Dr. Stephanie

@punkrockscience

PhD brain and genomic scientist. Ocean junkie. Computer wrangler. Open data believer. Geek. Punk. Not that kind of doctor. Views only my own. She/her

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Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· 22d

Tinydog has tiny resting smile face, and it’s so adorable I’ll forgive her for stealing my seat on the couch.

A chocolate lab puppy is snuggled into the corner of a blue couch cushion, with one paw tucked up in front of her and the other three sticking straight out. She has her eye closed and a distinct upward curl at the corner of her mouth

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· 23d

The only wild mushroom I’ve ever eaten is chicken of the woods, because it’s so unmistakable. We have just *loads* of probably-chanterelles around here too.

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· 23d

It’s times like these that I wish I knew how to identify wild mushrooms… and also that I’m reminded of why I don’t risk it.

An enormous patch of what might be some kind of oyster mushroom, with other patches visible beyond it

Some kind of bright red-orange amanita mushroom, possibly a fly agaric, that something (not me!) appears to have taken a bite out of

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· 24d

Honestly, I don’t know whether I love vivianite more for its story or its luscious color. If you put it in jewelry, I *will* be begging for it.

A long, irregular crystal of vivianite/corpse crystal being held in front of a lamp. It’s a deep teal with lighter ultramarine blue highlights where the light is shining through

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· 24d

If I tell you that this is my “relaxing” weekend reading, will that tell you everything about how this week went?

Copy of the book “Crisis Engineering: Time-Tested Tools for Turning Chaos into Clarity” resting atop my laptop.
The cover of the book has variously-colored tumbling cubes being sorted into neat rows. The laptop has various science stickers.

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· 29d

Absolute fucking GEM of a day for a sail.

Boston harbor from a sailboat, more sailboats tied up at buoys in front of us

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jul 11

Worth ittttttttt.

The USCG Eagle and two smaller ships making their way towards Boston

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jul 10

Crappy Gabor paper reference, for anyone who hasn’t seen it before.

Although association preferences documented in our study theoretically could be a consequence of either mating or shoaling preferences in the different female groups investigated (should we cite the crappy Gabor paper here?), shoaling preferences are unlikely drivers of the documented patterns both because of evidence from previous research and inconsistencies with a priori predictions. Our methods closely followed those of published mate choice experiments in this system (Tobler et al. 2009a,b; Plath et al. 2013),

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jul 8

USPS finally coughed up my shinies from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social, and just… can we talk about how gorgeous this is? I love Roman glass.

A necklace of coiling, twisting hammered silver with squares of blue-green Roman glass and a matching pair of earrings, found separately

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jul 7

It’s *very* worth it.

Pic of the inside of an antiques and architectural salvage paradise, full of all kinds of incredible things

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jul 7

If I had more house than I do, this absolute beauty would be mine.

Enormous wooden sideboard with hutch. It’s carved with gothic arches and knights

Matching desk to the sideboard. Instead of knights, the front panels have seated scholars/priests/nuns - one figure with a chalice and one with a book

Close up of the carved drawer fronts and the absolutely incredible cast iron drawer pulls

Another closeup of the carving, this time featuring exquisite cast-iron hinges and key/keyhole

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jul 4

Sharkcastle.

A hammerhead shark carved into beach sand.

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jul 4

May this July 4 be a rededication to continue the work laid out before us by our forebears, in suffering and pain, to bring about the country we long for, a country we believe may yet exist: a more perfect union, where all are truly equal and free.

The front of the US National Archives building, a Greek revival white marble building with tall columns and large glass windows, lit in red, white, and blue. Projected in white text on the front is “July 4, 1776. In CONGRESS, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, Archive the Parchment. LIVE THE PRINCIPLES.”

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jul 4

I like everything about this.

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 28

Today in “I can see why this is as the discount store”: 100% grass-fed beef tallow… sunscreen. Can you imagine sitting on the beach next to someone slathered in this, smelling like melting hamburger? Do you think it increases your shark bite risk?

A black box of “Terra Lotus SPF 50 Organic Tallow Sunscreen”. It has “100% grass-fed tallow, non-nano zinc oxide, organic jojoba oil, and organic beeswax”

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 27

Going for a kind of seventies/surfer vibe for this one, but everything’s tearing like wet paper and I am VEXED.

In-process eight-petaled watermarbling pattern, in white, sea green, teal, and bleached orange, on a cutting mat

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 26

Don’t make me tap the sign.

A femme-ish punk, with copious tattoos, green hair, and an Against Me! tank top points angrily at a sign reading “You can’t be punk and also be racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic! It’s impossible”

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 19

I wear this bracelet I made, which is also Roman glass, basically every day - this will go perfectly when I’m feeling faaancy. 😁

A beaded bracelet in various shades of green, blue, clear, and brown Roman glass, curled into a circle on a brown wooden surface

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 19

Someone posted this yesterday, but I can’t remember who.

Photoshopped pic of RFK Jr. drinking a glass of green juice in front of the reflecting pool

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 19

Ahahahaha. This seems fine.

The reflecting pool, showing ripples of black bottom and green algae flocs, with smoother, brighter green algae layers further out

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 19

French bakery: okay Korean bakery: better Filipino bakery: GOD TIER

A mango sticky rice pastry. It has a pile of delicious pale-orange sticky rice topped with a huge scoop of exquisitely ripe mango and four little sprigs of micro-basil

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 19

Also, this man cannot be real.

John J. Cafaro, the owner of Greenwater Solutions. He’s wearing a grey on grey chevron-patterned double-breasted overcoat with a black velvet collar and has a truly unfortunate haircut and mustache that suggest he’s spending far more money on political donations to Trump than on hiring a barber who knows what he’s doing

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 16

It’s… not Wednesday?

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 16

No violence today. Violence tomorrow. There’s always a violence tomorrow.

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience· Jun 13

The artist I bought stained glass from: FRAGILE, GLASS, HANDLE WITH CARE My idiot mail guy, standing at the bottom of a flight of stairs: I’LL JUST THROW THIS AT HER FRONT DOOR AS HARD AS I CAN!