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Ologies with Alie Ward

@ologies.bsky.social
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A comedyish science podcast hosted by @alieward. Asking smart ologists not-smart questions about their professional obsessions. Every Tuesday. May be NSFW. linktr.ee/alieward

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good ol' Russ, the architect of Project 2025. They keep warning us, nobody does anything, and then they do it, and nobody does anything. I have never had so little trust in government and time machines.
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General Guinan @madmaudlin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Couldn’t be more transparent that they are going to cheat www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
gently chip at the ice instead of letting it melt on to THE HARDWOOD FLOOR. I was 18! There was no internet! They didn't tell me how! I chipped at it and a freon line busted. But I did not use taxpayer money to run propaganda while saying LA and SD could get bombed
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i once got fired for defrosting a mini-fridge wrong
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People can all see that right? Like it's more transparent than opalite itself, kinda giving Tom Cruise on a couch but I'm just an outside observer
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Aahahahaha
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Dr. Jess Hebert @jesshebert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you're looking for a good get around the PNW car, I've got a 2004 Subaru Forester that I'll be listing up for sale tomorrow. Good running condition, just finally made the jump to an EV. More info tomorrow, DM if interested!
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(And also I’m not a swiftie, but the discourse on her is of course media-pervasive. So much so, I would love if she would speak up about genocides! 🙃🙃🙃)
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who said it was accidental lolol. “Opal Light” rhymes even better. She knew what she was doing.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
oh yeah no that wasn’t accidental, dawgg
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You have the floor, go for it
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Jessie @jessabirdy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How have I not discovered Patrick Dougherty until now? Thank you @ologies.bsky.social for helping me learn about this salix artist!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good morning, team. We have 3.5 days until Drexel closes the Academy of Natural Sciences. It’s time for you- yeah YOU- to make some calls. Step 1: Tell the following people we need help pressuring Drexel to keep the museum open: Josh Shaprio 717-787-2500 Mayor Parker's 215-686-2181
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What #HurricanePolo is doing has my jaw dropping. My explanation www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Explosive Hurricane Polo Could Remain Category 5 For Days
Hurricane Polo continues to stun meteorologists as it meanders off the coast of Mexico. Where does it go next and will the U.S. be affected?
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen.
a slide that says 6 days until the doors close -- 6 reasons we can keep them open, save-the-academy.org @savetheacademy
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I want you to think about the kids in your life. Maybe those kids are 8. Maybe they are 32. Do they know enough about snails? Hard to imagine anyone truly knowing *enough* about snails. Help those kids learn snailhood. Get them a Snail Facts advent calendar. 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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Jay A. @jayalaxa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Please listen to this, and DO NOT take it lightly. The weather for the next 12-18 months will be different and often extreme. Get yourselves ready.
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Moira Birss @moira.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Listening to this with my insurance nerd hat on, and I gotta say: everybody living on the US west coast should consider getting flood insurance, given the El Niño-related flooding that’s likely coming. Flooding isn’t covered by standard insurance policies but most folks don’t know that!
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
YESSSS!! Have a great squish!
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What's up with EL NIÑO??! I just met up w/ legend Dr. @drshepherd2013.bsky.social who explained it + UN’s “strategic retreat” on climate in the headlines last week. Not a FUN ep per se but if you learn this & pass it on, maybe humanity will survive? No presh. www.alieward.com/ologies/extr...
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Extreme Meteorology (EL NIÑO) with Dr. Marshall Shepherd — alie ward
El Niño. La Niña.  United Nations Environment Programme doomerism? It’s been a helluva week for Meteorologists and the humans who live on planet Earth, so we made you a fresh episode recorded jus...
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Amy (Word Picture Ink) @wordpictureink.com · 16/09/2026
Also, now I have to download @doodl-app.bsky.social because not only does it sound amazing, but now I want to support your business because you showed me who you are behind your business. Thank you.
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Amy (Word Picture Ink) @wordpictureink.com · 16/09/2026
This thread is a study in one person offering feedback and/or information, and another taking that new information in and taking action. Truly wish everyone could read this.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Of course there is: www.alieward.com/ologies/demo... all episodes are sorted for you here: ologies.com
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Demonology (EVIL SPIRITS) with Dr. Alyssa Beall — alie ward
Demons, spooky spirits, devils, fallen angles, hungry ghosts: every culture has them. And West Virginia University Religious Studies professor, demonologist and history buff Dr. Alyssa Beall runs down...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today’s rally to save the academy of natural sciences was incredible. Hundreds of people turned out. This is only the beginning. Follow along with save-the-academy.org
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LdcLmm @larkspurlm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The 🦨 #skunk episodes (yes there are TWO!) of @ologies.bsky.social are incredible! Charming skunk-wrangler @jwdragoo.bsky.social, loads of 🦨 info and the amazing interviewing skills of Alie Ward! 🖤🤍
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
areyouevenfuckingkiddingmeonelittlebit
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Lisa Manic @lisamanic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Another cracking Ologies podcast from @ologies.bsky.social with @pgirguis.bsky.social. No matter what the subject I always seem to become fully engrossed in it. Pick an episode at random and dive in...you won't be disappointed.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
DEEP SEA MICROBIO is here. Creatures in inky trenches. Exploring the sea floor. Mud medicine. Tube worms. The legend, Dr. @pgirguis.bsky.social, explains it all. www.alieward.com/ologies/deep...
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Deep Sea Microbiology (UNSEEN OCEAN CRITTERS) with Dr. Peter Girguis — alie ward
Creatures in inky trenches. Exploring the sea floor. Mud medicine. Tube worms. Harvard professor and Deep Sea Microbiology legend Dr. Peter Girguis tells tales of ocean expeditions and answers questio...
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Aaaahhh!! Who did you dig with??
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yeah just show up!!
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Maybe @ichnologist.bsky.social knows!!
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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I need to get ‘Ask smart people stupid questions’ tattooed on my my knuckles. 👊🤓👊 @ologies.bsky.social @alieward.bsky.social
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This will be awesome
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
ummmm, of COURSE?
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Athens/Atlanta folks! I'll be doing a *FREEEE* event with Meteorology guest Dr. @drshepherd2013.bsky.social. Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 3-4pm. Franklin College of Arts & Sciences. Repost & spread the word! ! I'd love to see you all there. www.franklin.uga.edu/events/conte...
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1801 Lecture Series: An afternoon with Alie Ward, science communicator and host of Ologies
Big questions. Surprising answers. The joy of curiosity. What can squirrels, sleep, pain and awe teach us about the world—and ourselves? Alie Ward has built a devoted audience by following curiosity w...
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Okay, Atlanta: tell me your Ologists I should meet.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ooooh, this was very good. Learned so much about the ecology of skunks, including why they spray, who they live with, domestic skunks, and why you should let a passionate student use that silly title for their paper, a day after I saw three (!!) skunks in a single day
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Not yet but we need to!
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Ted Stankowich @tedstankowich.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is a very special #TautonymTuesday as we feature 𝑀𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠, the striped skunk, to celebrate the two part @ologies.bsky.social Mephitology episode with @jwdragoo.bsky.social!! I was happy to help convince Jerry to do the interview and thought Part 1 was fantastic! Now let's begin...
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Skunks Walking Together
ALT: Skunks Walking Together
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Isn't that wonderful? Just by happenstance. The world was better with her in it.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ahem, we're crossing our fingers Dr. @jwdragoo.bsky.social
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
we talk about WHY that happens!!
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you haven't listened to the SKUNKS ep and followed Dr. @jwdragoo.bsky.social, may I ask WHYYY? www.alieward.com/ologies/meph...
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Mephitology (SKUNKS) with Dr. Jerry Dragoo — alie ward
It’s here. SKUNKS. My dream guest, Dr. Jerry Dragoo of the Institute for the Betterment of Skunks and Skunk Reputations is finally on Ologies, and I can barely contain myself. Come to Albuquerque to m...
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
just get tile! And a wildlife rehabber's license! And some Fabreeze! (jk it's poison)
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Stinky stink. www.alieward.com/ologies/meph...
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Mephitology (SKUNKS) with Dr. Jerry Dragoo — alie ward
It’s here. SKUNKS. My dream guest, Dr. Jerry Dragoo of the Institute for the Betterment of Skunks and Skunk Reputations is finally on Ologies, and I can barely contain myself. Come to Albuquerque to m...
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