Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕
@restingdinoface.bsky.social
Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, and Tyrant Lizard Queen (2026). 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. https://linktr.ee/restingdinoface
Pinned
She does big kneads. Especially on this bed. I bought it for her the day she came home - almost four years ago! - and it's been on my desk for her ever since. Though she usually prefers lap, ha.
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
She does big kneads. Especially on this bed. I bought it for her the day she came home - almost four years ago! - and it's been on my desk for her ever since. Though she usually prefers lap, ha.
Reminds me to keep my eyes peeled for a particular artist’s books. My back’s got nothing and that’s really what I’d like to do next, get started on one big piece.
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Reminds me to keep my eyes peeled for a particular artist’s books. My back’s got nothing and that’s really what I’d like to do next, get started on one big piece.
She’s doing eye squeezes again.
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
She’s doing eye squeezes again.
It's approaching two years since I've been in the chair. Fingers crossed I can get back this year. It's really my own fault I don't have a Godzilla or xenomorph on me yet.
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It's approaching two years since I've been in the chair. Fingers crossed I can get back this year. It's really my own fault I don't have a Godzilla or xenomorph on me yet.
I like warm weather better because "Look at all your tattoos!" can also mean some of the fun ones on my legs.
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I like warm weather better because "Look at all your tattoos!" can also mean some of the fun ones on my legs.
🎧 “Suddenly, I wake up, and I'm not down
Think I'll burn my goddamn life to the ground
Don't know if I will return
Take a seat and watch me burn
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped again”
Think I'll burn my goddamn life to the ground
Don't know if I will return
Take a seat and watch me burn
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped again”
Militarie Gun - Maybe I'll Burn My Life Down (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Militarie Gun
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February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🎧 “Suddenly, I wake up, and I'm not down
Think I'll burn my goddamn life to the ground
Don't know if I will return
Take a seat and watch me burn
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped again”
Think I'll burn my goddamn life to the ground
Don't know if I will return
Take a seat and watch me burn
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped
I feel trapped again”
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have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
echolalia keeps me alive
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
echolalia keeps me alive
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Very quick rough sketch
of the newly described spiky Hadrosauroid dinosaur Haolong dongi
I had to at least rough sketch this beauty!
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs
of the newly described spiky Hadrosauroid dinosaur Haolong dongi
I had to at least rough sketch this beauty!
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs
February 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Very quick rough sketch
of the newly described spiky Hadrosauroid dinosaur Haolong dongi
I had to at least rough sketch this beauty!
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs
of the newly described spiky Hadrosauroid dinosaur Haolong dongi
I had to at least rough sketch this beauty!
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs
I recently watched with friends and it’s so fun. Monster heist!
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I recently watched with friends and it’s so fun. Monster heist!
Catching up on the news each day.
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Catching up on the news each day.
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Here’s last month’s sticker design, and other places to find my work!
www.ko-fi.com/canisovis
t.me/canisovisarts
www.canisovis.com
www.etsy.com/shop/canisovis
www.tumblr.com/canisovis
www.instagram.com/canisovis
www.ko-fi.com/canisovis
t.me/canisovisarts
www.canisovis.com
www.etsy.com/shop/canisovis
www.tumblr.com/canisovis
www.instagram.com/canisovis
February 10, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Here’s last month’s sticker design, and other places to find my work!
www.ko-fi.com/canisovis
t.me/canisovisarts
www.canisovis.com
www.etsy.com/shop/canisovis
www.tumblr.com/canisovis
www.instagram.com/canisovis
www.ko-fi.com/canisovis
t.me/canisovisarts
www.canisovis.com
www.etsy.com/shop/canisovis
www.tumblr.com/canisovis
www.instagram.com/canisovis
Stomping you way in October. Every pre-order helps!
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Stomping you way in October. Every pre-order helps!
She’s hungry, ok? 🍗
The illustrations @korybing.bsky.social created for Tyrant Lizard Queen are my favorite yet.
The illustrations @korybing.bsky.social created for Tyrant Lizard Queen are my favorite yet.
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
She’s hungry, ok? 🍗
The illustrations @korybing.bsky.social created for Tyrant Lizard Queen are my favorite yet.
The illustrations @korybing.bsky.social created for Tyrant Lizard Queen are my favorite yet.
Thank you. I like to share what resonates and hope it helps other people find new things they like.
Even if not, I couldn’t live without music.
Even if not, I couldn’t live without music.
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Thank you. I like to share what resonates and hope it helps other people find new things they like.
Even if not, I couldn’t live without music.
Even if not, I couldn’t live without music.
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After months of attending screenings and talking about this film, I’m so excited that anyone can stream The Librarians now. 90 minutes that tell the story of the fight against censorship that has been raging for the past half decade. Check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...
Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens
YouTube video by PBS
m.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
After months of attending screenings and talking about this film, I’m so excited that anyone can stream The Librarians now. 90 minutes that tell the story of the fight against censorship that has been raging for the past half decade. Check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...
Yes! I’m still blown away by those dicynodonts.
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Yes! I’m still blown away by those dicynodonts.
You can check out the paper here. Another favorite facet of this fossil? Several shed shark teeth were found with the skeleton, indicating scavenging. Despite being lunch, I think this Mosasaurus looks pretty good.
A small, exquisitely preserved specimen of Mosasaurus missouriensis (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of the Bearpaw Formation, western Canada, and the first stomach contents for the genus
A new, exquisitely preserved specimen of a small mosasaur, referable to Mosasaurus missouriensis, is reported from the Bearpaw Formation (ca. 75 Ma, upper Campanian) of southern Alberta, Canada. Ma...
www.tandfonline.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
You can check out the paper here. Another favorite facet of this fossil? Several shed shark teeth were found with the skeleton, indicating scavenging. Despite being lunch, I think this Mosasaurus looks pretty good.
Cretaceous seas were inhabited by several Mosasaurus species, not all of them giants.
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Cretaceous seas were inhabited by several Mosasaurus species, not all of them giants.
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
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Paleontologists used to think that dino skin impressions required rapid burial, soon after death, to be preserved.
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Paleontologists used to think that dino skin impressions required rapid burial, soon after death, to be preserved.
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
Goo morning, monsters.
Luciferase.
Luciferin.
No, the deep is not dark.
Light is not received here,
but is gifted,
made,
cold and stunning as distant Rigel.
Squishy and pallid at the surface,
lithe and brilliant here,
lives of tooth and tentacle thrive under pressure.
Snug.
Eager.
Hungry.
Luciferase.
Luciferin.
No, the deep is not dark.
Light is not received here,
but is gifted,
made,
cold and stunning as distant Rigel.
Squishy and pallid at the surface,
lithe and brilliant here,
lives of tooth and tentacle thrive under pressure.
Snug.
Eager.
Hungry.
February 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Goo morning, monsters.
Luciferase.
Luciferin.
No, the deep is not dark.
Light is not received here,
but is gifted,
made,
cold and stunning as distant Rigel.
Squishy and pallid at the surface,
lithe and brilliant here,
lives of tooth and tentacle thrive under pressure.
Snug.
Eager.
Hungry.
Luciferase.
Luciferin.
No, the deep is not dark.
Light is not received here,
but is gifted,
made,
cold and stunning as distant Rigel.
Squishy and pallid at the surface,
lithe and brilliant here,
lives of tooth and tentacle thrive under pressure.
Snug.
Eager.
Hungry.
Reposted by Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕
Dinosaur
swim
tracks.
These scratches were made by the clawed feet of dinosaurs similar to the little carnivore Coelophysis, around 200 million years ago, as the reptiles paddled in a lake’s shallows.
Most dinosaur swim tracks described so far were made by carnivores. 🧪
swim
tracks.
These scratches were made by the clawed feet of dinosaurs similar to the little carnivore Coelophysis, around 200 million years ago, as the reptiles paddled in a lake’s shallows.
Most dinosaur swim tracks described so far were made by carnivores. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Dinosaur
swim
tracks.
These scratches were made by the clawed feet of dinosaurs similar to the little carnivore Coelophysis, around 200 million years ago, as the reptiles paddled in a lake’s shallows.
Most dinosaur swim tracks described so far were made by carnivores. 🧪
swim
tracks.
These scratches were made by the clawed feet of dinosaurs similar to the little carnivore Coelophysis, around 200 million years ago, as the reptiles paddled in a lake’s shallows.
Most dinosaur swim tracks described so far were made by carnivores. 🧪
These dinos are making me crisis.
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 AM
These dinos are making me crisis.
Age verification?
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
Age verification?
I played the first Call of Duty at launch
I played the first Call of Duty at launch
Age verification?
I was adamant we recorded the movie premier of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command on our vhs player because I didn't understand the concept of re-runs.
I was adamant we recorded the movie premier of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command on our vhs player because I didn't understand the concept of re-runs.
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Age verification?
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.