Finally back at work and got my bracket…I’m totally framing this LEGENDARY WIN AND HIGH SCORE #2026M

AHHHHHH 10 years of playing #2026MMM I FINALLY PICKED A CHAMPION!!!!! #TeamHumpbackWhale

LOL I just noticed “battle cetacean” #2026MMM Well played

Goooo whale! #2026MMM

#TardiGandalf and I enjoyed the Artemis launch and are now settling in for #2026MMM I’m #TeamHumpbackWhale but he’s all about that @mmm-mold.bsky.social #AltAdvance

Can’t even count the number of times I pull up the LibGuide during the tournament- so essential and well designed! #2026MMM

#2026MMM #TeamHumpbackWhale

WOOHOO #2026MMM #TeamHumpbackWhale Side note: The #StarTrek Whale connection + this win makes me feel a little tiny bit better after the sting of Starfleet Academy’s cancellation

I predicted 7 of the Elite Trait, my bracket has never been this good! Somehow I’m doomed, I just know it. #2026MMM

😭 good thing my kitty is snoozing, this is too much #carnage for him to bear #2026MMM

👇🏻 can confirm I have a very happy indoor kitty

OK this is tough for me as a mold fan (hoping it shows up again!) and a cat owner. Hoping little kitty has the sense to run away (in a very dignified manner befitting his status, of course). Maybe second breakfast is calling… #2026MMM

Really late to the party tonight but my champion is still in it! #TeamHumpbackWhale #2026MMM #AdmiralThereBeWhalesHere #StarTrek #TheOneWithTheWhales

This is like, Final Roar level shenanigans and sadness. Make it stop. #2026MMM

This is a tough one, I have Aurochs winning but I am *still* sad about Thylacine from the last time it was in MMM… #2026MMM

I finally took a picture of my lamprey poster on my classroom door! GO LAMPREY! #2026MMM

I may have spent 30 minutes today making this image for the opener at our next department meeting. The inspiration was that really cool picture of the giraffe chewing on a bone. #2026MMM (because you should always cite your sources, the original has a link to each individual post from the battle.)

It’s an #AltAdvance in #TardiGandalf’s heart, fungal friend! #2026MMM

Yes! My champion! #TeamHumpbackWhale #2026MMM

You mean @natickbobcat.bsky.social can’t climb trees?!?! #2026MMM

I may have interrupted The Roundup #2026MMM every time I showed it today, for a fast-talking tangent about Chincoteague Island! and the ponies! and the pony swim! and Misty and Stormy! And how a MMM battle has never occurred so close (ish, 100+ miles) to our school! *I* for one, was very excited.

The art is 💯 again tonight, of course! #2026MMM #2026mmm

My very first year playing MMM, i was lurking around the bird place trying to figure out what was going on. After a series of snarky tweets with the Gila monster account, i was hooked on MMM internet trash talking 😂 #2026MMM #2026mmm

Misty!!!!! I DEVOURED these books as a kid. I was already a horse kid, growing up a few hours away, and it was easy to get obsessed. #2026MMM #2026mmm

Ooh yes I used to feed them to my horseshoe crabs (my state DNR used to have a horseshoe crabs in the classroom program)! #2026mmm #2026MMM

Goooo lamprey! I should have taken a picture of the lamprey mouth poster I have on my classroom door- it’s very striking #2026mmm #2026MMM

Higgins, fierce predator that he is, is very excited about the potential #carnage tonight #2026mmm #2026MMM

So excited about the return of Thylacine! #2026MMM

My 10 year old: “What’s March Madness, is it like March Mammal Madness, but with basketball??” Me:…yes, yes it is. #2026MMM

That hashtag is truly making me laugh and *ewwwww* at the same time #2026MMM

Oh! How did I miss this handsome library panther?! 😍 #2026MMM

#2026MMM #TeamCarl

Husband and I were admiring our handsome house panther this morning (the first of many times we do this each day, of course)… Husband: Do you think there will ever be cats vs. dogs in March Mammal Madness? Me: ….😏 #2026MMM

Farewell gentle sloth! Hope you float up to Decamp Champ island and not, like, drown or get dissolved or something 😒 #2026MMM

Thank goodness, can’t believe I missed my champion’s first battle! #2026MMM #TeamHumpbackWhale

My social media feeds have alternated between #2026MMM and whatever is happening with Firefly for the past week. I can’t take it! Too much excitement!

Well I didn’t pick the right #2026MMM wild card, but never fear…the rest of my bracket will likely be busted in short order if past years are any indication!

A+ teacher moment today: Three students who I don’t know were looking at the #2026MMM bracket in the hall and discussing their predictions! Woohoo!

I made my choices and I’m sticking to them. #2026MMM #TeamHumpbackWhale (The harpy eagle-eyed among you may notice I desire for mold to #AltAdvance)

#TardiGandalf has scanned the bracket and is hoping that mold will #AltAdvance and keep him company #2026MMM

Loving these #StarTrek Valentines from @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social FB page

#TardiGandalf is currently rooting for Stellar’s Sea Cow because they share the same sleek body type. #2026MMM

Me and #TardiGandalf are not great at puzzles, so we’ve been hanging out peeking at the answers and waiting for tomorrow’s #2026MMM divisions announcement

I DID THE THING I SAID I WOULD DO… #2026MMM

My daughter found this stuffed tardigrade in Target, the only one left. Clearly I will be making a Gandalf hat for him and me and #Tardigandalf will be rooting for our #2026MMM faves together!

When I was a teen, waiting each week for the new episode of TNG, hanging around the bookstore looking for a Trek paperback I hadn’t read, or poring over the TNG encyclopedia- I never dreamed that as an adult I would be living in the golden age of Trek with SO MUCH new content. It is GLORIOUS 🩷🖖🏻

This has a real #2025MMM vibe

My students asked me to weigh in on this debate and I said, “it would probably be like March Mammal Madness and the gorilla would leave the field of battle…”🤣 #2025MMM —>Gorillas have a big fight ahead of them, and it's not against 100 men, expert says one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5382...

Seconding this 👏 #2025MMM