of Natural History in Ulan Bataar, Mongolia, stands between the forearms of Deinocheirus

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

"I own three volcanoes, which I clean out every week (for I also clean out the one that is extinct; one never knows)" April 6, 1943, The Little Prince was published on this day 🌋🌋🌋

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