Michael Rosenberg
@mrosenberg.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist, Data Scientist, Amateur Fiddler Crab Wrangler
I don't so much focus on specific topics as meander randomly through the topical landscape, like a broken adaptive model that doesn't realize downhill isn't supposed to be an option.
I don't so much focus on specific topics as meander randomly through the topical landscape, like a broken adaptive model that doesn't realize downhill isn't supposed to be an option.
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Michael Rosenberg
@mrosenberg.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Fiddler Crab Tournament Archive
docs.google.com
The entirety of the tournament has been archived in a Google Doc for posterity: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I may try to create a neater PDF version once I’ve caught up on the rest of my life.
#FiddlerCrabBracket #FiddlerCrab 🦀🦑🧪
I may try to create a neater PDF version once I’ve caught up on the rest of my life.
#FiddlerCrabBracket #FiddlerCrab 🦀🦑🧪
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Fiddler crabs on the beach #sand #underwater #nature #wildlife #crab #mud #stones #beautiful HA77667
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Fiddler crabs on the beach #sand #underwater #nature #wildlife #crab #mud #stones #beautiful HA77667
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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NEWS FLASH: We have achieved the rare and coveted Cat Tree Triple Decker
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
NEWS FLASH: We have achieved the rare and coveted Cat Tree Triple Decker
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LinkedIn/privacy news you can use.
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
LinkedIn/privacy news you can use.
For the record, I am tired of everyone on Bluesky comparing the new plans for the White House to fiddler crabs.
This is extremely insulting to fiddler crabs, who did absolutely nothing to deserve this. 🦀
This is extremely insulting to fiddler crabs, who did absolutely nothing to deserve this. 🦀
October 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
For the record, I am tired of everyone on Bluesky comparing the new plans for the White House to fiddler crabs.
This is extremely insulting to fiddler crabs, who did absolutely nothing to deserve this. 🦀
This is extremely insulting to fiddler crabs, who did absolutely nothing to deserve this. 🦀
Reposted by Michael Rosenberg
Atlantic sand fiddler crab. #AtlanticSandFiddlerCrab #UcaPugilator #SandFiddlerCrab #FiddlerCrab #Crab #Arthropod #Animal #Nature #Photography #TECOManateeViewingCenter #ApolloBeach #Florida
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Atlantic sand fiddler crab. #AtlanticSandFiddlerCrab #UcaPugilator #SandFiddlerCrab #FiddlerCrab #Crab #Arthropod #Animal #Nature #Photography #TECOManateeViewingCenter #ApolloBeach #Florida
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Yesterday’s inktober was wholly an experiment - “rivals” blue and orange water based inks drawn onto damp paper #inktober #inktober2025
October 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yesterday’s inktober was wholly an experiment - “rivals” blue and orange water based inks drawn onto damp paper #inktober #inktober2025
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My first day working at AWS is going great. For some reason they had a lot of computers plugged in that nobody was using, so I’ve started an initiative to lower our carbon footprint
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My first day working at AWS is going great. For some reason they had a lot of computers plugged in that nobody was using, so I’ve started an initiative to lower our carbon footprint
Reposted by Michael Rosenberg
West African Fiddler Crabs (Afruca tangeri) in the Río Tinto estuary, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, October 2025. Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) also feature in the video.
Read the full post here :-https://x.com/EcofactEcology/status/1979067565830709672
Read the full post here :-https://x.com/EcofactEcology/status/1979067565830709672
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
West African Fiddler Crabs (Afruca tangeri) in the Río Tinto estuary, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, October 2025. Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) also feature in the video.
Read the full post here :-https://x.com/EcofactEcology/status/1979067565830709672
Read the full post here :-https://x.com/EcofactEcology/status/1979067565830709672
@amalelmohtar.com has been holding out on us. She's going to be part of the 2026 @jococruise.bsky.social lineup!
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@amalelmohtar.com has been holding out on us. She's going to be part of the 2026 @jococruise.bsky.social lineup!
Why lectures seem to last forever?
An explanation based on the time dilation principle of Einstein's special theory or relativity (1905).
Note 1: Also applies to many other types of presentations.
Note 2: I originally came up with this idea 35 years ago, after one week as a freshman college student
An explanation based on the time dilation principle of Einstein's special theory or relativity (1905).
Note 1: Also applies to many other types of presentations.
Note 2: I originally came up with this idea 35 years ago, after one week as a freshman college student
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Why lectures seem to last forever?
An explanation based on the time dilation principle of Einstein's special theory or relativity (1905).
Note 1: Also applies to many other types of presentations.
Note 2: I originally came up with this idea 35 years ago, after one week as a freshman college student
An explanation based on the time dilation principle of Einstein's special theory or relativity (1905).
Note 1: Also applies to many other types of presentations.
Note 2: I originally came up with this idea 35 years ago, after one week as a freshman college student
Reposted by Michael Rosenberg
What Good is the Fiddle on a Fiddler Crab? www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2025/10/03/w...
October 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
What Good is the Fiddle on a Fiddler Crab? www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2025/10/03/w...
Attention Academics: The Anthropic settlement includes many academic works. A book I edited is listed and eligible for a claim. If you've ever written or edited a book, check to see if its part of the settlement and make a claim:
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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Submit a Claim
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October 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Attention Academics: The Anthropic settlement includes many academic works. A book I edited is listed and eligible for a claim. If you've ever written or edited a book, check to see if its part of the settlement and make a claim:
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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RIP to Jane Goodall, who was cool with this Gary Larson FAR SIDE strip from 1987:
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
RIP to Jane Goodall, who was cool with this Gary Larson FAR SIDE strip from 1987:
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Fun fact: male fiddler crabs have 1 GIANT claw. If the claw gets severed, they can grow a new weaker one. Other crabs cant tell the diff so may surrender to a weaker claw if it looks big
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Watch: youtu.be/hg9WoCwrB10
Easy read: nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Watch: youtu.be/hg9WoCwrB10
Easy read: nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
September 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fun fact: male fiddler crabs have 1 GIANT claw. If the claw gets severed, they can grow a new weaker one. Other crabs cant tell the diff so may surrender to a weaker claw if it looks big
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Watch: youtu.be/hg9WoCwrB10
Easy read: nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Watch: youtu.be/hg9WoCwrB10
Easy read: nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Michael Rosenberg
Fiddler crabs are so cool. We don't have them in NZ! I'm in Fiji atm
September 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Fiddler crabs are so cool. We don't have them in NZ! I'm in Fiji atm
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A quick guide on "How to fall downstairs":
Step 1
Step 6
Step 8, 9, 10, 11.
Step 1
Step 6
Step 8, 9, 10, 11.
September 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A quick guide on "How to fall downstairs":
Step 1
Step 6
Step 8, 9, 10, 11.
Step 1
Step 6
Step 8, 9, 10, 11.
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Here's a closer look.
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Here's a closer look.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
Reposted by Michael Rosenberg
Fiddler crabs gathering at low tide at Croatan National Forest in North Carolina.
September 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Fiddler crabs gathering at low tide at Croatan National Forest in North Carolina.
Reposted by Michael Rosenberg
When you want to do reproducible analysis in R, some packages require you to set a RNG seed. I'm not sure I trust anyone who doesn't immediately run `set.seed(42)`
September 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
When you want to do reproducible analysis in R, some packages require you to set a RNG seed. I'm not sure I trust anyone who doesn't immediately run `set.seed(42)`
Reposted by Michael Rosenberg
Reposted by Michael Rosenberg
Fox Sports uses AI to achieve the impossible: make Aaron Rodgers look deader inside. defector.com/fox-sports-a...
Fox Sports Uses AI To Achieve The Impossible: Make Aaron Rodgers Look Deader Inside | Defector
They said it couldn’t be done. They said Aaron Rodgers surely couldn’t look as bereft of an inner life and the spark of humanity as he already does. Well, some truly awful technology has proven the…
defector.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fox Sports uses AI to achieve the impossible: make Aaron Rodgers look deader inside. defector.com/fox-sports-a...