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Adi 🍉 @adigoesswimming.bsky.social · 22h

It's @invertebabe.bsky.social's Girls Night T-shirt come to life!!

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 10h

Finally saw a Paxton yard sign. Good to know where the bad part of town is

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 29/09/2026

Trump: I've done a shitty job as president

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Alright, let’s all get on the same page about Vought/NIH/Trump. THEY👏WILL👏STOP👏AT👏NOTHING👏 The goal is to destroy the STEM ecosystem, universities, and democracy as we have known it. PERIOD. The only way to win is to impeach them all…which means we need Congress. HERE’S HOW WE WIN 🧵

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!!

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Okay who’s in NYC for climate week this week ? 🥺

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The pandemic affected me in a way I never would’ve expected A top notch horror movie comes out and I get sad from it because the entire plot line is the lab leak conspiracy Like damn, Raccoon City is really what people tried to convince us would happen with mRNA vaccines 😭

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The One True Kat @theonetruekat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

VP of tadpole shrimping. *trundles along*

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This has quickly become a shrimp fest and listen I GET IT! Really! I fear I cannot make this entirely shrimp. I would be more crazy than I already am. Please, get some worms and bugs in here. Open to freshwater vertebrates…but only if they’re REALLY cool

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What is everyone’s favorite freshwater invertebrate? They’ll be used for a very important project 👀

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/09/2026

Public education is under attack in America. The SUFS America’s Compact for Higher Education is our united response to the Trump administration’s effort to bend the will of America’s higher ed leadership to his authoritarian control. Visit the link to sign your name & share: tr.ee/N87yi5

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I used to meet these oddball aliens snorkelling in Saanich Inlet (I snorkelled, they lived there). The whole thread is great (video at the end of little oddballs hunting!); I love how well their peculiarities are explained in this graphic series, really excellent #scicomm from Meg Mindlin! #inverts

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I say this because previously I saw phd cohorts as big as 20-30 students. These last few years they’ve been reduced to 3-5, or 0. Damn good scientists used to be included with the best & most accomplished. Not so much anymore. If I had just been born a few years earlier… I’d be in no problem

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m not gonna sit here and act like I’m the best & most accomplished scientist. But I am a damn good scientist. A damn good scientist who is actively watching her research career disappear before it really ever got going, all because of this administration & the cuts to funding.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Snail Facts! Get your snail facts heeeeere! Scratch a shell a day for a fact about snails! There's been a lot of talk this week about university and government failure to fund critical institutions. Keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat while having fun learning about snails 🐌 SquidFacts.net

An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When we shame a nonprofit for using an AI poster, we’re also complimenting them when they make it themselves and interacting/sharing that content. We can’t have one without the other. Reward their human-made work 🫶

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Meet a carnivorous sea slug, Melibe leonina or the lions mane nudibranch ✨🧪🐡 🐙 🦑 🧵

Light green graphic featuring an illustration of Melibe leonina, the lions mane nudibranch, with white sparkles surrounding it and text that reads “MEET A CARNIVOROUS SEA SLUG @invertebabe”. Beneath the text is pink and purple eel grass

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...

A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Im having a lot of fun writing and designing these

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/09/2026

Call us optimistic. But firing countless numbers of scientists from federal offices and gutting their funding was probably not the smartest move when you need to monitor food safety. #health #cyclospora #politics #americanpolitics #rfkjr

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alright everybody, time to text the teachers in your life. The fall semester is open at SkypeAScientist and we are ready to match classrooms, scout troops, library groups, and more with scientists! Tell the educators in your life, and send them to SkypeAScientist.com

A frog uses its comically long tongue to catch a fleeing fly and the words say “send this to a teacher” pointing right. Then under the tongue it says “Skype a scientist matches classrooms with scientists for free Q&As” and there’s a little pond scene with lily pads and spatterdock flowers and a rock with a snail on it and a salamander with the words get a match at Skype scientist.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Every year my SICB abstract sounds more apocalyptic, and my plea for scientists to join me in engaging sounds more desperate 😬 2016: "Huh! People seem like they don't trust scientists like they used to!" 2026 "The animals are dying and the people are husks. Join me or surely we will all shall die"

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Personally loved learning about Ras to make this!! And we had GREAT timing as the FDA just approved a Ras-targeted drug for pancreatic cancer YESTERDAY

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One of my favorite pieces I’ve made for SUFS! Check it out and the work I’ve been doing 😛

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 25/08/2026

Hear ye, hear ye ‼️🗣️ Congressional recess used to be prime time to hold a town hall, and yet so many constitutes have not held them and have not made your concerns heard. What are we to do?🧪🧵 #news #politics #democracy #politicstoday #standupforscience

Collage graphic, with a torn piece of paper on top, held on by tape, that reads "What to do when your representatives won't listen to your concerns"

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John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If you see this, post your marine-themed art! 🦑

Four panel comic depicting a striped squid, who says: "I lie in wait beneath the sand... I come out at night to stalk my prey... My name strikes terror in the heart of every sea creature! Striped pyjama squid!" A larger nearby fish is unimpressed, saying, "Um, no."

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In my latest newsletter: octopuses are weird down to their molecules (shoutout to top-notch coverage of this research by @invertebabe.bsky.social!) along with photos from recent events and survey results that absolutely WILL NOT shock you. buttondown.com/dannastaaf/a...

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The OctoPost: Mutations and Survey Results

Cephalopod News So, octopuses are fantastically weird on every level: external anatomy (suction cups and changing colors), internal anatomy (three hearts and...

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Octopuses just paved a new path for biomedical innovations… let me explain 🧪🧬🐙🐡🦑🧵

OCTOPUSES
JUST PAVED
A NEW PATH FOR
BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS
Featuring my illustration of the lesser pacific striped octopus
@invertebabe

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Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Brilliant clear thread on wacko octopus ribosomes.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Klara and the sun movie adaptation has me genuinely ecstatic

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Ellie wants to ride her bike @brynstar7.xyz · 29/07/2026

Finally, some good news!

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Octopuses just paved a new path for biomedical innovations… let me explain 🧪🧬🐙🐡🦑🧵

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I am beyond excited to share that our paper, "Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces" has been published! A 🧵incoming because this paper is so special to me and the co-authors. doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

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Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces

Abstract. Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in

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Nicholas Bellono @nbellono.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Wonderful illustrations and description of work from Rishav et al - out today! www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New research just dropped today that makes octopuses even weirder than they already are… let me explain🧵🧪🐙🐡🦑

OCTOPUSES JUST GOT WEIRDER
Featuring an illustration of a two spot octopus with a blue and purple ribosome behind it

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

victory lapping on this one

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JA Fields | NonCompliantCyborg @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So excited to announce the return of the pop-up aquarium in downtown Anacortes! Please help us get the word out! Free Aquarium Sunday, July 26th 12-4 PM The Patio at Dockside Dogs 501 Commercial Ave Anacortes, WA Illustration by @invertebabe.bsky.social 🐙🦑

A blue and white poster featuring a vivid illustration of a giant pacific octopus talking. It says Third Annual Pop-Up Aquarium Sunday July 26th 12 PM to 4 PM The Patio at Dockside Dogs 501 Commercial Ave Anacortes WA Free hosted by Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory illustration by Meg Mindlin

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The 2026 United States of Science Challenge starts NOW! Each bubble represents classrooms we’ve matched with scientists this year. This a competition to fill bubbles with $10 donations to support @skypeascientist.bsky.social The first region to fill all bubbles wins. 👇🏻 givebutter.com/USS2026

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United States of Science 2026

By Skype a Scientist

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!

THE ONLY
INDEPENDENCE DAY
I KNOW IS THE
1996 FILM DIRECTED BY ROLAN EMMERICH THAT STARS WILL SMITH, BILL PULLMAN, AND JEFF GOLDBLUM with the film cover of a spaceship destroying a white building

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

ALERT #SICB members The Office of Management and Budget (#OMB) www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... The public comment period closes July 13, 2026. Submit your comment directly www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... Strong, individualized comments carry far more weight than form letters.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The photo i took of my parents vs the one they took of me 🥲

Photo of a man and woman sitting on an old tree that is sitting on a shoreline. They look adorable and the photo is very well framed

Photo of a man and woman sitting on a tree that is sitting on a shoreline. The photo is poorly framed and out of focus.

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surli @surli.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I also think it's so important how rich a history scientific illustration has of being an intrinsic part of science communication! AI illustrations lack the accuracy of an attentive human illustrator, which is really crucial when you get down to the species level.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I didnt mention BioRender and BioArt in this and really should have!! Some people also are commenting Canva is full of AI and I’ve only noticed that in the editing tools. I havent seen AI created graphics. I also think AI editing tools is a separate conversation from actually making graphics.

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Punished Cat Guy (aka Johnny Bag o’ Snails) @majima.club · 22/06/2026

Listen to Meg. And this isopod. They never lie, it’s in their DNA

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surli @surli.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

art and science have been strengthening each other since the beginning and AI destroys that partnership and proliferates inaccuracy

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A conversation science communicators need to have about AI art 🧪🐙🐡🧵

WHY THIS ARGUMENT IS FULL OF CRAP
"Al graphics allow me to communicate science to people who may never get to interact with a scientist"
A CONVERSATION
SCIENCE
COMMUNICATORS
NEED TO HAVE
@invertebabe

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 20/06/2026

Are we celebrating horseshoe crabs today? Here's a stylized drawing I did a while back. Wanted to show off their undersides. We often used to find them upside-down on the beach growing up and we would turn them over and wish them good fortune 🦀

Digital drawing of 3 horseshoe crabs. 2 are right side up and one is upside down showing off its legs. The abstract background in tan and blue suggests a beach with the tide coming in.

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