dawn of the heron

There was a study in 1974 that argued that only one in 1000 baby sea turtles survives to adulthood. New estimates put that in around 1 in 400 to 1 in 2000, depending on when, where, and how you count it. 🧪🌊 Link: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

Sinosauropteryx. 3D render and digital painting. #dinosaur #paleoart #art

This is one of my favorite pieces. Everything fell together and it was quite enjoyable to work on. I am delighted that the original sold and to a fjord ranch no less! I couldn't be happier! #art #traditionalart #charcoalart #horseart #horse #fjord #artonbluesky

As true as it ever was.

It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations. A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes. We are completely lost.

The one thing you need to know about Mark Rutte, and I speak from having had the experience of meeting him in person, is that he always, always tries to suck up to just about anyone that might give him an advantage

Wonder of nature🐔

Cassowary dad now glazed and glamorous.

It’s happening

League of Nations moment

OVIRAPTOROSAURIA, from the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I98... I dedicated to these redeemed theropods 🥚 #gigantoraptor #paleoart #dinosaurs #oviraptors #beibeilong #naturalhistory #anzu

This year's programme for the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival is now online at fossilfestival.com! A weekend packed with all sorts of events - talks, walks, displays and demos. I'll be there talking about #MaryAnning, of course, and leading a walk around the places she knew well. Hope to see you there!

A pair of Confuciusornis, an early bird/ theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous, China. They still had three claws on their fingers fingers, the beginnings of a beak, and the male of this species had two long and stiff tail feathers, most likely for display. #paleoart #sciart #animalrt

Ok my DM just got disabled AGAIN. This time I know that the trigger is me sending my art book post to ONE person I've known for years. Mind you I didn't spam multiple users. I checked my chat history and this is my 1st time sending that post to anyone in WEEKS.

I do love the fact that in 1930s Czechia and Poland, trans people legally changed their names, married, had gender affirming surgery, and world and media (outside sports and Nazis) just went, how curious, how quaint. And didn't treat it as this existential, moral threat.

'Brunel University of London has posted one of the largest deficits seen in the UK sector over the past financial year.' Total income dropped 15% with taught PG international students dropping 46%. Thanks Rishi et al! Nottingham and Coventry also among those with highest deficits.

The US public has a mistaken understanding of where the get their oil from.

and they picked 1st April to do this⁉️

Undergraduate Geology Field Trip Nostalgia-core

Astounding news from the palaeoworld! Long-speculated non-volant aquatic pterosaur, with highly modified "wing" (or flipper) finger, from Palatinate, Germany; has been described. The small ctenochasmatid, Cosimoprima prilis, is named after Cosimo Collini, the pioneer of pterosaur studies. 🧵

Highlighting pterosaur artworks by Maurilio Oliveira, who illustrated papers of Chinese and Brazilian pterosaurs.

can i leave this here? #paleoart

#TwoForTuesday: #Crab & #Fish by pioneering Japanese graphic designer Hisui Sugiura (杉浦 非水, Sugiura Hisui; 1876-1965) from Hisui Sosaku Zuanshu, 1926, a collection of designs created after his studies in Europe. National Diet Library Japan: www.ndl.go.jp/en/imagebank... #JapaneseArt #GraphicDesign

Late night cassowary painting. #sciart

And since the Philippines publicly says they only have about 45 days left, you can do the math… www.bbc.com/news/article...

The University of Arkansas is moving ahead with terminating Shirin Saeidi, a scholar who literally wrote the book on Women and Politics in Iran, over tweets critical of Israel. Just colossally stupid in this moment. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

To celebrate the countdown to Trans day of visibility, I made this starter pack full of trans webcomic artists with amazing stories for you to read during the #transrightsreadathon 🏳️‍⚧️! Support trans creators because now more than ever we need our voices to matter go.bsky.app/6ndkbDh

An additional general tip for if you ever accidentally go viral: Bad faith or overly-aggressive quote-posters tend to be followed by others that do the same. So block/detach the MOMENT you spot it. Don't pause to reply to them. Quickly breaking the Hot Takes Chain Reaction is crazy effective.

Oh, and the Warsaw mermaid used to be a man. What a glow up.

Passing as a man in Poland also featured in Ashkenazi Jewish literature. Such as Yentl the Yeshiva Boy (1962) written by "Bashevis Warszawski". Later turned into a Hollywood film by Barbra Streisand.

Proud but Angry 2023 Forever relevant (sadly).

Excuse me, what did you just say? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY??? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

It's amazing what anti-migrant propaganda does that people in Britain worry about their safety more than people in Ukraine: (The map has an error in Crimea area)

Alternately: Scientist, have you only cited your drinking buddies from the conference dinner after party? And ignored the women Paid who didn’t go out as ‘one of the lads / students’? That’s what’s I observed happening when I did my PhD circa 2002 onwards.

Happy trans day of visibility! I see you guys 👁️👁️ drew some dinosaurs bc fuck yeah dinos + they sure weren‘t transphobic!! #art #paleoart #dinosaur #transdayofvisibility #digitalart

goodnight

Hatchling cuvier's dwarf caimans are adorable little beasts. Photo by Tara Rain.

objectively the funniest critique an american could level at another country

No tyrants.

Finished the Anomalocaris pattern!

An orphanage, man.

💛 AMARO x CMYK 💙

Is it #TransDayOfVisibility Celebrating with short thread of historic trans slavs 🏳️‍⚧️🥟 Starting with Czechoslovak transman, Zdeněk Koubek (1913–1986). Olympic golden medallist, caught in crosshairs of Nazis weeding out "hermaphrodites" from the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

happy #transdayofvisibility! being trans is far from unique to humans; for example, this is zuri, a lioness who grew a mane and took on masculine behaviour's following the death of their mate 🏳️‍⚧️🦁 www.discovermagazine.com/its-rare-but...

New Bookmark ✨

Dangling this (amazing Teleocrater skeleton, below) here as a fabulous potential MRes project with me; info link-- www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgr...

It's Trans Day of Visibility, but a shout out to the invisible trans people - the ones who haven't realised, the ones who haven't shared it, and, sadly, the ones for whom it's just too dangerous to be yourself in public. I might not see you, but I know you're out there.

FIFA rules prohibit discrimination on the basis of "national or social origin," but the US has blocked tourist visas for 4 World Cup countries (Haiti, Iran, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire), restricted visas for 11 others, and are demanding a $15k bond for a visa for 5. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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