Petra Korlević
@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
Geneticist working on malaria mosquitoes, I also doodle bugs 🦟
Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, opinions are my own
🇭🇷 expat in 🇬🇧
Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, opinions are my own
🇭🇷 expat in 🇬🇧
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Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟
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i know several of you here also had "fun" encounters with dicky dawks on science twitter. this is getting hilarious how pathetic he is.
Okay, you guys wanted some fun tea on Richard Dawkins? Here you go: one reason he may have gotten super duper angry about me talking about misogyny in atheism
skepchick.org/2026/02/epst...
skepchick.org/2026/02/epst...
Epstein Files Reveal How Pathetic Richard Dawkins & Other Men Are
Transcript: Well, it happened again. I’m mentioned in the Epstein files. Again. You probably saw my first video on this topic and you came away thinking that I’ve spent the past decade being as awe…
skepchick.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
i know several of you here also had "fun" encounters with dicky dawks on science twitter. this is getting hilarious how pathetic he is.
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Life continues for the majority of the planet that did not invest in Bitcoin, including these Tetramorium lucayanum ants.
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Life continues for the majority of the planet that did not invest in Bitcoin, including these Tetramorium lucayanum ants.
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My new response for anytime someone answers with any chatbot garbage.
why would the chatbot made by a guy in the epstein files lie ryan?
February 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
My new response for anytime someone answers with any chatbot garbage.
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One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
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When my son was a baby we would go on a daily walk in the woods. Every morning, Lando (the neighbourhood cat who adopted us) would wait outside the house to join us. It became our little tradition.
Those moments felt so special, I decided to turn them into a painting 💚
Those moments felt so special, I decided to turn them into a painting 💚
February 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
When my son was a baby we would go on a daily walk in the woods. Every morning, Lando (the neighbourhood cat who adopted us) would wait outside the house to join us. It became our little tradition.
Those moments felt so special, I decided to turn them into a painting 💚
Those moments felt so special, I decided to turn them into a painting 💚
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I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
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secret ending: it was owls doing aerobics all along!
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
secret ending: it was owls doing aerobics all along!
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Potato has no rizz, infinite negative aura points
February 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Potato has no rizz, infinite negative aura points
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sending some mozzmeme stickers to a bunch of lovely Manchester students that contacted me for a Uni group project
if you have mosquito (or mosquito art) questions feel free to ping me! I love to chat science
if you have mosquito (or mosquito art) questions feel free to ping me! I love to chat science
February 2, 2026 at 3:20 PM
sending some mozzmeme stickers to a bunch of lovely Manchester students that contacted me for a Uni group project
if you have mosquito (or mosquito art) questions feel free to ping me! I love to chat science
if you have mosquito (or mosquito art) questions feel free to ping me! I love to chat science
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here we are peeps, 32 birbs #Birbfest2026
more or less got them all under 20min, with a few more shimmery poofy ones taking an extra few minutes
my fav is still that silly horizontal nuthatch
#SciArt #birds 🪶
more or less got them all under 20min, with a few more shimmery poofy ones taking an extra few minutes
my fav is still that silly horizontal nuthatch
#SciArt #birds 🪶
January 31, 2026 at 1:37 PM
here we are peeps, 32 birbs #Birbfest2026
more or less got them all under 20min, with a few more shimmery poofy ones taking an extra few minutes
my fav is still that silly horizontal nuthatch
#SciArt #birds 🪶
more or less got them all under 20min, with a few more shimmery poofy ones taking an extra few minutes
my fav is still that silly horizontal nuthatch
#SciArt #birds 🪶
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Who is this *we* you are all talking about, I'm not in there
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Who is this *we* you are all talking about, I'm not in there
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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Artists, quote with your most detailed art.
6 months of absolute tedium, this one.
6 months of absolute tedium, this one.
February 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Artists, quote with your most detailed art.
6 months of absolute tedium, this one.
6 months of absolute tedium, this one.
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Name them
shame them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Name them
shame them
shame them
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Four of my 'deep peace' paintings.
The animals are painted in watercolours.
The gold is Schmincke Aqua Bronze. This can be tricky to work with but really elevates everything.
Words from the Gaelic Blessing.
The animals are painted in watercolours.
The gold is Schmincke Aqua Bronze. This can be tricky to work with but really elevates everything.
Words from the Gaelic Blessing.
February 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Four of my 'deep peace' paintings.
The animals are painted in watercolours.
The gold is Schmincke Aqua Bronze. This can be tricky to work with but really elevates everything.
Words from the Gaelic Blessing.
The animals are painted in watercolours.
The gold is Schmincke Aqua Bronze. This can be tricky to work with but really elevates everything.
Words from the Gaelic Blessing.
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They're a requirement
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
They're a requirement
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economists ran the numbers and, uh, it's bad!
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
economists ran the numbers and, uh, it's bad!
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British coastal birds garlands! Soon to be landing on the shop.
#britishcoastalbirds #birds #puffin #plover #tern #gull #curlew #turnstone #garland
#britishcoastalbirds #birds #puffin #plover #tern #gull #curlew #turnstone #garland
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
British coastal birds garlands! Soon to be landing on the shop.
#britishcoastalbirds #birds #puffin #plover #tern #gull #curlew #turnstone #garland
#britishcoastalbirds #birds #puffin #plover #tern #gull #curlew #turnstone #garland
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the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.
DiChristina also invited Epstein to attend an editorial meeting for the Scientific American, where she worked as editor-in-chief.
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
Correspondence from 2010 also showed DiChristina on a guest list for a meeting on “the islands,” though it was not immediately clear what Epstein meant by “islands.”
BU COM dean corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015, files show
Mariette DiChristina, dean of Boston University’s College of Communication, corresponded extensively with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and 2015. The two set up a one-on-one meeting, had “phone dates” and D...
dailyfreepress.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
the number of academics who were in touch with Epstein really puts the (elite) backlash to Title IX's enforcement against sexual violence into perspective.
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#flybuary day 4! promachus yesonicus is called シオヤアブ (shioyaabu, salt peddler "horsefly") in japanese because of the male's white tail. promachus are huge robber flies and are one of the few genera of asilids that lay frothy white egg masses. buy his salt or else.
#invertebrates #sciart
#invertebrates #sciart
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 AM
#flybuary day 4! promachus yesonicus is called シオヤアブ (shioyaabu, salt peddler "horsefly") in japanese because of the male's white tail. promachus are huge robber flies and are one of the few genera of asilids that lay frothy white egg masses. buy his salt or else.
#invertebrates #sciart
#invertebrates #sciart
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These are the paleobirds I did for Scientific American last year! #FossilFriday 🪶🧪🐡
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
These are the paleobirds I did for Scientific American last year! #FossilFriday 🪶🧪🐡