Dave Baltrus 🦦
@surtlab.bsky.social
Professor at UArizona interested in genome rummaging, microbial evolution, and occasional tales about having backyard farm animals.
“I’m something of a scientist myself”
Baltrus(at)Arizona.edu
“I’m something of a scientist myself”
Baltrus(at)Arizona.edu
Just in case you were wondering…we’re about to polarize my kids 4th and 6th grade classmates with a dissection demonstration
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Just in case you were wondering…we’re about to polarize my kids 4th and 6th grade classmates with a dissection demonstration
Leave it up to my kid to dress up as Phineas Gage for his report on a historical figure
(Bonus, tiny dog sleeping on gigantic dog)
(Bonus, tiny dog sleeping on gigantic dog)
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Leave it up to my kid to dress up as Phineas Gage for his report on a historical figure
(Bonus, tiny dog sleeping on gigantic dog)
(Bonus, tiny dog sleeping on gigantic dog)
Contrails are water vapor, it’s not complicated.
Pictured below, also therefore geoengineering:
Pictured below, also therefore geoengineering:
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Contrails are water vapor, it’s not complicated.
Pictured below, also therefore geoengineering:
Pictured below, also therefore geoengineering:
University of Arizona (kind of) rejects the Trump compact
I’m not super happy but I’m not super disappointed…we kinda half assed the reaction here
I’m not super happy but I’m not super disappointed…we kinda half assed the reaction here
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
University of Arizona (kind of) rejects the Trump compact
I’m not super happy but I’m not super disappointed…we kinda half assed the reaction here
I’m not super happy but I’m not super disappointed…we kinda half assed the reaction here
Everyone celebrates promotions in different ways…we built a backyard batting cage
September 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Everyone celebrates promotions in different ways…we built a backyard batting cage
Hope, I feel what I think is hope again
September 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Hope, I feel what I think is hope again
Pretty sure one of our horses (or the donkey) just killed a rattlesnake without getting bit
September 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Pretty sure one of our horses (or the donkey) just killed a rattlesnake without getting bit
Flashback to when I had the first inkling about how frustrating backyard animals could be (and yet, there’s way more of them now)
August 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Flashback to when I had the first inkling about how frustrating backyard animals could be (and yet, there’s way more of them now)
Was just sent a text from J entitled “how the goat almost died”. This was the attached movie
August 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Was just sent a text from J entitled “how the goat almost died”. This was the attached movie
TFW you’ve got family in New Jersey and your kids love the band AJR….so you squeak in a quick trip to a concert in Camden NJ
August 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
TFW you’ve got family in New Jersey and your kids love the band AJR….so you squeak in a quick trip to a concert in Camden NJ
It’s gonna be legit when done 💯
August 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s gonna be legit when done 💯
When it rains hard in North Carolina the water overflows onto the road and it’s “ruining the road”
June 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When it rains hard in North Carolina the water overflows onto the road and it’s “ruining the road”
Love getting unsolicited messages from my neighbors
June 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Love getting unsolicited messages from my neighbors
Well, it’s Gila monster season (and dog getting bit in face by Gila monster season…I think she’s OK for now, Gila let go)
May 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Well, it’s Gila monster season (and dog getting bit in face by Gila monster season…I think she’s OK for now, Gila let go)
<record scratch, freeze frame>
“Yeah, you’re probably wondering how I got into this situation”
“Yeah, you’re probably wondering how I got into this situation”
May 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
<record scratch, freeze frame>
“Yeah, you’re probably wondering how I got into this situation”
“Yeah, you’re probably wondering how I got into this situation”
Parenting note for the weekend…my 8yo son likes to paint his nails.
Kids on our baseball team made fun of him
Therefore, Coach showed up with purple and teal nails to this weeks game
Kids on our baseball team made fun of him
Therefore, Coach showed up with purple and teal nails to this weeks game
April 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Parenting note for the weekend…my 8yo son likes to paint his nails.
Kids on our baseball team made fun of him
Therefore, Coach showed up with purple and teal nails to this weeks game
Kids on our baseball team made fun of him
Therefore, Coach showed up with purple and teal nails to this weeks game
