Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
It's me, the sea lady.
I study Sexual Selection, Host Sex/Parasite Interactions, and Behavior (also interested in Bio Ed!)
Currently looking for a postdoc position!
Biologist/Photographer/Artist/Jedi/Autistic
https://bfitzwater.wixsite.com/bfitzwater
I study Sexual Selection, Host Sex/Parasite Interactions, and Behavior (also interested in Bio Ed!)
Currently looking for a postdoc position!
Biologist/Photographer/Artist/Jedi/Autistic
https://bfitzwater.wixsite.com/bfitzwater
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Hi, I'm Brooke (she/her)! I'm a recent PhD graduate with research interests in sexual selection, mate choice, host-parasite interactions (especially those involving host sex), and animal behavior. I'm looking for a postdoc position!
I also create short-form videos and I'm a photographer and artist.
I also create short-form videos and I'm a photographer and artist.
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Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
This has been a tough year for early career scientists including grad students.
If you had a professional success this year, no matter how small, share it with us so we can celebrate with you!
🧪
If you had a professional success this year, no matter how small, share it with us so we can celebrate with you!
🧪
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This has been a tough year for early career scientists including grad students.
If you had a professional success this year, no matter how small, share it with us so we can celebrate with you!
🧪
If you had a professional success this year, no matter how small, share it with us so we can celebrate with you!
🧪
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
#sicb2026: @oceanfilly.bsky.social kicks off by asking the hard questions:
Males! What exactly is the point of them?
Males! What exactly is the point of them?
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
#sicb2026: @oceanfilly.bsky.social kicks off by asking the hard questions:
Males! What exactly is the point of them?
Males! What exactly is the point of them?
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
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#SICB2026
What a PAC panel!
@bigbiology.bsky.social
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
@virginiagewin.bsky.social
Sonke Johnsen
talked #podcasting, #YouTube creation , #journalism & #book #writing
What a PAC panel!
@bigbiology.bsky.social
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
@virginiagewin.bsky.social
Sonke Johnsen
talked #podcasting, #YouTube creation , #journalism & #book #writing
January 5, 2026 at 11:57 PM
#SICB2026
What a PAC panel!
@bigbiology.bsky.social
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
@virginiagewin.bsky.social
Sonke Johnsen
talked #podcasting, #YouTube creation , #journalism & #book #writing
What a PAC panel!
@bigbiology.bsky.social
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
@virginiagewin.bsky.social
Sonke Johnsen
talked #podcasting, #YouTube creation , #journalism & #book #writing
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A great turnout for #SICB2026’ s PAC
Multi-#Media Science #Communication Workshop
Sonke Johnsen, book author
@bigbiology.bsky.social ‘s
Lynn Martin and Cameron Ghalambor, podcast co-hosts
Virginia Gewin, #science #journalist
@oceanfilly.bsky.social , Youtube and social media creator
Multi-#Media Science #Communication Workshop
Sonke Johnsen, book author
@bigbiology.bsky.social ‘s
Lynn Martin and Cameron Ghalambor, podcast co-hosts
Virginia Gewin, #science #journalist
@oceanfilly.bsky.social , Youtube and social media creator
January 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
A great turnout for #SICB2026’ s PAC
Multi-#Media Science #Communication Workshop
Sonke Johnsen, book author
@bigbiology.bsky.social ‘s
Lynn Martin and Cameron Ghalambor, podcast co-hosts
Virginia Gewin, #science #journalist
@oceanfilly.bsky.social , Youtube and social media creator
Multi-#Media Science #Communication Workshop
Sonke Johnsen, book author
@bigbiology.bsky.social ‘s
Lynn Martin and Cameron Ghalambor, podcast co-hosts
Virginia Gewin, #science #journalist
@oceanfilly.bsky.social , Youtube and social media creator
I am currently at #SICB2026! I am in the Multimedia Panel tomorrow at 12:15, and will also be presenting my research on Tues. at 11:15, and mine and @taorminalepore.bsky.social's symposium, "Disabled and neurodivergent perception, community, and identity in the biosciences" is Wednesday!
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 AM
I am currently at #SICB2026! I am in the Multimedia Panel tomorrow at 12:15, and will also be presenting my research on Tues. at 11:15, and mine and @taorminalepore.bsky.social's symposium, "Disabled and neurodivergent perception, community, and identity in the biosciences" is Wednesday!
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
It’s happening!!
#SICB2026 Tomorrow, from 8AM to 3:30PM come to C120/121/122 for ✨Sex Across Origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions and developing integrative frameworks.✨
Also! 3 fantastic complimentary sessions Tuesday in B113, with a special focus on education in the morning.
#SICB2026 Tomorrow, from 8AM to 3:30PM come to C120/121/122 for ✨Sex Across Origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions and developing integrative frameworks.✨
Also! 3 fantastic complimentary sessions Tuesday in B113, with a special focus on education in the morning.
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 AM
It’s happening!!
#SICB2026 Tomorrow, from 8AM to 3:30PM come to C120/121/122 for ✨Sex Across Origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions and developing integrative frameworks.✨
Also! 3 fantastic complimentary sessions Tuesday in B113, with a special focus on education in the morning.
#SICB2026 Tomorrow, from 8AM to 3:30PM come to C120/121/122 for ✨Sex Across Origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions and developing integrative frameworks.✨
Also! 3 fantastic complimentary sessions Tuesday in B113, with a special focus on education in the morning.
I saw this being made 👀
Heard from Tanner Mierow at #SICB2026 about the mutualisms between snapping shrimp and gobies.
Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout.
But who asks who out here?
Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.
Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout.
But who asks who out here?
Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I saw this being made 👀
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Brooke is a great scientist and fabulous science communicator and disability advocate. You should hire her.
I am looking for a postdoc position + will be attending #SICB2026! My areas of interest/experience: sexual selection, reproduction, host-parasite interactions, animal behavior, (plus bio ed and disability advocacy in bio). I would be happy to chat with anyone attending who is looking for postdocs!
January 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Brooke is a great scientist and fabulous science communicator and disability advocate. You should hire her.
#SICB2026 Attendees!!!! Are you disabled and/or neurodivergent and looking to build community with other disabled and neurodivergent SICB members? We just moved communities from Slack to Discord! Please come join us here: discord.gg/ewSPqvaDVZ
Join the SICB Disabled and Neurodivergent Community Discord Server!
Check out the SICB Disabled and Neurodivergent Community community on Discord - hang out with 4 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
December 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#SICB2026 Attendees!!!! Are you disabled and/or neurodivergent and looking to build community with other disabled and neurodivergent SICB members? We just moved communities from Slack to Discord! Please come join us here: discord.gg/ewSPqvaDVZ
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
ICB blog
SICB 2026 - Fostering Meaningful Conversations About #Accessibility, Identity, and #Inclusion Within #STEM
by Stephanie Amaya
on s12 for SICB 2026 with
@oceanfilly.bsky.social & @taorminalepore.bsky.social & Kevin Neumann
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/s...
SICB 2026 - Fostering Meaningful Conversations About #Accessibility, Identity, and #Inclusion Within #STEM
by Stephanie Amaya
on s12 for SICB 2026 with
@oceanfilly.bsky.social & @taorminalepore.bsky.social & Kevin Neumann
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/s...
December 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ICB blog
SICB 2026 - Fostering Meaningful Conversations About #Accessibility, Identity, and #Inclusion Within #STEM
by Stephanie Amaya
on s12 for SICB 2026 with
@oceanfilly.bsky.social & @taorminalepore.bsky.social & Kevin Neumann
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/s...
SICB 2026 - Fostering Meaningful Conversations About #Accessibility, Identity, and #Inclusion Within #STEM
by Stephanie Amaya
on s12 for SICB 2026 with
@oceanfilly.bsky.social & @taorminalepore.bsky.social & Kevin Neumann
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/s...
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
Beautifully bedazzled Strawberry Squid! #LetsChangeThat
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Beautifully bedazzled Strawberry Squid! #LetsChangeThat
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
MOM SAYS YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH ME
New at the Kennedy Center: declining to perform may now require a lawyer.
Trump’s Kennedy Center chief threatens jazz musician with $1M suit over canceled Christmas gig
Richard Grenell says they will seek damages for “this political stunt."
www.motherjones.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
MOM SAYS YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH ME
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
Professors are no longer able to teach accurately about gender, or hold students to any standards in their work, because cowardly administrators cave to fascists.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Professors are no longer able to teach accurately about gender, or hold students to any standards in their work, because cowardly administrators cave to fascists.
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
And for anyone who doesn’t know it’s majesty…. youtu.be/ykwqXuMPsoc?...
Narwhals : animated music video : MrWeebl
YouTube video by Weebl's Stuff
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
And for anyone who doesn’t know it’s majesty…. youtu.be/ykwqXuMPsoc?...
Must... resist... Narwhal...song... #LetsChangeThat
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Must... resist... Narwhal...song... #LetsChangeThat
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Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
Christmas Tree Worms are festive all year long! #LetsChangeThat
December 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Christmas Tree Worms are festive all year long! #LetsChangeThat