Dan Chibnall
@bookowl.bsky.social
STEM Librarian & Associate Professor - I post on #SciComm, #STLCards, progressive politics, astronomy, owls, beer, & pretzels.
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Curious, did anyone here go to college on a frozen pizza scholarship?
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Curious, did anyone here go to college on a frozen pizza scholarship?
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lord of the rings: the two towers at midnight on opening night, 2002, at the regal westgate. i had just moved to austin and fucking WILLIE NELSON was in line with everyone else. my roommate introduced himself and said “this is gonna be a great movie, willie” and he said “yup, looking forward to it.”
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
lord of the rings: the two towers at midnight on opening night, 2002, at the regal westgate. i had just moved to austin and fucking WILLIE NELSON was in line with everyone else. my roommate introduced himself and said “this is gonna be a great movie, willie” and he said “yup, looking forward to it.”
@bridienixon.bsky.social LET'S GO BLUUUUUUEEEEEESSSSS!
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
@bridienixon.bsky.social LET'S GO BLUUUUUUEEEEEESSSSS!
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Rare, deep-sea encounter: California scientists observe 'extraordinary' seven-arm octopus
Rare, deep-sea encounter: California scientists observe 'extraordinary' seven-arm octopus
Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a red, bioluminescent jellyfish last month.
www.latimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Rare, deep-sea encounter: California scientists observe 'extraordinary' seven-arm octopus
"The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by William Robinson Leigh goes so hard
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by William Robinson Leigh goes so hard
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Cubs’ top of the lineup looks so different without Cody Bellinger
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cubs’ top of the lineup looks so different without Cody Bellinger
Happy Friday, Blueskiers
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Happy Friday, Blueskiers
One of my favorite photos of the Lincoln Memorial. This was the night Sen. Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States and people in D.C. gathered on the steps and listened to the news pour in on a radio from across the Republic.
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
One of my favorite photos of the Lincoln Memorial. This was the night Sen. Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States and people in D.C. gathered on the steps and listened to the news pour in on a radio from across the Republic.
Invading Alien Overlord: People of Earth! We are here to conquer you and...
Helmsman: Sir, there's a human named Craig Breslow hailing us!
Overlord: WHAT!?
Helmsman: He says he's interested in trading for our closer and a utility infielder...
www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/red-...
Helmsman: Sir, there's a human named Craig Breslow hailing us!
Overlord: WHAT!?
Helmsman: He says he's interested in trading for our closer and a utility infielder...
www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/red-...
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Invading Alien Overlord: People of Earth! We are here to conquer you and...
Helmsman: Sir, there's a human named Craig Breslow hailing us!
Overlord: WHAT!?
Helmsman: He says he's interested in trading for our closer and a utility infielder...
www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/red-...
Helmsman: Sir, there's a human named Craig Breslow hailing us!
Overlord: WHAT!?
Helmsman: He says he's interested in trading for our closer and a utility infielder...
www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/red-...
Every headline so far this baseball offseason
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Every headline so far this baseball offseason
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Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
We used to be a country, a proper country
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
We used to be a country, a proper country
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The University of Nebraska is closing their statistics department. Especially if you're all in on AI this is so short-sighted. It's like launching the first spacecraft into outer space and being like "welp time to close astrophysics and rocketry and only teach classes on buckling up your seat belts"
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The University of Nebraska is closing their statistics department. Especially if you're all in on AI this is so short-sighted. It's like launching the first spacecraft into outer space and being like "welp time to close astrophysics and rocketry and only teach classes on buckling up your seat belts"
Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social is one of the best podcasts. And of course I'm biased but this is one of my favorite episodes ever: strigiformology, the science of owls! Plus it features Dr. Rocky Gutiérrez. @jonathanslaght.com also gets a mention. 🧪 🪶 www.alieward.com/ologies/stri...
Strigiformology (OWLS) with Dr. R.J. Gutiérrez — alie ward
Part 1: OWLS. FINALLY. In no particular order: what’s up with their eyes, legs, hoots, feathers, silent flight, nests, folklore, necks, barfs, conservation status, and omens? Go take a walk or sit on...
www.alieward.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social is one of the best podcasts. And of course I'm biased but this is one of my favorite episodes ever: strigiformology, the science of owls! Plus it features Dr. Rocky Gutiérrez. @jonathanslaght.com also gets a mention. 🧪 🪶 www.alieward.com/ologies/stri...