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Jess Meade

@jessmscience.bsky.social

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High school science teacher (PLTW Biomed, biology, forensics, anatomy) Have two bergamasco sheepdogs. I paint, read, spend time in nature, build furniture. She/her

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 8h

I’m reorganising the Wild Way to make it easier for subscribers to navigate all of the archives - we have hundreds of guides now and growing with each week 💞 www.wildway.info/about

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Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful. The glow is stunning.

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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 3d

Comfortable Fictions: The Myth of Multiple Intelligences carlhendrick.substack.com/p/comfortabl...

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Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday she was
Leaping them all to do down and we worked on the turn a little - and then today she mastered it. Such an amazing little girl.

Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 2d

My giant puppy Persephone is learning stairs at her own pace and it’s precious.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 3d

Window Screen

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4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...

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Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 4d

Oh those greens are lovely.

Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 5d

Puppy had her dog class downtown for the first time. She started out overwhelmed but settled in and had fun.

Gray puppy smiling outside on a dog mat. The bay and other puppies are behind her.

Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 6d

Stuck in a cycle where we are too tired to stay awake past 8 and then puppy wakes up at 4:30. On the plus side I’m getting a lot of crap done by 8am.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 7d

Weekend reading on how I’m establishing wildflowers in shade to part shade without any weeding, watering or preparation www.wildway.info/p/how-to-est...

How to establish wildflowers in part to full-shade (part one)

With no weeding, watering or ground preparation

www.wildway.info

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Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 6d

This is so great. Wood sorrel is my fave little plant. I need to try the spore bit w ferns. We have sweet ferns near here but I have been unsuccessful at transplanting them. You gave me lots of ideas.

Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 7d

Ninth grade Biomed students left some powerful words on my board today.

Reminder It’s okay to get stuck but it’s not okay to give up.

Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 7d

The various cute faces of Persy Lynn Miles. Almost 17 weeks.

Gray and black sheepdog puppy on a front stoop.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 9d

Hey #spoonie/#disabled friends

I'm talking to pharmacy students tomorrow about life with chronic pain, & what it's like being an artist/scientist with chronic illnesses.

Are there things you'd want future pharmacists to know about? LMK.

Mine are here: mothsinahumansuit.uk/2022/11/07/c...

Chronic pain as a patient and a scientist: what I want you to know

What I want pharmacy students to know about my life as a scientist, artist, and patient with chronic pain…

mothsinahumansuit.uk

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Jess Meade @jessmscience.bsky.social · 9d

Our high school was lucky enough to host Jane Goodall two years ago for a talk, discussion and evening event. She was incredible and so inspiring to our students.