Jennifer Frazer
@jenniferfrazer.bsky.social
Science writer and author of upcoming "The Slime Mold's Guide to World Domination" for Simon & Schuster; Under-Loved Lifeform and Humor Enthusiast. Find me also at theartfulamoeba.substack.com
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Now I Can Collapse for 5-8 Weeks
Slime Mold Book: Complete. Author: Elated. Subtitle: Your Input Needed.
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My lastest post on finishing my slime mold book, and a reader poll on the subtitle! open.substack.com/pub/theartfu...
You can even easily see how it crawled there -- check out that slime trail to the right!
#ColorADay #YellowThu
Even in the dark forest, this Fuligo septica, #yellow slime mold, (aka scrambled egg or dog vomit mold) was easy to see! #nature #photography
Even in the dark forest, this Fuligo septica, #yellow slime mold, (aka scrambled egg or dog vomit mold) was easy to see! #nature #photography
September 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
You can even easily see how it crawled there -- check out that slime trail to the right!
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Today I turned in a draft of my second book
So let's again share my advice for science colleagues who are considering writing a science book!
www.southernfriedscience.com/considering-... 🧪
So let's again share my advice for science colleagues who are considering writing a science book!
www.southernfriedscience.com/considering-... 🧪
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September 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today I turned in a draft of my second book
So let's again share my advice for science colleagues who are considering writing a science book!
www.southernfriedscience.com/considering-... 🧪
So let's again share my advice for science colleagues who are considering writing a science book!
www.southernfriedscience.com/considering-... 🧪
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One of my main goals as an author is to sell enough books so they'll let me write another one. Currently, it looks like that's not going to happen since my publisher is not happy with the sales of my second book. A sophomore slump. I'm open to promo ideas & would appreciate any shares of this post!
August 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
One of my main goals as an author is to sell enough books so they'll let me write another one. Currently, it looks like that's not going to happen since my publisher is not happy with the sales of my second book. A sophomore slump. I'm open to promo ideas & would appreciate any shares of this post!
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THANK YOU to our supporters who've stepped up during this critical moment. If you haven't given, here's how you can help:
👉 1. Donate to help keep journalists on the ground: n.pr/458sOhq
👉 2. Share this post to rally friends and family behind this essential service.
Every dollar counts.
👉 1. Donate to help keep journalists on the ground: n.pr/458sOhq
👉 2. Share this post to rally friends and family behind this essential service.
Every dollar counts.
July 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
THANK YOU to our supporters who've stepped up during this critical moment. If you haven't given, here's how you can help:
👉 1. Donate to help keep journalists on the ground: n.pr/458sOhq
👉 2. Share this post to rally friends and family behind this essential service.
Every dollar counts.
👉 1. Donate to help keep journalists on the ground: n.pr/458sOhq
👉 2. Share this post to rally friends and family behind this essential service.
Every dollar counts.
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New painting underway!
July 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New painting underway!
I feel like this belongs on top of a Christmas tree
A coworker gave my husband a cutting from his dragon fruit cactus. I stuck it in a pot and ignored it.
It bloomed. Bloom is HUGE, maybe 5-6 inches.
#bloomscrolling
It bloomed. Bloom is HUGE, maybe 5-6 inches.
#bloomscrolling
July 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I feel like this belongs on top of a Christmas tree
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Pretty surreal to see my artwork on the cover of Nature Genetics! Big congrats to @julianeg.bsky.social, @stemundi.bsky.social and the others, and thank you Juliane for letting me help bring your research to life visually.
www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5...
www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5...
July 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Pretty surreal to see my artwork on the cover of Nature Genetics! Big congrats to @julianeg.bsky.social, @stemundi.bsky.social and the others, and thank you Juliane for letting me help bring your research to life visually.
www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5...
www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5...
My lastest post on finishing my slime mold book, and a reader poll on the subtitle! open.substack.com/pub/theartfu...
Now I Can Collapse for 5-8 Weeks
Slime Mold Book: Complete. Author: Elated. Subtitle: Your Input Needed.
open.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My lastest post on finishing my slime mold book, and a reader poll on the subtitle! open.substack.com/pub/theartfu...
Today I handed in the full manuscript for The Slime Mold's Guide to World Domination. After two years of incessant deadline pressure, I feel like I can finally breathe again. Now I can catch up on all that thrilling housework and home maintenance I've been putting off for months! Also: stare at sky
July 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today I handed in the full manuscript for The Slime Mold's Guide to World Domination. After two years of incessant deadline pressure, I feel like I can finally breathe again. Now I can catch up on all that thrilling housework and home maintenance I've been putting off for months! Also: stare at sky
This morning, after > two years, I finished reading the very last paper for my slime mold book. In case you've ever wondered how much research it takes to write a book, here is a photo of 95% of the papers and all but three of the books I read to write "The Slime Mold's Guide to World Domination".
June 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This morning, after > two years, I finished reading the very last paper for my slime mold book. In case you've ever wondered how much research it takes to write a book, here is a photo of 95% of the papers and all but three of the books I read to write "The Slime Mold's Guide to World Domination".
Yesterday I disqualified a paper from research on my slime mold book for being nearly incoherent, a punishment I dubbed the "Pain Penalty". To back up my sense that this thing was not worth it, I checked the number of citations on Google Scholar: 9.
May 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yesterday I disqualified a paper from research on my slime mold book for being nearly incoherent, a punishment I dubbed the "Pain Penalty". To back up my sense that this thing was not worth it, I checked the number of citations on Google Scholar: 9.
The Slime Mold's Guide to World Domination is now 95% done! For more info, check out my latest Substack post: theartfulamoeba.substack.com/p/the-latest...
The Latest on The Slime Mold's Guide
Book progress completion bar: 95% done
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May 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Slime Mold's Guide to World Domination is now 95% done! For more info, check out my latest Substack post: theartfulamoeba.substack.com/p/the-latest...
Status Update: Still alive. Slime Mold Book Progress: *Eleven* chapters in the hole as of 4/25/25; now just one to go and I'm already a quarter of the way through it. Projected book publication is now Summer 2026. Still frantically repeating Alan Shepard's Prayer
April 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Status Update: Still alive. Slime Mold Book Progress: *Eleven* chapters in the hole as of 4/25/25; now just one to go and I'm already a quarter of the way through it. Projected book publication is now Summer 2026. Still frantically repeating Alan Shepard's Prayer
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's Tusoteuthis with and without bioluminescence, from my Western Interior Seaway mural 3, painted in 2021 for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.
#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #GiantSquid #Octopus #Tusoteuthis #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
Here's Tusoteuthis with and without bioluminescence, from my Western Interior Seaway mural 3, painted in 2021 for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.
#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #GiantSquid #Octopus #Tusoteuthis #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
March 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's Tusoteuthis with and without bioluminescence, from my Western Interior Seaway mural 3, painted in 2021 for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.
#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #GiantSquid #Octopus #Tusoteuthis #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
Here's Tusoteuthis with and without bioluminescence, from my Western Interior Seaway mural 3, painted in 2021 for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.
#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #GiantSquid #Octopus #Tusoteuthis #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
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As Monday approaches, all I can say is: “Me too, Jupiter. Me too.” Here I go again!
March 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
As Monday approaches, all I can say is: “Me too, Jupiter. Me too.” Here I go again!
It might just be stuck to the bubble but it's still damn cute.
March 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It might just be stuck to the bubble but it's still damn cute.
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Lovely visit with a Lampocteis. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 799 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Lovely visit with a Lampocteis. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 799 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
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Nudibranch, black coral, soft coral on dead black coral stalk. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 800 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
March 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nudibranch, black coral, soft coral on dead black coral stalk. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 800 #SouthSandwichIslands #MarineLife
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Bird of Passage: March 2025
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March 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I'm feeling this hard right now.
March 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I'm feeling this hard right now.
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The odds of being attacked by a turkey are low, but never zero.
March 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The odds of being attacked by a turkey are low, but never zero.
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It’s #MothMonday!
Let’s kick off the week with the magnificent air-shrimp, the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth!
(Hemaris thysbe) Pennsylvania #inverts
Let’s kick off the week with the magnificent air-shrimp, the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth!
(Hemaris thysbe) Pennsylvania #inverts
March 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It’s #MothMonday!
Let’s kick off the week with the magnificent air-shrimp, the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth!
(Hemaris thysbe) Pennsylvania #inverts
Let’s kick off the week with the magnificent air-shrimp, the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth!
(Hemaris thysbe) Pennsylvania #inverts
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And I definitely need a print of this one.
Always a good time to make art, but rarely a better time than now. Stay strong. Hold true. Keep making. 🦑🤝🦑
March 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And I definitely need a print of this one.
I low-key suggest renaming this squid Barad durensis
The Ram's Horn Squid (Spirula spirula) is the sole living member of the order Spirulida and has a uniquely shaped internal shell that resembles a ram's horn.
It was formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, but we didn't see one alive in its natural habitat until 2020!
It was formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, but we didn't see one alive in its natural habitat until 2020!
February 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I low-key suggest renaming this squid Barad durensis