Raleigh-based writer of natural history (and its history) 🐍 Author of CURIOUS SPECIES 🦝 http://bit.ly/3rMeLNQ 🐡 https://linktr.ee/wbarlowrobles 🐛 whitneybarlowrobles.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mui7jgadr22fI'm genuinely nauseous reading this headline https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/academy-of-natural-sciences-of-drexel-university-to-close-museum-on-sept-30/4456788/01 Sep 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui7jgadr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mtecvhenhs23"Congress has no official paid sick leave policy, and members can continue receiving their salary indefinitely while on a medical leave. At the same time, millions of American women who give birth each year do not have access to any guaranteed paid maternity leave." https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-sick-paid-time-off-maternity-leave-comparison-1233313218 Aug 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtecvhenhs23https://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mteas4eexc2cExsqueeze me, *us*? Love robber flies, for the record. Except for what they do to my tiger beetle friends.18 Aug 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteas4eexc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mt777sn7es2g16 Aug 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt777sn7es2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3msxoqd7jr22b*please don't be an AI hallucination, please don't be an AI hallucination* Also I swear I looked this up for actual historical research purposes13 Aug 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxoqd7jr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mr4hhtjgcs2kWhy is it so much easier to run up stairs on all fours but not socially acceptable to do so in public?20 Jul 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4hhtjgcs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mqcmivxoac2bJust saw a Redditor say we're now at the Schrödinger's McConnell stage and I am dead (and maybe he is too)10 Jul 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcmivxoac2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3movnzdrcus24Me driving in a foreign country and seeing a new road sign https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/17/5d/7cm8tOcs.gif?hh=278&ww=498&mp4=iVq0a5DuARUU&webm=DBmK3bZmhmdGy22 Jun 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3movnzdrcus24https://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mmc3lwyop22wUh oh do not tempt me with a side quest20 May 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc3lwyop22whttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mm4v4pqq422tMy latest in Orion—on the wisdom of coral, the specter of extinction, and why I wish I had six arms #coral #oceanlife #sciencesky #motherhood #extinction #climatecrisis https://orionmagazine.org/article/group-work/18 May 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4v4pqq422thttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mltz6ne62k2wI've somehow found myself at the center of an underground reptile ring: Other 5-year-olds bring my daughter sloughed skins they find outside => I photograph them and send them to herpetologists for an ID => She brings the skins and names back to school => Now we're all wiser about reptiles14 May 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltz6ne62k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mjkb3pisbs2jIt's that time of year when the trees are blooming, the birds are singing, and belligerent carpenter bees crash into my face.15 Apr 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkb3pisbs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wbarlowrobles.bsky.social/post/3mjfsvogqzk2tLove this: "Weirdness is not a flaw in a picture book. It is often the doorway in. It tells children this space is not governed by ordinary rules." And this: "A picture book read aloud is not just text being delivered. It is performance. It is call and response. It is music with page turns." [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:a33nnthrizuht2spajpcfjco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfsvogqzk2t