Makin' Flippy Floppy
@themergansest.bsky.social
Visual artist, birder and armchair environmentalist. Paleoart, nature illustration, wildlife photography. No AI slop, ever. They/them
American wigeon I spotted foraging along the Rockland breakwater today.
#americanwigeon #birding #ducks #marecaamericana #maine #midcoastmaine
#americanwigeon #birding #ducks #marecaamericana #maine #midcoastmaine
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
American wigeon I spotted foraging along the Rockland breakwater today.
#americanwigeon #birding #ducks #marecaamericana #maine #midcoastmaine
#americanwigeon #birding #ducks #marecaamericana #maine #midcoastmaine
Purple sandpipers, a bird named for a very subtle feature, the slight purplish iridescent sheen just visible here on the wing feathers.
#birds #birding #calidrismaritima #rocklandmaine #purplesandpiper
#birds #birding #calidrismaritima #rocklandmaine #purplesandpiper
December 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Purple sandpipers, a bird named for a very subtle feature, the slight purplish iridescent sheen just visible here on the wing feathers.
#birds #birding #calidrismaritima #rocklandmaine #purplesandpiper
#birds #birding #calidrismaritima #rocklandmaine #purplesandpiper
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OPPOSED to DATA CENTERS?
The Working Families Party has put out a recruitment call for candidates opposed to data centers.
As public awareness and movement against data centers and AI grows, more and more communities are voting them down.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#MEpolitics #AI #DataCenters
The Working Families Party has put out a recruitment call for candidates opposed to data centers.
As public awareness and movement against data centers and AI grows, more and more communities are voting them down.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#MEpolitics #AI #DataCenters
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
OPPOSED to DATA CENTERS?
The Working Families Party has put out a recruitment call for candidates opposed to data centers.
As public awareness and movement against data centers and AI grows, more and more communities are voting them down.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#MEpolitics #AI #DataCenters
The Working Families Party has put out a recruitment call for candidates opposed to data centers.
As public awareness and movement against data centers and AI grows, more and more communities are voting them down.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#MEpolitics #AI #DataCenters
A couple of ravens circled over Dad and I while hiking the Waterboro Pine Barrens a few weeks ago. It was during hunting season and I suspect they were looking to follow us to a gut pile. Clever birds!
#commonraven #corvuscorax #pitchpinebarren #raven #redpine
#commonraven #corvuscorax #pitchpinebarren #raven #redpine
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A couple of ravens circled over Dad and I while hiking the Waterboro Pine Barrens a few weeks ago. It was during hunting season and I suspect they were looking to follow us to a gut pile. Clever birds!
#commonraven #corvuscorax #pitchpinebarren #raven #redpine
#commonraven #corvuscorax #pitchpinebarren #raven #redpine
Another old photo, the first time I ever saw asperitas clouds. They sparked my interest in celestial phenomena. Taken in Richmond, Maine.
#asperitas #celestialphenomena #clouds #maine #sky
#asperitas #celestialphenomena #clouds #maine #sky
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Another old photo, the first time I ever saw asperitas clouds. They sparked my interest in celestial phenomena. Taken in Richmond, Maine.
#asperitas #celestialphenomena #clouds #maine #sky
#asperitas #celestialphenomena #clouds #maine #sky
Was going through my old photos looking for art references and found a few worthy of reposting. Third photo is an antlered doe. #buck #cervids #deer #maine #whitetaildeer
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Was going through my old photos looking for art references and found a few worthy of reposting. Third photo is an antlered doe. #buck #cervids #deer #maine #whitetaildeer
The setting sun peeking out from under a cloudbank at Biddeford Pool this evening.
#biddefordpoolmaine #celestialphenomena #sky #sunset
#biddefordpoolmaine #celestialphenomena #sky #sunset
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The setting sun peeking out from under a cloudbank at Biddeford Pool this evening.
#biddefordpoolmaine #celestialphenomena #sky #sunset
#biddefordpoolmaine #celestialphenomena #sky #sunset
The things I find in my travels...
I think the inexplicably pink albino eyes really brings the piece together. The icing on the moldy cake.
#babydoll #creepy #creepyobjects #cursed #cursedobjects #disturbingobjects
I think the inexplicably pink albino eyes really brings the piece together. The icing on the moldy cake.
#babydoll #creepy #creepyobjects #cursed #cursedobjects #disturbingobjects
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The things I find in my travels...
I think the inexplicably pink albino eyes really brings the piece together. The icing on the moldy cake.
#babydoll #creepy #creepyobjects #cursed #cursedobjects #disturbingobjects
I think the inexplicably pink albino eyes really brings the piece together. The icing on the moldy cake.
#babydoll #creepy #creepyobjects #cursed #cursedobjects #disturbingobjects
Wandering around one of my old haunts in Scarborough, the town I grew up in. I lived in this area in 1999, and spent much time exploring these trails. In spring of that year, I had my first and only encounter with American goshawks. Unfortunately, that pair was driven out by urban sprawl.
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Wandering around one of my old haunts in Scarborough, the town I grew up in. I lived in this area in 1999, and spent much time exploring these trails. In spring of that year, I had my first and only encounter with American goshawks. Unfortunately, that pair was driven out by urban sprawl.
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Friends — these are terrible times, to be sure. But I believe we will triumph. Here’s why.
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Friends — these are terrible times, to be sure. But I believe we will triumph. Here’s why.
#artisresistance #art #dinosaur #paleoart #protestart #protestsign #tyrannosaur #tyrannosauridae #trex #tyrannosaurus #tyrannosaurusrex
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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So when Putin is killed are we supposed to show our respect? Give our condolences? Send our prayers? Call him a family man?
Fuck outta here.
Fuck outta here.
September 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
So when Putin is killed are we supposed to show our respect? Give our condolences? Send our prayers? Call him a family man?
Fuck outta here.
Fuck outta here.
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I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
September 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
Calling side one done! Feels good to be putting my paleoart to use in activism. Pose is based on an illustration of Utahraptor by Robert Bakker.
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dromaeosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #protestsign #protestart #raptor #raptordinosaur
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dromaeosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #protestsign #protestart #raptor #raptordinosaur
September 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Calling side one done! Feels good to be putting my paleoart to use in activism. Pose is based on an illustration of Utahraptor by Robert Bakker.
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dromaeosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #protestsign #protestart #raptor #raptordinosaur
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dromaeosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #protestsign #protestart #raptor #raptordinosaur
Color progress. Next update will be the completed piece.
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestsign #raptor #raptordinosaur
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestsign #raptor #raptordinosaur
September 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Color progress. Next update will be the completed piece.
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestsign #raptor #raptordinosaur
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestsign #raptor #raptordinosaur
Almost done with this one. Mr. Slashey got most of his details put in today. I just need to put some finishing touches on him, add color and decide what topic(s) to put in the last open space in the left.
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestsign
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestsign
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Almost done with this one. Mr. Slashey got most of his details put in today. I just need to put some finishing touches on him, add color and decide what topic(s) to put in the last open space in the left.
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestsign
#artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestsign
Pulling myself out of yet another art funk by creating a new protest sign. Dinosaurs make everything better.
#art #artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestart #wip #wipart
#art #artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestart #wip #wipart
August 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Pulling myself out of yet another art funk by creating a new protest sign. Dinosaurs make everything better.
#art #artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestart #wip #wipart
#art #artisresistance #dakotaraptor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #paleoart #protestart #wip #wipart
The smoke from the wildfires in Canada has been making the light in my area an eerie shade of pink for several days. On Sunday evening the sun looked particularly ominous behind the filter of smoke, and I captured this image of it near the Kennebec River in Dresden, Maine.
August 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The smoke from the wildfires in Canada has been making the light in my area an eerie shade of pink for several days. On Sunday evening the sun looked particularly ominous behind the filter of smoke, and I captured this image of it near the Kennebec River in Dresden, Maine.
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We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.
July 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.
July 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
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It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Will. Move. On. To. The. Next. Group. He. Hates.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
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It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Will. Move. On. To. The. Next. Group. He. Hates.
July 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Will. Move. On. To. The. Next. Group. He. Hates.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Will. Move. On. To. The. Next. Group. He. Hates.
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Mike Johnson should be tossed out of an airborne helicopter into an active flood zone with nothing but a Bible
July 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Mike Johnson should be tossed out of an airborne helicopter into an active flood zone with nothing but a Bible
This timeline is awful, but art helps. I'm so angry and disgusted with what my country has become. Grumpy goshawk dromaeosaur gets it. #art #dakotaraotor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #jurassicpark #micronpen #paleoart #prehistoricplanet #walkingwithdinosaurs
July 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This timeline is awful, but art helps. I'm so angry and disgusted with what my country has become. Grumpy goshawk dromaeosaur gets it. #art #dakotaraotor #deinonychus #dinosaur #dromaeosaur #jurassicpark #micronpen #paleoart #prehistoricplanet #walkingwithdinosaurs