Dr. Wormy McWormface
@drwormymcwormface.bsky.social
Principal Scientist @INSPIREenviron, Adj Prof @DukeU. Studies human disturbance of the seafloor. Blogger @SFriedScience. It's the n's that Justify the Means!
Given that smith island is n the backyard of the @washingtonpost.com a bit weird they didn’t get the real story of what’s transpiring.
An incredibly irresponsible article from @washingtonpost.com. Real estate isn't "booming" on Smith Island, folks are selling their multi-generation-owned family homes at rock bottom prices in order to get out what they can before the island is completely unlivable.
Climate change could swamp this island. Home sales are surging.
Maryland’s iconic Smith Island faces one of the nation’s most dire forecasts for rising seas, but home sales are surging.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 5, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Given that smith island is n the backyard of the @washingtonpost.com a bit weird they didn’t get the real story of what’s transpiring.
Me waking up this morning:
Ugh, I have so much work, I'm definitely going into my office.
Me stepping out the house into gorgeous weather:
Yup, I'm definitely going to the beach.
🤣😜🙃😎
Ugh, I have so much work, I'm definitely going into my office.
Me stepping out the house into gorgeous weather:
Yup, I'm definitely going to the beach.
🤣😜🙃😎
July 2, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Me waking up this morning:
Ugh, I have so much work, I'm definitely going into my office.
Me stepping out the house into gorgeous weather:
Yup, I'm definitely going to the beach.
🤣😜🙃😎
Ugh, I have so much work, I'm definitely going into my office.
Me stepping out the house into gorgeous weather:
Yup, I'm definitely going to the beach.
🤣😜🙃😎
Sadly, blue bird died a while ago. What we are witnessing now is it’s death song.
i don't want Twitter to die, i want Elon Musk to implode
July 2, 2023 at 2:43 AM
Sadly, blue bird died a while ago. What we are witnessing now is it’s death song.
Reposted by Dr. Wormy McWormface
With another influx of users, I think I should do some weekly promo.
If you're looking for high-quality posts about scientific topics, check out the What's Science 🧪 feed (details below), and tell all your friends.
And please remember that leaving a like on the feed helps keep us discoverable!
If you're looking for high-quality posts about scientific topics, check out the What's Science 🧪 feed (details below), and tell all your friends.
And please remember that leaving a like on the feed helps keep us discoverable!
The "What's Science" feed is a feed of a curated set of scientific posts, from known members of the scientific (and closely related) community. 🧪
You can subscribe at: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jfhpnnst6flqway4eaeqzj2a/feed/for-science
You can subscribe at: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jfhpnnst6flqway4eaeqzj2a/feed/for-science
July 1, 2023 at 8:20 PM
With another influx of users, I think I should do some weekly promo.
If you're looking for high-quality posts about scientific topics, check out the What's Science 🧪 feed (details below), and tell all your friends.
And please remember that leaving a like on the feed helps keep us discoverable!
If you're looking for high-quality posts about scientific topics, check out the What's Science 🧪 feed (details below), and tell all your friends.
And please remember that leaving a like on the feed helps keep us discoverable!
Can we not post gifs on here yet?
July 1, 2023 at 7:45 PM
Can we not post gifs on here yet?
Praise be to Bobbit, our worm and savior! 🙏🏾
For polychaete day, meet some ancient predatory marine worms that lived 20 million years ago. They hunted on the sea floor, ambushing prey from tunnels fortified with layers of mucus 🧪 https://www.livescience.com/extinct-giant-sea-worm-fossils.html
Giant worms terrorized the ancient seafloor from hidden death traps
Ancient worms built tunnels in the sea bottom, reinforcing the walls with mucus.
www.livescience.com
July 1, 2023 at 7:42 PM
Praise be to Bobbit, our worm and savior! 🙏🏾
Reposted by Dr. Wormy McWormface
For polychaete day, meet some ancient predatory marine worms that lived 20 million years ago. They hunted on the sea floor, ambushing prey from tunnels fortified with layers of mucus 🧪 https://www.livescience.com/extinct-giant-sea-worm-fossils.html
Giant worms terrorized the ancient seafloor from hidden death traps
Ancient worms built tunnels in the sea bottom, reinforcing the walls with mucus.
www.livescience.com
July 1, 2023 at 6:47 PM
For polychaete day, meet some ancient predatory marine worms that lived 20 million years ago. They hunted on the sea floor, ambushing prey from tunnels fortified with layers of mucus 🧪 https://www.livescience.com/extinct-giant-sea-worm-fossils.html
On occasion we capture interesting sediment profile images (SPI). I’ll be sharing those semi-regularly as well.
SPIchop 🧪
Two inverts share a Polaroid moment (1st image). A diopatra worm in its burrow (2nd image). The surface tube of the worm is being investigated by a gastropod (3rd image).
SPIchop 🧪
Two inverts share a Polaroid moment (1st image). A diopatra worm in its burrow (2nd image). The surface tube of the worm is being investigated by a gastropod (3rd image).
June 30, 2023 at 3:16 AM
On occasion we capture interesting sediment profile images (SPI). I’ll be sharing those semi-regularly as well.
SPIchop 🧪
Two inverts share a Polaroid moment (1st image). A diopatra worm in its burrow (2nd image). The surface tube of the worm is being investigated by a gastropod (3rd image).
SPIchop 🧪
Two inverts share a Polaroid moment (1st image). A diopatra worm in its burrow (2nd image). The surface tube of the worm is being investigated by a gastropod (3rd image).
Reposted by Dr. Wormy McWormface
If you wrote a fantasy novel where all a country's big decisions were left to the wizened, ancient, black-robed "council of nine" your editor would tell you to put more thought into it.
June 29, 2023 at 8:49 PM
If you wrote a fantasy novel where all a country's big decisions were left to the wizened, ancient, black-robed "council of nine" your editor would tell you to put more thought into it.
More wormy facts 🧪:
Polychaetes have survived five mass extinctions. the earliest known polychaetes were discovered n the Burgess Shale, dating ~505 million yrs ago (Cambrian period). In the yrs 2 come, Earth witnessed 5 mass extinction, one of which killed ~96% of all marine species.
Polychaetes have survived five mass extinctions. the earliest known polychaetes were discovered n the Burgess Shale, dating ~505 million yrs ago (Cambrian period). In the yrs 2 come, Earth witnessed 5 mass extinction, one of which killed ~96% of all marine species.
June 30, 2023 at 2:36 AM
More wormy facts 🧪:
Polychaetes have survived five mass extinctions. the earliest known polychaetes were discovered n the Burgess Shale, dating ~505 million yrs ago (Cambrian period). In the yrs 2 come, Earth witnessed 5 mass extinction, one of which killed ~96% of all marine species.
Polychaetes have survived five mass extinctions. the earliest known polychaetes were discovered n the Burgess Shale, dating ~505 million yrs ago (Cambrian period). In the yrs 2 come, Earth witnessed 5 mass extinction, one of which killed ~96% of all marine species.
Ladies and gentlemen, taking a brief respite from my honeymoon to alert everyone we have @jimacosta.bsky.social approval!!
Why not?
This now the mission. @jimacosta.bsky.social on to you…
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June 30, 2023 at 2:25 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, taking a brief respite from my honeymoon to alert everyone we have @jimacosta.bsky.social approval!!
This now the mission. @jimacosta.bsky.social on to you…
👀
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jim acosta is here now do you think we can get him to say 'skeet' on air
June 22, 2023 at 4:49 PM
This now the mission. @jimacosta.bsky.social on to you…
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Welcome! Skeet to your hearts content. Screw the blue bird!
Is this going to get me banned on twitter again?
June 22, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Welcome! Skeet to your hearts content. Screw the blue bird!
Let’s preserve this beautiful thing that’s being curated
June 22, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Let’s preserve this beautiful thing that’s being curated
Always
Roses are red
Bluesky is neat
For those that are new here:
Posts are called skeets
Bluesky is neat
For those that are new here:
Posts are called skeets
June 22, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Always
It’s my wedding weekend. And me and my roll dog are R-E-A-D-Y
June 15, 2023 at 3:37 PM
It’s my wedding weekend. And me and my roll dog are R-E-A-D-Y
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I'm realizing that it's almost 10 years to the day that we launched the OpenCTD, and, in a lot of ways, this little oceanographic instrument project has grown bigger than anything @drwormymcwormface.bsky.social and I ever imagined.
My workspace still looks exactly like this, though.
My workspace still looks exactly like this, though.
June 14, 2023 at 2:20 AM
I'm realizing that it's almost 10 years to the day that we launched the OpenCTD, and, in a lot of ways, this little oceanographic instrument project has grown bigger than anything @drwormymcwormface.bsky.social and I ever imagined.
My workspace still looks exactly like this, though.
My workspace still looks exactly like this, though.
The world needed to see this
I keep getting all these “get the chance to meet Joe Biden” fundraiser emails from the Democratic Party.
Awkward. It’s like he doesn’t even remember meeting me already.
Awkward. It’s like he doesn’t even remember meeting me already.
June 13, 2023 at 9:53 PM
The world needed to see this
When I was a kid and ppl wld ask what animal u wanted to be I wld always say cheetah, but second place was always an anteater. 🤷🏾♂️
Daily mammal fact:
Giant anteaters carry their offspring on their backs. The colouration of the babies aligns with the mothers fur, helping to camouflage them.
They carry them for up to 6 months!
I'm going to do another anteater fact tomorrow because they're so cool.
📷Marcelo Calazans, Ardea
Giant anteaters carry their offspring on their backs. The colouration of the babies aligns with the mothers fur, helping to camouflage them.
They carry them for up to 6 months!
I'm going to do another anteater fact tomorrow because they're so cool.
📷Marcelo Calazans, Ardea
June 13, 2023 at 9:53 PM
When I was a kid and ppl wld ask what animal u wanted to be I wld always say cheetah, but second place was always an anteater. 🤷🏾♂️
Imagine living out your days with half your body in a pot of boiling water. That’s essentially the lifestyle of the Pompeii worm 🧪
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More wormy facts 🧪:
One of the world's most heat-resistant animals is a deep-sea polychaete called the Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana). These tubeworms live at hydrothermal vents deep on the ocean floor, where their tails rest in hot water at temperatures of over 140 oF.
One of the world's most heat-resistant animals is a deep-sea polychaete called the Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana). These tubeworms live at hydrothermal vents deep on the ocean floor, where their tails rest in hot water at temperatures of over 140 oF.
June 13, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Imagine living out your days with half your body in a pot of boiling water. That’s essentially the lifestyle of the Pompeii worm 🧪
🙃
🙃
More wormy facts 🧪:
One of the world's most heat-resistant animals is a deep-sea polychaete called the Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana). These tubeworms live at hydrothermal vents deep on the ocean floor, where their tails rest in hot water at temperatures of over 140 oF.
One of the world's most heat-resistant animals is a deep-sea polychaete called the Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana). These tubeworms live at hydrothermal vents deep on the ocean floor, where their tails rest in hot water at temperatures of over 140 oF.
June 13, 2023 at 3:18 PM
More wormy facts 🧪:
One of the world's most heat-resistant animals is a deep-sea polychaete called the Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana). These tubeworms live at hydrothermal vents deep on the ocean floor, where their tails rest in hot water at temperatures of over 140 oF.
One of the world's most heat-resistant animals is a deep-sea polychaete called the Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana). These tubeworms live at hydrothermal vents deep on the ocean floor, where their tails rest in hot water at temperatures of over 140 oF.
Ahh academic science. 🧪
#lovehate
#lovehate
June 12, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Ahh academic science. 🧪
#lovehate
#lovehate
One of my favorite things on Bluesky is discovering some of my faves from the blue bird.
Skeet skeet skeet!
Skeet skeet skeet!
Okay so as you know I don't really pay much attention to US news but...I would like to know *why* he took the documents? Like...what did he gain from having a bathroom full of documents!?!!?!
June 10, 2023 at 3:37 PM
One of my favorite things on Bluesky is discovering some of my faves from the blue bird.
Skeet skeet skeet!
Skeet skeet skeet!
Reposted by Dr. Wormy McWormface
Okay so as you know I don't really pay much attention to US news but...I would like to know *why* he took the documents? Like...what did he gain from having a bathroom full of documents!?!!?!
June 10, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Okay so as you know I don't really pay much attention to US news but...I would like to know *why* he took the documents? Like...what did he gain from having a bathroom full of documents!?!!?!
By sharing this, I’m practicing kleptoskeeting. 😏
Ever wish you could photosynthesise and vibe instead of *gestures broadly*? Well there are sea slugs out there living your dream (sorta, see link). 🧪 These slugs perform kelptoplastidy--they steal the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on 🌿🐌
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9642861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9642861/
June 10, 2023 at 3:06 AM
By sharing this, I’m practicing kleptoskeeting. 😏