I’m a Roly Poly, not a garden pest. The soil, leaves and rotting plants are my home. I help break down decay and return nutrients back to the Earth. I don’t bite, sting or destroy your garden. I’m just a tiny cleanup crew, doing my part for nature. PLEASE DON’T CRUSH ME FOR EXISTING. 🩶🩶🩶

Not fair. Not pleasant. 🤢 Yes, the humidity is low (thankfully), but it's still gross.

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I immediately sent it to someone who had NOT seen the original and...oh boy...😂👍

As with other founders of the chain, his body will lie in state under a heat lamp above a hot dog roller for a minimum of five days.

Goddammit. 😅

They have the right of way, but yiiiiiiiiiiiikes. Still, very cool to see how calm everyone involved was. Beautiful shark! 🦈❤️

Be safe out there

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Remember while you're out this Memorial Day weekend that NO place outside is safe during a thunderstorm. That includes under a tree! Watch this to learn about outdoor lightning safety: youtu.be/p4V1eFa1vxw

Y'all, do yourselves a favor and go see @paulapoundstone.bsky.social on stage. She's amazing and her show brings much-needed laughter in these f@#%ed-up times. (Aside: Not sure I'll ever look at Fleet Farm the same way, now! 😅👍)

Want to do this yourself? We're running my Center for Wildlife Studies course this fall- you can take it for graduate-level transfer credit, or just for fun to learn something. www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/courses/p/bi...

Welcome to Shrimp City! Teach your friends about a variety of crustaceans with this helpful visual aid - and set the record straight... bugs is shrimp. Shrimp is not bugs These shirts are designed by @the666cat.bsky.social & printed in Philly! Get one at SquidFacts.net (pls RT!)

Jasmine Clark will become the first Black woman with a science Ph.D. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. https://scim.ag/4dDZe6P

We start losing daylight in 30 days.

If anybody wants to join a livestream from a research vessel RV Falkor (too) with a marine geologist, we're going to get started at 1pm Eastern! We'll do a research vessel tour and Q&A! us02web.zoom.us/j/82442790266

Home of the Corn Palace, people: cornpalace.com

The whole “who actually reads all the papers they cite?” discord is crazy because what do you MEAN I could have written this dissertation on vibes?!?!? I read so much lit the past four years that I gave up on leisure reading—because I had to get up to speed on preclinical AND clinical lit.

If you’re not reading the literature in your area…you’re not building expertise in your area. The FIRST STEP OF “DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH” is to READ THE EXISTING LITERATURE. It’s a CORE COMPONENT of the scientific method.

Good news! We are offering my Center for Wildlife Studies shark biology and ecology course again this fall! You can take the online take-at-your-own-pace lecture for university transfer credit or just to learn something new.

We’re expanding our See a Spout program to the West Coast and Hawaii! This program helps ocean users stay safe and learn how to observe and protect whales in each region. sanctuaries.noaa.gov/visit/boatin...

This IS great news!!!

🤩🐾❤️ Check out these very good puppers assisting with low-level mixing of the atmosphere:

It's why I have my students in our Weather Forecasting class do analysis by hand: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w... Makes those atmospheric ingredients really pop out, up front. (Plus, who doesn't like using colored pencils?!?!)

46 years ago today, Mount St. Helens turned day into night over eastern Washington state. It’s a good time to emphasize the value and criticality of federal funding for geological hazard research, monitoring, and disaster response. ⚒️🧪🌋 Photos and stories from my hometown below. bit.ly/4ds6SAX

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apnews.com/article/germ... 😔

Highlighted: the universality of declines: "Compared with a decade earlier, reading scores were down [...in 83%] of school districts where data was available. Math scores were down in 70[%]. The declines have affected both rich and poor districts, and crossed racial and geographic divides.

Scientists working here can identify individual whale sharks by their spot patterns. This is Reygandu, which means night!

Again, I am so sorry.

Sorry the Timberwolves are losing. I made the mistake of tuning in to an NBA for the first time in something like 20 years. 😬

This is one of the wilder satellite animations I've seen in a minute... Wildfires produce their own thunderstorms while smoke wraps around a low pressure. What a fascinating view out of southern Kansas this evening.

Finally, some good news (no, really!)

@gailsimone.bsky.social, as I'm making my way through Uncanny X-Men (so much fun!) I have a query: When there are characters drawn in the background (familiar characters who aren't germane to the story, Easter egg-like), do *you* write that in specifically or is that artist's prerogative?

Engineer & inventor Dr. Marian Croak established the modern fundamentals of VoIP, the foundational tech that allows voice/video data to be transmitted over the internet. Her work is the backbone for services like Zoom, Skype, FaceTime & WhatsApp. #WomenInSTEM #engineering (1/2)👇

🎶Get your drain on...all dayyyyy🎶

🚨Swirly alert. SWIRLY ALERT!🚨

Planetarium folks: Anyone out there run a GoTo Chronos projector system who'd be willing to answer a couple of trouble-shooting questions? The gremlins are having a rip-snortin' good time gumming up the works this week... 🧪🌌🔭

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When you nail your forecast two days in a row.

Whomst among us doesn't like to dine al fresco every once in a while? 🐾♥️

Awful decision.

The @stcloudstate.bsky.social Meteorology students & I are gearing up to forecast for (and at) the 2026 Special Olympics this summer, but did you know that there's still a need for additional volunteers for other roles? It's true! You can sign up here: 2026specialolympicsusagames.org/get-involved...

SAINT CLOUD, MINNESOTA, You up? Join me for a night of endorphin production at the Paramount Theater on Friday May 22— paramountarts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/?acod... Get your tickets. Get your laughs.

JFC. The AC/DC tune is a metaphor, you jackasses.