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Morgan Mouchka
@morgan-mouchka.bsky.social
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PhD scientist, educator, mom, and ocean enthusiast. 🌊 Passionate about training the next generation of scientists. 🧬 Education Coordinator for SD IRACDA at UC San Diego. 🔱 Tap dancer and lifter of medium weights. 💪🏼
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The Goodyear blimp flew over our house today!
The Goodyear blimp flying in the sky with a palm tree in the foreground. The underside of the Goodyear blimp flying away with different types of palm trees in the foreground.
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Had such a fun time with Ms. Weiler's 3rd grade class at Stetsonville Elementary School in Stetsonville, Wisconsin. We learned about corals & coral reefs & they had so many great questions! Always a crowd favorite - that corals eat & poop using the same hole! @skypeascientist.bsky.social
A side that says 'What is a coral? An animal? A plant? A rock?' and there are four pictures of different types of corals of various shapes, colors, and sizes. At the top is a Zoom insert of me speaking to the class.
September 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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There are not enough ducks in the world...but every duck helps! Send a quack-o-gram today!

#StandUpforScience 🧪
#RemovetheQuack 🦆

www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
A graphic with government buildings and landmarks at the bottom with dozens of yellow and orange rubber duckies looming ominously over the buildings and landmarks. The graphics says, 'Send your house representative a message: impeach and remove the quack. $3 = 1 rubber ducky hand delivered to your Rep by a man in a duck costume!
September 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Good news alert! Congrats to @sd-iracda.bsky.social fellows Alyssa Rodriguez & @yesdoc.bsky.social (Lamar Thomas) on their new positions! Sad to see them go, but excited for their new journey. Their future students and trainees are very lucky! 👏 🎉
A flyer with photos of Dr. Alyssa Rodriguez and Dr. Lamar Thomas that says 'Congratulations SD IRACDA Fellows on your tenure track faculty positions!' Dr. Rodriguez will be starting as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Occidental College. Dr. Thomas will be starting as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at CSU Long Beach. The flyer is navy blue and has circles of various sizes, colors, and patterns (light blue, teal, and yellow) in the background.
July 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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July 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Because I want the equivalent of the AI generated emotions wheel happening in my body.
An AI generated emotions wheel that includes many strange emotions, including sadsad, desper, abardoned, and condiseed, and disapoofed.
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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A sign that reads. 'NO f'KING WAY.'
June 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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This is what democracy looks like! Thank you San Diego!
A group of people playing drums surrounded by protesters with sign. A large group of protesters, most with signs, head towards the No Kings rally in downtown San Diego. Protesters near Harbor Drive with masts in the background from large ships. There are flags and boy playing the national anthem on a trumpet.
June 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Trolley to downtown #NoKings rally packed!
June 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Proud of my hometown in deeply red, rural Western Nebraska! Wherever you are on June 14th, find a rally near you and stand up against authoritarianism. No thrones, no crowns, #NoKings! www.nokings.org
A US map with hundreds of dots scattered over various locations where there are No Kings rallies being held on June 14th. A dot in Western Nebraska has been highlighted denoting a rally in Scottsbluff.
June 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Amazing speakers at our Stand Up For Science Education rally at UC San Diego! Thanks to those that came out to #StandUpForScience! We are stronger together and will keep fighting!
A photo of Nobel laureate Ardem Patapoutian speaking to a group of rally participants at a podium. There are dozens of people watching with signs. A photo of postdoc Christian Cazares speaking to a group of rally participants at a podium. There are dozens of people watching with signs. A photo of Emeritus Professor Stanley Maloy speaking to a group of rally participants at a podium. There are dozens of people watching with signs. Dozens of rally participants gather at UCSD to participate. They are holding signs supporting science.
June 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Found the craziest fungi in our backyard! Pepper pot (Myriostoma coliforme) is the only species in the genus and is classified as an 'earthstar' because the outer walls of the spore-baring sac split open to form a star.
June 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Classes are ending, but SCIENCE is still under ATTACK! Join us and #StandUpForScience to let our representatives and leaders know that we will not let the pipeline for STEM education and discovery be dismantled! All members of the community are welcome! #SummerFightForScience
A flyer that says, "Classes are ending, but science is under attack. Stand Up for Science Education Summer Send Off - Rally, Friday, June 6th, noon at UC San Diego, Geisel Library/Silent Tree. Bring Signs! Hear Speakers! Take Action. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/5cuzx293." The flyer is red, white, and blue with flipflops and palm trees as accents.
May 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I wouldn't be a scientist #withoutNSF. My first research experience as an undergrad was in an NSF-funded lab. As a grad student, I was lucky enough to be awarded a GRFP. I completed my PhD with the help of a DDIG, which was crucial since my project was independent from my PI's research. #AAG
A photo of me in the field, collecting samples in the intertidal zone during graduate school.
May 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Shows up on my feed. Well played, Canada. Well played indeed. #elbowsup
An advertisement that says, 'Canada is looking for you' and recommends you check to see if you are eligible for Canadian Immigration. Ad by a group called Cuin.CA.
April 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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San Diego showed up today!
April 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Join research, healthcare, and education workers across the country on Tuesday, April 8th to demand NO cuts to education and research! UCSD rally at noon at Geisel. Not is San Diego? Find a rally near you at killthecuts.org! ✊
Flyer for Kill the Cuts rally at UCSD on April 8th, 2025 at Geisel library at noon. The text reads, "Save lifesaving research, healthcare, and education. By cutting funds to lifesaving research and medical care, the Trump administration is abandoning families who are suffering and costing taxpayers billions of dollars. Join research, healthcare, and education workers across the country to demand NO cuts to education and research.
March 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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National Park Service Rally and Teach-in on March 22nd at noon at Cabrillo National Monument! Come support the NPS to demonstrate that Americans want their public lands to be preserved and protected for future generations! Not in San Diego? Find your local rally here: tinyurl.com/2s4yh22n.
A flyer with birds that reads, ' March 22, rally & learn, to protect national parks, Sat at noon, at Cabrillo National Monument.
March 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM