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arteopteryx.bsky.social
Cade Compsognathus
@arteopteryx.bsky.social
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Aro-ace enby pescatarian nature nerd artist sci-fi/fantasy genre selective enthusiast ambivert activist.
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Tbh I would be pretty background-terrified if I still lived in CO rn. We really need all hands on deck for (major, uncontrolled) wildfire amelioration. Tho that honestly can be said of EVERY area our “administration” is making more “efficient” — aka mutilating.
June 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Some spring blooms spotted yesterday evening
A lineup of 3 trillium, plants with 3 leaves, 3 bracts, and 3 petals (in this case, white ones) Lineup of 3 trillium, with upper left plant most perky looking and lower right one the most slouchy Marsh marigolds — wetland plants with glossy-petaled yellow flowers and large somewhat heart-shaped leaves — or the outside edge of some standing water Marsh marigolds — wetland plants with glossy-petaled yellow flowers and large somewhat heart-shaped leaves — or the outside edge of some standing water. In the background is a rough line of trees, mainly cedar. There is also a pale fallen tree “skeleton”on the left side
May 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
arteopteryx.bsky.social
Omg I was totally thinking this earlier today when hearing the papal election broadcast!
May 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Gohjuss sunset views from Lake Michigan bluffs last Sunday
May 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I bonded with a hawthorn tree for 10 hours on Wednesday! Oh, that’s not bonding?

In other news, gotta make me some puncture-proof kneepads

Hooray for up-to-date tetanus vaccinations! You don’t just get it from metal punctures. Read abt it! 📖🌈
What I saw when I looked at my knee Wednesday night. Oops. Shows the thick end of the thorn that I apparently broke by kneeling on. It was maybe 2 cm wide. Part of my right hand is there for scale The perhaps 1cm long thorn tip that made its home in my kneeflesh for the day. It’s on the palm-side of my pinky tip for scale.
May 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Salamanders, moss, and tree knees
An eastern red-backed salamander with a cedar sprig and soil bit attached to it, on the palm of my hand. Taken with phone cam, aided with a macro clip-on lens An eastern red-backed salamander on the palm of my hand. Has a lil soil bit stuck on the side of its head, not to be mistaken for gills. Taken with phone cam, aided with a macro clip-on lens Mossy, leaf-peppered ground with two small tree trunks emerging from a gently raised area A mostly cedar forest with leafy brown floor. In right foreground, a larger cedar tree with several parallel “knees” (toes?) formed by angled roots.
April 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
arteopteryx.bsky.social
Wut. I TOTALLY want to draw a turian llama now omg!!!

#turian #masseffect #llama #mask #artist #imagesearchweirdness
An iPhone Photos app image search screen with the keyword “llama.” The 5 results include 2 images of alpacas, one deer, one in-progress turian mask project by the OP, and one screencap of the Finch app that has the word “llama” in it. The search word “Llama” is underlined in purple and the image of the turian mask is circled in the same color. Because what? Llamas: 0 iOS image recognition: .2 (1/5) Skull-dino aliens: 1
April 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Spring is heeereee!!! Third pic is a red-backed salamander egg cluster. No, the wood lice are not a threat to them.

www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/amphibians/s...
April 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I HAVE VISIBLE TRICEPS NOW! Thank you, climbing gym!
April 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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I saw my first big spoods of the season Friday night! Mr and ms, I believe.
A tan spider with 2 dark brown stripes lengthwise from eyes to mid-abdomen, standing on a packed-ice trail. He’s got long pedipalps! Tan/light brown spider with larger, rounder abdomen and shorter pedipalps. Her(?) stripes end near the base of her abdomen. She is on a packed-dirt and sand surface.
March 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Surprise snow; spontaneous walk.
Trees with a central line of snow down the middle of their trunks Wetland from which snow-frosted trees, live and fallen, are emerging Underside of large shelf fungi on a birch tree Straggling storm clouds are softly underlit by the sunset’s warm glow. Below there is a dark treeline transitioning to a snowy field. A fence cuts through at a slight slant about 1/3 of the way from the bottom. There is some crumbly-looking snow/ice strewn near the bottom from snowplows
March 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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One handtler’s main branch has been roughed!

Rewatching “Arcane” on my temperamental laptop concurrently
In-progress caprine/cervid mask with one antler ending in a hand. On a messy worktable with houseplants and a dark window in the background In-progress caprine/cervid mask with one antler ending in a hand. On a messy worktable with houseplants and a dark window in the background In-progress caprine/cervid mask with one antler ending in a hand. The hand is in the foreground at this angle.
March 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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You know what I have to say about this?
Wolf mask with six glowing eyes and bared teeth
March 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Splooshes in the gloaming,
Before the ice recedes
March 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Oh no! I can’t add alt text after posting something? That is.. suboptimal. Like my ability to describe pictures at the time I post them.
February 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Trees glomming trees
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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HOW YOU CAN HELP:
✅ Spend your money at small businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs
✅ Share this message with your networks—word of mouth is powerful
✅ Stand together in financial solidarity to create real economic change
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.

That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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All very old. All somehow antecedents to current masky project.

HANDtlerssss whahaha
February 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Finally picked up work on this again
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
arteopteryx.bsky.social
Are you SERIOUS right now??!?!
altnps.bsky.social Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 19
What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!
February 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Drawing stuff bigger than it really is, and also sometimes more organic than it really is. These are around 10 years old. Oof.
Folded Leatherman Raptor multitool on a 4x larger ballpoint pen rendition of it as the bat I “see” it as Bur oak acorn with a split showing through to the nut meat inside, on top of a partially-finished ballpoint pen drawing of it probably 6x larger Colored pencil drawing of a cicada’s detached face plate. I wanted to draw the whole thing (found dead), but this part broke off and I thought it looked interesting on its own.
February 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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My sELFie :P
Drawn with a couple of those solid colored pencil.. lead… stick.. things
February 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM