Mark Lewandoski PhD
@marklewandoski.bsky.social
Developmental biologist & geneticist, avid bibliophile (often science fiction) & melophile (particularly piano and synthesizers). Please don’t DM if we don't know each other. All opinions are mine only!
“Can't we all get along?" -Rodney King
Show mercy.
“Can't we all get along?" -Rodney King
Show mercy.
Ultimately I didn’t care for RF Kuang’s Babel (can’t say why exactly without spoiling).
But Katabasis was charming and fun - I think a life spent in academia enhances one’s reading, but anyone with head on their shoulders and a little education will get the jokes. Delightful.
But Katabasis was charming and fun - I think a life spent in academia enhances one’s reading, but anyone with head on their shoulders and a little education will get the jokes. Delightful.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Ultimately I didn’t care for RF Kuang’s Babel (can’t say why exactly without spoiling).
But Katabasis was charming and fun - I think a life spent in academia enhances one’s reading, but anyone with head on their shoulders and a little education will get the jokes. Delightful.
But Katabasis was charming and fun - I think a life spent in academia enhances one’s reading, but anyone with head on their shoulders and a little education will get the jokes. Delightful.
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a mushroom
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a mushroom
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!
I only read a few #poetry books a year. I’ve memorized a few in my 60+ years & I’ve a half shelf of criticism about poetry.
I started this one by Louise Glück. It’s big -over 600 pages. I’m reading it because she won the Nobel prize & because it has a cool cover. I’ll finish it in about a year.
I started this one by Louise Glück. It’s big -over 600 pages. I’m reading it because she won the Nobel prize & because it has a cool cover. I’ll finish it in about a year.
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I only read a few #poetry books a year. I’ve memorized a few in my 60+ years & I’ve a half shelf of criticism about poetry.
I started this one by Louise Glück. It’s big -over 600 pages. I’m reading it because she won the Nobel prize & because it has a cool cover. I’ll finish it in about a year.
I started this one by Louise Glück. It’s big -over 600 pages. I’m reading it because she won the Nobel prize & because it has a cool cover. I’ll finish it in about a year.
It’s that time of year again. When we GAIN an hour.
And this means it’s time for my annual appeal to your sense of humanity and logic that we do this each and every month.
Folks, we GAIN AN HOUR ! C’mon!
And this means it’s time for my annual appeal to your sense of humanity and logic that we do this each and every month.
Folks, we GAIN AN HOUR ! C’mon!
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It’s that time of year again. When we GAIN an hour.
And this means it’s time for my annual appeal to your sense of humanity and logic that we do this each and every month.
Folks, we GAIN AN HOUR ! C’mon!
And this means it’s time for my annual appeal to your sense of humanity and logic that we do this each and every month.
Folks, we GAIN AN HOUR ! C’mon!
I highly recommend Luminous by @silviapark.bsky.social. A thoughtful novel about family, memory, and identity in a near future where very plausible robots are becoming part of society. Should be nominated for all the awards! #ScienceFiction
October 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I highly recommend Luminous by @silviapark.bsky.social. A thoughtful novel about family, memory, and identity in a near future where very plausible robots are becoming part of society. Should be nominated for all the awards! #ScienceFiction
Federal worker here.
October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Federal worker here.
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’ve incorporated two new rules in my cooking.
1) Add ginger to everything.
2) There no such thing as too much ginger.
1) Add ginger to everything.
2) There no such thing as too much ginger.
October 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I’ve incorporated two new rules in my cooking.
1) Add ginger to everything.
2) There no such thing as too much ginger.
1) Add ginger to everything.
2) There no such thing as too much ginger.
I just rewatch a good Christmas movie.
The Children of Men
The Children of Men
October 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I just rewatch a good Christmas movie.
The Children of Men
The Children of Men
This bird.
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This bird.
Today, in West Virginia, spotted a wild bird running in the grass. We think it was a turkey.
September 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Today, in West Virginia, spotted a wild bird running in the grass. We think it was a turkey.
A little brown mantis
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A little brown mantis
I gotta interrupt my current book because it was my turn for this waiting-list library book.
September 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I gotta interrupt my current book because it was my turn for this waiting-list library book.
I took a lot of memorable walks in 2025. These are from a good day.
September 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I took a lot of memorable walks in 2025. These are from a good day.
Time to reread Robert Silverberg’s 1976 novel, Shadrach in the Furnace.
In the future 2012, after the world is decimated by natural disasters and pandemics, the dictator Genghis II Mao IV seeks immortality…
#ScienceFiction.
In the future 2012, after the world is decimated by natural disasters and pandemics, the dictator Genghis II Mao IV seeks immortality…
#ScienceFiction.
September 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Time to reread Robert Silverberg’s 1976 novel, Shadrach in the Furnace.
In the future 2012, after the world is decimated by natural disasters and pandemics, the dictator Genghis II Mao IV seeks immortality…
#ScienceFiction.
In the future 2012, after the world is decimated by natural disasters and pandemics, the dictator Genghis II Mao IV seeks immortality…
#ScienceFiction.
The rule: you must build your web a distance of about 4 bricks from your neighbor…
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The rule: you must build your web a distance of about 4 bricks from your neighbor…