Maria Gallegos

@mopia.bsky.social

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Absent-minded Professor. Dabble in worm genetics, cell biology, microscopy, evolution, and pretty photos. Opinions are my own.

A monocular microscope with a LEGO contraption over the eyepiece that is designed to hold a phone at just the right distance over the eyepiece so you can snap a picture.
Carpet beetle larvae carcasses
An image of Bernal hill from Van Ness Avenue with a red arrow point to a nearly invisible sign that says “Stand Up for Science SF”
A ship loaded with red and green shipping containers, docked at the port of Oakland. If you zoom in you can see that the red shipping containers were deliberately placed to spell the name “Renee”.
SF lit up by the sunset visible behind tree branches.
View of downtown San Francisco with Bernal rock in the foreground. The rock is painted with a yellow crown (white outline) crossed out in red.
Toilet paper hanging from the overheard MUNI wires. People crowding the streets of the Castro wearing cloth masks celebrating the Biden Harris win.
An image of an excerpt from the New Yorker that contains a quote from Shapiro when he was at UCSC. Shapiro made his remarks to the Wall Street Journal. The quote is in the post.
A lone protestor walking away from the crowd holding a sign that is so large you can only see them from below the knees. It reads, “Let’s stop these money grubbing maniacs from wrecking our world”
An image of the Statue of Liberty and the announcement of a “Stand for Science Rally” in San Francisco to be held March 7th, 1-3 pm in Civic Center Plaza.
An older Rita Levi Montalcini sitting in front of a microscope?