A.Zimmer
@atzimmer.bsky.social
Biology A.S in-progress 🧬
They/Them + She/Her
Dirt goblin, rock turner-over, sometimes-illustrator.
They/Them + She/Her
Dirt goblin, rock turner-over, sometimes-illustrator.
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A hibernaculum is a comfy place for animals to hibernate, and here at Nobody Nursery I’ve built one for reptiles and amphibians, with a rock garden on top of it.
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February 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
A hibernaculum is a comfy place for animals to hibernate, and here at Nobody Nursery I’ve built one for reptiles and amphibians, with a rock garden on top of it.
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Correction: they went *looting* for dinosaur bones.
February 7, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Correction: they went *looting* for dinosaur bones.
Donated an Anna’s Hummingbird to the Natural History Museum at University of Puget Sound yesterday!
Poor guy hit one of the big ground floor windows of the science building. Now he can help their collection of knowledge.
Poor guy hit one of the big ground floor windows of the science building. Now he can help their collection of knowledge.
February 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Donated an Anna’s Hummingbird to the Natural History Museum at University of Puget Sound yesterday!
Poor guy hit one of the big ground floor windows of the science building. Now he can help their collection of knowledge.
Poor guy hit one of the big ground floor windows of the science building. Now he can help their collection of knowledge.
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And 250.15 Kelvin!
just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 11:32 PM
And 250.15 Kelvin!
To the “or just use Waterfox” crowd: lots of necessity sites (employment/education/payroll/etc) aren’t compatible or optimized for many alternative browsers, so this fix is still awesome if you need to use Chrome sometimes.
January 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM
To the “or just use Waterfox” crowd: lots of necessity sites (employment/education/payroll/etc) aren’t compatible or optimized for many alternative browsers, so this fix is still awesome if you need to use Chrome sometimes.
Spouse and I visited my childhood beach hangout today to take pictures for @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s lighthouse photo submission call!
So nice to see it after all the renovations, the tide was in but the weather was perfect for just sitting and enjoying the view.
So nice to see it after all the renovations, the tide was in but the weather was perfect for just sitting and enjoying the view.
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Spouse and I visited my childhood beach hangout today to take pictures for @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s lighthouse photo submission call!
So nice to see it after all the renovations, the tide was in but the weather was perfect for just sitting and enjoying the view.
So nice to see it after all the renovations, the tide was in but the weather was perfect for just sitting and enjoying the view.
School barely started and already losing our heads
January 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
School barely started and already losing our heads
What a thing to wake up to at 4 am.
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
What a thing to wake up to at 4 am.
I worked on New Year’s Day, and people jumping in the icy water for our annual polar plunge filled the morning litter picking run with curses and screams.
Seemed appropriate!
Happy New Year 🐴
Seemed appropriate!
Happy New Year 🐴
January 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I worked on New Year’s Day, and people jumping in the icy water for our annual polar plunge filled the morning litter picking run with curses and screams.
Seemed appropriate!
Happy New Year 🐴
Seemed appropriate!
Happy New Year 🐴
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My best photographs of 2025, a short thread.
A tobacco hornworm on one of its favorite foods, a garden tomato plant (Texas, May 2025). This one makes the cut because it is more aesthetically pleasing than I was aiming for, somehow.
A tobacco hornworm on one of its favorite foods, a garden tomato plant (Texas, May 2025). This one makes the cut because it is more aesthetically pleasing than I was aiming for, somehow.
December 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My best photographs of 2025, a short thread.
A tobacco hornworm on one of its favorite foods, a garden tomato plant (Texas, May 2025). This one makes the cut because it is more aesthetically pleasing than I was aiming for, somehow.
A tobacco hornworm on one of its favorite foods, a garden tomato plant (Texas, May 2025). This one makes the cut because it is more aesthetically pleasing than I was aiming for, somehow.
Was about to get up from a nap and the cat asks to snuggle under the covers.
Can’t get up.
Now he’s purring. Send help.
Can’t get up.
Now he’s purring. Send help.
December 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Was about to get up from a nap and the cat asks to snuggle under the covers.
Can’t get up.
Now he’s purring. Send help.
Can’t get up.
Now he’s purring. Send help.
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@invam.bsky.social collection, prairies, and AMF all featured in the awesome article
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing
These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@invam.bsky.social collection, prairies, and AMF all featured in the awesome article
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📢 Attention undergrads & first-year med students! Apply now for Fred Hutch’s 8-week Summer Internship on Infectious Diseases in the Imunocompromised Host! Hands-on research + expert mentorship in state-of-the-art labs.
🦠 Apply by Jan. 30, 2026: https://bit.ly/48K89SV
🦠 Apply by Jan. 30, 2026: https://bit.ly/48K89SV
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📢 Attention undergrads & first-year med students! Apply now for Fred Hutch’s 8-week Summer Internship on Infectious Diseases in the Imunocompromised Host! Hands-on research + expert mentorship in state-of-the-art labs.
🦠 Apply by Jan. 30, 2026: https://bit.ly/48K89SV
🦠 Apply by Jan. 30, 2026: https://bit.ly/48K89SV
Heads up to anyone who still have images or artwork on Twitter/X.
Apparently Glaze and Nightshade don’t prevent this either.
Apparently Glaze and Nightshade don’t prevent this either.
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Heads up to anyone who still have images or artwork on Twitter/X.
Apparently Glaze and Nightshade don’t prevent this either.
Apparently Glaze and Nightshade don’t prevent this either.
Found a kakuna at work the other day!
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Found a kakuna at work the other day!
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Fleas Navidad.
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fleas Navidad.
We’re lucky to be on high ground too.
I’d kiss the dirt if it weren’t so full of lead.
I’d kiss the dirt if it weren’t so full of lead.
It's shocking, but also not shocking that major news networks haven't done much reporting on the flooding happening right now in the PNW. We have another massive storm coming tomorrow, so power/drainage issues will only get worse. We're lucky to live in a high ground area.
December 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We’re lucky to be on high ground too.
I’d kiss the dirt if it weren’t so full of lead.
I’d kiss the dirt if it weren’t so full of lead.
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🎨 Paleoart deadline extended! 🎉
We’re happy to announce that the paleoart submission deadline is extended to January 14!
🖌️ You can submit up to 3 artworks (they don’t have to be original or unpublished).
Come share your work with the VCWAP community!
We’re happy to announce that the paleoart submission deadline is extended to January 14!
🖌️ You can submit up to 3 artworks (they don’t have to be original or unpublished).
Come share your work with the VCWAP community!
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🎨 Paleoart deadline extended! 🎉
We’re happy to announce that the paleoart submission deadline is extended to January 14!
🖌️ You can submit up to 3 artworks (they don’t have to be original or unpublished).
Come share your work with the VCWAP community!
We’re happy to announce that the paleoart submission deadline is extended to January 14!
🖌️ You can submit up to 3 artworks (they don’t have to be original or unpublished).
Come share your work with the VCWAP community!
As awful as the news is about Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, I appreciate the majority of news being shared focuses on their accomplishments and the good they did in the world.
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
As awful as the news is about Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, I appreciate the majority of news being shared focuses on their accomplishments and the good they did in the world.
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Folks following the ramblings of Nobody Nursery may know of a recent project I took on, which was to cross-reference roughly 1500 relationships between Washington's native flora and the caterpillars of almost 700 species of butterfly and moth. As I roll this info out . . .
December 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Folks following the ramblings of Nobody Nursery may know of a recent project I took on, which was to cross-reference roughly 1500 relationships between Washington's native flora and the caterpillars of almost 700 species of butterfly and moth. As I roll this info out . . .
LRP: Sucks that my car is in the shop (because people can’t resist smashing into it) but I’m glad to not be driving rn.
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
LRP: Sucks that my car is in the shop (because people can’t resist smashing into it) but I’m glad to not be driving rn.
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Many rivers in Western Washington are forecasted to reach major flooding levels. Please stay alert to warnings from local officials. For example, Skagit County is asking those in low-lying, flood-prone areas to prepare for possible evacuation.
December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Many rivers in Western Washington are forecasted to reach major flooding levels. Please stay alert to warnings from local officials. For example, Skagit County is asking those in low-lying, flood-prone areas to prepare for possible evacuation.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...