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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 23h

Please. If you see evidence of workplace harassment. Badmouthing of own junior staff, unreasonable expectations, removal or omission from authorship, hostile language, evidence of overworking or distress. Don't walk by. Academic safety nets can't rely on whisper networks set by marginalised people.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 14h

Study for mâtinawêwin (Sharing Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026

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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 19h

Why care about weird animal behaviors? Just out as an advanced publication, my contribution to the next Frans de Waal special issue in Behaviour @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Unusual behaviors are a recurring theme in my career, and I much enjoyed writing this perspective! doi.org/10.1163/1568...

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The science of the unusual: how rare observations reveal the diversity of animal behaviour

Abstract Behavioural biology often focuses on identifying general patterns, yet unusual or rare behaviours at both the population and individual level can provide insight into animal behaviour. Here, ...

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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · 21h

Did you hear about the guy who wanted to use Spearman correlation to analyze his team's data? They decided otherwise. Sadly, he was outranked.

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Arachtober @arachtober.bsky.social · 20h

October 1st marks the start of the 20th year of #Arachtober! Join the celebration throughout October by sharing your photos of #spiders, scorpions, and other #arachnids using #Arachtober. Explore the hashtag and connect with other enthusiasts around the world. Learn more at Arachtober.com

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The thing about this book is that I wrote it from a deeply personal place-- it takes place where I went to hs, the main girl looks suspiciously like me-- about the rape culture I experienced at the age that was unacceptable. And all I've ever wanted for this book was its cultural irrelevance.

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 25/07/2024

Right, folks, I'm going to say a thing about "Why can't we just burn it all down/tell everyone?" when it comes to people who pull awful shit. Not even just sex pests, and this is ALSO me responding to that general sentiment and not anyone in particular. Have you heard of this thing called LAWSUITS?

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Personally annoyed at the eligibility criteria for this program as there are bunch of under-employed Canadian-trained and Canadian-resident ECR entomologists that would crush this position. Here's hoping McGill will use this to repatriate one of our expats.

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How biology is your biology department? At #RiceUniversity, we have wild urban rat snakes that climb our brick walls and hunt on the roof! (Video credit: Melodie French in our EEPS department) 🐍

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ms Megischus bicolor, a very silly, very serious wasp. Very long.

Slender long wasp with a rough-textured red hed cd thorax, and shiny long black abdomen with an ovipositor as long as the rest of her body. Chilling on a fallen log topped with dry shrooms

Close shot of the creature's head. They're called crown wasps, because they have a rough knobby crown they use to burrow out of wood when they emerge as adults

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables

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Rory🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @rory-f.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

vampire bats are champion pissers, because they need to be able to shed all the water from the blood they drink, i think people should incorporate this into their vampire fiction

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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.

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Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🥑 A gall midge species, Bruggmanniella perseae, has been identified as the cause of fruit deformation in avocado crops in Mexico, with six parasitoid species discovered that naturally control this damaging insect pest: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.99.200280

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"I didn't know anything about X so I asked chatGPT." You still don't know anything about X. You have read what a sophisticated summary-generating tool predicts as the answer to your question. You have no critical insight, no direct experience, no awareness of the underlying evidence. Stop talking.

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Thomas Cullen @thomascullen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Raven Amos (Autumn Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Heads up, #science people, this "Earth BioGenome Project/Genomes on a Tree (GoaT)" uses generative AI extensively in their advertising, so I would definitely not trust anything that comes out of this. If they can't be bothered to use real graphics and make their own posts, I doubt their app is good.

Screenshot of a post from "Earth BioGenome Project" bluesky account advertising a new "science app" that has "we vibe coded the shit out of this" stink all over it. The post shows two slides, one which looks normal-ish with text over the top of slices of different photos of animals, plants, and fungi. The other one is definitely generated by some kind of Gen-AI steal prompt. It shows a goat in a lab coat by a weird looking "tree" and for some reason there are infographic type logos above sets of text, something that gen AI loves to do when "creating" slides.

The text of the main post reads:
How do you coordinate a global genome-sequencing effort? Before starting a new genome, researchers need to know: What's already been sequenced? What's underway? And where are the gaps? That's where Goat — Genomes on a Tree — comes in. Explore GoaT.

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Raven Amos (Autumn Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm probably going to get muted or blocked for this, but as a fellow science communicator, using AI-generated imagery/text is really a bad look all around. It not only steals from your fellow scientists because it's all trained on stolen data, it also makes up fake science.

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Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Only two days until my Aotearoa / New Zealand book launch! Come join me this Thursday at Scorpio Books in Ōtautahi / Christchurch, for an author Q&A. I'm looking forward to your questions! 🪱📚 The event is free, but needs an RSVP: scorpiobooks.co.nz/event/book-l...

A poster for my New Zealand book launch event held at Scorpio Books in Christchurch, on 1st October at 5:50PM.

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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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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

what came first: naming our rear ends asses or naming mules/donkeys asses?

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🔬 For the first time, a scientific study has systematically examined what causes deterioration in the chemical mountants used to preserve insect specimens, revealing that slide degradation is driven by multiple complex factors rather than a single culprit: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.194995

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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Somehow I'm only 8 away from 3000 followers. Its been a long road from rebuilding the bird account here but glad to know you enjoy my (mostly) mosquito content. Here's a photo of a Haemogogus anastasionis female to ponder.🧪🦟

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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair. Last year, he began wearing the names of Palestinian children killed by Israel on his eye black. The NFL responded by fining him over $10,000 each time. 🧵

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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Princeton finally handed off some advance copies for the 2nd Edition of my wasp book, and they look phenomenal! Thank you everyone for your exceptional patience! Go order it right now!! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

A photo of me (a white woman with long brownish hair wearing glasses and a dark blue shirt) holding an advance copy of my book "The Social Wasps of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean: Second Edition" in front of an old wooden railing and some lush sassafras leaves. There is a big illustration of a bald-faced hornet on the cover.

This photo is slightly misleading, since it was taken by my mom a year ago in 2025, immediately before we noticed the major printing errors in the plate series that required us to completely redo the printing from scratch. My joy is nonetheless real, and I feel justified in using this photo since I never posted it the first time around. It's all good now!

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've always struggled with the idea that sport is genuinely some kind of force for good, imparting worthwhile values on participants and fans. Today has compounded that skepticism. If these are the values that football teaches our kids, I can't understand how any parent would sign their kid up.

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Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Lovely day picking blueberries on the East Coast Trail. Diego was a very enthusiastic participant but did little to improve efficiency.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anybody wanna see some freshly hatched baby ogres 😍 #EmotionalSupportSpood Deinopis spinosa

Little crowd of like 30 tiny ogre-face spiders, all stretched out in stick mode

Closer shot of 10 of them, you can see their tiny big ogre eyes

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I recently had a chance to examine the world of wonders under an old cow pie on a natural grassland and for those who've never looked, I assure you it's AMAZEBALLS. So. Much. Life. Check out this report, "Cow Patty Critters", by KD Floate, AAFC Lethbridge publications.gc.ca/collections/...

Screen shot of cover of a report called "Cow patty critters: an introduction to the ecology, biology and identification of insects in cattle dung on Canadian pastures"

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fun fact: Caracaras are also in the Falconidae family. #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors Carunculated Caracara, Crested Caracara, Black Caracara

A bird with black on the top of the wings and black and white on the bottom, a heavily streaked chest, black head with orange facial skin, and snazzy white pantaloons. It is landing on a gravel road.

A mostly dark brown bird with a white throat and upper chest, black crest (blocky shaped head) and heavy orange bill. It is standing on the crossbar of a wooden electric pole.

An all black bird with orange facial skin. It is perched in the tree canopy looking down at the photographer with a suspicious gaze.

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another look at a Common Nighthawk performing its aerial acrobatics in pursuit of flying insects at dusk. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada August 2026 📷 #birds #CONI #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A medium sized brown mottled bird with white bands near the ends of its wings is flying past from right to left with wings outstretched in front of out of focus green trees.

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Fact Walrus @factwalrus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

-Pack on some blubber

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We take the small victories in science where we can get them these days

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Sean McCann @ibycter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hope folks do not mind, but I will be replying "Who did your artwork" on things that pop up in my feed that look AI generated.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NFL player Azeez Al-Shaair honoured 8-year-old Wafaa Akila, who was killed alongside her father in an airstrike in Gaza, by writing her name on the black tape under his eyes during the Houston Texans’ game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Abolishing ICE is the first step. The next step is prosecution, and reparations to victims from the personal assets of ICE agents and the regime members who supported them.

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Insectes Sociaux @insectessociaux.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New research article! 📰 @chrisleduck.bsky.social, @molamelipona.bsky.social, @fsnascim.bsky.social et al. show that nesting in buildings comes with smaller colonies but a more stable environment 🏙️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000... #SocialInsects #StinglessBees #UrbanEcology #Urbanisation #Meliponini

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If so some eason you do choose to work for free (for example, for a charity, or to support a small local enterprise), consider sending them an invoice for your usual fee, and mark it void. That way, they'll know the value of what you're giving them.

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Jordan Carlson @jordantcarlson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Okay, I have a few minutes, so unpacking this a bit more for the timeline: During my PhD, I worked with the Nunatsiavut Government - the Inuit of northern Labrador - to ask: could their southernmost community, Rigolet, use tidal energy (or other renewables) to reduce their reliance on diesel?

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Silly shovel-head leafhopper (Hecalini, maybe genus Neoslossonia)! Just a little black long guy who made my day 🖤

Long black rove-beetle-esque leafhopper high a long head like a shovel, chilling in the white sand

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"High-quality revisionary taxonomy must be grounded in experienced character evaluation and homology assessment, concept delimitation, and contingent analytical judgment, skills that are developed over years of immersive engagement with natural history collections" 👏👏👏

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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So sorry to hear today that Cedric Gillott (U.Saskatchewan) passed away Saturday. Many will know him from his textbook 'Entomology', but I knew him as my long-time partner in organizing & assembling the Bull. of the Ent. Soc. of Canada, & a fellow craft beer/cider lover. Rest in peace, my friend.

Photo of Cedric Gillott. Photo shows the head and shoulders of a white-haired man wearing glasses, and a pale blue shirt.

Cover of a textbook called Entomology, by Cedric Gillott. It features a large moth and a beetle on a pale brown backing.

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Travis McEnery @travismcenery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've wanted to cover this species for a couple of years now, and finally was able to. If you like spiders with big munchdongles, this one is for you. Meet the Woodlouse Hunter. youtu.be/inqJzl5hWFo?...

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The Woodlouse Hunter - The Spiders in Your House

YouTube video by Travis McEnery

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Davide Mastracci @davide.readthemaple.com · 11/09/2026

I dug through Canadian media archives to pull out a sample of the bloodthirsty commentary that dominated pages post-9/11, including from: Christie Blatchford, Rosie DiManno, Margaret Wente, Mark Steyn, Andrew Coyne, Marcus Gee, Rex Murphy and Paul Wells. www.readthemaple.com/remembering-...

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Remembering Canadian Media’s Post-9/11 Bloodlust

The media was responsible for helping create an environment where people begged for war, racist laws and attacks on civil liberties.

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s well known that finding reviewers is increasingly difficult. Yet I often meet researchers—especially ECRs—who’ve never or rarely been asked to review but would like to. Is that you? Natural History Notes are the perfect place to start. Aquatic & terrestrial ecologists welcome—get in touch!

Screen shot of Austral Ecology Journal with the journal title at the top. And below header text saying Editorial - An Austral Ecology 5 year retrospective on Natural History Notes: A compelling case for curiosity. Author - Stephanie K. Courtney Jones

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

At annual SPNHC (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections) meeting at Iziko South African Museum - presenting on Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor used at Smithsonian NMNH to digitize 360,000+ pinned pollinating insects - slides at @figshare.com doi.org/10.25573/dat...

slide of presentation on Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor

side view of hover fly digitized on Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor

side view of bee digitized on Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor

view of Iziko South African Museum with Table Mountain in the background

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beespeaker @loriweidenhammer.ca · 08/09/2026

Leafcutter bee interventions on fireweed leaves. #cochranealberta

Evidence of leafcutter bees gathering nesting material from fireweed leaves turning red in the fall sunlight.

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