Gertie Propaganda;

Gertie propaganda;

Gertie is the first dinosaur in animated film!

In fact, she was in one of the earliest animated films, period!

She’s smart enough to do tricks, but don’t push her too hard or tease her, or she might toss you in a lake…

The film was originally used in Windor McCay’s vaudeville act, in which he would interact with Gertie in front of a live audience.

Gertie is literally one of the foundational films in both animation history and dinosaur media - vote for the O.G. (Original Gertie)! 🦕

Best Fictional Dinosaur Tournament: Saurischian Bracket; Round 1B, Poll 7/8

Trying to remember if this was the first game I ever ran, or if that was D&D... 🤔

Probably qualifies as not necessarily good, but fun!

It did however leave me with a vague lingering desire to get hold of a tyrannosaurus skeleton mini...

Have you played ADVANCED FIGHTING FANTASY ?

By Marc Gascoigne & Pete Tamlyn

A pretty clumsy RPG adaptation of the British Fighting Fantasy gamebook line and it's World of Titan setting.

“The oldest olive tree in the world located on the island of Crete. It is estimated to be as over 3,000 years old and still produces olives.”

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Cosplayers at a Star Trek Convention, 1976

Jumping spider mimic barklouse, Psocoptera. Photographed in Singapore.

Comments from the photographer: The spots on the wings resemble the eyes of salticids (jumping spiders), and even with highlights. To top it off, it moves on tree trunks like a salticid.

Photos by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

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