Chris

@chrisbothmer.bsky.social

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Public school teacher: chemistry, biology, human physiology. Registered nurse. formerly: telemetry in-patient care, ER, same day surgery (pre- & post-op), home health, CWOCN, hospice.

Belle & Sebastian. Picture of a Great Pyrenees dog and his boy companion running on a grassy slope near a large boulder.
Fisher Scientific microtome MCT001 on a bamboo cutting board with razor and plant material nearby (carrot and passion fruit vine petiole.
Green praying mantis on bright red, spiky seed pods of an achote (annatto) bush.
A small butane canister with a burner attached. Canister is clamped to a ring stand. The apparatus is on a lab bench with a fire extinguisher and emergency eyewash station in the background. A striker is nearby.
Lava zigzagging down the Northern slope of Mauna Loa, as seen from Saddle road.
Glow of volcano as seen through trees, from miles away
Bell curve graph showing a generic, normal distribution of, in this case, people who are likely to commit political violence based on increasing exposure to violent rhetoric.
A bowl of sliced apple bananas in whole milk with a crispy, chewy piece of bacon placed across the rim of the bowl. A sturdy stainless steel soup spoon is partially submerged in the milk.
Cane toad with internal organs exposed.
Screenshot showing typical links at the bottom of a webpage: contact us, policies, etc. the “policy” link is highlighted to copy because, when clicked, it doesn’t link to anything.
Pale blue t-shirt with an image of former president Barack Obama with the caption HISTORIC underneath.T-shirt is lying on a bright plaid blanket for contrast.
Teacher wearing a t-shirt with an image of former president Barack Obama with the word “HISTORIC” underneath.
Hilo Tribune Herald newspaper. Headline “Just in Time for Christmas” regarding eruption of Halemaumau Crater. Also, Mangione pleads not guilty and Landon McNamara takes surf title.
A student’s hands hold a cow eye bisected along the coronal plane. The fingers of the right hand hold the posterior scleral cup with the aqueous humor and lens visible. The fingers of the left hand hold the anterior scleral cup with the iris and pupil visible.
Newspaper article “Americans will throw out 316 M pounds of food on Thanksgiving” taped to an easel-sized paper. Quotes from the article, written by 10th grade biology students in colored pencil, surround the article.
Children’s book titled “A Friend is Someone Who Likes You” with 2 children having a picnic under a tree. One child with a hat is sitting on the ground with one leg on the blanket where the food is set. Another child has a pony tail and is sitting on a small chair and pouring tea from a teapot. The image is set in an oval, like an embroidery hoop, with a bow on top. This is set onto a green background, which has crisscrossing diagonal lines with small flowers and dots in some of the diamond shapes created by the lines.
5 monarch butterfly caterpillars devouring a purple crown flower milkweed plant.