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Kelli Trei

@treiceratops.bsky.social
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she/her I’m a scientist turned Biosciences Librarian at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I love books and records, and facts. 🧬📚

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 11h
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders." Everyone struggles with impostor syndrome sometimes, including Charles Darwin who scrawled this in a letter to Charles Lyell #OTD in 1861. 🧪 www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId...
A scrawled bit of barely legible cursive handwriting that reads "But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."
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Keith Smith @drkeithsmith.bsky.social · 12h
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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 16h
Kind of a big deal for the nation’s top health agency to downplay disability, given that you can download these very graphics from the CDC website that highlight the fact that disabilities are quite common & impactful! We should all be asking *why* this admin is suddenly so keen to hide them. 🧪
Two images from the CDC: The first says, “Disability impacts all of us” and shows a diverse set of 6 people with disabilities. The second image is an outline of the US and says, “More than 1 in 4* adults in the United States have some type of disability.” The * explains that it’s actually 28.7%.
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 18h
Working with admin in higher ed lately is like…two steps forward… And these are the folks who ostensibly should have our backs, at least at the college level.
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Madagascar: Mort Gets Attacked By A Shark
Alt: From movie Madagascar: Mort (small lemur) gets attacked by a shark after taking steps forward on beach.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026
this is the greatest thing i have ever heard
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy knowledge of the day, they made a sequel to A Different World!! 💜💜
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Dwayne Wayne Shy Moment in A Different World
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Nicole Kearney @nicolekearney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m delighted that @biodivlibrary.bsky.social will have a strong presence at #TDWG2026 in Oslo next week. I’ll be speaking in the mini-keynote session and hosting both our dedicated BHL symposium and (with @rdmpage.bsky.social) a hands-on BHL workshop. Hope to see you there! 🧪 📖 🌱 🌏 🔗 @tdwg.org
An historic illustration of a person walking across a living bridge made of fig tree rootsAn historic illustration of a person walking across a living bridge made of fig tree roots
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Setsune Wave @setsune.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Bluesky when Adobe shows up
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Ka was like a wheel, its one purpose to turn, & in the end it always came back to the place where it had started.” “Should we rage against ka? No, for ka is the wheel that moves the world, & the man or woman who rages against it will be crushed under its rim.” “Ka’s a wheel, Doc.” ⚙️Stephen King
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R.J. Hufnagel @rjhuf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton didn't need a label or political party or baseball cap to show us who she was or where she stood. She personified it - generosity, inclusion, kindness, empowerment, all combined with immense talent and goodness. She made the world a better place. imaginationlibrary.com/the-dollywoo...
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The Dollywood Foundation - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
The Dollywood Foundation launched Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in 1995 and today it sends over 1 million free books each month to children.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Swaaatches so far… 💅🎨🫟
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
School supplies still bring me joy! 📚✏️
Multicolored folders and binders
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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I hate this talking point
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you ever use the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social /#BHL please take this survey to ensure at keep meeting your needs! 🧪
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 17/07/2026
So about that speech:🧵
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Amy Mode Activated 🪷 ᓚᘏᗢ ಇ. @activateamymode.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Kids today have lost the fine art of bullshitting a 10 page paper from a single Funk & Wagnalls entry or from reading only the CliffsNotes. 🤣
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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
New for #bhlsunday is a volume of Arkiv för zoologi which includes "Über einen neuen Riesenkäfer (Goliathus meleagris) aus Süd-Kongo. Nebst einer Revision der Gattung Goliathus (♂♂)" with some elegant drawings of goliath beetles www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/65710175 @biodivlibrary.bsky.social
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Alex Wenninger @awenninger.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Absolutely delighted to see the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social listed in the credits of the series "This is a Gardening Show" hosted by Zack Galifianakis! #ILoveBHL #thisisagardeningshow 🧪
A screengrab of the credits of episode 2 of the series "This is a Gardening Show". White credit text over a scene of water  spraying from a hose over a patch of brassicas.
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
BHL is featured in @theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series. The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future. Please read and share: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚
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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hey, every political party, maybe stop choosing candidates who have terrible track records for how they treat others. It would solve a lot of your and our problems.
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Context Guessed That
Alt: Brooklyn Nine-Nine GIF showing Jake suggesting you could’ve guessed that from context.
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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Oh hey i wrote that
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Do vaccines save lives? Yep! Does antivaxx BS kill? Yep. 👇 Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
The HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday.
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
What a fantastic piece in the @theguardian.com highlighting BHL’s value as well as it’s fragility. 🧪
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies-‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” ― Kurt #Vonnegut
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚚 BHL’s servers are moving! Over the next 3 weeks, BHL’s technical infrastructure will move from the Smithsonian in Washington DC to the Field Museum in Chicago. BHL will remain online, with only a temporary change to #FullTextSearch in transit. More: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/06/bhl-... 🧪
An historic map of north east United States
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Soon it’ll be time for graphic science book club with the Pollen Power campers @illinoisfunk.bsky.social 🧪📚
Picture of “Ant Story” comic book by Jay Holser in a boxBack of “Ant Story” comic with panels describing story.
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Every page in BHL represents libraries, museums, archives, scientists, volunteers & communities working together to preserve biodiversity knowledge 🧪 🌱 This #BiodiversityDay, help support the people & infrastructure behind open biodiversity knowledge. Donate: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/BHLat20
An historic illustration of 9 brown, white and red clown fish.
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Nicole Kearney @nicolekearney.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If we'd had the #TARDIS 🔑, @treiceratops.bsky.social & I would have gone back in time to secure/invest $$$ for BHL's future. Sadly we didn't, so we're still reliant on donations/grants to keep BHL going. 🧪 Donate now: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/BHLat20 @biodivlibrary.bsky.social #DrWho #London
Two people leaning against a blue police box (the tardis) on a London Street
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today’s self care. Chilling on my own in a fabulous speakeasy in Indy called Mel’s, sipping a Vesper, and unsubscribing from emails taking up space in my mailbox. This is the BEST.
Picture of a Vesper martini and a glass of water with various colored bottles behind.Backlit bar wall with caps multicolored bottles of liquor, glassware, and statues.
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Not only good advice and information for this set, but for EVERY workplace: “is not their show, it’s our show.” 💜💜 And the #1 rule, be nice to one another.
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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It is WILD watching elites actively dismantle institutions and undermine our entire creative economy in favor of an overhyped grift and actually expecting everyone to not just sit down and take it, but be excited about it. Absolutely delusional.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Since 1976, the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club has documented its local biodiversity through its monthly newsletter, Castlemaine Naturalist. 🌱 Our latest #BHLat20 post celebrates citizen science, community, and 50 years of biodiversity observation: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/05/natu... 🧪
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
yeah Gutenberg is pretty great, and one of the other ones on there is apparently volunteer-produced, all-human audiobooks from the Gutenberg collection. the Biodiversity Heritage Library is another favorite of mine for public domain resources specifically in biology!
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Cartoon of the month
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I distinctly remember, now ~decade ago, a campus-level “online learning” committee meeting where we (those with most OL experience) voted that each instructor could decide what learning mgmt system to use. (1/3)
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Business Meeting Applause
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A good read here on how to communicate about science effectively. Useful for everyone from researchers to writers. TL;DR: let people know that science empowers them; helping them better live their values. They'll be more likely to hear you out. 🧪⚕️🔬🧬🛟 #SciComm jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
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Does science communication have its goals wrong? From persuading science skeptics to promoting scientific empowerment
There is widespread concern that the scientific enterprise is under attack, fuelled by misinformation campaigns, anti-intellectual political leaders, and growing public skepticism. In response, many s...
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Our latest #BHLat20 anniversary blog post is very juicy. 🍎🍐🍇 #MuseumsVictoria Archivist Nik McGrath explores the Industrial & Technological Museum’s extraordinary wax fruit collection, and the stunning specimen register that documented it. Read more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/05/itm-...
Historic illustrations of fruit with handwritten notes alongside them.
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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Now's a great time to check out my piece from a few weeks ago, considering how resistance and revolution are imagined in MachineGames' Wolfenstein reboots, over at @vaultofculture.bsky.social: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/featur...
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“We’re organizing for a revolution in America”: Remaking Resistance in Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017) — The Vault of Culture
In this feature, Shawn Gilmore argues that MachineGames’ soft reboot entries in the Wolfenstein franchise, set in a world overrun by Nazi machines of war, increasingly humble (both physically and em...
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“‘There’s one thing more powerful than a billionaire,’ said Lisa Ann Walter, who stars on ‘Abbott Elementary’ and was one of the emcees of the event. ‘And that’s a union.’ Dressed in a white pantsuit with the words ‘Art Belongs to Everyone’ scrawled on the back” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...
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A ‘Ball Without Billionaires’ Kicks Off the First Monday in May
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Learn more about the "The women honoured in flowering plant genera" project by @svmering.bsky.social, @sandyknapp.bsky.social, @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, Heather L. Lindon, Qianqian Gu, Sarah Vincent, and Carmen Ulloa Ulloa: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #BHLDay2026 #WomenInScience #HerNaturalHistory
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The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality
Many flowering plant genera are named for people, but there is a gender gap in this naming, with only 6% of eponyms honouring women. Here we explore this gap by examining in detail women for whom pla...
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
@siobhanleachman.bsky.social (@wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social) and @svmering.bsky.social (@mfnberlin.bsky.social) share the vital role BHL played in their groundbreaking project surfacing the work of #WomenInScience who have had been honoured in the genera names of flowering plants. #BHLDay2026 🧪 📖 🌱
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Quote possibly one of the best opening slides I’ve ever seen from a presentation by Siobhan Leachman (@siobhanleachman.bsky.social) and Sabine von Mering (@sabinevonmering.bsky.social) #BHLDay2026 🧪 🪼🐍
Title slide from presentation featuring Medusa entitled “The contributing saga of women, flowering plant genera & BHL”Title slide from presentation featuring Medusa entitled “The contributing saga of women, flowering plant genera & BHL”
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Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk · 29/04/2026
If Darwin Correspondence project minted its own, resolvable IDs for people it documents, we could create a Wikidata property and cross-link them. #BHLDay2026
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GBIF @gbif.org · 29/04/2026
1) Happy 20th birthday #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary! 🎂🥳 This week GBIF Executive Secretary Joe Miller is at the @nhm-london.bsky.social celebrating #BHLDay2026 and the incredible collaborations over the past two decades as well as new bioinformatics opportunities. 📖 BHL Australia
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Kelli Trei @treiceratops.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Bianca Crowley and Nicole Kearney (@nicolekearney.bsky.social) present about the eras of BHL (@biodivlibrary.bsky.social), the transition, and the future at #BHLDay2026 at the Natural History Museum London ( @nhm.org). A Long and Winding Road Indeed. 🧪🎵
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social unofficially officially launches the new BHL Community Forum at #BHLDay2026. Yes, it’s live and buzzing. It’s for the BHL user community, by the BHL user community. Please join the conversation. forum.biodiversitylibrary.org
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Yesterday, attendees of the #BHLAnnualMeeting were treated to behind-the-scenes tours of both the @royalsociety.org and the @linneansociety.bsky.social. Thank you the staff of both esteemed learned societies for sharing their incredible treasures and stories.
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