Renato Santos
@dracontes.bsky.social
Portuguese. Atheist. Queer. Furry. Bachelor's in Biology, minor in Earth Sciences. Amateur at paleontology. Amateur at art. Palaeos.com custodian.
DA gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/dracontes
(He/Him; 41; Algarve, Portugal | 🏳️🌈 🇵🇹 )
DA gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/dracontes
(He/Him; 41; Algarve, Portugal | 🏳️🌈 🇵🇹 )
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#Iguanodon was formally named 200 years ago today in 1825. The second dinosaur to be named after Megalosaurus, and one of three genera originally used to define Dinosauria.
February 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#Iguanodon was formally named 200 years ago today in 1825. The second dinosaur to be named after Megalosaurus, and one of three genera originally used to define Dinosauria.
Hey @wotcmatt.bsky.social just to be sure: the interaction between Aminatou, Veil Piercer & Room enchantments regarding miracle cost works the same as determining flashback cost for Fire//Ice in graveyard with Lier, Disciple of the Drowned on battlefield, right? (CR 702.1b)
Thanks for your time🙂
Thanks for your time🙂
February 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Hey @wotcmatt.bsky.social just to be sure: the interaction between Aminatou, Veil Piercer & Room enchantments regarding miracle cost works the same as determining flashback cost for Fire//Ice in graveyard with Lier, Disciple of the Drowned on battlefield, right? (CR 702.1b)
Thanks for your time🙂
Thanks for your time🙂
Stark to see Musk stating towards the end his intent to dispassionately manage his fellow human as a trophy hunting entrepreneur manages big game: more meat for capitalism's grinder, more creativity to claim credit for.
He believes himself a savior. He's rather another blight on humanity.
He believes himself a savior. He's rather another blight on humanity.
Hi. Elon Musk is not very good at things – running companies, managing the government's money, parenting, gaming, etc. And he thinks you're so fucking stupid that you won't even notice.
Elon Musk Thinks You Are So F**king Stupid - SOME MORE NEWS
YouTube video by Some More News
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Stark to see Musk stating towards the end his intent to dispassionately manage his fellow human as a trophy hunting entrepreneur manages big game: more meat for capitalism's grinder, more creativity to claim credit for.
He believes himself a savior. He's rather another blight on humanity.
He believes himself a savior. He's rather another blight on humanity.
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Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
February 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
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There's a petition to ban conversion practices (targeting LGBTQIA+ people) in the European Union. We need one million signatures, and we currently have 180,000+. If you live in Europe (even if you don't), spread the word ! 🌈🔥✊
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
February 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
There's a petition to ban conversion practices (targeting LGBTQIA+ people) in the European Union. We need one million signatures, and we currently have 180,000+. If you live in Europe (even if you don't), spread the word ! 🌈🔥✊
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
Included in my furry resumé:
- Not as much the cartoon people angle as the creature feature one
- Indulged frankly furry forays even before I knew what a furry was
- So much lurking
- So much time to figure myself out: the queer in me, especially
- A good amount of relevant, moldering WIPs
- Not as much the cartoon people angle as the creature feature one
- Indulged frankly furry forays even before I knew what a furry was
- So much lurking
- So much time to figure myself out: the queer in me, especially
- A good amount of relevant, moldering WIPs
Included in my furry resumé:
- Not actually one myself but have been furry adjacent online for like 20 years
- Do animal/creature art more than anything else
- Do use nonhuman creatures to represent myself online
- Most of my customer base are furries
- Neurospicy
- A little queer
- Not actually one myself but have been furry adjacent online for like 20 years
- Do animal/creature art more than anything else
- Do use nonhuman creatures to represent myself online
- Most of my customer base are furries
- Neurospicy
- A little queer
Included in my furry resumé:
- Over 10 years of drawing primarily animals and anthropomorphic animals
- Gets called a furry without identifying as such
- Has drawn multiple human characters as some form of animal instead
- Loves the artist alley atmosphere
- Cool with 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
- Will share snacks
- Over 10 years of drawing primarily animals and anthropomorphic animals
- Gets called a furry without identifying as such
- Has drawn multiple human characters as some form of animal instead
- Loves the artist alley atmosphere
- Cool with 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
- Will share snacks
February 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Included in my furry resumé:
- Not as much the cartoon people angle as the creature feature one
- Indulged frankly furry forays even before I knew what a furry was
- So much lurking
- So much time to figure myself out: the queer in me, especially
- A good amount of relevant, moldering WIPs
- Not as much the cartoon people angle as the creature feature one
- Indulged frankly furry forays even before I knew what a furry was
- So much lurking
- So much time to figure myself out: the queer in me, especially
- A good amount of relevant, moldering WIPs
I've felt it more, I'll admit.
It's good though to find a level engagement that doesn't lead to burnout. Knowing how the literature goes, I usually wait for the review papers.
It's good though to find a level engagement that doesn't lead to burnout. Knowing how the literature goes, I usually wait for the review papers.
Don't you just. love dinosaurs
January 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've felt it more, I'll admit.
It's good though to find a level engagement that doesn't lead to burnout. Knowing how the literature goes, I usually wait for the review papers.
It's good though to find a level engagement that doesn't lead to burnout. Knowing how the literature goes, I usually wait for the review papers.
Years ago I tried, similarly, to do #art more consistently: jotting a scribble & working it as pareidolia suggests. The problem is Photoshop allows a lot of refinement & I was then neck deep in my undergrad degree.
In other news, doing this with MS Paint's calligraphy brush only was challenging.
In other news, doing this with MS Paint's calligraphy brush only was challenging.
January 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Years ago I tried, similarly, to do #art more consistently: jotting a scribble & working it as pareidolia suggests. The problem is Photoshop allows a lot of refinement & I was then neck deep in my undergrad degree.
In other news, doing this with MS Paint's calligraphy brush only was challenging.
In other news, doing this with MS Paint's calligraphy brush only was challenging.
Changing things up a bit to keep it interesting on MS Paint: this time with the menu's first brush.
Also committing to the bit, as it were, trying to recall as much ray-finned fish anatomy as I could. Probably not enough to make sense, but these are quicker drawings to get back on the #art horse.
Also committing to the bit, as it were, trying to recall as much ray-finned fish anatomy as I could. Probably not enough to make sense, but these are quicker drawings to get back on the #art horse.
January 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Changing things up a bit to keep it interesting on MS Paint: this time with the menu's first brush.
Also committing to the bit, as it were, trying to recall as much ray-finned fish anatomy as I could. Probably not enough to make sense, but these are quicker drawings to get back on the #art horse.
Also committing to the bit, as it were, trying to recall as much ray-finned fish anatomy as I could. Probably not enough to make sense, but these are quicker drawings to get back on the #art horse.
Exploring MS Paint more as far as brushes are concerned. This time, something calling back to Barlowe's Darwin IV & a perennial aesthetic fallback, Allosaurus.
Tentative takeaways:
- Layers in MS Paint are useful but not dependable
- I might just enjoy this foray into #art with limited implements
Tentative takeaways:
- Layers in MS Paint are useful but not dependable
- I might just enjoy this foray into #art with limited implements
January 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Exploring MS Paint more as far as brushes are concerned. This time, something calling back to Barlowe's Darwin IV & a perennial aesthetic fallback, Allosaurus.
Tentative takeaways:
- Layers in MS Paint are useful but not dependable
- I might just enjoy this foray into #art with limited implements
Tentative takeaways:
- Layers in MS Paint are useful but not dependable
- I might just enjoy this foray into #art with limited implements
Did you know MS Paint has layers? I didn't until a few months or so ago.
So today I picked up an abstract scribble I saved (as one does). Duplicated/reflected layers until the overlap suggested... some sort of ruminant? Then I cleaned it up with the charcoal brush just enough for visual interest.
So today I picked up an abstract scribble I saved (as one does). Duplicated/reflected layers until the overlap suggested... some sort of ruminant? Then I cleaned it up with the charcoal brush just enough for visual interest.
January 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Did you know MS Paint has layers? I didn't until a few months or so ago.
So today I picked up an abstract scribble I saved (as one does). Duplicated/reflected layers until the overlap suggested... some sort of ruminant? Then I cleaned it up with the charcoal brush just enough for visual interest.
So today I picked up an abstract scribble I saved (as one does). Duplicated/reflected layers until the overlap suggested... some sort of ruminant? Then I cleaned it up with the charcoal brush just enough for visual interest.
Idle curiosity had me look into what the Inostrancev part of Inostrancevia means: "Foreigners" in Russian (see declension table on Wiktionary link).
Now, with the impression surnames were earned as nicknames by the populace early on, I wonder how insular a community has to be for such a sobriquet.
Now, with the impression surnames were earned as nicknames by the populace early on, I wonder how insular a community has to be for such a sobriquet.
иностранец - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
en.wiktionary.org
January 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Idle curiosity had me look into what the Inostrancev part of Inostrancevia means: "Foreigners" in Russian (see declension table on Wiktionary link).
Now, with the impression surnames were earned as nicknames by the populace early on, I wonder how insular a community has to be for such a sobriquet.
Now, with the impression surnames were earned as nicknames by the populace early on, I wonder how insular a community has to be for such a sobriquet.
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A reminder that David Peters is a serial purveyor of nonsense, that he shouldn't be taken seriously, and that he is toxic and leading a highly negative campaign of constant criticism. ResearchGate have been alerted to this issue but have yet to take action. Please see... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/7/...
Why the World Has to Ignore David Peters and ReptileEvolution.com — Tetrapod Zoology
And so it is that I must once more write about the great eternal menace of our age: David Peters.
tetzoo.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A reminder that David Peters is a serial purveyor of nonsense, that he shouldn't be taken seriously, and that he is toxic and leading a highly negative campaign of constant criticism. ResearchGate have been alerted to this issue but have yet to take action. Please see... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/7/...
Explain your username
As a longtime fan of dragons & their inspirations, I checked DeviantArt in 2004 to see if "dragon" was in use. It was. So I used my knowledge of Latin & Greek by way of taxonomy to coin a word (I wasn't aware had already been coined).
While we're at it, relevant #art of mine.
As a longtime fan of dragons & their inspirations, I checked DeviantArt in 2004 to see if "dragon" was in use. It was. So I used my knowledge of Latin & Greek by way of taxonomy to coin a word (I wasn't aware had already been coined).
While we're at it, relevant #art of mine.
January 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Explain your username
As a longtime fan of dragons & their inspirations, I checked DeviantArt in 2004 to see if "dragon" was in use. It was. So I used my knowledge of Latin & Greek by way of taxonomy to coin a word (I wasn't aware had already been coined).
While we're at it, relevant #art of mine.
As a longtime fan of dragons & their inspirations, I checked DeviantArt in 2004 to see if "dragon" was in use. It was. So I used my knowledge of Latin & Greek by way of taxonomy to coin a word (I wasn't aware had already been coined).
While we're at it, relevant #art of mine.
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Lots of #ichnology in this thread!
The best historical artefacts are the accidental ones that freeze a moment in time forever.
I thought I’d try to find all the times pets have ruined their owner's day and recorded that instant for all of history.
I thought I’d try to find all the times pets have ruined their owner's day and recorded that instant for all of history.
January 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Lots of #ichnology in this thread!
Neat resources if, like me, you want to keep closer tabs on weather to have a better notion of when to power down computers, etc.
- www.lightningmaps.org (Real time lightning monitor)
- earth.nullschool.net (Forecast updated every 3 h)
(Wouldn't you know it: there's inclement weather approaching!)
- www.lightningmaps.org (Real time lightning monitor)
- earth.nullschool.net (Forecast updated every 3 h)
(Wouldn't you know it: there's inclement weather approaching!)
earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.
earth.nullschool.net
January 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Neat resources if, like me, you want to keep closer tabs on weather to have a better notion of when to power down computers, etc.
- www.lightningmaps.org (Real time lightning monitor)
- earth.nullschool.net (Forecast updated every 3 h)
(Wouldn't you know it: there's inclement weather approaching!)
- www.lightningmaps.org (Real time lightning monitor)
- earth.nullschool.net (Forecast updated every 3 h)
(Wouldn't you know it: there's inclement weather approaching!)
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🧪“If the continents have moved, then they have drifted like rafts and formed the ocean floors in their wake. It is to this wake that we should look first.”
~ John Tuzo Wilson
Canadian geophysicist and geologist, John Tuzo Wilson, posed the question (and the title of his article in 1966)…👇🏼
~ John Tuzo Wilson
Canadian geophysicist and geologist, John Tuzo Wilson, posed the question (and the title of his article in 1966)…👇🏼
July 22, 2023 at 5:12 PM
🧪“If the continents have moved, then they have drifted like rafts and formed the ocean floors in their wake. It is to this wake that we should look first.”
~ John Tuzo Wilson
Canadian geophysicist and geologist, John Tuzo Wilson, posed the question (and the title of his article in 1966)…👇🏼
~ John Tuzo Wilson
Canadian geophysicist and geologist, John Tuzo Wilson, posed the question (and the title of his article in 1966)…👇🏼
Google Search AI Overviews have missed me so far. Still, Google's service degradation has been ongoing long enough there's tricks to the trade: like adding &udm=14 to search result URLs to drop the fancy stuff. There's even a site that does this automatically, udm14.com
Hat tip to @ernie.tedium.co
Hat tip to @ernie.tedium.co
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Google Search AI Overviews have missed me so far. Still, Google's service degradation has been ongoing long enough there's tricks to the trade: like adding &udm=14 to search result URLs to drop the fancy stuff. There's even a site that does this automatically, udm14.com
Hat tip to @ernie.tedium.co
Hat tip to @ernie.tedium.co
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Today's little bit of wisdom: Periodically doublecheck things people have told you. Get in the practice of looking things up, either as they're told to you, or at a later time.
Some folks may call you rude, BUT, it's always better to cement the most accurate information in your brain
Some folks may call you rude, BUT, it's always better to cement the most accurate information in your brain
January 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today's little bit of wisdom: Periodically doublecheck things people have told you. Get in the practice of looking things up, either as they're told to you, or at a later time.
Some folks may call you rude, BUT, it's always better to cement the most accurate information in your brain
Some folks may call you rude, BUT, it's always better to cement the most accurate information in your brain
After an early realization I wasn't having it with Catholicism, I stuck with the non-mandatory religious education available in public schools (both societal pressure & curiosity).
I walked out in 11th grade, both because of what QRP shows & decreeing that it's gay folk's lot to suffer in celibacy.
I walked out in 11th grade, both because of what QRP shows & decreeing that it's gay folk's lot to suffer in celibacy.
An image of Christians telling me that another religious group that worships Jesus Christ and shares over 90% of their core religious beliefs, are not actually Christians.
January 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
After an early realization I wasn't having it with Catholicism, I stuck with the non-mandatory religious education available in public schools (both societal pressure & curiosity).
I walked out in 11th grade, both because of what QRP shows & decreeing that it's gay folk's lot to suffer in celibacy.
I walked out in 11th grade, both because of what QRP shows & decreeing that it's gay folk's lot to suffer in celibacy.
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New lab pub:
Our part, led by Dr. Sarah Lucas, argues that Marsupial mole eyesight degraded stepwise over millions of years...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our part, led by Dr. Sarah Lucas, argues that Marsupial mole eyesight degraded stepwise over millions of years...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unearthing the secrets of Australia’s most enigmatic and cryptic mammal, the marsupial mole
The marsupial mole’s genome unearths their phylogenetic status and insights into convergent evolution in subterranean mammals.
www.science.org
January 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
New lab pub:
Our part, led by Dr. Sarah Lucas, argues that Marsupial mole eyesight degraded stepwise over millions of years...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our part, led by Dr. Sarah Lucas, argues that Marsupial mole eyesight degraded stepwise over millions of years...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Enter the year that you turned 10 into the GIF bar to see what was popular back then 💚
For 1993, you'd think there would be more Jurassic Park stuff, but this one also has dinosaurs (kinda).
For the record, while I know this one is widely panned, I enjoyed it well enough as a kid in the 1990s.
For 1993, you'd think there would be more Jurassic Park stuff, but this one also has dinosaurs (kinda).
For the record, while I know this one is widely panned, I enjoyed it well enough as a kid in the 1990s.
January 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Enter the year that you turned 10 into the GIF bar to see what was popular back then 💚
For 1993, you'd think there would be more Jurassic Park stuff, but this one also has dinosaurs (kinda).
For the record, while I know this one is widely panned, I enjoyed it well enough as a kid in the 1990s.
For 1993, you'd think there would be more Jurassic Park stuff, but this one also has dinosaurs (kinda).
For the record, while I know this one is widely panned, I enjoyed it well enough as a kid in the 1990s.
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Just in time for the year's end: an updated geochronology chart from the ICS:
stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/Chr...
stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/Chr...
December 31, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Just in time for the year's end: an updated geochronology chart from the ICS:
stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/Chr...
stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/Chr...
Reacquainting myself with Blender 3D: how it started vs how it's going.
It's been quite the crash course which probably isn't helped by my foray being a free association exercise vaguely constrained by "dragon skull". Retopologizing such a complex shape is promising to be a slog.
It's been quite the crash course which probably isn't helped by my foray being a free association exercise vaguely constrained by "dragon skull". Retopologizing such a complex shape is promising to be a slog.
January 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Reacquainting myself with Blender 3D: how it started vs how it's going.
It's been quite the crash course which probably isn't helped by my foray being a free association exercise vaguely constrained by "dragon skull". Retopologizing such a complex shape is promising to be a slog.
It's been quite the crash course which probably isn't helped by my foray being a free association exercise vaguely constrained by "dragon skull". Retopologizing such a complex shape is promising to be a slog.
Quote with a fantasy being that’s NOT a vampire or werewolf
(Dragons, as popular as they are, do feel a bit like cheating. But, amid the diminishing returns of how bloated Peter Jackson's The Hobbit was, Smaug was a highlight.)
(Dragons, as popular as they are, do feel a bit like cheating. But, amid the diminishing returns of how bloated Peter Jackson's The Hobbit was, Smaug was a highlight.)
January 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Quote with a fantasy being that’s NOT a vampire or werewolf
(Dragons, as popular as they are, do feel a bit like cheating. But, amid the diminishing returns of how bloated Peter Jackson's The Hobbit was, Smaug was a highlight.)
(Dragons, as popular as they are, do feel a bit like cheating. But, amid the diminishing returns of how bloated Peter Jackson's The Hobbit was, Smaug was a highlight.)