Ivan Kay
@ivan23.bsky.social
Animal enthusiast and hobbyist artist. Zoology BSc, Vetebrate Palaeontology MRes.
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The welcome reception a couple nights ago at #2025svp! On display in hr Lapworth Museum is a familiar "face" from our days at MSU & MOR, a cast of the Allosaurus "Big Al".
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The welcome reception a couple nights ago at #2025svp! On display in hr Lapworth Museum is a familiar "face" from our days at MSU & MOR, a cast of the Allosaurus "Big Al".
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November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Speedpainty fantasy fun
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Speedpainty fantasy fun
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This John Gurche depiction of a Barosaurus facing off against an Allosaurus inspired by the AMNH. It's so grand; the scale of the Barosaurus, the dusty plain, the thunderheads in the background. And yet still so alien. There's no grasses or flowers here. They haven't evolved yet. It's so good.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This John Gurche depiction of a Barosaurus facing off against an Allosaurus inspired by the AMNH. It's so grand; the scale of the Barosaurus, the dusty plain, the thunderheads in the background. And yet still so alien. There's no grasses or flowers here. They haven't evolved yet. It's so good.
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Is there a piece of dinosaur artwork that perfectly encapsulates the feel of the Mesozoic to you? This Greg Paul Giraffatitan piece was a formative work for me that perfectly communicates the awe and wonder of nature as once was. There’s a beauty and magic to it that words simply can’t convey.
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Is there a piece of dinosaur artwork that perfectly encapsulates the feel of the Mesozoic to you? This Greg Paul Giraffatitan piece was a formative work for me that perfectly communicates the awe and wonder of nature as once was. There’s a beauty and magic to it that words simply can’t convey.
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Sad news regarding a dinosaur artist whose work was a major influence on me and just about everyone else I know who grew up on 90s-2000s dinosaur media. Check out the thread for more examples of his work!
Got informed about some sad news. Garfield Minott, a prolific dinosaur modeller, special effects and palaeoartist, recognised for contributions to the description of dinosaur binocular vision, passed away at age of 58.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Sad news regarding a dinosaur artist whose work was a major influence on me and just about everyone else I know who grew up on 90s-2000s dinosaur media. Check out the thread for more examples of his work!
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Forelimb morphology of the early short-tailed avialan theropod Confuciusornis: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... 🪶🧪 (📷Duan et al.)
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Forelimb morphology of the early short-tailed avialan theropod Confuciusornis: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... 🪶🧪 (📷Duan et al.)
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November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Art train! 🚂
Next station:
This train is accepting invertebrate art and photos. Show me your bugs! 🪲🐡
Next station:
This train is accepting invertebrate art and photos. Show me your bugs! 🪲🐡
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Art train! 🚂
Next station:
This train is accepting invertebrate art and photos. Show me your bugs! 🪲🐡
Next station:
This train is accepting invertebrate art and photos. Show me your bugs! 🪲🐡
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Today we described three new toad species that give birth to fully formed toadlets, from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania! 🇹🇿🧪🐸
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today we described three new toad species that give birth to fully formed toadlets, from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania! 🇹🇿🧪🐸
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1670...
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I accidentally deleted what I posted here on #Nanotyrannus and can no longer remember what it said anyway. As a reviewer of the paper, was impressed with the case: more convincing than what's been argued before and substantially better documented; definitely the hypothesis we should prefer for now.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I accidentally deleted what I posted here on #Nanotyrannus and can no longer remember what it said anyway. As a reviewer of the paper, was impressed with the case: more convincing than what's been argued before and substantially better documented; definitely the hypothesis we should prefer for now.
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Glazing in watercolour is time-consuming. Though that's perhaps a redundant explanation, given that everything is time-consuming when I attempt it. 😮💨🙁😑
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Glazing in watercolour is time-consuming. Though that's perhaps a redundant explanation, given that everything is time-consuming when I attempt it. 😮💨🙁😑
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Deinosuchus riograndensis, a robust, and very menacing 9+ meters long eusuchian from the cretaceous, with proportionately giant jaws compared to its body, it was very at home in water, including seas
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Deinosuchus riograndensis, a robust, and very menacing 9+ meters long eusuchian from the cretaceous, with proportionately giant jaws compared to its body, it was very at home in water, including seas
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*Jurors’ Choice Award *
Art Gallery of Northumberland 46th Annual Juried Show. The exhibition runs until January 3 at Victoria Hall in Cobourg. Honoured to be recognized amongst all the great work on display!
12 Local Warblers (banded at PEPtBO in 2024)
Acrylic on birch panel, 31.5” x 31.5”
Art Gallery of Northumberland 46th Annual Juried Show. The exhibition runs until January 3 at Victoria Hall in Cobourg. Honoured to be recognized amongst all the great work on display!
12 Local Warblers (banded at PEPtBO in 2024)
Acrylic on birch panel, 31.5” x 31.5”
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
*Jurors’ Choice Award *
Art Gallery of Northumberland 46th Annual Juried Show. The exhibition runs until January 3 at Victoria Hall in Cobourg. Honoured to be recognized amongst all the great work on display!
12 Local Warblers (banded at PEPtBO in 2024)
Acrylic on birch panel, 31.5” x 31.5”
Art Gallery of Northumberland 46th Annual Juried Show. The exhibition runs until January 3 at Victoria Hall in Cobourg. Honoured to be recognized amongst all the great work on display!
12 Local Warblers (banded at PEPtBO in 2024)
Acrylic on birch panel, 31.5” x 31.5”
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Show me how you draw/paint snow ❄️
This critter is an Anhui musk deer - a very rare sight, both in real life and in artwork!
#SciArt #traditionalart #art
This critter is an Anhui musk deer - a very rare sight, both in real life and in artwork!
#SciArt #traditionalart #art
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Show me how you draw/paint snow ❄️
This critter is an Anhui musk deer - a very rare sight, both in real life and in artwork!
#SciArt #traditionalart #art
This critter is an Anhui musk deer - a very rare sight, both in real life and in artwork!
#SciArt #traditionalart #art
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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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And here we go, result from the Judith River Formation #paleostream! This late Cretaceous formation might be full of charismatic megafauna but it is currently understudied and a total mess when it comes to stratigraphy. In this scene I wanted to focus on two aspects...
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And here we go, result from the Judith River Formation #paleostream! This late Cretaceous formation might be full of charismatic megafauna but it is currently understudied and a total mess when it comes to stratigraphy. In this scene I wanted to focus on two aspects...
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This piece was inspired by Ohara Koson's woodblock print, 'Rooster and Weasel,' c.1930.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This piece was inspired by Ohara Koson's woodblock print, 'Rooster and Weasel,' c.1930.
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'Stoat and Rooster'
Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm.
This original artwork and two older pieces are in this month's @changelingart.bsky.social auction, ending Friday 14th November, 12pm EST.
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Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm.
This original artwork and two older pieces are in this month's @changelingart.bsky.social auction, ending Friday 14th November, 12pm EST.
www.facebook.com/share/p/19En...
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
'Stoat and Rooster'
Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm.
This original artwork and two older pieces are in this month's @changelingart.bsky.social auction, ending Friday 14th November, 12pm EST.
www.facebook.com/share/p/19En...
Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm.
This original artwork and two older pieces are in this month's @changelingart.bsky.social auction, ending Friday 14th November, 12pm EST.
www.facebook.com/share/p/19En...
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Still trying to expand my repertoire and I'm nothing if not punctually late. Therefore, for National Bison Day (which was LAST Saturday), I present my newest entitled "Snow Day." 🦬
American Bison (Bison bison) in marker and Prismacolor.
#Bison #buffalo #nature #wildlife #animalart #animal #ArtYear
American Bison (Bison bison) in marker and Prismacolor.
#Bison #buffalo #nature #wildlife #animalart #animal #ArtYear
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
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My neighborhood #Ocelot keeps visiting me but I still don't have any photos of it. It's a very sneaky kitty. One day.
At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica
#nature #cats #wildlife
At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica
#nature #cats #wildlife
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
My neighborhood #Ocelot keeps visiting me but I still don't have any photos of it. It's a very sneaky kitty. One day.
At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica
#nature #cats #wildlife
At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica
#nature #cats #wildlife