Stephen Riffle, Ph.D.

Former researcher | Now freelance science writer, 👻 writer, & amateur wildlife 📸 | Words in @MRSBulletin, @NatureCustom, and more. He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈 🖤 Ally.

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

Sooo today I got to watch a #coyote take a nap in Golden Gat Park, and it was GLORIOUS

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@AnnieRothNews @calacademy Makes sense. I think I’m a mix of the coyote and the mariposa—hairy, into metal, but also pack oriented. But I also like trash tv, so maybe there’s some raccoon in there?

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@_ColinS_ @AnnieRothNews @hakaimagazine When editors wake up and choose violence, blob fish suffer.

[David Gallagher @DavidGallagher]

Spreckels Lake, Golden Gate Park, circa 1908
Picked up a couple of early prints recently, kids with model boats. Though it was initially filled with overflow water from the Dutch Windmill, I think the lake was specifically built for model boating, opening in 1904. #sfhistory

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@AnnieRothNews @hakaimagazine I think we all have those days where we're best described as sad misshapen lumps of fish.

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

Fun fact, PCR machines use the same type of device—in the form of Peltier blocks—to control denaturation, amplification, and annealing temperatures.

[Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine]

Japanese scientists who designed a freezer that works in the deep sea have successfully frozen an orange far below the waves. The next step is to improve the freezing time and eventually test the device on deep-sea organisms. 🍊

By @AnnieRothNews.

https://t.co/dlCgd7zqwU

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@hakaimagazine @AnnieRothNews @AnnieRothNews

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@hakaimagazine @AnnieRothNews Okay, but what did the Blob fish do to deserve such slander, "a sad, misshapen lump of a fish"?

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@AmiesPhilip @ArjDheer Agreed. I believe it was Shakespeare who said “A douche by any other credential would annoy as much.”

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@ianbonaparte 🎸
https://t.co/whSWGoWl0k

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@ianbonaparte Same. I’ve been using Russian Circles a lot as a standin when I need to focus but also get my metal on.

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@ArjDheer I get why other people—who are more comfortable celebrating their accomplishments, who need to fight harder to be heard, and who can inspire others—are more open about their qualifications.

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@ArjDheer That said, I can also get away with it a little easier b/c of the identities I present: cis straight white dude. I don’t need to try hard for ppl to listen or take me seriously. And I feel uncomfortable celebrating my wins. So those contribute to me keeping it on the dl.

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

My camera and mind would break from excitement, primal fear, and awe.

[Elakha Alliance @ElakhaA]

Ok, who had #cougar on their animal tidepool bingo card?! Sunday morning (7/16) a cougar was spotted hunting on #HaystackRock in #CannonBeach, #Oregon. It was a surprise for everyone 😱, especially photographer Andy Woo who captured these pics. #mountainlion #ocean #oregoncoast

[Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @EyaSpectre]

@anthro_andrew @deathbymustelid @pchrysafis

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[Becky Beck @TheBeckyBecksss]

Unreal watercolor Sky tonight…