Emma
@labsplaining.bsky.social
professional lab rat | hobby artist | anxious bean
She/Her. Married to @pseudochamp.bsky.social
She/Her. Married to @pseudochamp.bsky.social
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Emma
@labsplaining.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Did someone say art?
Just finished this 9x12" pencil drawing of Tom Morello.
Winsor & Newton graphite pencils on Strathmore 400 series drawing paper.
📷 Milan Risky/Shutterstock (from Tom Morello's Twitter feed a few years back)
Just finished this 9x12" pencil drawing of Tom Morello.
Winsor & Newton graphite pencils on Strathmore 400 series drawing paper.
📷 Milan Risky/Shutterstock (from Tom Morello's Twitter feed a few years back)
Ridiculously cute kitty snuggles happening rn 🥰🥰🥰
February 7, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Ridiculously cute kitty snuggles happening rn 🥰🥰🥰
I really need to have facilities install poster frames in our labs, because it is A CRIME that I have nowhere to hang these adorable lab safety posters 😍
February 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I really need to have facilities install poster frames in our labs, because it is A CRIME that I have nowhere to hang these adorable lab safety posters 😍
Oops, I bought more concert tickets 🫣
February 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Oops, I bought more concert tickets 🫣
Improvised a chicken stew in the Crock-Pot today with mushrooms, onions, carrots, baby red potatoes, garlic, white wine, and herbs
It's really good
It's really good
February 2, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Improvised a chicken stew in the Crock-Pot today with mushrooms, onions, carrots, baby red potatoes, garlic, white wine, and herbs
It's really good
It's really good
We're at The Aviary for a cocktail tasting (with small plate pairings). This is the first of 5 cocktails... It's called "The Porthole"
January 31, 2026 at 11:44 PM
We're at The Aviary for a cocktail tasting (with small plate pairings). This is the first of 5 cocktails... It's called "The Porthole"
Never mind the jobs you've had, tell me five classes you took in college.
(None of these are from my major, and I loved all of them)
1. History of Astronomy: Stonehenge to Hubble
2. Intro to Archaeology
3. Colonial Latin America
4. Medieval Government and Society
5. Racquetball I
(None of these are from my major, and I loved all of them)
1. History of Astronomy: Stonehenge to Hubble
2. Intro to Archaeology
3. Colonial Latin America
4. Medieval Government and Society
5. Racquetball I
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Advanced Multivariable Calculus
Film & Literature
Politics of Latin America & the Caribbean
The Revolutionary Vision: Europe 1642-1991
Vector Spaces
Advanced Multivariable Calculus
Film & Literature
Politics of Latin America & the Caribbean
The Revolutionary Vision: Europe 1642-1991
Vector Spaces
Never mind for the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
American Revolution and Constitution
The French Revolution
The Third Reich
Comparative Revolutions
Comparative Politics of the Former Soviet Bloc
American Revolution and Constitution
The French Revolution
The Third Reich
Comparative Revolutions
Comparative Politics of the Former Soviet Bloc
January 31, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Never mind the jobs you've had, tell me five classes you took in college.
(None of these are from my major, and I loved all of them)
1. History of Astronomy: Stonehenge to Hubble
2. Intro to Archaeology
3. Colonial Latin America
4. Medieval Government and Society
5. Racquetball I
(None of these are from my major, and I loved all of them)
1. History of Astronomy: Stonehenge to Hubble
2. Intro to Archaeology
3. Colonial Latin America
4. Medieval Government and Society
5. Racquetball I
I missed the opening for the faculty & staff art show at my university (it was 2 days after my mom died; I wasn't ready to go back to work, let alone to an event)
I walked over to see the exhibit today...
My drawing is displayed almost in the center, right in front of the doors, and y'all 🥹😭
I walked over to see the exhibit today...
My drawing is displayed almost in the center, right in front of the doors, and y'all 🥹😭
January 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I missed the opening for the faculty & staff art show at my university (it was 2 days after my mom died; I wasn't ready to go back to work, let alone to an event)
I walked over to see the exhibit today...
My drawing is displayed almost in the center, right in front of the doors, and y'all 🥹😭
I walked over to see the exhibit today...
My drawing is displayed almost in the center, right in front of the doors, and y'all 🥹😭
Hi, I am just barely holding shit together and I would like for people to stop making me cry today, please and thank you
January 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Hi, I am just barely holding shit together and I would like for people to stop making me cry today, please and thank you
Reposted by Emma
As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪
The important question is: did I goth enough for an Edgar Allan Poe-themed speakeasy event, given that I don't really know how to goth?
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The important question is: did I goth enough for an Edgar Allan Poe-themed speakeasy event, given that I don't really know how to goth?
Wearing weapons in public ⚔️
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Wearing weapons in public ⚔️
This story is absolutely wild and I love it so much
Mushrooms, and also brains, are so fucking weird and wonderful
(h/t to @pseudochamp.bsky.social for sharing this)
Mushrooms, and also brains, are so fucking weird and wonderful
(h/t to @pseudochamp.bsky.social for sharing this)
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 AM
This story is absolutely wild and I love it so much
Mushrooms, and also brains, are so fucking weird and wonderful
(h/t to @pseudochamp.bsky.social for sharing this)
Mushrooms, and also brains, are so fucking weird and wonderful
(h/t to @pseudochamp.bsky.social for sharing this)
Update: they have announced that campus will be closed tomorrow
I will still have 4 consecutive hours of zoom interviews, but at least I can do them in comfy pants from a room that actually gets real sunlight 👍
I will still have 4 consecutive hours of zoom interviews, but at least I can do them in comfy pants from a room that actually gets real sunlight 👍
Work should be cancelled today, nobody should have to go outside even for a minute in this 🥶
![Screenshot of a weather alert:
Extreme Cold Warning
EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY *
WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chillsbetween 30 and 40 below expected. *
WHERE...Portions of central, north central ... [the text is cut off here]
National Weather Service](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tlwrf43nnfjvm23rggnlbnfd/bafkreiecpodbw65e76ipqlmf4nqcgm3whglvr2e4ocvvbkuym3z77jin2e@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Update: they have announced that campus will be closed tomorrow
I will still have 4 consecutive hours of zoom interviews, but at least I can do them in comfy pants from a room that actually gets real sunlight 👍
I will still have 4 consecutive hours of zoom interviews, but at least I can do them in comfy pants from a room that actually gets real sunlight 👍
Work should be cancelled today, nobody should have to go outside even for a minute in this 🥶
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Work should be cancelled today, nobody should have to go outside even for a minute in this 🥶
Trying to schedule a call to catch up on a meeting I missed on Friday, and I explicitly said I could be available any time after 1:30 pm today
So of course the person said they could call a little before 1:00
😐
So of course the person said they could call a little before 1:00
😐
January 21, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Trying to schedule a call to catch up on a meeting I missed on Friday, and I explicitly said I could be available any time after 1:30 pm today
So of course the person said they could call a little before 1:00
😐
So of course the person said they could call a little before 1:00
😐
I was out for three days last week, and it has become abundantly clear who meant it (and who didn't) when they told me not to worry, that they had things covered
January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I was out for three days last week, and it has become abundantly clear who meant it (and who didn't) when they told me not to worry, that they had things covered
Sorry, I can't do laundry, there's a cat on my feet
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Sorry, I can't do laundry, there's a cat on my feet
Post a car picture you took
January 19, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Post a car picture you took
Being home and hugging my kittens is the best
January 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Being home and hugging my kittens is the best
My hair is frozen solid
I was outside for 5 min
I was outside for 5 min
January 18, 2026 at 1:38 PM
My hair is frozen solid
I was outside for 5 min
I was outside for 5 min
The only thing in this bar that's louder than the music (Doors, Bowie, The Who, CCR 👍👍) is the patrons cheering and/or shouting at football on TV, and tbh I'm here for it.
January 18, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The only thing in this bar that's louder than the music (Doors, Bowie, The Who, CCR 👍👍) is the patrons cheering and/or shouting at football on TV, and tbh I'm here for it.
We worked hard today. I cried an entirely reasonable number of times. We deserve whiskey.
January 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
We worked hard today. I cried an entirely reasonable number of times. We deserve whiskey.
Reposted by Emma
Pretty sure this one is my mom's senior photo
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Pretty sure this one is my mom's senior photo
Reposted by Emma
Reposted by Emma
Glamour Shots, 1995 🫣
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Glamour Shots, 1995 🫣