Laura Hug
@lhug.bsky.social
Environmental microbiologist and CRC at UWaterloo. Tangent-prone story teller and compulsive frisbee chaser. Views are my own.
Two emails this week told me the photos of landfills on my webpage really sparkle. No, no they really don’t. Sparkle seems the word du jour
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Two emails this week told me the photos of landfills on my webpage really sparkle. No, no they really don’t. Sparkle seems the word du jour
Josh Neufeld did with the 3rd year Env Micro and Diversity course I now teach - it had been flipped back before it came my way. Maybe ping him?
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Josh Neufeld did with the 3rd year Env Micro and Diversity course I now teach - it had been flipped back before it came my way. Maybe ping him?
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And this one via @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social at @garbageday.email sent me down some rabbit holes (but in a good way).
www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme
Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence
www.garbageday.email
September 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
And this one via @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social at @garbageday.email sent me down some rabbit holes (but in a good way).
www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...
Manufacturers use the same cartridge for tons of tests (pregnancy, flu, etc) and just swap out the paper strip for the right one. But I agree that positive/negative would be better!
September 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Manufacturers use the same cartridge for tons of tests (pregnancy, flu, etc) and just swap out the paper strip for the right one. But I agree that positive/negative would be better!
They’d been exposed for a few days the week prior. They are pro testing, just befuddled
September 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
They’d been exposed for a few days the week prior. They are pro testing, just befuddled
I can’t stop laughing about the neighbourhood of doom
September 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I can’t stop laughing about the neighbourhood of doom
At one point his fire station was on fire.
September 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
At one point his fire station was on fire.
wrote the grant. Am annoyed in equal measure that it required 1.5 fully dedicated days and that it _only_ required 1.5 dedicated days given I was meant to have it done in April..
July 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
wrote the grant. Am annoyed in equal measure that it required 1.5 fully dedicated days and that it _only_ required 1.5 dedicated days given I was meant to have it done in April..
Ooh good one. I meant to pick your brain about board games at the GRC, 8 yo is very into Terra Mystica at the moment and I’m looking for options that are similar-ish but shorter (we have Terra Nova, it is “less good, because there are no cults” 😅
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Ooh good one. I meant to pick your brain about board games at the GRC, 8 yo is very into Terra Mystica at the moment and I’m looking for options that are similar-ish but shorter (we have Terra Nova, it is “less good, because there are no cults” 😅
commiserations and Hershey's Hugs to you
July 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
commiserations and Hershey's Hugs to you