Dave Baltrus 🦦

@surtlab.bsky.social

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Professor at UArizona interested in genome rummaging, microbial evolution, and occasional tales about having backyard farm animals. “I’m something of a scientist myself” Baltrus(at)Arizona.edu

Jesus and puppies
Wayne (a man in a dark shirt and hat) saying “yeah and monkeys might fly out of my butt”
The fall coffees are out
A seated man with his hands raised with the word “absolute cinema” below him
Messed up Cristian Ronaldo statue
A man signaling with three fingers
Little league kids holding up a district banner
A man radioing that he’s under attack from commie nazis as a Simpsons bit
Godzilla holding up both middle fingers saying “nope nope nope”
Emus! Plural!
Man saying “quantum”
Scrooge Mcduck jumping into his money bin
Godzilla walking away with middle fingers up saying “nope”
Napster download screen with songs from 1999
Godfather pictured, quoting “look how they massacred my boy”
A giant wolfhound, a tiny Jack Russell terrier, and a pig waiting at the back door
Woman with a nervous expression and text that says “(laughing nervously) what the fuck?”
Responses to the post that quote direct lines from the movie Labrynth…
Foldseek cat character happily pointing out that results are in
Mr. Incredible light on the left, in dark on the right
Justin Trudeau dressed in suit and tie
Principal Skinner looking down and then saying “no it’s the pope that is wrong”
Gila monster, being shy
wint @dril issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them" 3:02 AM • Feb 15, 2017
DO THEY TASTE LIKE BEEF? Not at all! The flavors-Chocolate Peanut Butter and Maple Cinnamon-are carefully crafted to taste sweet and satisfying, with just a hint of savory depth. Think less 'steak' and more 'unique, crunchy, protein-packed cereal!
A blue Lego hummingbird
Mr. DNA from Jurassic park A headless creature that has a face and eyebrows and hands, but a body made from tiny circles representing nucleus acids
Squidward watching spongebob and Patrick through a window
Scene from Jurassic park movie: A man looks in a questioning way. Letters at top say “you were so preoccupied with whether or not you could” Letters at bottom say “You didn’t stop to think if you should”
Charred burrito
Squid looking longingly out a window at two happy friends
Map of Ireland with Obama rest area pinned
Picture from the tv show Coach, two white men. One in. Blue shirt one in a varsity jacket. Craig T Nelson and Bill Fagerbakke
The F-15EX Eagle Il has a reported flyaway cost of approximately $90 million to $97 million per unit as of late 2023, based on production lots 2-4. When fully equipped with advanced systems like the EPAWSS electronic warfare suite, the total cost for a combat-ready aircraft can reach up to $117 million.
One man says “what a year, huh” The other man says “captain, it’s only March” Dog happily sips an ale
VWR ULT freezer panel
Crystal minion
Tweet saying: I'm 50. All celebrity news looks like this: 'CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT'
Drawing of me in lab on fire, and says “watch me not set myself on fire”
Shot of a tweet saying “the last decade has been the democrats clinging onto the rule book going “but a dog can’t play basketball!” While a dog fucking dunks on us over and over
= NATIONAL REVIEW Jan. 2,2026 Randall explains why that would matter: An SAT score isn't the same thing as being able to write an interesting book or discover something interesting in a lab. But a standardized test score isn't a bad proxy for student merit in undergraduate admissions, and it isn't a bad proxy for faculty merit in the hiring process. If the public and policymakers can see that a faculty search had 300 applicants, that the standardized test scores dropped during each round of the selection process, and that the person who got the job had a lower SAT score than 290 other applicants, then they can see that something is wrong. This is a very good idea.
A man looking nervously but encouragingly at start but then disappointed
Woman with a nervous face and laughing asking “what the fuck?”
Big pink Mexican restaurant
Worst person you know picture from the onion
Same fishing email, just with new signature
Fishing email saying that a student has filed a report for my class
Math equation with weird squiggly N
Top panel is a man saying “am I wrong?” Bottom panel is the man saying “no, it’s the Pope who is wrong”
Spam email promising annual membership to submit journal articles
Meet the fockers movie poster
Muppet ghost of Christmas past
Godzilla sticking up both middle fingers and saying “nope”
Cow. Eyeballs.
Boy with fake pipe through his head And tiny dog sleeping on gigantic dog
Water vapor coming off hot head in cold weather