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Bea Leiderman @bealeiderman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I happened to pick up this moth off the canvas by the lights with an almost perfectly matched leaf. Eois 🌱🌿

A yellow moth on a matching yellow leaf. The moth has silver bands in concentric patterns across its wings.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are looking for an excellent evolutionary biologist doing cool stuff. No taxonomic focus or specific approaches needed. Reno is a GREAT place to live, and the Biology Department and EECB at UNR Program are fabulous! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...

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Assistant Professor, Evolutionary Biology

The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A very short clip from our hexapodcast dissection of The Fly - a song by Tom Waits... youtube.com/shorts/lBMFZ...

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Tom Waits The Fly With Christian Conners: Piophilids on the moon!

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is not peer-reviewed yet, but it's pretty interesting and worth messing around with. I really like the idea of “cognitive immunization" here. "Large-Language Models as a Cognitive Virus" arxiv.org/html/2609.03...

ODEs for the spread of LLM practices through social and institutional exposure.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Chris Halsch and insect (and butterfly) declines... plus some silly jokes and clips. open.spotify.com/episode/6e7p...

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Insect Declines with Guest Dr. Chris Halsch

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I've enjoyed this view every year since 1991. It still sparks my imagination and helps me forget all the negatives.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Atuhairwe! Now off to solve problems with mosquito-borne diseases in Uganda and around the world.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2026

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Definitely our dorkiest episode yet, but insect sex is sooo fun to talk about. youtu.be/uQTjM6omLJg?...

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Hexapodcast 8

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

If I believed in such things, I'd be pretty sure that he is the Antichrist.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The onslaught continues. Of course, we are well past the point of irreparable damage to science, nature, people's lives, ethics, and anything else that made the US great. But it still feels like another shot to the stomach. Keep fighting back in whatever way you can. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/c...

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Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The sequel, something to listen to on the long drive back from spring break or a no-kings event.... Why do beetle-hosting pine trees die (is it Joe Biden's fault)? And... are bark beetles cute?? With the great Amy Trowbridge! youtu.be/rpH9ZYlWxH0?...

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Hexapodcast Season 1, Episode 7, How do bark beetles kill pines, and are bark beetles cute?

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Hexapodcast - Dr. Amy Trowbridge is our guest on the first of a 2-part series, discussing bark beetle ecology, pine volatiles, and how pines die. youtu.be/Wz0ZyGjBLkM

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Hexapodcast Season 1, Episoide 6, with Dr. Amy Trowbridge

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19/03/2026

“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” — Tupac said it years ago… and here we are. The Pentagon is now asking for an additional $200 BILLION for this war. We always find the money for war. But when it comes to housing, healthcare, or feeding people? Suddenly it’s crickets.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Paul Ehrlich finding Heliconius butterflies; from our book Lives of Lepidopterists, 2015. You can read his chapter, which is a nice account of his life as a lepidopterist, here: drive.google.com/file/d/1vC9F...

Paul Ehrlich in a tropical forest, pointing to a butterfly.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

TALES from the ... TRACHEAE! Hexapodcast episode 5: youtu.be/mNGDvhpu3p8?...

Scary insect movie with a close-up of a fly head.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The daily news continues on its exponentially bad trajectory. So here is another 24 minute listening diversion for walking, driving, cycling, crawling to work... or to a protest.... Some thoughts about insect midguts with the awesome Lora Richards. Definitely not polished. youtu.be/lAAn6d6x55k?...

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hexapodcast4 with images - Digestion with Lora Richards

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

If you need a break from bad news, our little unpolished hexapodcast about insects is an ok 25 minute listen. youtu.be/0KKGcgw75gQ?...

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Hexapodcast3 Diversity With Matt Forister (with images)

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

On this day in 1809, Charles Darwin, author of 'On the Origin of Species', was born The humble Peppered Moth is one of the best-known examples of evolution by natural selection, Darwin's great discovery, and is often referred to as 'Darwin's moth'. 💡 #DarwinDay #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

One of the mostly hidden and insidious goals of project 2025: speed up climate change to make more money for the oligarchs. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

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Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/02/2026

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

In the Irish language, the goldfinch is known as 'lasair choille' (pronounced 'lasser-quilla'), which means... The Flame of the Forest! 🔥

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

It is impossible to focus on anything else right now while we plummet through new levels of hate, ignorance, lies, and violence. Dante's inferno had an exit...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

We are America. How could you possibly target Native Americans - with ICE Officers - and then imprison us? That is impossible. It's legally impossible to do that. - Chase Iron Eyes

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

This is a nice (but grim) summary of the Chambers et al. paper that I was fortunate to work on.... Predicting the fate of tropical forests under intensifying heat www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Predicting the fate of tropical forests under intensifying heat

Intense droughts have caused water stress and elevated mortality for trees in the Amazon, foreshadowing the future of tropical forests as the climate changes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/01/2026

Frey: "You know what I don't want [ICE] focusing on? Hunting down a dad that just dropped his kids off at daycare, is about to go work a 12 hour shift who happens to be from Ecuador. That guy makes our city a better place."

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I love this juniper. I can find some peace (and cool caterpillars) here.

Juniper in the desert with Sierra snow in the background

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country. 'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you... This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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They say they’re monitoring ICE arrests. Feds say they’re breaking the law.

The fatal shooting of Renée Good last week, as ICE officers and residents faced off on a Minneapolis street here, has brought new attention to ICE monitoring.

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

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Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World

Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

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Owensgrandpa @owensgrandpa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

California Poppy June 11th 2024

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

BBC news: Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city... was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who city leaders have said was there as a legal observer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities. 😥😡

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

“God damn them all.”

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Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Adult Collared Aracaris show striking contrast in shades of black, yellow, and maroon and develop deep serrations to the tomium—the cutting edge of the bill. We’ve expanded the species account with more details on appearance, complete with new multimedia! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

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Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus - Birds of the World

Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

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Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite. - black capped chickadees are cuter in Alaska than our california chestnut back chickadees - maybe its being poofed up to stay warm? #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin - this one is lighted like a runway model...

near Homer Alaska got to take some pictures of songbirds in conifers - lighting was unreal. this is a beautiful round black capped chickadee with a white body and black cap and chin - wings and tail were shades of grey. its sitting on the end of a conifer branch

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