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Mara Cox

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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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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 20m

RSV is bad news bears.

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 1h

Brain is hot fever soup.

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

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
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

SGE Tutoring Comfortability

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

docs.google.com

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 3h

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

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NPR @npr.org · 6h

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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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 4h

Backsliding on recovery and hoping this doesn't evolve into pneumonia again. 😬

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 7h

I was brainstorming that recently and kept coming back to a bee with a pride flag abdomen! Still brainstorming!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 7h

I want to get a sleeve of tattoos that are small sketches/doodles done by loved ones. I already have one by @julesbar.bsky.social . Permanent marks by people who made a permanent impact. @missdaisydee.bsky.social we should work something out!

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 18h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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

280 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Kyanite:
- Aluminosilicate mineral
- Polymorph of sillimanite & andalusite
- An index mineral (used to estimate metamorphic temperature, depth & pressure)
- Used in ceramic production
- The winner of #MinCup25!
- Its name comes from the Greek word "kyanos" (blue) #minerals

Thin blue blades of kyanite sticking out of a beige quartz groundmass. From Itabira, Brazil.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

A lump consisting of blue and white kyanite prisms. Frm Botriphnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

A cluster of white, opaque kyanite prisms. From Val di Vizze, Italy.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

An aggregate of kyanite blades, ranging from dark inky blue in the centre to paler blue towards the edges. From Sultan Hamud, Kenya.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 11h

September climate warming stripes. It's as if something has changed. 🤔

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SGE at William & Mary @wmsge.bsky.social · 9h

#W&M #WilliamandMary #geology #SGE #SigmaGammaEpsilon

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 10h

When you have very few adult friends!

Muppet GIF of the Day @gifs-of-puppets.bsky.social · 12h

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

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 10h

www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

Charlottesville City Council approves $6.2M building purchase for shelter

The city plans to turn 2000 Holiday Drive into a 200-bed low-barrier shelter.

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Penguins of World☑️ @penguins--ofworld.bsky.social · 11h

Cute Penguin Swimming

#PenguinLove #PenguinFacts #PenguinWatch

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 10h

Opened YouTube shorts and started mindlessly scrolling without processing what I was doing. 😬 Time to change Internet habits and crack open a paper book. Bad habits from being sick all summer.

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28Loki @28loki.bsky.social · 1d

The Devils Postpile in Devil's Postpile National Monument formed less than 100,000 years ago from a thick basalt lava flow that cooled slowly, creating tall, symmetrical hexagonal columns later shaped and polished by glaciers.
#glaciers #geology
#lava #nature
#California

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 19h

What do you give a dog with a fever?
Mustard, it's great on hotdogs!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 21h

Was so bummed to not be able to go to GSA this year again and was excited to see something like this! Would have been just too exhausting but this is perfect!

Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · 1d

This #GSA #ShortCourse is accepting new virtual participants through Friday of this week (Oct 10). Be sure to secure your spot if interested! ♿

Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · Jul 19

Geo-professionals with disabilities will be leading a short course at GSA Connects this year about the experiences of people with disabilities in the geoscience workforce.

Can’t get to San Antonio? You can attend virtually! Learn more and register at store.geosociety.org/products/sc2...

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 21h

Feeling worse. Breathing is too much work to sleep or study. :(

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 1d

And when I mean covered, I mean COVERED. This is a 33-year difference between these two images of the North Fork Toutle valley.

Once the Army Corps of Engineers built the Sediment Retention Structure, the site's days were numbered.

Aerial view looking southwest over the North Fork Toutle River valley near Hoffstadt Creek. The site of Weyerhaeuser’s former Camp Baker lies below the Spirit Lake Highway, partly buried beneath sediment from the May 18, 1980 eruption. Taken July 1990. Google Earth imagery.

Aerial view of the same reach of the North Fork Toutle River valley near Hoffstadt Creek. By 2023, decades of sediment accumulation have nearly erased the Camp Baker site beneath reworked volcanic deposits. Taken July 2023. Google Earth imagery.

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 22h

Hard thing for us students to grasp! I was saying a few days ago that I could never be smart enough to teach this stuff!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 23h

Wait. Are you claiming that our professors don't possess an encyclopedic knowledge of all things geology?!

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 23h

That's awesome to hear! I wonder if there will be a noticable bump in school attendance. The other questions will be how long people, on average, are on the bus there and how late it runs. Huge step in the right direction though!

Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 23h

What I wouldn't do to go a full three months without a chest infection!