Ranunculus would like to be added to the chat. I got these two flowers at the big box shop…and then purchased 30 more corms….

Mom’s having bilateral knee surgery in Houston tomorrow. Stepdad supposed to fly out today so he can help with recovery. Except just woke up to see our ENTIRE AIRPORT IS SHUT DOWN, overnight. For 10 days. For security reasons.

Ok, but what are the first two kinds of close encounters?

I lost such a beautiful person as the new year rolled in. Well, the world has lost a beautiful person. I miss her and they say the internet is forever. So, I present you to, Dezz. The girl who has a Summerween birthday cause Halloween in her favorite but her birthday is in August.

In better news, the kids got sweaters. …never mind that it’s 70° most days

More Black Americans will be targeted due to this focus on Somalis & I’m now as scared for myself as I am for my friends and neighbors in my border city.

Just scheduled a birthday text to my (long distance) husband for 12:01 am. What a time to be alive.

I don’t know how to not be anxious and angry over the state of the world and it’s fucking with me. Here’s some recent happy making things: • strawberry fig from my own tree • sunsets on sunsets on sunsets • Christmas dress I’m making that actually fits (!!!)

I FRICKIN MADE PANTS 🥹 I’ve been teaching myself to sew and this is my first attempt at pants— AND THEY’RE wearable in public 😭

I’ve finally finished processing a dream skull of mine: the American black bear. This skull is now officially property of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and was handled/processed with the proper permits

Hey chat, what are we using other than Spotify for podcasts?

Went to get plastic bags, came back with a eucalyptus tree. Sorry ‘bout my face

Jobs are hard because people are exhausting 😫

MOVING DAY!

Okay some sci-comm person that I really like and respect just made a viral video about not being able to feel wet and like THAT’S MY FUN PARTY FACT, NOT THEIRS. I could be great one day if not for imposter syndrome 😂

I start work next week & have trepidation due to my little Menty B during grad school. Being afraid for yourself OF yourself is rude. But grateful for the chance to massage my brain again with biology things. Junie for Dog Tax.

Moving is the treeeeeenches.

Woke up in an earthship. Came out to greet the morning.

*takes breath* “autistic brains” are just as varied as non-“autistic brains” are. You’re going to find these traits across the spectrum of humanity, not just those who have autism. Can we not pretend to be gurus while spreading misinformation?

Been picking okra every day. I’m not Cajun enough for all this fried okra.

Woke up early to breathe in the sky. I’ve also been working on candle making, so that’s fun?

The microbiome in me recognizes the microbiome in you 😊

I’m not a parent, but these hip-hop kids songs are absolutely the best thing to happen. I just saw a teacher telling kids to say “ight” like AAVE “aight” then continued “if you can say ight then you can say “flight”….”bright… “ Here for it.

Really missing my morning walks in the pasture. Christmas season can’t come soon enough.

Got my tooth extracted under a large amount of local anesthesia and diazepam because I’m a BABY.

i love scientists. sometimes you just cold email a zebra expert with a wild hypothetical question & hope you don't look dumb & then they write back to you WITHIN 10 MINUTES and say "great question" and validate your weird hypothesis with their much more powerful brain what a freaking rush

My husband’s always shocked by how much I read because I have aphantasia. And…I don’t know. I can understand words, bro.

I think we forget that homosapien evolution hasn’t caught up yet with burdens of the modern world and that’s terrifying.

Part of my molar broke off. Here’s to hoping I don’t get sepsis before my appointment for the extraction in THREE DAMN WEEKS 🫠

I've had a few other former astronomers reach out to me lately about transitioning into data science/ML, and I decided to write about it. This is my personal journey from astro to ocean, and the most useful steps I took along the way.

Oh, Eileen, THANK YOU! *clears throat* 🧵 So we have receptors for pain—nociceptors, light— photoreceptors, thermoreceptors and mechanoreceptors for temperature change and mechanical stimulation like pressure and vibrations. There are many more but we don’t have one for wetness. 1/?

Usually when I tell people we have no receptors for “wet”, I’m met with skepticism & get to nerd-talk about it. Last night someone just said “No. we can feel wet.” Zero ounce of doubt.

There’s something satisfying about growing from seed.

Here ya go.

My first veggie!

Here’s your sign to buy that hammock. You deserve it

Any research coordinators out there willing to show me their resume? I’m having trouble figuring mine out.

Where’s Hemi?

Rereading my manuscript as motivation to submit this job application cause I didn't do all of this work for nothing.

Made my neighbor a bouquet of zinnia as a "thank you"

I might actually have a squash. I'm assuming I should pinch the smaller one off at the bottom?

Texas summer + a plethora of brain meds means I am constantly considering raw dogging life instead of boiling to death.

In the past 4 hours I've floated in a lake and hiked a forest.

Finally have a female flower growing on my zucchini. Y'all have no idea how excited this makes me.

Desert sunset along with a bouquet of zinnia, dahlia, gomphrena, and Snapdragon. Pink was the color of the day.

Suddenly, I've had the desire to be in science again. So, I updated my resume and then took a nap.

I can’t believe so much time was spent on NFTs and literally zero on better ways to package flour.

…I asked for cumin.

Squash seems to have survived transplanting & now I wait to see if the flowers will pollinate I planted some flowers around it so 🤞🏾