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Laura McKnight

@lauramcknight.bsky.social

former scientist of all kinds, now Senior Director of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program at University of Oregon I mostly talk about parenting, pets, and food, but I amplify science and scientists I think are neat [opinions are my own]

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Allllll the time

04.12.2025 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes!

My late husband ripped the seat of his jeans open once while moving a centrifuge, he had to hide in his office while I ran to the bookstore for a suitable replacement 🀣

03.12.2025 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Poor woman!

03.12.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a text. One person (me) said "I accidentally flashed someone changing into my scrubs". The other person responded "Good for them". I reacted to that text with a cry-laughing emoji

Screenshot of a text. One person (me) said "I accidentally flashed someone changing into my scrubs". The other person responded "Good for them". I reacted to that text with a cry-laughing emoji

This is what a supportive partner looks like

02.12.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw Wicked For Good just now

And you know I was not expecting a romantic scene with Elphaba changing out of a coat into a granny sweater a la Mr Rogers

30.11.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruby gets attention, Pearl gets a toy to play with. Win-win!

20.11.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
White cat with dark grey ears, paws, tail, and face sleeping curled up on the back of a couch. The cushion is caved in and she looks very flat lying in the divot

White cat with dark grey ears, paws, tail, and face sleeping curled up on the back of a couch. The cushion is caved in and she looks very flat lying in the divot

Awwwww!

Mine is currently looking very flat

16.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Golden retriever with her head on a person's lap

Golden retriever with her head on a person's lap

"Stop reading news and pet me, that's way better for you"

16.11.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow this makes me miss Bmore so much ❀️

10.11.2025 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Weird? I think you meant *awesome*!

09.11.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to a comedy club tonight and the headliner (Joe Dombrowski) was filming a special. You know when that comes out I'm going to be watching at full volume so I can be like, "do you hear that weird cackle when he made the Lois joke? That was me!!1!"

09.11.2025 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dream big, I say

08.11.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I probably could fly I just never choose to because then I would get bogged down in the details of how cold it would be and how my sense of direction is shit etc etc

I suppose I'm too much of an overthinker to realize my full potential

08.11.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know how it works for other people, it's possible other people are having super cool amazing blockbuster dreams and I'm just really into tiny joys

08.11.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FYI I can't really dream about *anything* bc my brain is kinda sludgy, being asleep and all, it's more like my dream self is aware I can affect the trajectory of the dream, sometimes wildly (like "I don't want to be here, I want to be at the beach") but I'm not like, composing Oscar-winning films

08.11.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whenever the subject of lucid dreaming comes up people always say "wow that's so cool you can choose to have ANY dream you want!" And sometimes they ask me what kind of stuff I dream about. Now I can say "$200 LoTR Lego sets" πŸ€“

(Btw men are often very creepy about this so I bring it up less)

08.11.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That's my favorite bit too. I don't have the same control of my thoughts as I do when I am fully awake but asleep me has good priorities

08.11.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As far as dream logic goes this one was pretty reasonable πŸ€·β€β™€οΈπŸ€£

08.11.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is probably not worth posting, but I am a lucid dreamer and therefore have a lot of control over most of my dreams.

So while the initial setup was born from deeper in my subconscious, I actively chose the road trip and everything that followed, which cracks ne up

08.11.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Last night I dreamed that I was arguing with a friend about whether it was legal for Costco to sell Tupperware in Washington state (I was a yes, she was a no).

So we drove from Eugene to Kirkland, I proved her wrong, and also the Rivendell Lego set was on sale for $200 there which was AWESOME

08.11.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Mine does this too! And it started because she learned it from a small dog πŸ˜…

04.11.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A kitchen counter in the foreground. Opposite from the person taking the photo is a cat peeking over the edge of the counter so only her eyes and ears are visible

A kitchen counter in the foreground. Opposite from the person taking the photo is a cat peeking over the edge of the counter so only her eyes and ears are visible

I love when she climbs on the stool to watch me cook

23.10.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad it's not just me! But also UGH

22.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like one of those people on Reddit who thinks they are losing their mind but actually its CO poisoning

22.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My Microsoft products have been seriously on the fritz - Teams documents and Microsoft forms not synching/updating, emails not sending OR being sent but not showing up in my sent folder or showing in the email thread, outlook calendar events disappearing

It's making my job impossible 😭

22.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

If this was a person I knew and it just happened, that's cool. A srranger who thinks it's a privilege worth paying for? Ehhhhhhh

18.10.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's Eugene πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

18.10.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's at $175

18.10.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are sculptures, paintings, etchings, and more. The tour includes stories of how he acquired some of his favorite pieces. Includes a glass of wine and a nosh.

(2/2)

Ends with a website to his work. I left out the name because it felt too mean to include.

18.10.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Listing:

Tour for up to two people with local artist ... to see his private art collection and studio. He will open a bottle of Pfeiffer Blue Dot Pinot Noir for the occasion. Yes, there are a few of his own works, but his home displays the works from a multitude of other artists. (1/2)

18.10.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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