Andrew Mountcastle
@mounty.bsky.social
I investigate how insects are so good at crashing into things. 🐝Insect Biomechanist, 🏒Pond Hockeyologist, 📸Photographer-ish, Dad, Mainer, Biology prof at Bates College
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Andrew Mountcastle
@mounty.bsky.social
· Mar 10
Happy #BlueSkyMonday
Nikon FM
Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI Micro
Portra 400
#believeinfilm #filmphotography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #minimalism
Nikon FM
Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI Micro
Portra 400
#believeinfilm #filmphotography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #minimalism
Why is the latest iOS so unrelentingly bad?
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Why is the latest iOS so unrelentingly bad?
Finishing up my grading for the semester and let me tell you, there is nothing more soul-sucking as a teacher than grading work that was obviously generated by a computer. Gen AI subverts our core mission of helping students grow their brains, and steals from them the joys and rewards of learning.
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Finishing up my grading for the semester and let me tell you, there is nothing more soul-sucking as a teacher than grading work that was obviously generated by a computer. Gen AI subverts our core mission of helping students grow their brains, and steals from them the joys and rewards of learning.
A hill I will die on: using gen-AI to write papers that cite non-existent literature is a form of academic misconduct and those papers should be retracted by the journal. This is not just a small oversight by the authors; it is symptomatic of a sloppy and negligent research process.
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A hill I will die on: using gen-AI to write papers that cite non-existent literature is a form of academic misconduct and those papers should be retracted by the journal. This is not just a small oversight by the authors; it is symptomatic of a sloppy and negligent research process.
Good job grown-ups.
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Good job grown-ups.
December 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Finally finding a little time to scan some old prints.
Nikon FM
Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI Micro
Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Nikon FM
Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI Micro
Portra 400
#believeinfilm
December 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Finally finding a little time to scan some old prints.
Nikon FM
Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI Micro
Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Nikon FM
Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI Micro
Portra 400
#believeinfilm
My wife at the hockey rink for yet another 7am practice
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My wife at the hockey rink for yet another 7am practice
Some hardy ballooners hovering over Lewiston, Maine this morning.
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Some hardy ballooners hovering over Lewiston, Maine this morning.
For-profit academic publishing companies are the biggest swindle around. They get their product - which is often taxpayer-funded - for free, then turn around and charge academic libraries exorbitant fees to access it. 🧪
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
For-profit academic publishing companies are the biggest swindle around. They get their product - which is often taxpayer-funded - for free, then turn around and charge academic libraries exorbitant fees to access it. 🧪
A barred owl got caught in my neighbor’s chimney yesterday, but finally found his way out today…into the house.
December 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A barred owl got caught in my neighbor’s chimney yesterday, but finally found his way out today…into the house.
Seems pretty socialismy to me
Up to $11 billion of the funds will be reserved for farmers of row crops, including soybeans, who were hit hard during a tariff dispute earlier this year.
Trump Planning $12 Billion Aid Package For Farmers—Here’s What We Know
Up to $11 billion of the funds will be reserved for farmers of row crops, including soybeans, who were hit hard during a tariff dispute earlier this year.
www.forbes.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Seems pretty socialismy to me
Dammit I just involuntarily heard “Last Christmas” by Wham!
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dammit I just involuntarily heard “Last Christmas” by Wham!
My kid’s hockey team this year is like the Miracle on Ice team, except the opposite
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My kid’s hockey team this year is like the Miracle on Ice team, except the opposite
An absolute unit (in metric)
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
An absolute unit (in metric)
"Guys, would you please stop using the technology that is the focus of our conference to generate content for said conference?"
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Guys, would you please stop using the technology that is the focus of our conference to generate content for said conference?"
Just bought an annual print subscription for my father-in-law. I’m not sure he knows what The Onion is, but boy is he gonna find out.
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
membership.theonion.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just bought an annual print subscription for my father-in-law. I’m not sure he knows what The Onion is, but boy is he gonna find out.
Mashed butter with just enough potato to hold it together 👌
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Mashed butter with just enough potato to hold it together 👌
The curse words I released last night when I discovered my turkey brine bag leaks like a sieve
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The curse words I released last night when I discovered my turkey brine bag leaks like a sieve
Leave it to scientists to come up with the absolute least romantic definition of kissing 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Leave it to scientists to come up with the absolute least romantic definition of kissing 🧪
A hoarding disorder but for open tabs on your browser - is there a name for that? Asking for a friend.
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A hoarding disorder but for open tabs on your browser - is there a name for that? Asking for a friend.
Reposted by Andrew Mountcastle
My kids have been fastidiously assembling this particular puzzle with the single-minded focus of Oppenheimer designing the atomic bomb.
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My kids have been fastidiously assembling this particular puzzle with the single-minded focus of Oppenheimer designing the atomic bomb.
My kids have been fastidiously assembling this particular puzzle with the single-minded focus of Oppenheimer designing the atomic bomb.
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My kids have been fastidiously assembling this particular puzzle with the single-minded focus of Oppenheimer designing the atomic bomb.
My wife gave our 8yo son her phone to peruse items he might want for Christmas. This is a small fraction of similarly themed items she found in the shopping card today
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My wife gave our 8yo son her phone to peruse items he might want for Christmas. This is a small fraction of similarly themed items she found in the shopping card today
Reposted by Andrew Mountcastle
A white hot dog photographed back in the winter of 2020 in Yellowstone.
We actually had two different long-tailed weasels scampering around in this spot at the same time!
We actually had two different long-tailed weasels scampering around in this spot at the same time!
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A white hot dog photographed back in the winter of 2020 in Yellowstone.
We actually had two different long-tailed weasels scampering around in this spot at the same time!
We actually had two different long-tailed weasels scampering around in this spot at the same time!