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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social

@drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social
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she/her. Post-ac evolutionary biologist, progressive, dog wrangler, Cassandra, optimistic pessimist, 30,000-ft type. N95 since Feb '20. Pro-Palestine. Pro-Ukraine. Pro-democracy. Pro-science. #GoIsles

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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Too bad it's not Sorokin's night, but lovely to see Semyon Varlamov on the ice for an NHL game! I'm really cheering for him, being the only elite athlete to return to same level play after bilaterial knee replacement, in any high impact sport. So glad to see him! #NewYorkIslanders #Isles #Varlamov
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You can always come cheer for the Islanders. I don't think they've *ever* had a player with serious off-ice scandals, etc. They had an owner fraud issue back in the 90s, I think, but honestly there's nothing else. I'd rather cheer for them knowing they likely won't win, over the others.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Live hockey is great, but you know, I miss having the commentators. My hybrid approach now is to have one AirPod playing the telecast with the commentators :D
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I hate this for him and for the race :(
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Jonas Vingegaard is out of the Tour De France with an injury after a crash. I hate this for him. Definitely my favorite rider. It’s a less awesome race without him. #Vingegaard #TourDeFrance2026
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ich bin traurig :(
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
That was my first thought, too. :(
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
FAFO. Enjoy your alone time. This virus should not become a big thing, but because our species doesn't deal with reality very well, it'll be a bigger deal than necessary. Healthcare workers skipping PPE protocols. JFC.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Excellent graphical summary of the course of hantavirus events on the hantavirus cruise. Don't follow the alarmists and don't follow the purveyors of toxic positivity. Follow the ones who simply present information as clearly as possible.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Someone please ask Newt about how easy it was to build the Panama Canal.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Psst. U.S. Congress. Wake the hell up.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Hello....is the US Congress awake? Where the F are you people?? I want all 535 of you people to make a clear, unambiguous public statement re: to what extent you stand behind Trump. @democrats.senate.gov @senategop.govpeeps.us @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
What are your very, very best orthopedic dog bed recommendations? I don’t care about the cost. It’s time for my old girl to stop getting on the bed. Need the most comfie bed ever, so she wont’ keep trying to hop up. Thanks! #olddog #orthopedic #dogs #seniordogs
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I read that the ICC is unlikely to approach this. What’s the recourse, when small countries can’t punish the US diplomatically or economically? It seems like he’s just going to do this without any barriers at all.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I’m a scientist and that explanation ignores a lot. For example, he’s been elderly with prior sun exposure for many years. Suddenly this year his hands are constantly bruised and the white house says it’s ’hand shaking.’ When people transparently lie, the real explanation isn’t good.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
One thing nazis are good at…market testing.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
I don’t know…if you aren’t graphics-savvy and need an illustration, I have no issues with it. It should be clear what are data-driven versus illustrative figures.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Agreed, and while I’m always Islanders before all, I do really like the Kraken. Nice even match, no nasty play, just hard work on both sides. Great game.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
What’s your take on the 10 minute misconduct on Horvat just now? I can buy the double minor, but I couldn’t see what the misconduct is for?
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever observed a person who lacks curiosity about the world to the extent that Dolt45 lacks curiosity about the world. Every question for him is a hard question unless it involves his grift.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This is basically anti science (can’t be convinced no matter what) and pseudoscience (will believe anything with little evidence). They travel together a lot of the time.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Thanks for this. Excellent analysis as always.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
A small business to consider if you like glamorous jewelry!
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
A lot of Lucys and a lot of footballs out there…
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I’ve been an Islanders fan since 1979, when I was 6, but I was always so focused on them, I didn’t pay too much attention to other teams. When they don’t make the playoffs (which is usually), I like to follow the Canadian teams.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Yup, it gives the anti-whatevers a lot of grievance ops. The dems are reactive. They only react once the Rs have attacked someone’s right to live a happy life. Then, it’s a fad. It’s how we lost Roe. They need to stand on their basic, decent platform every year without apology or equivocation.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Exactly. The dem platform is miserably far from perfect but it’s a hell of a lot better than the Rs. They need to start acting like it. How a working class person (or a woman, black person, gay person, atheist) votes republican, I’ll never understand. Under his eye.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Dems are afraid of being called elitists. So they adopt stupid southern accents and crap like that, instead of clearly explaining why their policies are better.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
We’re screwed. Half are Trump cultists and the rest of us don’t like guns :D Thanks for the hockey players, though. I was pulling for all Canadian teams this year, just because we’re dabbling in fascism, here.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Sure did…
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I love this. There is no reason to die going to work for the night. RIP Adam Johnson, who opened everyone's eyes finally.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Which Knox County? I did not catch a state.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Sick people are easier to control and they won’t ask for as much. They also won’t purchase as much, but they aren’t thinking very far ahead.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Undone by freshman biology.
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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Man Feared to Be Cognitively Slipping After Writing Book About Wrong President
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This USian is really hoping a Canadian team wins the Cup this year. Prefer Leafs, happily take Oilers.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
It doesn't exist because he doesn't discuss it :D
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
There’s field hockey, too.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Some of us are sane…*and* we love hockey ;)
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
This is straight up anti-science propaganda. TV marketing shit. Zero valuable information.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Nope, doubt it. Every time I read ‘and there were *children* on the plane that crashed’ or ‘*children* are dying of measles’ I go, and? Be upset if any people endure those things. A 95 year old who still wants to live should have the opportunity to do so, too. The US is weird. Also, it’s for show.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Pssst
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
As an Islanders fan, I'm so pleased for him. He's a good one.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I think I tend to give Ovechkin some latitude. I don’t think he’s *anti* Putin, but it’s possible he just doesn’t want one of his relatives who still live in Russia to fall out of a window.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Hope they don’t need my cash…
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Better late than never, I guess?
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
We’ll see in time. I hope very much that y’all do better than we did. I hope your pols don’t follow what ours did. It’s not a winning strategy. Now that we’re dabbling in authoritarian-lite in the US, it’s even more important that Canada hold space for liberal democracy.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I don’t expect them to come so far left that they can play in my yard, but their current ‘middle’ is right-wing-lite.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
As a 50 year Islanders fan, I would truly love that for Nelson. Hated to see him go, totally understand, hope he has a fantastic run in CO.
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drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social @drgrumpybiologist.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I wasn’t for a while, either.
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