ClutchScience (Jen Phillips)
clutchscience.bsky.social
ClutchScience (Jen Phillips)
@clutchscience.bsky.social
She/her Permadoc @ UOregon zebrafish community
NIH and 501c3 funded scientist Molecular genetics of human diseases

Married to a cute OD
Parent of two awesome grown people
Daughter of a mild-mannered mom in memory care
Definitely a wokester
Reposted by ClutchScience (Jen Phillips)
If only we’d known we’d wind up here, in this future, in these moments, in this joy, with this laughter, where we eventually whisper “20 minutes to the
pound “ to them, secure in the knowledge they’ll do the same someday, to those tiny loves, even if we aren’t around to hear it.
November 28, 2024 at 10:00 AM
The “refrigerator mother” hypothesis is getting an upgrade I guess…
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It hurts to look at. wtf.
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Grief has an uncanny way of wedging itself into all the empty spaces that a loved one leaves behind. Understanding and sympathizing with what your mom is feeling doesn’t make it much easier to live through, I know. Hang in there ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Looks perfect! Rest well! (Both you and the roast)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesssss I need it (and I will be doing the impactful ninja calendar again so let’s be joy distributors together!)
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
You are an absolute sunbeam and we are here to fill your bucket, my friend ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Sometimes a lemon is just a lemon, man
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Oregon senators too!
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Great idea!
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Yes—a sorrowful howling yes—to all of this
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM