Emma
@labsplaining.bsky.social
professional lab rat | hobby artist | anxious bean
She/Her. Married to @pseudochamp.bsky.social
She/Her. Married to @pseudochamp.bsky.social
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Emma
@labsplaining.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Did someone say art?
Just finished this 9x12" pencil drawing of Tom Morello.
Winsor & Newton graphite pencils on Strathmore 400 series drawing paper.
📷 Milan Risky/Shutterstock (from Tom Morello's Twitter feed a few years back)
Just finished this 9x12" pencil drawing of Tom Morello.
Winsor & Newton graphite pencils on Strathmore 400 series drawing paper.
📷 Milan Risky/Shutterstock (from Tom Morello's Twitter feed a few years back)
Getting a Facebook notification telling me that I have an Instagram notification, which is in turn telling me that my post has 15 reactions on Facebook 🤨
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Getting a Facebook notification telling me that I have an Instagram notification, which is in turn telling me that my post has 15 reactions on Facebook 🤨
Important question for chat:
If there's no VIP meet & greet, should I bother taking a drawing to a show to try to get it signed? Or is that just a good way to get a drawing ruined? 🤔
If there's no VIP meet & greet, should I bother taking a drawing to a show to try to get it signed? Or is that just a good way to get a drawing ruined? 🤔
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Important question for chat:
If there's no VIP meet & greet, should I bother taking a drawing to a show to try to get it signed? Or is that just a good way to get a drawing ruined? 🤔
If there's no VIP meet & greet, should I bother taking a drawing to a show to try to get it signed? Or is that just a good way to get a drawing ruined? 🤔
Well that was fun. I'd say 4 was a lucky guess, BUT I DID NOT HAVE MANY LETTERS LEFT TO CHOOSE FROM 😂
Wordle 1,606 4/6*
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November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Well that was fun. I'd say 4 was a lucky guess, BUT I DID NOT HAVE MANY LETTERS LEFT TO CHOOSE FROM 😂
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Apparently I have done something to piss off one of our instructors
They've been borderline hostile towards me since last Tues, and just glared at me when I said good morning (as I was working to finish a lab prep for them)
No clue what I did to deserve being treated like shit, but here we are
They've been borderline hostile towards me since last Tues, and just glared at me when I said good morning (as I was working to finish a lab prep for them)
No clue what I did to deserve being treated like shit, but here we are
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Apparently I have done something to piss off one of our instructors
They've been borderline hostile towards me since last Tues, and just glared at me when I said good morning (as I was working to finish a lab prep for them)
No clue what I did to deserve being treated like shit, but here we are
They've been borderline hostile towards me since last Tues, and just glared at me when I said good morning (as I was working to finish a lab prep for them)
No clue what I did to deserve being treated like shit, but here we are
Ok, resetting mood for the week.
GUESS WHO I'M SEEING IN CONCERT ON THURSDAY??
GUESS WHO I'M SEEING IN CONCERT ON THURSDAY??
Did someone say art?
Just finished this 9x12" pencil drawing of Tom Morello.
Winsor & Newton graphite pencils on Strathmore 400 series drawing paper.
📷 Milan Risky/Shutterstock (from Tom Morello's Twitter feed a few years back)
Just finished this 9x12" pencil drawing of Tom Morello.
Winsor & Newton graphite pencils on Strathmore 400 series drawing paper.
📷 Milan Risky/Shutterstock (from Tom Morello's Twitter feed a few years back)
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ok, resetting mood for the week.
GUESS WHO I'M SEEING IN CONCERT ON THURSDAY??
GUESS WHO I'M SEEING IN CONCERT ON THURSDAY??
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Take note Illinois Democrats, we want a Democratic Senator who is the opposite of Dick Durbin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Take note Illinois Democrats, we want a Democratic Senator who is the opposite of Dick Durbin.
Happy Monday!
Nothing makes me want to quit my job more than faculty colleagues treating me like I'm their personal admin assistant 👍
Nothing makes me want to quit my job more than faculty colleagues treating me like I'm their personal admin assistant 👍
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy Monday!
Nothing makes me want to quit my job more than faculty colleagues treating me like I'm their personal admin assistant 👍
Nothing makes me want to quit my job more than faculty colleagues treating me like I'm their personal admin assistant 👍
Homemade chicken & wild rice soup for a cold day
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Homemade chicken & wild rice soup for a cold day
Cats cleaning their faces is simply one of the cutest things ever
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Cats cleaning their faces is simply one of the cutest things ever
Dude, this restaurant has a s'mores bar dessert 😍😍😍
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Dude, this restaurant has a s'mores bar dessert 😍😍😍
Happy whiskey Saturday (with a large side of saltwater taffy) to those who celebrate
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Happy whiskey Saturday (with a large side of saltwater taffy) to those who celebrate
Ope, looks like it's time to attempt to grow more coffee plants from seeds again!
I've tried this before, but the seedlings haven't survived. Fortunately, the two plants I have keep making fruit, so I can try again 😁
I've tried this before, but the seedlings haven't survived. Fortunately, the two plants I have keep making fruit, so I can try again 😁
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ope, looks like it's time to attempt to grow more coffee plants from seeds again!
I've tried this before, but the seedlings haven't survived. Fortunately, the two plants I have keep making fruit, so I can try again 😁
I've tried this before, but the seedlings haven't survived. Fortunately, the two plants I have keep making fruit, so I can try again 😁
Disappointed that I am not better at a skill that I don't practice nearly enough to have any reasonable expectations of being good
(also *totally unrelated*, disappointed that I don't have better calluses that would allow me to play bass longer without finger ouchies)
(also *totally unrelated*, disappointed that I don't have better calluses that would allow me to play bass longer without finger ouchies)
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Disappointed that I am not better at a skill that I don't practice nearly enough to have any reasonable expectations of being good
(also *totally unrelated*, disappointed that I don't have better calluses that would allow me to play bass longer without finger ouchies)
(also *totally unrelated*, disappointed that I don't have better calluses that would allow me to play bass longer without finger ouchies)
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BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Chem faculty: I put two damaged burettes in the broken glass bin, but they're really long and they don't fully fit. Any suggestions?
Me: I usually put on safety glasses and take a hammer to them. It's quite satisfying, if you have any stress you'd like to take out on some glass...
🔨🥽😁
Me: I usually put on safety glasses and take a hammer to them. It's quite satisfying, if you have any stress you'd like to take out on some glass...
🔨🥽😁
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Chem faculty: I put two damaged burettes in the broken glass bin, but they're really long and they don't fully fit. Any suggestions?
Me: I usually put on safety glasses and take a hammer to them. It's quite satisfying, if you have any stress you'd like to take out on some glass...
🔨🥽😁
Me: I usually put on safety glasses and take a hammer to them. It's quite satisfying, if you have any stress you'd like to take out on some glass...
🔨🥽😁
Submitting a work request for the temperature in my office, because it would be indecent to take off any more clothes to combat the heat 🥵🥵🥵
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Submitting a work request for the temperature in my office, because it would be indecent to take off any more clothes to combat the heat 🥵🥵🥵
Far too many meetings today, I need some quiet time
(It was two meetings)
(Look, it is not an accident that I have a job where I work alone, listening to music, like 95% of the time)
(It was two meetings)
(Look, it is not an accident that I have a job where I work alone, listening to music, like 95% of the time)
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Far too many meetings today, I need some quiet time
(It was two meetings)
(Look, it is not an accident that I have a job where I work alone, listening to music, like 95% of the time)
(It was two meetings)
(Look, it is not an accident that I have a job where I work alone, listening to music, like 95% of the time)
New official music video from @theironroses.bsky.social !!
I love these fuckin' nerds so much (you should go listen to them 👇👇 ❤️🔥❤️🔥)
I love these fuckin' nerds so much (you should go listen to them 👇👇 ❤️🔥❤️🔥)
The Iron Roses || FIGHT BACK (official music video)
YouTube video by The Iron Roses
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November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New official music video from @theironroses.bsky.social !!
I love these fuckin' nerds so much (you should go listen to them 👇👇 ❤️🔥❤️🔥)
I love these fuckin' nerds so much (you should go listen to them 👇👇 ❤️🔥❤️🔥)
Tfw you fuck up and forget to do something because your afternoon was a raging dumpster fire, so you have to drive back to campus (1 hr round trip) to fix it 😣
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Tfw you fuck up and forget to do something because your afternoon was a raging dumpster fire, so you have to drive back to campus (1 hr round trip) to fix it 😣
I would REALLY love it if sweater weather outside didn't mean beach weather in my office 🥵
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I would REALLY love it if sweater weather outside didn't mean beach weather in my office 🥵
Help, it's 7:15pm and I am *sleepy*
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Help, it's 7:15pm and I am *sleepy*
The only downside of sourdough cinnamon rolls is that, if you want them to *taste* like sourdough, you have to wait for a lot of slow rising and fermenting before baking them (these are going in the fridge until tomorrow) 🥲
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The only downside of sourdough cinnamon rolls is that, if you want them to *taste* like sourdough, you have to wait for a lot of slow rising and fermenting before baking them (these are going in the fridge until tomorrow) 🥲
Elk on the Shelf. Is this anything @vintagestorygame.bsky.social ?
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Elk on the Shelf. Is this anything @vintagestorygame.bsky.social ?
Really fucking disappointed in changes that Google made to the photo cropping tools on my Pixel phone - they removed the crop/skew tool, which means I can no longer stack and animate progress photos of my drawings
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November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Really fucking disappointed in changes that Google made to the photo cropping tools on my Pixel phone - they removed the crop/skew tool, which means I can no longer stack and animate progress photos of my drawings
😭💔
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Reposting for the morning crowd.
If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposting for the morning crowd.
If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.