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Elizabeth Preston
@inkfish.bsky.social
Science journalist, humor writer and aspiring cephalopod. Author of THE CREATURES' GUIDE TO CARING, coming in 2026.

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I asked my kindergartener if she'd chosen a candle for her "spa bath" and she said "I can't decide between grapefruit and cheddar blossom."
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I wasn't planning to post pictures of my kids' Halloween costumes BUT my feed is telling me it's #WorldJellyfishDay?! 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"Pumpkin garden," also by @akpresto.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Your spooky Lego art for the day: "Pumpkin carving," by my sister @akpresto.bsky.social

(On non-spooky days, she makes Lego art about climate, cities and data: aangles.ghost.io)
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
GULP! I hope I am not so STIFF and SPOOKed that I can only speak in GRUNTs and BONK into things when I interview the legendary Mary Roach onstage about her new book REPLACEABLE YOU! See you there?? www.harvard.com/event/mary-r... @harvardbookstore.bsky.social 🧪
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Not disproving the idea that everything evolves into crabs, my 5-year-old left this picture on my desk of "Mama as a crab." 🧪
September 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Can any insect people tell me who this bee is? I saw several in one place yesterday in Cambridge, MA. Little black-and-white character, zippy, very round. Big fuzzy white area on the back legs. 🧪
August 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
While in Cape Cod last week, I heard something I'd never heard before: a coyote pack! They returned multiple times, barking, yipping and howling. I'd love to know more about this behavior. In this video you can hear them making a ruckus and then stopping all at once. 🧪
August 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Timeline cleanse (family bath):
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A family walk to cleanse your timeline:
June 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m not trying to be a jerk here, but not even this 25-word post made it to publication without two errors.
June 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I can't help but notice that the article cites an AI research company named after a character in the Matrix—the movie that's the basis for the delusions experienced by one subject of this article. The way companies talk about AI has helped to create this problem.
June 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Me reading email before coffee: "Geez, my book isn't even coming out until next—oh it's from the doctor's office"
June 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Actually not what I meant in this neuroscience passage, thanks though? 🧪
May 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Yesterday I messed up at A (putting me on an unfamiliar route), managed B (only because traffic was at a dead stop), and messed up at C. My 30-minute trip home was 45. Anyway if you're a Boston-area driver, please cheer me up by sharing the spaghetti intersection that has personally attacked you?
May 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Clearing out my inbox over coffee:
- horrors
- horrors
- horrors
- 300 penis bones 🧪
May 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Let me bless your timeline with this gorgeous green bee I unearthed yesterday while gardening (sorry bee!!). Internet tells me she's Agapostemon virescens, and will team up with her buddies to defend a nest. 🧪
May 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Waiting to hear back on a few pitches, so I made erasure poetry out of a list of words that will reportedly get your NSF grant flagged. (Original list at docs.google.com/document/d/1..., shared by @jengolbeck.bsky.social) Anybody want to try their own? 🧪
April 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Scientists observe captive cockatoos dipping their pasta in blueberry soy yogurt, confirm cockatoos are actually 8-year-old human children www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧪
February 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Four-year-old: “What does the disco button do?”
February 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
At least my book fact-checker will be glad I grabbed a screenshot yesterday before the government took down this study on (checks notes) preventing the murder of newborn babies 🧪
February 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Words of wisdom from Moominmamma.
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The people who name woodpeckers are gaslighting us, right?
January 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I’m not sure which direction would help at this point, but if anyone’s looking to travel to the past or “futer,” my kids made this time machine yesterday.
January 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
OK, robins aren't very exciting, but it still seems rude for science to call them flying turds? 🧪
January 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM