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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A new Special Collection in the Journal of Medical Entomology shares advancements in understanding Culicoides, or biting midges. This important but understudied vector species plays a role in disease transmission in both animals and humans. 🔗 academic.oup.com/jme/pages/sp... @academic.oup.com

The graphic includes the logos for Oxford University Press and the Journal of Insect Science as well as white text on an red background that says “New Special Collection. Culicoides” and “read now.” There is also an image of a biting midge.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Still won't be buying their wines.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Oestridae are really neat. I worked on a cattle grub project as a student. I've seen horses with bot eggs and their legs. I have seen adult Cuterebra in my backyard and camping. I have pictures of rodent bot infested mice and chipmunks, and once extracted a 5 gram larvae from a <15 gram mouse.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I would like to see an effort made to repatriate our own citizens that are currently working in the US.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I am largely against attempts to hire US scientists in non-US countries. We should be hiring our own first.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

saw this fellow on the road yesterday while travelling in the Castle Wilderness. Reminded me of a poem about sandhill cranes we learned about in gradeschool.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

If have have a professor of rare moths in your life, give them some time to go looking for moths because today is mother's day.

Photo of a yellow geometrid moth with red and silver speckles resting on a mossy bamboo shoot.

Macro photograph of a red and white Pterophorid moth in a T shape resting on a plant stem.

Photo of an almost clownlike brown, orange, and metallic blue moth with brown wings standing, proboscis inserted, into a cluster of white mistflower.

If Piet Mondrian designed moths they would look like this one. Small cream-colored moth on a white sheet, some of its wing veins geometrically blocked off in black, with a red dot in an open area of the wing.

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woollyhollow.bsky.social @woollyhollow.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Elizabeth May has a new petition that could end the cost of Stornoway and PP’s expensive lifestyle. Let’s show it some love. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

He MAGA style politics are creeping north, epecially into Alberta. We have a provincial government that is very friendly to him because of their allegiance to the oil industry. And a bunch of people who are trying to separate from Canada so they join the US.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

How do you think people from outside the US feel? We had no say in his election, and have had to put up with his shit for 10 years.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I haven't read this paper. It suggests this louse is an IH for a heartworm. It was in the journal of Medical and Veterinary Entomology in 1991. Title "The louse Trinoton anserinum (Amblycera: Phthiraptera), an intermediate host of Sarconema eurycerca (Filarioidea: Nematoda), a heartworm of swans"

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Interested in being a #journal #reviewer? The Entomological Society of America journals have a new reviewer application site---if you are interested, this allows you to volunteer! New reviewers will be searchable in the portal by editors, who would love your input! app.smartsheet.com/b/form/8aa2e...

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Always enjoy watching the Grey Cup. So glad the Riders won!

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It's almost the weekend! 🥳 If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨 Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!! drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...

A few panels from the coloring guide: a scorpion, an isopod, and a tachinid fly (along with their info).

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Congratulations to all of you. This is a job well done!

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

That is a really good and spot on article.

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Being a (decent) scientist means having a high-quality BS sensor. Just sayin...

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Good column. Overdue, and filled with conclusions a lot of people arrived at many, many months ago, but hey, credit where it's due. www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...

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Jen Gerson: Maybe this angry panel will fix it!

Alberta tries for Round 3 of the Fair Deal panel.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I went back to Firefox. Somethings it does very well, others, not so much. So I use it as my main browser and Chrome for other specialized taks.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I was camping in southern Alberta that weekend. Knew nothing about the eruption. On the Monday, we drove through Waterton Lakes National Park, and the air was so full of ash I couldn't even see the mountains across the lake. Had no idea what had happened until we got back to Lethbridge that evening.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Having to replace VGA cables was hard enough.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

It really pulls the room together.

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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Certain partisans have been citing Canada's performance on per capita GDP as evidence of a supposed 'lost decade' and economic mismanagement. In @irpp.org's Policy Options, I deconstruct this arbitrary and misleading statistic, in two parts. #cdnecon #cdnpoli. /2

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

For our annual reviews and promotions, we were only allowed to report Accepted and Published. Submitted didn't count.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Well, I for one am glad that Princess Warrior Marge is back on the job! x.com/ThomasWatson...

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

That is the point. You could paint a cantaloupe blue and it would win here. Won't even have to show up for any debates.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I live in Alberta. About all you can do is put up a sign and hope it doesn't get stolen.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Canadians might have something to say about this bullshit.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

HAHAHAHA EAT SHIT USA

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I am seriously reconsidering my involvement in US scientific societies.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/02/2025

Very much worth a watch if you have not yet seen the PM’s brief and moving speech to Americans and Canadians. “From the beaches of Normandy …to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours. We're always there, standing with you."

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Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods

YouTube video by CBC News

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 02/02/2025

When your buddy doesn’t keep his word and doesn’t care if it hurts you… you find some new friends. It’s a big world.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Government research always had its ups and downs associated with politics. But I don't think I have ever seen anything like what the US research community is going through. But anyway - enjoy retirement and keep in touch, please.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

If enough angry scientists join up to walk across the country to protest in DC, we'll call it a My Grant caravan.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

In case anyone is in need of some Cute I bring you the Tufted Titmouse. It's me, I'm in need of the cute #birds 🌿

A gray bird with a crest and a white breast stands on a bare branch looking ready to take on the world, or at least the bird feeder.

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Pet owners accidentally poisoning garden birds. Our latest research finds pet flea treatments (fipronil and imidacloprid) in 100% of blue tit and great tit nests, with nestling mortality higher in the more contaminated nest. @SongBirdSBS @SussexUni @CannelleTassin

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Trouble is - no one will know because of silencing of the relevant public health agencies. For the life of my, I cannot understand how public health became so demonized.

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Tim Lysyk @timlysyk.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Very well done. Beautiful photos.

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