Sophie W
@biologizing.bsky.social
Thirt(ies) and feeling invert-y 🐙 MSc studying Arctic and North Atlantic deep-sea weirdos ❄️ Ex-professional jellyfish mom ♨️ she/her 🇨🇦
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Sophie W
@biologizing.bsky.social
· Oct 15
Tfw you are a small rock crab and some kind of delicious worm sausage thing is right there but it knows invisible shield magic
I have acquired the best sweaters ever
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I have acquired the best sweaters ever
Mid-festival update: I have tried 6 hot chocolates. I forgot to take pics of the cordyceps spirulina chaga but it was actually pretty good. The strawberry confit is VERY good. The butterscotch caramel orange toffee changed my life and the words to describe how good it was haven't been invented yet
February 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Mid-festival update: I have tried 6 hot chocolates. I forgot to take pics of the cordyceps spirulina chaga but it was actually pretty good. The strawberry confit is VERY good. The butterscotch caramel orange toffee changed my life and the words to describe how good it was haven't been invented yet
I generally am tickled that my cat and I are on the same type of medications daily (for allergies) but now I have strep throat three days after she started antibiotics for a UTI and so I'm also on antibiotics and it's starting to feel like maybe this is actually a weird and specific curse
February 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I generally am tickled that my cat and I are on the same type of medications daily (for allergies) but now I have strep throat three days after she started antibiotics for a UTI and so I'm also on antibiotics and it's starting to feel like maybe this is actually a weird and specific curse
It's the first (annual?) St. John's Hot Chocolate Festival and the only logical thing to do when faced with 18 specialty hot chocolates that you and your friend want to try at various locations around the city is to make a spreadsheet about it
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 PM
It's the first (annual?) St. John's Hot Chocolate Festival and the only logical thing to do when faced with 18 specialty hot chocolates that you and your friend want to try at various locations around the city is to make a spreadsheet about it
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as much as I complain about some scientific names, some of them are very nice. the species name of this jellyfish is "punctata" meaning spotted. that is a good name that soothes me.
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 PM
as much as I complain about some scientific names, some of them are very nice. the species name of this jellyfish is "punctata" meaning spotted. that is a good name that soothes me.
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museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
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How to get into nature.
January 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
How to get into nature.
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fingers crossed please, they said if i can demonstrate a proficient level of foraging over the next few months they will release me back into the wild
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 AM
fingers crossed please, they said if i can demonstrate a proficient level of foraging over the next few months they will release me back into the wild
Helping your biologist friends pack for moving always involves the hard questions, like "can you throw out 1m ill-preserved corals in the regular trash" and "but the city requires only clear trash bags, they're definitely going to see it, what do I do with this rotting coral I need to throw out"
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Helping your biologist friends pack for moving always involves the hard questions, like "can you throw out 1m ill-preserved corals in the regular trash" and "but the city requires only clear trash bags, they're definitely going to see it, what do I do with this rotting coral I need to throw out"
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Yeah I slept like a log, my slowly decaying body provided shelter and sustenance to a wide variety of small invertebrates
January 17, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Yeah I slept like a log, my slowly decaying body provided shelter and sustenance to a wide variety of small invertebrates
At the walk-in clinic today to ask a medical professional to please disassemble my skeleton into its component parts, it would definitely fix my problems, I swear
January 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
At the walk-in clinic today to ask a medical professional to please disassemble my skeleton into its component parts, it would definitely fix my problems, I swear
When two of your friends are both moving off of the island in a few days but there's an orange wind warning during the going away dinner
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
When two of your friends are both moving off of the island in a few days but there's an orange wind warning during the going away dinner
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I'm going to cry over Acromegaloma marine worms. peeky
January 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I'm going to cry over Acromegaloma marine worms. peeky
I can tell that this website is going to be a problem for me and my bank account arcanebullshit.com/products/shr...
January 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I can tell that this website is going to be a problem for me and my bank account arcanebullshit.com/products/shr...
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don't cry ok... tardigrade
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 AM
don't cry ok... tardigrade
I don't have space for the RC rolling pill bug I don't have space for the RC rolling pill bug I DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR THE RC ROLLING PILL BUG
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I don't have space for the RC rolling pill bug I don't have space for the RC rolling pill bug I DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR THE RC ROLLING PILL BUG
Some days you just have to buy a jar of sliced peaches and then devour the entire thing like you just ran away from Camp Green Lake to absolve your no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather you know
January 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Some days you just have to buy a jar of sliced peaches and then devour the entire thing like you just ran away from Camp Green Lake to absolve your no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather you know
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D is for Dichotomosiphon (it's the algae)
January 6, 2026 at 2:33 AM
D is for Dichotomosiphon (it's the algae)
I keep seeing other Canadians posting first-of-the-year skating photos and I'm stuck in an airport waiting to fly home, if I get home before the skating loop near my house closes tonight there's a nonzero chance that I walk in the door and then turn right around and walk out again with my skates
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I keep seeing other Canadians posting first-of-the-year skating photos and I'm stuck in an airport waiting to fly home, if I get home before the skating loop near my house closes tonight there's a nonzero chance that I walk in the door and then turn right around and walk out again with my skates
Went to a fancy restaurant the other night and you know how I know? The bug knives
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Went to a fancy restaurant the other night and you know how I know? The bug knives
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thinking about them 😍 🪶
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 AM
thinking about them 😍 🪶
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Also wow I don't think I've ever cracked the Kindle Top 50 in... anything, LOL. (They have some VERY esoteric categories and still no.) UNTIL NOW!
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is still $1.99 at ebook retailers apparently! :)
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is still $1.99 at ebook retailers apparently! :)
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Also wow I don't think I've ever cracked the Kindle Top 50 in... anything, LOL. (They have some VERY esoteric categories and still no.) UNTIL NOW!
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is still $1.99 at ebook retailers apparently! :)
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is still $1.99 at ebook retailers apparently! :)
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“pivot to video”
no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods
no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods
January 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
“pivot to video”
no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods
no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods
exCUSE ME
The last bombshell paleontology discovery of a year of bombshell discoveries: Ammonites survived the K-PG extinction! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark - Scientific Reports
We provide a reassessment of the hypothesis of ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (Maastrichtian–Danian) boundary, based on new data from the lower Danian Cerithium Limestone Member at ...
www.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
exCUSE ME
I love visiting my hometown and getting to eat poutine 😌
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I love visiting my hometown and getting to eat poutine 😌