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Marianne Alleyne

@cotesia.bsky.social
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Entomologist. Assistant Prof. University of Illinois C-U. Bioinspired Design is my jam, parasitoids my love. #Insect #SciPol #SciCom #Bioinspiration Dutch too.

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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A female senator from Minnesota schooling a senator from Missouri about an Iowa mascot (associated with one of today’s most popular female athletes) during a high-stakes Senate hearing = Modern-day American politics.
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A female senator from Minnesota schooling a senator from Missouri about an Iowa mascot (linked to one of today’s biggest female athletes) during a high-stakes Senate hearing. =Modern American politics. (While also sneaking in a gopher reference. 👏👏👏👏)
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Gopher's Surprised Look
Alt: Gopher's Surprised Look
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Updated our #5 shrine. Let’s gooooo Lynx. #WNBA #MinnesotaLynx (Art by SetAdriftArt)
Picture of Minnesota mug with purple lavender, an altar candle featuring antman, and framed of Olivia Miles dribbling a basketball. All displayed on a wooden cabinet.
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m excited about this truck.
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So, I’ve lived in the US legally for more than 40 yrs, but I’m not a US citizen. This latest SCOTUS ruling scares me. I KNOW those records are faulty because I get mailings sent to me that are intended for citizens only. Never signed a voter reg form, never set foot in a polling place. On purpose
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Dog Funny Dog
Alt: Dog’s scared expression
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We've long known mosquitoes travel with us including via plane. But infected mosquitoes carrying malarial parasites is a nightmare situation. Going to need to start fumigating. 🦟🦠✈️🧪
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Me, me, me, pick me….to do the review! I’m independent, external, fed up, fan of voetbal/football/soccer, I’m pro player, and i haz ideas.
theguardian.com
Infantino proposes an ‘independent external review’ of Fifa governance
The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has agreed to commission an independent governance review, in the wake of the World Cup sale debacle
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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I just think it’s strange that all the gambling companies have ads with athletes and celebrities instead of featuring all their users who have become millionaires betting, very strange indeed
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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Florida confirms a death from #dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09...
medicalxpress.com
Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks
Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue fever in decades, and the toll now includes a death.
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hi if you are in Minneapolis and are this 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog, get medical attention immediately!
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 19/09/2026
if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
protecting, maintaining and improving the health of il Minesotans
RABID BAT FOUND ON SIDEWALK
On Tuesday, September 15 at about 12pm, a bat was found on the sidewalk on Hennepin Ave between N. Washington Ave and N 3°St.
The bat died and was sent for rabies testing. This bat tested positive for
rabies.
A woman was seen crouching by the bat and putting it into a bag. She was described as a 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with curly brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. If this was you, please call 911 and ask to be connected to Animal Care & Control.
Bites from bats are tiny, may be painless, and may not leave a mark. An person who had physical contact or touched this bat should talk with health care provider this weekend for assessment. During the week, Minnesota Department of Health can also provide rabies assessments at 651-201-5414.
If vou did not touch or have any contact with the bat, you have no risk of rabies and do not need shots.
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Vaccinated! (Covid-19 & Flu) =Blue State living. Now will try to be as productive as possible for the rest of the day, before my body starts complaining for 24-48 hours as it usually does after these shots. Still, totally worth it. Thank you, Science!
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Vaccinated Woman Illustration
Alt: Vaccinated Woman Illustration
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tempted to have a T-shirt printed for walking around campus that says: “Yes, I’m almost 60 and thus almost invisible to you, but please move one step to the side so I don’t have to walk through the bushes to let you pass.” But more concise and with profanity.
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Ricardo Hurtado Says Move It!
Alt: A college-aged person looks out toward the ocean. Meanwhile, a megaphone moves close to their ear and shouts, "Move it!"
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
also there are like ten people waiting outside Mitch’s house
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This movie was produced to speak to a very specific audience: those on Team Jesse, & who have loved Costner’s voice since forever (swoon), are dog people, an regularly watch classic F1 races. And need something pulpy after a tough week. IOWs, specifically produced for ME! I didn’t stand a chance.
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki designed eight buildings in Minnesota, 1958-1981. www.docomomo-us-mn.org/minoru-yamas...
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Minoru Yamasaki in Minnesota
Minoru Yamasaki with Model, 1958. Image Credit: Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sign of the times. Everyone in this train car looking at their phone. Everyone missing a gorgeous sunset right outside their window. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Enjoyed my walk in the woods today. Finally traveled to a place (NH/VT) that wasn’t currently experiencing a heatwave. I haven’t felt chilled in an outdoor setting for many months. This suits me much better. Good to find inspiration in nature again.
Collage of fungi/slime of various colors and shapes. Middle picture is of a hiking sign.   Collage of fungi/slime of various colors and shapes.
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I always approve of a double serving of insect and resistance art. #minnesotastatefair #mnstatefair #minnesota #mnsf
Art work displayed on white background showing the back of a woman (Renée Good?) with hair in a bun, surrounded by butterflies. With text: They whispered to her. You cannot withstand the storm. I am the storm. She whispered back. Art work won a third place e ribbon (also displayed). The artist is Sonja Bogart from Becker, MN.
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Left a wish at Haedong Yonggungsa Temple. (Busan, South Korea)
Collage with three images. Top image of many colorful lanterns seen from above, with ocean in the background. Bottom two images show message left on gold card under one of the lanterns. “May the world remember Dolly’s love and spirit forever and ever. M&A. 8/26/26”
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Charles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RE: freedom of speech, academic freedom, and race science. In this (long) thread, I’m going to 1) establish my bona fides on academic freedom and race science, 2) show why academic freedom and freedom of speech are different and… 1/34
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Unrelatedly, 🚨🚨COOL BUG JOB ALERT🚨🚨 arthropod biodiversity at good ol’ Cal! I think lepidopterists are encouraged (in the Jerry Powell tradition) but for sheer “biodiversity” we can all admit beetles deserve this aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
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Assistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Left a wish at Haedong Yonggungsa Temple. (Busan, South Korea)
Collage with three images. Top image of many colorful lanterns seen from above, with ocean in the background. Bottom two images show message left on gold card under one of the lanterns. “May the world remember Dolly’s love and spirit forever and ever. M&A. 8/26/26”
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Tried to capture and channel this spirit. #HulkSmashNazis
Night time scene. Statue of the Hulk in Busan, seeming to emerge from the water. Bridge and fireworks in the background.
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Thomas Hörren @thoerren.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Schwärmende Eintagsfliegen an der Donau in Budapest. Ephoron virgo, bei uns etwas wenig liebevoll „Uferaas“ genannt, ist dort die Danube fly, also Donau-Fliege. Wenn sie schwärmt, prägt sie das nächtliche Stadtbild. Nach wenigen Stunden ist das Spektakel vorbei.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Laugh all you want at Trump's Hormuz claims, but this is the historical tweet that the fire ants sent out in May 1975 and we all know what happened next
Graphic mimicking Donald Trump's Truth Social post that the Strait of Hormuz was "new US Territory", but it says "New Fire Ant Territory" with Texas marked on the map.
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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🦟 It’s #WorldMosquitoDay — and Day 4 of Entomology Advocacy Week! Join entomologists in asking Congress to support critical vector-borne disease legislation, the Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act and SMASH 2.0 Act. Send your message: buff.ly/PZ53LmH #EntVocate
The image includes a photo of an Asian tiger mosquito. In the bottom left, there’s the ESA logo. In the top right, there is white text on a gray background that reads, “Entomology Advocacy Week 2026. Advance Vector-Borne Disease Legislation.” The photo is by Jessee J. Smith via iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147150937) under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Annyeonghaseyo, I’m visiting your amazing country and capital from the United States. I’m impressed by many things, including public transport, your food, and this reflecting pool. We have so much to learn. Teach me how it’s done.
Three workers dressed all in black cleaning reflecting pool in Seoul Forest Park with pressure hoses. High rises in the background.
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New paper on seeing in air and water with compound eyes! The problem: physics The solution: physics Elegantly described with the dream team @tannermierow.bsky.social and @alexkingston.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which INSECT BIODIVERSITY LOSS is a key element (at the assistant professor level). illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Picture of a green tree-lined quad at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, with Foellinger Hall in the background. Skies are often this blue.
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Zooming in on insects.
theguardian.com
‘Once I started zooming in, I never stopped’: the mesmerising art of macro photography
Coverts describe a demanding form of capturing nature very close up that has grown in popularity in last few years
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Come be our colleague!!!! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Job posting that reads: 

Assistant Professor

Insect Declines

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 
The Department of Entomology and the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invite applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which insect biodiversity loss is a key element, including understanding how anthropogenic stressors (such as land-use change, climate change, agriculture, invasive species, and pollution) are causing declines in insect abundance, biomass, species richness, or range size. Candidates whose work addresses amelioration of anthropogenic changes to species, populations, and people, and who are working to develop new strategies for insect and biodiversity conservation and long-term monitoring, are especially welcome to apply. We additionally encourage researchers who can build connections and expand research in understudied global regions.
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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It’s that time again, friends. Time to share the greatest eclipse explainer ever.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
For me, this is one of the most powerful Calvin and Hobbes strips.
A four panel Calvin and Hobbes strip. Calvin arrives with a butterfly in a jar and says look i caught a butterfly. Hobbes says if people could put rainbows in zoos, they would. Calvin looks thoughtful and releases it
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed at home. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants: www.themarginalian.org/2020/01/29/e...
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A Curious Herbal: Gorgeous Illustrations from Elizabeth Blackwell’s 18th-Century Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants
Time-travel to the dawn of modern medical science via the stunning art of a self-taught woman illustrator and botanist.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Guess the Fauci lawyer has not seen Rodgers play in a while.
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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
There is pressure for universities to offer degrees that promise students higher incomes than they could have with a high school degree. This is problematic for several reasons 1/n
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/08/2026
Sometimes I see something in nature and then spend the next several years waiting for the shot. Sometimes I never get it. Sometimes you see it and a week later you land it: I give you tonight's murder of crows in front of the sunset. 🪶
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Bill Ryerson @billryerson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Prepped for the semester? Want to think through some ideas? Let us help!
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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New higher ed job alert: tenure-track Molecular Biologist in the Biology Dept at Bucknell University. Come be a part of our PUI teacher-scholar tradition! Application review begins 29 Sep 2026. 1/2 #STEMeducation #undergradresearch #higheredjobs bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Tenure Track Faculty Position in Molecular Biology
Position Title: Tenure Track Faculty Position in Molecular Biology Position Type: Full time Location: Robert L Rooke Science Center - Biology Categories: Faculty Exempt Job Summary: Job Duties: The De...
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Today I imagined myself as Arthur Smith from Elif Shafak’s “There Are Rivers in the Sky”, except for the wicked intellect, poverty, extremely polluted Thames, magical raindrop, etc. But I did get a bonus bevy of swans, and a suitcase full of “sea” glass.
Picture of a small sandy beach with high rises in the background (canary wharf) and an old pier with bolts sticking out on the left, and some apartments. The beach is along the Thames (between Limehouse and Wapping). On the beach are lots of pigeons and at least 6 swans.
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Excellent editorial in local newspaper about Illinois farming’s future, and that of our environment.
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Marc A. Milne @forthespiders.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It may be surprising to some that there are thousands of undescribed species just sitting in museums awaiting description. One of the main reasons this problem exists is that taxonomy is undervalued and underfunded, a trend that coincides with the devaluing of studies on natural history.
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Marit 👹 @maritstensby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What is it with dogs and sticks! 🐕🪾😂
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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
One of the quiet bright moments of lockdown was Sam Neill serenading us on the ukulele. This type of tenderness feels rare nowadays, how lucky we were. Thank you for everything. ❤️❤️❤️
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Nothing to see here: Just 292,150+ people warning about Trump Admin’s new federal rule to strip grant funding power away from experts, scientists and unbiased arbiters Instead granting power over federal grants to Trump appointees Enormous issue Comment deadline is today
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It's always nice to have biological collections acknowledged as "irreplaceable evidence bases" and essential records of life on Earth. 🧪🪲 iucn.org/news/202607/...
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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
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