Throw back to 2019 when I took the world renowned marine invertebrate zoology course at Friday Harbor Labs(:

An ode to my guardian and protector.

The closures at UConn seem to encompass Environmental Studies and Environmental Science. Hard to understand the mindset of the university administrator who at this moment of climate crisis thinks of those fields as expendable luxuries for our students.

#poetry #LGBTQinSTEM
#art #creativity

Im gonna share a poem I wrote below cause it’s fun sometimes 🫣🙃:

“Daunting Delusional Dive”

Have you ever been in that moment?

Time aches.

Mental strain of a new environ

Again and again.

1/5

My masters thesis research is underway as we attempt to define the trophic niche of the non-indigenous polychaete, Hermundura Americana, in the Chesapeake Bay tributaries.

Hoping for a more successful semester than last. Lots of obstacles last semester mostly out of my control.

It has started with a new clean space to live in, same apartment, but not a depression hole anymore. Let’s see if I can get this thesis off the ground!

#gradSchool

Chesapeake bay benthic monitoring season has started! Here’s a few highlights from our first trip on the slover(:

#benthicMonitoring
#LGBTQinSTEM
#FieldWork
#Polychaetes
#TeamInvert

“I’m not hurt. I’m broken. But I called to say I’m fine.”-RKS

Just need to say, a dear friend of mine took his own life a few years ago today. He’s not forgotten. I remember and honor the impact he had on my life often. May he rest easy. A true friend in some of my loneliest years. Always lit up the room, knew how to make ppl smile.

Just a daily reminder that we SHARE this world with amazing creatures and we should respect their space and lives.

Habitat loss is the leading cause of extinction, we need to give back to our fellow Terrans.

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The burrowing anemone of the Chesapeake bay.

Ceriantheopsis americanus.

Found at the mouth of the York river.

I’ll leave this here. Stay safe and warm! Life threatening conditions rn in the Great Plains region. This is still due to climate change.

She was a professional couch surfer, and they could never enforce their boundaries.

It lasted until she found another couch needless to say.

Sing the tune

Without you I wouldn’t know what to do.

The infamous Hermundura Americana. A non indigenous Polychaete found in the Chesapeake bay in 2009, we are actively studying its ecological impact since then on the Bay

Been laughing at this for days.

Orca Mosh pit.

Speedo mosquito

Temporary tats

Clasps and claps

Then gasps in the crowd.

Sheet metal burns and glows.

The mosquito bites with malice

Blood

Blood

Blood transfusion

Careful what you wish for.

My foot still hurts.

Well moreso my heart & head.

MFS

#poetry

Transitioning to this lovely app from an unnamed toxic platform. Here’s a pic of paraprionospio pinnata(some debate about locality and nomenclature) nonetheless, a beautiful specimen