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Beth P

@pickettphd.bsky.social
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Geek by nature, nerd by profession, rabid reader by choice. Will dance if there's a beat. Will sing along if I know the words. Periodic crocheter. She/her/hers.

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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Saw TBT’s production of Casanova this afternoon and loved it! Not pictured: the themed cocktail (The Lavender Lover) that I was enjoying while my cousin artfully photographed her bubbly.
My cousin and me: 2 middle aged white women smiling in our box seats at Bass HallThe program for Casanova next to a champagne flute and a tiny bottle of Chandon sitting atop a table covered in a black tablecloth.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Team Ruby assembled at Traveling Bookshelf
Ruby Dixon and her four assistants Five name badges (Ruby, Anna, Averie, Kayla, and Beth) all with last name DixonA card that reads “The only ice we want is Ice Planet Barbarians”
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gnome production has slowed, not stopped. 🧶 Witch Gnome #2
A crocheted witch gnome: purple hat with orange band and black buckle, black body, beige hands and nose, orange curls, legs in orange and purple striped socks, and black shoes. It is sitting on a counter ledge with the long legs hanging down. Same crochet witch gnome, but the legs are flattened and crossed
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Time for some Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Elvis with my cousin!
DSO program for “The Music of Elvis with Frankie Moreno” held up in front of the stage from our Orchestra Terrace seatsTwo middle aged brunette white women smiling
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I made focaccia! #BreesBreadCult
Rosemary and sea salt focaccia bread sitting on parchment paper atop a cooling rack
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I polled the 250 students at the end of the first Genetics lecture on Monday and I’m including the results in today’s lecture. 🤓
A pie chart of “Your Self-Reported Feelings” showing 
34% Excited but also scared or worried 
25% Cautiously optimistic 
18% Excited with few to no worries 
8% Terrified 
8% Ambivalent 
4% Somewhat concerned 
2% Not sure
1% I don’t want to be here
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Look at those pitas puff!
Four puffed up pitas in an oven
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Witch Gnome for my cousin’s collection is done! 🧶
A crocheted witch gnome sitting in the corner of a couch. Black hat with lime green band and gold buckle, purple body, lime green hair curls, and beige nose and hands.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Time for the Six pro shot! Yes I’m wearing the show tee to the show. Anyone who has a problem with it can 🎶 LOL, Say oh well or go to hell🎶 #SorryNotSorry
A middle aged white woman in a Six: The Musical t-shirt Movie theater #11 sign showing “Sux” starting at noon
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Sucky, a succulent given to me as a thank you gift from a former student over 2 years ago) continues to thrive.
A healthy succulent in a terracotta pot sitting on a windowsill
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Time for tap class!
My legs with tap shoes in my feet
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Completed hat! 🧶
A little crocheted witch’s hat, black with a lime green band, balanced in the palm of my hand
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The little witchy hat is coming right along.
The top of a witch’s hat, 25 rounds of crochet with black yarn
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Finally getting around to using these wee little bundles I bought back in 2023.
Three 25g skeins of la mia mini cottony yarn, purple, black, and lime green, held in my hand
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Intermission, so the young aren’t yet at the gates, but the touring production of Suffs is so good!
Program from Suffs in front of my view of the stage at Bass HallStage at intermission, a tribute to Inez Milholland
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’m back to crocheting gnomes for my cousin’s collection.
A crocheted Santa gnome
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’ve been relaying some of the jokes and funny slides from the talks to DH. He was surprised (and happy) that many of us developmental biologists don’t take ourselves too seriously. Allow me to introduce the current president of SDB, Dr. Richard Behringer:
A poster featuring Dr. Richard Behringer dressed as Elvis in a white jumpsuit holding an old school mic in one hand and pointing at the viewer with the other. The Las Vegas sign has been rewritten to read Welcome to SDB 2026!
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Day 1 swag haul. I am delighted by all of it.
A hotel bed displaying all the swag:  an SDB Mode organisms t-shirt, a notebook with lung alveoli on the cover, a pen, a “Society Dev Bio” sticker, a Developmental Dynamics sticker and print with a mouse embryo painted in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, the conference tote bag with an image of The Sphere covered in embryos of all kinds, a poster with the stages of chick development, and a poster demonstrating the regulatory landscapes of developmental genes.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
😂😂😳 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Dr. Gareth Fraser in front of a slide showing Stephen Colbert discussing an image of a Spotted Ratfish with a tenacious, saying “ your vanilla sex life is totally devoid of forehead teeth”
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
He’s here?!?!? 😂 #2026SDB
PowerPoint slide showing “Badges must be worn in all meeting spaces” an an image of a meeting badge bearing the name Victor Hamburger.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Looks like I'll be playing Model Organism Royale at the @socdevbio.bsky.social meeting in Vegas next week. Accurately judging the competitiveness of developmental biologists, they have published the rules in advance. 😂
A flyer with game rules
Images of model organisms inside circles at the top of the page. 
Text reads:

There are 12 unique Model Organism Chips to discover!
--Each featuring a legendary model organism and a fun scientific fact about the
organism. Your mission? Collect them all.

Every player begins their adventure with:
--9 chips (3 random Model Organism Chips + 6 Blank Chips)

Trading is not only allowed — it’s the whole point.
--Trade 2 Blank Chips for 1 Model Organism Chip with each other.
--Trade 1 Model Organism Chip for another.
--Meet someone new! Make alliances. Negotiate aggressively. Bluff if
necessary. Science is competitive.

Feeling lucky? Dare to gamble? Visit the Model Organism Royale Station
(booth number 18) during breaks and poster sessions.
--Slot Machine. Trade 1 Blank Chip for 3 spins. If you hit a matching
combination, you win the corresponding Model Organism Chip.
--Roulette Wheel. Trade 1 Blank Chip for 1 spin. Whatever model organism you land on, you take home.

Reward brilliance when you see it.
--Players can gift Model Organism Chips or Blank Chips to poster presenters or speakers whose work they find especially impressive.

Ways to earn additional blank chips:
--Visit sponsor/vendor booths
--Receive them through trades or gifts
--Convince someone you desperately need one more chip…

The Ultimate Goal
Collect all 12 Model Organism Poker Chips to earn the legendary title:
Supreme Master of Model Organisms
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Here’s the full shelf (and the one above it) in my office on campus.
Shelves of a bookcase. Top one has books.

Middle one has a secular saint’s candle (Charles Darwin), a clay jar with label “Ashes of Problem Students “, a cork from Evolution wine, a megalodon tooth, a figurine of Brain from Animaniacs, a Bob the Tomato, a She/Her pronouns button, a yeast plushie, an E. coli plushie, a Resistance bookmark, a Broken Circle sticker, a mug that read “all things are possible, a small antique microscope, a blue stress ball reading “strong smart fearless “, the rabbit from Monty Python’s Holy Grail, Curran plushie in a t-shirt that reads Here Kitty Kitty, and a goat plushie wearing a Comet Cupboard tee. 

Bottom shelf has a beaded flower in vase, a magic 8 ball, a candle surrounded by brass candle holders shaped like flowers, a chemical structure model, a flower in a snow globe, a tiny tap shoe, Valentines Day figurines of Pinky and the Brain, a mana potion, blue glasses, a nuclear rubber ducky, a UTD key chain, a UTD stress flask, tiny 3Dprinted animals, a Mardi Gras mask, hummingbird sticker, and wooden storage box.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I’m amassing quite the tiny dragon army, @mostlybree.kitrocha.com.
Four small articulated 3D-printed dragons in different color schemes, a small articulated 3D-printed turtle, a small 3D-printed pig, surrounding a green Mardi Gras mask. There’s a sticker in the background with a picture of a hummingbird and the words “Though she be little she is fierce”
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My @romancingthevote.com BINs arrived today! My goodness that giant clicky fidget is satisfying! I bought it for DH but I foresee myself borrowing it.
A big clicky fidget toy, a little dragon, a rectangular sticker that reads “I fought this fascist regime and all I got was this awesome community”, and a square magnet that reads “I romanced the 2026 vote because we keep us safe when the government won’t”.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I think you can see the top single items by viewing all and then sorting high to low.
A screenshot of the top 12 earning items in the Romancing the Vote 2026 auction
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Impressive, but I KNOW the Book Devouring Horde can definitely be more chalant than this... www.32auctions.com/organization...
Online AMA Book Club Discussion with Ilona Andrews currently going for a bid of $1,070.69
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Huzzah!
"Sold-Out!" banner over the Little Octopus Friend Buy-It-Now
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Attempt #1 of a copycat recipe for Subway Italian herb and cheese bread. My portioning and shaping clearly need work, but in my defense the dough (made exactly per recipe) was way too sticky. Smells good though. Will report back regarding taste and texture.
Four attempts at footlong sub sandwich bread in a black silicone mat mold. They are all different lengths and widths but look like tasty bread.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
DSO Pops Matinee!
Two middle aged brunette white women sitting in seats and smiling Program cover, white and gold.text on a purple background: Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Legends of the Strip: Sinatra & The Rat Pack
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It took a week, but I think I've finally recovered from the jet lag. Please enjoy some highlights from my amazing Eastern Mediterranean vacation.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Yesterday a ballet, today a play!
Two middle aged white woman holding a program for the play Malcolm x & Redd Fox Washington Dishes At Jimmy's Chicken Shack In Harlem
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Of all the wild things that have happened in my 47 years on this planet, the one that feels like a weird dream (but totally happened) was the period of time when almost every woman I knew, from my mom to my best friend, were excitedly using horse shampoo and hoof creme.
An advertisement for Strait Country products. George Strait, a white man wearing a cowboy hat, is in the background. In the foreground are products including Hoof Creme for Hands and Nails, Udder Balm, and Shampoo/Conditioner for Mane, Body & Tail, Pets & People.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Time to give some career day talks at a local elementary school. 🧬
A middle aged white woman with curly brown hair looking upward. She's in front of a white screen bearing the words "What does a biologist do?"
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
We yarn crawled for eight hours today, from Fort Worth to Grapevine to Denton to Farmersville. *collapses*
Tote bag from the North Texas Yarn Crawl with buttons over the seven local yarn stores we visited today plus a "yarn crawler" merit badge button.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Quick birthday selfie. 47 years old Had dinner at Princi Italia last night because I love their Sazerac. About to head out to lunch before seeing DTC's Ragtime matinee.
A middle aged brunette white woman smiling, wearing a white sleeveless top with a floral pattern, and sitting on a cream colored couch.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Team Ruby at Holidays With The Belles
Ruby Dixon and her four assistants posing in front of her signing table
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
We're ready!
Cookie with icing that reads "Big Dixon Energy"Ruby Dixon books for sale Ruby Dixon free swag table
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Working as part of Team Ruby at the Holidays With The Belles event. Signing starts at noon.
A middle aged white woman with curly brown hair, wearing a Team Ruby tee, standing in front of Ruby Dixon's signing table and showing off an Assistant badge.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Back from 4 days in paradise.
Photo of a resort swimming pool, surrounded by lounge beds and shade umbrellas, next to a beach Photo of a beautiful sandy beach
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Loving how fast these little guys are working up. I can finish one in a couple of hours while watching TV. 🧶 Yarn: Loops & Threads Posh Purl, Bright Purple Pattern: PassionateCrafter
5 little crocheted octopi sitting on a bookshelf.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Lil Octopus Friend 🧶
A small pinkish purple crocheted octopus with green eyes sitting in the palm of a white person's hand.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Saw the Syncopated Ladies show tonight and it was AMAZING!!!!
A smiling middle aged white woman standing in front of the Syncopated Ladies Live On Tour banner.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
TFW when Stream selects the moment you were demonstrating T-Rex arms during lecture as the thumbnail for the recording and you just go with it.
Me, a middle aged white woman with brown hair in a ponytail, lecturing in front of a screen that reads "Outliers Can Occur" and shows a graph of forelimb length vs. hindlimb length. My arms are "T-rexin'".
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
My hometown local yarn shop (Yarnivore in San Antonio) had these for sale and I had to get them!
5 small round pin buttons sitting on a rainbow shimmer bubble pack envelope. Each button is on a card that reads "Camp Stitchwood Purl Scouts Merit Badge". The merit badges are:
1. Swatch Skipper
2. Yarn Chicken Champ
3. Yarnaholic
4. Crochet Crafter
5. Amigurumi Aficionado
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Got a whole bunch of new-to-me @fridaytea.com to try plus a restock of French Cookie blend!
Eight bags of loose leaf teas and three sample packets sitting on a dining room table
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Just got here and I've already seen a tiny child in a Toothless onesie. 🥹
Program for Dallas Symphony Orchestra's How to Train Your Dragon in Concert
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Matinee show time!
Paper program for the play Fat Ham with the set in the background. The program cover features a Black woman with braids in profile. The set is a home's backyard set up for a family barbeque. Selfie of two middle aged white women sitting in red theater seats.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Making my third Tunisian Lace Shell scarf in as many months. This one was by request...sort of. I had lunch with a friend who admired my gray one and asked where I got it. 😁
A little over 2 feet of ombre purple crocheted scarf draped across the lap of a person wearing Looney Tunes fleece pants.
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Finished! 🧶
A crocheted scarf made with variegated yarn resulting in color blocks of aqua, teal, and dark green
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Beth P @pickettphd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I mean, look at these!
An image for a DIY kit showing two small amigurumi capybaras held between thumb and index finger
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