Am now actively seeking a way to ride this bus.

POV: Three months ago you were dehydrated, cold, covered in fleas, and sleeping under a shrub, but now you have unlimited catnip, a heated bed, an ergonomic office chair, and a kitty cardiologist. Welcome to the good life, Emmylou! #glowup

The CDC wants to stop telling people to isolate for five days when they are sick with COVID. This is a reckless, anti-public health policy that contravenes science, increases disease spread, and puts everyone at greater risk. 🧵

I hope you'll read & share Annette McGivney's story about Charles Barrett, a climber and guidebook author who goes on trial for sexual assault in Sacramento next week.

Annette's work touches on fundamental issues about the safety of women in the outdoors. outsideonline.com/outdoor-advent…

Trying to line up a spay for this sweet stray who has adopted me has fully convinced me what a steal it is to adopt a vaccinated/fixed pet from your local animal shelter. That $100-200 adoption fee is just a fraction of the cost of getting that care on your own! #AdoptDontShop

Brilliant!

NOTHING QUITE LIKE CHOKING ON THE AIR UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY TO GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT GRADUAL, MARKET-BASED SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Every walk in the woods has really delivered on blooms these last few weeks.

'I only got two hours of sleep last night but I'm fine.'
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I loved meeting the OHAZ lab and writing this feature about the hazards-related work they're doing around Oregon. Happy to see it finally out in the world!

As mountain laurel flowers develop, the anthers get stuck in little pockets. This creates spring-loaded catapults. When bumblebees arrive, Ping!, pollination. Or, the hope of pollination as the anther-slapped bee leaves in search of the next thrill.

Thank you Laurel Hamers for this wonderful write-up on TARDIS. We’re super excited at the Patrick Phillips (Philips) lab and can’t wait to share with everyone soon how we’re applying it! oregonquarterly.uoregon.edu/tiny-worms-and…

This quite literally got me out of bed this morning.

There's a little orange creamsicle cat who comes and sits on my porch all the time. I just realized it's actually three matching little orange creamsicle cats taking turns.

Counterpoint: Places where lots of sick people congregate (and where high risk people sometimes MUST go) seem like a pretty reasonable candidates for wearing a mask indefinitely.

There is so much bird drama happening at my feeders today that I think my cat's little brain might simply explode from enthusiasm. (She is safely inside, away from birds.)

Guess I'm HISTORICAL now 🥲 thanks American Girl

Got to write about one of my favorite ecosystems! 🦦

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Checkers is a finalist for the 2023 Dance Your PhD! Watch below for a musical tour into the world of nanoMOFs brozeklab UO Chem and Biochem @nsf UOSTEMCORE UOADSE