Colleen O'Rourke
@biohawkorourke.bsky.social
Science Educator and sometimes fiber artist (https://redhawkworkshop.etsy.com) She/hers/any
Five classes i took in college:
- life and afterlife in the views of ancient humanity
- race and gender in science fiction
- Aboriginal studies (on study abroad)
- Australian vertebrate fauna (ditto)
- Ochem 🫠
- life and afterlife in the views of ancient humanity
- race and gender in science fiction
- Aboriginal studies (on study abroad)
- Australian vertebrate fauna (ditto)
- Ochem 🫠
five classes i took in college:
- advanced ancient greek literature (for two years ☝️😌)
- history of witchcraft
- a class simply titled "pain"
- old english
- fictions of self development
- advanced ancient greek literature (for two years ☝️😌)
- history of witchcraft
- a class simply titled "pain"
- old english
- fictions of self development
Five classes I took in college:
archaeology
native americans in science fiction
medieval mediterranean
renaissance europe
cultural images of gender
archaeology
native americans in science fiction
medieval mediterranean
renaissance europe
cultural images of gender
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Five classes i took in college:
- life and afterlife in the views of ancient humanity
- race and gender in science fiction
- Aboriginal studies (on study abroad)
- Australian vertebrate fauna (ditto)
- Ochem 🫠
- life and afterlife in the views of ancient humanity
- race and gender in science fiction
- Aboriginal studies (on study abroad)
- Australian vertebrate fauna (ditto)
- Ochem 🫠
**leaps from the bath to run through the streets:**
COW TOOLS ARE REAL!!!!! COW TOOLS ARE REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rX1...
COW TOOLS ARE REAL!!!!! COW TOOLS ARE REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rX1...
First observation of flexible use of a tool by cow
YouTube video by Necrobioarchetype
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 PM
**leaps from the bath to run through the streets:**
COW TOOLS ARE REAL!!!!! COW TOOLS ARE REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rX1...
COW TOOLS ARE REAL!!!!! COW TOOLS ARE REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rX1...
January 22, 2026 at 9:11 PM
omg i love how charming these little stitch marker charms look 😍 definitely helping me keep track of my stitches with everything black on black. This is the third time i’ve restarted this cowl and its way easier now 😂 #knitsky
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
omg i love how charming these little stitch marker charms look 😍 definitely helping me keep track of my stitches with everything black on black. This is the third time i’ve restarted this cowl and its way easier now 😂 #knitsky
Watching the Stranger Things finale:
Nobody:
Noone:
Absolutely Noone:
Me: “……..WAIT HUM-VS WERENT FIRST PRODUCED UNTIL 1992!!!!!!!”
Nobody:
Noone:
Absolutely Noone:
Me: “……..WAIT HUM-VS WERENT FIRST PRODUCED UNTIL 1992!!!!!!!”
January 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Watching the Stranger Things finale:
Nobody:
Noone:
Absolutely Noone:
Me: “……..WAIT HUM-VS WERENT FIRST PRODUCED UNTIL 1992!!!!!!!”
Nobody:
Noone:
Absolutely Noone:
Me: “……..WAIT HUM-VS WERENT FIRST PRODUCED UNTIL 1992!!!!!!!”
When you’re getting into more complex knitting patterns but can’t find stitch markers that you like, but then you remember you ALSO do jewelry bullshit, so you order some charms for cheap on AliExpress and make them yourself 😆
#knitsky
#knitsky
December 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
When you’re getting into more complex knitting patterns but can’t find stitch markers that you like, but then you remember you ALSO do jewelry bullshit, so you order some charms for cheap on AliExpress and make them yourself 😆
#knitsky
#knitsky
@jemaineclement.bsky.social Hi Jemaine! Plz I have to know, are you the narrator of this random documentary about Krakatoa from 2005? youtu.be/MrEIT66oPqU?...
(If not no worries, love the rest of your work, have a great new year! 😆❤️🇳🇿)
(If not no worries, love the rest of your work, have a great new year! 😆❤️🇳🇿)
Krakatoa - The Great Volcanic Eruption
YouTube video by Naked Science
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
@jemaineclement.bsky.social Hi Jemaine! Plz I have to know, are you the narrator of this random documentary about Krakatoa from 2005? youtu.be/MrEIT66oPqU?...
(If not no worries, love the rest of your work, have a great new year! 😆❤️🇳🇿)
(If not no worries, love the rest of your work, have a great new year! 😆❤️🇳🇿)
Every semester my AP Bio students do a microbiology #STEAM project i created called Petri Dish Embroidery. Students research bacterial species and do an embroidery about it. Its always a huge hit, kids always comment about how surprisingly chill and relaxing it is
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December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Every semester my AP Bio students do a microbiology #STEAM project i created called Petri Dish Embroidery. Students research bacterial species and do an embroidery about it. Its always a huge hit, kids always comment about how surprisingly chill and relaxing it is
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I was really into making balloon animals in middle school. Not, like, giant work-of-art sculptures, but simple animals and flowers using one or two colors. I even invented a couple of my own, mostly birds. I just did it for fun and for my little sister's birthday parties a couple times.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I can take a fleece every step of the way by hand to yarn. And dye the yarn using various flora of Ireland. (Are lichens flora?)
I can take a fleece every step of the way by hand to yarn. And dye the yarn using various flora of Ireland. (Are lichens flora?)
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I am extremely fast and extremely accurate at using the kind of manual cash register that requires you to enter every price by hand.
I am extremely fast and extremely accurate at using the kind of manual cash register that requires you to enter every price by hand.
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I was really into making balloon animals in middle school. Not, like, giant work-of-art sculptures, but simple animals and flowers using one or two colors. I even invented a couple of my own, mostly birds. I just did it for fun and for my little sister's birthday parties a couple times.
POV after a student asks you if they're allowed retakes on the final
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
POV after a student asks you if they're allowed retakes on the final
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#Wip Wednesday, fade is happening!
These two yarns are actually slightly different weights, the dark is worsted while the colorful is DK. this has definitely led to differences in stitch density and “squish factor.” But i love the colors too much to care 😂
#knitsky #showmeyourknits
These two yarns are actually slightly different weights, the dark is worsted while the colorful is DK. this has definitely led to differences in stitch density and “squish factor.” But i love the colors too much to care 😂
#knitsky #showmeyourknits
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#Wip Wednesday, fade is happening!
These two yarns are actually slightly different weights, the dark is worsted while the colorful is DK. this has definitely led to differences in stitch density and “squish factor.” But i love the colors too much to care 😂
#knitsky #showmeyourknits
These two yarns are actually slightly different weights, the dark is worsted while the colorful is DK. this has definitely led to differences in stitch density and “squish factor.” But i love the colors too much to care 😂
#knitsky #showmeyourknits
NO REALLY BABY WAKE UP NEW FOUR-HOUR DEFUNCTLAND JUST DROPPED!!!!!
a man in a shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air .
Alt: a man in a shirt and tie is screaming in excitement with his hands in the air .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
NO REALLY BABY WAKE UP NEW FOUR-HOUR DEFUNCTLAND JUST DROPPED!!!!!
#Wip .... Thursday? Almost done with the dark section of the FreeYourFade shawl, and good thing too cause this ball is getting real low 😰
#knitsky #ShowMeYourKnits
#knitsky #ShowMeYourKnits
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#Wip .... Thursday? Almost done with the dark section of the FreeYourFade shawl, and good thing too cause this ball is getting real low 😰
#knitsky #ShowMeYourKnits
#knitsky #ShowMeYourKnits
Whelp. Round about that time of year to cover Mendelian Genetics in class again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfo...
Sad Affleck (Original)
YouTube video by Geoffers
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Whelp. Round about that time of year to cover Mendelian Genetics in class again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfo...
The turkey on the right has been in my family for three decades, and this year I finally got him a friend 🥰
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The turkey on the right has been in my family for three decades, and this year I finally got him a friend 🥰
Hey #knitsky, what do we call it when a sweater pattern is like suuuper loose-knit like this? I kinda want to try a project like this to get an idea of sweater construction and have something loose to wear over tank tops, but i want to shop around for pattern ideas.
TIA!
TIA!
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hey #knitsky, what do we call it when a sweater pattern is like suuuper loose-knit like this? I kinda want to try a project like this to get an idea of sweater construction and have something loose to wear over tank tops, but i want to shop around for pattern ideas.
TIA!
TIA!
My first vacation yarn-haul 🤩😂 from last weekend in Seattle.
(Sidenote, if you told mid-20s me that my idea of an ideal vacation would be to walk around cute neighborhoods in the PNW in the fall with a cup of coffee and shop exclusively for yarn and stickers....I don't know what Id say 😂🤣)
(Sidenote, if you told mid-20s me that my idea of an ideal vacation would be to walk around cute neighborhoods in the PNW in the fall with a cup of coffee and shop exclusively for yarn and stickers....I don't know what Id say 😂🤣)
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
My first vacation yarn-haul 🤩😂 from last weekend in Seattle.
(Sidenote, if you told mid-20s me that my idea of an ideal vacation would be to walk around cute neighborhoods in the PNW in the fall with a cup of coffee and shop exclusively for yarn and stickers....I don't know what Id say 😂🤣)
(Sidenote, if you told mid-20s me that my idea of an ideal vacation would be to walk around cute neighborhoods in the PNW in the fall with a cup of coffee and shop exclusively for yarn and stickers....I don't know what Id say 😂🤣)
Okay so the cat didn't end up helping me with my knitting but she DID set me up for a meme to help my AP Bio lecture today 😂
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Okay so the cat didn't end up helping me with my knitting but she DID set me up for a meme to help my AP Bio lecture today 😂
Whelp, guess im done knitting for the night
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Whelp, guess im done knitting for the night
Move over, David S Pumpkins, the internet’s new favorite wholesome halloween meme just dropped
youtu.be/by9H1tjNXEY?...
youtu.be/by9H1tjNXEY?...
Trick or Treat Possum Style
YouTube video by MEpearl
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Move over, David S Pumpkins, the internet’s new favorite wholesome halloween meme just dropped
youtu.be/by9H1tjNXEY?...
youtu.be/by9H1tjNXEY?...
It sure is nice when i tune into the game in the 11th inning but can still watch an entire game 🫠
October 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It sure is nice when i tune into the game in the 11th inning but can still watch an entire game 🫠