π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Entomologist and ORISE postdoctoral fellow studying sensory ecology and behavioral genetics in commodity pests. Expect bugs. PhD 2024. Maybe a little too enthusiastic about PokΓ©mon. Posts are my own opinion.
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π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
speaking of, you should read The Moving Finger, one of Stephen King's short stories
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
so, fingers
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Control does a way better job at getting the eerie vibe of an empty Federal office building.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
looks like my first grad school office
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
these days if you want to subscribe to Hulu, you have to subscribe to Disney+ as part of a bundle. Disney owns Hulu *and* part of Fox *and* ESPN
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. (@sarahmackattack.bsky.social) reposted
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
have you seen Iron & Wine's cover of "Sick of You"? youtu.be/xg2FhLqCNN4?...
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
I've always seen the deadly cliff labeled "Dwarf Fortress"
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
the movie Annihilation is basically what would happen if someone had a fever dream about the book Annihilation. they're both quite good, but very different. the other Area X books are freaky, too.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
FULL SPEED, KEVIN
Kory Bing (@korybing.bsky.social) reposted
www.tumblr.com/wormzone/709... slogging through all of Skinamarink was worth it just so this could exist and every time I see it it just gets better
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
detritus
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
baby grok? the new rizz king?
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
But I rarely play shooters on console, other than Splatoon
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Inverting for console, non-inverting for PC (because you move the cursor directly in the screen)
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
my old neighbors had 2 Rottweilers and they would do this several times a day right outside my apartment window. for years. just as a sample of what you're getting into
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
If you could be any animal, what would you be? Looking at the art out there, what sort of designs do you like best? If you wanted a virtual icon of yourself as a cartoon character, what would you pick?
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
how--- how big is your aquarium?!
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
i bought it for cocktails, but it's pretty good as a shot on its own
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
woah, there really is a huge difference between cheap vermouth and the slightly more expensive kind
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
jw 28 inches -- i mean years later
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
firefox has encountered a problem with windows
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
if you don't mind longer cook time (only half hour prep time), do vegetable soup. mine this week is carrots, onion, celery, chicken broth as the base, plus new potatoes and cubed parsnip or turnip, and drained canned peas. herbs and garlic to taste.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
farfalle, onions, garlic, pesto, sunflower seeds i add cheese, but it's not a requirement
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
I woke up this morning with a bad hangover And my jesus was missing again This happens all the time, it's detachable (detachable jesus)
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
: anthropomorphic dingoes
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discopawbs (@discopawbs.bsky.social) reposted
homosexual animals are being digitised and uploaded to electronic respositories, termed 'websites'. learn how to access these 'sites' below, using our handy explainer β¬οΈπ³οΈβππ
Samanta Orellana (@coleopterasam.bsky.social) reposted
It's #WeevilWednesday! Perfect day to introduce our #Symbiota Weevil Portal! Still under construction, but already with some data. This beautiful Curculio, deposited in #KUSEMC, was originally digitized in #Specify and has been mobilized to our portal π. β‘οΈ weevil.symbiota.org/portal/colle...
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe Momo and Okarun from Dandadan, for the UFO skeptic/ paranormal skeptic combo
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Sigma keeps sending me those emails ever since I got a quote for analytic standards years ago. Have you seen their promotional bottle of chocolates? They're trying to muscle in on ThorLabs with that one.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
if they get lased, you can just call em back with your whistle
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
this is very "the interns share a Glock"
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π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
it's so expensive because it takes a lot of time, expertise, and reagents to get the reference measurements right. but's it's regular peanut butter like you can buy at the grocery store.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
it's normal peanut better that's been homogenized analyzed in a mass spec a few dozen times. you know exactly what's in it (it comes with chemical composition information). you run it through your mass spec or gas chromatograph and use it to calibrate your instrument.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
not youth, but Penguin Ed's BBQ in Fayetteville, AR.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Also came to say Dipper and Mabel from Gravity Falls. Though GF is sort of a young millennial/ elder zoomer thing? It came out in 2011. The youngest millennials would have been about 13 then.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
clicking through to the thread, those figures uh, don't all look like adults
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
π³οΈβππͺ² Gay Bugs πͺ²π³οΈβπ
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
if it's SICB, they ought to be paying you
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
gregnant (ghost pregnant)
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
articles of interest is another good one
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
99 percent invisible has a bunch of episodes like that
Ainsley S (@americanbeetles.bsky.social) reposted
there is already a way to extend life and youth indefinitely 1. Be a stored-grain dermestid beetle larva (say, Trogoderma) 2. Every time food gets scarce, moult backwards into a previous instar 3. Proceed to grow as usual 4. Repeat step 2
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
just so tired all the time
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π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
heheh poopy anus en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupienus
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Everyone saying Geography is dead wrong. That's where most the ecologists work that don't work in the biology department.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
At least with B you get good bread and fika.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
D then G and it's not even close. D has Sicilian, Greek, Lebanese, Indian, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Australian cuisines.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
could be worse. coulda been "forrest"
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
... After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
... to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually βto prevent any electrical infetterence,β and then turned around and winked at me. I donβt even think thatβs a word. ...
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
... doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like βSir, you need to pay for those first.β At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them ...
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
... kept cutting me off and going βhuh? huh? huh?β and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways ...
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
I saw Flying Lotus at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didnβt want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, βOh, like youβre doing now?β I was taken aback, and all I could say was βHuh?β but he ...
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
someone should mod myhouse.wad to include the SomethingAwful Doom Bathroom
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
link to the .wad?
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
(Darlingside - Eschaton)
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
They're making martyrs out of tennis stars did you believe they were ours? youtu.be/ldrZJQa7Unk?...
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
π³οΈβππͺ² Gay Bugs πͺ²π³οΈβπ
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
the ribbons are made for hugging
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
or skweezy. i forget.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
how's scrimblo holding up?
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
the previews make it look like it's got Hollow Knight's battle system but Ori's absurd precision aerial platforming. i had to cheese Hollow Knight and Ori was just a pain in the ass with my middle-aged reaction times. think i might sit this one out.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
without cats, how else would we have a healthy (and satiated) urban coyote population?
MadScientist (@mads100tist.bsky.social) reposted
This is the equivalent of Jesus on a toast for developmental biologists π§ͺ
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
those are some freaky antennae
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
it can accompany the gravy boat
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
I imagine nymphalid butterflies are the easiest leps to make into furries, because they only have 4 legs (the other 2 are vestigial) π· Antonia Monteiro
Quil (@quilbug.bsky.social) reposted
Insectember day 15: papilio agenor Common name: Great mormon butterfly Theres so many regional variants of these guys :D π¨ #insectember2025 #anthro #bugart
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
the Man in Yellow comes from dim Carcosa
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
oi, mate, you got a loicence for that eroge?
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Old Bay is mostly celery salt to begin with
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
Would/ Maryland Mentioned
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
so is this (too bad i can only find it in MD)
Coffee Porter Jr. (@unlox.bsky.social) reposted
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
works for me
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
because u post cute bugs:
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
hopefully not eyeballing in the sense of "eyeballing Da Joose"
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
the Tactics Ogre games are pretty good about this, too
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
Lilies, huh?
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
If we include electrolyte drinks, sugar-free lemonade Vitamin Water tastes exactly like TheraFlu. If not, then a tossup between Jones Bubblegum and this:
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
the flag overlay on the bottom part of the meme is the Maryland state flag, where Old Bay is a cultural icon.
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
it's a celery salt and cayenne pepper based seafood seasoning
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
can you tape off your fingertips?
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social)
my credit score decreased because ... i paid off my hospital bills? what?
π¦π Batt Murphy ππ¦ (@mjosmurphy.bsky.social) reply parent
god, i was in college when this came out