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Bri Johns

@briannaljohns.bsky.social
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Former Fulbright Student Researcher + NSF SEEKCommons fellow working on The Mothbox project | Wildlabs Open Source Solutions group manager | she/they briannaljohns.com

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Here's a nice article by @briannaljohns.bsky.social about #openhardware and #ecology www.dinalab.net/2026/07/08/w...
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What open hardware can teach us about the commons in ecological research – Bri Johns – Digital Naturalism Laboratories
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Ohhh I found our first ever Rosy Maple Moth from one of our Mothbox deployments at @briannaljohns.bsky.social parent's in North Carolina! #teammoth
what a beauty moth!
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hey look we got a cool new paper out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social all about the MOTHBOX! Hubert put together a really nice paper with our team including Bernat Fortet, Daisy H. Dent, @wellreadpanda.bsky.social and @briannaljohns.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Mothbox and Mothbot: Automated light trap and data processing system for scalable insect monitoring
Insects represent the most diverse group of organisms on Earth and comprise the majority of known species; yet they are seldom accounted for in large-scale biodiversity monitoring systems and cons...
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Man, documenting something while you build it makes it take like 100 times longer! But i finally finished the steps for how to build the latest "Mothbox Pro." Now, when I put them together, it's a breeze! digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
mothbox shell setting next to its own brainputting wires into stuff with fingersa bunch of mothboxes on a crazy person's floor
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Bri Johns @briannaljohns.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We're bringing back Open Science Shop + Mothbox meetings in 2026! Interested in manufacturing Mothboxes locally? Then these meetings are perfect for you! New meeting times: 1am and 3pm UTC. @dinalab.bsky.social
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Margaret Stanley @ecostanley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Some big diffs between citizen science observations (from iNaturalist) and specimen records (from digitised museum collections) - cit. sci records biased towards large inverts & exotic spp. Great MSc project with recommendations 🌏🧪@nzhymenoptera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Fun news! Our post about finding the caterpillar of the White Witch moth (while we were on our big mothbox expedition) is listed on the front page of the @inaturalist.bsky.social recap of posts of the year! www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025?u...
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iNaturalist's Global 2025 Year in Review
Highlights and stats from 2025 on iNaturalist
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Bri Johns @briannaljohns.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The Open Science Shop is working to develop a distributed manufacturing network of open science hardware. I am excited to share that the Open Science Shop has now documented the steps you can take to become an open science hardware vendor. Check it out here: www.openscienceshop.org/new_vendors/
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New Vendor Information
Information and resources for new Open Science Shop vendors
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We’re excited to release the DIGITCORE Toolkit! The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research (DIGITCORE) outlines challenges, problems, and situations experienced in collaborative environmental research. Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org
DIGITCORE - The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
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You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
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Open Science Hardware Foundation @opensciencehw.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🎉 @opensciencehw.bsky.social has named @griffey.bsky.social its 1st Executive Director! A leader in 🔓 open infrastructure & the 🔍 research ecosystem, Jason will guide OSHF to build sustainable community-driven systems for #openscience worldwide. opensciencehardware.org/2025/10/oshf... #opensource
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging! I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org : dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
title card saying sharing berries and tools. creating gift economies with inspiration from open source movements and Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Vampire moths might sound more horror film than natural world, but they’re 100% real! 😱 See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
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Diogo Veríssimo @diogoverissimo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🌍 Languages of Life | Línguas da Vida | Bahasa Kehidupan 🗣️🌱 Biodiversity doesn’t speak only English. 🌳🐒 If species cross borders, our words should too. New paper in @ConLetters : why saving life also means using more languages 🔗https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13139
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 25/09/2025
"We are not here to drop the aid and go home and pat ourselves on the back. We are here to establish a humanitarian corridor for states themselves to assume their responsibilities."
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Italy, Spain Deploy Naval Ships After Drones Repeatedly Attack Gaza-Bound Flotilla
Spain and Italy are sending naval vessels to protect the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla after activists said drones repeatedly attacked their boats near Greece on Wednesday. Activists said the most ...
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
very informative, if not very optimistic, piece on Nepal’s upheaval this month, its background and context: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Nepal’s Violent Gen Z Uprising
Fed up with élite corruption and widening inequality, a youth-led movement toppled the government in forty-eight hours. Now what?
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Our entirely localized open source processing scripts for The mothbox now have a cool new UI! JUST SELECT YOUR FOLDERS AND START FINDING COOL BUGS! @briannaljohns.bsky.social even made nice documentation to show you how to do it! digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
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Open Source Low Cost DIY Nocturnal Insect Monitoring
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Queer Night Hike! We took the local queer activist group, Salva El Grillo, on a fun nocturnal adventure in the rainforest! Saw so many creatures including: Olingo, caiman, red eyed tree frogs, scorpions, and more!
Some dude showing some critter to folksAnolis lizard Group photo!Amblypigid on a cheek
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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
✨Science Spotlight✨ A Melbourne study shows gardened nature strips attract more insects than lawn - boosting bees, beetles & butterflies 🐝. Providing habitat and resources in urban spaces can make a big difference for biodiversity 🧪🌍 @philippabell.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Flowers by the roadside. Text overlay says: Citizen-led nature strip gardens attract more insects than lawn, study finds.
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Testing the MEGA MOTHBEAM. It kicked ass tonight and didn't melt itself! With @briannaljohns.bsky.social
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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
'All paths lead to water' - my newest aerial embroidery, inspired by the grounds of Antony House, Cornwall! I loved the radiating paths through the trees leading to the water edge so here's my take on the landscape... with kayakers! Now available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a...
An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts green-blue water, piers and kayakers with fluffy wool trees and rich green grass. An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts green-blue water, piers and kayakers with fluffy wool trees and rich green grass. An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts green-blue water, piers and kayakers with fluffy wool trees and rich green grass.
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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Hard to read but just one example of the human cost of wildfires - with climate change increasing the number of fires each year. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
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‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’
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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!
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Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Making super low cost moth attractors with Dinalab crew: @wellreadpanda.bsky.social @briannaljohns.bsky.social
Glowing lady testing LEDsA bunch of totally not suspicious looking electronics
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 22/08/2025
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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Bri Johns @briannaljohns.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Interested in building & selling Mothboxes locally? We're starting up a working group of vendors across the globe interested in manufacturing Mothboxes ✨ Join us for our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC! @dinalab.bsky.social www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
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Join the Mothbox Working Group for our first meeting!
We're kicking off the Mothbox Working Group with our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC.
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
So this is what I needed the "neutral face" author photo for :) I'm pontificating about why big sticky animals are hard to find. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A huge stick insect has been discovered in Australia. Here’s why that’s important | Gwen Pearson
Yes, they can be hard to spot – but this find in Australia highlights how little we know about creatures crucial to our ecosystem, writes entomologist Gwen Pearson
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Here's a super cool documentary about the Mothbox! Learn about the development and use of this fun #openscience #opensource tool for DIY biodiversity monitoring! youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
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Mothbox - Wildlabs Award 2024
YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)
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Open Science Hardware Foundation @opensciencehw.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🚨 REMINDER: We're #hiring a new Executive Director! 📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware: opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were... #job #opensource #sciencejob
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We’re hiring: Executive Director - Open Science Hardware Foundation
Job Summary The Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF) is a U.S.-based 501c3 not-for-profit organization working to foster enabling ecosystem for open-source development of scientific instruments, eq...
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Have you wanted a mothbox? But didn't have time to build one yourself? We have a rare opportunity of a couple extra moth boxes in the USA that we could potentially ship to people at cost. It's basically $375 in parts plus shipping!
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Doing Mothbox surveys in Indonesia during Dinacon led to serendipity where we could quickly see if the mothbox could be used as an undersea monitor for the coral restoration projects. Turns out it's pretty easy to do! youtu.be/-0oF8C5FCJU?...
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Mothbox Undersea Tests
YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Happy Gosh Gathering from Dinacon!! 10 years ago @goshcommunity.bsky.social made a goal to make open science hardware ubiquitous by 2025! The time has arrived and we are celebrating #opentools here with 53 people at Dinacon! #openscience #opensource
Soon to be open kaleidoscope Andy and bri celebrate with shirts snd people making pcbs
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/06/2025
Fulbright board members are resigning “rather than endorse unprecedented actions that we believe are impermissible under the law, compromise U.S. national interests and integrity, and undermine the mission" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
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Melissa McMasters @melissamactn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I think your power users, the ones who consistently contribute high-quality observations or IDs, understand the diff btw the LLM you use now and GenAI, and many of us are VERY wary of the latter. Is it worth making the UX better for casual users at the expense of the ones who are really committed?
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“Instead of just offering AI species suggestions of what you saw, we want to offer a why as well.” iNaturalist now has a statement explaining their controversial decision to partner with Google on a limited generative AI tool. www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-...
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iNaturalist receives grant to improve species suggestions
iNaturalist is excited to announce an award from Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI to help build tools to improve the identification experience for the iNaturalist community. The project we propos...
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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
For #PrideMonth , an updated reading list by @jjinsing.bsky.social via integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/w... List jayjinsing.github.io/ReadingList/ & be sure to read Jay's coauthored ICB work Cross-sexual Transfer Revisited. doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #LGTBQI #Pride
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Cool new article from @hacksterio.bsky.social about the Mothbox! www.hackster.io/news/mothbox...
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Mothbox 4.5 Takes Advantage of AI and Open Source Hardware for Insect Identification
Low-cost, high-performance insect monitor allows users to deploy the platform in remote locations.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 29/05/2025
For Fulbright Applicants, a DEI Disqualifier The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kg5Fii
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Fulbright Applicants Rejected Over “DEI” Research Proposals
The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
"Tested" is a great and beautifully made, thoughtful podcast miniseries on the history of testing for sex in sports and the way it mostly serves exclude trans women and to harm cis women with natural variation www.newamerica.org/fellows/even...
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Tested: A Surprising History of Women's Sports
Join New America Fellows and ASU's Sports @ Humanities Institute for a conversation about the podcast, Tested.
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Doing a quick jungle pcb workshop with @wellreadpanda.bsky.social and @briannaljohns.bsky.social
Two people walking with new PCBs
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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
If you haven't seen it, you are definitely missing out. This series hits so many incredible, imaginative themes, and the world-building is fascinating. I'm so, so sad it was cancelled. Still utterly worth giving the single season a watch.
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KetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Know your insect antennae! #insects #bugs #antennae #entomology #education #art #SciArt
A chart of the different types of insect antennae
First row:
Setaceous (like a bristle)
Filiform (like a thread)
Moniliform (beaded)
Serrate (toothy)
Second row:
Pectinate (comb-like)
Bipectinate (double combs!)
Clavate (club-like)
Capitate (club-ended)
Third row:
Aristate (a nub with a hair stuck to it)
Pilose (brushy)
Plumose (feathery)
Geniculate (bendy straw)
Fourth row:
Stylate (small and pointy)
Flabellate (fan-shaped)
Lamellate (stack of plates)
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Open Environmental Data Project @openenvirodata.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We’re so proud to release the Community Data Playbook! Communities around the world collect and use #environmental data, but face barriers in using data to its fullest extent; to unlock the potential benefits of community-generated environmental data, we need better data governance approaches.
Community Data Playbook Cover
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WILDLABS Community @wildlabs.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
After reviewing 251 applications, it’s time to introduce the winners of the WILDLABS Awards 2025! We're honoured to work with @Arm again to support and advance the adoption, scaling, & innovation of #conservationtech. Learn more about the awardees here: wildlabs.net/article/anno...
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
What a powerful recounting of the tragedy of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina from @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social + team. With hurricane season less than 2 weeks away, are other inland communities prepared for what these storms can bring? www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
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Helene’s Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Got the first test of basic Mothbox pcb making in hand! Thanks to the amazing open source program @kicad.org !! And other open source plugins, i had these in my hands 48 hours after finishing the design!
Pcb of the mothbox in hand
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
How neat! The Mothbox got featured in this cool article about this great rainforest reforestation group we are working with in Panamá! wedgetailventures.substack.com/p/pro-eco-az...
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Pro Eco Azuero is restoring critical habitat, one farm at a time
“Farm restoration doesn’t succeed in the long term unless the community feels it’s their project too.”
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our new paper led by Rachel Carmenta explodes the myth that poverty drives biodiversity loss - we show that it is wealth that has a disproportionate role 🌍 authors.elsevier.com/c/1l3Im6gsyP...
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julianstirling @julianstirling.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Executive at the Humanitarian Technology Trust! The Trust is a new UK Charity supporting open-source technologies that benefit humanity. Our first project the OpenFlexure Microscope. Find out more at httrust.org @openflexure.bsky.social
Four OpenFlexure Microscopes arranged in a square and viewed from the top. Each microscope is white, but each has accents in a different colour.
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Adrian Bowyer @adrianbowyer.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Today is the launch day for the Humanitarian Technology Trust* - a charity devoted to advancing open-source humanitarian technology through local manufacturing. Please take a look at httrust.org Please also re-post. And, if you can, please donate - link above. --- * I'm chair of the trustees.
Open-source 3D printers in a developing world workshop.
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