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Nonbinary by birth (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Aquatic ecologist by profession 🐟🐠🐡 Kind by choice Fisheries, human impacts, sustainability, all things water Currently studying how environmental stressors affect aquatic-terrestrial linkages in Germany 🇩🇪

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This fish has cloned itself for 100,000 years. Scientists just figured out how. Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would otherwise plague a self-cloning species. 🧪 🦑 🌍️ 🐟️
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This fish has cloned itself for 100,000 years. Scientists just figured out how.
Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would otherwise plague a self-cloning species.
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
That's a wrap on 2025's #25DaysofFishmas - the 10th year of #Fishmas silliness! Thanks to everyone who has followed along as we explored some of the amazing fish that call the US home. From Atlantic to Pacific, there's a lot worth protecting - wishing everyone peace and renewal of hope for 2026.
All of the fish species featured during the 2025 #25DaysofFishmas
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
From a serious-looking sculpin to the Arctic's only air-breathing fish, the Northwest leg of the #25DaysofFishmas road trip was full of surprises! Our trip's almost done, but not without a final stop in the Northeast + #GreatLakes region - because there's no place like H.O.M.E.S. for the holidays!
A map of the United States with the different fish species that have been featured during this year's #25DaysofFishmas event
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
To this day, I've never found anything more spiritual than a river
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
If a “little toy doll(y) that toddles and coos” is on your list, Salmonid Claus is definitely going to deliver on Day 21 of #25DaysofFishmas! We end the northwest leg of our road trip with the Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), a brightly colored fish + this week’s #SundayFishSketch mystery species!
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Dolly Varden trout on December 21
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Today is Sunday AND the winter solstice AND we were gifted with a beautiful day and bright blue sky. Can't waste the gift!
Look at that bright blue sky here in Shiller Park! Do we take left path or the right?This holly tree is really showing off for winter. Dark green leaves and bright red berries, a perfect comboA stone, a pair of trees, and the sun. What more could you possibly need?Cheetah spotting in Landau. He walking along the fence on the right side of the picture. His back is to me and he's looking off to the right where a worker is doing some maintenance
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Sometimes when I'm shopping here in Germany I see things that I just can't pass up
The orange bag pictured is chocolate-covered peanuts and corn flakes (Treets brand) and there is a green and white bag of lays chips that are subway teriyaki chicken flavored
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Day 19’s #25DaysofFishmas feature wouldn’t feel out of place at Santa’s Workshop! ❄️ We trade a our road-trip car for a seaplane and head north - very north - to Alaska and the Alaska Blackfish (Dallia pectoralis), a tough-as-ice fish that breathes air and has been described as “a bulldog with fins”
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Alaska Blackfish on December 19
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I have so much willpower and self control in all areas of my life. Until the very moment I lay eyes on a pretty plant or a bookstore Oh well! Worst comes to worst, someone gets some free plants in 3 years. The books I'll ship
And orchid with beautiful, delicate yellow and maroon flowers and wrapped in Christmas themed paper. Who could possibly resist?
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
When it comes to fish with unfortunate names, the chubsucker really got screwed. So for this #FishOfTheWeek let's learn enough for them to redeem themselves. There are 4 species of chubsucker, all belonging to the Erimyzon genus. And if you think their genus name saves them, you're wrong 1/7
A pair of lake chubsuckers. They're an overall golden color with slightly elongated fins. Their bodies are short and stout, especially compared to other sucker species
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This week's #SundayFishSketch - #25DaysofFishmas mystery fish is a bit of a tough one, so one more clue: males and females of this species form monogamous pairs before spawning, and both provide parental care for their eggs/young
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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
taxonomy 101: whales are not fish taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals taxonomy 301: whales are fish
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
If you can think of a better fish for Day 8 of #25DaysofFishmas, let minnow! Westward ho, we go on our #Fishmas road trip to the canyon rivers of the Intermountain West, home of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), a minnow who's no small fry - meet the largest minnow in North America!
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Colorado Pikeminnow on December 8
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Jaida Elcock @sofishtication.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Ever heard of adaptive radiation? If not, cichlids are a great introduction! Happy Fishmas day 37!
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
When we think about fish large enough to attack people, sharks are usually what comes to mind. However, there is one fish in the ocean that even most sharks would choose to leave alone. And that is the goliath grouper, a fitting choice for #FishOfTheWeek 1/6
A goliath grouper with a diver swimming behind it, highlighting the massive size these fish can reach
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Made a Bluesky feed to keep up on all things #25DaysofFishmas this year! The more fishmas-es, the merrier - just use #25DaysofFishmas hashtag to be included! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
This singing moose head hung over the stand selling glühwein and one of my friends loved it. I just kept thinking of Billy Bass...
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The Christmas market opened on Thursday so naturally we had to go last night and enjoy it. A few glasses of glühwein and I mind the crowds a whole lot less
A Christmas tree and the statue in the square has a Santa hat, with stands and people surrounding themSalmon cooking over flame for the tastiest salmon sandwiches I've ever hadGlühwein, which translates to glow-wine, because that's how you feel after drinking a hot glass in the December coldThis singing moose head hung over the stand selling glühwein and one of my friends loved it. I just kept thinking of Billy Bass...
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
When it comes to remaining unseen, there are many animals with insanely good camouflage. But fish really take camouflage to every extreme. For this #FishOfTheWeek, let's look at fishes power of invisibility 1/6
Glass catfish are a species of freshwater catfish that is nearly clear. Their skull is the most visible part of their body and the rest just kind of blends into the background
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
It decided to snow a bit this morning and we rescued a poor hedgehog that got caught out in it instead of safely hibernating. He was taken to a wildlife rehab where they'll help him to gain some weight and be properly prepared for winter
A trail through a park with a light covering of snow on all the trees and bushesA hedgehog curled up in a box before being transported to the wildlife rehab
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Today is World Fisheries Day, so for #FishOfTheWeek let's talk about a fisheries issue that is becoming more and more common, reductions in size of fishes due to fishing pressure. This may seem like a small issue but is in fact a major problem for many reasons 1/5
A large Atlantic Giant Grouper. Grouper are at risk of size reductions due to overfishing
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It's time for #FishOfTheWeek and today I want to talk about a really cool fish that has become much maligned (not without reason) in North America. That's right, today we're gonna talk about the so-called Frankenfish. The snakehead 1/7
A beautiful snakehead with a reddish-brown body and bright yellow, blue and turquoise fins. His cheeks are also brightly colored
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I didn't get to do #FishOfTheWeek last week because I was in Poland for field work, but it's gar week this week so of course I have to talk about one of my all-time favorite fishes. And there's a lot know, so get ready to learn something new 1/8
A whole group of gar swimming together. They appear to be longnose gar, with long, skinny snouts and a single row of large spots down their sides. They are likely coming together to spawn
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Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 06/11/2025
Mogwai intensifies
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a bunch of stuffed animals are sitting in a case
Alt: Five mogwai going hyper nuts in Gizmo’s box
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Just continuing my record of always living in a town with a river. This one is smaller than others, but still just as pretty
A stream running through town. There are retaining walls on each side of it but becomes a bit less channelized as it moves away from the viewpoint of the camera. Trees with pretty golden leaves overhang the banks
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We also got to see the ruins of an old castle today, though sadly we didn't get to go inside
The ruins of a castle, partially carved into a rock structure, and partially built from stoneA side door leading into the castleThe back side of the castle, with birch trees growing in front of it
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Today we got to see a massive rock structure with Neolithic age tool marks! The rock structure was so big you almost can't see me in the pics!
A giant limestone rock structure with a keyhole at the top rightA crack in the rock big enough to walk throughThe entire rock structure. Enormous and beautiful A bike and hiking trail winding through beautiful autumn foliage
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Potato and leek soup, pumpkin gnocchi with chorizo, and house lemonade that tasted like if mulled cider was lemonade instead? And all for $9? And a tasty little berry cake from a 24 hour bakery for dessert? Yea, I had a delicious lunch today
A plate of gnocchi in pumpkin sauce, with chorizo, grated parmesan and cherry tomatoesA little round cake topped with berries and crunchy crumble
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Tried some Polish treats today. Apple and chokeberry shortbread cookies and chocolate covered chokeberries. Delicious!
The cookies on the left look similar to fig newtons, but they're crunchy and filled with apple and chokeberry instead of figs. The bag of chocolate covered chokeberries is on the right
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Got to see some neat rock structures and a gorgeous view today. Poland is a beautiful country and I'm glad we got to see it in all its autumn glory
A limestone rock structure sticking out of a hillside. A couple really big limestone boulders leaning against each otherThe view from the top of the hill. You can see rocks in the foreground, a town in the middle distance, and colorful forest everywhere else The other side of the view. Colorful forest as far as the eye can see
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Did you know Poland has an accidental desert? This land was cleared in the 13th century for mining, and the underlying geology has since prevented the regrowth of the forest!
A view from a lookout of a forest with a big desert in the middle of it where nothing more than a few small shrubs are growing
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We got to see a 13th century castle today!
The ruins of a castle. There are 3 floors and the top 2 have largely collapsedCloseup of the castle showing the stone and brickThe side, showing two chimneysThe old door with a bridge over what used to be a moat
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The national park here in Poland is so pretty I didn't want to leave it!
A tall limestone rock face, jutting over the roadAnother rockface on a hillslopeA big, glorious fernA pine forest with a tree with a wonky trunk
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I'm in Poland for field work, but can I join the frog worship circle instead?
A silver circle stands in a flower bed, which is circled by big, green frog statues and a few benches. I don't know what they're worshipping, but it looks like fun
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This is the most German thing I've seen on this app yet 🤣🤣
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It's Friday, which means it's time for another #FishOfTheWeek! And today we're actually gonna talk about plankton. When most people think of plankton they think of algae, maybe bacteria. But plankton can be any organism unable to control their own movement in water (or air) 1/8
A micrograph image of plankton. There are protists, algae, crustaceans, and others in this mix
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
A reminder to all scientists & data viz people 🧪: It's Spooky Science Time. Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
Stolen from the Internet, a cartoon:
A "normal distribution" showing the standard bell-shaped curve with x-axis ticks.
Then below it a ghost-in-a-sheet hovers above a ticked x-axis below which is labeled "paranormal distribution"
The joke is that this kind of ghost is vaguely bell-shaped.
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I've never seen Marktstraße so empty at 9:30 in the morning (except on Sundays). The rain really made everyone decide to stay home today
A picture looking down Marktstraße towards the square, the main shopping street in Landau. It's rainy and dark and there's almost no one else around
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
One of the things I'm enjoying most about Germany is the bread. I love that I can walk in and get a delicious loaf of fresh baked bread and pretzels. And it only cost me 2 euros! Americans are getting shafted on food prices
A loaf of bread coated in sunflower seeds and 2 pretzels, both in paper bags, fresh from the store
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
#Inktober2025 Day 17: Ornate The Japanese white-spotted pufferfish creates elaborate geometric circles in the sand. This "sand art" is thought to attract females, making his work truly a labor of love. #Inktober
A pufferfish admires his carefully crafted sand art while he waits for a female to come along and be dazzled
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I forgot to post a #FishOfTheWeek yesterday because I was enjoying the new wine festival, but I've got a great one to make up for it. Meet the longest fish in the world at up to 30 feet long, the giant oarfish. This fish inhabits the least explored part of our world, and we know little about it 1/5
A split image of oarfish. The top is an old photo of an oarfish that washed ashore being held by at least 16 men, illustrating its length. The bottom image is an artistic rendering of what this fish looks like. It is long with a silvery body and dark speckles. It has a bright red dorsal fin that runs its entire length and has long, extended rays at the head and on the pelvic fins
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Tonight was the start of the federweisser festival in Landau. When you're the number 1 wine region in the country of course you have to celebrate all the new wines made this summer. Obviously, I got a glass of federwisser and some kartoffelpuffer and applesauce is a perfect dinner
A half liter glass of federweisser, or new wine. A wine just made this summer. It tastes more like juice but still has enough alcohol to get you tipsy. This red was fruity, bold, and deliciousThree kartoffelpuffer (potato pancakes) and a dish of Applesauce for dinner. The perfect complement with my wineThe square lit up and filled with vendors. The tents have different colored lights underneath them and you can see one of the old buildings at the edge of the square in the background
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/10/2025
The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78. Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
You don't have to read the classics to find good, profound literature, and not all of the classics are good or profound Shakespeare is just dirty jokes, and one of the most important reading experiences I've ever had came from a fantasy novel
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
And honestly, the thing that maybe impresses me the most is the trash sorting. Everything is sorted so it can then be recycled or composted. A much better system than most US towns
A figure for incoming international students explaining how to properly sort trash into the correct bins. There are separate bins for plastic and aluminum, paper, glass, and biowaste like food scraps. Every grocery market here also has a bottle return where you can return plastic bottles for recycling and get money back for it
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I've been living in Germany for a month, so here's a non-exhaustive list of things I think should exist everywhere: 1) clear vegan and vegetarian labels for foods 2) easy-to-understand nutrition scores 3) toiletries designed to not disrupt your skin microbiome 4) loops on towels for easy hanging
Clear labels for vegan and vegetarian foods. It's a yellow circle with a green plant and says VEGAN or VEGETARIAN under the labelGraded nutrition scores. A scale from A to E, with A being the most nutritional and E the leastBeauty and toiletry products designed to not disrupt your skin microbiome. This lotion bottle is labeled that it doesn't have microplastics, is microbiome friendly, the bottle is made from recycled material, and other things you might consider importantTowels have sewn-in loops to make hanging easy. Why does this not exist in the US?
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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Bumping to the Fishes! and Science feeds🐟🧪
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I think we all know by now that deep sea fish hold the patent on weird. But for this #FishOfTheWeek let's talk about some deep sea fish that decided they needed weird eyes, of all things. The binocular fish is quite appropriately named 1/3
A face-on view of a binocular fish. It looks terrified except its many needle-sharp teeth assure you its doing the terrifying
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Lee = MS squared 🐟🌊🏳️‍⚧️ @aquaticenby.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I just love a pretty otolith
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