AnatomyAnagoge
@anatomyanagoge.bsky.social
Biology professor at a community college. | Anatomy, microbiology, art, and pedagogy. | Appreciation for imagination, creativity, and the curious mind.
After yesterday’s snow, the sky showed up with this incredible pattern of clouds.
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
After yesterday’s snow, the sky showed up with this incredible pattern of clouds.
“In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… anyone? Anyone?… the Great Depression, passed the… anyone? Anyone?… the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, which raised tariffs on imported goods.
Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects?”
Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects?”
September 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… anyone? Anyone?… the Great Depression, passed the… anyone? Anyone?… the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, which raised tariffs on imported goods.
Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects?”
Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects?”
Saw this katydid on the deck door today. They’re close relatives of grasshoppers and crickets, but you can tell them apart by their super long antennae. At night, they’re part of that background chorus you hear in late summer.
September 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Saw this katydid on the deck door today. They’re close relatives of grasshoppers and crickets, but you can tell them apart by their super long antennae. At night, they’re part of that background chorus you hear in late summer.
I leave peanuts and banana chips on my steps for my chipmunk neighbor. In return, it leaves me a pebble. Sometimes part of an acorn. It’s our little trade agreement, no tariffs involved.
August 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I leave peanuts and banana chips on my steps for my chipmunk neighbor. In return, it leaves me a pebble. Sometimes part of an acorn. It’s our little trade agreement, no tariffs involved.
Saw a line of turtles sunning themselves on a log during my walk today, probably painted turtles. In another month or so, they’ll enter brumation until early spring. Some days, I wish I could too.
August 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Saw a line of turtles sunning themselves on a log during my walk today, probably painted turtles. In another month or so, they’ll enter brumation until early spring. Some days, I wish I could too.
Spotted a heron standing still by the Cape Cod Canal earlier, just before reaching the Sagamore Bridge. It stood motionless as we passed, eyes on the water waiting for the perfect strike.
July 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Spotted a heron standing still by the Cape Cod Canal earlier, just before reaching the Sagamore Bridge. It stood motionless as we passed, eyes on the water waiting for the perfect strike.
Beautiful cirrus clouds brushed across the New England sky today. “Cirrus” comes from Latin, meaning a curl or tuft of hair. But it doesn’t just belong to the sky - in biology, it’s a feathery limb on a barnacle or a coiled organ in a worm. In botany, a curling tendril. Here it means good weather!
July 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Beautiful cirrus clouds brushed across the New England sky today. “Cirrus” comes from Latin, meaning a curl or tuft of hair. But it doesn’t just belong to the sky - in biology, it’s a feathery limb on a barnacle or a coiled organ in a worm. In botany, a curling tendril. Here it means good weather!
Just met this longhorned guest while gardening - it’s a White-Spotted Sawyer Beetle! 🪲
Not a pest - just helping nature recycle dead trees. Their larvae break down deadwood, returning nutrients to the soil.
Not a pest - just helping nature recycle dead trees. Their larvae break down deadwood, returning nutrients to the soil.
July 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Just met this longhorned guest while gardening - it’s a White-Spotted Sawyer Beetle! 🪲
Not a pest - just helping nature recycle dead trees. Their larvae break down deadwood, returning nutrients to the soil.
Not a pest - just helping nature recycle dead trees. Their larvae break down deadwood, returning nutrients to the soil.
Spotted a bobcat casually crossing the road during my walk this afternoon. They may look small, but these cats can leap up to 12 feet in a single bound and can take down everything from rabbits to deer fawns when the moment’s right.
July 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Spotted a bobcat casually crossing the road during my walk this afternoon. They may look small, but these cats can leap up to 12 feet in a single bound and can take down everything from rabbits to deer fawns when the moment’s right.
The only good thing about the dewpoint being outrageously high yesterday was getting a sunset like this. Sky was on fire.
July 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The only good thing about the dewpoint being outrageously high yesterday was getting a sunset like this. Sky was on fire.
A crow followed me along The Shore Path in Bar Harbor, Maine - landing just ahead of me, then again, and again. Felt less like a bird, more like a guide. Or a test. 🖤🐦⬛
June 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A crow followed me along The Shore Path in Bar Harbor, Maine - landing just ahead of me, then again, and again. Felt less like a bird, more like a guide. Or a test. 🖤🐦⬛
A White Spring Moth with a torn wing landed on my window while I was stuck in road construction traffic in Camden, Maine. It rested quietly for a moment, then flew off into the trees. Happy to give it a safe perch for a bit.
June 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A White Spring Moth with a torn wing landed on my window while I was stuck in road construction traffic in Camden, Maine. It rested quietly for a moment, then flew off into the trees. Happy to give it a safe perch for a bit.
Watching the clouds catching the last rays of scattered sunlight on my evening walk, tomorrow’s weather should be calm and fair.
May 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Watching the clouds catching the last rays of scattered sunlight on my evening walk, tomorrow’s weather should be calm and fair.
Locked eyes with this vintage hand-painted Denoyer-Geppert Co. anatomical eye model in an antique shop today.
May 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Locked eyes with this vintage hand-painted Denoyer-Geppert Co. anatomical eye model in an antique shop today.
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine) at Harvard Athletic Complex
May 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine) at Harvard Athletic Complex
The Great Brain Drain. apnews.com/article/trum... Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants.
apnews.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The Great Brain Drain. apnews.com/article/trum... Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
Spotted these on my trail walk today. Thinking fox or coyote scat? Both packed with undigested fur and rope-like. Any scat experts want to weigh in?
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Spotted these on my trail walk today. Thinking fox or coyote scat? Both packed with undigested fur and rope-like. Any scat experts want to weigh in?
Also found this glossy little vine on my walk - looks like poison ivy but it’s Virginia creeper: five leaflets instead of three. Easy to mix up at a glance, but the leaflet count is a key giveaway.
May 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Also found this glossy little vine on my walk - looks like poison ivy but it’s Virginia creeper: five leaflets instead of three. Easy to mix up at a glance, but the leaflet count is a key giveaway.
Spotted this on my walk - looks like a young raspberry cane to me: compound serrated leaves, reddish stem, soft hairs. Growing wild in partial shade. Can any plant experts confirm?
May 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Spotted this on my walk - looks like a young raspberry cane to me: compound serrated leaves, reddish stem, soft hairs. Growing wild in partial shade. Can any plant experts confirm?
Just a few steps from where I found the owl pellet, I spotted this swollen lump on a stem - turns out it’s a gall, likely caused by the goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis). Inside is a single larva, safe and snug until it emerges. Nature’s tiny bunkers!
May 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just a few steps from where I found the owl pellet, I spotted this swollen lump on a stem - turns out it’s a gall, likely caused by the goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis). Inside is a single larva, safe and snug until it emerges. Nature’s tiny bunkers!
May the 4th be with you.
a man with a beard says the force will be with you always .
ALT: a man with a beard says the force will be with you always .
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May 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
May the 4th be with you.
My evening walk, the sky looked like a storm-wrung ocean flipped upside down. Caught this rare asperitas cloud formation just before the weather is expected to shift. Unreal, like the atmosphere was holding its breath.
April 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My evening walk, the sky looked like a storm-wrung ocean flipped upside down. Caught this rare asperitas cloud formation just before the weather is expected to shift. Unreal, like the atmosphere was holding its breath.
When you know you’re at a gas station in New England
April 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When you know you’re at a gas station in New England
Here’s something to brush up on (yeah bad pun) before your next dentist visit - know your molars from your premolars and your cuspids from your incisors. Tooth #8? That’s your upper right central incisor. Tooth #32? Lower right wisdom tooth.
April 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here’s something to brush up on (yeah bad pun) before your next dentist visit - know your molars from your premolars and your cuspids from your incisors. Tooth #8? That’s your upper right central incisor. Tooth #32? Lower right wisdom tooth.
From my walk earlier, these are altocumulus clouds, forming mid-altitude cotton-ball patterns across the sky. They develop when moist air rises and cools, causing water vapor to condense into droplets. Their patchy, wave-like look often signals changing weather - sometimes a warm front on the way.
April 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
From my walk earlier, these are altocumulus clouds, forming mid-altitude cotton-ball patterns across the sky. They develop when moist air rises and cools, causing water vapor to condense into droplets. Their patchy, wave-like look often signals changing weather - sometimes a warm front on the way.