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Meg Mindlin
@invertebabe.bsky.social
Molecular Biologist studying cephalopods and their RNA 🐙🧬🦑 Illustrator, photographer, science communicator ✨
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Officially re-opened my store! Find tons of cephalopod goods and more 🥳 Including all my latest illustrations in print and sticker form!

Shop now at megmindlin.com
Ive been slowly converting my partner into having my music taste, and the other day he came home asking if I knew who “You Blew It!” was because he just found them and loves them.

I could not be more giddy
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Unfortunately I think I’m figuring out I could not do an industry job long term 😔 rip that paycheck
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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4 years of #invertober #SciArt goobers

you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year

#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Hey, what are you gonna get for the office secret Santa?
For your mother in law who loves her bird feeder?
For your niece who loves whales?
For your dad who literally has no hobbies and you’re like “shit wtf do I get this guy”?

Get a love notes from nature calendar!
squidfacts.net
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I do love how many mutuals put my store on their holiday gift lists this year but it has so far concluded in exactly 0 people buying things from my store lmaoo
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today is “Meg is a big buffoon” day

- I submitted a PhD app with the preferred faculty being a professor from another university

- I confused filipino for gibberish in this post below

Great day for me. I think I will be going to bed very early
All I wanted to know was what the reproductive organ in bobtail squid is called, and instead I broke google AI
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
All I wanted to know was what the reproductive organ in bobtail squid is called, and instead I broke google AI
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Happy consumerism bonanza day!

Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists!

Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats.

Artists, drop your shops!

For a start, check out SquidFacts.net
More of my faves below
Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...
SquidFacts.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program has almost an equal number of applicants for mentees and mentors!

Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sincerely thankful for my partner’s sisters because he came into my life pre-equipped with a love of gilmore girls. Nothing better than
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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☀️ Wall Scrolls Now Available! ☀️
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
- raised as an artist, made some money, hated making art for others & lost my passion
- followed a whim & pursued making ocean documentaries w/ a marine bio degree
- research writing course my first year introduced me to rna editing in 🐙
- entire life plan out the window to follow my curiosity
- now
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Have you ever heard of an allonautilus? The fuzzy sea peach at the top of my oil painting is the extremely rare allonautlius. Its only been documented in the wild a couple of times.

*more in comments*

#nautilus #allonautilus #marinelife #cephalopods #wildlifeart #oilpainting 🐡 🦑 #deepseamining
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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shop update is live! so pleased with the new stuff this go around - check it out if you’re able!
www.microbiomearts.com
#bsnm 🐡🦑 #bugsky
October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Big news: I’m writing a book!!

I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.

Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I ran out of sticker space on my laptop and water bottle, but needed to display this incredible art from @invertebabe.bsky.social (nautilus, squid) and @octopolis.bsky.social (moray, cuttle, monsters). What a delight to realize the flatbed scanner on my desk offers extensive sticker real estate!
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sticker club is slowly advancing forward. This may be the most behind I’ve ever been 🥲 Life is chaos since returning from Japan
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑

Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.

We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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We’re up to 38% of last year. Wanna help me get a little closer to last year?

SquidFacts.net

Advent starts in ~2 weeks! I’ll be packing up orders all morning and tonight!

Advent calendars fund @skypeascientist.bsky.social’s programming. They’ve been our biggest fundraiser for the last 3 years!
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓

The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺

Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Everyone wanted to assure me that the government healthcare cuts wouldn’t impact employer health insurance, only those on medicaid.

Only for my new job to get rid of their great healthcare plan because their rates are doubling as a result of our governments actions. 🤡
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Get one at SquidFacts.net
Got our 2026 nature calendar from Meg Lemieur and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, and it is amazing. Beautiful, funny, interesting, and even emotionally moving. When the year is over, we are going to be saving many of these pictures. Highly recommend.
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
YA GIRL GOT FLOOR SEATS FOR HAYLEY WILLIAMS 🥳🥳🥳
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for 30 Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who observe.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM