Andy Murdock
@andymurdock.bsky.social
Writer, editor, fern pointer-outer from Alameda, CA, former home of nuclear wessels. Mostly posting about science communication, plants, travel, soccer, and pie. Comms Director at @innovativegenomics.bsky.social
I’d love to know how Instagram targeting decided this was the ad for me
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I’d love to know how Instagram targeting decided this was the ad for me
Welcome to the egg room, go go to work here everyday
You learn to live like an egg machine in the chicken coop where we lay
You learn to live like an egg machine in the chicken coop where we lay
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Welcome to the egg room, go go to work here everyday
You learn to live like an egg machine in the chicken coop where we lay
You learn to live like an egg machine in the chicken coop where we lay
I agree with Samin Nosrat that the Thanksgiving meal is generally pretty bland. BUT, I will also defend the need for at least one bland comfort foods in every cuisine. Nearly everywhere I've traveled there has been a deeply beloved bland thing that nobody is allowed to criticize.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I agree with Samin Nosrat that the Thanksgiving meal is generally pretty bland. BUT, I will also defend the need for at least one bland comfort foods in every cuisine. Nearly everywhere I've traveled there has been a deeply beloved bland thing that nobody is allowed to criticize.
I’m curious about this argument. Not allowing trucks on 580 diverted them to surface streets. Delivery trucks have a job to do – they’re gonna drive no matter what, it’s just a question of where.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’m curious about this argument. Not allowing trucks on 580 diverted them to surface streets. Delivery trucks have a job to do – they’re gonna drive no matter what, it’s just a question of where.
Great energy at the #NWSL championship game tonight. Sitting in the middle of Gotham and Washington fans and, in classic NWSL fashion, they’re getting along like old friends.
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Great energy at the #NWSL championship game tonight. Sitting in the middle of Gotham and Washington fans and, in classic NWSL fashion, they’re getting along like old friends.
“In botanical terms, this is called a ‘f🍀in’ vibe’” - An intro to moss: www.instagram.com/reel/DRU8h3h...
Planthony on Instagram: "Welcome to Mossachusstts (the arboretum in Seattle) 🌿🌈✨🌌"
2,916 likes, 108 comments - saintplanthony on November 21, 2025: "Welcome to Mossachusstts (the arboretum in Seattle) 🌿🌈✨🌌".
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November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“In botanical terms, this is called a ‘f🍀in’ vibe’” - An intro to moss: www.instagram.com/reel/DRU8h3h...
One of my very favorite things is finding puns on products that just don’t work at all
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
One of my very favorite things is finding puns on products that just don’t work at all
“At that point, my head popped off.” - Oski
“I must’ve been 18 beers deep at that point. I was in big trouble,” the voice on the other end of the line says. “But if I hadn’t lost my head, that dude would’ve been in seriously bad shape.”
via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/collegesport...
via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/collegesport...
What really happened the night Cal's Oski beat up the Stanford Tree
"I must've been 18 beers deep at that point. I was in big trouble."
www.sfgate.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“At that point, my head popped off.” - Oski
The phases of an English muffin:
1. Not quite toasted
2. Not quite toasted
3. Not quite toasted
4. Not quite toasted
5. Burnt to to a crisp
I prefer a stage 4 English muffin.
1. Not quite toasted
2. Not quite toasted
3. Not quite toasted
4. Not quite toasted
5. Burnt to to a crisp
I prefer a stage 4 English muffin.
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The phases of an English muffin:
1. Not quite toasted
2. Not quite toasted
3. Not quite toasted
4. Not quite toasted
5. Burnt to to a crisp
I prefer a stage 4 English muffin.
1. Not quite toasted
2. Not quite toasted
3. Not quite toasted
4. Not quite toasted
5. Burnt to to a crisp
I prefer a stage 4 English muffin.
Random Restaurant Bot picked a place I’ve been! (Also not a restaurant, but I’ll take it.)
Vaima Shopping Center; Papeete 98714, French Polynesia https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-17.5399922%2C-149.5686383&query_place_id=ChIJf4rKoAM6mnYRAcb1mxV9vRM
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Random Restaurant Bot picked a place I’ve been! (Also not a restaurant, but I’ll take it.)
Reposted by Andy Murdock
The story that got killed was for a podcast and I would LOVE to do more deep-dive food history stories in that medium or for magazines—just putting that out there for any editors or producers who might possibly want to chat.
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The story that got killed was for a podcast and I would LOVE to do more deep-dive food history stories in that medium or for magazines—just putting that out there for any editors or producers who might possibly want to chat.
Reposted by Andy Murdock
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
“Ready, Set, Hike the Alps” is right there waiting to be turned into a romcom
Do quarterbacks ever take a year to explore Europe and find themselves and if not why not
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Ready, Set, Hike the Alps” is right there waiting to be turned into a romcom
Oscar Peterson timeline cleanser youtu.be/4G8D9lwUwcI?...
Oscar Peterson Trio - You Look Good To Me (Live) - 14 August 1965 • World of Jazz
YouTube video by World of Jazz
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Oscar Peterson timeline cleanser youtu.be/4G8D9lwUwcI?...
Reposted by Andy Murdock
Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/
Apologies to the good people of Ecclefechan, Scotland, but I can’t say the word Ecclefechan without fighting to hold back a wisecrack. By the by, that was one good Ecclefechan tart.
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Apologies to the good people of Ecclefechan, Scotland, but I can’t say the word Ecclefechan without fighting to hold back a wisecrack. By the by, that was one good Ecclefechan tart.
Are we still doing these?
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Are we still doing these?
This is wild
The CPL Final is in the middle of a snowstorm in Canada, true North American soccer heritage...how could it get any better?
HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is wild
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today is a day that will go down in the annals of sandwich history
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today is a day that will go down in the annals of sandwich history
Reposted by Andy Murdock
This is quite cool - finding lichens using drones, which tell you where dinosaur bones are.
Remote sensing of lichens with drones for detecting dinosaur bones
Brian Pickles and colleagues show that exposed dinosaur bones can be remote sensed
with drones by virtue of colored lichens growing on them.
www.cell.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is quite cool - finding lichens using drones, which tell you where dinosaur bones are.
A visit to Southern Utah’s only giant sequoia - a peaceful timeline cleanser from Tom Bennett www.instagram.com/reel/DQj78aU...
tombennettonemanband on Instagram: "Yesterday we took a dirt road trip up to see Southern Utah's "Redwood " tree. A sequoia up on Pine Valley Mountain. #SouthernUtah#…"
Yesterday we took a dirt road trip up to see Southern Utah's "Redwood " tree. A sequoia up on Pine Valley Mountain. #SouthernUtah#pinevalleymountain #utahsequoiatree
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November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A visit to Southern Utah’s only giant sequoia - a peaceful timeline cleanser from Tom Bennett www.instagram.com/reel/DQj78aU...
Just jumped over to Threads so I could get live updates from yesterday’s game
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just jumped over to Threads so I could get live updates from yesterday’s game