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Posts by Pam Westcott

Surround yourself with the kind of people who help turtles cross the road.

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A golden retriever has both paws up at a bank teller’s window.

A golden retriever has both paws up at a bank teller’s window.

“Are you the branch manager?”
“Yes I am, how can I help you?”
“I would like two branches, please.”
“How would you like that?”
“Two big sticks, four little sticks.”

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I don't normally like messing with great art but I liked this! Happy Sunday Friends!🙏😂

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Celeste Roberge’s sculpture “The Weight of Grief” #art

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I knew it -- Tahoe!

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One of the best.

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The Grand Canyon seen from Space!😮

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"You're spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock. Somehow you think that's a better public health message than informing the public about the benefits of vaccines. Really? -- Rep. Linda Sanchez to RFK Jr

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🚨: NASA has Released a New Image of the planet Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.😮

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A coastal Florida marshland of golden grasses and white sands under dramatic, layered, wavy clouds with varying shades of gray and saturated blue.

A coastal Florida marshland of golden grasses and white sands under dramatic, layered, wavy clouds with varying shades of gray and saturated blue.

Your reminder that the atmosphere is a fluid. #Photography

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A vibrant color studio portrait of Carolyn Widney Greider, the American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate who discovered the enzyme telomerase and shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for revealing how chromosomes are protected from shortening during cell division. In this warm, professional head-and-shoulders photograph, she faces the camera directly with a bright, genuine smile that reveals her teeth and lights up her eyes, conveying warmth, intelligence, and quiet confidence. Her shoulder-length, wavy blonde hair frames her face softly. She wears a bright turquoise ribbed knit cardigan with a draped collar over a black top, accented by small blue stud earrings. The background is a soft, out-of-focus gradient of blues and greens that keeps the focus entirely on her approachable presence. The overall composition is clean and intimate. The mood is one of joyful accomplishment and scientific dedication, powerfully symbolizing Greider’s groundbreaking contributions to molecular biology, our understanding of aging, cancer, and cellular immortality, and her role as a trailblazing woman in STEM.

A vibrant color studio portrait of Carolyn Widney Greider, the American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate who discovered the enzyme telomerase and shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for revealing how chromosomes are protected from shortening during cell division. In this warm, professional head-and-shoulders photograph, she faces the camera directly with a bright, genuine smile that reveals her teeth and lights up her eyes, conveying warmth, intelligence, and quiet confidence. Her shoulder-length, wavy blonde hair frames her face softly. She wears a bright turquoise ribbed knit cardigan with a draped collar over a black top, accented by small blue stud earrings. The background is a soft, out-of-focus gradient of blues and greens that keeps the focus entirely on her approachable presence. The overall composition is clean and intimate. The mood is one of joyful accomplishment and scientific dedication, powerfully symbolizing Greider’s groundbreaking contributions to molecular biology, our understanding of aging, cancer, and cellular immortality, and her role as a trailblazing woman in STEM.

Molecular biologist Carolyn Greider was born #OTD in 1961.

She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM

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Camping in Yosemite soon, I never tire of this beautiful, tranquil place ❤️

#yosemite #california

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Campfire 6”x6” oil

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Wet towel in space: NASA astronaut demonstrates how surface tension forms a perfect water sphere in microgravity at the ISS

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I got a few of these gastropod fossils from Morocco. Drusy quartz. #cool #fossils #druzy #quartz #gastropod #nature

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Yup, I'm still riding that s
Artemis II "high."

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The grand and mighty El Capitan!

I took this pic April 11, 2026 in Yosemite Valley, CA.

#RockinTuesday #yosemite #NationalParks #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait #PhotographersUnited #photography

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"We are made of star stuff." Carl Sagan

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I miss this.

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CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

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The Glover Family.

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I going back to my science/space exploration "high."

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Nurses haven't worn caps at least since the mid-80s.

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Seriously, that's who it looks like.

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One more comment: I'm sure both the Apollo and Artemis missions so far did not get there with a "move fast and break things" ethic.

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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

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Picture of the century. 😍

📷 credit: Science Tube

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The four humans who have traveled the furthest from Earth. (Via NASA.)

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Somewhere some little kid is watching this and will grow up to do great things.

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