If you really want to encounter a lot of views different from your own, go read some books. You don’t need right wing assholes screaming at you on social media for that. This can just be a place where you chill.

my classmate is popping ph strips into her mouth like gum 😐

So, let's talk about measles since there's a new outbreak in Canada.
Measles is even more infectious than Covid and tends to spread quickly, mostly in unvaccinated children. It's a miserable disease and the side effects can be nasty, even deadly. It's especially unpleasant in adults.

Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.

When I was first looking into research project topics for my masters thesis I was like ‘IRB approval looks so tricky I def won’t do a project that requires it’
….
Guess who just picked a research project requiring IRB approval 😔

I have never done musical theatre, nor do I ever intent to do so, but I know there is an alternate universe out there in which I play Pierre Bezukhov in The Great Comet of 1812

Born to love The Great Comet of 1812, cursed to have it never play anywhere near me 😔

More pottery #Nudibranches! These are not based on particular species, just generally nudi-inspired. And if you are a ceramics person: I used mason stains to make my own colored clay for the little spiky pieces so I didn't need to paint them one by one. #Nudivember #SciArt #handbuilding #ceramics

A couple of days ago I was telling my partner all about these land mine sniffing rats and other rats with jobs and today I got an instagram ad to support land mine sniffing rats…

#promosky looking for new friends + moots :)

☼interests!☼
✦ books/reading (esp. fantasy)
✦ biology (zoology + epidemiology)
✦ dropout
✦ podcasts (science + fiction ones)

especially looking for other trans and/or polyam people or other grad students :)

Trying to read more lately; just finished The Raven Cycle (loved!!!) and starting The Poppy War soon

My partner was on a date today so I took my book to the bar and I must say I did feel very whimsical and mysterious (I also finished my book!)

I put some chicken in my crockpot tortellini soup yesterday and let me just say,,,game changer

I’m a vulture defender til I die
They are cute!!! And I don’t even think they’re ugly-cute they are just cute little guys! And scavenger work is very important and I appreciate them :)

my son is so big now 🥺

realizing now that there are not really a lot of great industrial hygiene or environmental health flavored emojis

thinking about him 💖💖💖 (George, our gas monitoring chamber that is two trash cans taped together with holes drilled in it that is almost certainly leaking various substances into our lab space at any given moment)