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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 30/09/2026

"These hummingbirds are too graceful. I need them goofier." "How about if it's soaked by the rain?" "Not good enough. SILLIER." "Drenched and directly facing the camera?" "That'll do." #birds

A male broad-billed hummingbird perching at a feeder. The bird is facing the camera with its beak pointed straight at the camera, and its feathers are damp and ruffled

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 31/08/2026

Today's workout setup: clown face

A pair of wooden gymnastics rings hanging from a pull up bar in an outdoor gym. A red elastic band hangs between the rings, making the rings look like eyes and the band like a droopy cartoon nose.

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 28/08/2026

For me I think it's this painted grasshopper I saw in the Chiricahuas a couple of years back (and may have posted for InverteFest then, I'm not sure)

A colorful grasshopper, with stripes and patches of red, green, blue l, and yellow all over its body, perching on a small stick on the ground.

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 27/08/2026

There are many photos of the moon just like this one, but this one is mine

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 23/08/2026

Defying the extreme heat warning for gravel and flowers

A gray touring-style bicycle standing on the side of a trail through the desert, with an assortment of cacti and shrubs in the background, under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Close up of a cream colored, cup shaped flower with a pale orange center (I think it's a Coulter's hibiscus)

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 15/08/2026

Somehow I didn't know that; but, it makes this sign I saw at a pet grooming salon in Boston even funnier than I realized

Photo of an awning at a pet grooming salon. There is a design depicting a tile mosaic of a dog on a leash, and below the mosaic the text LAVE CANEM ("wash the dog")

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 11/08/2026

My last true impulse buy was this fish shaped corkscrew that called to me from the REI checkout line

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 16/07/2026

Someone needs to recreate the old "Millennials to Snake People" browser extension but make it "Testosterone to Precious Bodily Fluids"

Screenshot of a Guardian headline:

Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency

US defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the 'right testosterone levels'

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 28/06/2026

Went out looking for birds, found some honorary birds instead

A sky-blue colored dragonfly perching on the end of a reed in the Sweetwater Wetlands park in Tucson, AZ

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 25/06/2026

Ooh a new Connections-like (also if you haven't heard Green's interview with the author of NYT Connections on his podcast a couple weeks ago, it's a fun listen)

Score image for the June 24 4x3 game showing 176 points

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 19/06/2026

Aww yeah, love to be an unknown or ambiguous identity There were of course like 10 more specific cards too, of course, at least one of which contained a factual error ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. All of us Dylans Murphy just blend together, can't tell us apart at all

Image of output from the "in the weights" tool describing Dylan Murphy as an "unknown or ambiguous identity" and a "name shared by multiple lesser-known people

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 15/05/2026

let's make today flower friday

Beach plum flowers (small white flowers with yellow stamens inside) clustered on a tree branch; in the background, there are more branches and a blue sky with scattered clouds

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 22/04/2026

I am deeply disturbed to see ASU doing so well; so, here's $5+fees for each touchdown pass thrown by Arizona Wildcat (and future Super Bowl MVP) Nick Foles, the first college QB I ever rooted for

Screenshot of a donation confirmation showing $343.90 to New American Pathways

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 13/04/2026

My favorite thing I photographed while working as an intersection volunteer at Cyclovia Tucson today

A man riding a bicycle modified to resemble a skeletal bull, with skull, backbone, ribs, and legs attached to the frame of the bike, with the rider steering the bike by two ropes attached to where the bull's shoulders would be.

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 02/04/2026

Was this an extremely silly bicycle cargo-carrying choice? Yes. Did it do the job? Also yes.

A 12 kg kettlebell balanced on the rear cargo rack of a bicycle, held in place with a pair of bright orange plastic straps

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 31/03/2026

Kind of blurry but I like how the colors came out #birds

A male vermilion flycatcher perching on a street sign. The bird is framed by branches of a palo verde tree; the green of the branches matches with the green street sign while both contrast with the bright red of the bird.

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 21/03/2026

These ducks have permanent "what are YOU looking at" face

A ring necked duck directly facing the camera, looking like a cruiser coming at you

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 05/03/2026

Turns out if you put the color argument inside the aesthetic instead of outside by mistake, you can get the most confusing ggplot legend ever #rstats

Screenshot of a plot legend showing two colored lines: a red line and a blue line. The red line is labeled "blue" and the blue line is labeled "red"

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 09/02/2026

Don't be a panican. Be a pelican. 🪶

A pelican floating peacefully in the water

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 31/01/2026

Several hundred riders from the Tucson cycling community (along with some visitors from out of town) showed up to honor Alex Pretti. Then we finished off the ride with a quick climb up A Mountain.

A congregation of cyclists with their bikes in a plaza on a sunny day in Tucson, Arizona.

A group of cyclists with their bikes on a narrow strip of road in the hills outside of Tucson. There is a saguaro cactus on the left side of the road and a ghost bike on the right.

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 17/01/2026

To make up for that last one here's a better pelican photo 🪶

A brown pelican sitting peacefully in the water, illuminated from the right by the early morning sun

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 17/01/2026

This is objectively not a good photo but I do kind of like the vibe #birds

A hazy, washed-out photo of two pelicans flying away from the camera. The pelicans are silhouetted and the entire photo washed out by the orange glow of the rising sun just out of frame

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 10/01/2026

Uhh this is clearly a conflict of interest!!

Screenshot of a headline from the Atlantic, "America Has Entered Late-Stage Protein", with a byline by Rachel Sugar

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 29/12/2025

I finally followed through on my plans to build a tubeless wheelset so that I can take Jacques (pictured) out into the desert more.

A gray bicycle with yellow drop handlebars leaning against a rock in front of a desert landscape full of cacti and shrubs

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 19/12/2025

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. This is fine

A still from the movie Titanic, showing survivors rowing a lifeboat away from the sinking ship

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 07/12/2025

Bird knowers of Bluesky, anyone have thoughts on an ID for this? Maybe Gray Vireo or Plumbeous Vireo? I'm mostly guessing, though. I saw it in the Catalina foothills north of Tucson. 🪶

A small gray bird perches on a branch, surrounded by small spiky branches which partly obscure it. The bird has a distinctive white ring around its black-colored eye.

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 18/11/2025

Got to be the Sonoran hot dog. I miss Mr. Antojo.

Photo of two Sonoran hot dogs in a styrofoam tray; credit to Wikimedia user SZeltzer

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 16/11/2025

Starbucks workers are still on strike so we're still posting #birds. Post a bird to remind your followers to buy from a local coffee shop for the duration of the strike. This broad-billed hummingbird supports Presta Coffee.

A broad-billed hummingbird perching at a feeder.

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 15/11/2025

Apparently Starbucks workers are still on strike, so here's another bird to remind you to buy from a different coffee shop for the duration of the strike. This Gila woodpecker supports Yellow Brick Coffee. 🪶

A woodpecker with a brown body and black-and-white striped wings perching on the open blossom of a saguaro cactus. The bird's face is covered in pollen because it just pulled its head out of the flower.

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 14/11/2025

Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and remind your followers not to buy Starbucks during the strike 🪶 (If you live in medium sized town, or anywhere with a college or university, there's probably a great independent coffee shop near you. This phainopepla supports Exo Roast Co.)

A phainopepla, a bird that looks kind of like a cardinal except its beak is smaller and the whole bird is solid black, perching on the end of a tree branch framed against a blue sky

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Dylan Murphy @cotangent.space · 11/11/2025

The look on my face really doesn't indicate how smoked I was here. Haven't done this ride in a few years and forgot how tough the switchbacks are. Beautiful day for a ride, though. (Doing this 18 hours after donating blood probably didn't help either, oops)