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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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🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 Valkyrie Eleison @anitmata.bsky.social · 3h

More like Stephan Simping amirite

Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 4h

Girls only have one thing on their minds and it’s Adoratio by Stephan Sinding (1909).

It’s me. I’m girls.

Detail from an incredibly erotic marble sculpture showing a handsome man kissing a woman’s bare calf with religious reverence

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1h

I so badly want to stand on a glacier while it's still an option.

Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · 6h

Global warming may cause Sierra Nevada glaciers to vanish this century
->Earth.com | #Glacier #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming | More from Lil' Dr Glen at BigEarthData.ai

Global warming may cause Sierra Nevada glaciers to vanish this century

For generations, the snow and ice tucked into high Sierra cirques, bowl-shaped hollows carved by ancient glaciers, looked small but stubborn. New research reveals that the region may soon see something no person has witnessed. The study concludes that several...

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1h

Okay, this cracked me up. Trying to decide what to make next. Have a hat I have repeatedly started and then forgotten it exists.

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Muppet GIF of the Day @gifs-of-puppets.bsky.social · 2h

Today's #Muppet GIF of the Day is...

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 2h

Keeping myself entertained.

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How did I get in a text chain with college kids where they are claiming that Larry David is hot?!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 16h

What is the deal with those!? I have professors that use them and find it very odd and unprofessional.

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 17h

So excited to play with Swift Run thin sections next week! Sick in bed, but reviewing minerals I might need to identify!

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 22h

@gendercrook.bsky.social for the ten millionth time, "Has anyone talked to you about the size of your lung?" This time my mouth ran before my brain with, "I know. I have cute little lungs!". That was not the anticipated response...

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 23h

Helen taking me in for an X-ray this morning as we blast new Taylor Swift. 🩷

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Need dogs today

Muppet GIF of the Day @gifs-of-puppets.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #Muppet GIF of the Day is...

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Nadine, Haunter of Rocks 👻 @nadwgab.bsky.social · 1d

282 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Tinaksite:
- A silicate mineral
- Forms in hydrothermally altered rocks
- Often associated with charoite
- Its name is based on its composition: titanium (Ti), sodium (Na), potassium (K), silicon (Si) #minerals

Diverging group of orange-brown prismatic tinaksite crystals (like a bundle of spaghetti) in white to pale lilac charoite with somne black sprays of aegirine. From Murunskii Massif, Irkutsk oblast, Russia.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure why I thought I might wake up and magically feel better.

ariel from the little mermaid is laying on a rock and saying i wanna be where the people are .

ALT: ariel from the little mermaid is laying on a rock and saying i wanna be where the people are .

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Penguins of World☑️ @penguins--ofworld.bsky.social · 1d

Meet and greet

#PenguinLove #PenguinFacts #PenguinWatch

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Desperately craving a hike in the mountains. Or a hike anywhere but ideally in the mountains. Was going to happen maybe October 24, but having my doubts now. :(

Ava Reaves Images @avareavesimages.bsky.social · 17d

A Hazy View of the Blue Ridge Mountains

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#MountainMonday #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin
#nationalpark #photography #AYearforArt #nature
#PhotographersofBluesky

Haze and wildfire smoke creates this beautiful yet hazy view of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Being the perfect, well-behaved, reasonable patient to hopefully avoid going through pneumonia again! So much anxiety!

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Relatable

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Penguins of World☑️ @penguins--ofworld.bsky.social · 6d

March of the Penguins

#PenguinLove #PenguinFacts #PenguinWatch

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

RSV is bad news bears.

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Brain is hot fever soup.

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SGE at William & Mary @wmsge.bsky.social · 1d

We are excited to make sure that intro geology students are paired up with knowledgeable tutors! Our tutor coordinator just published The Tutoring Comfortability Form to make sure our tutor sessions are as effective as possible! #W&M #SGE #WilliamAndMary
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SGE Tutoring Comfortability

Please use this form to demonstrate your comfortability with various geology courses and related concepts!

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to avoid getting the roomies sick and going progressively nuttier alone in a room!

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools. n.pr/46OAc16

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

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