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. http://rileyblack.net
Pinned
Hell yeah
Ready to see Bad Bunny perform and the Patriots lose.
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Hell yeah
All of these ai commercials are so desperate.
It’ll be like your digital servant wife! If someone doesn’t like ai, they’re paranoid! Please use ai for everything because no one likes it and the money’s running out.
It’ll be like your digital servant wife! If someone doesn’t like ai, they’re paranoid! Please use ai for everything because no one likes it and the money’s running out.
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
All of these ai commercials are so desperate.
It’ll be like your digital servant wife! If someone doesn’t like ai, they’re paranoid! Please use ai for everything because no one likes it and the money’s running out.
It’ll be like your digital servant wife! If someone doesn’t like ai, they’re paranoid! Please use ai for everything because no one likes it and the money’s running out.
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
Oh there’s going to be so much pathetic “the Super Bowl is too political” wailing
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Oh there’s going to be so much pathetic “the Super Bowl is too political” wailing
Holy shit I need to catch my breath
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Holy shit I need to catch my breath
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We all saw the fellas grindin right? That may be a first for the super bowl.
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
We all saw the fellas grindin right? That may be a first for the super bowl.
Kitties at the half
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Kitties at the half
Hard to go wrong with the eternal crowd pleaser
butts
butts
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Hard to go wrong with the eternal crowd pleaser
butts
butts
I had stuff to work out. I only knew football players as bullies and “You’re a nerd, you don’t even like football, where’s your school spirit?” from adults.
I’m glad this is something people get excited about, warts and all, and I’m sorry if me ever going “sportsball? Ugh” ever bruised your joy.
I’m glad this is something people get excited about, warts and all, and I’m sorry if me ever going “sportsball? Ugh” ever bruised your joy.
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I had stuff to work out. I only knew football players as bullies and “You’re a nerd, you don’t even like football, where’s your school spirit?” from adults.
I’m glad this is something people get excited about, warts and all, and I’m sorry if me ever going “sportsball? Ugh” ever bruised your joy.
I’m glad this is something people get excited about, warts and all, and I’m sorry if me ever going “sportsball? Ugh” ever bruised your joy.
Oh right! Super bowl! That reminds me ::grinds some sour diesel::
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Oh right! Super bowl! That reminds me ::grinds some sour diesel::
Look, they followed me home.
February 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Look, they followed me home.
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some of you on here
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
some of you on here
Page Six just so excited to show their ass on the internet
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Page Six just so excited to show their ass on the internet
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Ready to see Bad Bunny perform and the Patriots lose.
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Ready to see Bad Bunny perform and the Patriots lose.
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got what we needed tbh, green day kicked off w/ anti-war and ended with for-the-love-of-god-think-for-yourselves
ok fuck 'em up Billie idc
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
got what we needed tbh, green day kicked off w/ anti-war and ended with for-the-love-of-god-think-for-yourselves
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January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
!!!BOOK NEWS!!!
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
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A lot of managing living through this moment is giving proper space and acknowledgment to distress and dissatisfaction and urgency as a reasonable response.
February 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A lot of managing living through this moment is giving proper space and acknowledgment to distress and dissatisfaction and urgency as a reasonable response.
It’s time to play the music
It’s time to light the lights
It’s time to light the lights
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It’s time to play the music
It’s time to light the lights
It’s time to light the lights
🎧 “I had a paper route when I was 12 There were many complaints lodged against myself
'Cause I couldn't focus on the job's demands
Cause I was thinking about the electric guitar that's in my hands
And I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again
I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again”
'Cause I couldn't focus on the job's demands
Cause I was thinking about the electric guitar that's in my hands
And I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again
I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again”
Stupid Jobs
YouTube video by The Dirty Nil - Topic
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
🎧 “I had a paper route when I was 12 There were many complaints lodged against myself
'Cause I couldn't focus on the job's demands
Cause I was thinking about the electric guitar that's in my hands
And I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again
I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again”
'Cause I couldn't focus on the job's demands
Cause I was thinking about the electric guitar that's in my hands
And I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again
I don't never wanna work for you or anyone again”
If I don’t know what to get you for your birthday, I make you cookies.
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
If I don’t know what to get you for your birthday, I make you cookies.
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I feel for the dinosaurs and wrote a little love letter to them a few years back. 🧪
An Ode to the World's Most Average Dinosaurs
They lacked the gargantuan size and spikes of the species museums often celebrate, but these species are how paleontologists learn about the Mesozoic
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I feel for the dinosaurs and wrote a little love letter to them a few years back. 🧪