Mary A.G. Bowers
@yappycactus.bsky.social
Baby sci commer who's really on one about dying and death care. Oh I'm also a radiation therapist and a few other things.
HOLD. UP.
I didn't think it could be done, but it finally happened:
I used all the ink in a pen before I got bored and abandoned it for something better.
The WHOLE PEN!
I didn't think it could be done, but it finally happened:
I used all the ink in a pen before I got bored and abandoned it for something better.
The WHOLE PEN!
July 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
HOLD. UP.
I didn't think it could be done, but it finally happened:
I used all the ink in a pen before I got bored and abandoned it for something better.
The WHOLE PEN!
I didn't think it could be done, but it finally happened:
I used all the ink in a pen before I got bored and abandoned it for something better.
The WHOLE PEN!
I have two cats and a dog.
Guess which one walked into the room with a freshly dead mouse.
Guess which one walked into the room with a freshly dead mouse.
April 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I have two cats and a dog.
Guess which one walked into the room with a freshly dead mouse.
Guess which one walked into the room with a freshly dead mouse.
Death quote of the day:
"My God, I just remembered that we die." - Clarice Lispector
Found that at the beginning of the book Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar, highly recommend
#deathpositive
#deathsky
#dying
💀🖤☠️
"My God, I just remembered that we die." - Clarice Lispector
Found that at the beginning of the book Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar, highly recommend
#deathpositive
#deathsky
#dying
💀🖤☠️
March 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Death quote of the day:
"My God, I just remembered that we die." - Clarice Lispector
Found that at the beginning of the book Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar, highly recommend
#deathpositive
#deathsky
#dying
💀🖤☠️
"My God, I just remembered that we die." - Clarice Lispector
Found that at the beginning of the book Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar, highly recommend
#deathpositive
#deathsky
#dying
💀🖤☠️
Peak ADHD: in December I preordered Alex Partridge's book on ADHD. Had to preorder because I NEED IT IMMEDIATELY and WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE MONTH?!
I forgot I had it till just now. Two months later. Not a letter has been read. Fully erased from my brain.
I should probably read that now.
I forgot I had it till just now. Two months later. Not a letter has been read. Fully erased from my brain.
I should probably read that now.
March 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Peak ADHD: in December I preordered Alex Partridge's book on ADHD. Had to preorder because I NEED IT IMMEDIATELY and WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE MONTH?!
I forgot I had it till just now. Two months later. Not a letter has been read. Fully erased from my brain.
I should probably read that now.
I forgot I had it till just now. Two months later. Not a letter has been read. Fully erased from my brain.
I should probably read that now.
Nothing delights me more than science/tech speak for things.
Similar to the SpaceX Starship, I too occasionally experience "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
Similar to the SpaceX Starship, I too occasionally experience "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
March 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Nothing delights me more than science/tech speak for things.
Similar to the SpaceX Starship, I too occasionally experience "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
Similar to the SpaceX Starship, I too occasionally experience "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
🧪💀☠️
Question for @imperi.bsky.social or any death/grief/psych/sociology pro:
One benefit always noted for mourners with natural burial is the ability to participate. Is there research being done on the potential grief/emotional effects of natural vs conventional funerals?
#death #grief #research
Question for @imperi.bsky.social or any death/grief/psych/sociology pro:
One benefit always noted for mourners with natural burial is the ability to participate. Is there research being done on the potential grief/emotional effects of natural vs conventional funerals?
#death #grief #research
March 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🧪💀☠️
Question for @imperi.bsky.social or any death/grief/psych/sociology pro:
One benefit always noted for mourners with natural burial is the ability to participate. Is there research being done on the potential grief/emotional effects of natural vs conventional funerals?
#death #grief #research
Question for @imperi.bsky.social or any death/grief/psych/sociology pro:
One benefit always noted for mourners with natural burial is the ability to participate. Is there research being done on the potential grief/emotional effects of natural vs conventional funerals?
#death #grief #research
Reposted by Mary A.G. Bowers
This is your reminder that you too can star as Yorrick in the afterlife if you have clear instructions for your posthumous care, and an executor that gets you 💀 Talk to your friendly neighbourhood Death Doula to help you achieve your posthumous acting dreams! #deathsky #deathdoula
March 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is your reminder that you too can star as Yorrick in the afterlife if you have clear instructions for your posthumous care, and an executor that gets you 💀 Talk to your friendly neighbourhood Death Doula to help you achieve your posthumous acting dreams! #deathsky #deathdoula
So cool! Aspirin for mets, mRNA vaccines for pancreatic cancer - awesome stuff coming for cancer
Aspirin may enhance the immune response against cancer metastasis in mice, according to research published in Nature. The authors suggest that the findings could aid the development of effective anti-metastatic immunotherapies. https://go.nature.com/3F3GWOB 🧪
March 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So cool! Aspirin for mets, mRNA vaccines for pancreatic cancer - awesome stuff coming for cancer
Yesterday while checking in for my psych appointment there was a family of 4 - mom, dad, 2 daughters about 7 and 10. I overheard:
10: what are we doing again?
Mom: we're here to talk about how lately you [issue]
Dad in a low, serious tone: but remember, we DON'T. Talk. About. BRUNO.
10: what are we doing again?
Mom: we're here to talk about how lately you [issue]
Dad in a low, serious tone: but remember, we DON'T. Talk. About. BRUNO.
March 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yesterday while checking in for my psych appointment there was a family of 4 - mom, dad, 2 daughters about 7 and 10. I overheard:
10: what are we doing again?
Mom: we're here to talk about how lately you [issue]
Dad in a low, serious tone: but remember, we DON'T. Talk. About. BRUNO.
10: what are we doing again?
Mom: we're here to talk about how lately you [issue]
Dad in a low, serious tone: but remember, we DON'T. Talk. About. BRUNO.
So many scientific studies sound ridiculous and people make fun of them until the products of the chain reaction from those studies becomes a staple in society that those same people either don't know about or just assume popped magically into existence.
March 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
So many scientific studies sound ridiculous and people make fun of them until the products of the chain reaction from those studies becomes a staple in society that those same people either don't know about or just assume popped magically into existence.
Crochet and cadavers - great name for a podcast. Dibs!
Also works for a Miss Marple knockoff series.
And it works for this afternoon, working a project and learning death care practices 🖤
Also works for a Miss Marple knockoff series.
And it works for this afternoon, working a project and learning death care practices 🖤
March 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Crochet and cadavers - great name for a podcast. Dibs!
Also works for a Miss Marple knockoff series.
And it works for this afternoon, working a project and learning death care practices 🖤
Also works for a Miss Marple knockoff series.
And it works for this afternoon, working a project and learning death care practices 🖤
After spending the last year pitching and attempting to put together a proposal to get a literary agent, I'm over it. Scrapping it all. Going self publishing babyyyy!
Time to get to work.
Seriously, stop scrolling....
Time to get to work.
Seriously, stop scrolling....
February 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
After spending the last year pitching and attempting to put together a proposal to get a literary agent, I'm over it. Scrapping it all. Going self publishing babyyyy!
Time to get to work.
Seriously, stop scrolling....
Time to get to work.
Seriously, stop scrolling....
Reposted by Mary A.G. Bowers
At first I was decayed.
I was putrefied.
Kept thinking I could never liiive without formaldehyde.
I was putrefied.
Kept thinking I could never liiive without formaldehyde.
February 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
At first I was decayed.
I was putrefied.
Kept thinking I could never liiive without formaldehyde.
I was putrefied.
Kept thinking I could never liiive without formaldehyde.
Reposted by Mary A.G. Bowers
Day 47 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Just a camel lying down in the sea
Just a camel lying down in the sea
February 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Day 47 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Just a camel lying down in the sea
Just a camel lying down in the sea
9. Remember you have diagnosed ADHD and none of this will work for you until you take your Adderall
February 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
9. Remember you have diagnosed ADHD and none of this will work for you until you take your Adderall
Everything is a bummer. Break time!
If you have a deceased loved one, what food makes you think of them every time and why?
#deathpositive
#deathsky
If you have a deceased loved one, what food makes you think of them every time and why?
#deathpositive
#deathsky
February 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Everything is a bummer. Break time!
If you have a deceased loved one, what food makes you think of them every time and why?
#deathpositive
#deathsky
If you have a deceased loved one, what food makes you think of them every time and why?
#deathpositive
#deathsky
I have a catfish now due to circumstances. Certainly won't keep him long before releasing but I'm enjoying him.
Simply based on facial expressions, I'm starting to relate to this fish on an existential level.
Simply based on facial expressions, I'm starting to relate to this fish on an existential level.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I have a catfish now due to circumstances. Certainly won't keep him long before releasing but I'm enjoying him.
Simply based on facial expressions, I'm starting to relate to this fish on an existential level.
Simply based on facial expressions, I'm starting to relate to this fish on an existential level.
"Death has eyes and ears and that smell - that sweet, sweet smell. It is, in all its shifting ways, utterly magnificent. And the best part about death is that it's all of ours to share."
-Griffon vulture in Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
Today's #deathpositive quote 🖤
#deathsky
#deathcare
-Griffon vulture in Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
Today's #deathpositive quote 🖤
#deathsky
#deathcare
February 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Death has eyes and ears and that smell - that sweet, sweet smell. It is, in all its shifting ways, utterly magnificent. And the best part about death is that it's all of ours to share."
-Griffon vulture in Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
Today's #deathpositive quote 🖤
#deathsky
#deathcare
-Griffon vulture in Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
Today's #deathpositive quote 🖤
#deathsky
#deathcare
"You would have been caught sneaking into the restricted section at Hogwarts."
That's perhaps the greatest compliment I've ever received
That's perhaps the greatest compliment I've ever received
January 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"You would have been caught sneaking into the restricted section at Hogwarts."
That's perhaps the greatest compliment I've ever received
That's perhaps the greatest compliment I've ever received
You heard it here likely not first: r.e.m. beauty's Wicked Elphaba black lip balm is THE BEST.
r.e.m. > Finding Ferdinand's black lip balm in feel, look, and longevity (for me)
Feels, wears better than Clinique Black Honey
*r.e.m.*- neutral tone pinkish purple
FF- cool purply
C- warm dark neutral
r.e.m. > Finding Ferdinand's black lip balm in feel, look, and longevity (for me)
Feels, wears better than Clinique Black Honey
*r.e.m.*- neutral tone pinkish purple
FF- cool purply
C- warm dark neutral
January 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You heard it here likely not first: r.e.m. beauty's Wicked Elphaba black lip balm is THE BEST.
r.e.m. > Finding Ferdinand's black lip balm in feel, look, and longevity (for me)
Feels, wears better than Clinique Black Honey
*r.e.m.*- neutral tone pinkish purple
FF- cool purply
C- warm dark neutral
r.e.m. > Finding Ferdinand's black lip balm in feel, look, and longevity (for me)
Feels, wears better than Clinique Black Honey
*r.e.m.*- neutral tone pinkish purple
FF- cool purply
C- warm dark neutral
Today's #deathpositive quote:
"Dancing through life... If only because dust is what we'll come to." -Wicked
Yes I went there. I'm obsessed. No shame. PLUS they have a line about going to have a good time and enjoy life because someday we'll all be dust? That line has stuck with me for years. 🖤
"Dancing through life... If only because dust is what we'll come to." -Wicked
Yes I went there. I'm obsessed. No shame. PLUS they have a line about going to have a good time and enjoy life because someday we'll all be dust? That line has stuck with me for years. 🖤
January 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Today's #deathpositive quote:
"Dancing through life... If only because dust is what we'll come to." -Wicked
Yes I went there. I'm obsessed. No shame. PLUS they have a line about going to have a good time and enjoy life because someday we'll all be dust? That line has stuck with me for years. 🖤
"Dancing through life... If only because dust is what we'll come to." -Wicked
Yes I went there. I'm obsessed. No shame. PLUS they have a line about going to have a good time and enjoy life because someday we'll all be dust? That line has stuck with me for years. 🖤
Reposted by Mary A.G. Bowers
Happy 25th Anniversary to those who remember...
December 31, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Happy 25th Anniversary to those who remember...
A friend of mine is spending NYE listening to the B side of all the albums she got for Christmas.
There's something poignant here but I'm starting early on my resolution of not over explaining and also there's gin.
There's something poignant here but I'm starting early on my resolution of not over explaining and also there's gin.
January 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A friend of mine is spending NYE listening to the B side of all the albums she got for Christmas.
There's something poignant here but I'm starting early on my resolution of not over explaining and also there's gin.
There's something poignant here but I'm starting early on my resolution of not over explaining and also there's gin.
Don't want to brag or anything but I've had follows from Mel Gibson and Bruce Willis so far.
Crushing it.
For real though how many of my few followers are actually real people?
Crushing it.
For real though how many of my few followers are actually real people?
January 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Don't want to brag or anything but I've had follows from Mel Gibson and Bruce Willis so far.
Crushing it.
For real though how many of my few followers are actually real people?
Crushing it.
For real though how many of my few followers are actually real people?
Reposted by Mary A.G. Bowers
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.