Grumpy Scientist

@grumpy-scientist.bsky.social

Scientist. Grumpy. Per aspera ad astra.

Y’all need to stop falling for every post with 🚨 in it. Just because it has the words “BREAKING” doesn’t mean it’s true. People running victory laps about fake stuff and calling the other side “gullible” is the reason why we can’t have nice things.

The headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg.

Signed portrait of Theodor Escherich, MD (1857-1911). Dr. Escherich was a German-Austrian pediatrician, best known for his discovery of the Escherichia coli bacterium

This 2012 electron microscope video is from James Tyrwhitt-Drake, a scientist at University of Victoria’s Advanced Microscopy Facility. In order, you're looking at: An amphipod (~5 mm = 5000 microns) A diatom (50 microns) A bacteria (1 micron). Life at every scale! (📷: James Tyrwhitt-Drake)

Since when did we start accepting “flat earth” as an opinion? It’s not an opinion, it’s a delusion. It’s wrong, easily disproven, and just plain stupid. We’re helping no-one by coddling these idiots.

64 teams was great. Got lots of great teams to play and they did great. We all had fun watching them play. Everything else can go. Also, Tebas is a well known fascist.

TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social · 2w ago

In an interview, La Liga president Javier Tebas criticized Gianni Infantino's decisions as FIFA president, including the Folarin Balogun ruling and the push for a 64-team #FIFAWorldCup, and calls for a change in leadership. via La Gazzetta dello Sport

Just a reminder that it costs you NOTHING to check your side mirrors before you open your car door - it could save a life. Same with checking your side mirrors before turning right. Same with not flooring it thru yellow lights. Cyclists find motorcycles riders deserve to make it home alive.

Congratulations to Spain on its victory over Argentina. Millions of people around the world are celebrating, especially in Latin America and Spain, the new winners of the 2026 World Cup.