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Maris Wicks
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I’m actually just three penguins in a trench coat.
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mariswicks.bsky.social
"Abandoned"science to study art. Figured I’d never make it as an illustrator, discovered museum ed through an Americorps job. Worked in informal ed for 20+ years, but kept drawing comics. Figured out how to smoosh together my love of science and comics and well, here I am.
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 15d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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katebeaton.bsky.social
I have been on media almost everywhere (locally) but here about this- let me give you an update about our work to protect a public park, an ecologically significant beach area, from being developed into a golf course.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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wutrain.bsky.social
The Nova Scotia Christmas tree is officially on its way to the oldest public park in America! Thank you from Boston to our northerly neighbors for well over a century of friendship & care.
Michelle takes up the chainsaw to fell this year’s Tree for Boston in Nova Scotia
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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hubhistory.com
Why do our neighbors in Nova Scotia send a Christmas tree to Boston each year? This tradition was born from a terrible tragedy in Halifax 107 years ago today, on December 6, 1917. 🧵
parks.boston.gov Boston Parks Department @parks.boston.gov · Dec 6
The 2024 Boston Common Tree is lit 🎄

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the season with us 🎊
December 6, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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elsplice.bsky.social
here's a box of tissues trying out to be a trapeze artist
bad line drawing of a square box of tissues, with a tissue coming out of the top, almost as if reaching for the corner of a trapeze that is mostly out of frame. hair-raisin' stuff!
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Advent is a mere 3 weeks away!

Consider this. Who in your life...
needs to know more about eels?
feels joy in learning?
likes the ocean?
needs a little treat?

You should send them an Eel Facts Advent Calendar!

Sales support @skypeascientist.bsky.social and it's just plain fun!

EelFacts.net
Sarah holds up an eel fact advent calendar which has orange and yellow boxes with yellow circles in them that are numbered 1-24. There are 6 eels. One ribbon eel, one moray eel, two splendid garden eels, and an american and european eel. Sarah's holding it up on her roof in front of plants in the bright sun
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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katebeaton.bsky.social
The issue of West Mabou Beach Provincial Park is important to the entirety of Nova Scotia because handing it over to create a golf course would set a precedent for all protected land in the province. If they can do it here, they will do it anywhere. Comments on this: www.youtube.com/live/RP1xHzB...
October 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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katebeaton.bsky.social
On opening night of the Vancouver Writer’s FestivaI, I was with seven other authors where we were given the prompt to talk about being a Canadian now under this new pressure from tariffs and talks of annexation by the US. Everyone spoke powerfully. (Cont’d)
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
if you're in Boston/Cambridge area - I'll be at Lesley University this Thursday, 10/23 - giving a talk as part of their Thought Leadership Series along with a comics-making workshop! Both are free and open to the public! Registration info here: web.cvent.com/event/e9368c...
Personal Information - CLASS Reads & Thought Leadership Series Presents: Nick Sousanis
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October 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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jereldye.bsky.social
Science Comics: Computers comes out today!!! I am so excited that this book is finally out there in the real world! It's been a long journey, and I want to give a shout out to Perry and Penelope, what a fun team! And thanks for First Second for believing in this book! Get your copy today!
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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counterintuitive.bsky.social
That's right, my free covid science zine is BACK for 2025 baybee, because respiratory viruses sure didn't go anywhere! Biggest change: I simplified ALL the dang text to make everything easier to follow.

READ ON to learn WHY WE MASK, then print & share to your heart's delight!
A firey red, orange, and yellow cover featuring a Black masked person bussing dishes while giving side-eye to two unmasked white adults in the background with a sneezing kid. We see the air flow out and billow around them, splashing on a listening face and forming a miasma that fills the rest of the background. The busser has a button that says ‘service with a smile’ even as their mouth is covered by a k100 mask. In large hand drawn lettering at the top of the page, the words ‘WHY WE MASK:’ sit on a black background. And then out in the miasma and it says ‘IT’S NOT’ and then in quotes ‘JUST A COLD’. In the bottom right, it says ‘Laurel Lynn Leake’ above a large ‘2025’.
May 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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kekeflipnote.bsky.social
Thicc crocodile 🐊🌈
October 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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ohjoysextoy.bsky.social
What better way to celebrate Asexual Awareness Week than by spillin' the asexualiTEA with @sparklemaia.bsky.social! 1/2
www.ohjoysextoy.com/ace-101-spar...
Ace 101 by sparklemaia, published November 12, 2023 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/ace-101-sparklemaia Page 1 Two figures sit in a lavender living room that's very comfy and has lots of cats around. They are drinking tea. Maia: -and that's why I can't go back like, ever again. Friend: Completely fair. Speaking of fair: how was the maker faire? Maia: Rad! That's where I got this sweet hat! IMAGE: Close-up on Maia's black baseball hat, which has the black, gray, white, and purple-striped Asexuality flag on it. IMAGE: Friend holding tea mug and talking. Friend: It's... a pride flag... it's on the tip of my brain- Oh! The asexual flag! Friend: You posted about being ace in April! Full disclosure: I googled it, but I'm still pretty vague on what asexuality is... I think it's the "A" in LGBTQIA? But I still have, like, so many questions. Maia: I'd love to be your ace wiki for the day, if you're down? Friend: Ohh, yes please! Maia: Great, this is my jam. Let's spill the tea on asexuali-TEA! Maia: So, what would you say attraction feels like? Friend: Hmm... I guess it's like a strong pull towards someone? IMAGE: The friend leans forward to stroke a gray-striped cat that hopped on their table and is walking towards them. Maia: Totally! But it took some super personal chats with my all- (non-ace) -friends to realize we meant different things when we talked about being into someone. It turns out that attraction- that pull- is made up of different parts. IMAGE: Another table houses multiple bowls of looseleaf teas, with a sign proclaiming, "Build your own!". Each bowl is labeled differently: Sensual, Romantic, Sexual, Aesthetic Maia: I've got romantic attraction in spades. It's just that for me, that romantic attraction isn't linked to sexual attraction. Friend: So, when you feel drawn toward someone, you just don't... have the desire to bone them? Maia: Pretty much! And that's what asexual means: little to no sexual attraction. Friend: Hold up... a 'little' bit of sexual attraction still counts as ace? Maia: Yeah, it's not always an all-or-nothing thing. Some people experience sexual attraction rarely, or only under certain circumstances, or just at very low levels. It's kind of a spectrum. Friend: I guess that tracks, very few things in life are totally black and white! Maia (gesturing at the black, gray, white, purple-striped Asexual flag): Exactly. That's what the grey is for. Anyone who feels like they don't totally vibe with a 'typical' allo experience is welcome, even if they're in that grey zone between allo and 'absolute zero' sexual attraction. Friend: Sounds like there's lots of SPACE- in ACE! IMAGE: Maia plants the Ace flag on the moon, waving at a rocket (also emblazoned with the ace flag) as it cruises by. Maia: Haha, yep! My ace experience might not be the same as someone else's, but the label gives us a starting place for finding common ground. IMAGE: Back in the tea house, the friend observes two cats curled up on a shelf on the wall. Friend: Something I still don't get: you've talked about crushes and dates and stuff before. Are your dates just Netflix and actual chill? Maia: Haha, sometimes! But other times I do take it to the bone zone. For me, sex is often about emotional intimacy with my partner. Heck, sometimes I just need to scratch a biological itch, even if my body isn't pointing me towards a specific person to get it done. Plus, for me, it feels good! Friend: Whoa, you actually... like sex? Maia: Yeah, there's even a word for it in ace space: sex-favorable. And whether sex favorable, sex-indifferent, or sex-repulsed, all aces are still ace. IMAGE: Three cats illustrate the different states of asexual sexual interest. Sex-Favorable cat smiles and approaches a hand to be pet. Sex-Indifferent cat sits by itself, licking its paw. Sex-Repulsed cat is all puffed up and hissing.
October 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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telekitnetic.bsky.social
Let's get an Indigenous art share going too!! If you're an Indigenous/First Nations artist, vendor, beader, etc, share your work and links below!!

#IndigenousPeoplesDay ❤️💛🤍🖤
A picture of various formline stickers piled on top of each other. In bold red gradient text reads "Indigenous People's Day Art Share".
June 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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meredithgran.com
Next Fest has begun! Please enjoy + wishlist the latest demo build of Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the coming-of-age adventure in production since 2022 - coming in January!

store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam
A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Hey, you!

Do you know any teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, or other k-12 educators?

Please send them this picture & link www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

For what Skype a Scientist lacks in advertising budget we make up for in program value.

We're GLOBAL so this applies to all 😘
A purple and red octopus talk to each other on the tin can telephone. Purple octopus says “want to connect your students with real Scientists?” Then red octopus says “Skype a scientist matches groups with scientists for virtual q&as. It’s free!” And then an orange flapjack octopus says “get a match at skypeascientist.com”
September 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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alexandragallant.com
October 4th! That's Saturday!

I hope you'll join me for the Somerville Zine Fest, it's going to be a fun time, lots of cool stuff and zines, zines, zines!
Somerville Zine Fest October 4th 12pm - 7pm Market, Workshops, Zine Swap, Boston Figure Arts Center, 285 Washington Street, Somerville, MA 35+ local artists the poster is very cute, it has illustrated lil animal people all excited about their zines, there's a lil duck with a frog on its head, a wolf, a mouse, an owl, some dogs, cats, maybe a lil hippo pal, just a whole bunch of cute friends Somerville Zine Fest October 4th 12pm - 7pm Market, Workshops, Zine Swap, Boston Figure Arts Center, 285 Washington Street, Somerville, MA Pearl_House_Collective
September 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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franzanth.bsky.social
Absolutely nobody asked for this but I reformatted my animal yeetability thread into printable poster & zine files.

Introducing, the "Pocket Guide to Responsible & Sustainable Animal YEETING" featuring a revamped rating system. Download links below.
Poster showing various animals and their yeetability rating. For full rating, see the link in the reply. Intro text reads: POCKET GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE & SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL YEETING by franzanth In this context, YEETING is defined as the act of throwing a “projectile” at a slightly upward angle with low initial velocity. The goal here is relocation, not destruction. Therefore, YEETING is ideally performed toward soft surfaces like leaves to minimize downward acceleration that might result in said projectile's discomfort.
February 29, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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megstampede.bsky.social
Sneak peak inside my 2026 nature-loving wall calendar collab with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social

Each month covers a different animals and Sept's is the Anglerfish!

These calendar sales help support @skypeascientist.bsky.social 2026 native plant project! Pre-order: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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carabeancomics.bsky.social
This free festival is returning to Concord-Carlisle High School on Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 9am-2pm. You’ll get the chance to meet the following authors and illustrators, hear about how they created their books, and learn how you can write or draw your own!
September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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beyondxandy.bsky.social
It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics

That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people

Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
Logo reading "Beyond X&Y" where the X and Y are part of the trans symbol. Beneath it reads "Trust the real science. Biology is nonbinary."
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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evaholland.bsky.social
I have a couple of small updates on this story, in case y'all have been wondering about any fallout since its July publication! 🧵
Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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secondlina.com
A Handy Guide [1/4]
Image 1 of 15 of a Crow Time update listing various French Canadian / Quebecois expressions and illustrating them with crows. Image 2 of 15 of a Crow Time update listing various French Canadian / Quebecois expressions and illustrating them with crows. This one includes "tsé" (you know) and "y fait frette" (it's very cold). Image 3 of 15 of a Crow Time update listing various French Canadian / Quebecois expressions and illustrating them with crows. This one is "bec sucré" (sweet beak, which is akin to sweet tooth). Image 4 of 15 of a Crow Time update listing various French Canadian / Quebecois expressions and illustrating them with crows. This one is "C't'encore drôle" meaning "its still funny," an expression said to express doubt that sonething will happen.
September 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM