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@danasteele

Ocean lover, mom, National Board Certified Biology Teacher, Echinodermaniac ⭐️🐠πŸͺΈπŸŒŠπŸŒΏπŸŒˆ

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As a teacher, students access to AI for assignments has increased my workload significantly, trying to figure what content is theirs and what is not. They don’t try to think for themselves anymore. It’s made my career an entirely different, less inspiring, job.

12.12.2025 07:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Waterfall under sunshine in forest

Waterfall under sunshine in forest

Blue lake surrounded by forest

Blue lake surrounded by forest

Small white flowers of the currant plant

Small white flowers of the currant plant

3 fern fiddleheads in a row

3 fern fiddleheads in a row

Photos from a hike I took yesterday to Annette Lake πŸŒ²πŸ’š

10.06.2025 03:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally wtf

25.04.2025 02:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, Packwood! Love from Everett πŸ₯°

20.04.2025 00:03 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally normal

04.02.2025 00:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching this on repeat how is your day going?

31.01.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 49793 πŸ” 7920 πŸ’¬ 1915 πŸ“Œ 688
"In the winter I am writing about, there was much darkness. Darkness of nature, darkness of event, darkness of the spirit. The sprawling darkness of not knowing. We speak of the light of reason. I would speak here of the darkness of the world, and the light ofβ€”
But I don't know what to call it. Maybe hope. Maybe faith, but not a shaped faithβ€”only, say, a gesture, or a continuum of gestures. But probably it is closer to hope, that is more active, and far messier than faith must be. Faith, as I imagine it, is tensile, and cool, and has no need of words. Hope, I know, is a fighter and a screamer."

"In the winter I am writing about, there was much darkness. Darkness of nature, darkness of event, darkness of the spirit. The sprawling darkness of not knowing. We speak of the light of reason. I would speak here of the darkness of the world, and the light ofβ€” But I don't know what to call it. Maybe hope. Maybe faith, but not a shaped faithβ€”only, say, a gesture, or a continuum of gestures. But probably it is closer to hope, that is more active, and far messier than faith must be. Faith, as I imagine it, is tensile, and cool, and has no need of words. Hope, I know, is a fighter and a screamer."

"Hope, I know, is a fighter and a screamer."

22.01.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

Hi friend

25.01.2025 06:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cluster of little brown mushrooms in a dead tree stump in a forest near Snoqualmie, WA

Cluster of little brown mushrooms in a dead tree stump in a forest near Snoqualmie, WA

Small gray magical paper wasp nest in the palm of my hand

Small gray magical paper wasp nest in the palm of my hand

Cloud formation that looks like a wave washing into a sky of foam (or cottage cheese, if you’re peckish).

Cloud formation that looks like a wave washing into a sky of foam (or cottage cheese, if you’re peckish).

Small trash bandit spying on me from up in my cherry tree at night

Small trash bandit spying on me from up in my cherry tree at night

Might as well start posting my random nature pics

24.01.2025 05:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
7th grader holding up a print they made in the colors of the trans flag.

7th grader holding up a print they made in the colors of the trans flag.

Hi Infa! I’m a Biology teacher in WA and, in the summer, I do fish prints at a science camp for 7th grade girls & trans kids! The one in the picture was a squid print!

21.01.2025 02:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some fish in the deep sea are gelatinous blobs because hard skeletons aren’t practical under pressure. In the abyss, the rule is: be soft, adapt, or stay shallow. #marinelife www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/n...

20.01.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Thank you, @redwineblueusa.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social

20.01.2025 01:28 πŸ‘ 496 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7