SJ; Not a Marine Biologist

@barnaclebtch

I like whales, but I'm no whale doctor. Natural born HenchThem PhD researcher plumbing the depths of fandom, ethics, and online science Content™️.

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SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· 6d

Gandalf meme but it reads: fly, my fools cuz he's talking to Maia's loyal gremlins and it doesn't super work if you think too hard about the context so probably just don't do that

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· 11d

Best I can do is this graffiti near where I live in Canberra

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· Jul 10

I ran out of characters....

Wikipedia app with 98 tabs open because I'm a freak like that

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· Jun 26

I have to know if @mattielubchansky.com's elementary school library the novel Sasquatch by Roland Smith, wherein the protagonist finds out D.B. Cooper was nursed back to health by a family of bigfeet after he parachuted out of that plane? Because mine sure did.

SASQUATCH by Roland Smith

Every five or so years I remember this book and am positive it was a fever dream until I find it online

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· Jun 22

This is how I know I've surrounded myself with the best people

@thrillhouse.bsky.social making an Indiana Jones reference in a reply

@armadilldough making a reference to the same Indiana Jones seen in a fully separate reply chain

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· Jun 21

The international kilogram prototype stored in a vault in Paris

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· Jun 20

I'd love to know what got her banned from Ravelry

Webpage for lacy crochet stitches with a banner reading "tired of woke crochet communities? I was too, so I created the Heaven Crochet Club, a peaceful space for crocheters rooted in biblical values"

Apparently whoever wrote the copy didn't believe in woke or ending a sentence

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· Jun 11

An early fly amanita mushroom looking gorgeous

A fairy circle of white, flat capped mushrooms in the middle of some oak leaves

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· Jun 11

Rainy days aren't so bad.

A tiny mushroom with a red orange cap popping up in the barkchips outside my office

Same mushroom but closer for the full effect of this cutie

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· Jun 10

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· May 12

I would die for her.

Rona, a perpetually anxious chihuahua, has an uncomfortable exchange with a hospital receptionist that starts with her clarifying that she isn't the patients family, but she is from a family and it goes downhill from there

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· May 6

When I have to attend a baroque garden party in the morning and a Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 tournament in the afternoon

The cuntiest Converse high tops that have ever existed with a shitty little heel and insanely pointy toes

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist@barnaclebtch· May 6

Making slides for a tutorial on science communication via podcasts. I'm using @maintenancephase.bsky.social as a good example of how to format show notes and source lists, and using @nogodsnomayors.com because the students deserve to see Pavarotti in ice