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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 04/10/2026

this is _gorgeous_. Thank you.

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In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.

A photo of a puddle in the woods, with leaves across the surface and reflections of the trees they fell from.

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(this is not about anything I've seen on here lately, but I did see it elsewhere twice today)

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Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Nomenclatural peeve of the day: a blog post is not a blog. A blog is like a magazine or a newsletter. A blog post is like an article in a magazine or a single newsletter missive.

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If you are an MIT alum, and your kid applies to MIT, you promptly get a letter saying “We do not care that you are an alum and do not call us to whine. We do not do legacy admissions so STFU.” It’s glorious.

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Funny thing is this game was supposed to test the kids in a more hostile environment, but Mexico’s crowd turned against them.

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Acting regardless, intentional hands to the face is always a red.

Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026

It’s so obvious and horrible. (Regardless of which keeper the crowd is targeting)

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Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Olivia Rodrigo has a concert in DC tonight & the streets are full of pre-teen and teenage girls wearing tiaras and sparkly pink dresses and bows in their hair and they are SO happy & soon they’ll all be old enough to vote.

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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

26. The lab is not a democracy. It's a friendly dictatorship

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I felt so guilty staying home I felt compelled to confess. The next chance I'll be less wimpy.

Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ugh, I was so looking forward to heading to the fair today! (and catching you and your work in person! And making a purchase!) but honestly, the weather stopped me. Looking forward to a future opportunity.

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Paul Kingsley @paulkingsley7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🧪 “The National Science Foundation, one of the biggest sources of federal research funding, withheld $1.4 billion that Congress had intended for research over the course of the past year, according to internal data reviewed by The New York Times.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Remember: Darwin's note of "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything" was written on Oct 1 (1861). Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

same - I never look at it, not even sure how to log in, but have just gotten a few emails about new follows??

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 30/09/2026

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The student got excellent writing instruction--they went to an IB school, one of their parents is a professor, and they got through high school without ever using AI tools. But now, they feel they have to abandon all they learned about good writing, to avoid being accused of cheating with AI.

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This a very good explainer of what I was just explaining to a friend recently: the settlements build roads between their towns and greater Israel that Palestinians can’t use, forcing them to take long detours driving around the West Bank.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Omg!!!! (Yeah apparently I just read it only was loaned out for 6 months or so)

Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I became a biologist because of a museum exhibit. Real artifacts tell stories that are more powerful than anything we can get from scrolling. They are part of our engine for training the next generation of scientists. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/the-awesomen...

scienceforeveryone.science

The awesomeness of museums

Genuine artifacts tell the richest stories that fill our souls. And they fuel the scientific enterprise.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A parasitic Apocephalus ant-decapitating fly closes in on her target, a Camponotus chromaiodes carpenter ant. Sand Ridge State Forest, Illinois.

Macro photo of a large black and red ant, slightly backlight, standing with antennae raised as a small black and yellow striped fly approaches from the right.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I mean now they both don't work? There is so much pablum saturating the internet for the purpose of AI search optimization that search engines can't find the signal within the noise. It's so damn frustrating. They broke the internet.

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It's really really difficult to see what's happening to you from inside your own life. You can't tell that you're being coarsened until you leave an environment that is key to making you more coarse. That's my experience at least.

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I did an internet search for a zip code. The search engine result provided the correct zip code. The AI-assisted output, which was right above the search engine result, gave a different zip code. Guess which code was correct?

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Just got a haircut and the stylist asked A LOT of stuff on MAHA themes. Does beef tallow on your face really reverse aging?? Etc. I responded with no science at all and we really connected. When people talk about trust in science, I think about the patience we need and the results we'll never see

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is the marshmallow man that destroyed Manhattan.

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Great British Bakeoff has a throuple this season. First person to write an essay about this loses

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of the biggest El Niños was 1997, causing a big drought in Costa Rica, when I was doing a big sampling of litter ants in that dry season. I so badly want to replicate coinciding with this El Niño, 30 years later. I just need 2 weeks and a research permit. The hard part is the 2 weeks.

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(this has been a blog post that been in the queue for years, may get around to it soon!)

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think that exhibit is why I became an eco/evo biologist. Saw it over 40 years ago and it still is imprinted on me.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Send this to every university President in the country.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you were transfixed by THE HOT ZONE when you were young, or then read SPILLOVER and trusted it, then as a career scary diseases reporter, I urge you to read this thread. Science moves on. People discover fresh stuff. The work careers were built on becomes outdated. Be open to the new. Please.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So much of schools "responding to rape" is preventing the legal system from doing so. This is a report on seven adults who committed serious felonies for which there is a legal system to remind them and their pals that they are felonies.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

David Quammen's essay in The New York Times today closes with this paragraph. It's both a scientific falsehood, and an incredibly dangerous narrative. If you're willing to give me five minutes of your time, I'd like to explain why.

The Ebola virus doesn’t need to spill back. It abides in its reservoir host, and awaits its next opportunity. A virus can’t climb out of a bat or a monkey and fly off in search of human prey. It can only spill over. If humans left the reservoir host alone — not hunting it, not capturing it, not eating it, not exporting it live, not disturbing its forest habitat — the virus wouldn’t re-emerge in humans. It would remain where it is, harming no one. But of course that’s not what happens. And when viruses spill, they often spill into us, because the human population is such a big, busy target.

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Funding from NSF has allowed my lab at @calstate.bsky.social to train hundreds of Americans who are part of America’s engine of innovation. Our fundamental research on the thermal performance of insect exoskeletons is laying the foundation for bioinspired engineering solutions. #NSFfunded

CNSF SCIENCE SHOWCASE +
ADVOCACY DAY
Supporting NSF, America's research engine.
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh, they had a similar impact on me, hadn’t made the connection. Thanks.