Bill Rulon-Miller
@reptiledude.bsky.social
Checking out BlueSky because family is here and Twitter is no more. He/him. My degree is in history and my passion is in wildlife biology, conservation, and especially Herpetology. Museum nerd/Paleontology buff/Art admirer. Only DM for Herp ID request.
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Alright that "ICE OUT" training from last night immediately came in handy (this is not a scary story).
Tonight at Teen Art Club one of the teens asked the others what their biggest fears were. One of the girls said "Is it bad if I say ICE?". I was like "No that's a totally understandable fear"
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Tonight at Teen Art Club one of the teens asked the others what their biggest fears were. One of the girls said "Is it bad if I say ICE?". I was like "No that's a totally understandable fear"
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February 5, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Alright that "ICE OUT" training from last night immediately came in handy (this is not a scary story).
Tonight at Teen Art Club one of the teens asked the others what their biggest fears were. One of the girls said "Is it bad if I say ICE?". I was like "No that's a totally understandable fear"
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Tonight at Teen Art Club one of the teens asked the others what their biggest fears were. One of the girls said "Is it bad if I say ICE?". I was like "No that's a totally understandable fear"
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Aside from the pay and benefits as mentioned a lot of them likely think they can become “white enough” if they serve the white supremacist state
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Aside from the pay and benefits as mentioned a lot of them likely think they can become “white enough” if they serve the white supremacist state
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It's Monday here & Nazis are running wild... crazy man, just insane shit right here. So I figured we could all use an Andinobates cassidyhornae I painted of the Holotype. Discovered in 2010, I went to Colombia in 2011 to verify it was unknown & co-authored it's description as a sp. nov. in 2013. 🐸
February 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It's Monday here & Nazis are running wild... crazy man, just insane shit right here. So I figured we could all use an Andinobates cassidyhornae I painted of the Holotype. Discovered in 2010, I went to Colombia in 2011 to verify it was unknown & co-authored it's description as a sp. nov. in 2013. 🐸
Beauty! Crocodylus palustris?
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Beauty! Crocodylus palustris?
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Today's frog is the galaxy frog.
February 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Today's frog is the galaxy frog.
Is this a captive animal that was captive bred? I know that some populations of American black bear display a similar phenotype and it may partially be due to genetic isolation although idk if that was confirmed or refuted
February 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Is this a captive animal that was captive bred? I know that some populations of American black bear display a similar phenotype and it may partially be due to genetic isolation although idk if that was confirmed or refuted
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Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
Facts that bear repeating.
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.
Facts that bear repeating.
Facts that bear repeating.
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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hunter biden is just a simple man with a dangerous hobby. I'll take him over the average Harvard economics professor any day
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
hunter biden is just a simple man with a dangerous hobby. I'll take him over the average Harvard economics professor any day
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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
I never got to see Gomek when he was alive but I did see a replica, which travels museum circuits. It was extremely impressive, though. This was the largest crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) alive in captivity before he passed in 1997. Before that he was top predator in New Guinea
February 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I never got to see Gomek when he was alive but I did see a replica, which travels museum circuits. It was extremely impressive, though. This was the largest crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) alive in captivity before he passed in 1997. Before that he was top predator in New Guinea
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King: boy those Epstein emails
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
February 3, 2026 at 11:10 PM
King: boy those Epstein emails
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
I’d say petty infighting and territorial behavior is often a part of the human condition so of course it will find its way into activism but your observation about social media is key, even more importantly activists pre-internet knew the importance of presenting a united front to the public.
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I’d say petty infighting and territorial behavior is often a part of the human condition so of course it will find its way into activism but your observation about social media is key, even more importantly activists pre-internet knew the importance of presenting a united front to the public.
This also applies to just about every science and most forms of academia that I can think of.
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
This also applies to just about every science and most forms of academia that I can think of.
Read the entire thread
Of course the worst people in the world influence paleontology (and many other sciences).
Do you know how many fossil halls are named after the Koch brothers? With museums shrugging “Well where else are we going to get the money?”
Do you know how many fossil halls are named after the Koch brothers? With museums shrugging “Well where else are we going to get the money?”
February 3, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Read the entire thread
I’m sure a good chunk of the likes and comments are from bots, too
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I’m sure a good chunk of the likes and comments are from bots, too
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The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
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without paywall?
For Minneapolis’ Native Americans, a new fight echoes a bitter history
“As Native people, we’re pretty accustomed to fighting the federal government going back 530 years since they landed with their ships,” said Rachel Dionne-Thunder, vice president of a local group c…
www.twincities.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM
without paywall?
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This Jack Horner. Who’s been known to the whisper network for some time now. There’s a reason I have repeatedly turned down writing about his work or him.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This Jack Horner. Who’s been known to the whisper network for some time now. There’s a reason I have repeatedly turned down writing about his work or him.
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People who may want to have children in the future should bear this in mind: tear gas can have serious consequences for female reproductive health. The data on this isn't great but I would at least recommend ensuring you have a quality respirator or mask on at all times.
February 2, 2026 at 5:53 AM
People who may want to have children in the future should bear this in mind: tear gas can have serious consequences for female reproductive health. The data on this isn't great but I would at least recommend ensuring you have a quality respirator or mask on at all times.
Same especially since they’re trending separately. That was a confusing couple of seconds
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Same especially since they’re trending separately. That was a confusing couple of seconds
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Also happy serpent day! Have some old snake art and my ball python Hades.
#serpentday #reptile #snake #art
#serpentday #reptile #snake #art
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Also happy serpent day! Have some old snake art and my ball python Hades.
#serpentday #reptile #snake #art
#serpentday #reptile #snake #art