Ologies with Alie Ward
@ologies.bsky.social
A comedyish science podcast hosted by @alieward. Asking smart ologists not-smart questions about their professional obsessions. Every Tuesday. May be NSFW. https://linktr.ee/alieward
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Ohaay, it’s the lady who hosts that Ologies podcast and finally got back into her Bsky account.
Alie Ward here, excited to see so many science friends in one place. Add me/say hi so I can gently creep on your work.
I wear this yellow sweater too much.
Alie Ward here, excited to see so many science friends in one place. Add me/say hi so I can gently creep on your work.
I wear this yellow sweater too much.
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Fun facts about me! I’m a wildlife ecologist, my birthday is on the most sacred of mammal holidays, Groundhog Day, when I caught a habituated marmot & worked w/ @nwtrek.bsky.social to make him an ambassador animal rather than euthanizing, they named him Chestnut ❤️🦫🌰 🎂 www.nwtrek.org/marmot-finds...
January 18, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Fun facts about me! I’m a wildlife ecologist, my birthday is on the most sacred of mammal holidays, Groundhog Day, when I caught a habituated marmot & worked w/ @nwtrek.bsky.social to make him an ambassador animal rather than euthanizing, they named him Chestnut ❤️🦫🌰 🎂 www.nwtrek.org/marmot-finds...
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Had a blast at @sarahmackattack.bsky.social’s Bad Art for Good event with @ologies.bsky.social!!! Great convos, great peoples. If you ever get a chance to attend a Sarah event, take it
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Had a blast at @sarahmackattack.bsky.social’s Bad Art for Good event with @ologies.bsky.social!!! Great convos, great peoples. If you ever get a chance to attend a Sarah event, take it
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Getting ready for tonight's West Coast edition of Bad Art for Good with @ologies.bsky.social tonight!
We got art supplies, beer, snacks and COMMUNITY.
Getting together is so much better than being isolated.
We still have some spots left if anybody wants to come luma.com/fp919u5x
We got art supplies, beer, snacks and COMMUNITY.
Getting together is so much better than being isolated.
We still have some spots left if anybody wants to come luma.com/fp919u5x
Bad Art for Good · Luma
Join Ologies Host Alie Ward and squid biologist Sarah McAnulty to make some art to make things better.
How can art make things better? Creating makes us feel…
luma.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Getting ready for tonight's West Coast edition of Bad Art for Good with @ologies.bsky.social tonight!
We got art supplies, beer, snacks and COMMUNITY.
Getting together is so much better than being isolated.
We still have some spots left if anybody wants to come luma.com/fp919u5x
We got art supplies, beer, snacks and COMMUNITY.
Getting together is so much better than being isolated.
We still have some spots left if anybody wants to come luma.com/fp919u5x
a few spots left to hang tonight, LA!
Getting ready for tonight's West Coast edition of Bad Art for Good with @ologies.bsky.social tonight!
We got art supplies, beer, snacks and COMMUNITY.
Getting together is so much better than being isolated.
We still have some spots left if anybody wants to come luma.com/fp919u5x
We got art supplies, beer, snacks and COMMUNITY.
Getting together is so much better than being isolated.
We still have some spots left if anybody wants to come luma.com/fp919u5x
Bad Art for Good · Luma
Join Ologies Host Alie Ward and squid biologist Sarah McAnulty to make some art to make things better.
How can art make things better? Creating makes us feel…
luma.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
a few spots left to hang tonight, LA!
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Balancing the horror news cycle with a recommendation: @ologies.bsky.social podcast is a brief spot of joy.
Listening to the Marmots podcast today.
Listening to the Marmots podcast today.
two ground squirrels are standing in a grassy field .
Alt: two ground squirrels are standing in a grassy field .
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Balancing the horror news cycle with a recommendation: @ologies.bsky.social podcast is a brief spot of joy.
Listening to the Marmots podcast today.
Listening to the Marmots podcast today.
WHAT IS A GROUNDHOG?
What's their deal?
Why do they have their own holiday?
Beloved UCLA marmot expert Dr. Dan Blumstein chats large rodents, dens, scandals, butts, parenthood, romantic advice you should *not* take, why their blood boggles science, and aliases.
www.alieward.com/ologies/marm...
What's their deal?
Why do they have their own holiday?
Beloved UCLA marmot expert Dr. Dan Blumstein chats large rodents, dens, scandals, butts, parenthood, romantic advice you should *not* take, why their blood boggles science, and aliases.
www.alieward.com/ologies/marm...
Marmotology (GROUNDHOGS) with Dr. Daniel Blumstein — alie ward
Tongue twisters. Frosty holidays. Scandals. Big ol’ rodent butts. Let’s talk groundhogs with UCLA conservationist, field biologist, professor and Marmotologist, Dr. Daniel Blumstein. We cover what bro...
www.alieward.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
WHAT IS A GROUNDHOG?
What's their deal?
Why do they have their own holiday?
Beloved UCLA marmot expert Dr. Dan Blumstein chats large rodents, dens, scandals, butts, parenthood, romantic advice you should *not* take, why their blood boggles science, and aliases.
www.alieward.com/ologies/marm...
What's their deal?
Why do they have their own holiday?
Beloved UCLA marmot expert Dr. Dan Blumstein chats large rodents, dens, scandals, butts, parenthood, romantic advice you should *not* take, why their blood boggles science, and aliases.
www.alieward.com/ologies/marm...
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The Department of Labor has just posted its second Nazi slogan (in the original, "Germany for Germans") in the last two days.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The Department of Labor has just posted its second Nazi slogan (in the original, "Germany for Germans") in the last two days.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
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So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
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“Hillbilly values, at least from where I’m from in Appalachia, are that the government ought not to have absolute immunity for shooting people in the face.”
On JD Vance: “Maybe we came from a different Appalachia.”
On JD Vance: “Maybe we came from a different Appalachia.”
If you watch one thing today make it @corbintrent.bsky.social and pass it on.
January 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
“Hillbilly values, at least from where I’m from in Appalachia, are that the government ought not to have absolute immunity for shooting people in the face.”
On JD Vance: “Maybe we came from a different Appalachia.”
On JD Vance: “Maybe we came from a different Appalachia.”
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Thanks to @ologies.bsky.social podcast today I learned that the day on Venus is 243 earth days which is LONGER than its year which is 224.7 earth days.
January 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Thanks to @ologies.bsky.social podcast today I learned that the day on Venus is 243 earth days which is LONGER than its year which is 224.7 earth days.
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No money for healthcare
nor for housing
nor for food insecurity
nor for social safety nets
nor for student loan forgiveness
nor for education
nor for disability accommodations
nor for environmental conservation
nor for climate change mitigation
nor for housing
nor for food insecurity
nor for social safety nets
nor for student loan forgiveness
nor for education
nor for disability accommodations
nor for environmental conservation
nor for climate change mitigation
January 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
No money for healthcare
nor for housing
nor for food insecurity
nor for social safety nets
nor for student loan forgiveness
nor for education
nor for disability accommodations
nor for environmental conservation
nor for climate change mitigation
nor for housing
nor for food insecurity
nor for social safety nets
nor for student loan forgiveness
nor for education
nor for disability accommodations
nor for environmental conservation
nor for climate change mitigation
We all need a recharge and some flickers of beauty. My brain loves this. (I’m on there as skwurlhat.)
hi bluesky ✨
Doodl is a daily drawing prompt app built around a simple idea: doing a little bit of art every day.
Doodl is intentionally AI-art-free, so the focus stays on people showing up and making things:)
join a community of real human artists:
doodl.app/join-the-beta
Doodl is a daily drawing prompt app built around a simple idea: doing a little bit of art every day.
Doodl is intentionally AI-art-free, so the focus stays on people showing up and making things:)
join a community of real human artists:
doodl.app/join-the-beta
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 AM
We all need a recharge and some flickers of beauty. My brain loves this. (I’m on there as skwurlhat.)
Doing tactile things has been helping my anxiety, and my genius sister-in-law made an app that prompts a daily doodle and I'm LOVING it. She just put out the beta.
Main rule: NO AI.
I'm 2/skwurlhat on there. Come draw with us. It's so nice.
www.doodl.app/join-the-beta
Main rule: NO AI.
I'm 2/skwurlhat on there. Come draw with us. It's so nice.
www.doodl.app/join-the-beta
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Doing tactile things has been helping my anxiety, and my genius sister-in-law made an app that prompts a daily doodle and I'm LOVING it. She just put out the beta.
Main rule: NO AI.
I'm 2/skwurlhat on there. Come draw with us. It's so nice.
www.doodl.app/join-the-beta
Main rule: NO AI.
I'm 2/skwurlhat on there. Come draw with us. It's so nice.
www.doodl.app/join-the-beta
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[SPOILER ALERT] A day is longer than a year on Venus. Learned this about this podcast episode ago! #mindblown 🤯
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
[SPOILER ALERT] A day is longer than a year on Venus. Learned this about this podcast episode ago! #mindblown 🤯
Gassy veils! Orange sunlight! Alien life?
#Venusologist Dr. Vicki Hansen of @psi.edu talks space probes, dazzling terrain, myths, melting machinery, “noodle data,” analogues to Earth, tectonic misconceptions, + self-help books.
Also: what does Venus smell like?
www.alieward.com/ologies/venu...
#Venusologist Dr. Vicki Hansen of @psi.edu talks space probes, dazzling terrain, myths, melting machinery, “noodle data,” analogues to Earth, tectonic misconceptions, + self-help books.
Also: what does Venus smell like?
www.alieward.com/ologies/venu...
Venusology (VENUS) with Dr. Vicki Hansen — alie ward
Gassy veils! Orange sunlight! Alien life? It’s the sole goddess of our solar system: Venus. And to tour us through her beauty is the charming and enthusiastic planetary geologist and Venusian expert D...
www.alieward.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Gassy veils! Orange sunlight! Alien life?
#Venusologist Dr. Vicki Hansen of @psi.edu talks space probes, dazzling terrain, myths, melting machinery, “noodle data,” analogues to Earth, tectonic misconceptions, + self-help books.
Also: what does Venus smell like?
www.alieward.com/ologies/venu...
#Venusologist Dr. Vicki Hansen of @psi.edu talks space probes, dazzling terrain, myths, melting machinery, “noodle data,” analogues to Earth, tectonic misconceptions, + self-help books.
Also: what does Venus smell like?
www.alieward.com/ologies/venu...
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Live updates: Around 200 people marched more than two miles from the scene of the shooting to Minneapolis City Hall, shouting “ICE out now!” after police hurried away from the scene Wednesday afternoon.
The crowd of is continuing to snake its way through downtown.
The crowd of is continuing to snake its way through downtown.
Live: ICE agent shoots, kills woman in Minneapolis
Video of the shooting shows an agent firing at a vehicle as it drives toward him. The governor and Minneapolis mayor called for calm after the incident. ICE said the agent acted defensively.
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Live updates: Around 200 people marched more than two miles from the scene of the shooting to Minneapolis City Hall, shouting “ICE out now!” after police hurried away from the scene Wednesday afternoon.
The crowd of is continuing to snake its way through downtown.
The crowd of is continuing to snake its way through downtown.
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Next Thursday in Los Angeles, @ologies.bsky.social
& I are hosting an evening of activism art!
We'll be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social!
Please repost, LA!
& I are hosting an evening of activism art!
We'll be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social!
Please repost, LA!
January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Next Thursday in Los Angeles, @ologies.bsky.social
& I are hosting an evening of activism art!
We'll be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social!
Please repost, LA!
& I are hosting an evening of activism art!
We'll be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social!
Please repost, LA!
Also, LA, get your tickets! Jan 15 with me and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social:
about 15 tickets left so if you wanna go, get on it!
Reminder: I'm doing a live art meet-up with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social in LOS ANGELES on JAN 15, so get your $15 tickets now before we fill up!
Who's going?
luma.com/fp919u5x
Who's going?
luma.com/fp919u5x
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Also, LA, get your tickets! Jan 15 with me and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social:
Any chemist friends here? I have a gaseous question:
If you had sulfuric acid in the clouds of a planet, as well as scant water vapor, would the process of dissociation create hydrogen sulfide and thus would it smell like farts?
Just doing some fact checking.
If you had sulfuric acid in the clouds of a planet, as well as scant water vapor, would the process of dissociation create hydrogen sulfide and thus would it smell like farts?
Just doing some fact checking.
January 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Any chemist friends here? I have a gaseous question:
If you had sulfuric acid in the clouds of a planet, as well as scant water vapor, would the process of dissociation create hydrogen sulfide and thus would it smell like farts?
Just doing some fact checking.
If you had sulfuric acid in the clouds of a planet, as well as scant water vapor, would the process of dissociation create hydrogen sulfide and thus would it smell like farts?
Just doing some fact checking.
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Father Frost brought me this as a New Year's present. I'm so happy I can finally rep ologies in the wild 😎 @ologies.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Father Frost brought me this as a New Year's present. I'm so happy I can finally rep ologies in the wild 😎 @ologies.bsky.social
Reminder: I'm doing a live art meet-up with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social in LOS ANGELES on JAN 15, so get your $15 tickets now before we fill up!
Who's going?
luma.com/fp919u5x
Who's going?
luma.com/fp919u5x
Bad Art for Good · Luma
Join Ologies Host Alie Ward and squid biologist Sarah McAnulty to make some art to make things better.
How can art make things better? Creating makes us feel…
luma.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: I'm doing a live art meet-up with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social in LOS ANGELES on JAN 15, so get your $15 tickets now before we fill up!
Who's going?
luma.com/fp919u5x
Who's going?
luma.com/fp919u5x
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I want to print YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT onto little cards and just hand them out in conversation sometimes
D1) again, this is difficult to pull off at longer lengths. But you don't get good at a thing by not doing it.
E) YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT done is better than perfect. Don't worry so much about "practicing right" just practice. You can adjust as you need as you go on.
E) YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT done is better than perfect. Don't worry so much about "practicing right" just practice. You can adjust as you need as you go on.
December 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I want to print YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT onto little cards and just hand them out in conversation sometimes
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163. A few years ago I talked to the amazing Alie Ward on the Ologies podcast!
🧪 🔭 #TabClosed2026 #SpaceArchaeology @ologies.bsky.social
🧪 🔭 #TabClosed2026 #SpaceArchaeology @ologies.bsky.social
SPACE JUNK with Dr. Alice Gorman — alie ward
Gaze into the cosmos and wonder at broken satellites, retired rockets and shattered contraptions. Archaeologist Dr. Alice Gorman is a leading expert on orbital debris and chats about what’s up there, ...
www.alieward.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
163. A few years ago I talked to the amazing Alie Ward on the Ologies podcast!
🧪 🔭 #TabClosed2026 #SpaceArchaeology @ologies.bsky.social
🧪 🔭 #TabClosed2026 #SpaceArchaeology @ologies.bsky.social
This means so much to me, truly. Big goopy teary thank you, Dr. @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
I learned so much about platypuses w/this episode. I look for ways to be optimistic about the future & seeing @ologies.bsky.social at the top of science podcasts helps. Thoughtful & fun interviews w/scientists from all backgrounds, often mentions Indigenous ppl, dispels misinformation, I 💜 Ologies.
Ornithorhynchology (PLATYPUSES) with Dr. Tahneal Hawke — alie ward
Duck bills. Beaver tails. Underground lairs. Eggs. Milk. Venom? A platypus has it all. Scholar, conservationist, and Ornithorhynchologist Dr. Tahneal Hawke is here to run through the baffling anatomy ...
www.alieward.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This means so much to me, truly. Big goopy teary thank you, Dr. @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
LA! Come draw with me and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social on Jan 15!
We just released tickets and I think they’ll go fast, so jump on it:
We just released tickets and I think they’ll go fast, so jump on it:
ATTN: Los Angeles!
@ologies.bsky.social & I are hosting an evening of ART & ACTIVISM. We're going to be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social!
Please repost, LA!
@ologies.bsky.social & I are hosting an evening of ART & ACTIVISM. We're going to be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city.
RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x
Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social!
Please repost, LA!
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
LA! Come draw with me and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social on Jan 15!
We just released tickets and I think they’ll go fast, so jump on it:
We just released tickets and I think they’ll go fast, so jump on it: