Mike DiCuccio
@dicuccio.bsky.social
My son is my clan leader. I am nobody.
Genomics. Medicine. Computational biology. Fly fishing. Photography.
Genomics. Medicine. Computational biology. Fly fishing. Photography.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OpenBeaks... so here's a hermit thrush from a few weeks ago. 🪶
February 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OpenBeaks... so here's a hermit thrush from a few weeks ago. 🪶
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, I taught three, online courses for journalists on basics of epidemiology
Course recordings and slides are still available as a free resource on my teaching website
www.teachepi.org/courses/epid...
Course recordings and slides are still available as a free resource on my teaching website
www.teachepi.org/courses/epid...
February 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, I taught three, online courses for journalists on basics of epidemiology
Course recordings and slides are still available as a free resource on my teaching website
www.teachepi.org/courses/epid...
Course recordings and slides are still available as a free resource on my teaching website
www.teachepi.org/courses/epid...
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
A random cornfield in Canada from a while ago.
I skipped this image on my first pass through my memory cards, but like it on second look.
#snowyowl #birding #birdingphotography #birdphotography
I skipped this image on my first pass through my memory cards, but like it on second look.
#snowyowl #birding #birdingphotography #birdphotography
February 1, 2026 at 10:33 PM
A random cornfield in Canada from a while ago.
I skipped this image on my first pass through my memory cards, but like it on second look.
#snowyowl #birding #birdingphotography #birdphotography
I skipped this image on my first pass through my memory cards, but like it on second look.
#snowyowl #birding #birdingphotography #birdphotography
Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt-theme is short-legged birds... I saw this little puffball of a junco skipping across the snow this week.
#birds #photography #nature
#birds #photography #nature
February 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt-theme is short-legged birds... I saw this little puffball of a junco skipping across the snow this week.
#birds #photography #nature
#birds #photography #nature
A collection of wood #Ducks for the #BirdOfTheDay 🪶
January 31, 2026 at 1:38 PM
A collection of wood #Ducks for the #BirdOfTheDay 🪶
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
Update: Wisdom—the world's oldest known bird at 75 years old—returned to Midway Atoll in Nov. 2025. It's been confirmed that she did not lay an egg this season: Laysan Albatross often skip breeding every 2-3 years, so that's not a sign Wisdom’s remarkable story and progeny have ended. #birds
January 31, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Update: Wisdom—the world's oldest known bird at 75 years old—returned to Midway Atoll in Nov. 2025. It's been confirmed that she did not lay an egg this season: Laysan Albatross often skip breeding every 2-3 years, so that's not a sign Wisdom’s remarkable story and progeny have ended. #birds
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
My Latin speaking peeps: @shadowspar.bsky.social was looking for a good Latin equivalent of "fuck around, find out" and this was my attempt, but I know it's not perfect; who's got better?
This took me a pleasant side quest of refreshing my Latin obscene vocabulary and it's a *very* loose rendering, but I humbly offer "sī scortāris, pēdīcāberis", which if I've got my conjugations right (always a big if) is "if you go whoring around, you're going to get fucked"
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
My Latin speaking peeps: @shadowspar.bsky.social was looking for a good Latin equivalent of "fuck around, find out" and this was my attempt, but I know it's not perfect; who's got better?
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 PM
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Resolving to post more #birds #photography #nature. Here's a hermit thrush from a couple of months ago.
January 30, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Resolving to post more #birds #photography #nature. Here's a hermit thrush from a couple of months ago.
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
If you / your lab / your institution rely on NIH funding, you need to read this and understand how this is one of many changes affecting you. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM
If you / your lab / your institution rely on NIH funding, you need to read this and understand how this is one of many changes affecting you. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵
#heliophysics #aurora
#heliophysics #aurora
January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵
#heliophysics #aurora
#heliophysics #aurora
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
An animated graphic showing wingbeats of different birds. This one is so beautiful.
Image: Eleanor Lutz
tabletopwhale.com/2014/09/29/f...
Image: Eleanor Lutz
tabletopwhale.com/2014/09/29/f...
January 16, 2026 at 3:15 AM
An animated graphic showing wingbeats of different birds. This one is so beautiful.
Image: Eleanor Lutz
tabletopwhale.com/2014/09/29/f...
Image: Eleanor Lutz
tabletopwhale.com/2014/09/29/f...
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
This is the story of the day. Share it. We are all being called to be our highest selves. The cavalier treatment of the Nobel Prize is a disgrace. It represents another way to destroy and defile that which should be precious and revered.
We can all make choices to be better.
We can all make choices to be better.
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is the story of the day. Share it. We are all being called to be our highest selves. The cavalier treatment of the Nobel Prize is a disgrace. It represents another way to destroy and defile that which should be precious and revered.
We can all make choices to be better.
We can all make choices to be better.
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
OTD in 1912, Alfred Wegener delivered a lecture propounding the theory that our modern continents were formed by the splitting and drifting apart of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangea.
Due to his failure to offer a plausible mechanism, he was widely ridiculed.
🧠🗃️⚒️ 🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci
Due to his failure to offer a plausible mechanism, he was widely ridiculed.
🧠🗃️⚒️ 🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
The share of counties where 95% or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50% before the pandemic to 28%, according to our analysis of public records from 44 states and the District of Columbia. At least 19,000 schools are now more vulnerable to outbreaks.
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The share of counties where 95% or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50% before the pandemic to 28%, according to our analysis of public records from 44 states and the District of Columbia. At least 19,000 schools are now more vulnerable to outbreaks.
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
Birders are flocking to Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Park this weekend to take in an incredibly rare sight—the first time on record a particular species of bird has ever been seen in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
Video: "old school coffee brewer"
*video of a replica balance siphon brewer*
Comments: "lmao I'll stick with my Keurig thanks"
You people have no WHIMSYYYY
*video of a replica balance siphon brewer*
Comments: "lmao I'll stick with my Keurig thanks"
You people have no WHIMSYYYY
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Video: "old school coffee brewer"
*video of a replica balance siphon brewer*
Comments: "lmao I'll stick with my Keurig thanks"
You people have no WHIMSYYYY
*video of a replica balance siphon brewer*
Comments: "lmao I'll stick with my Keurig thanks"
You people have no WHIMSYYYY
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
Reposted by Mike DiCuccio
This story is absolutely wild. Did you know that avocados change sex over the course of a day? And that it's controlled by a single ancient balanced polymorphism? This is flat our crazy
Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.695989v1
December 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This story is absolutely wild. Did you know that avocados change sex over the course of a day? And that it's controlled by a single ancient balanced polymorphism? This is flat our crazy