Dad, Mol. Biologist, reader, music listener, etc...Skeeting about STEM, SciComm, science nonprofits, & also parenting, food, fitness, travel, being a grumpy GenXer. Aspiring to be an ally to anyone who needs allies, here and IRL.https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3my5svezctk22This year, in skeletons of things that don’t have (internal) skeletons.18 Oct 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5svezctk22https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mxzdxcnvps2jI worked as a carnie for one day when I was 19. They had me and another 19yo assemble a Tilt-a-Whirl. Pro-tip: Do not ride the Tilt-a-Whirl at a traveling carnival. We had a LOT of nut and bolts left over. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzdxcnvps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mxzdksaqac2jSome SNL cast member was banking on her being their golden ticket for cold opens this season, but now they worked on the impression for one measly episode. https://www.npr.org/2026/10/16/nx-s1-6005317/trump-casts-doubt-on-press-secretarys-future16 Oct 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzdksaqac2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mxh467c7mk2zYesterday I participated in my first (possibly last?😅) Hyrox, in the men’s open doubles. Hardest physical activity I’ve ever done. Really thankful for my Dad Bod Squad for motivating me to do hard things.09 Oct 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxh467c7mk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mwy4fiqfzk2iShout out to Reginah, the Saturday morning Wegman’s cashier I choose every week, even if her line is longer, because she understands that I want to bag my own groceries and I do not want to talk. Worth the wait.03 Oct 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwy4fiqfzk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mwloxt5fhs2aI bike to work 3-4 days a week and have a close call nearly *every day*. Last week, the closest call was a car that drifted into the bike lane directly in front of me while the driver obliviously texted on her phone. Sure hope that text was important enough to almost kill me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwloxt5fhs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mwlbuqwzjk27A few chapters into @heatherchristle.bsky.social’s “In The Rhododendrons” and it’s already speaking my language: “In groups of people…my mind can sometimes feel like a garden wilting in relentless sun. I need solitude, or movement, or ideally both to restore my thoughts to their unshriveled state.”28 Sep 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlbuqwzjk27https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mwglf3oq3227Now that I’m 50 it’s so hard to resist a Werther’s sale!26 Sep 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwglf3oq3227https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mwgg2euo7227My 13yo asked me what that “three letter thing” I mentioned at dinner that I had to do for work was and I replied “Which thing? Because right now I have to think about KPIs for the CRM and QMS sections of our AOP.” And a little bit of my soul died as the words left my mouth…🫠26 Sep 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgg2euo7227https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mw4qtvmo6s2sI turned 50 this past weekend! And thanks to my column gig in my local paper, I got to write about this milestone birthday: https://belmontvoice.org/generations-accepting-lifes-milestone-birthdays/22 Sep 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4qtvmo6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mvlhhrgows2xAn AI cautionary tale told through some Claude screen shots and a few Slack messages, with some political editorializing on my part.15 Sep 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlhhrgows2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mu5gianaz22fLesson learned yesterday as a PTO president. When recruiting volunteers through the PTO Facebook account for Belmont Middle School in Belmont, MA, you might accidentally recruit a parent at Belmont Middle School in Belmont, NC. 🤦 That was a very confusing phone call.28 Aug 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5gianaz22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mtwho3bruc2kI hope my donation is part of a bajillion dollars donated to the Imagination Library in her memory today. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwho3bruc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mtvuoqa6nk2pIf you are starting an email or PSA with "Just a friendly reminder...", consider calling it what it actually is, a P.A.R. (Passive Aggressive Reminder).25 Aug 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvuoqa6nk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3msyct2sim22dWas at a board meeting for the small local library I work with and mentioned that my other volunteer obligations are a little overwhelming right now. "Well you could step back from here if you needed to" said the president. Me: "No! This is my refuge!" https://belmontvoice.org/generations-calm-and-purpose-among-the-benton-stacks/13 Aug 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyct2sim22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3msgvspxlyc2zThe most important skill I will teach Claude today.06 Aug 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgvspxlyc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mrxhjduqzk2eEnjoying seeing some familiar faces while representing @addgene.bsky.social at the 2026 United States Culture Collection Network! #USCCN31 Jul 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxhjduqzk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mqyfatlls22oWhether Argentina wins or not, at least Messi got a LEGO kit out of it.19 Jul 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyfatlls22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mqwzqyiin22oThe most entertaining urinal I’ve ever used. GOOOOAAAAL!!!!18 Jul 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwzqyiin22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mqki4e2zks24This year’s sand sculpture in Sankt Peter-Ording. Real crab on top for scale.13 Jul 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqki4e2zks24https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mpxqt2pst22wI was initially annoyed when I realized I couldn’t watch World Cup games from our vacation apartment in Germany, but now that I know what happened with the US red card, I have no desire watch any FIFA event again. What an atrocious precedent (and president).06 Jul 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxqt2pst22whttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mphngtft3227Oh my god, Tah is going to be reliving that kick for the rest of his life😩29 Jun 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphngtft3227https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mpeirrm4u223Yesterday, a group of fellow middle-aged friends (aka The Dad Bod Squad) and I finished a Spartan Super 10K. I ended up running well over 10K due to a few penalty loops for obstacles I couldn't quite finish. This is how my mid-life crisis is manifesting, and I'm okay with that😅28 Jun 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeirrm4u223https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mp226glnxs2xYou may have to zoom in a bit to see it, but on my morning walk to work I discovered a scenario that perfectly embodies a pessimist’s view on life.24 Jun 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp226glnxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mouq3zj5dk2322 Jun 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouq3zj5dk23https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mopyl6cyws25Today my poem-a-day poem was Robert Frost’s “Build Soil”, first published in 1939. It features this line: “Bounds should be set To ingenuity for being so cruel In bringing change unheralded on the unready.” Whoo boy, if you only knew, Robert.20 Jun 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopyl6cyws25https://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mo56vfbgtk2wWhoa…you can get a yellow card for flopping now? Or sorry, “simulating”?13 Jun 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo56vfbgtk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mo3ol6hmyc2bI asked a ~12yo kid in my parkour class how doing parkour in Crocs was working out for him. He answered “Crocs are life, and life is parkour.” I…didn’t know what to do with that.12 Jun 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3ol6hmyc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/allostericsite.bsky.social/post/3mlc6fs5tjc2rWho can guess what science concept I was trying to convey to my daughter with this hastily drawn sketch?07 May 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:x3vhdvd4doddoqvdsur37o7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc6fs5tjc2r