🎅🎃 Matt Murphy 🎃🎅
@mjosmurphy.bsky.social
Entomology postdoc!
Studying insect behavioral and sensory ecology.
PhD 2024
Posts are my own opinion
Studying insect behavioral and sensory ecology.
PhD 2024
Posts are my own opinion
Ouch oof my wallet.
(These are *so soft and huggable*. I have the weighted Pikachu already)
(These are *so soft and huggable*. I have the weighted Pikachu already)
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Ouch oof my wallet.
(These are *so soft and huggable*. I have the weighted Pikachu already)
(These are *so soft and huggable*. I have the weighted Pikachu already)
Another kind of hairy snail (shell): snail fur (Hydractinia)! A relative of corals and jellyfish, they colonize snail shells occupied by hermit crabs
photo via seawater.no
photo via seawater.no
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Another kind of hairy snail (shell): snail fur (Hydractinia)! A relative of corals and jellyfish, they colonize snail shells occupied by hermit crabs
photo via seawater.no
photo via seawater.no
we're snailposting. post your snails
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
we're snailposting. post your snails
cracking like eggdogs
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
cracking like eggdogs
Depends on what you mean by Quaker (Religious Society Of Friends) and logo. The Friends General Conference logo, for example, is this:
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Depends on what you mean by Quaker (Religious Society Of Friends) and logo. The Friends General Conference logo, for example, is this:
the old ATT long lines tower system
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
the old ATT long lines tower system
I was introduced to it through a dorm floor neighbor, also in 2006. He had "Highway Engineer Pranks" taped to his door. I think I like the "My Hobby:" series best, starting with comic 36, the ass-car one.
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I was introduced to it through a dorm floor neighbor, also in 2006. He had "Highway Engineer Pranks" taped to his door. I think I like the "My Hobby:" series best, starting with comic 36, the ass-car one.
The person he blocked pointed out that his (presented as fun) story about a supervisor getting their direct report drunk and then screwing him to the ceiling was alarming in light of the fact that 40% of workers have reported being sexually abused at that facility.
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The person he blocked pointed out that his (presented as fun) story about a supervisor getting their direct report drunk and then screwing him to the ceiling was alarming in light of the fact that 40% of workers have reported being sexually abused at that facility.
Sadly not the largest ever spider web. That honor goes to the communal web built in 2010 in the Baltimore Wastewater Plant, which was 4 acres in surface area.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sadly not the largest ever spider web. That honor goes to the communal web built in 2010 in the Baltimore Wastewater Plant, which was 4 acres in surface area.
gerrymandering, first done by Mass. Gov. Gerry. the Boston Gazette thought his redistricting map looked like a salamander (the mythical creature).
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
gerrymandering, first done by Mass. Gov. Gerry. the Boston Gazette thought his redistricting map looked like a salamander (the mythical creature).
They're doing the meme
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
They're doing the meme
Onyx Coffee Lab (from Arkansas) has edgy branding but isn't racist and actually (1) tastes good (2) treats their employees well and (3) only sells fair trade from smallholders.
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Onyx Coffee Lab (from Arkansas) has edgy branding but isn't racist and actually (1) tastes good (2) treats their employees well and (3) only sells fair trade from smallholders.
are you aware of the ~goo~?
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
are you aware of the ~goo~?
we'll have to see but maybe we can retire the meme
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
we'll have to see but maybe we can retire the meme
don't count him out yet
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
don't count him out yet
unless youre scott adams
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
unless youre scott adams
"got a cup on my snoot'
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"got a cup on my snoot'
Despite the late fall weather, there were still a few flowers blooming in the public garden
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Despite the late fall weather, there were still a few flowers blooming in the public garden