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Andrew Mountcastle

@mounty.bsky.social

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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 · Mar 10

Happy #BlueSkyMonday

Nikon FM
Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI Micro
Portra 400

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #minimalism

A minimalist image of a single pine tree on a snow-covered hill. The sun is draping a shadow of the tree on the hillside, which stretches towards the left of the frame. There are low-lying white fluffy clouds in the background, which give way to a pastel blue sky towards the top of the frame.

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 4m

The Chicago Another Rodent Hole doesn't quite have the same ring to it

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 2h

Youth soccer in Maine is hilarious because it is completely dark out, but practice just started

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 3h

I sound like a glow stick being activated every time I get out of bed

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 3h

It’s such an incredibly low bar. “With me as your senator, I will tut-tut him to his face!”

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 9h

My new Professor name just dropped!

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 9h

"Just give us access to your bank account and we'll stop using you as an ATM"

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 9h

We all would have benefited from seeing Gideon go through a challenging primary before the general. Instead, she was anointed as the favorite from the outset, put on a silver platter and was never stress-tested, brought in more money than she could even spend...and lost after a weak campaign.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 10h

There's an argument for the benefits of a robust primary that challenges candidates and lets voters see how they clarify and defend their positions before the big show. But yeah, outside political action committees crowning their chosen candidate right from the get-go is not helpful in any way.

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 21h

It’s me, Colonel Antifa, and I’ll never divulge my secret antifa recipe of 11 herbs and spices.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 22h

What didn't you like about the shooting experience? I also have an FT2 that my dad gave me. I brought it on a trip around the world in '01, but the foam seals have since degraded and I haven't gotten around to replacing them. I recall it was a bit of a tank to shoot with.

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 1d

I can taste this image

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 1d

I fear that an increasing reliance on AI is going to exert an even greater effect on cognition in kids

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 1d

"one of its most popular [courses]" is certainly a creative way of saying that it is a required course for the econ major.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 1d

"I am being gagged!"

*presses POST button

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 1d

The other day I heard an NPR reporter say "President Trump stated that Portland, Oregon is burning down. But several experts we spoke with disagree." 🤡

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 1d

Look, that creepy ass doll over there is being used as a vessel for a demonic entity is the long and the short of it. I feel like I shouldn't have to tell you not to have a creepy ass doll in your house, but here we are.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 12, 2025 ~ The end of bees.

"Fifteen species of bumblebee, which play a crucial role in pollinating peas, beans, peanuts and clover ... are now classified as threatened."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like the predator would probably bestow a nuptial gift instead of a ring. Like a dead goat or something

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, I don't trust any evaluation in which testers ate less than 1 bowl of each mayonnaise.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 3d

AI companies have accounted for 80% of US stock market gains in 2025! This is why it’s being force fed to consumers in every conceivable way. Investors need their returns.

Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 3d

‘“AI companies have accounted for 80 per cent of the gains in US stocks so far in 2025… That is helping to fund and drive US growth … and feeds a boom in consumer spending by the rich.”

Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this.‘

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 3d

The Jerry Chen Finisher Pack should do the trick. @jcsalterego.bsky.social

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 3d

Nice! 1-2 hours before high tide is generally the best time for Thunder Hole.

Enjoy! I love it up there.

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 4d

Might by a hyperlocal Brunswick/Topsham thing.

Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 4d

The number of Graham Platner yard signs around the midcoast Maine area is pretty impressive

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · 4d

Just astonishing selfishness and ego. I could understand the rationale if there were no other viable contenders running, but we’ve already got a flush field of candidates, including Platner, who has been gaining lots of momentum.