Andy Murdock
@andymurdock.bsky.social
Writer, editor, fern pointer-outer from Alameda, CA, former home of nuclear wessels. Mostly posting about science communication, plants, travel, soccer, and pie. Comms Director at @innovativegenomics.bsky.social
Are we still doing these?
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Are we still doing these?
This is wild
The CPL Final is in the middle of a snowstorm in Canada, true North American soccer heritage...how could it get any better?
HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is wild
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today is a day that will go down in the annals of sandwich history
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today is a day that will go down in the annals of sandwich history
Reposted by Andy Murdock
This is quite cool - finding lichens using drones, which tell you where dinosaur bones are.
Remote sensing of lichens with drones for detecting dinosaur bones
Brian Pickles and colleagues show that exposed dinosaur bones can be remote sensed
with drones by virtue of colored lichens growing on them.
www.cell.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is quite cool - finding lichens using drones, which tell you where dinosaur bones are.
A visit to Southern Utah’s only giant sequoia - a peaceful timeline cleanser from Tom Bennett www.instagram.com/reel/DQj78aU...
tombennettonemanband on Instagram: "Yesterday we took a dirt road trip up to see Southern Utah's "Redwood " tree. A sequoia up on Pine Valley Mountain. #SouthernUtah#…"
Yesterday we took a dirt road trip up to see Southern Utah's "Redwood " tree. A sequoia up on Pine Valley Mountain. #SouthernUtah#pinevalleymountain #utahsequoiatree
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November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A visit to Southern Utah’s only giant sequoia - a peaceful timeline cleanser from Tom Bennett www.instagram.com/reel/DQj78aU...
Just jumped over to Threads so I could get live updates from yesterday’s game
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just jumped over to Threads so I could get live updates from yesterday’s game
Weirdest treats(?) of the night my daughter got trick-or-treating
November 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Weirdest treats(?) of the night my daughter got trick-or-treating
Just had trick-or-treaters come to the door eating a plate of brie and sliced melon they had gotten from a house down the street. Things that happen in #Alameda I guess.
November 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just had trick-or-treaters come to the door eating a plate of brie and sliced melon they had gotten from a house down the street. Things that happen in #Alameda I guess.
The aptly named scaly tree fern (Sphaeropteris cooperi) from a rainy day hike on Kauai. #fernfriday
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The aptly named scaly tree fern (Sphaeropteris cooperi) from a rainy day hike on Kauai. #fernfriday
Reposted by Andy Murdock
Feeling seasonal, might delete later...
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Feeling seasonal, might delete later...
Careful out there, folks (academia edition)
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Careful out there, folks (academia edition)
In my headcanon understanding of "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" Robert Palmer is in love with an actual doctor
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In my headcanon understanding of "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" Robert Palmer is in love with an actual doctor
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
If you know, you know
If you know, you know
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
If you know, you know
If you know, you know
What happened in September 2020 to make people search for the word "aesthetic" more than ever before?
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
What happened in September 2020 to make people search for the word "aesthetic" more than ever before?
Reposted by Andy Murdock
Leading up to Halloween we ask, Why do some gummy brands rock, and why do others feel like you're chewing plastic?
🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Leading up to Halloween we ask, Why do some gummy brands rock, and why do others feel like you're chewing plastic?
🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...
Random recommendation: This is a remarkable piece of filmmaking from a guy who can’t seem to stop listening to Gimme Shelter over and over and is trying to break the cycle: www.instagram.com/reel/DQQMgtk...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Random recommendation: This is a remarkable piece of filmmaking from a guy who can’t seem to stop listening to Gimme Shelter over and over and is trying to break the cycle: www.instagram.com/reel/DQQMgtk...
Really good deal for anyone who has a vendetta against barbers
October 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Really good deal for anyone who has a vendetta against barbers
Reposted by Andy Murdock
I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
Fox News encounters the word “tuchus” for the first time
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Fox News encounters the word “tuchus” for the first time
Come for the tentacles of Damocles, stay for the moist egg flap
Os Eusébios; Av. Dr. Carlos Pinto Ferreira 208, 4480-665 Vila do Conde, Portugal https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=41.3610272%2C-8.756794700000002&query_place_id=ChIJiRLd86RGJA0RCQ2da9IhXws
October 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Come for the tentacles of Damocles, stay for the moist egg flap
New game: Add “and should parents be worried?” to every headline phrased as a question
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
New game: Add “and should parents be worried?” to every headline phrased as a question