Nick Robert
@boyjurassic.bsky.social
Writer with a love of dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, pop culture, science, whales, and more. He/him.
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Nick Robert
@boyjurassic.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I guess I should have a formal 🦋 intro post.
My name’s Nick. I’m a community journalist and aspiring fiction writer. I’m big into paleontology and the natural world. I have a scicomm blog I haven’t updated in a long time (rexmachinablog.com).
I love to write and talk about big ideas.
My name’s Nick. I’m a community journalist and aspiring fiction writer. I’m big into paleontology and the natural world. I have a scicomm blog I haven’t updated in a long time (rexmachinablog.com).
I love to write and talk about big ideas.
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Everyone is a muppet except for Daniel Craig MAKE THIS HAPPEN
MUPPET KNIVES OUT
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Everyone is a muppet except for Daniel Craig MAKE THIS HAPPEN
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Nanotyrannus attacking a young Tyrannosaurus is super common in paleoart especially in the last few weeks. Won’t stop me from depicting it too. Enjoy the new #watercolor. #paleoart
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Nanotyrannus attacking a young Tyrannosaurus is super common in paleoart especially in the last few weeks. Won’t stop me from depicting it too. Enjoy the new #watercolor. #paleoart
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Reminder that anyone who says "a writer must do this," "a writer cannot do that," is WRONG.
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reminder that anyone who says "a writer must do this," "a writer cannot do that," is WRONG.
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getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
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Saw a sign about Flock cameras in my podunk home town the other day and it gives me so much heart to see how pissed off people are about this.
The Tech Company Bringing Surveillance Dystopia to Your Town
Flock claims that its technology will literally eliminate crime. But what it’s unleashing may be just as insidious.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Saw a sign about Flock cameras in my podunk home town the other day and it gives me so much heart to see how pissed off people are about this.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.
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🐧 Puffin fact #2: Puffins are amazing flyers. They flap their wings up to 400 times a minute, reaching speeds of 55 mph. Underwater, they “fly” through the sea to chase fish!
4/5
#BrushWithTheWild #WildlifeArt #Puffin
4/5
#BrushWithTheWild #WildlifeArt #Puffin
October 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🐧 Puffin fact #2: Puffins are amazing flyers. They flap their wings up to 400 times a minute, reaching speeds of 55 mph. Underwater, they “fly” through the sea to chase fish!
4/5
#BrushWithTheWild #WildlifeArt #Puffin
4/5
#BrushWithTheWild #WildlifeArt #Puffin
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Nobody *needs* to drive.
What people need is to get around.
A century of bad urban policy has led to the two being synonymous.
What people need is to get around.
A century of bad urban policy has led to the two being synonymous.
October 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Nobody *needs* to drive.
What people need is to get around.
A century of bad urban policy has led to the two being synonymous.
What people need is to get around.
A century of bad urban policy has led to the two being synonymous.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Beyond embarrassed I got confused at 12:30 in the morning and let 🧊 into my yard.
September 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Beyond embarrassed I got confused at 12:30 in the morning and let 🧊 into my yard.
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September 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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it’s fucking insane that you can log off for a few hours and come back to find trump invaded another city in his own country
September 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
it’s fucking insane that you can log off for a few hours and come back to find trump invaded another city in his own country
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And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.
Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.
Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
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the skewer seems loosening out of the middle of the world
September 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
the skewer seems loosening out of the middle of the world
Feeling very at the end of my rope.
September 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Feeling very at the end of my rope.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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I no longer see job listings in any of the areas that I used to find employment in that aren't centered around AI. Unemployed 2 years now. People are debating this fucking topic like it's theoretical, but it's ruining people's lives in real time as you debate minor points on the issue.
August 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I no longer see job listings in any of the areas that I used to find employment in that aren't centered around AI. Unemployed 2 years now. People are debating this fucking topic like it's theoretical, but it's ruining people's lives in real time as you debate minor points on the issue.
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if you’re a writer and have an idea but you’re thinking “idk how to stretch this into a novel” and that discourages you from finishing…
consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading
consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading
August 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
if you’re a writer and have an idea but you’re thinking “idk how to stretch this into a novel” and that discourages you from finishing…
consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading
consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading
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I really hate who I’ve become.
July 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I really hate who I’ve become.