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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My book trailer for SuperColony Wars and the story behind it are on my Substack. Enjoy. davenocera.substack.com/p/official-t...

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Official trailer for my book, Supercolony Wars: An Insect Epic.

THE STORY BEHIND THE TRAILER—in my own words

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Good morning. A bee on my Buddleja davidii, Butterfly Bush. Hope your Sunday is a happy and relaxing one my friends. If you’re on your own today, we’re all one big family here, so stop by and have a chat. 😊 #bee #NatureLovers #BloomScrolling #Stunday #MacroMonday #photography #ECK

A close-up photograph of a buff-tailed bumblebee feeding from a cluster of pale lilac butterfly bush (Buddleja) flowers. Seen from behind, the bee’s fuzzy black body is marked with bright yellow bands across the thorax and abdomen, ending in a white tail. Its translucent wings are slightly blurred in motion as it clings to the tiny trumpet-shaped blossoms, each with a vivid orange centre. The surrounding flowers fill the frame in shades of soft purple, while the background melts into a smooth blur of greens and mauves, drawing attention to the bee and the intricate detail of the nectar-rich blooms.

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Henrietta Lacks helped find most cures to cancer and saved or extended millions of lives. If you haven read this book you are missing out on one of the most profound influencers of our times: www.amazon.com/dp/1400052181

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Skloot, Rebecca: Amazon.com: Books

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks [Skloot, Rebecca] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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ClaraTheWriter @clarathewriter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

One entry I wrote as a failure turned out to be the most important sentence in the notebook. It said: practiced for twenty minutes. Nothing happened. But I stayed. When did showing up without results teach you something? #yogapractice #discipline #showingup

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The audiobook is now live on Audible, narrated by Olivier Award winner Amy Gordon. A book told entirely from inside an ant colony. No human heroes. Just pattern, memory, and what persists. Honest reviews welcomed. amazon.com/dp/B0GZRGK6MD

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THE SUPERCOLONY WARS: An Insect Epic

In 1907, a cargo ship docked in California carrying, among other things, a small colony of Argentine ants. Nobody noticed. Within a century those ants had formed the largest cooperative supercolony e...

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I watched my son being born. Then my daughter, two years later. From the very first hour. I could see the threads of their personalities emerge; some of that never changed. I raised flocks of chickens and noticed a similar pattern. New post on emergence: emergentpress.substack.com

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Emergent | Dave Nocera | Substack

How consciousness survives. In colonies, in the multiverse, and in the space between individuals. Click to read Emergent, by Dave Nocera, a Substack publication.

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ClaraTheWriter @clarathewriter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

We've been taught that stillness means not moving. But the Buddha walked for forty-nine days after his awakening. Maybe wisdom needs legs. How does your body find its own way to stillness? #meditationpractice #embodiedwisdom #movementmeditation

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Just like ants building a bridge, no single ant has the blueprint; the ant bridge emerges through infinite tenacity. What survives is what works. The internet was built the same way.

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Did you ever notice that thoughts just pop into your head fully formed? You didn't watch them develop. You weren't there for the iteration. You just received the tree. The seed was always doing the work in the dark. New post exploring what that means. emergentpress.substack.com

$A graphic advertising my free Substack on meditation, trees, and fractals at emergentpress.substack.com.$

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

$A graphic advertising my free Substack on meditation, trees, and fractals at emergentpress.substack.com.$

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I am a second-generation beekeeper. One afternoon, I watched a bee emerge from its cell for the first time. I genuinely believe I watched a mind assemble itself from instinct, from the collective intelligence. That moment never left me. Are there moments that rewired the way you see the world?

A beekeeper holding a frame of bees from the hive.

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I spent 34 years in computing tech and have 5 US patents on managing complexity. Here’s my take: #1 reason vendors push constant software updates isn’t security. It’s cost. Maintaining multiple test beds is expensive. It's labeled “security critical," and suddenly we all have to take it. No choice.

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A crab has a brain the size of a pencil tip. No Plan. No concept of what it is building. Just a simple meme -> dig, repeat, dig, repeat. Until the substrate reveals a city nobody planned. Consciousness isn't the builder. Consciousness is what emerges when enough builders follow the same signal.

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Paul Halpern @phalpern.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Announcing my new book THE GREAT ATOM DEBATE. Journey back in time and witness an epic struggle between two scientific geniuses over the very nature of reality. History of physics at its most riveting! Now available for preorder: greatatomdebate.com #Science #ScienceBook #Physics #PhysicsBook

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A Sandhill Crane colt picking up the pace to catch up to the crane parents.

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

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The Colorado Trail @coloradotrail.pages.dev · 24/05/2026

The first section of the Collegiate West route of the Colorado Trail follows the southern shores of the Twin Lakes for several miles before beginning a long climb over Hope Pass. colorado-trail.appspot.com/CollegiateWe... #coloradotrail #photography #hiking #mountainbiking

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Ali khaliq @khaliqali.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Glow moments is at Glacier National Park www.facebook.com/615580145071...

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

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davenocera.bsky.social @davenocera.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

No engineer designed this bridge. No architect drew the plans. No manager called the meeting. Each ant is the meme. The bridge is the pattern. No single ant contains the bridge. It only exists in the signal passing between them. Does collective intelligence fascinate you too?

Ants forming an ant bridge, credit of photo to iStock

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