Matt Murphy
@mjosmurphy.bsky.social
Entomology postdoc/ moth rancher in Kansas
Olfaction | Behavior | Genomics | Bugs
Mildly obsessed with Pokemon
Posts are my own opinion
Olfaction | Behavior | Genomics | Bugs
Mildly obsessed with Pokemon
Posts are my own opinion
Anime was a mistake
January 31, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Anime was a mistake
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So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.
January 31, 2026 at 3:18 AM
So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Vision Science
Politics In Literature
Ancient Greek Literature
Abnormal Psychology
Statistics
Vision Science
Politics In Literature
Ancient Greek Literature
Abnormal Psychology
Statistics
Hypermedia and Phanopoeia with Michael Joyce
Shakespeare in Film with Don Foster
Folklore and Fairy Tales with Nancy Willard
Intro to Cellular Biology (I sucked at it but I learned so much)
Medieval Irish Lit at Trinity College Dublin
Shakespeare in Film with Don Foster
Folklore and Fairy Tales with Nancy Willard
Intro to Cellular Biology (I sucked at it but I learned so much)
Medieval Irish Lit at Trinity College Dublin
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
January 31, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Vision Science
Politics In Literature
Ancient Greek Literature
Abnormal Psychology
Statistics
Vision Science
Politics In Literature
Ancient Greek Literature
Abnormal Psychology
Statistics
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I remember when Adobe asked me if I wanted it to summarize a "long document" (my dissertation)
wow yeah Adobe, thanks for offering to use AI to summarize the "long document" I have personally assembled. It's 12 pages long and it's mostly photos of our friend Bob. I can tell from looking.
January 29, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I remember when Adobe asked me if I wanted it to summarize a "long document" (my dissertation)
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May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
November 13, 2024 at 11:20 AM
May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
its only a little ironic that the class i avoided in college (Analytic Chemistry) is My Life Now.
it's fun, but. still.
it's fun, but. still.
January 28, 2026 at 6:28 AM
its only a little ironic that the class i avoided in college (Analytic Chemistry) is My Life Now.
it's fun, but. still.
it's fun, but. still.
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If “a man is not dead while his name is still spoken”, Ea-Nasir has had the strangest resurrection ever.
January 28, 2026 at 4:32 AM
If “a man is not dead while his name is still spoken”, Ea-Nasir has had the strangest resurrection ever.
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Really, Hello Kitty Island Adventure??
January 28, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Really, Hello Kitty Island Adventure??
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happy 30th birthday pikachu and yeast genome publication
January 28, 2026 at 1:58 AM
happy 30th birthday pikachu and yeast genome publication
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What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end
For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are calling for a more harmonious approach.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end www.nature.com/articles/d41...
kind of disappointed that i have 99 mutuals following this antivax "epidemiologist"
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 AM
kind of disappointed that i have 99 mutuals following this antivax "epidemiologist"
Geodog
thinkin once more about this lost dog someone posted in my old neighbourhood group one time
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Geodog
Copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in their hand
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Copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in their hand
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January 24, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in their hand
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Linthicum
Greenbelt
Baltimore
Timonium
Queen Anne
Greenbelt
Baltimore
Timonium
Queen Anne
inspired
January 24, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Linthicum
Greenbelt
Baltimore
Timonium
Queen Anne
Greenbelt
Baltimore
Timonium
Queen Anne
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For any of you bug folks in the Midwest, I registered for (and am awaiting on approval from my department for) the EntSoc North Central Branch meeting this spring!
I'm happy to be able to present a finally completed postdoc project!
I'm happy to be able to present a finally completed postdoc project!
January 23, 2026 at 7:41 PM
For any of you bug folks in the Midwest, I registered for (and am awaiting on approval from my department for) the EntSoc North Central Branch meeting this spring!
I'm happy to be able to present a finally completed postdoc project!
I'm happy to be able to present a finally completed postdoc project!
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States pioneer a new frontier in US science funding | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
States pioneer a new frontier in US science funding
Thirty-five years ago, a survey of university faculty concluded that despite relatively stable public funding, the research environment in the United States had deteriorated to the point that “a major...
www.science.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
States pioneer a new frontier in US science funding | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Art: Xiangtong Lei & Sihang Zhang
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Art: Xiangtong Lei & Sihang Zhang
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Art: Xiangtong Lei & Sihang Zhang
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Art: Xiangtong Lei & Sihang Zhang
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Reposted by Matt Murphy
This interview is very funny. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit
A conversation with Graham Granger, whose combination of protest and performance art spread beyond campus. “AI chews up and spits out art made by other people.”
www.thenation.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This interview is very funny. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I'm carbing up for this weekend's storm (pancake mix, peanut butter and bread, and ingredients for chana masala and lentil soup)
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I'm carbing up for this weekend's storm (pancake mix, peanut butter and bread, and ingredients for chana masala and lentil soup)
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Happy pride!
Here are some types of nonmonosexual people I love:
☆ gay aceflux therian women
☆ Gray Ace people
☆ nouveau riche nullian agender nannies
☆ Boer alloaro geniuses
☆ Carpathian furry people living in diaspora
☆ cop-sexual people
Here are some types of nonmonosexual people I love:
☆ gay aceflux therian women
☆ Gray Ace people
☆ nouveau riche nullian agender nannies
☆ Boer alloaro geniuses
☆ Carpathian furry people living in diaspora
☆ cop-sexual people
January 21, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Happy pride!
Here are some types of nonmonosexual people I love:
☆ gay aceflux therian women
☆ Gray Ace people
☆ nouveau riche nullian agender nannies
☆ Boer alloaro geniuses
☆ Carpathian furry people living in diaspora
☆ cop-sexual people
Here are some types of nonmonosexual people I love:
☆ gay aceflux therian women
☆ Gray Ace people
☆ nouveau riche nullian agender nannies
☆ Boer alloaro geniuses
☆ Carpathian furry people living in diaspora
☆ cop-sexual people
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Why isn’t lgbt nite at the game store called homo ludens
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Why isn’t lgbt nite at the game store called homo ludens