Evolutionary biologist, teaching-track associate professor (knowledge transmitter), board game and cat enthusiast, archer, teller of Dad jokes. Sarcasm doesn't have to be mean. Also a "damn greenblooded hobgoblin". Ursula said I'm cool. I read a lot. 🏳️‍🌈🧫 👨https://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvm2wa3gas2f...that is, until I perfect my lionizer ray, which will transmogrify someone into an anthropomorphic lion at 30 paces. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm2wa3gas2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvlz6tw3z22fThis week's empirical results suggest that ground pork works as a meat in White People Tacos.16 Sep 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlz6tw3z22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvlfqu2p6k2fThe class period that triggered this last year is coming up within the next week. Difference in my approach this year vs last year: explicitly stating the bit about how humans who are neither XX nor XY are more common than people with MS, and similar in frequency to those with Parkinson's or Down. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlfqu2p6k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvkmayaunk2fThis is absolutely true. Some things are worse than they were 15 years ago. But wow is almost* everything better than it was 40 years ago. * There are exceptions. Climate change, for example. But so many, many things. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkmayaunk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvkivt7isk2iHobbes would like to point out: he is cuddly. You could be petting him. (Sound up)15 Sep 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkivt7isk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvjpq5gls32k [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjpq5gls32khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvjf3pu3et2kYouTube is currently suggesting a video to me titled: Your surname explained: The hidden logic behind surnames. And, I gotta say, I'm not thinking the logic behind mine is all that well hidden.15 Sep 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjf3pu3et2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvj3xoy5xk2uI see pumpkins are now available for sale at my grocery stores. Should I begin my carving so early that the first one(s) won’t last until Halloween?14 Sep 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj3xoy5xk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvijlzenms2uOne of these days, I may give into temptation and show up with the text of Matthew 6 on large posters next to the obnoxious Christian street preachers on campus who scream about Jesus and eternal judgement while students are just trying to get to class.14 Sep 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvijlzenms2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvh2ijobi22kFor students in the intro ecology and evolution course, we assign them trees on campus. Each week, they take pictures of these trees, and estimate what percent of the leaves have changed color, and what % have fallen. Accordingly, we have students fill out forms expressing preferences for trees.14 Sep 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvh2ijobi22khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mveesiwzuk2kMy brain still very much lives in a realm where it expects people to care that actions are blatantly illegal.13 Sep 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mveesiwzuk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mve5gfv6xk2kInsight of the moment of what it is like to be my friend. For context: this friend researches skull morphometrics.12 Sep 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve5gfv6xk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvd2tekgzc2kOne of my cats has recently developed Very Strong Opinions about when I should be in the living room vs when I should be in my bedroom. Even if he is not in contact with me in either location.12 Sep 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd2tekgzc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mvbqt6tpxc2kDean Canadian immigration authorities - I have spent all but 7 years of my life in close proximity to the Great Lakes. I grew up watching broadcast television from a Toronto station, I'm familiar with a wide range of sea shanties, and I've watched 15 seasons of The Murdoch Mysteries. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbqt6tpxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mv7lvw24rs2kWe must vote on what to do with Hugo. I propose a system of a single transferrable vote, under which options supported by a smaller percentage of the base will be systematically eliminated and their backers redistributed to remaining options. Perhaps we could do it in an extremely opaque way... [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7lvw24rs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mv7lvw24rs2kWe must vote on what to do with Hugo. I propose a system of a single transferrable vote, under which options supported by a smaller percentage of the base will be systematically eliminated and their backers redistributed to remaining options. Perhaps we could do it in an extremely opaque way... [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7lvw24rs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mv7ksmbrrs2kThe horrors persist, but I DID just get a meteorite in the mail from my monthly subscription box, so there's that.11 Sep 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7ksmbrrs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mv7bzulsuc2kI may be a simple Muppet fan, but: Isn't the whole point of the Muppet Show that it is a variety show with celebrity guests? Have some singing and dancing puppets, some skits that intermittently break the 4th wall, have the celebrities sing and/or dance along with the Muppets. Repeat. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7bzulsuc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mv6tc7qjsk2jSeen without attribution10 Sep 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6tc7qjsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmikewiser.bsky.social/post/3mv522c3ojc2kThis is the Niagara River; I grew up ~2 miles from it. This river connects Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. The bridge pictured here in the Rainbow Bridge, which connects Niagara Falls NY and Niagara Falls ON. The mist in the far background is the spray from Niagara Falls. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:prgirpu6za2df777ziwui4bj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv522c3ojc2k