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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 22h

looking up refs and NOT ANOTHER SEA WOIM I BARELY SURVIVED THE LAST ONE

time for a 5+ h doodle I guess...

#Invertober2025

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · Jul 1

oh it is #WorldPolychaeteDay!
and I used this beautiful weirdo photo to doodle this #SciArt piece last year while half delirious after a flight from the UK to Seattle 🪱

drawing of a sea worm on a black background, unlike earthworms it is covered in little leg/hair like structures, and it is iridescent rainbows, from blues, purples, reds, oranges, browns and yellows.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13h

Other ways to support our work:

1) tell educators in your life that they can get a match with a scientist at skypeascientist.com!
2) buy an advent calendar for yourself or ship one to a friend!3) tell people about our merch shop! Squidfacts.net

SKYPE A SCIENTIST

Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!

skypeascientist.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14h

Good news: a grant I submitted got selected for an interview out of ~150 apps. Only 2 others got interviews!

Bad news: @skypeascientist.bsky.social was not selected in the end 😞

I will keep trying.

In the meantime, consider supporting our work with $5-10/month?

givebutter.com/SupportSAS25

Support Skype a Scientist!

By Skype a Scientist

givebutter.com

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 15h

ITS FINE. I know him! Only virtually but its FINE.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 15h

My next conference I’m presenting RIGHT AFTER like THE person in my niche field and oh boy am I now incredibly stupid nervous

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 23h

Im guilty of this thinking and dont particularly love swift, but actively telling myself to quit it and wish others did the same. Like we can critique and uplift without turning two friends against each other

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 23h

The biggest ick seeing people continually pit women against each other. Ie hayley williams and taylor swift, who are literally friends

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 1d

When doing a poster with multiple species, do you think making each species size in relation to each other is important? Or can i do whatever i want

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 2d

Telescope octopus (genus Amphitretus) are gelatinous, transparent and almost colourless octopuses with unique tubular eyes. It is thought that these eyes help give them excellent peripheral vision.

They are also quite small, with a mantle length of 9 cm.

#OCTOtober

🐙🎥Schmidt Ocean

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 3d

Happy world squid and cuttlefish day!!

Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.

The world is cruel but squid are good.

A giant Australian cuddle fish swims up from the Moy seafloor and looks at the camera. She is red with w shaped curious pupils

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 3d

Very upset i didnt find an undead coworker made out of pipette tips like the grandma made out of roses in A House With Good Bones. Extremely disappointing work day.

Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 3d

I just read a book that featured vultures who would watch over a house because of ghost/demon activity. And currently sitting outside of my job for lunch and theres like an ungodly amount of vultures circling and perching on my work building. I think I work at the bad place.

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Nash Turley @nashturley.bsky.social · 4d

Big fan of this weevil's color scheme, pointy snoot, and huge feet!

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

black and yellow weevil on a green leaf with long thin rostrum and very large foot pads

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 3d

I just read a book that featured vultures who would watch over a house because of ghost/demon activity. And currently sitting outside of my job for lunch and theres like an ungodly amount of vultures circling and perching on my work building. I think I work at the bad place.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot over state how ill prepared i am for Japan in two weeks

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 4d

I'm doing another print run of these "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts!

Back, quite literally, by popular demand. Bullying works, sure, but so does a bunch of nice cutie patooties politely asking!

Order 'em now, I'll mail 'em in early November.

SquidFacts.net

a woman with short bown hair, glasses, and tassel earrings, wears a purple KN95 and looks cool as hell in her biology is bigger than binaries shirt, in orange

a woman with green glasses takes a selfie lookin' cool as hell in her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt. She's also got ice cream, that lucky dog.

a woman with long brown hair and glasses hangs out in the back yard with her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt

A man with a hat and sunglasses stands in hero-pose with his biology is bigger than binaires shirt (orange)

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 4d

Truly my week days are so packed and exhausting, creative projects keep getting sidelined. It just makes me sad.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 4d

Needed good health insurance so gave up freelancing for an industry job. Now I have a 12 hour work day due to commuting and can barely find time to do anything else. Fuck adulting.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 5d

A house with good bones by t kingfisher!

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 5d

It’s about an entomologist and sorcerers. You’ll love it

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 5d

READ THE BOOK I SENT YOU

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #WorldOctopusDay! My newsletter today has a guide for teaching tricks to your pet octopus 🐙🦑 or maybe it's research about octopus arm flexibility in the wild, read it and find out!
buttondown.com/dannastaaf/a...