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@keoraborealis.bsky.social
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Kanaka educator & musician who can do “science” if forced to, they/them queer/māhū #LandBack NSFW-ish

Read my thesis on the moʻolelo of Keaomelemele, western science, wai, & me 🙃: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/cb443b1d727046ef8a262b03d24462ef
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As I was packing up Halloween stuff I realized I never shared my little Pokémon haunted mansion
A mini dollhouse shelf fashioned into a haunted house with the Van Gogh Pokémon crossover pins as portraits on the walls and small needle felted shuppet, gengar, and mimikyu. There’s little books, boxes, candles scattered around to add to the ambience
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Every single group made the same mistake then they said “the directions didn’t say that!” so I went to check then did this:
“Disappointed cricket man” meme. A picture of a man in plaid and a black vest has his fists on his hips and has a look of disappointment like “come on”
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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guess what my students did to the centrifuge lmao
A small centrifuge that has a label on top that says “needs cleaning”
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Putting these tea bags in a jar like this was so fucking smart of me, I 100% know what kind of tea is in this jar.
A jar in a cabinet filled with tea bags
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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In all my years teaching, with the hundreds of plates I’ve had my students inoculate, I’ve never seen a clean plate until today (I’m stumped)
Two tsa plates that are labeled “bottom of bag” and “phone screen” and absolutely no bacteria has grown on them
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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A coworker knows I love moomins so got me a bunch of pumpkin moomin cookies. Look, it’s even got moomin’s butt!
A small purple bag of pumpkin cookies with various illustrations of moomin characters. I am holding a small, tan bite sized cookie in the shape of moomin’s butt
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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It’s clear my cats overpower and influence my one dog
A blue heeler mix curled up in a small cardboard box
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Jacket details (and ass 😉)
Selfie in front a mirror so you can see my back. I’m wearing all black and a black denim jacket with safety pins and chains arranged in the back to look like a skeleton spine and ribs
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Made a “trick or treat” box for my students full of fake bugs and candy
A box all taped up with fragile tape and handwritten notes that’s say “caution” “live specimen” and “do not touch” “do not eat”. There’s a small hole on the top for them to stick their hand in
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Red ribbon week in an elementary is so unhinged like why are you making costume themes around drugs for 6 year olds lmao 🥴
Flyer for red ribbon week at my daughters school. It says: “Red Ribbon Week Help us celebrate our commitment to living a drug free life by dressing up each day OCTOBER 27 - OCTOBER 31 MONDAY Don't Get Mixed Up in Drugs Wear mix matched clothes! TUESDAY Team Up Against Drugs Wear a hat or other clothes to represent your favorite sports team. WEDNESDAY Follow Your Dreams: Don't Do Drugs Pajama Day THURSDAY Too Bright for Drugs Embrace the vibe with sunglasses and neon clothes. FRIDAY Drugs Are a Trick Not a Treat Wear a Halloween costume. We'll go trick-or-treating around the schooll Please no scary or violent costumes.”
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Student asked what kind of music I liked and when I said 90s hip hop and disco they were like, oh I thought you would’ve like 80s new wave. I wonder what made them think that 😂
Selfie of me in a car with a vest over a T-shirt, a mullet, and shades, sticking my tongue out and holding up a let’s rock sign
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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A student gave me a dead hummingbird moth. They know me so well 🥲
A dead hummingbird moth in a Petri dish
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Today‘s lab has me like this fr
Photo of Ben affleck standing with his eyes closed and shoulders slumped, holding a cigarette in one hand, looking absolutely defeated
October 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Guess I’m never using deodorant or brushing my teeth again
Personal hygiene aisle in a grocery store in which everything is locked up
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Look at how cute she is
A grey and white tabby cat laying across the top of a crate bookshelf with her paw hanging over the edge Same cat and picture except she is now looking at the camera
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Why does eggers’ nosferatu look like Harry du bois?
Nosferatu from the new film in which he’s got a large mustache, sunken eyes, and a large fur coat
October 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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About to paint the stupidest fucking thing at a pottery painting place
A sketch on a bisque bowl of willem dafoe’s face from the lighthouse with light beams coming from behind him and octopus tentacles
October 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I like this hike bc there used to be so much strawberry guava to eat, but it looks like DLNR actually does get shit done and removed them all so this was literally the only one I could find 😭
Oh, and here’s some petroglyphs
My hand holding a small bitten strawberry guava Some petroglyphs on a rock
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Never got this one before. I give them props for sounding it out pretty well lol
Take out receipt that says my name spelled out as “kaorahh”
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Snake bites? Yes or no?
Selfie of me, a mixed white person with dark brown hair, wearing a green hoodie and using a TikTok filter which puts fake snake bite piercings on my lips
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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think lower Padme
Meme of anakin and padme taking where anakin says something and she thinks it’s a joke but he looks at her with a smirk and she realizes, distraught, that it’s not. The first text is Anakin: “HS science teacher: I have no budget” Padme: “College prof: LOL you mean like a little bit of money? Like what? $3000?” Anakin:… Padme: “What? Like $1000?”
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Yeah, I’m a trans-parent. What about it?
Stock photo of an invisible person wearing a colorful beanie, a light pink and blue cardigan over a light blue shirt and shorts with white shoes
October 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Lamaku pisses me tf off bc what do you mean? this is auto-grading if you’re gonna give my students 0s! Tf?!?
A grading notification that says “not auto-graded: a default grade of 0 will be assigned”
October 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Made salsa with peppers from my student’s garden (with some additional ingredients lol). Came out 🔥 gonna surprise them with it tomorrow
A large steel bowl filled with freshly made salsa. There’s a cutting board behind it with a knife, half a lime, and minced garlic on it
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Time to bring out my big baby boy #OTGW #Halloween
A giant paper mache pumpkin head of Enoch from over the garden wall
September 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM