Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Last night was my first Rainbow Mixer, and I had an incredible time. Hats off to the organizers and performers for a creative, funny, and all-around wonderful insect cabaret! #EntSoc25

"Would you like to see some bugs?" The answer is always yes! Barrett Klein shows my colleague Jess some of his collection as we headed to the Oregon Convention Center for Day 2 of #EntSoc25

Energizing opening plenary for #EntSoc25 as Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy preached "the gospel of science" & encouraged entomologists to practice the art of storytelling to help better advocate for the critical role of insects to family, community, and policymakers. Think globally, act locally!

Great panel today to kick off ESA Science Policy Committee workshop on coalition building with Chris Looney, Scott Black of Xerces, past pres @jenniferahenke.bsky.social, & Sonny Ramaswamy. Key takeaway: understanding what motivation potential partners need to engage, the "so what?" #EntSoc25

Exciting turnout for "Practical Research for Real-life Problems: Crafting Invasive Insect Research Topics to Save the World a Little Bit at at Time" with Leigh Greenwood and Sam Ward at 9:30 am on a Sunday to kick off #EntSoc25

Hello Portland, you beautiful city! Can't wait for #EntSoc25 to get underway!

Lovely brunch, including some free drinks, and some free ARCs from the local indie bookstore where we run our book club. Can't ask for a nicer start to a Sunday with my love.

It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff! If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!

Just started "The Mysteries of Udolpho". The villain is revealed by telling the former owner of his chateau that he plans to tear down the east wing to build a monstrous addition & cut down the ancient chestnut tree, as there can neither be "use, or beauty, in such a sapless old tree as this."

As it turns out, I'd probably marry that man.

Carl is a great science writer looking to hear stories about how this administration has disrupted research and lives. @entsocamerica.bsky.social His first story covers a scientist who studied native #pollinators

If you are an alum of: Vanderbilt UVA UT Austin U of Southern California Dartmouth Brown MIT U Penn U Arizona Your alma mater is RIGHT NOW weighing the costs and benefits of giving up its independence and abandoning academic freedom. SPEAK UP NOW: 2/2

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Sun dog season is back!

Nothing old is new. Watching a movie from 1941.

Former staffers of Climate.gov are launching a new site: www.climate.us 🧪

Great piece by former USDA NIFA director Sonny Ramaswamy on the very real challenges for humans being exacerbated by the Administration's efforts to slash funding for R&D. capitalpress.com/2025/09/17/s... #entvocate25

My Sunday (brunch) holy trinity: the father (coffee) the son (water) and the Holy Spirit (beer)

This has been a tough week. If you need a change of scene immediately, I recommend the following films: the thoughtful and contemplative "Paterson" by Jim Jarmusch (my husband's rec which I enjoyed) and the brilliant and life affirming "Stranger Than Fiction". Maybe in that order.

Newly registered or re-registered insecticides and herbicides will be rolling out with labels that may require drift/runoff mitigations to protect ESA-listed species. Learn more about how to navigate the menu of mitigations in a 90 min webinar next Tuesday from EPA: www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...

Fantasy football is tough when you're playing your husband on the same week your #1 team (Packers) plays your #2 team (Commies), and both their QBs are on your fantasy team. And he's got the Packers defense. #letsgopack

Today we marched for & with the 700,000 people in DC who are sick & tried of our colonial status. #FreeDC #DCStatehood

The older I get, the harder it is to act my age.

It wasn't quite on the "if it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college" level, but it would have bothered me all day if we hadn't figured it out.

You know I like my day job when, on vacation, I drag my husband @wifeguy.org to meet a couple of awesome entomologists I work with who are faculty at the University of Maine, Dr. Angela Mech and Dr. Allie Gardner, so I can say hi and see their labs.

Can confirm. 😉

Chuffed to see this. Entomologist @meganorourke.com, who has worked on Congress as well as for USDA, is also running for Congress if you're looking for great candidates to support! #standupforscience

When mom is gone there are no rules

Watching the United States dismantle the scientific infrastructure it built across half a century is astounding. An incredible act of self-sabotage, one that leaves the country poorer, its people sicker, and hands the future to adversary nations.

Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.

MAHA ignores the real causes of poor health in the US, but Defend Public Health doesn’t. Our report has 11 pillars of actions for Improving the Health of Americans Together, like reducing gun violence, combating scientific misinformation, and removing RFK Jr. from office.

- Undesirables from seedy underground locations making lots of noise at night (cicadas) - How much an ice cream vendor on the Mall tries to charge you for one chocolate ice cream before you explain you aren’t a tourist - Preferring Rehoboth over Bethany

People’s Book in Takoma Park, Maryland, says it has donated more than $7,000 from sales of US Senator Dave McCormick’s book Who Believed in You to the nonprofit CASA, which advocates for immigrants.

Spotted lanternfly really suck b/c they are damaging invasive species, but also because they lead to a lot of screaming when I'm doing yardwork & I spot some big thing that's landed on me while I'm wielding sharp objects. There shouldn't be that much shrieking when I'm alone in my backyard.

Apply for the early reviewer program--being at Study Section, writing reviews and watching the process unfold is exceptionally helpful

If you have been enjoying #NationalMothWeek, consider joining our arthropod monitoring program! Standardized surveys provide more info than simply submitting photos, and help reveal phenology and long-term trends. Explore our data like those shown below! caterpillarscount.unc.edu/mapsAndGraph...

Happy Pie 'n Beer Day to all my Utah friends who observe.

These folks have access to some of the highest levels of NIH leadership, and they are sounding the alarm over the direction this administration is taking the NIH.

I had no idea there are so many different types of fireflies! Last night when I let my dogs out before bed, I felt like there were more in my backyard than I've seen in years, which was heartening during these times. wapo.st/4f1lN5A

Skip the editorial by the director of Trump's Office of Science and Technology Policy on "sound science." Read the letter by John Holdren instead: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

They are doing Defund The Police in reverse: Gutting the social safety net and giving unlimited power to a vast, violent gestapo to deal with the consequences.

Roughly 140 EPA staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter are put on leave www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A real tweet from Wisconsin Republican Rep. @derrickvanorden Today’s GOP in a nutshell 🥜

This is a map of Lyme disease cases in 1995 via CDC. Keep it in mind when I show you the 2023 map in the next post.

It’s not too late to take action. Call your representative at 202-224-3121 to tell them to vote no.

We need more Jamie Raskins in Congress #NoKingsDay #ProudBlue #DemVoice1

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

And my long conversation with @andreapitzer.bsky.social on the #BethesdaDeclaration is out too. Standing up to power. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/standing-u...