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Laura McKnight

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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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read news --> despair --> hide --> feel guilty for burying my head in the sand --> read news --> despair ...

It's just kinda always like this now huh

03.03.2026 06:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooooh I love it ๐Ÿ˜

02.03.2026 05:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because you kept dissing Billy Crystal when we watched When Harry Met Sally ๐Ÿ˜…

28.02.2026 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

26.02.2026 05:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That would definitely have stung ๐Ÿคฃ

26.02.2026 04:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

26.02.2026 04:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

26.02.2026 04:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I hate for people to die embarrassed" ๐Ÿคฃ

26.02.2026 04:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

26.02.2026 04:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

26.02.2026 04:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah you're on top of it! My birthday is actually tomorrow ๐Ÿฅฐ

And thank you!

26.02.2026 03:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

26.02.2026 03:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

26.02.2026 03:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

(Thank you!)

26.02.2026 03:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The world is a disaster but my friends rented out a small theater to watch The Princess Bride for my birthday, and tonight is very good ๐Ÿฅฐ

26.02.2026 03:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 80 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I 100% believe this. I dated a guy who bragged about creating his own chatbot therapist and it was horrifying. The worst part is I really started questioning myself a lot before it finally got bad enough to realize he was spouting nonsense fed to him by AI

18.02.2026 06:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fair, I am happy to be a "fuck ICE" wine mom

Use those Karen powers for good

15.02.2026 21:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Heeled booties in brown seide with a corgi (?) featured on the socks peeking above the zipper

Heeled booties in brown seide with a corgi (?) featured on the socks peeking above the zipper

I do love my dog socks peeking out the top though

15.02.2026 21:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(The answer is yes because these suede booties cannot handle the mud)

15.02.2026 21:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I'm NOT a Wine Mom," I whisper fervently to myself as I debate whether I need a wardrobe change between brunch with bottomless mimosas to going with a friend to pick up her Wine Club allotment

15.02.2026 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sounds HEAVENLY

15.02.2026 02:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Fluffy white and gray cat curled up in a blanket on top of a cat "donut" bed

Fluffy white and gray cat curled up in a blanket on top of a cat "donut" bed

Pearl prefers solitude today

14.02.2026 22:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do see a resemblance ๐Ÿ˜…

14.02.2026 18:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Notification of your reply brought me back here and I am once again CACKLING

Good thing I don't believe in hell

14.02.2026 06:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Top view of a mug of coffee. In the foamy crema there appears to be a happy face made of two bubbles for eyes and a smudge for a smile

Top view of a mug of coffee. In the foamy crema there appears to be a happy face made of two bubbles for eyes and a smudge for a smile

My coffee thinks you should have a nice day

14.02.2026 04:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 250 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Oh god I made the most inhuman noise at this and now I am laughing so hard I can't breathe

14.02.2026 02:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reading this article, I formed a kind of hilarious mental image of the oft-cited spokesperson trying to deny/spin everything

And then I stopped being amused because it's all actually very terrible

13.02.2026 05:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I started working at a hospital at age 23, they checked titers of employees rather than vaccination records. I can't remember which ones but I had to get 3 childhood vaccines repeated.

01.02.2026 03:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No idea but I am pretty sure I am going to be blamed somehow

25.01.2026 23:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder if this is what I look like in meetings when I don't want to be there

25.01.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0