Petra Korlević
@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
Geneticist working on malaria mosquitoes, I also doodle bugs 🦟
Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, opinions are my own
🇭🇷 expat in 🇬🇧
Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, opinions are my own
🇭🇷 expat in 🇬🇧
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Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟
whenever i hear people praise gen AI in academia (no, not the actually useful machine learning tools) all I hear is "the kitten decapitating machine is now even better at HUMANELY decapitating MORE kittens"
what happened to critical thinking in science???
what happened to critical thinking in science???
February 17, 2026 at 11:50 AM
whenever i hear people praise gen AI in academia (no, not the actually useful machine learning tools) all I hear is "the kitten decapitating machine is now even better at HUMANELY decapitating MORE kittens"
what happened to critical thinking in science???
what happened to critical thinking in science???
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Hollywood is COOKED
I made this $50,000,000 movie for free using AI
I made this $50,000,000 movie for free using AI
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Hollywood is COOKED
I made this $50,000,000 movie for free using AI
I made this $50,000,000 movie for free using AI
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When you take the time to observe nature closely, you find yourself moved by many things. And I believe that in order to preserve this sense of wonder, we humans must also delve deeper into our thinking.
#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
When you take the time to observe nature closely, you find yourself moved by many things. And I believe that in order to preserve this sense of wonder, we humans must also delve deeper into our thinking.
#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
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February 17, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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had an urge to make some uh bean horses today, so here's that
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
had an urge to make some uh bean horses today, so here's that
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every shot-on-video, made-with-a-camcorder horror movie that's just some teenage friend group fucking around in the woods with some fake blood and a monster mask contains more artistic merit, human joy and creative light than anything AI has ever made or will ever, ever make
February 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
every shot-on-video, made-with-a-camcorder horror movie that's just some teenage friend group fucking around in the woods with some fake blood and a monster mask contains more artistic merit, human joy and creative light than anything AI has ever made or will ever, ever make
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February 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Gnashing of teeth
Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.4.25; Bestiary; c.1230 CE; England; f.89r @camdiglib.bsky.social
Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.4.25; Bestiary; c.1230 CE; England; f.89r @camdiglib.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Gnashing of teeth
Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.4.25; Bestiary; c.1230 CE; England; f.89r @camdiglib.bsky.social
Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.4.25; Bestiary; c.1230 CE; England; f.89r @camdiglib.bsky.social
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Not only can they fly and see a whole set of colors we can't*, they carry around personal duvets and don't have to go to the dentist.
*varies by clade
*varies by clade
February 17, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Not only can they fly and see a whole set of colors we can't*, they carry around personal duvets and don't have to go to the dentist.
*varies by clade
*varies by clade
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reposting this photo of mahito for no particular reason
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
reposting this photo of mahito for no particular reason
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A froggy kind of mood.
February 14, 2026 at 10:13 AM
A froggy kind of mood.
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Is there nothing this government won't do to appease the Zionists? This is clearly not about the past, it is about the future and the gradual, deliberate erasure of Palestine and the Palestinian people.
#BoycottTheBritishMuseum
#BoycottTheBritishMuseum
February 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Is there nothing this government won't do to appease the Zionists? This is clearly not about the past, it is about the future and the gradual, deliberate erasure of Palestine and the Palestinian people.
#BoycottTheBritishMuseum
#BoycottTheBritishMuseum
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This snowdrop dragon would still like to join #Februaryfrost26 ❄️
#art #cuteart #dragon #snowdrop #night #digitalart #illustration
#art #cuteart #dragon #snowdrop #night #digitalart #illustration
February 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This snowdrop dragon would still like to join #Februaryfrost26 ❄️
#art #cuteart #dragon #snowdrop #night #digitalart #illustration
#art #cuteart #dragon #snowdrop #night #digitalart #illustration
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bull orca and their freakish trapezoid lugia hands
February 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
bull orca and their freakish trapezoid lugia hands
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Bakery bugs 🌾who would you eat?🍞
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Bakery bugs 🌾who would you eat?🍞
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February 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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We did this experiment at my former job. The highest paid employees (editors) ended up putting hours into editing and fact checking stories because the AI was wrong in unpredictable ways. Between coming up with the story idea, prompting, and editing they were the most expensive stories we did.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
We did this experiment at my former job. The highest paid employees (editors) ended up putting hours into editing and fact checking stories because the AI was wrong in unpredictable ways. Between coming up with the story idea, prompting, and editing they were the most expensive stories we did.
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tiniest new science charms arrived! we didn't expect them to be more popular so we ran out during Christmas Markets.
DNA, gel, pipette, microbe and tube to choose from 🧪
#SciArt #HumanMade
DNA, gel, pipette, microbe and tube to choose from 🧪
#SciArt #HumanMade
February 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
tiniest new science charms arrived! we didn't expect them to be more popular so we ran out during Christmas Markets.
DNA, gel, pipette, microbe and tube to choose from 🧪
#SciArt #HumanMade
DNA, gel, pipette, microbe and tube to choose from 🧪
#SciArt #HumanMade