Saurian Spence
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#ActuallyAutistic tribe of one and friend of all dinosaurs. (He/Him)
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Trilogies are the bog standard for storytelling. Human beings love telling epic yarns in three part piecemeal for some reason, but not all t...
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Hello Bluesky! My name is Spencer and I’m a paleo nerd from the Midwest looking to connect with others who share my interests. You can expect posts from me about vertebrate paleontology, neurodiversity rights, and film criticism. I also write a dinosaur blog, here is my latest post.
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be careful who you invite to your holiday party!!!
December 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
be careful who you invite to your holiday party!!!
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RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
The autistic experience of people accusing you of saying things you didn’t say.
December 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The autistic experience of people accusing you of saying things you didn’t say.
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I love Portland.
September 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I love Portland.
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Did you ever hear the tragedy of Randolph Kirkpatrick the Crazy? I thought not. It’s not a story the poriferologists will tell you. It’s a geo legend.
December 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Randolph Kirkpatrick the Crazy? I thought not. It’s not a story the poriferologists will tell you. It’s a geo legend.
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You know what should ring our alarm bells?
Not so much that DJT is President of the United States, but that HALF OF AMERICAN CITIZENS still support the most depraved, self-serving, anti-democratic, destructive, divisive president America ever voted into power, and even for a second time!
Not so much that DJT is President of the United States, but that HALF OF AMERICAN CITIZENS still support the most depraved, self-serving, anti-democratic, destructive, divisive president America ever voted into power, and even for a second time!
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You know what should ring our alarm bells?
Not so much that DJT is President of the United States, but that HALF OF AMERICAN CITIZENS still support the most depraved, self-serving, anti-democratic, destructive, divisive president America ever voted into power, and even for a second time!
Not so much that DJT is President of the United States, but that HALF OF AMERICAN CITIZENS still support the most depraved, self-serving, anti-democratic, destructive, divisive president America ever voted into power, and even for a second time!
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The lie that Vaccines cause Autism is a well documented and debunked Hoax from 1998.
April 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The lie that Vaccines cause Autism is a well documented and debunked Hoax from 1998.
This sort of thing is exactly why I write my blog. Nobody I know personally shares my interests and they don’t actually understand what I’m talking about on the off chance they care enough to listen. Writing blog posts is a way for me to articulate my thoughts without an audience.
Started excitedly describing this article to my partner over coffee. She let me finish and politely said "No part of that was interesting to me" www.ilm.com/how-to-build...
How to Build an X-wing: 50 Years After ILM Completed Its First ‘Star Wars’ Model
Take an extensive deep dive into ILM’s creation of the original X-wing fighter miniatures for Star Wars: A New Hope.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This sort of thing is exactly why I write my blog. Nobody I know personally shares my interests and they don’t actually understand what I’m talking about on the off chance they care enough to listen. Writing blog posts is a way for me to articulate my thoughts without an audience.
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I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with this quick sketch of two Microraptorine dinosaurs in the snow ❄️. I hope everybody is having a great day and enjoying the presents! 🎁 🎄 🎅
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with this quick sketch of two Microraptorine dinosaurs in the snow ❄️. I hope everybody is having a great day and enjoying the presents! 🎁 🎄 🎅
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
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Once Davros had armed them with Bloom’s kosher salamis, the Daleks became invincible.
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Once Davros had armed them with Bloom’s kosher salamis, the Daleks became invincible.
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When reviewers and interviewers say my writing is surprisingly lyrical I want to shout
YES BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT IT TO BE BORING
YES BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT IT TO BE BORING
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
When reviewers and interviewers say my writing is surprisingly lyrical I want to shout
YES BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT IT TO BE BORING
YES BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT IT TO BE BORING
I’ve never attended a university, what radicalized me was experiencing first hand how capitalism is inherently discriminatory against autistic people. Employers don’t care about your education, experience, or work ethic. They only care about your social skills even if they aren’t relevant to the job
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ve never attended a university, what radicalized me was experiencing first hand how capitalism is inherently discriminatory against autistic people. Employers don’t care about your education, experience, or work ethic. They only care about your social skills even if they aren’t relevant to the job
She needs to leave CBS and go back to being a terrible beer.
December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
She needs to leave CBS and go back to being a terrible beer.
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I love when people share stuff from their niche areas of interest and expertise. I always learn something and, often, am corrected. If I only learned about the core subjects of my interests I’d be a useless encyclopedia with no context for anything.
December 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I love when people share stuff from their niche areas of interest and expertise. I always learn something and, often, am corrected. If I only learned about the core subjects of my interests I’d be a useless encyclopedia with no context for anything.
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“All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is life’s only irreducible essence”—Gould
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Hey, fellow evolutionary biologists:
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
And that’s a follow.
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is life’s only irreducible essence”—Gould
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Children of Men is a Christmas movie.
December 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Children of Men is a Christmas movie.
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CBS has pulled the 60 Minutes investigation into the immigrants who were unlawfully detained at CECOT, a super max prison in El Salvador.
Last week it was the Erika Kirk show.
Now they’re censoring the news.
CBS has fallen.
They’re state sponsored propaganda now.
Last week it was the Erika Kirk show.
Now they’re censoring the news.
CBS has fallen.
They’re state sponsored propaganda now.
December 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
CBS has pulled the 60 Minutes investigation into the immigrants who were unlawfully detained at CECOT, a super max prison in El Salvador.
Last week it was the Erika Kirk show.
Now they’re censoring the news.
CBS has fallen.
They’re state sponsored propaganda now.
Last week it was the Erika Kirk show.
Now they’re censoring the news.
CBS has fallen.
They’re state sponsored propaganda now.
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I can't believe how smart my 4-year-old nephew Michael is. Today he told me that back when there were dinosaurs there were no people. But then he informed me that people and Godzilla do live at the same time.
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I can't believe how smart my 4-year-old nephew Michael is. Today he told me that back when there were dinosaurs there were no people. But then he informed me that people and Godzilla do live at the same time.
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
RE the last repost: the only politics I care to discuss on Bluesky are neurodiversity rights and even that scares me because of my experience on Twitter that wasn’t a safe place for autistic people even before Apartheid Clyde bought it.
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
RE the last repost: the only politics I care to discuss on Bluesky are neurodiversity rights and even that scares me because of my experience on Twitter that wasn’t a safe place for autistic people even before Apartheid Clyde bought it.
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I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.