Olena Shmahalo
@natureintheory.bsky.social
✦ #SciArt #3Dart #Physics
✦ Previously the establishing Art Director of Quanta Magazine
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✦ Previously the establishing Art Director of Quanta Magazine
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✦ https://www.OlenaShmahalo.com
✦ Art-Only Feed: https://bsky.app/profile/natureintheory.bsky.social/feed/aaadycj4x6e72
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Hi everyone! ✨
I'm an independent artist & designer who enjoys creating scientifically-informed & fantastical visuals in 2D & 3D.
Prev. the establishing Art Director of the award-winning Quanta Magazine.
OlenaShmahalo.com
Stuff I do ↓
#SciArt #Illustration #3Dart #Design
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I'm an independent artist & designer who enjoys creating scientifically-informed & fantastical visuals in 2D & 3D.
Prev. the establishing Art Director of the award-winning Quanta Magazine.
OlenaShmahalo.com
Stuff I do ↓
#SciArt #Illustration #3Dart #Design
🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 🐡
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A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
Oooh love a good QOL update!* I'd been wanting this feature Procreate has #clipstudiopaint #csp
www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/releas...
I generally hate updating. Usually screws things up → hours of work-time lost to fixing. Thus, getting July update in November xD
*On that note, our new Mayor too 😄🎉
www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/releas...
I generally hate updating. Usually screws things up → hours of work-time lost to fixing. Thus, getting July update in November xD
*On that note, our new Mayor too 😄🎉
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Oooh love a good QOL update!* I'd been wanting this feature Procreate has #clipstudiopaint #csp
www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/releas...
I generally hate updating. Usually screws things up → hours of work-time lost to fixing. Thus, getting July update in November xD
*On that note, our new Mayor too 😄🎉
www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/releas...
I generally hate updating. Usually screws things up → hours of work-time lost to fixing. Thus, getting July update in November xD
*On that note, our new Mayor too 😄🎉
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Whew, this is a tough one! I've been digging into this today and haven't definitively made up my mind, but here are a few resources to consider... 🧵
@gregpak.net You are the sanest person on Bsky. What should I read prior to voting on NY's 2025 ballot proposals since the titles are always lies?
October 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Whew, this is a tough one! I've been digging into this today and haven't definitively made up my mind, but here are a few resources to consider... 🧵
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Friends in NYC, please do EVERYTHING you can to help get out the vote for Mamdani.
Cuomo will throw the door wide open for the ICE Gestapo.
Sign up to canvass for Mamdani here: www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv?r=uf_Vq...
Cuomo will throw the door wide open for the ICE Gestapo.
Sign up to canvass for Mamdani here: www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv?r=uf_Vq...
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Friends in NYC, please do EVERYTHING you can to help get out the vote for Mamdani.
Cuomo will throw the door wide open for the ICE Gestapo.
Sign up to canvass for Mamdani here: www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv?r=uf_Vq...
Cuomo will throw the door wide open for the ICE Gestapo.
Sign up to canvass for Mamdani here: www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv?r=uf_Vq...
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September 3, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:
MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.
Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.
Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:
MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.
Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.
Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.
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My thoughts on the gen ai normalization I've been seeing recently:
October 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My thoughts on the gen ai normalization I've been seeing recently:
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September 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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🇵🇱🇷🇺🇧🇾🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Since 1 am, our military tracked the movement of Russian drones toward the Polish border. This was not an accident or a mistake, it was deliberate. Russia used both Ukrainian and Belarusian territory to enter Polish airspace.
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🇵🇱🇷🇺🇧🇾🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Since 1 am, our military tracked the movement of Russian drones toward the Polish border. This was not an accident or a mistake, it was deliberate. Russia used both Ukrainian and Belarusian territory to enter Polish airspace.
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So anyway I got dog a new headband.
September 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So anyway I got dog a new headband.
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Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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You also need to say this shit when people get fired for mentioning their personal gender or get roughed up for looking at ICE the wrong way.
Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
Chris Murphy: "Our entire democratic experiment is going crumble if people don't believe they are safe when they express their political views."
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You also need to say this shit when people get fired for mentioning their personal gender or get roughed up for looking at ICE the wrong way.
Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
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PSA: The fact that RFK Jr doesn’t believe that healthy children need the COVID19 booster doesn’t change the fact that previously healthy children are continuing to have devastating outcomes from COVID19 infections.
September 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
PSA: The fact that RFK Jr doesn’t believe that healthy children need the COVID19 booster doesn’t change the fact that previously healthy children are continuing to have devastating outcomes from COVID19 infections.
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Ukraine's air force has warned Poland that Russian drones have entered its air space and Zamosc is under threat, Reuters reports.
September 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ukraine's air force has warned Poland that Russian drones have entered its air space and Zamosc is under threat, Reuters reports.
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Poland has the luxury of a NATO-protected airspace — Ukraine doesn't.
As a result, multiple Ukrainian cities have been struck tonight, including Lviv.
As a result, multiple Ukrainian cities have been struck tonight, including Lviv.
September 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Poland has the luxury of a NATO-protected airspace — Ukraine doesn't.
As a result, multiple Ukrainian cities have been struck tonight, including Lviv.
As a result, multiple Ukrainian cities have been struck tonight, including Lviv.
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04:09 in Ukraine. More drones are coming. Lviv, please stay in the shelter.
September 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
04:09 in Ukraine. More drones are coming. Lviv, please stay in the shelter.
September 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Updated COVID vaccine availability map 9/9
It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV
These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA
In all other states, no prescription needed
It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV
These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA
In all other states, no prescription needed
September 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Updated COVID vaccine availability map 9/9
It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV
These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA
In all other states, no prescription needed
It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV
These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA
In all other states, no prescription needed
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The art:
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Cosmic Timeline - Olena Shmahalo
Science Illustration / Infographic • Scientific American • 2025
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September 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The art:
www.olenashmahalo.com/project/cosm...
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(it's freeeee but please donate if you can, they are amazing to keep this free and do awesome feature updates)
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Just some hungry chickadees I drew for a Nature article D:
share.google/images/v3VFN...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciArt #graphics #neuroscience #chickadees
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share.google/images/v3VFN...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciArt #graphics #neuroscience #chickadees
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September 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just some hungry chickadees I drew for a Nature article D:
share.google/images/v3VFN...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciArt #graphics #neuroscience #chickadees
🧪 🐦 🧠
share.google/images/v3VFN...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciArt #graphics #neuroscience #chickadees
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In Florida alone, a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 million measles cases. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
Florida’s surgeon general said he didn’t calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists have. | CNN
Florida’s surgeon general said Sunday that he had not weighed the cost – in terms of infections, hospitalizations or deaths – of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists who have done thos...
www.cnn.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In Florida alone, a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 million measles cases. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
xD this is what I do to overcome this problem.
PureRef. It's the best.
PureRef. It's the best.
September 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
xD this is what I do to overcome this problem.
PureRef. It's the best.
PureRef. It's the best.