Nick Robert
@boyjurassic.bsky.social
Writer with a love of dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, pop culture, science, whales, and more. He/him.
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Nick Robert
@boyjurassic.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I guess I should have a formal 🦋 intro post.
My name’s Nick. I’m a community journalist and aspiring fiction writer. I’m big into paleontology and the natural world. I have a scicomm blog I haven’t updated in a long time (rexmachinablog.com).
I love to write and talk about big ideas.
My name’s Nick. I’m a community journalist and aspiring fiction writer. I’m big into paleontology and the natural world. I have a scicomm blog I haven’t updated in a long time (rexmachinablog.com).
I love to write and talk about big ideas.
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The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:
September 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:
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The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.
September 13, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.
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Just a friendly reminder that your desire to read books and eat pastries in a seaside cottage during a raging thunderstorm is valid.
Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise.
Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise.
September 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Just a friendly reminder that your desire to read books and eat pastries in a seaside cottage during a raging thunderstorm is valid.
Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise.
Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise.
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The original version of this was posted on my FAisDM (felicitousArtisan is Darth Mongoose) Tumblr many years ago. I drew it at about 11pm right before going to bed, trying to express something I felt about art. When I woke up it kinda blew up.
September 13, 2026 at 6:36 AM
The original version of this was posted on my FAisDM (felicitousArtisan is Darth Mongoose) Tumblr many years ago. I drew it at about 11pm right before going to bed, trying to express something I felt about art. When I woke up it kinda blew up.
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Comedy about a guy having to do housework is a tough sell these days, I will give you that.
Breadcrumbs.
Nate Bargatze's THE BREADWINNER was TOA--Toast On Arrival--debuting with just $7.5M this weekend.
Comedy... is the toughest sell in the biz these days.
Nate Bargatze's THE BREADWINNER was TOA--Toast On Arrival--debuting with just $7.5M this weekend.
Comedy... is the toughest sell in the biz these days.
May 31, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Comedy about a guy having to do housework is a tough sell these days, I will give you that.
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Trying to earn a living doing anything creative feels like constantly asking what parts of my principles I have to contradict for anyone to see what I'm making.
May 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Trying to earn a living doing anything creative feels like constantly asking what parts of my principles I have to contradict for anyone to see what I'm making.
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reader: wow this seems effortless.
writer: it took me ten years & 400 drafts to complete this story
writer: it took me ten years & 400 drafts to complete this story
April 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
reader: wow this seems effortless.
writer: it took me ten years & 400 drafts to complete this story
writer: it took me ten years & 400 drafts to complete this story
I really need NASA to come out with a hat with the Artemis mission patch on it.
April 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I really need NASA to come out with a hat with the Artemis mission patch on it.
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Remember how he said Covid would be over by Easter?
That’s the “two to three weeks” stuff he was saying last night. Same stuff.
That’s the “two to three weeks” stuff he was saying last night. Same stuff.
April 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Remember how he said Covid would be over by Easter?
That’s the “two to three weeks” stuff he was saying last night. Same stuff.
That’s the “two to three weeks” stuff he was saying last night. Same stuff.
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if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated
March 31, 2026 at 10:11 PM
if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated
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The very aggressive marketing of “dietary supplements” to healthy people by the supplement industry (an industry that was worth around $200 billion last year) is a scam
What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
March 29, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The very aggressive marketing of “dietary supplements” to healthy people by the supplement industry (an industry that was worth around $200 billion last year) is a scam
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The new thing is landlords using ai photos for their property listings. Totally legal. Total scam.
The whole economy is oil and scams.
The whole economy is oil and scams.
March 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM
The new thing is landlords using ai photos for their property listings. Totally legal. Total scam.
The whole economy is oil and scams.
The whole economy is oil and scams.
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If you feel you can speak up, do. Goodyear didn't know about the problem with Myhrvold, because many reporters aren't specialists who'd even know to look.
It's not always safe to say something, but, where possible, it's so important to talk about what's happening if we're going to change it.
It's not always safe to say something, but, where possible, it's so important to talk about what's happening if we're going to change it.
A few weeks ago CBC reporter Sheena Goodyear reached out to me for comment on the new Spinosaurus paper. I said I couldn’t, because of Epstein connection Nathan Myhrvold’s involvement with it. We got to talking about how paleontology - especially dinosaur research- remains hostile to women. 🧪
Paleontology has an Epstein problem. Women in the field say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny | CBC Radio
The names of hundreds of scientists have appeared in the Epstein files, including prominent dinosaur researchers. As the paleontology community reckons with the fallout of these revelations, women in ...
www.cbc.ca
March 18, 2026 at 1:22 PM
If you feel you can speak up, do. Goodyear didn't know about the problem with Myhrvold, because many reporters aren't specialists who'd even know to look.
It's not always safe to say something, but, where possible, it's so important to talk about what's happening if we're going to change it.
It's not always safe to say something, but, where possible, it's so important to talk about what's happening if we're going to change it.
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It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened.
And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.
And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.
On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam.
But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:
A massacre.
He decided to act. 1/28
But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:
A massacre.
He decided to act. 1/28
March 16, 2026 at 7:29 AM
It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened.
And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.
And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand that ICE be banned from the use of tactical nuclear weapons without a judge's order.
January 30, 2026 at 1:40 AM
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand that ICE be banned from the use of tactical nuclear weapons without a judge's order.
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Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
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being a writer is amazing because one hour you can have a spiraling existential crisis and the next you can write 500 words like nothing happened 🙃
January 28, 2026 at 9:06 PM
being a writer is amazing because one hour you can have a spiraling existential crisis and the next you can write 500 words like nothing happened 🙃
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‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 AM
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
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Wildlife tracking tips. A wintry comic from last year.
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Wildlife tracking tips. A wintry comic from last year.
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Movies aren’t always meant to be shunted into categories of like and don’t like. If you leave the theater or press “exit” and you’re thinking “Ok I don’t know about some of that, I have thoughts,” congratulations you’re engaging with art! Its own special thing.
December 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Movies aren’t always meant to be shunted into categories of like and don’t like. If you leave the theater or press “exit” and you’re thinking “Ok I don’t know about some of that, I have thoughts,” congratulations you’re engaging with art! Its own special thing.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I've noticed this. A lot.
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've noticed this. A lot.
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
This group of teenagers behind me is discussing their favorite brands of water and I’m just wondering when this generation became septuagenarians
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This group of teenagers behind me is discussing their favorite brands of water and I’m just wondering when this generation became septuagenarians