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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Fossil Friday! Finally completed my interpretation of Meganeuropsis permiana. It’s pretty much full size, but head is too big (not sure how this happened). Will probably use this in my classroom to amaze and delight my students. #meganeura #carboniferous #SciArt #PaleoArt #crochet

Life-sized crocheted Meganeuropsis permiana (ancient and huge griffenfly). Wingspan is about 28 inches. Crocheted in purples, greens, and a bit of fluorescent red. There are beaded details. The big bug is perched atop an Eiffel Tower-shaped lamp. Also shown is an Olympus Mons tissue box. On the wall is a crocheted tree of life.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Saw a bunch of cool wiggly clam worms in the shallow waters around City Island yesterday. Seagulls were feasting on them. Wikipedia says early spring is mating season and they develop the ability to swim. Fun to see, but they look like a Klingon delicacy. #invertebrate #clamworm

Clam worm with many wiggly legs in shallow water at the beach. The worm is dark colored.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Blizzard time in NYC! The wet snow is sticking to horizontal AND vertical surfaces ☃️

Nighttime picture of a blizzard. Photo was taken from indoors, so there is a faint image of a fly screen through which we see a snow-laden tree and shrub. In front of them is a wooden picket fence. In the background is a bare tree with branches highlighted by snow. A house in the distance is illuminated by a lonely -seeming porch light.

Leafless branches of a maple tree are highlighted by snow. Behind the tree a low stone wall has snow sticking to vertical surfaces, as well as snow on top of it. Two houses can been seen in the distance.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Apropos of nothing in this terrible timeline, I crocheted a Labubu. #crochet

Pink and fuzzy crocheted Labubu stuffed toy. Face is made of a lighter pink wool and isn’t fuzzy. Eyes and nose are made of buttons and the mouth is made of round while beads. My sister says it looks like creepy skull teeth.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I love these transit safety signs I saw in London. Wish I’d snapped pics of more, but I’m sure these are available on the interwebs. But where’s the fun in that? And BTW, you had better take care because those train doors CLOSE! #TransportForLondon #PublicSafety #GraphicDesign

Large poster from a London Overground station that reads in bold lettering “Take Care Closing Doors”.

Large public safety poster from the London Underground that reads in bold lettering “Mind the Gap”.

Large poster in a tunnel in the London Underground that reads in bold lettering “Slow down and walk”.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

On our trip to the UK, my son had the idea to walk the White Cliffs of Dover beach path and visit castles along the way. The cliffs and castles did not disappoint! Of course I was really excited about all that chalk! And black flint! And black flint used in ancient buildings! #EarthScienceTeacher

Stone wall at Dover Castle incorporating fist-sized chunks of black flint.

Main entrance to Dover castle in the south of England.

Ancient Roman lighthouse from about 50 CE. The Romans used the local black flint, sandstone, and reddish Roman bricks in its construction. My children for scale.

The lighthouse was originally about 24 meters tall (80 feet). From this view, there is an arched doorway and two arched windows above. My son and daughter are standing at the base of the structure.

View from the top of The White Cliffs of Dover. The path is seen in the left and is light colored due the the local chalk. In the upper left are the distinctive white cliffs. The seam is a blue-green color. Visible that day, but not apparent in the photo was France.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Just got back from a wonderful trip the the UK with my children. Lots of museums, lots of exploring. In Glasgow we went to the #HunterianMuseum where there is a really good natural history collection on display. Including some drawings I did here. #SciArt #PaleoArt

Drawing of a thylacine. Sketch is black and white ink with multicolored fur. This carnivorous marsupial is shown standing on all fours. Writing on sketch reads: “Drawn from taxidermied thylacine at Hunterian Museum. Glasgow, August 2025.”

Drawing of cheerful dimetrodon. Inked in black and white with shading in multicolored crosshatching. Text on drawing reads “This is from a dimetridon [sic…I misspelled the name of this critter] cutout mod at Hunterian museum. Original is by Vernon Edwards. The models were sold at the Natural History Museum in the mid-1920s.”
At the bottom of the page I wrote: “feeling sick, so I stayed in Coatbridge.”

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

You’ll all have seen the many announcements and PR pieces from #ColossalBiosciences. There are reasons to be concerned about the general message promoted by CB, one being that it is seen >by some< (US politicians in particular) as meaning that we can devalue conservation. A 🧵 1/n

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

What would be required for this the actually happen? 🤔

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Meganeura Monday update! Veins added to wings. Next steps: legs, antennae, some sparkly beads for fun and decoration. Then assembly. #meganeura #carboniferous #SciArt #PaleoArt #crochet

Life-sized crocheted meganeura (giant dragonfly). Body is in blues and purples and wings have a blue outline with bright green veins. 75 cm wingspan.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

For a small palate cleanser amid the horrors of this presidency, I bring you my in-process #crochet #meganeura. These giant extinct relatives of dragonflies had wingspans of up to 75 cm! Why so big? Maybe because atmospheric oxygen was ~40% (2x present levels). #PaleoArt #SciArt

Life-sized crocheted meganeura, unfinished. Body is crocheted in lavender and blues, head is green with fluorescent red/orange eyes. Wings are upcycled bug netting basted onto wire hangers re-formed into the correct wing shape. Wingspan will be about 70-75 cm.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Last week we had our pop-up Natural History Museum and students in my Earth Science classes shared their tiny megafauna dioramas (with accompanying signage). #AMNH #PaleoArt #SciArt

Sign on smart board that reads “Welcome to the Landmark High School Natural History Pop-Up Museum”. Text is in a whimsical yellow font. Background of sign is fake wood grain.

Tiny diorama of a giant lemur made in an Altoids tin. The lemur is perched in a tree and seems to be hiding from a predator that is some giant cat.

Diorama made in an Altoids tin showing a cave bear, mammoth, and cave lion in their Pleistocene habitat.

Student holding their Altoids tin diorama with 2 species of eurypterids and one ammonite. Accompanying sign reads:
Jaekelopterus: a glimpse into Ancient Aquatic Life and has diagrams of the anatomy of the animals and 2 plants also present in the diorama.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Made this #Mammoth mini-diorama as a sample for my Earth Science classes. In this project, students choose an extinct megafauna species and make a wee little diorama in an altoids tin. Must also have at least 1 plant + 1 animal that was also a part of the ecosystem. #PaleoArt #FossilFriday #SciArt

Mini-diorama of a woolly mammoth in an Altoids tin. Images are made from card stock and are layered to create a 3D effect. In the background (on the lid of the tin) is a blue sky with stuffing glued to blue paper to look like clouds in the sky. Purple and pink mountains peek behind pine trees. In the foreground the mammoth stands in snow - silver and white glitter - with some more pine trees around it. A small shrub also pops up through the snow. For an added bonus, but not scientific verisimilitude, the mammoth has mismatched googly eyes.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Intellectual cat taking a break from her reading. #caterday

Tortoiseshell cat in side view lying on top of granny square crocheted afghan. In the background are blurry bookshelves and a window.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I love a #SolarEclipse, even if it’s just partial (what we will have in NYC on 3/29/25). Here’s a video I shot a few years ago at sunrise at the beach near my home in the Bronx. Video is from June 10, 2021.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I participated in #StandUpForScience today by teaching about 85 teenagers how to identify igneous rocks so they can be also be a part of a scientifically literate society. 🪨🌋 🪨 🌋. Really wanted to go to a demonstration, but I gotta teach!

Me in my classroom. Behind me is a crocheted art piece showing trilobites. In the background are posters of scientists from a diverse array of cultural backgrounds. Also in the background is a crocheted banner that reads “Earth Science”.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Seems like a good time to repost. I am definitely inspired by the #psanky Ukrainian egg decorating tradition. I highly recommend this incredibly relaxing and wonderful smelling craft (warm beeswax!). Affordable supplies can be found at ukrainiangiftshop.com/collections/... #SciArt

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Egg Decorating Kits - Ukrainian & Pysanky Eggs

Egg decorating kits for pysanky eggs and Ukrainian eggs. Use our pysanky egg decorating kits, kistky sets & pysanky templates to decorate Ukrainian Easter eggs.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Reposting with a credit to the artist! Thank you @martharichart.bsky.social! A fun and readable poster helps get the word out!!!

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Seen in downtown Portland, Oregon today.

Vintage motel sign. Letters are vertical and read: “MOTEL - 6th Ave - AIR CONDITIONED - Phones TV - WiFi”

Large rusty statue of robot outside of main branch of the Portland library.

Picture of storefront. Sign reads: Kelly’s Olympian BAR. The entire storefront is very art deco.

Portland Luggage Store exterior sign, plus Portland’s signature street lights. The store signage is charmingly art deco. At the top of the sign is a large 3D globe.

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

all i have to say is udrēaaaaaaaaaa youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs?...

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The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian

YouTube video by Peter Pringle

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

We all know that government websites are all screwed up, but I was still horrified and saddened when I was checking links for my Black History Month lesson and the NASA page was gone. You can see in the search bar what I was looking for. #BlackHistoryMonth

Page that showed up when I was looking for NASA’s Black History Month page. Instead the site reads “404. The cosmic object you were looking for has disappeared beyond the event horizon.” In the search bar the url reads “nasa.gov/image-gallery/black-history-month.” The background image is a colorful spiral galaxy.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

8 years ago I made this sign for the Women’s March in DC. Sadly it is as relevant as ever right now.

Protest sign showing a cartoony blue bird on top of a drawing of an undulating black ribbon with white lettering that reads “WHITE SUPREMACISTS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.”

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I got a fully funded Master of Arts in Teaching through #AMNH to become an Earth science teacher in NYC. The program is funded partly by NSF & requires that we teach at high needs schools in NYS. We are most of the ES teachers in NYC and teach kids climate change, astro, geology, and paleontology.

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Master of Arts Teaching Earth Science: Museum Residency | AMNH

Learn to teach sciences in NYC high schools: a fully-funded residency program, utilizing the Museum's unique resources.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Early interests often prove to be lifelong. So wonderful that the boy is now a curator at this museum 🚀

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

My 20-something children and I are doing a book club, starting with the newest @levgrossman.bsky.social book. Son is using the library and daughter will find an independent bookseller out in Iowa. I was thrilled to pick up my (slightly dinged) SIGNED copy at Shakespeare & Co here in NYC.

Photo of Lev Grossman’s book, The Bright Sword with a “signed copy” sticker on it.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Finally finished this! Sadly, I accidentally made the body of the Cryptolithus trilobite pointed instead of rounded, which was a bummer when I had a trilobite expert from #AMNH visiting my class. I’m still very happy with how this turned out. #SciArt #crochet #paleontology

Crocheted trilobite art. At the top is says in crocheted lettering “Trilobites”. Under that written with letter beads it says “of New York State”. On the left is a mostly blue crocheted Elliptocephala trilobite, labeled beneath using the letter beads with the period Cambrian added also. On the right is a pink, magenta, and green Cryptolithus trilobite, also labeled underneath with letter beads with the period Ordovician too. Sadly I accidentally made the bottom part of the Cryptolithus body pointed instead of rounded.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I remember watching this WAY back when and it still holds up. RIP President Carter ❤️

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy #Chanukah #Hanukah #Hanukkah 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕎

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Fun with the plentiful sea glass found at the beach on City Island.

Three refrigerator magnets I made by painting sea glass. They are shown on top of a red and white gingham napkin. Each have drawings on them. The top one has a light blue sailboat with a cloud in the distance and says “City Island” in script on the bottom. To the right, another piece says “City Island” in blocky blue and black lettering. The bottom sea glass magnet says “BREATHE” in a tattoo-ish font (black and blue lettering). A stylized friendly pink bird flies underneath the lettering.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Note to self: add “ploof” to vocab list for astronomy unit next year.

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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Periodic reminder that the sun isn’t going to explode. It will slowly ploof out and completely wreck the inner solar system in ~5 billion years but a ploof is very different from a boom. The sun (as crazy as this seems when you think about how big the sun is) is too small to go supernova

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

In other cat news tonight, my nephew’s cat (Mama’s Little Meatball) is very silly and curious.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Happened to catch my grand-kitty looking especially fearsome this evening.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Holiday ornaments for friends and family. Since there are robots, I’m calling this #SciArt

Small holiday ornaments made from sculpy and fimo polymer clay. There are 2 robots, a grumpy elf, and a happy dog.

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Good piece here making a good argument for better representation in the sciences (hint: better diversity = better questions)(also there are LOTS of other reasons to have better diversity in science).

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I just flew back to NYC from visiting family in Portland, OR and was treated to a magnificent sunrise view of my 2nd favorite volcano, Mt. Hood. I *think* the 3rd pic is a frozen section of the Mississippi. #Volcano #Cascades #GeologyRocks

Mt. Hood at sunrise with orange clouds at the base spilling in a fluid-like manner to a lower elevation.

View of Mt. Hood taken from an airplane.

View of farmland and a large frozen river (possibly the Mississippi). Photo taken from an airplane.

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Author Shannon Esposito @soesposito.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

As a writer, this was my rage project. a.co/d/a3mkybk

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jessicarobot.bsky.social @jessicarobot.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Wish I knew about this when my kids were little. I would have been talking it up like CRAZY!

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