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Mara Cox

@maracox.bsky.social

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(They/Them) Meandering geology student seeking the next adventure. Desperate to explore, forced to study. Happiest barefoot in a lake, listening to folk music, with good books, good vibes. and no sense of time. "Your focus determines your reality"

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1h

Me: He is pretty!
@annekam.bsky.social : no.
Me: What? Men are pretty!
Anneka: Do you need glasses?

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 3h

studied, played in the rain, did my nails! A delightful little day!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 5h

PUPPY! Would give all the scritches and snuggles to!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 9h

Kira is a wonderful human being and coming down tomorrow so I have something to look forward to and get out of bed.

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 11h

Glacier isn't a realistic goal anymore, but still so pretty 😍 I'll just have to daydream of a Princess Elsa moment instead!
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BUCKET LIST ADVENTURE 🥹👇 ➡️Send this to someone you want to experience this with!! Out of all

YouTube video by The Traveling Dans

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Jelle Reumer 🟥 @jellereumer.bsky.social · 16h

Some enormous Siphonophyllia (Rugose corals) and a handful of crinoid fragments, at the Parvis in Saint-Gilles (B). Carboniferous.

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Penguins of World☑️ @penguins--ofworld.bsky.social · 16h

Penguins I have encountered

#PenguinLove #PenguinFacts #PenguinWatch

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 1d

Vetulicolian studies. Cambrian weirdos #sciart

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 13h

Bed rotting

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 14h

More motivation hunting

Ryan McGinley @rcmcginley.bsky.social · Sep 9

You can’t go to #Alaska and not see glaciers up close. They are just so impressive. Here I caught the Aialik Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park calving with so much force and power. If you zoom in you can see birds fleeing in the bottom left portion, showing the massive scale.

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 16h

For weeks, I wake up crying most days because doing college without family or money is too much. I have a plan and will be okay, but this year has been soul crushing. What I wouldn't do for a friend over 25 and a good meal!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 16h

Dark and rainy out. Bed rotting is such a delicious temptation most days anyway!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

A friend asked me what I need in relation to a pharmacy run, but all I could think was a weekend alone in the woods with a hot man who can cook and play guitar, THC, fire, and gummy candy. Although, this could also be the beginning of a horror movie...

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Keeping the motivation going

Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · Jun 21

Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley for #BlueSkyArtShow #narrow. There were some tight turns.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear #MobilePhotography

A sharp turn on a narrow gravel road in a canyon.

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toseeg.bsky.social @toseeg.bsky.social · 3d

The seracs of the Salmon Glacier.

#glacier #photography #landscape #nikon

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

My hope for the world just crumbles a little bit more every day.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected. n.pr/48scGty

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected.

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Dozing off in the lab is the cue to go home. At least I got in some work today. 😷

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Gotten great responses ranging from a graphing calculator to a first aid kit, to coffee. Best response simply reads, "MORE ROCKS".

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

When you're the only one cool enough to be working in the department during fall break.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones. n.pr/4nTT7PK

Being your authentic self: NPR's LGBTQ+ readers share their coming out stories

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones.

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Someday!
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Add these trails to your bucket list! 👇 ➡️ Send this to someone you want to hike in Alaska

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

What a delightful little dream!

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Penguin gets reunited with his friends😃 #fyp #viral #animals #cute #penguin #sweet #funny #ytshorts

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

New favorite word fact that I had to check. Pumpernickel loosely translates to "devil's fart" 🤣

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Mark Tingay @marktingay.bsky.social · 1d

⚒️🧪 Fiery eruption of Otman-Bozdagh mud volcano in Azerbaijan!

The Otman-Bozdagh mud volcano erupted at ~8:27am local time today (11/10/25).

Three eruption phases of between 4-12 minutes were recorded over an ~40 minute period.

Video source: @_yagha_

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 2d

I am not anxious, disastrously behind on anything, or upset. Everything is just genuinely chill. Learning to roll with the punches and embrace gratitude is sort of paying off. This is nice.