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Andrew Mountcastle

@mounty.bsky.social

I investigate how insects are so good at crashing into things. 🐝Insect Biomechanist, πŸ’Pond Hockeyologist, πŸ“ΈPhotographer-ish, Dad, Mainer, Biology prof at Bates College

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ANTS! πŸ‘‡

05.08.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This needs a NSFW tag

05.08.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The wise outfielders always took at least 10 steps back when the big cleanup hitter stepped up to the plate.

05.08.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, I know that guy! He's also a solid flag football quarterback as I recall.

05.08.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This shirt rocks and I'm buying one

05.08.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You got it! (although this one isn't Ikea, but similar packaging.) I've assembled SO MUCH of this stuff if my life, between all of our cross-country moves. I hate it so much πŸ₯΄

04.08.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's awesome! My wife and I try to give each of our boys a special one-on-one day with each of us every now and then, and they always seem to appreciate it more than I ever expect. Hope you got some good writing done together today.

04.08.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and assembling flat pack furniture

04.08.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh yeah! This steams like a dad man's dreams.

04.08.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me but watching The Bear

04.08.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of a lobster boat, facing the camera, hoisted up on pilings in a gravel parking lot. The boat hull has a blue bottom and grey top side, and the name "Adrea Hannah" is written along the gunwale. Two orange road cones in close proximity to each other occupy the bottom right foreground.

A photo of a lobster boat, facing the camera, hoisted up on pilings in a gravel parking lot. The boat hull has a blue bottom and grey top side, and the name "Adrea Hannah" is written along the gunwale. Two orange road cones in close proximity to each other occupy the bottom right foreground.

High and dry. #Maine

03.08.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A 78% return is an eye-popping portfolio performance for a year in which the markets rose about 25% on average.

01.08.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜† I couldn't resist

01.08.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So y'all discovered something that sucked even harder than anything you did in @fishguy.bsky.social 's lab? Impressive.

01.08.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists finally know where potatoes come fromβ€”and the answer is very weird New research traces the genetic ancestry of the popular root vegetable to a brief plant romance millions of years ago.

Hey guys don't talk about Aroostook County like this.

31.07.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I dunno man suing a food vendor that has honed a very particular set of skills that involve wrapping mysterious stuff in dough seems like a risky gambit

31.07.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

YESSSSS!!!! I was hoping this would come out before my next Comp Anat offering. A huge thanks to you, Vanessa and Lisa for making this happen! πŸ‘πŸ‘

30.07.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe blow on it forcefully

30.07.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We can always just turn the economy off and turn it on again to reset it

30.07.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Yet another "I can't believe this isn't already a law" example. And the fact that so many our our elected representatives oppose this bill really highlights the rotten core of DC

30.07.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I'd love to get up there myself some day. Living in an earthquake zone is wild though. I lived in Seattle for several years and I remember the mentality around big quakes was "It's not a matter of if but when".

30.07.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

8.7 magnitude!! That's big.

30.07.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gosh, that’s a beautiful old house! We had a ~1790’s farmhouse that we recently sold and moved into town, and while I miss the charm and history, I don’t miss the maintenance. Are you staying in the area or setting sails to someplace new?

29.07.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Goodnight moon
Despicable Trump
Goodnight cow jumping over the moon

29.07.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

omg look at those adorable paws

29.07.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She has reverted to this form of a presser because she has no idea how to interpret his rambling, incoherent messaging and she's terrified of saying something that will upset him, so she has decided the only safe route is to just read his exact words.

29.07.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lol

29.07.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree

29.07.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like there's a tragedy of the commons thing that often happens with hashtags. People keep adding more and more hashtags to their posts, many of which are only marginally relevant (or worse) to their image, and that collectively waters down the usefulness of hashtags.

29.07.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Actual lol. Beckoning ChatGPT to your art is like calling a thief to your house.

29.07.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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