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Emma
@labsplaining.bsky.social
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professional lab rat | hobby artist | anxious bean

She/Her. Married to @pseudochamp.bsky.social
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Homemade chicken & wild rice soup for a cold day
A wide, flat bowl of chicken and rice soup with lots of carrots, celery, and onions. There's a chunk of crusty bread balanced on the edge of the bowl. A spoon on a red napkin & a glass of red wine on a red leaf-shaped coaster suit on the black wood table on either side of the bowl.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Cats cleaning their faces is simply one of the cutest things ever
Mays, a tabby and white cat, laying on a brown leather recliner and licking her paw with her eyes half-closed Another picture of Mays cleaning her face. In this one, she's swiping her paw over the top of her head, with her eyes closed and her tongue still sticking out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Dude, this restaurant has a s'mores bar dessert 😍😍😍
A really impressive s'mores tray, with a flame burner, marshmallows, Graham crackers, chocolate sauce, jam, and sliced strawberries My hand, holding a toasted marshmallow, dipped in chocolate and smooshed between graham cracker pieces
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Happy whiskey Saturday (with a large side of saltwater taffy) to those who celebrate
A whiskey cocktail in a rocks glass, with a large decorative bowl behind it filled with wrapped pieces of saltwater taffy
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Beans! ☕🫘
Washed coffee beans in the palm of my hand. They still need time to ferment, wash again, then dry out a bit, so I will probably plant them next weekend...
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Ope, looks like it's time to attempt to grow more coffee plants from seeds again!

I've tried this before, but the seedlings haven't survived. Fortunately, the two plants I have keep making fruit, so I can try again 😁
A branch of one of my coffee plants, with several coffee cherries at varying stages of ripeness Five deep red coffee cherries in the palm of my hand
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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I would REALLY love it if sweater weather outside didn't mean beach weather in my office 🥵
A lab data acquisition computer that I've connected to a temperature probe in my office. It's currently reading 79.3°F (26.3°C), and I am roasting.
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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The only downside of sourdough cinnamon rolls is that, if you want them to *taste* like sourdough, you have to wait for a lot of slow rising and fermenting before baking them (these are going in the fridge until tomorrow) 🥲
A mixing bowl with mass of puffy dough in it that has taken several hours to rise and stretch and fold The dough has been stretched and rolled out on a very large silicone mat and covered with a mixture of flour, butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar. My hands are visible at one end of the dough, starting to roll it into a log. Freshly-cut cinnamon rolls in a glass baking dish. There's still a lot of space between the rolls. Cinnamon rolls after their final rise, now puffy and squashed together in the pan.
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Elk on the Shelf. Is this anything @vintagestorygame.bsky.social ?
Screenshot from Vintage Story (game), where my tamed elk is standing on a polished bauxite work bench/shelf near my metalworking area (forge, anvils, tool racks on the wall).
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Ready, waiting for the first trick-or-treaters
An orange and black festive bowl filled with fruit snacks, rice krispie treats, and full-sized Skittles, Starbursts, Hershey's bars, KitKats, and Reese's peanut butter cups Our backup stash of Halloween candy Mays, our tabby & white cat, sitting in front of the front storm door and looking back over her shoulder. Behind her, there is a tall, shrouded skeleton on our front step, along with a variety of colorful pumpkins.
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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What in the absolute fuck is this shit, and how did either of us get on this mailing list?!

(They're asking for money)
An envelope addressed to my husband with script text of the name of the wife of the recently-murdered head of a political organization that we would never support in the upper left corner Back of the envelope with the address for an organization I'm not going to spell out because search bots, but there's no way in fuck we'd ever support them
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Today felt like a "chocolate shake with a garden dog and fries" kind of day
Lunch from Portillo's: a Chicago-style garden dog, fries, and a chocolate shake
October 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Idk why, but my friends hated this Halloween decoration 🤷
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Classic Halloween party
A bank cutting board, stained with red where I've been cutting blood oranges
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Spooky elderflower old fashioned (which we're calling a "Your Mother was a Hamster")
A cocktail in a plastic cup decorated with spiders, with candy eyes balanced on top
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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The booooones!! 👇
Our table, with candles and fall leaves and lots and lots of bones
October 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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We've never done a couples' costume... How'd we do?
Me as Tim the Enchanter, Scott as the Monster of Caerbannog (a white bunny with blood around his mouth) The same, but we're holding our fingers up like nasty sharp and pointy teeth
October 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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👇👇
A scintillating grid illusion. It's a static image of black squares arranged in a grid, with gray lines separating them and white spots at each intersection of the gray lines. Because of the way our visual systems are wired, most people will perceive black dots inside of the white dots at some of the intersections, but as soon as you try to look at a black dot it disappears and appears at a different intersection. It is deeply distracting and unsettling, much like my thoughts.
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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It's happening!
My hand, holding a program for REVOLUTION(S) at the Goodman. Behind this, a gray, foggy stage is visible
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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And now we're getting drinks and food before heading to the Goodman Theatre to see Revolution(s). How's my fit?
Selfie of me, wearing a black Rage Against The Machine T-shirt with a burgundy denim jacket with a Tom Morello Arm The Homeless guitar pin on my lapel (Tom Morello wrote the music for the show we're going to see, so this felt appropriate 😁) A fancy whiskey cocktail at the Legato Lounge
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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We saw some wildlife...
A person wearing an inflatable penguin costume and holding a sign that says "Penguins Against ICE"
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Then we took a little walk and saw some of the city's architecture...
The Art Institute of Chicago, next to a VERY crowded Michigan Ave, which is full of protesters carrying signs Me giving a middle finger to Trump Tower. There are lots of other protesters between me and the building. (They were all booing loudly.)
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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In the city again today!

Spent a lovely afternoon in Grant Park with a couple hundred thousand friends...
A large crowd in Grant Park (Chicago) for the No Kings protest & march
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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But I do have a weird sparkly ring so
Another selfie, where I'm holding up my hand to my mouth with a fake look of surprise. On my hand, there is a giant, squishy, spiky, light-up novelty ring on my middle finger.
October 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Who's got two thumbs, is at a fancy charity event, and just won an auction for a Ladies' Night outing for 8-10 people, but doesn't have 8-10 lady friends?

This gal 👍👍
Selfie of me in a green dress in a room with soft pink lighting.
October 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM