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
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When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
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"Striking... weaving illuminating natural history into sparkling descriptions of what the Earth was like millions of years ago. This is another triumph from Black."
—Publishers Weekly, starred
When the Earth Was Green, out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
Paperback blooms May 5, 2026. 🌱
—Publishers Weekly, starred
When the Earth Was Green, out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
Paperback blooms May 5, 2026. 🌱
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February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
It’s howling and blustering outside, Hobbes, Strata, and Joey curled tight against me in here. Our last common ancestor lived more than 66 million years ago but we all know to share warmth.
February 7, 2026 at 9:40 AM
It’s howling and blustering outside, Hobbes, Strata, and Joey curled tight against me in here. Our last common ancestor lived more than 66 million years ago but we all know to share warmth.
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I'll have a rare one-off canvas print of this little guy and his friend at the February 1st Friday Vendor Fair at the Borough Gym in Palmer, #Alaska 350 East Dahlia Ave from 10am to 5pm tomorrow the 7th!
#AlaskaSky #BSNM #CraftFair #crafts #art #valentine #gift
#AlaskaSky #BSNM #CraftFair #crafts #art #valentine #gift
I don't share out this one often enough! A Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum sits down to talk to a little friend on the end of its nose.
Available on Neatoshop:
www.neatoshop.com/product/Pach...
#sciart #paleoart #dinosaur #pachyrhinosaurus
Available on Neatoshop:
www.neatoshop.com/product/Pach...
#sciart #paleoart #dinosaur #pachyrhinosaurus
February 7, 2026 at 8:02 AM
I'll have a rare one-off canvas print of this little guy and his friend at the February 1st Friday Vendor Fair at the Borough Gym in Palmer, #Alaska 350 East Dahlia Ave from 10am to 5pm tomorrow the 7th!
#AlaskaSky #BSNM #CraftFair #crafts #art #valentine #gift
#AlaskaSky #BSNM #CraftFair #crafts #art #valentine #gift
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What does it mean to be hot for revolution—to feel a desire to transform the world in your belly and your bones?
Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression.
philpapers.org/archive/WARH...
Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression.
philpapers.org/archive/WARH...
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 AM
What does it mean to be hot for revolution—to feel a desire to transform the world in your belly and your bones?
Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression.
philpapers.org/archive/WARH...
Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression.
philpapers.org/archive/WARH...
New dinosaur Haolong dongi looks like it would have felt itchy to bite. I like that strategy. Not spikes or armor but “Your mouth is going to feel real uncomfortable if you chomp on me.”
“Spiny dragon” reveals hidden secrets of dinosaur skin after 125 million years | Institute of Natural Sciences
An exceptionally well-preserved fossil from China reveals the true appearance and possible defence strategies of iguanodontian dinosaurs. The new species Haolong dongi preserves skin at cellular level...
www.naturalsciences.be
February 7, 2026 at 9:28 AM
New dinosaur Haolong dongi looks like it would have felt itchy to bite. I like that strategy. Not spikes or armor but “Your mouth is going to feel real uncomfortable if you chomp on me.”
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February 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Why use words when you’ve got eyeshine?
February 7, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Why use words when you’ve got eyeshine?
Sometimes I forget I have a uv reactive tattoo of a pup hood behind my thigh.
No wonder they keep following me.
No wonder they keep following me.
February 7, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Sometimes I forget I have a uv reactive tattoo of a pup hood behind my thigh.
No wonder they keep following me.
No wonder they keep following me.
This would fix me.
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
This would fix me.
Not all the needle drops in ALIEN: Earth worked for me, but this one did.
Maggot Brain
YouTube video by Funkadelic - Topic
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February 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Not all the needle drops in ALIEN: Earth worked for me, but this one did.
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Thrilled to announce my 5th (omg) graphic novel!!!
This standalone fairy tale is part an excuse to draw lots of monsters, part the agrophobia I've developed in these pandemic years, and the rest—a story of comfort that doesn't shy away from the dark 🧡🧡🧡
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
This standalone fairy tale is part an excuse to draw lots of monsters, part the agrophobia I've developed in these pandemic years, and the rest—a story of comfort that doesn't shy away from the dark 🧡🧡🧡
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
February 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Thrilled to announce my 5th (omg) graphic novel!!!
This standalone fairy tale is part an excuse to draw lots of monsters, part the agrophobia I've developed in these pandemic years, and the rest—a story of comfort that doesn't shy away from the dark 🧡🧡🧡
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
This standalone fairy tale is part an excuse to draw lots of monsters, part the agrophobia I've developed in these pandemic years, and the rest—a story of comfort that doesn't shy away from the dark 🧡🧡🧡
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
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I love getting to monster-fy people's characters!
February 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I love getting to monster-fy people's characters!
Freehand doodle page.
I really like the lake monster that was clearly inspired by piranha plants and early 20th century plesiosaur art.
I really like the lake monster that was clearly inspired by piranha plants and early 20th century plesiosaur art.
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Freehand doodle page.
I really like the lake monster that was clearly inspired by piranha plants and early 20th century plesiosaur art.
I really like the lake monster that was clearly inspired by piranha plants and early 20th century plesiosaur art.
Hey, thanks for buying my art. Telling a friend about it. Asking for it at a library. Requesting me to come speak about it. Reskeeting and boosting.
I love what I do, and I get to keep doing it because of all of you who care. You’ve kept me rooted.
I love what I do, and I get to keep doing it because of all of you who care. You’ve kept me rooted.
"Striking... weaving illuminating natural history into sparkling descriptions of what the Earth was like millions of years ago. This is another triumph from Black."
—Publishers Weekly, starred
When the Earth Was Green, out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
Paperback blooms May 5, 2026. 🌱
—Publishers Weekly, starred
When the Earth Was Green, out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
Paperback blooms May 5, 2026. 🌱
When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
bookshop.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Hey, thanks for buying my art. Telling a friend about it. Asking for it at a library. Requesting me to come speak about it. Reskeeting and boosting.
I love what I do, and I get to keep doing it because of all of you who care. You’ve kept me rooted.
I love what I do, and I get to keep doing it because of all of you who care. You’ve kept me rooted.
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Uintatherium is one of my favorites fossil beasts. It’s been called many other names.
During the Bone Wars, paleontologists Leidy, Marsh, and Cope named fossils of the same Eocene mammal multiple times - ‘Uintamastix’, ‘Loxolophodon’, ‘Dinoceras’, and more - before Leidy’s Uintatherium won out. 🧪
During the Bone Wars, paleontologists Leidy, Marsh, and Cope named fossils of the same Eocene mammal multiple times - ‘Uintamastix’, ‘Loxolophodon’, ‘Dinoceras’, and more - before Leidy’s Uintatherium won out. 🧪
February 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Uintatherium is one of my favorites fossil beasts. It’s been called many other names.
During the Bone Wars, paleontologists Leidy, Marsh, and Cope named fossils of the same Eocene mammal multiple times - ‘Uintamastix’, ‘Loxolophodon’, ‘Dinoceras’, and more - before Leidy’s Uintatherium won out. 🧪
During the Bone Wars, paleontologists Leidy, Marsh, and Cope named fossils of the same Eocene mammal multiple times - ‘Uintamastix’, ‘Loxolophodon’, ‘Dinoceras’, and more - before Leidy’s Uintatherium won out. 🧪
This is important, too. I love defiant art. I also love just doodling what’s in my noodle because it’s pleasant and fun. Like this. Will I do anything with it? Does it improve anything? Hell if I know. But I did feel good drawing. That is enough.
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This is important, too. I love defiant art. I also love just doodling what’s in my noodle because it’s pleasant and fun. Like this. Will I do anything with it? Does it improve anything? Hell if I know. But I did feel good drawing. That is enough.
Art doesn’t take talent. It’s skill. Skill that you cultivate and shape how best suits you.
You want to make photorealistic fine art? Yeah that will take time and work to achieve. But you’re also an artist when you doodle, when you sketch, when you make bad art that doesn’t meet your expectations.
You want to make photorealistic fine art? Yeah that will take time and work to achieve. But you’re also an artist when you doodle, when you sketch, when you make bad art that doesn’t meet your expectations.
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Art doesn’t take talent. It’s skill. Skill that you cultivate and shape how best suits you.
You want to make photorealistic fine art? Yeah that will take time and work to achieve. But you’re also an artist when you doodle, when you sketch, when you make bad art that doesn’t meet your expectations.
You want to make photorealistic fine art? Yeah that will take time and work to achieve. But you’re also an artist when you doodle, when you sketch, when you make bad art that doesn’t meet your expectations.
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Monster Nuns day 9: A hoonter must hoont
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Monster Nuns day 9: A hoonter must hoont
🎧 “No one's going to give it away
They make it hard for the people today
To get what you want, you've got to do it yourself
Don't be afraid to drive the nail in the wood
And drink the bottle if it tastes so good
You'll go the distance
You never thought that you could”
They make it hard for the people today
To get what you want, you've got to do it yourself
Don't be afraid to drive the nail in the wood
And drink the bottle if it tastes so good
You'll go the distance
You never thought that you could”
February 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
🎧 “No one's going to give it away
They make it hard for the people today
To get what you want, you've got to do it yourself
Don't be afraid to drive the nail in the wood
And drink the bottle if it tastes so good
You'll go the distance
You never thought that you could”
They make it hard for the people today
To get what you want, you've got to do it yourself
Don't be afraid to drive the nail in the wood
And drink the bottle if it tastes so good
You'll go the distance
You never thought that you could”
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September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hottest Smaug, I will take no arguments.
I think the Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit is likely going to be the best adaptation of Tolkien's novel that we're ever going to get. Its art design runs the gamut from rustic to creepy to lovely, and its assortment of songs lend it a fairy tale quality that really fits the story.
February 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Hottest Smaug, I will take no arguments.
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When my egg cracked, it was like this.
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
When my egg cracked, it was like this.