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Andy Murdock

@andymurdock.bsky.social

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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

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 3h

I got sort of obsessed during the early days of the pandemic when all we could do was walk around. Every once in a while I find one more.

Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 3h

Now up to 44 locations of Robert Bechtle paintings identified in #Alameda, plus 4 from mystery locations: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...

Robert Bechtle's Alameda - Google My Maps

A map of the real locations depicted in Robert Bechtle's paintings and sketches around Alameda, California. Robert Bechtle (1932-2020) was a seminal figure in the American Photorealist movement who ...

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 5h

You seem capable. I elect you as our leader.

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 8h

Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe if we all just stare at our phones and nobody presses the crosswalk button we can start a new civilization right here on this street corner

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 15h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

Sure why not! Support indies by ordering America’s favorite #roadecology masterpiece through Bookshop and I’ll send ya a free signed bookplate (DM w/ proof of purchase and address). Bezos will be absolutely *furious.*

bookshop.org/p/books/cros...

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes you find treasures in Little Free Libraries #nkotb

With two tickets from the 1991 concert at the Oakland Coliseum tucked inside

Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 1d

Caution: Danger of getting lost in craft beer section of local grocery stores.

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like people need to go to Portland once in their lives just so they can laugh at this nonsense

Google suggestions for “Is Portland…” including dangerous, on fire, safe, burning today…

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Greg Copenhaver @copenhaverlab.bsky.social · 2d

The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see:
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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 3d

Now I really want to try some giant yucca petals

NPR @npr.org · 3d

At this time of year, the flor de izote blooms in Los Angeles. The Salvadoran-American chef Karla Tatiana Vasquez says the flowers are both a delicacy and a connection to her identity.

A ubiquitous flower in LA is a reminder of homeland for a Salvadoran chef

At this time of year, the flor de izote blooms in Los Angeles. The Salvadoran-American chef Karla Tatiana Vasquez says the flowers are both a delicacy and a connection to her identity.

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 3d

Time to play *Find the Ptarmigan* (there are at least three in this photo)

Photo of some ptarmigans that look like rocks, and some rocks that look like ptarmigans

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 6d

Only Myrrh Tears in the Biltong

Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 6d

Only Myrtles in the Bathroom

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 6d

Only Muggles in the Bildungsroman

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 6d

Would watch

Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 6d

Only Midlers in the Bullring

Bette Midler performing in front of a bullfight

Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 6d

Only Midlers in the Bullring

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 6d

Just a normal day on a National Forest website 👀 www.fs.usda.gov/r05/inyo

“The Radical Left Democrats shutdown the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.”

Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 7d

I go on LinkedIn every time I want 50 strangers to tell me how my life could be better if only I devoted all of my energy to crafting AI prompts

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 8d

Bad marketing can be regionally bad, too. Take the difference between driving through San Francisco and Las Vegas - guess which is which!

Billboard that is entirely black text on a white background that reads 1. Intercom is a complete customer service platform. 2. Intercom is the leader in Ai for customer service.

Billboard with a photo of a high-powered rifle that says “TRY ONE”

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NPR @npr.org · 9d

In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now illegal because it's vanishing in the wild.

The endangered cactus behind Mexico's sweet secret

In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now illegal because it's vanishing in the wild.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 14d

I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.

A three-panel comic. The first panel is a scrap from a dictionary that says crypsis, noun: patterning or coloration that allows a bird to remain concealed by blending in to its environment. In panel 2, labeled effective crypsis, an american bittern blends in with a marsh full of tall plants. In panel 2, labeled ineffective crypsis, an american bittern fails to blend in among some short plants, next to a wet floor sign, and behind a stop sign.

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 14d

Safeway was playing Morphine’s “Cure for Pain” last night. This is what happens when you let the pharmacy department control the playlist.