Christine O. she/her
@cloreally.bsky.social
Bugdork, bookdork, Natural History Museum addict, owned by two strictly indoor cats, and companioned by a mystified engineer...
Pinned
"Goodness and Strife, Darkness and Light... THAT’S what little girls are made of."
Me: "They forgot curiosity and shenanigans."
Me: "They forgot curiosity and shenanigans."
"Whatcha up too?"
"Painting an Archaeopteryx."
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My job is gloriously weird.
"Painting an Archaeopteryx."
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My job is gloriously weird.
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Whatcha up too?"
"Painting an Archaeopteryx."
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My job is gloriously weird.
"Painting an Archaeopteryx."
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My job is gloriously weird.
Some days my commute is extra pretty .....
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Some days my commute is extra pretty .....
Yes, yes I did help
make this happen at work today.... spreadsheets make folks a little loopy, sometimes you have to make sure they dress "appropriately" ;)
make this happen at work today.... spreadsheets make folks a little loopy, sometimes you have to make sure they dress "appropriately" ;)
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yes, yes I did help
make this happen at work today.... spreadsheets make folks a little loopy, sometimes you have to make sure they dress "appropriately" ;)
make this happen at work today.... spreadsheets make folks a little loopy, sometimes you have to make sure they dress "appropriately" ;)
It's bat week!
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It's bat week!
PS. Luftansa wins worst food, not ever, but that was iron curtain Aeroflot (USSR) in 1985 with pink chicken... so the EVER bar is gutter low.
September 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
PS. Luftansa wins worst food, not ever, but that was iron curtain Aeroflot (USSR) in 1985 with pink chicken... so the EVER bar is gutter low.
No itty bitty kitty...you can't come too!
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
No itty bitty kitty...you can't come too!
Giggleworthy spineless name list... I Am In!
#invertefest
#invertefest
Updated the #InverteFest phylum list! Now with better (invented) common names! As before, please click on the images because I don't know how to size for the bsky preview.
The check marks are blank this time, so YOU can download and fill it out - which phyla have you met? 🧪🦑
The check marks are blank this time, so YOU can download and fill it out - which phyla have you met? 🧪🦑
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Giggleworthy spineless name list... I Am In!
#invertefest
#invertefest
I hope your family groupchat is as awesome as mine ;)
August 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I hope your family groupchat is as awesome as mine ;)
Excited anticipation!
August 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Excited anticipation!
I would like credit for not buying myself o whole colony of Danish stick insect stuffies please...
July 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I would like credit for not buying myself o whole colony of Danish stick insect stuffies please...
Dutch kitty knows how to spend a hot afternoon....
July 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dutch kitty knows how to spend a hot afternoon....
Should I worry that this is down the hall in my hotel?
July 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Should I worry that this is down the hall in my hotel?
Currently on the tour de train detour of the Netherlands to get to Belgium as there was a train tunnel collapse on our easy route.
NOW IT IS AN ADVENTURE!
NOW IT IS AN ADVENTURE!
July 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Currently on the tour de train detour of the Netherlands to get to Belgium as there was a train tunnel collapse on our easy route.
NOW IT IS AN ADVENTURE!
NOW IT IS AN ADVENTURE!
Cone Europe they said, it'll be fun they said, so cultured they said....
NO ONE SAID THERE WAS PLAGUE IN THE STREETS IN OLD LEIDEN 🤪
The things you find when you go random exploring....
NO ONE SAID THERE WAS PLAGUE IN THE STREETS IN OLD LEIDEN 🤪
The things you find when you go random exploring....
July 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Cone Europe they said, it'll be fun they said, so cultured they said....
NO ONE SAID THERE WAS PLAGUE IN THE STREETS IN OLD LEIDEN 🤪
The things you find when you go random exploring....
NO ONE SAID THERE WAS PLAGUE IN THE STREETS IN OLD LEIDEN 🤪
The things you find when you go random exploring....
Dutch markets on a Saturday morning... sigh.... breathe in ...
July 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Dutch markets on a Saturday morning... sigh.... breathe in ...
July 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
This is totally my kind of human <grin>
It might be me, when it is insects, maybe more than it should?
....nah ;)
It might be me, when it is insects, maybe more than it should?
....nah ;)
My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king
June 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is totally my kind of human <grin>
It might be me, when it is insects, maybe more than it should?
....nah ;)
It might be me, when it is insects, maybe more than it should?
....nah ;)
So....some days at work are stranger than others?
vancouversun.com/news/rare-ma... Male stick insect hatched from all-female colony in Science World | Vancouver Sun
vancouversun.com/news/rare-ma... Male stick insect hatched from all-female colony in Science World | Vancouver Sun
Male stick insect hatches from all-female colony at Science World in 'extremely rare' event
Experts wonder if glitch in cloning process led to production of a male insect.
vancouversun.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
So....some days at work are stranger than others?
vancouversun.com/news/rare-ma... Male stick insect hatched from all-female colony in Science World | Vancouver Sun
vancouversun.com/news/rare-ma... Male stick insect hatched from all-female colony in Science World | Vancouver Sun
On the mic from Centre Stage during a show at work today...
"So how did I do that?
What? You think I have magic powers?
Nah, I have the next best thing, I'M A SCIENTIST!"
"So how did I do that?
What? You think I have magic powers?
Nah, I have the next best thing, I'M A SCIENTIST!"
June 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
On the mic from Centre Stage during a show at work today...
"So how did I do that?
What? You think I have magic powers?
Nah, I have the next best thing, I'M A SCIENTIST!"
"So how did I do that?
What? You think I have magic powers?
Nah, I have the next best thing, I'M A SCIENTIST!"
I need to find out how to say "I came, I shed, I conquered" in latin and make tiny T-shirts for my cats.
May 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I need to find out how to say "I came, I shed, I conquered" in latin and make tiny T-shirts for my cats.
Some things make me UNREASONABLY HAPPY!
May 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Some things make me UNREASONABLY HAPPY!
So where did your brain go last night?
In my dream I started by losing my phone and ended up at a fundraiser for bat conservation in the Roman Coliseum ... all from asking a stranger for directions.
Dreams are HIGHLY entertaining...
In my dream I started by losing my phone and ended up at a fundraiser for bat conservation in the Roman Coliseum ... all from asking a stranger for directions.
Dreams are HIGHLY entertaining...
May 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So where did your brain go last night?
In my dream I started by losing my phone and ended up at a fundraiser for bat conservation in the Roman Coliseum ... all from asking a stranger for directions.
Dreams are HIGHLY entertaining...
In my dream I started by losing my phone and ended up at a fundraiser for bat conservation in the Roman Coliseum ... all from asking a stranger for directions.
Dreams are HIGHLY entertaining...