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tdwg.org @tdwg.org · 25/09/2026

We completed our mission! #TDWG2026 brought together the best minds in Biodiversity, Data Management, Digital Infrastructures and more Thanks #Oslo, 🇳🇴 and thanks to University of Oslo, Natural History Museum and GBIF.no for hosting us Next stop: #LivingData2027 at #Montreal, 🇨🇦 🔗 tdwg.link/2027

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Torsten Dikow @tdikow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#TDWG2026 presenting (virtually) this morning (local time in Oslo) on tool for automated transcription of digitized insect specimen labels - using machine learning to extract, transcribe + itemize data into Darwin Core fields - we call it Labellum - slides at @figshare.com doi.org/10.25573/dat...

presentation slide for a talk at TDWG 2026 meeting

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Bionomia @bionomia.net · 03/10/2026

Alice Eastwood bionomia.net/Q460241 collected the holotype ASTERACEAE: Lessingia albiflora Eastw. in United States gbif.org/occurrence/1426115954 #TypeSpecimenToday

Image of the holotype ASTERACEAE: Lessingia albiflora Eastw.. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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NPR @npr.org · 03/10/2026

The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States. n.pr/3VNx83v

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Theaster Gates bets on fine china

The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States.

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Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · 30/09/2026

🌊 Over two decades of research in Antarctica's Ross Sea has yielded the first comprehensive checklist of pelagic organisms accidentally captured by sediment traps, documenting over 210,000 individuals representing 68 species. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e197009

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Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · 29/09/2026

🪰 The adult stage of a mayfly species (Otamanthellus unicutibius) has been discovered and studied for the first time, revealing evolutionary adaptations that shed light on how male reproductive structures have changed across mayfly lineages over millions of years: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e211811

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 23/09/2026

🎤 Yesterday at #TDWG2026, our Editor-in-Chief Deborah Paul presented a very interesting talk on open digital curation and the importance of openness, interoperability and provenance in biodiversity data! @tdwg.org #BiodiversityData #OpenScience

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🦠 Atlas and essentials of bacteriology New York: William Wood & Co., 1897 [Source]

Bacteria illustration from historical archives

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

And @nhcm.pensoft.net Editors-in-Chief Shelley James and me — also excited to be at #SPNHC2026 and our symposium here focuses on conversations about #publication #communications and #naturalhistory #collections and #museomics

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

First 8 hours in #CapeTown: what's not to love about a city where you can land at 10am, explore the National Gallery before a boozy lunch, climb Lion's Head for sunset, then find some fur #seals frolicking around the Waterfront restaurants for dinner. #SPNHC2026

SUE WILLIAMSON's sculpture Messages from the Moat - 1319 bottles suspended in a hammock in the National Gallery courtyard

A red-winged starling perched on a cliff with Cape Town behind

Miranda Lowe, Jack Ashby and Natalie Jones in a restaurant with the Waterfront behind

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with INCol (Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera - Brazil) to foster collaboration in coleopterological research, publications, education, and training. Learn more about INCol at incol.ufmt.br

Announcement - International partnership
The Coleopterists Society has established an international partnership with INCol (the Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera in Brazil) to foster collaboration in coleopterological research, publications, education, and training.
Learn more about INCol at https://incol.ufmt.br/

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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie) @ligerlillie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s also part of this big free-to-read digital art book!

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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

How do you digitise 325,000 insect specimens? Put them on conveyor belts! 🪰🐝🦋📸 Earlier this week, I went behind the scenes at the NMNH to see this mass digitization set-up in action! Thank you @tdikow.bsky.social & the Picturae team for hosting me! Find out more here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-OSe...

Insect specimens with labels removed and placed on holders ready to be moved around on conveyers and taken for imaging. System designed and run by Picturae.

Digitiser working at one of the specimen stations to return specimens to their original location in the drawer and prepare and send out a new specimen.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We have a handful of these left and I'd love to clear them out before the end of summer! (Also we're currently down 22k for the year because we've done a lot of projects lol so shirt sales are very helpful 😅) Get one before they're all gone at SquidFacts.net!

Adam takes a mirror selfie in a public bathroom wearing his shrimp city shirt, which is cream colored and has lots of shrimp on it including yeti crab (not a shrimp i know) and himbo shrimp and pistol shrimp in a cowboy hat

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.

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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer

The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 20/08/2026

How much variation can exist within a species? Photographed by Craig Cutler, these 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢 shells all came from the same region, yet their striking colors and patterns vary widely. Their beauty has made them highly sought after by collectors, contributing to their declining populations.

Cuban painted snail shells photographed by Craig Cutler.

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#roundtripping needed. I wonder if anyone at UM has a contact?

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Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk · 17/08/2026

I found scanning errors (contents page cropped; errata slip over text on p.115) in a Google Books scan "Original from: the University of Michigan". There is no link to report this to UoM. Does anyone know how to do so, or who there (if anyone!) might be interested? www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

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Books for a Reference Library

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If I lived near I’d sure love to join you. May your adventures be fun and productive. Can’t wait to see what’s hiding under those rocks!

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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 17/08/2026

I'm hunting for a "cryptid", but with tiny feet. I've launched a website about the creature. Are you a naturalist, #entomology , #arachnid or general invertebrate enthusiast around #swansea and #wales? Do you have a free weekend day in the UK? I'd love for you to come along. More on the website 🧪

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The Lost Mite of the Irish Sea: Have you seen this mite?

Found in Ireland, 1915. Found in Wales, 1987. Lost since. A one millimetre cryptid of the Irish Sea shores, and a weekend hunt to find it again.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026

Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social COST Action: CONSENSA Consensus Standards for Applied #Biodiversity #Genomics www.cost.eu/actions/CA25... Establishing standards for generating, analysing, interpreting, & applying genome-wide data, making evidence accurate, comparable, interoperable, & reusable

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Mason Heberling @jmheberling.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

More to come. Pymatuning Lab of Ecology herbarium (PLE) going online soon! midatlanticherbaria.org/portal/colle...

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Whoop whoop! My first book, Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects is out again in a new reprint! 🤩 It explores the *astonishing* things we can learn about the natural world from incredible specimens in natural history #museums. Go get your hands on it! #OneHundredAnimals

A stack of the book Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects, fanned out on a table

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TaxonWorks @taxonworks.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

T-1 Days until TaxonWorks Together together.taxonworks.org BTW there are a ton of #insect #taxonomy talks at TWT, come see what some cutting edge bug world informatics looks like! #entomology #beetles #grasshoppers #fleas #wasps

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TaxonWorks Together

Annual event about the collective work in the creation of data to Describe life

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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

One of the underrated aspects of coding with AI is that you can discover new concepts as the AI works through the problem. For example, I knew about Hilbert curves, but not Jakub Červený’s modification the “gilbert” curve github.com/jakubcerveny... Thanks to Claude Code now I do!

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GitHub - jakubcerveny/gilbert: Space-filling curve for rectangular domains or arbitrary size.

Space-filling curve for rectangular domains or arbitrary size. - jakubcerveny/gilbert

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TaxonWorks @taxonworks.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Less that 1 week until TaxonWorks Together! A marvelous slate of conversations to be had, some difficult, all amazing. Join registrants from over 25 countries at together.taxonworks.org. Registration processing is soon subject to time constraints, i.e. it's tough to work last second!

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TaxonWorks Together

Annual event about the collective work in the creation of data to Describe life

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Smithsonian Fish Curator position announcement! Note the application dates of May 12 – June 2, 2026. Should be posted here tomorrow: trustcareers.si.edu#js-careers-j...

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TaxonWorks @taxonworks.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

In celebration, and demonstration for TaxonWorks Together, we've create a #iNaturalist Bioblitz. We'll demonstrate the integration live during TWT. iNat is a wonderful way to illustrate the scope of a community, hope to see you on the map! www.inaturalist.org/projects/tax...

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TaxonWorks Together 2026 Bioblitz

During TWT2026, please join our first iNat Bioblitz. iNat's community aligns perfectly with our vision to build software and tools to empower people to Describe Life, together.

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🧵8 #AI at #TWT2026? Of course. 5 sessions explore #dataviz #datacapture #naturalhistorycollections #literature extraction #imageanalysis #showandtell individual to #aggregator experiences. Details and register together.taxonworks.org & join the #iNat bioblitz!

Each of our roundtable members have influenced ways for how we think about Biodiversity Informatics, lead globally recognized programs, and they are, no doubt, burning a lot of energy thinking about AI.

Hear about speech-driven data-capture in a Natural History Collection.

Find out what has happened and what's in the works. Discover what AI has made possible in collaboration with our community members and our Species File Group.

Join Nick, Vaughn, Bruno, Elizabeth, Debbie, and others in an open discussion of their experiences (and experiments) with AI from a Collections and Natural History Research viewpoint. We will explore discoveries, share insights, and find out what questions, joys, or concerns, our roundtable panelists realize need to be discussed more. The adventure has only just begun.

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🧵7 #TWT2026 May 19-21 An #Unconference on Day 2: Does It Do That? Should It? Bring your ideas, discover #TaxonWorks new features like auto-select and import #taxon names from a desired source. Details and register together.taxonworks.org & join the #iNat bioblitz!

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TaxonWorks Together

Annual event about the collective work in the creation of data to Describe life

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🧵6 #TWT2026 May 19-21. On day 2 join Damla Cinoğlu & @jhhartman.bsky.social for Genomes, #eDNA, Barcodes: Should #TaxonWorks Engage DNA? Existing projects discuss needs in Conservation Genomics and more. Register together.taxonworks.org & join the #iNat bioblitz! @gbif.org @markdavis79.bsky.social

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Annual event about the collective work in the creation of data to Describe life

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🧵5 #TWT2026 May 19-21. On day 2 14:30 UTC join Christiane Weirauch, John Heraty, and Toby Schuh to hear about milestones getting #truebug #taxonomy into #TaxonWorks. Details and to register see together.taxonworks.org and join the #iNat bioblitz! @moonirene.bsky.social @amnh.org #plantbug

At TaxonWorks Together on May 20th 2026, hear how NSF funded the Plant Bug Community and SFG to migrate a long running AMNH-based project on the Plant Bugs to SFG and TaxonWorks. Now that it is migrated what does the community look like, and where is it headed?

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American Institute of Biological Sciences @aibsbiology.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Scientists at the Université de Montréal's affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute have identified a new family of natural molecules with strong antiviral activity, notably against the Ebola virus and SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for #COVID19. phys.org/news/2026-04...

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Hidden plant molecules show up to 25 times stronger activity against Ebola and COVID-19

Scientists at the Université de Montréal's affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have identified a new family of natural molecules with strong antiviral activity, notably against the…

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🧵4 #TWT2026 May 19-21. #hands-on #taxonomy with @taxonworks.bsky.social on day 1 at 18:30 UTC experience #TaxonWorks software. For details and to register see together.taxonworks.org and join the #iNat bioblitz!

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TaxonWorks Together

Annual event about the collective work in the creation of data to Describe life

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🧵2 #TWT2026 May 19-21. On Day 1 at 16:30 UTC- join @gbif.org's Morten Høfft and the Species File Group Session on GBIF Hosted Community Portals Lightning Intro and Alignment Roundtable Discussion. Register together.taxonworks.org soonest and join the bioblitz!

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TaxonWorks Together

Annual event about the collective work in the creation of data to Describe life

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Curious to learn more about our new Labs initiative from the Species File Group? Join us for #TWT2026 together.taxonworks.org < visit link to find out more about our online meeting from May 19 - 21 and join our @inaturalist.bsky.social #bioblitz too!

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TaxonWorks Together

Annual event about the collective work in the creation of data to Describe life

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

#open #digitalcuration if you're a human immersed in #biodiversity #data across collection, observation, research, outreach, vouchering, to #software and #standards development - please bring your @abtagenda.bsky.social style stories to our #TDWG2026 symposium!

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tdwg.org @tdwg.org · 14/04/2026

Sessions have been announced. Register and join us for the #TDWG 2026 Online #WorkingSessions. This is an opportunity to have a first row view on how standards are developed. 🗓️11 to 22 May 💻 Registration is free Full list of sessions and registration here: 👉 tdwg.link/working-sess...

TDWG 2026 Working Sessions, 11 to 22 May. Register now!

Image: a group of small green plants sprouting out of the ground.
by Christian Holzinger. Unsplash.com

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Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Species descriptions should not be confined to "summary" PDFs only providing access to a fraction of the data underlying the conclusions. We here argue for "digitally native species" built around structured, specimen-linked, machine-actionable evidence from day one. rdcu.be/fcbwh

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Digitally native species are a necessary shift in taxonomic practice

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Biodiversity science laments how little is known about the planet’s biodiversity, yet routinely discards much of the taxonomic evidence generated during species...

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TaxonWorks @taxonworks.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

We just passed 3 million human curated Citations in the SFG instance of TaxonWorks. We see this as potential "gold" in Gold Standards usable to fuel next-generation AI-facilitated high-resolution processing of the science that circumscribes the Earth's species, #taxonomy

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