Meg Mindlin
@invertebabe.bsky.social
Molecular Biologist studying cephalopods and their RNA 🐙🧬🦑 Illustrator, photographer, science communicator ✨
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Meg Mindlin
@invertebabe.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Officially re-opened my store! Find tons of cephalopod goods and more 🥳 Including all my latest illustrations in print and sticker form!
Shop now at megmindlin.com
Shop now at megmindlin.com
Yes I am the person who watches terrible dubbed anime because series are best watched while multitasking
January 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Yes I am the person who watches terrible dubbed anime because series are best watched while multitasking
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Stream starting soon! I'll be talking about salamanders, kleptogenesis, and mostly doodling salamanders who find themselves in Challengersy situations out in the forests of North America.
www.twitch.tv/sarahmackatt...
www.twitch.tv/sarahmackatt...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
December 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Stream starting soon! I'll be talking about salamanders, kleptogenesis, and mostly doodling salamanders who find themselves in Challengersy situations out in the forests of North America.
www.twitch.tv/sarahmackatt...
www.twitch.tv/sarahmackatt...
Ya know life sucks but rn there’s scientists out there discovering how male bark spiders preform oral sex to increase their chances of surviving mating and that is the good in this world.
December 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ya know life sucks but rn there’s scientists out there discovering how male bark spiders preform oral sex to increase their chances of surviving mating and that is the good in this world.
Getting my very first grey hairs in 2025 speaks volumes for how this year was for me 😭
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Getting my very first grey hairs in 2025 speaks volumes for how this year was for me 😭
Manifesting a photo of me in a real submersible one day
December 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Manifesting a photo of me in a real submersible one day
Driver who is a dick? Roll down your window, give them a thumbs down, and boo loudly. Works great. Feels great. Secured the parking spot i waited forever for that some man tried to steal. Now I’m feeling yarn in peace. Great day.
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Driver who is a dick? Roll down your window, give them a thumbs down, and boo loudly. Works great. Feels great. Secured the parking spot i waited forever for that some man tried to steal. Now I’m feeling yarn in peace. Great day.
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
What i didn’t expect dating a zookeeper is how often coworker hangs involve conversational strategy on how to pimp out birds successfully
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
What i didn’t expect dating a zookeeper is how often coworker hangs involve conversational strategy on how to pimp out birds successfully
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I am still actively looking for postdoc positions — please lmk if you (or your friends and colleagues) need a hardworking postdoc with field, lab, and bioinformatic skills!
I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.
I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.
Successfully added a few letters to my name last month!!! Truly could not have done this with our villages upon villages 🫶🏼
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I am still actively looking for postdoc positions — please lmk if you (or your friends and colleagues) need a hardworking postdoc with field, lab, and bioinformatic skills!
I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.
I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars(wars nor trek), LOTR, or marvel, Disney animated or pixar
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars(wars nor trek), LOTR, or marvel, Disney animated or pixar
Ive been slowly converting my partner into having my music taste, and the other day he came home asking if I knew who “You Blew It!” was because he just found them and loves them.
I could not be more giddy
I could not be more giddy
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ive been slowly converting my partner into having my music taste, and the other day he came home asking if I knew who “You Blew It!” was because he just found them and loves them.
I could not be more giddy
I could not be more giddy
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4 years of #invertober #SciArt goobers
you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year
#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year
#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
4 years of #invertober #SciArt goobers
you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year
#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year
#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
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Hey, what are you gonna get for the office secret Santa?
For your mother in law who loves her bird feeder?
For your niece who loves whales?
For your dad who literally has no hobbies and you’re like “shit wtf do I get this guy”?
Get a love notes from nature calendar!
squidfacts.net
For your mother in law who loves her bird feeder?
For your niece who loves whales?
For your dad who literally has no hobbies and you’re like “shit wtf do I get this guy”?
Get a love notes from nature calendar!
squidfacts.net
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hey, what are you gonna get for the office secret Santa?
For your mother in law who loves her bird feeder?
For your niece who loves whales?
For your dad who literally has no hobbies and you’re like “shit wtf do I get this guy”?
Get a love notes from nature calendar!
squidfacts.net
For your mother in law who loves her bird feeder?
For your niece who loves whales?
For your dad who literally has no hobbies and you’re like “shit wtf do I get this guy”?
Get a love notes from nature calendar!
squidfacts.net
I do love how many mutuals put my store on their holiday gift lists this year but it has so far concluded in exactly 0 people buying things from my store lmaoo
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I do love how many mutuals put my store on their holiday gift lists this year but it has so far concluded in exactly 0 people buying things from my store lmaoo
Today is “Meg is a big buffoon” day
- I submitted a PhD app with the preferred faculty being a professor from another university
- I confused filipino for gibberish in this post below
Great day for me. I think I will be going to bed very early
- I submitted a PhD app with the preferred faculty being a professor from another university
- I confused filipino for gibberish in this post below
Great day for me. I think I will be going to bed very early
All I wanted to know was what the reproductive organ in bobtail squid is called, and instead I broke google AI
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Today is “Meg is a big buffoon” day
- I submitted a PhD app with the preferred faculty being a professor from another university
- I confused filipino for gibberish in this post below
Great day for me. I think I will be going to bed very early
- I submitted a PhD app with the preferred faculty being a professor from another university
- I confused filipino for gibberish in this post below
Great day for me. I think I will be going to bed very early
All I wanted to know was what the reproductive organ in bobtail squid is called, and instead I broke google AI
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
All I wanted to know was what the reproductive organ in bobtail squid is called, and instead I broke google AI
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Don’t forget about the #FindThatLizard Scholarship!! Please share
#science #scholarship #funding #herps #HERpers #lizards #snakes #frogs #salamanders #game #challenge #education
#science #scholarship #funding #herps #HERpers #lizards #snakes #frogs #salamanders #game #challenge #education
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Don’t forget about the #FindThatLizard Scholarship!! Please share
#science #scholarship #funding #herps #HERpers #lizards #snakes #frogs #salamanders #game #challenge #education
#science #scholarship #funding #herps #HERpers #lizards #snakes #frogs #salamanders #game #challenge #education
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Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...
SquidFacts.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy consumerism bonanza day!
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!
Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.
Artists, drop your shops!
For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
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The #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program has almost an equal number of applicants for mentees and mentors!
Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program has almost an equal number of applicants for mentees and mentors!
Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
Sincerely thankful for my partner’s sisters because he came into my life pre-equipped with a love of gilmore girls. Nothing better than
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Sincerely thankful for my partner’s sisters because he came into my life pre-equipped with a love of gilmore girls. Nothing better than
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☀️ Wall Scrolls Now Available! ☀️
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
☀️ Wall Scrolls Now Available! ☀️
- raised as an artist, made some money, hated making art for others & lost my passion
- followed a whim & pursued making ocean documentaries w/ a marine bio degree
- research writing course my first year introduced me to rna editing in 🐙
- entire life plan out the window to follow my curiosity
- now
- followed a whim & pursued making ocean documentaries w/ a marine bio degree
- research writing course my first year introduced me to rna editing in 🐙
- entire life plan out the window to follow my curiosity
- now
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
- raised as an artist, made some money, hated making art for others & lost my passion
- followed a whim & pursued making ocean documentaries w/ a marine bio degree
- research writing course my first year introduced me to rna editing in 🐙
- entire life plan out the window to follow my curiosity
- now
- followed a whim & pursued making ocean documentaries w/ a marine bio degree
- research writing course my first year introduced me to rna editing in 🐙
- entire life plan out the window to follow my curiosity
- now
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Have you ever heard of an allonautilus? The fuzzy sea peach at the top of my oil painting is the extremely rare allonautlius. Its only been documented in the wild a couple of times.
*more in comments*
#nautilus #allonautilus #marinelife #cephalopods #wildlifeart #oilpainting 🐡 🦑 #deepseamining
*more in comments*
#nautilus #allonautilus #marinelife #cephalopods #wildlifeart #oilpainting 🐡 🦑 #deepseamining
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Have you ever heard of an allonautilus? The fuzzy sea peach at the top of my oil painting is the extremely rare allonautlius. Its only been documented in the wild a couple of times.
*more in comments*
#nautilus #allonautilus #marinelife #cephalopods #wildlifeart #oilpainting 🐡 🦑 #deepseamining
*more in comments*
#nautilus #allonautilus #marinelife #cephalopods #wildlifeart #oilpainting 🐡 🦑 #deepseamining
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November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM