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Liz O'Connor⁷
@drmicrochem.bsky.social
Microbiologist & Chem Prof
Polyglot wannabe
Korean language, food, media, music
Teachers open doors—you must enter
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Bluesky is not a dating app, so don't
Views my own
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📣 UPDATE

"The Christmas song" cover by #Jungkook is available on SoundCloud:

m.soundcloud.com/bangtan/happ...

"Happy Holiday ARMY" 🥹
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus

Censorship. Bari Weiss
December 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The ‘deck’ in “Deck the Halls” means “to decorate.”

But, it is not related or a shortening of ‘decorate.’

It comes from the Dutch word meaning “to cover.”

You also use it when you’re all “decked out.”
December 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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♥️ 😳🇺🇸
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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It’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
It’s still the Department of Defense.
And it’s still the Kennedy Center.

And they will remain as such long after that orange fucking idiot is gone.
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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It's been a joy to watch the Braille periodic table project evolve. I'm just an observer and fan, but this artifact may nonetheless be one of my #FavoriteThings #photography #science #accessibility #BlueSkyArtShow
December 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
One of my #FavoriteThings is #koreanfood, especially if it's #homemade.
It was hard to choose a dish, but my homemade Korean soy-braised eggs, #GyeranJorim ( #계란조림), are always so pretty.
They're also little #umami bombs of joy. 😋
#BlueSkyArtShow #phonephotography
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Starbucks workers are STILL on ULP strike in over 130 cities and growing. Support our fight for better pay, scheduling, and protections - as well as a resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices - by NOT BUYING STARBUCKS at ANY location for the duration of our strike!
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This made me both happy & sad. What a good baby Yeontan was!
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Long before flowers dazzled pollinators with brilliant colors and sweet scents, ancient plants used another feature to signal insects: heat. The findings in Science offer insights into what shaped the earliest eras of plant-animal coevolution.

Read more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4rVtArQ
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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My other recent @arstechnica.com story explains why a doggy DNA test probably can't predict your dog's behavior. It also includes bonus Max pictures!
Why is my dog like this? Current DNA tests won’t explain it to you.
Dog behavior is a lot more complicated than any one gene variant.
arstechnica.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Cycad plants use heat's thermal and infrared characteristics to lure beetles to their cones. #GiftArticle 🧪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/plants-heat-infrared-cycads-beetles.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.VeM2.vFA5w6CD2G5I&smid=bs-share
A Hot Plant’s Mysterious Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today, I introduced a colleague to Jin's #SuperTuna because she has a 4 year-old nephew who's just discovered #kpop.

A new generation of #BTSARMY is born & a good day's work is done. 😄💜
a young man in blue overalls is dancing on the beach .
Alt: Kim Seok-jin, known professionally as Jin of BTS, is dancing the Super Tuna dance on a beach while wearing blue overalls
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We have become a country where regular citizens must protect school children from being terrorized by their own government
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Have I posted yet about how much I hate the final grading period?
a close up of a cartoon character covering his eyes with his hands
Alt: Stitch pulling his lower eyelids down in exasperation
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Me after reading some of my students' lab reports.
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Saw her in concert. What a voice! What an experience!

I adored her then & I still do
Had to go to Google... even though I already knew....
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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If any of you happen to be #Ghibli fans, would you please fill this survey out? It's my student's research for her final paper, and she needs more responses. Thank you. #StudioGhibli #GhibliMusic forms.gle/1SXnq9ceRyKe...
Studio Ghibli Music & Emotion Survey.
Hi, My name is Jannur Yesil. I am a DGS student at Pusan National University taking the East Asian Popular Culture class. This research is for my class paper on the emotional impact of Studio Ghibli’s...
forms.gle
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"A Perfect Day"
Assateague Island National Seashore near Little Tom's Cove

I posted this for Summer Daze, but its #sky deserves its own moment, too.
#BlueSkyArtShow #phonephotography
#Assateague
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I've watched so many shows in Korean, Japanese & Chinese that my streaming services have stopped recommending shows in English.
Spanish? Sí
Swedish & Danish? Ja
Turkish? Evet
French? Bien sûr
Only those vapid Christmas romances are in English.
I suspect that's a default
My God, I what have I done?😂
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM