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Meghan Bartels
@meghanbartels.bsky.social
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News reporter at @sciam.bsky.social (posts are my fault). Book person, cat person, etc. Georgetown alumna, SHERP34. In NYC. Signal: mbartels.07. she/her http://meghanbartels.github.io/portfolio/
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Excited to start auditioning eagles to participate in this important project!
Screenshot from the New York Times. Headline: Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive. Dek: Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artifical intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft. In Greek mythology, Prometheus gave fire to humans; the gods punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle peck out his immortal liver every night.
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Great news, the printer technician has arrived.
A cat stares at a printer that is doing ink nozzle maintenance
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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In search of megafauna for some seed dispersal in NYC.
A lone honey locust pod on a subway platform
October 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Trying to freeze summer as aesthetically as possible.
A square paper towel covered in individual basil leaves arranged tightly together
October 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Zoomies is DISTRAUGHT to learn the silly things he does are the subject of scientific inquiry. Also that the #SciAmInTheWild swag box doesn’t include any cat toys (except it does because everything is a cat toy when you’re Zoomies). sciam.com/180contest
A tabby cat atop a cat tree stares into the camera. In front of him is a human hand holding an open issue of Scientific American about cats and dogs
August 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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To celebrate its 180th birthday (!!) @sciam.bsky.social is running a photo contest (details here: sciam.com/180contest) to take #SciAmInTheWild. Where do you read about science?
A magazine with an eyeball on the cover for a story titled “Anatomy of an Insight” tucked behind an optical machine
August 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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It was worth it, may we all look this cute when we’re hangry
A fluffy baby birb seen head on and from below looking cranky
July 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I just finished reading Human Nature by @drkatemarvel.bsky.social and wow—gorgeous, funny, thoughtful, highly recommend.
A hardcover book sits on a wooden table with grass and two pigeons in the background
July 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I call this one self-portrait in basil.
Wilted and dead basil.
June 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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This is a brand new gallery, what’re we doing with this crap. (It’s the Met.)
Gallery text whitewashing the British attack on Benin City
June 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I must assume that a well-air-conditioned computer wrote this.
A screenshot from a weather app comparing yesterday’s and today’s temperature ranges alleging that a high of 85 and a high of 90 are “similar”
June 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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In the last 100 pages, and the awkward deaths continue.
Another kindle screenshot. Tl;dr, dad dies allegedly over grief that older son had men who accidentally murdered younger son instead of ambushing someone going after his lover
May 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The same book, a few hundred pages later, with new unexpected questions.
A photo of a kindle with the following sentence highlighted: “Guillaume II of Achaea was found hiding behind some hay near Kastoria, and recognized by his protruding teeth.”
May 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Good morning from my desk 👀
A magazine open to a spread showing a spacecraft against a reddish background with Chinese text. In English is “Beyond the Solar System” and my name.
May 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Ummmmmmm?!?
A photograph of a kindle with the following text highlighted: The emperor Konstas had been murdered in his bath in Syracuse, either with a sword or a soap bucket
May 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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The expert not featured in this article is Zoomies, who recommends finding a furball to ear-scritch, it’s very grounding.
A tabby cat leaning into ear scritches
March 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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I hate to be ~that person~ but this is by far my best month ever and I never thought I would be able to do late-week puzzles without autocheck so! (I do use the puzzle columns that I finally learned about)
A screenshot of the NYT crossword January page marking most days as completed without autocheck
January 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Ok very important update, Tib and his brother Edgar have their very own Instagram account and thank you to The Algorithm for alerting me to this fact.
An Instagram screenshot of a black and white cat wearing jingle bells on his collar and doing a lil blep. The image was posted by @poemuseumcats and was surfaced as “you may also like” content
January 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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My grinchy heart just grew a couple sizes: www.instagram.com/share/BA_FRL...
An Instagram screenshot of a photo of a black and white cat rubbing against a bust of Edgar Allan Poe wearing a metallic pink birthday hat. The caption identifies him as Tib, the Poe Museum’s new cat
January 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Goooooooood morning from my inbox!
An email headline reading: Little Birds, Little Poops, Little Food Safety Risk
January 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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As it ought!!
A screenshot of an email from SpaceWeather.com titled "Mars Is About to Vanish"
January 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/auro...
The Borat 2 Tonight Queen?? meme asking for auroras tonight.
December 31, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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He mocks me.
A squirrel munches while perched on a pole that supports a birdfeeder not shown, the background is a garden scene.
December 24, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Checking in with Bed Bath & Beyond for the first time in a couple of years and am simply delighted to discover they have multiple life-size suits of armor ready to meet all of my decorating needs. (Alas, the stars appear to be a display error, there are no actual reviews.)
E-tail page showing two decorative suits of armor each priced over $1300.
November 2, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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How did they make it look so ominous?
A screenshot of X’s voting PSA, with stars on blue on the left, red stripes on the right, the X logo and VOTE in the middle and “Election Day is almost here!” below
October 30, 2024 at 12:15 PM