Melissa, Queen of the Sloths 🦥
@slothgirlmel.bsky.social
Since you asked, no. Giant ground sloths did NOT eat avocados and shit out the seeds, resulting in the evolution of modern avocados. *paper coming soon-ish… someday… when I have time for that.
Thank you for that clarification!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Thank you for that clarification!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
According to my coworkers: graphics in a second
My computer: goddamn I’m slow
ESRI: greedy industry slime
I do love crunching data and making maps though 🤷🏻♀️
My computer: goddamn I’m slow
ESRI: greedy industry slime
I do love crunching data and making maps though 🤷🏻♀️
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
According to my coworkers: graphics in a second
My computer: goddamn I’m slow
ESRI: greedy industry slime
I do love crunching data and making maps though 🤷🏻♀️
My computer: goddamn I’m slow
ESRI: greedy industry slime
I do love crunching data and making maps though 🤷🏻♀️
I wore my leather jacket at night when I went out to grab dinner last night and it was too hot. I know LA doesn’t do fall, but I want leather jacket weather now!
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I wore my leather jacket at night when I went out to grab dinner last night and it was too hot. I know LA doesn’t do fall, but I want leather jacket weather now!
The fact that we get 3 sloth taxa (2 with babies!!) AND a glyptodont (with a baby!) makes me very happy.
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The fact that we get 3 sloth taxa (2 with babies!!) AND a glyptodont (with a baby!) makes me very happy.
I am currently debating where the whale fall pin will live on my leather jacket. That thing is GORGEOUS!!!
October 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I am currently debating where the whale fall pin will live on my leather jacket. That thing is GORGEOUS!!!
I think I may have seen one of your burlesque troupe’s shows earlier this year (if it’s the same troupe)! Did you have a Valentine’s Day show down the street from the natural history museum? If so, my friend’s sister is also part of the troupe.
September 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I think I may have seen one of your burlesque troupe’s shows earlier this year (if it’s the same troupe)! Did you have a Valentine’s Day show down the street from the natural history museum? If so, my friend’s sister is also part of the troupe.
Ahhh, the 710 commute. I don’t miss my job in Pasadena but my new Long Beach to Irvine commute just isn’t as entertaining.
August 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ahhh, the 710 commute. I don’t miss my job in Pasadena but my new Long Beach to Irvine commute just isn’t as entertaining.
Not quite the Zankou family feud but this is some excellent LA trivia!
August 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not quite the Zankou family feud but this is some excellent LA trivia!
I would very much like “stay out of the bedroom because you insist on getting stuck on something under the bed and scaring the cats” and “don’t go off-roading on my rock collection” settings.
August 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I would very much like “stay out of the bedroom because you insist on getting stuck on something under the bed and scaring the cats” and “don’t go off-roading on my rock collection” settings.
Good news! There was a copying error and I found all my data on my old hard drive! I still lost the two years of data on the hard drive that was stolen, but everything else is still there!
August 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Good news! There was a copying error and I found all my data on my old hard drive! I still lost the two years of data on the hard drive that was stolen, but everything else is still there!
I tried switching to IBR and the application kept getting stuck and wouldn’t submit. I tried for over a month with no luck before the deadline.
August 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I tried switching to IBR and the application kept getting stuck and wouldn’t submit. I tried for over a month with no luck before the deadline.
Thanks! I’ll be checking all the hard drives again when I get home. Sadly, one was stolen out of my car last year. I hope the data wasn’t all on that one.
August 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Thanks! I’ll be checking all the hard drives again when I get home. Sadly, one was stolen out of my car last year. I hope the data wasn’t all on that one.
It was a fun little wiggle in Long Beach! And of course the first thing I did was fill out the form. It only briefly woke up the sleeping cat, but he doesn’t get out of bed for anything under a M 7.0
July 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It was a fun little wiggle in Long Beach! And of course the first thing I did was fill out the form. It only briefly woke up the sleeping cat, but he doesn’t get out of bed for anything under a M 7.0
One of the best soundtracks ever
July 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One of the best soundtracks ever
If I wasn’t already settled in my life and career, I’d apply for this in a heartbeat! It sounds like an amazing position!
July 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If I wasn’t already settled in my life and career, I’d apply for this in a heartbeat! It sounds like an amazing position!
I’m watching Death of a Unicorn and I’m 80% sure they’re based on a chalicothere with a little Hell pig thrown in for fun. 🤣
July 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I’m watching Death of a Unicorn and I’m 80% sure they’re based on a chalicothere with a little Hell pig thrown in for fun. 🤣
It is definitely interesting. Needs more overlap though
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It is definitely interesting. Needs more overlap though
I was just at a show in the strange middle part of my science nerd and punk musician friend circles ven diagram. It was wild to the lead singer stage persona after working with his historical archaeologist side. I need that YouTube channel to be a thing.
June 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I was just at a show in the strange middle part of my science nerd and punk musician friend circles ven diagram. It was wild to the lead singer stage persona after working with his historical archaeologist side. I need that YouTube channel to be a thing.
They really are magnificent. I think they’re happy to be back in Long Beach. They’ve been extra magnificent for the past week.
June 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
They really are magnificent. I think they’re happy to be back in Long Beach. They’ve been extra magnificent for the past week.