🎅🎃 Matt Murphy 🎃🎅
@mjosmurphy.bsky.social
Entomology postdoc!
Studying insect behavioral and sensory ecology.
PhD 2024
Posts are my own opinion
Studying insect behavioral and sensory ecology.
PhD 2024
Posts are my own opinion
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🎅🎃 Matt Murphy 🎃🎅
@mjosmurphy.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Remember that when donating to food banks, that they appreciate money more than canned goods. Economies of scale let them stretch money further than you can!
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About to watch Zootopia 2, I hope it ends by setting up the abortion comic
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
About to watch Zootopia 2, I hope it ends by setting up the abortion comic
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clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
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Lion's head bunny🍓
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Lion's head bunny🍓
lol, lmao (from the Google AI summary)
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
lol, lmao (from the Google AI summary)
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
Inflates your tech bubble, big and round
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Inflates your tech bubble, big and round
I for one avoid any vegetable that came to Eurasia as part of the Columbian Exchange
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I for one avoid any vegetable that came to Eurasia as part of the Columbian Exchange
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November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Went to a wildlife refuge looking for waterbirds. Saw a bunch but I did spend at least 30 minutes stalking a butterfly garden with at least 10 species of butterfly, like this Gulf Fritillary.
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Went to a wildlife refuge looking for waterbirds. Saw a bunch but I did spend at least 30 minutes stalking a butterfly garden with at least 10 species of butterfly, like this Gulf Fritillary.
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i am open for customs!!!!!! discounted at $50 each for anyone interested:) just DM me with all the things you want me to mash up into a guy
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
i am open for customs!!!!!! discounted at $50 each for anyone interested:) just DM me with all the things you want me to mash up into a guy
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the tortoise and the hare
6”x12” oil on panel
6”x12” oil on panel
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
the tortoise and the hare
6”x12” oil on panel
6”x12” oil on panel
grilled myself a cheese :)
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
grilled myself a cheese :)
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Fort McHenry reopens after cannonball discovered by excavators is removed by bomb squads
Fort McHenry reopens after cannonball discovered by excavators is removed
The gates of Fort McHenry National Monument reopened on Saturday after bomb squads safely removed a cannonball that was unearthed on Friday.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Fort McHenry reopens after cannonball discovered by excavators is removed by bomb squads
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🚨Good news, everyone!
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨Good news, everyone!
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
> RFK Jr.: i put on my robe and wizard hat
The bamboo metaphor is back: Ryan Lizza has dropped Part 2.
Below are the opening paragraphs, but most of it is behind a paywall.
(My apologies in advance.)
Below are the opening paragraphs, but most of it is behind a paywall.
(My apologies in advance.)
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
> RFK Jr.: i put on my robe and wizard hat
fucking hell
YOU WANT TO BE ONLINE? ENDURE.
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
fucking hell
Mmm, a thought no one's thought before
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Mmm, a thought no one's thought before
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olimar: how will i escape this planet
the pikmin:
the pikmin:
December 6, 2024 at 1:10 AM
olimar: how will i escape this planet
the pikmin:
the pikmin:
I remember about 20 years ago my college floor had a "Change Your Facebook Profile Pic To A Lamprey Day"
No reason.
No reason.
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I remember about 20 years ago my college floor had a "Change Your Facebook Profile Pic To A Lamprey Day"
No reason.
No reason.
henlo
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
henlo
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🚨 Uh-oh!!! A suuuper hot #PhD opportunity just dropped! My friend and collaborator Massimo De Agrò is looking for someone to explore jumping spider vision and neurophysiology! #psychophysics #jumpingspiders #greatPI - apply!!!! (Deadline December 17th) 🚨
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🚨 Uh-oh!!! A suuuper hot #PhD opportunity just dropped! My friend and collaborator Massimo De Agrò is looking for someone to explore jumping spider vision and neurophysiology! #psychophysics #jumpingspiders #greatPI - apply!!!! (Deadline December 17th) 🚨
Construction workers found 211-year-old UXO at Fort McHenry in Baltimore
www.wbaltv.com/article/fort...
www.wbaltv.com/article/fort...
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Construction workers found 211-year-old UXO at Fort McHenry in Baltimore
www.wbaltv.com/article/fort...
www.wbaltv.com/article/fort...
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I get that an update was necessary but this is a tad much IMO.
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I get that an update was necessary but this is a tad much IMO.