Baseball, bed and Bento. Three of my favorite things. #cats

Great egret. Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. #birds

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

update on the experiment my colleague John Harte started almost 30 years ago www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sandhill cranes flying over Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area yesterday. #birds

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on; While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphona...

"And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on..."

24 new species of #amphipod found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone 24 new deep-sea species found including a rare new branch of life | ScienceDaily share.google/C1pX5Sek2QYK...

Fancy birds. Also the California State Bird. Seen this AM at @ucdavis.bsky.social. (California quail for those who want to know).

Fancy birds. Also the California State Bird. Seen this AM at @ucdavis.bsky.social. (California quail for those who want to know).

New Covid variant has been identified and is already spreading in 25 states

I wonder why qualify it with fastest *animal* species. Is there a faster plant? Maybe an ejected seed moves faster and it counts as fastest overall given the whole organism is moving at great speed? (Rather than just a part, like a mantis shrimp).

They're great animals! A pair has been nesting on the football stadium here at MSU for a few years; a couple of years ago a nest box and camera were installed. We live-stream them in my lab every year during nesting season and they are a complete delight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-8_...

I always am a bit stunned when I get a sighting of the fastest animal species on the planet. Peregrine falcons are simply stunning creatures and I feel blessed every time I see one. I feel like the black and white style captures the mood today. Seen at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. #birds

Also we just published this review on Nutritional Symbiosis Between Ants and Their Symbiotic Microbes! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Nice article about cave microbes and the work of people like Hazel Barton from BBC News www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Trump admin has all been isued with Ayatollah finger puppets -- so they all can have whatever conversations they like

Sheer lies by tRump to artificially manipulate the stock market and gas prices.

I for one am glad that Trump's hallucianated conversations with Iran are going well.

S + C = H

Very happy that #yolobypass wildlife area near #davisca and #sacramentoca is open again

And since a ton of people have asked - I don't really sell many pics but I do have a SMugmug site and have posted this pic there if you want to buy a print jonathaneisen.smugmug.com/Tree-of-Life...

Sometimes you just get that shot. Anna's hummingbird with a little friend, in my yard. Davis, CA. #birds #ants

Just saw Hail Mary - I very much liked it - as a bonus they did not include some of the dubious evolution parts of the book …

One of my very most favorite Star Trek episodes, summarized in gif form... The Trouble With Tribbles...

Really loving the KVIE Abridged Newsletters and Local News for the #Sacramento general area. They even have a new newsletter for #YoloCounty. I encourage everyone in the area to check Abridged out and to support them. www.abridged.org

David Botstein wrote one of the most insightful and inspiring papers I’ve read on the evolution of mobile genetic elements. Still very much worth a reading these days. Hard to find people with such diverse, outstanding contributions. nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

They only use Hummers! 😁

That's its familiar

Hummingbird: "Dude! Since when did you decide to hitch ride?" Ant: "If hippos can have symbiotic avians, then avians should have symbiotic insects." Hummingbird: "OK then"

not sure - might have just fallen on it at feeder / flower

Zoom in 🐜

Is this an amazing photo? OBVIOUSLY YES. Is that little buddy an extra great surprise? ALSO YES, OF COURSE. But please don't miss those sweet tiny ridiculous hummingbird feet omg 😍

The hummingbird - “Say hello to my little friend”

CHECK OUT THE ANT!

When you upgrade to the epic level mount 🐜

Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠

Wow!

The tongue!!

gorgeous! Just refilled my feeders for the thirsty lil bastards

OMG, the passenger riding along!

Sometimes you just get that shot. Anna's hummingbird with a little friend, in my yard. Davis, CA. #birds #ants

I'm adding "plasmidome" to my "dontliketerm-ome"

OK, I don't like the term plasmidome, but otherwise this looks pretty cool / interesting: www.nature.com/articles/s41... A global soil plasmidome resource unveils functional and ecological roles of plasmids in soil microbiomes

you don't fuckin' say 😓

Person online: Normalize self-care. Statistician: Ok, the average amount of self-care is now zero.

it was so bad i went "fuck it i'll do it myself then"