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Craig B @mutillidae.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If I'm not occasionally taking breaks from the Sisyphean task of curation to capture and share images of amazing insects in the collection then what am I even doing here? #NaturalHistoryCollections #FocusStacking #Coleoptera #Meloidae

Close up of a crazy looking blister beetle: Cysteodemus wislizeni. The elytra are greatly expanded over the abdomen and look like a purple brain on top of the rest of the body. The body is deeply punctate and is metallic purple overall, with bluish and greenish tints. The image background is white; this focus stacked image was taken inside.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Finally, footage from that new whale graveyard. The fact that fossils and fresh carcasses mix together in this spot is bonkers. But of course it makes sense, because the scavengers that live down there also need a steady supply over millions of years. They can't just suddenly adapt to the deep.

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Whale graveyard discovered 7km under the sea

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Celebrate #WorldBeeDay with a visit to @romtoronto.bsky.social's Bee exhibit or just BeeHappy seeing them in the wild! A sweat bee for your scrolling pleasure.

Green Sweat Bee on a red & yellow flower.

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

@romtoronto.bsky.social opens today, May 16th, Bees: A story of Survival, an immersive exhibition using art & science to help you imagine life from a 🐝's perspective. From the National Museums of Liverpool & Wolfgang Buttress. I'm bee-side myself that my image was chosen for the ads #bees 🐝1/2

Add for Bees exhibition at the ROM. Bees: A Story of Survival. A large image of a Bicoloured Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) in flight. Wings down, metallic green thorax and head, black and white stripes on abdomen. Photo by Antonia Guidotti

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

⚽Thank you @romtoronto.bsky.social for inviting #GOAT Canadian soccer player Christine Sinclair & #CanadaSoccer legend Dwayne De Rosario for the Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture yesterday evening. It was a joy to listen to these great players reflect on their careers. ⚽/1

Three individuals seated on beige armchairs: left to right: Jessie Thomson of Right to Play, Christine Sinclair & Dwayne De Rosario. Jessie is wearing a blue blazer and black pants, Christine is in a black blazer and pants and Dwayne is in in a beige jacket with off-white pants and top.

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

🐝Such a beautiful day today! Went for a walk, admired the #bees 🐝, including this Mason bee (Osmia sp.). Can't wait for the opening of Bees: a Story of Survival @romtoronto.bsky.social May 15!

A dark, fuzzy mason bee (Osmia sp.) sitting on a dead leaf

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I am convinced that the pandemic will lead to 2 paradigm shifts. The first, as described in this article, is a reconceptualisation of pathogens as not just common causes of acute illness, but also common causes of chronic illness. The second will be the end of droplet dogma time.com/article/2026...

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Do You Have Unexplained Symptoms? They Might Be Post-Viral

When symptoms defy an obvious explanation, they could be the result of a past virus.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Lie: Bike-lanes cause traffic congestion. Truth: Bike-lanes help solve traffic congestion. Lie: Bike-lanes hurt street shops if they replace parking. Truth: Bike-lanes help street shops more than street parking does. Lie: Bike-lanes cost us too much. Truth: Bike-lanes save us all public money.

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Wonderful visit today @romtoronto.bsky.social with #WPY (Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Highly Commended in 15-17yo category) award winning photographer & young entomologist, Beckett Robertson, a former volunteer & student. Such an amazing photo!

Young man in orange jacket with baseball cap standing next to large image of a whip scorpion

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Christophe Duplais 🧪🐛⚗️🦋🪴🪲🌾⌬ @chemistophe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Here is the Cornell Chronicle article about our PNAS paper on the evolution of milkweed toxins (N,S-cardenolides), to which the monarch butterfly is sensitive, despite being co-evolved with milkweeds! @cornellentomology.bsky.social news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...

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Milkweed evolves ‘mind-blowing’ tactic to fight monarchs | Cornell Chronicle

Milkweed has found a new strategy in its epic evolutionary battle with monarch butterflies: structurally upgrading its toxins to outmaneuver monarchs' resistance.

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Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Spring clean your algorithm with this video of Crawford Lake! Enjoy a look at the beautiful animals you can find around Conservation Halton. You can watch the full video in ROM’s exhibition “Crawford Lake: Layers in Time,” which offers an engaging look at the record of human life on Earth.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 18/03/2026

What would it take for NDP support in a Liberal minority? Rabble asked every leadership candidate. We’re highlighting all who said proportional representation should be a condition. Here’s Avi Lewis’ response:

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

"Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away...if you truly care about other people, you'll put [a mask] on." We republished illustrator Gillian Levine's comic, "Reasons to mask in 2026" in @thesicktimes.org. Check it out 👀😷 thesicktimes.org/2026/02/27/c...

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Comic: Reasons to wear a mask in 2026 - The Sick Times

Artist Gillian Levine recently wrote and illustrated a comic sharing reasons to continue masking in 2026.

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Chocolate plants may have parasitoid wasp pollinators!!! Wow!!!

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Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." Happy birthday to the only and only Charles Darwin. 🧪

Black-and-white portrait of an elderly man with a bald head and a long, full white beard. He faces the camera directly with a serious, contemplative expression. Deep lines mark his forehead and cheeks. He wears a dark, heavy coat, and the plain, softly lit background keeps attention on his face. The photograph has visible scratches and wear,

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Nigel Raine @nigeleraine.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

New DNA metabarcoding results show the distribution of cavity nesting #bees & #wasps, & their food sources, from schools across 🇨🇦. This community science work, led by Sage Handler, reveals network links among plants, #pollinators, parasites, predators & prey doi.org/10.3897/mbmg... @mbmg.pensoft.net

Leafcutter bee visiting a pink flower to collect nectar (photo taken by Sage Handler)

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

#toronto, #snowstorm won’t be using the back door anytime soon! The front isn’t any better

Snow covered picnic table, shed, yard, fence and trees

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The new dinosaur exhibit is open at the @romtoronto.bsky.social and it's very cool! My friend saw this picture and asked if the dinosaur on the left was licking the one on the right, and while it's actually his tail, tbh I like the idea of defeating your enemy with the power of being super creepy

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Kathryn @kathrynas.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The @uwofa1 - University of Western Ontario Faculty Association - is quickly becoming a leader in post-secondary education messaging about the equity implications and importance of masking as an integral layer of C19 and flu mitigation. Let’s show them some love, folks! ❤️🙏

Black background with white text and an elephant wearing a mask towards the upper left-hand corner:

“Spotlight: Masking as an Equity Practice
Let's talk about the Elephant in the Room...high-quality masks are a tiny tool with big equity energy this respiratory illness season. Coughing, sneezing, fever, chills, and aches...
Ontario's wastewater confirms that it's rough out there!
Take it from the Middlesex-London Health Unit (Nov. 25 2025): "Staying home when feeling unwell and encouraging others to do the same helps us protect each other from viral illnesses. Frequent handwashing, covering coughs, socializing in well-ventilated spaces and wearing well-fitted face masks all contribute to reducing the risk of infection." Well-fitting respirators (N95s, KN95s, or equivalent)
significantly reduce the spread of illness. That matters not just for individual health, but for equity..”

Text continues: “Not everyone can afford to get sick. Missed pay, caregiving responsibilities, disability, chronic illness, or precarious work mean that "just catching a bug" can have very real consequences. Masking helps keep shared spaces safer for everyone - especially those most impacted when illness spreads.
When we choose high-quality masks in crowded indoor spaces, we reduce barriers to participation and help make meetings, classrooms, workplaces, and public spaces more accessible.
Not only are they effective at helping to prevent illness, but wearing a mask is also a visual indication of a commitment to equity. Practical, protective, and prosocial.
Keeping our campus safe during respiratory illness season also depends on having enough CUPE workers and resources to maintain clean, well-supplied, and healthy spaces. Access to soap, paper towels, clean washrooms, masks, sanitizer, and properly maintained buildings is essential to preventing the spread of illness.”

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This was before Christmas! Almost afraid to ask what it is now 😬🤧mask up 😷

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

1. Sometimes, the absurdity of the situation we're all in just hits me. Going forward, ongoing and continuous transmission of SARS-CoV-2 will lead to an ever-increasing percentage of the global population developing chronic illnesses due to sequelae of infection.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

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Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes

Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.

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Entomological Society of Ontario @entsocontario.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The Fall newsletter is here! Check it out for info on society updates, events, and postings! www.entsocont.ca/uploads/3/0/... #entomology #outreach #bugday #eso

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🧪🐝 imagining beautiful #bee faces using the Keyence today. This one is Augochlora pura collected in #Toronto

Masked woman with Keyence imaging microscope setup. Bee face on the screen

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse" "Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots." snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...

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The Grift Bubble

A Political Theory of American Collapse

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Kashif Pirzada, MD @kashprime.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Flu season is here somewhat early. Be careful out there, masks in crowded indoor spaces are a good idea, and get your flu (and Covid) shots asap.

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Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Imagine a drop of ancient resin. Inside is an insect, trapped for 53 million years, so well preserved it looks like it might twitch back into life. These amber fossils offer us a breath-taking glimpse into long vanished ecosystems. But there’s a catch

24 pieces of amber containing insects, all slightly different sizes and shapes, but all small and pinned to a clear plastic board

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🧪🦋Found this really old book in the @romtoronto.bsky.social entomology collection. Probably from the 1800s. Looks like the draft of an early Canadian entomology textbook. Trying to figure out the author & year. Any thoughts?🪰🐛 (E.M. Walker was the 1st curator @ROM, might be his?)

very old book with splotchy pattern on the cover. Probably 1800s

Cursive text: Sections on Entomology. " The Animal Kingdom is divided into serveral Departments, the Second of who A..... is divided into 3 classes: Insects, Crustacea and Annelida for worms. .... Lepidoptera

page from book: Header is Lepidoptera. Section I. Rhopalocera, or those with clubbed antennae, contain the butterflies. The Diurnal Lepidoptera or Butterflies, correspond with the Linnaean genus Papilio. Thier caterpillars are furnished with 16 feet (6 thoracic, 8 sentoral, 2 anal)....

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🧪@romtoronto.bsky.social is hiring, yay! 🐦,🌱curators in our Deparment of Natural History. Come work with us! royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO... royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...

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Curator of Plants & Sustainability - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page

Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Al Haddrell @ukhadds.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Many things will affect how well a student will do in school. Some you can control, others you can't One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions t.co/sSU5efGhHr

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https://youtu.be/CGjcvfTD5SQ

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Yes, thank you for putting it so simply. Wish my family understood this, they claim masks are too uncomfortable 😷

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Let me be clear. As someone who has been professionally involved with the biodefense / biosecurity sector for nearly 20 years, and has worked on biological risk analysis for Covid-19 since early 2020, reducing one's risk of being infected is not health anxiety. It's just smart.

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The photography & videography is amazing! I was so pleased to play a small part in this impressive doc. Watch on a big screen if you can. 🐛🦋🧪@mmp-inc.bsky.social #insects #caterpillars #bugs

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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

kind of incredible...what masks, distancing and school closures did to influenza activity early in the pandemic. Dashed line is pandemic onset in Ontario. Red=flu B, blue = flu A. Masking and closures are not sustainable population level strategies, but cleaning indoor air (same result) is.

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

These are beautiful! 🐞🐝🐜Do you 3D print the entire manipulator?

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Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This month, Third Tuesday Nights Free will be on Sept. 23! Ensure you book your free ticket in advance through our website to secure your spot. Presented by TD Bank Group Ready Commitment, visit us between 4:00pm - 8:30pm. www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...

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Third Tuesday Night Free

New Date: Tuesday, September 23New date, same great evening! September’s Third Tuesday Night Free has moved to Tuesday, September 23, 2025.The Museum will be free—for everyone—on the third Tuesday Nig...

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