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Andrew Mountcastle

@mounty.bsky.social

1.7K followers 941 following 2.2K posts

I investigate how insects are so good at crashing into things. 🐝Insect Biomechanist, 🏒Pond Hockeyologist, 📸Photographer-ish, Dad, Mainer, Biology prof at Bates College

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 3h

Wake up babe, a new plague just dropped

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 3h

Too bad Big Balls fired all the plague fallout experts

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 18h

I lost it at “rendering me either paralyzed or dead”. lol.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Oh look, there’s black mold in the attic”

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Includes a 2-hour intermission for nap

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Love the colors and composition here!

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well this helps explain why Susan Collins supports Trump at every turn

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"backfiring...just a little bit". lol

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh my, the lighting here is splendid! Such a beautiful capture.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's way cool! (But yeah, I get it - maybe not worth the stress).

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Bob Ross: Happy Accidents

Alt: Bob Ross: Happy Accidents

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He had to trim his walrus mustache cause that chair couldn't support the weight.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

True vertebrates only come from the osteichthyes region of the phylogeny, while everything else is just sparkling cartilage.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🤯👏

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A very slow aerial attack!

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Doing ok thanks. The fall semester is in full force and keeping me busy. Would love to get out there with you sometime! How’s life for you?

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Morning rush hour in Maine

A roadside photo of an orange and black striped hot air balloon hovering low in the sky behind a farm sign advertising potatoes and corn.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Spaceballs Assholes

Alt: Scene from Spaceballs: “How many assholes we got on this ship anyhow?”

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Foxes have discussed creating guard body to protect hen house

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is terrific, Jaycee! Love it.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What’s it gonna be next? Little carrots? smh

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Weird how these kind of people keep popping up in the party

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Fetterman praises iceberg, says he’ll book passage on the Titanic

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Remember when Obama wore a tan suit?

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Well, I know where you got the cannoli from!

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Looks like you’re from The County, bub.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It was probably a fluke

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thanks for the info, I wasn’t aware. That helps explain the tone.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This “news story” has gotta be a paid advertisement for BK.

But are the new dippers any good?
Made with boneless chicken breasts, with some rib meat attached, these nuggets are so moist you half expect to see juices flowing from them when you take a bite.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wirecutter will only include products in their reviews that will give them an affiliate commission or referral fee. Always important to keep in mind.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The “no bear” defense isn’t terribly reassuring as a bear detraction mechanism

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Bald faced hornet. Aggressive little buggars!

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You know what Usain Bolt can do? Slow down and stop. lol

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You know what Usain Bolt can do? Slow down and stop running.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is why I stay away from rare xenon gas and only huff the plentiful stuff

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This episode is gonna stink

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Our planet has some weird a wonderful creatures up its sleeve 🧪

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This is great! That film’s soundtrack is one of the best.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Dog days of summer

A photo looking up through the mesh of a large outdoor trampoline. A child is jumping on the trampoline and is silhouetted against the blue sky. Foliage from trees ring the frame.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I wonder if he used his heel spurs to giddyup that food cart along?

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask if the catering cart can secretly whisk you away and leave your fellow americans as bait.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Looks like a Cessna Skywagon to me. (Nice to see you back, Peter!)

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Me, a college prof on summer break, ignoring the calendar.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This little goober is back in our yard after disappearing for several months

A photo of a barred owl perched on a tree branch

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

That's a cold-forged Rivendell crank compatible with JIS taper bottom brackets ($529)

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Maine press has been carrying her water for years. They regularly publish "reported articles" that are simply PR statements produced by her office. I'm convinced the Maine press is a big reason she is still in power after all these years.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Any upcoming marathons you plan to run?

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Rock on, Adam!