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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I was exposed to Paleozoic ray-finned fishes and it affected me for life.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I do wonder how Carboniferous ray finned fishes would taste.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ooh, Duncan is growing another head

Coral polyp in an aquarium. There are 2 large polyp heads and a tiny 3rd head growing in

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

After a hard day's work it sure is nice to kick back and relax on the sofa

A small blenny fish resting on a purple plastic couch in a fish tank.

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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Check out this lovely profile of the University of California, Davis’s Peter Wainwright, whose lifelong fascination with fishes inspired a remarkable career in research and teaching. Peter was my postdoc advisor years ago when he was at Florida State University, and is awesome dude and mentor.

ucdavis.edu

Among the Academies: A Lifelong Fascination With Fish

For Peter Wainwright, the academic path was simple: he simply followed his fascination with fish.“I dare say there wasn't a lot of deep thought about what direction I should go in my life,” he said. “...

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Testing out the new lab camera on this beautiful banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus) collected in Puerto Rico

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Braum's is the end of the rainbow here in Oklahoma

A Braums restaurant with a large rainbow in the sky overhead

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things

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Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 29/09/2026

Over a year ago I ruined a different job interview by describing how I got Surinam toads to fuck when asked what challenges I overcame that year. But for a job as an aquarist, that would be a net positive.

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tag yourself. I'm 'spiral striation'

Many drawings of character states for fish tooth morphologies.

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Sea Scøpe @seascope27.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Credit Carp

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally got the tanks looking decent again since the move.

Small planted aquarium with a single white betta fish.

Large planted aquarium with river stones and driftwood.

Planted aquarium with lots of green leafy plants.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Um. The William Penn foundation offered bridge funding to keep the academy of natural sciences open for a year, and the people in charge said “no one is helping things by offering Band-Aids”. Jesus Christ. share.inquirer.com/KXxZTj

share.inquirer.com

William Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum open

A Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum.

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'll have what he's having. (A nice nap)

A yellow colored catfish laying on his side on black sand inside an aquarium

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One month progress on my duncan coral heads. He likes frozen mysis shrimp 😅

The same corals 1 month later. It looks slightly larger

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Asking very important, serious questions at the OMNH fish collection

A small whiteboard. On it is written: if a fish wore pants, how would it look like? There are 2 bad drawings of a fish with pants

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

National fossil fish when? I suggest Discoserra.

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I get a 10% teacher discount now at my local fish store 😁😁

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some very good bois at the local sushi restaurant. Thankfully not on the menu 😅

The a yellow fish on a sandy aquarium bottom

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We got some great favorite fishes so far on the Ichthyology Collection door!

Small whiteboard with people's favorite fish species

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's about to get fishy at the Museum!

Poster saying Ichthyology Curiosiday, Movement and Migration

Many fish specimens on a table inside a museum

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ultimately, this letter from NSF is an announcement that universities will be funded a lot less and politically-connected industry will be funded a lot more. Fancy words around old-fashioned corruption.

nsf.gov

NSF leadership in a new golden age of science

The U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has...

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Putting my office library together. So far I've got 30/50 state guides for fishes.

A bookshelf with many fish books. There is also a Big mouth billy bass.

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Jack Stack @jackstack.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I asked ChatGPT to solve early actinopterygian phylogeny and my computer went up in flames.

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Brian O'Meara @omearabrian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some resources and advice for those considering applying to the NSF GRFP this year (3 year grad school stipend: first year grad students, post-bachelor, and seniors might consider applying): brianomeara.info/posts/grfp_2... 🧪 #AcademicSky

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Got myself a t shirt to show Phil some ❤

A blue t shirt with colorful corals. Text below says Euphyll'n it?

A green colored frogspawn coral in the genus Euphyllia.

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Am I tripping or is this an Ecsenius 😅

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...

A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.

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Zach Northrop | Wishlist Worming from Home🪱 @zachnorthrop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I made a remote job simulator where you’re secretly a worm :) Mash the keyboard, brew coffee, message your coworkers, and wriggle your way to the big promotion. Worming from Home is OUT NOW!

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William B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The NHMLA is hiring an Assistant Collections Manager for updating our frozen tissues collection to liquid nitrogen storage. This position is grant-funded for 3 years. I'm a bit late on posting this, but there is still one week left to apply! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

workforcenow.adp.com

Recruitment

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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/09/2026

Unlike the embryos of other vertebrates, early snake embryos coil as they get longer, typically forming clockwise spirals. A new study offers an explanation for why embryonic snakes go through these contortions—and why they tend to curve in one direction. Learn more: scim.ag/4ygkAQk

Snake embryos often coil in one direction. Now, we may know why

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Jack Stack @jackstack.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sometimes when I am writing a grant, I don't really know where the proposal is going. I just hope to find it along the way.

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Why does he do this to me. He's fine, just sleeping

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Little guy almost caused a flood

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The Sharing of the One Brain Cell, 2026

Two bronze corydoras catfish sitting on black aquarium sand.

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