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Wobbologist (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️
@wobbologist.bsky.social
Trans, queer, HoH, Phd candidate, dancer

studying: neuromechanics, anatomy, & behaviour of chondrichthyans 🦈

Any nongendered pronouns

https://wobbologist.com/

scicomm: https://www.patreon.com/c/Wobbologist?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_lin
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I'm a trans, queer, disabled, neurodivergent, nontraditional scientist and I'm not going anywhere anytime soon.

I will continue community building, outreach, and more.

I've been 'out' looong before lgbtq+ marriage was legal, been legally denied housing for being trans, and more.

I'm not done yet.
Apparently everyone on bluesky today: baseball!!! ⚾️

Me tonight: becoming a ghost at open gym 👻 😂
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Today, I saw someone stumble and almost trip.

I immediately asked if she was ok.

She said yes, took a small pause, her facial expression softened and she said, "thank you for asking".

This isn't a 'I'm a good person' post. This is a 'why aren't more people treating others with softness' post.
October 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Why is my version of 'relaxing' just learning non-work related new things? Lol

I'm supposed to be resting, hard to do with walking pnaumonia from a sinus infection, and my version of 'rest' is learning a new language - I'm at elementary level now 😅.

Are other people like this too?
October 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I appreciate ya'll 💜
September 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers
LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.
arstechnica.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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this is a comic for kids, but we don't skimp on the science. (And one day I'll remember the emoji for the feeds) 🧪🔭
The quietest place in the Solar System (for radio waves at least) is the far side of the Moon. My latest comic with @makinaro.com looks at proposals for putting huge telescopes there, that could explore the cosmos before the first stars formed and find signs of distant aliens
Looking for aliens from the far side of the moon [COMIC]
Earth’s noise and light pollution can make it hard to detect signs of life on other planets. The solution? Telescopes that use the moon as a shield.
www.snexplores.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
2 weeks ago I learned that someone at a dance social is a CODA because the person saw me signing a song.

This past weekend we are signing, now, inside jokes about songs we like and dislike, lesson funnies, and more.

I love this so much, both the dance and deaf community 🤟
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Me: why is my laptop moving at a snail's pace?

Also me: transferring large files, R open, StereoMorph running, 5 tabs with papers, and more

Woops 😅
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm trying to post more to instagram (healthy mix of science, day in a life, dance, all things that are 'me'.

I will not be cross-posting. So, you can find me at the same handle over there.

These are my only 2 social media platforms lol. At least for now.
September 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Having a very uncommon food allergy usually means I don't have to worry as much about this specific consumable.

On the flip side, it also means no one warns me before serving because they aren't even aware someone *could* be allergic to it.

Fun times racing home for meds this afternoon 😅
September 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yesterday was my 1 year anniversary of my top surgery!

This whole year I've been a happier, healthier, more "me" me because of it!

I had fought in 3 states, over 8 years to make it happen. I am still elated every day when I wake up from the happiness it brings :).

#trans #TransJoy #TransInSTEM 🏳️‍⚧️
September 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I'm a trans, queer, disabled, neurodivergent, nontraditional scientist and I'm not going anywhere anytime soon.

I will continue community building, outreach, and more.

I've been 'out' looong before lgbtq+ marriage was legal, been legally denied housing for being trans, and more.

I'm not done yet.
November 6, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Do you want to learn how to be a scientist and discover what life was like on Earth a long, long time ago?

🎉NEW project just launched for kindergarten kids in ASL, English & Spanish!

🎥 Videos
📝 Vocabulary sheets
📄 Worksheets
🎨 Coloring pages

👉 Explore now: www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/how...
How To Do Science
Do you want to learn how to be a scientist, and learn about life on Earth a long, long time ago? Join real archaeologists and paleontologists to learn about how
www.colorado.edu
August 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I try to live by the "give people their flowers while their alive" motto.

Someone (not assuming a gender) had an awesome shade of blue weaved into their braids. I told them I loved their hair. They beamed and said, "Thank you, I really needed that".

Give people their flowers, we all need them.
August 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Is it still burnout if you still love your thesis topic but all the roadblocks are burning you out? Or is that called something else?

Asking for a friend....I'm the friend...
August 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Download our database of POSTDOC fellowships for cancer research/oncology in the US.

We found 46 different fellowships. For each entry, we provide link, description, deadline, amount, eligibility criteria.

Good luck!

Here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Woke up and read an article that said someone expected 80% of jobs to be replaced by AI in the next 10 years...and that the trick is to continue to learn until retirement.

I love learning (see being a grad student). I *want* to be taught, gain skills, and better understand things.
August 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The current reality as told by others...
August 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The current reality as told by others...
August 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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The authors report that all seven tested deep learning models failed to outperform simple baselines in predicting transcriptome changes after single or double perturbations.

I will duck for cover.
August 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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I've leaned a lot more into dance, friends, and prioritizing an hour of outside in the sun over the last bit now.

It's made a difference but still the worry is there.

I hope everyone is finding things and/or people to help ground them right now. 🤟

Drop a line of what's helping you!
#academia
August 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I don't know any Phd students or Post docs that feel calm right now.

We are not okay while watching positions disappear, seeing friends get dropped from programs instantly, and many are job hunting while working their 60hr weeks in case they wake up to an email cutting funding.
August 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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My PhD research questionnaire is now live!

forms.gle/HEPBswqzswGi...

Looking for those who:

1. identify as #nonbinary in the broadest sense
2. live or have lived in the UK (any point between 1990-2020)
3. aged 15+ (adult consent required to participate)

Open until 23/09/2025.

More info below! 👇
Research Questionnaire: Non-binary Finery
You are being asked to take part in a questionnaire as part of the following doctoral research project at University for the Creative Arts (UCA): Non-binary Finery: Dress, adornment, and the embodimen...
forms.gle
April 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM