A call for bio-inspired technologies! 🪱 A teaspoon of soil holds more life than there are humans on Earth—yet <1% of biomimetic studies focus on soil. Time to change that. Check out our new article: doi.org/10.3390/biom...

🍀New article publication🍀 Kristina Wanieck et al. (including Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki). “A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement.” Biomimetics 10.9 (2025): 1-7. doi: doi.org/10.3390/biom...

So many and diverse collaborators in www.manufacturedecosystems.com #ManufacturedEcosystems - some on @bsky.app some not @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social @dawnbazely.bsky.social @danielgillis.ca @nikzam.bsky.social @marklipton.bsky.social @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social @lectio.bsky.social

And that's my 94th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.

And that's my 93rd #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact us Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends. And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.

The surprising power of your nature photos (Scott Loarie | TED2025) go.ted.com/hQhmZ via TEDTalks @inaturalist.bsky.social

And that's my 92nd #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends. And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.

This is our beloved Cognac and today he turned 11!!

🧪🪲🐞🗺️ @alexandreloureiro.bsky.social led a global #meta-analysis in @respublications.bsky.social #RESEcolEnt that found many taxonomic holes and no evidence of a common pattern of taxon or #phylogenetic #diversity across #elevation for #beetle #Coleoptera families doi.org/10.1111/een.... 🧪🪲🐞🗺️

Today we went on a hike and saw a beautiful garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Enjoy!

Defeat Bill 5, the 'Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act', 2025 - Sign the Petition! chng.it/GrVdMzkKDJ via @change.org #EndangeredSpeciesAct

Canadians #Poilievre and #Levant have shown you time and time again who they really are. They do not deserve your vote. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Hi, I just got this message from PeePee's campaign (🤮). I don't know how they got my cell number or if it is legal. Help me out with a witty response so that hopefully, #PierrePoilievre leaves me and the rest of Canada the f*ck alone. Thank you! #canpoli #FederalElectionsCanada

I hope Canada, Australia et al are looking at the belligerent hot mess that the United States has become and take preventative measures. This could happen to any country that fails to control disinformation, allows Rupert Murdoch to publish, etc.

And that's my 91st #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact @CanadasLifeline to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends. And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.

F*cking ⁦‪Trump‬⁩ is going to screw the USA over into the Stone Age… Trump advisers weigh plan to dismantle Education Department - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/AZwV2hocPSHe...

Here's why #tariffs hurt both sides. #NotCommonSense @cbcnews.ca youtu.be/wkwb0YaHJEk

I just received my $200 bribe from @fordnation, on the same week he called for an unnecessary election… #DougFordMustGo

That’s my lovely Baileys! Thank you Rex! We love you!

My dogs got rated!! Here's Cognac! Please note that while he is now a 10-year-old distinguished gentleman, in the picture, he was ~six months old... Thank you, @weratedogs.com!! wrd.fan/rt54621

My dogs got rated!! Here's Baileys, please hug softly... Thank you @weratedogs.com!! wrd.fan/rt54659

And that's my 90th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact @CanadasLifeline to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends. And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.

An update on my dog, for no particular reason. Happy Sunday!

Me, at a health care setting, masked up: Health care provider, unmasked: would you feel more comfortable if we wore masks? Please don’t put people on the spot. Mask up because it’s the right thing to do. #MaskUp #COVIDisNotOver

Happy #WorldSoilDay everyone!!

Thank you immensely, Grain Farmers of Ontario, for this scholarship. It is a humbling honour to receive it. #phdlife gfo.ca/news-release...

Check my 2024 iNaturalist stats! www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/a...

Save the date!

Deepening and ensuring division, while also keeping tight control on information and messaging. Sounds familiar, and shouldn't be taken lightly. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

This is bananas! If PP were actually interested, he could ask our invert students about this They’ve been making cookbooks out of their recipes conceived using #CricketPowder for years and in doing so have learned about/from and supported Canadian entrepreneurs like #EntomoFarms Shame.