Teresa Avila

grad student investigator of ancient climate, writer of imaginary things, maker of questionable bread (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

Fewer genius scientists in media more dumbass scientists who don’t know what the hell they’re doing but they like asking weird questions and pursuing those questions with enthusiasm and questionable amounts of common sense

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

@GabrielUrbinaTM @sarahshachat @zachvalenti Y'all deserve every cent :) Your stories have brought an incredible amount of joy to my life, and I'm so happy we can help you guys continue that work

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

It’s nice to remember the emotions behind our scientific pursuits. Personally, my work is definitely driven by a lot of curiosity and joy and love. Science is and should be an objective, logic-based endeavor. But we must remember that it’s a deeply human one too.

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

Was watching YouTube videos yesterday and ended up revisiting some of my favorite science education channels like @SciShow, @tweetsauce and @minutephysics. It reminded me how much joy resides in science.

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

As a kid I watched documentaries and would literally get choked up from the excitement of knowing how something worked, or hearing about an outlandish but plausible theory. I got that same feeling again yesterday, which I hadn’t experienced in a while.

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

Story 3: It's post-nuclear war. It's Appalachia. There's a murderous woman sitting in front of Rhea.

Story 4: Some say they didn't really die, now they live down in the well.

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

I have four short stories that have been languishing in my folders for a year now. This #NaNoWriMo2019, I WILL finish all four so help me god

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

Story 1: There is a man in the creek but it's not a man and there's someone haunting the neighborhood but it's not a ghost

Story 2: The thing at the end of the hallway only unsettled me in the mornings, in the deep stillness between 5 and 8 a.m.

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

My heart still stutters when I see photos like this. Rocks on another planet!! We get to see those!!!

[ARCHIVED - Curiosity Rover @MarsCuriosity]

For those about to rock, I salute you.🤘

For those who could use a little extra #MondayMotivation, check out these rocks I found over the weekend. Here are some pictures from the surface of Mars, just for you.

Check out all my raw images at https://t.co/CBmNCxxUDt

[Path of the Miriam @PathoftheMiriam]

Path of the Miriam airs tomorrow with our first episode! 💫✨
Our main website is the best place to go: https://t.co/aqcuMkQ82q We’re also on YouTube: https://t.co/4fJ5eYYfxR SoundCloud: https://t.co/sVZcAyrkk0

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

@GabrielUrbinaTM I have a soft spot for that guy and his house full of reptiles

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

Personal growth is going from being terrified of an Egyptian mummy documentary as a kid to being able to watch Hereditary alone in the dark and then go to sleep no problem

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

The TIMS is being an asshole and I can’t get any effing data 😭 I’m looking up the best offerings to appease the mass spectrometer gods

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

I’ve discovered that @AlicePodcast pairs beautifully with driving I-70 at dusk through dead, grimy Midwest winter. Navigating sixteen wheelers and watching silos and black silhouettes of trees pass in the distance and counting down the miles to Indianapolis

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

I’ve talked about my love for @Wolf359Radio so much over the past two years that my sister knew exactly what to make me for Christmas 😂

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

@GabrielUrbinaTM @sarahshachat @zachvalenti For me, how to direct actors. I have a script; I have a tone I'm going for; I have an actor who probably has their own valuable perspective on the character/scene. How do I guide the actor and get something we both like?

[this band fucks @thisbandfucks]

BEING NICE IS SO FUCKING UNDERRATED

IT IS COOL TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE

IT IS COOL TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS’ ENDEAVORS

ELIMINATE THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT TO BE COOL YOU HAVE TO BE ALOOF

OPENLY SHARING YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVE WITH OTHERS IS MUCH COOLER

[Teresa Avila @terrascripta]

#IfIDieInASchoolShooting make me one more political-as-fuck reason to call, protest, fight for gun reform

[Dr. David Shiffman 🦈 @WhySharksMatter]

Literally every example of “outrageous wasteful spending in science” can be rephrased as “I don’t personally understand the benefits and would rather publicly attack scientists than ask or learn” https://t.co/DGx1Cl7ELS