Michael Scott 🌎🐓🔬
@hobie888.bsky.social
Dean of Science, PhD Geographer, Loving husband, Proud father of 2 amazing young women, and an unfortunate fetish for losing sports teams. Counting my blessings every single day - and sometimes posting about it.
“What you are thunders in my ears so loudly that I cannot hear what you say” - Ralph Waldo Emerson This one really hit home for me today… If you feel you are not being heard, perhaps it is not your words that are ineffective.
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“What you are thunders in my ears so loudly that I cannot hear what you say” - Ralph Waldo Emerson This one really hit home for me today… If you feel you are not being heard, perhaps it is not your words that are ineffective.
South Carolina women open the season tonight on the hardwood and I could NOT be more excited! #LetsGoGamecocks
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
South Carolina women open the season tonight on the hardwood and I could NOT be more excited! #LetsGoGamecocks
Key takeaway for me? "Learning new things, traveling, and engaging in novel activities may help make time feel more expansive...meaningful social interactions and activities that bring joy...can also contribute to a fuller sense of time."
www.livescience.com/health/neuro...
www.livescience.com/health/neuro...
New study reveals why time seems to move faster the older we get
A new study hints that age-related changes in our brains may explain why time feels like it's slipping away faster with every passing year.
www.livescience.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Key takeaway for me? "Learning new things, traveling, and engaging in novel activities may help make time feel more expansive...meaningful social interactions and activities that bring joy...can also contribute to a fuller sense of time."
www.livescience.com/health/neuro...
www.livescience.com/health/neuro...
Nobody asked me but this Seattle at Arizona football game is the worst on-field product I’ve seen in a long time. No wonder the Cardinals fans are booing. Yikes.
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Nobody asked me but this Seattle at Arizona football game is the worst on-field product I’ve seen in a long time. No wonder the Cardinals fans are booing. Yikes.
Does anyone else occasionally delete the attempted conversations by bots and other fake accounts, just to feel productive that day? No? Just me?
May 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Does anyone else occasionally delete the attempted conversations by bots and other fake accounts, just to feel productive that day? No? Just me?
I love how the pine pollen dances across the road like snow. Renewal!
April 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I love how the pine pollen dances across the road like snow. Renewal!
I love the colors of tulips in the spring - and the work of our horticultural team to plant them!
April 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I love the colors of tulips in the spring - and the work of our horticultural team to plant them!
I love that the rebirth of Spring each year reminds me that there is still magic in our world.
April 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I love that the rebirth of Spring each year reminds me that there is still magic in our world.
I love that I can hear seagulls as I walk the dog in the morning.
April 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I love that I can hear seagulls as I walk the dog in the morning.
I’m as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs… Let’s go Gamecocks!
April 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I’m as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs… Let’s go Gamecocks!
@orioles.com first lineup! Through all the madness, baseball remains - thank the good Lord above!
March 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@orioles.com first lineup! Through all the madness, baseball remains - thank the good Lord above!
Confirmed true…
Just a public service announcement:
To turn on Apple Advanced Data Protection, which is end-to-end encryption for a wider range of data uploaded to the cloud, ensuring that only the user can access it, not even Apple, in case of a data breach. Go to Settings > iCloud > Advanced Data Protection > On
To turn on Apple Advanced Data Protection, which is end-to-end encryption for a wider range of data uploaded to the cloud, ensuring that only the user can access it, not even Apple, in case of a data breach. Go to Settings > iCloud > Advanced Data Protection > On
March 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Confirmed true…
Happy Vernal Equinox, everyone!
March 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy Vernal Equinox, everyone!
Beware the Ides of March…particularly in Tornado Alley.
March 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Beware the Ides of March…particularly in Tornado Alley.
Let’s Go Gamecocks! Women’s BB is SEC Champs…again! #ThreePeat!
March 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Let’s Go Gamecocks! Women’s BB is SEC Champs…again! #ThreePeat!
@orioles.com is back on the radio! It may be 39 degrees outside but as far as I am concerned, Spring has sprung!
February 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@orioles.com is back on the radio! It may be 39 degrees outside but as far as I am concerned, Spring has sprung!
Want to get after real-world solutions to climate change and sea-level rise? Earn your degree in Coastal Engineering in a supportive learning environment, not a punitive one. www.salisbury.edu/news/article...
SU Announces New Coastal Engineering Major
Monday February 17, 2025 - SU Announces New Coastal Engineering Major
www.salisbury.edu
February 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Want to get after real-world solutions to climate change and sea-level rise? Earn your degree in Coastal Engineering in a supportive learning environment, not a punitive one. www.salisbury.edu/news/article...
There’s a lot of facial hair on the move in these Super Bowl commercials this year.
February 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There’s a lot of facial hair on the move in these Super Bowl commercials this year.
Reposted by Michael Scott 🌎🐓🔬
🧪“I think the American people need to understand how devastating it would be if this goes through. A lot of research would just have to stop; I can’t imagine that the shortfall could be met from other sources.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Trump Administration Cuts Put Medical Progress at Risk, Researchers Say
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. A planned $4 billion cut would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
🧪“I think the American people need to understand how devastating it would be if this goes through. A lot of research would just have to stop; I can’t imagine that the shortfall could be met from other sources.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
To do list item I didn’t expect: evaluate our lab supplies to figure out which ones are made in Canada and prepare for budget reductions accordingly. Good grief! 🤦♂️🧪
February 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
To do list item I didn’t expect: evaluate our lab supplies to figure out which ones are made in Canada and prepare for budget reductions accordingly. Good grief! 🤦♂️🧪
🧪 This sounds like a worthwhile and desperately needed project that surely will not survive the purge that’s coming from the new NSF directives. Hang in there, Dr. Wright and RIT. www.rit.edu/news/nsf-awa...
NSF awards RIT more than $1 million to develop digital media forensics platform
RIT was awarded more than $1 million from NSF to develop Varuna, a comprehensive and organized digital media forensics platform.
www.rit.edu
January 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🧪 This sounds like a worthwhile and desperately needed project that surely will not survive the purge that’s coming from the new NSF directives. Hang in there, Dr. Wright and RIT. www.rit.edu/news/nsf-awa...
My daughter's first (but likely not last!) peer-reviewed publication! 🧪 These "origin of life" questions are fascinating. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Electrophysiological Characterization of Monoolein-Fatty Acid Bilayers
Understanding the evolution of protocells, primitive compartments that distinguish self from nonself, is crucial for exploring the origin of life. Fatty acids and monoglycerides have been proposed as ...
pubs.acs.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My daughter's first (but likely not last!) peer-reviewed publication! 🧪 These "origin of life" questions are fascinating. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Thank goodness we can still import through Ellicott City without penalty! #HowardCountyStrong
January 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Thank goodness we can still import through Ellicott City without penalty! #HowardCountyStrong
Heckuva run for the WFT. Time to draft some run-stopping linebackers and defensive ends. Saquon isn’t going away anytime soon. Feels like we’re OK in the quarterback position. 😂
January 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heckuva run for the WFT. Time to draft some run-stopping linebackers and defensive ends. Saquon isn’t going away anytime soon. Feels like we’re OK in the quarterback position. 😂
Have we checked for Russian government interference? Seems like their kind of thing. Kidding, of course! It is fascinating that we still don't exactly understand why the magnetic poles migrate... 🧪 www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/s...
Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position | CNN
Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.
www.cnn.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Have we checked for Russian government interference? Seems like their kind of thing. Kidding, of course! It is fascinating that we still don't exactly understand why the magnetic poles migrate... 🧪 www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/s...