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Celeste is out caroling
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Friendly neighborhood biology teacher working on better assessment and grading practices (UBC). Permanently under construction. Say hey to your dog for me! 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @ubc
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Set of 4 village glasses “made in Brazil” on the bottom - can’t find an exact match
A hand holding a clear glass with a snowy village scene painted on
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Set of 4 vintage Libby pine cone glasses
A hand holding an etched clear drinking glass with pine cone and branches etched on
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Hand painted wood plate/tray. Back says “made in Wisconsin 1950”
A green wooden plate with a hand painted kitschy white Christmas tree
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Scored a vintage GAP tracksuit at the thrift

(Y’all can see where I’m going with this.)

Also scored more vintage Christmas stuff!
Celeste in a red tracksuit and glasses smiling A scene from Elf where Buddy is approaching a man in a red track suit that he assumes is Santa
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Fashion advice needed:

Is this vintage dress too white for a guest at a summer beach wedding? (It’s cream, not white)
A floor length off white dress with colorful pink and orange flowers
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Today I faced another mental block and tried pole - (also my regular aerial yoga). Yay me!
Black and white photo of an off centered body spinning on a pole. There are empty poles in the room A smiling person hanging upside down from aerial hammock.
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Mummy pie
A pie assembled like a mummy
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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I’ve waited my whole life for pie to enter the conversation. Here’s one I made while camping back when the flag was just normal
A berry pie assembled to resemble the US flag
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Welp. My job here is done ✅
A postcard that says “dear Celeste thank you for your jaw dropping lesson on sea cucumbers and pearl fish! I really cannot get this parasitic interaction out of my head and I have already told my mom all about living in sea cucumber anuses!”
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Rebecca wins an amazing attitude award for showing up to start her project solo when her partner called in sick ☹️

Way to go Rebecca!! 🤩

#science @ubcbotany.bsky.social
A colorful amazing attitude award with a sun
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Back from the field starting a diatom diversity study!

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Several gloved hands pipetting pond water out of falcon tubes
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Afternoon groups are here!

This project is looking at most effective concentration of EtOH to prevent E. coli growth AND how long 70% is effective post treatment 🧫
A pile of agar plates on a lab bench with miscellaneous equipment
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Rolling right along with this group looking at mislabeling of meat in raw dog foods.
A blue test tube rack with 6 micro centrifuge tubes with brown stuff in them
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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This group is setting up an experiment looking at how different light affects Chlamy growth @ubcbotany.bsky.social
A bright lamp above some glass dishes covered in blue acetate
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This group is looking at what’s growing on high traffic door handles 😬 (Stuff I don’t want to know) @ubcbotany.bsky.social
Gloved hands streaking an agar plate with a cotton swab
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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We’re out of the gate with student projects! This group is looking at salinity tolerance of Penicillium roqueforti 🧪 @ubcbotany.bsky.social
A hunk of blue cheese on moist paper towels. There’s a person’s gloved hands with forceps holding a glass tube
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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“Gussie McPhail, supervisor 3rd floor” 🧑‍⚕️

(According to Google, Royal Columbian School of Nursing provided a scholarship in Gussie’s memory. Way to go, Gussie!) 🥇

Her photo accompanies me in my kitchen during the holidays. 🎂

I hope someday my photo keeps company to a stranger somewhere. ❤️
A black and white 1950s looking photo of a person in a mid century nursing uniform. She’s sitting with arms crossed, smiling, beside a decorated Christmas tree.
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Look how handsome Rip is 😍
A most regal Australian Shepherd. He has one blue eye and one brown eye and looks very calm and poised, even though he’s really a dufus
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Flashback to mealworm cookie day circa 2019

#teaching #science
A classroom table with a small container of mealworms, a larger container of chocolate chip mealworm cookies, and a cellphone/microscope contraption with a magnified view of a mealworm. There are hands of students looking at the stations
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Today I got to be the proud presenter of UBC’s very first Canvas sticker! @ubcbotany.bsky.social
A screenshot of a Canvas submission page with an arrow pointing to the new sticker, which is a gold star on a blue background
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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This tree needs to shut the eff up. It’s too early for this shit.
An obnoxiously red tree from the view out an open front door.
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Important update 🚨

Puppy has arrived
Same screen as before but now there is a real dog and handler in front
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Note to self: DO NOT PET PUPPY 😩
A projection screen from the ceiling at the end of a lab bench. The slide projected has a cute golden lab puppy with a service vest. The caption says “Campus Canines. University of British Columbia. Intro to PADS and assistance dogs.
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Merry Christmas my friends

🤩❤️🎄🎅🏼🤶
A giddy looking person in HoHoHo pajamas with a Christmas mug. They’re in front of a Christmas tree with an Australian Shepherd also in Christmas pajamas. The woman has a light up smaller tree on her head and is smiling
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Update: I spoke too soon and since I’m dressed like Christmas I had a few candy canes 🍬 🎅🏼

I can now hear yelling down the block “THATS THE CANDY CANE HOUSE”
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM