Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 4hThis will be the second time I've flown with chemo meds and third time with needles. I hope, as a geo professor one day, the knowledge I'm gaining traveling whole sick becomes useful for students. 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 5hWhen I was really little I wanted to be a space ship because astronauts could not touch space. Then I wanted to be a lawyer. I didn't know what they did but someone once told me they make a lot of money. 011
Reposted by Mara CoxLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 16hIls étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 5076722313
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 9hI think a lot of mean people are that way because they've never been able to see something beyond what they know. This isn't going into the fact that finances and health can be limiting factors. Field courses can navigate that those challenges in a way an individual may not know how to. 192
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 9h16% of Americans have never left their home state and 40% have never left the US. This is one reason I want to teach at a community college. I had done little traveling even out of VA prior to CC. I learned travel is not only not scary, but important. Everyone deserves the chance to travel. 1123
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 10hThose important pre trip tasks, laundry, packing, pinking. Probably should like zoom with people and practice my talk, but this is more fun. 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 11hThat could be a fun series of drawings - fossils as food. A cinnamon bun ammonite, Cheerio crinoid stem with a crown made of bacon. 010
Reposted by Mara CoxMark Tingay @mudvolcanoguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026⚒️🧪 The Wandan mud volcano in southern Taiwan had a minor eruption starting around 3am today at vents near the mud volcano temple. It last erupted in July 2026 and has had numerous small eruptions in the last few years. Video courtesy of my friend 張寶惠, the temple caretaker. 418250
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 12hAlaska has lumbar jack competitions? I think I need to go buy a plane ticket real quick. 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 18hHad a very rough night. Just got to power this conference and then I'm done. 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Kinda swell to not be using the cane much anymore. Pretty intensive PT and now there are times that it's more of a hindrance than a help. 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I am a penguin with cookies watching Emperor's New Groove. Done writing, editing, fact checking, changing, citing, numbering figures. Happy little penguin. 010
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 10/10/2026My friend Kira had cookies delivered to celebrate thesis completion! 130
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dead behind the eyes mood of these last weeks feeling like an absolute idiot, correcting chunks of my thesis, failing at figure making, and finally submitting a thesisish I guess. I thought this would feel a lot more jubiliant, but all I can think of is wondering if I should even be a geo student. 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Practicing my GSA talk over and and over. Happy to take any volunteer audience. So nervous that chemo brain is just going to forget everything half way through. 100
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026ADHD his hard this morning. Halfway through getting dressed I remembered coffee. My poor roommate walks out of her room to find me in jeans and and a bra, one sock, and texting while making coffee. "No meds yet?" "Yuuuuuuuup" 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Apparently lots of people think a guy quoting Nietzsche on the first date is a red flag. I just thought it was neat that he knew things I didn't. It seemed like a learning opportunity. Intelligence is sexy but this may have been a misfire. Turns out he knew Nietzsche, but never learned Hume-ility. 000
Reposted by Mara Cox🎃 Spooky Shoshana 🎃 @shoshana.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Miss Taken sounds like the head of a polycule 3294
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My roommate is making a desert from every country. Tonight is Shwe yin aye from Myanmar. 010
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026When I was TAing intro, we had five Jakes. On the midterm four didn't put last names. Anyone who didn't have their exam handed back had to go to office hours. The Jakes were shamed. 010
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think I'm just going to be one of those people that's married to their job. I'm okay with that. Rocks seem significantly safer than dating! 010
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Told a guy that I was sorry but I realized I'm not in a space to date right now while I navigate health issues. We went on two dates. I got called many colorful words. DODGED. A. BULLET. 110
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Livin' on the edge today going out without a cane. Not fast but still going. You win some, you lose some. 020
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's wild to remember playing beer pong with the ball in a dozen people's hands, rolling across the dirty floors, and then landing in a cup of beer which we would proceed to drink. Or doing bottle shots and keg stands. I wonder how the pandemic changed partying. 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Good Lord our household is falling apart. I've been miserably sick all day and my roommate got six stitches after losing a battle with a butter knife. 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Heard a red tailed hawk from my bedroom. I couldn't remember what bird that was and had to Google "Sound used for eagles" 120
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Feeling like I need to prove I deserve to be at this academic point and am not dumb while being so tired that my body hurts is just a lot. 020
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"If/when you have cancer again you should start a registry. If you get really sick again (please don't) and people want to get you things to help But theyre all sending dry beans again, make like a wedding registry" Not a bad idea. So many dried beans... 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just one of those days where you're so tired you forget how detrital zircons work. 😵💫 030
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026yup, that's what I'm figuring out. Admittedly, it's nice to have it open sometimes since I am new here and I have met quite a few people because they wander in to say hello! 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Despite deferring, these are a few things I have learned about grad school: 1) There is a secret cabinet of good snacks and coffee that undergrads can't get into. Mwahaha 2) Working with my office door open is only a good idea if I want to make friends. I love people but it's distracting! 120
Reposted by Mara CoxRuth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Today is #InternationalGeodiversityDay and the theme this year is Geology on Your Doorstep. Just the opportunity to submit a a building stone location to London Pavement Geology! It’s not just London, you can submit a geosites anywhere in the UK www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk/submit-a-loc... 0187
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm talking to a guy with a degree in philosophy who works as a bar tender. Waking up to a text sent at three AM reading “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star" is disorienting before coffee but good. Dating someone smarter than you seems like a good rule! 000
Reposted by Mara CoxThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/10/2026Pennsylvania has more than 1,000 measles cases this year, making it the largest state outbreak in decades.bit.lyPennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the USPennsylvania has more than 1,000 measles cases this year, making it the largest state outbreak in decades. 1411764
Reposted by Mara CoxMuppet GIF of the Day @gifs-of-puppets.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today's #TheMuppetShow GIF of the Day is... 113723
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A week before a conference is a good time to decide to get imposter syndrome? 120
Reposted by Mara CoxLisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet. 1183586791
Reposted by Mara CoxDr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026DROP. Strong shaking can knock you off your feet. Get down before it knocks you down. COVER. Get under a sturdy table or desk and protect your head and neck. HOLD ON. Your cover can move during strong shaking, so move with it. 1337
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Strawberry tea, strawberry sandwich, and capybara with the roomie! 000
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Is October the beginning of the Holiday season? Can I put up Christmas decorations? 020
Reposted by Mara CoxZen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 04/10/2026Today in, "Correlation does not necessarily imply causation." 0124
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I genuinely believe that Google Earth is part of what kept me alive. I'd scan around until I found something interesting and start researching it and adding things to my bucket list. 010
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Tonight at dinner one of my roommates asked about my cancer experience. Explaining that is hard. There were a lot of: "Wait. Why would you do that?!" and "The school let you do that?!" The hardest part to explain is the "I was supposed to die but I'm stubborn." part. I have more rocks to see. 110
Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It is still pretty neat to think about how much I've learned despite everything. 001