Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)

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Evolutionary biologist and professional nerd. Current: postdoc UMass Amherst, instructor Mission College. Fall 2024: Asst Prof, University of Alaska Anchorage.

queer af, they/them. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✡️

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"The danger of staring into the abyss is that sometimes the abyss stares back" 🌿🐸

*waves*

I know I'm complaining a lot about the actual moving bit, but I'm really incredibly excited At 14, it was my dream to move to AK. I got to live it at 18, and when life moved on, counted myself lucky to have lived my dream. But how many people can say their childhood dream has come true twice?

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)

Tähti is UNSURE but being very very good and brave

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Kingfisher & Wombat

Behold, a noodle

"You stole the couch. You stole the bed. At the very least you can share some biryani with me you jerk."

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)

"This is not the couch room?"

Okay need to fidget with the exact placement but I need to go sit directly in front of a fan for 20 minutes first

She is...helping?

Heard a commotion and apparently the dogs' anxious energy turned into WRASTLIN' TIME

Not sure if this is enough books for a two-week trip?

Okay time for some light emotional trauma courtesy of @premeemohamed.com

I have no idea what exactly the product on offer here is

"Do you know anything about this ma'am?"

First more important thing: belly rubs

I have not sold a single thing at the yard sale today, so fuck it, time to pack it up and go do more productive stuff

Lovelace the sand boa gave me a heart attack earlier today when she decided she'd rather hang out behind some boxes in my bedroom 🙃 Luckily she was recovered within 10 minutes of my realizing her tank was empty, but once again, never underestimate the escape artist potential of a sand boa

"Oh don't mind me, just browsing"

Someone is not a fan of the thunderstorms and has decided cuddles are the only way to deal with it.

HER LEG WARMERS i'm crying

For your consideration: ambulatory dryer lint

Season's greetings

This is my neighbor Kyle. Last night he ate my cactus, the asshole.

this is my neighbor Taco, who ate all my cilantro

Spending the extra $15 to get a replacement cup holder in the same color as the interior would have been a worthwhile choice if my dashboard had maybe used some sunscreen in the past two decades

Go to your camera roll and post the first pic that makes you literally laugh out loud

Go into your photo roll or whatever and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.

Oh to be a lab mix with three brain cells humming to themselves in the corner of your skull

How is she so stinking cute

If you ever want to feel like a superhero, dive into some bushes next to a lake and emerge with a truly enormous bullfrog, and hand it to an excited child 🌿🐸

Not one but 2!! Toads!! Under my stairs today!! 🌿🐸

One of the rocks under the clothesline moved 🌿🐸

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Incredible detail