Alex Wild
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Entomologist and Photographer in Austin, Texas.
https://www.alexanderwild.com
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My best photographs of 2025, a short thread. A tobacco hornworm on one of its favorite foods, a garden tomato plant (Texas, May 2025). This one makes the cut because it is more aesthetically pleasing than I was aiming for, somehow.
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Ainsley S
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just a little baby child (from
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Dan Osipov
about 5 hours ago
Is there a name for a collective of shield bugs?
#bugsky
#entomology
#macro
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One of my biggest fears is, because the way society is being dismantled includes destruction of food supply chains and farms, I worry the coming crash will feature famine unlike anything the United States has seen since the Great Depression.
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Tip for those finding Bluesky sparse or empty: Follow more people until your feed feels right. You can fix this. There are a ton of active accounts across a lot of areas. Scientists are waaaaayy more active here than on X, for example. Just hit that follow button.
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Ecology is complex. Turns out trees with ant nests in their branches have different, more permeable soils under them.
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Crown-to-ground: Above- and below-ground links mediated by arboreal ants and host tree modify soil aggregation scaling, infiltration, and chemistry
Soils are increasingly recognized as complex systems, emphasizing the need to study properties such as long-tailed scaling laws and the role of indireā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092913932600048X?casa_token=GBuEcWHu83kAAAAA:N3_aiGbHTO2MziQ5EX7Xmvuu--3WejswtCnrN-tDbPnkmpKBjX3B8y8TiFYrUZoHIMGqdx83NMj-
about 3 hours ago
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I would like to dox another Texas Nazi, his name is Ken Paxton.
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about 4 hours ago
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Given the economy, the brand should probably be sold to a hut company rather than a food company.
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From the news community on Reddit: Pizza Hut closing 250 US stores as parent company considers selling the brand
Explore this post and more from the news community
https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1qxj69m/pizza_hut_closing_250_us_stores_as_parent_company/
about 4 hours ago
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Nextdoor and iceout have reported ICE in NW Hills and Round Rock this morning, stay safe Austin.
about 5 hours ago
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As scholars now understand, Jesusās primary contribution was to bring cashless payments to the masses.
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about 20 hours ago
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This is aimed at transforming Oklahoma universities into large vocational colleges rather than research centers.
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about 21 hours ago
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Life continues for the majority of the planet that did not invest in Bitcoin, including these Tetramorium lucayanum ants.
about 23 hours ago
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Postscript: the police, being cops, issued more citations to the protestors, including the victim, than it did to the shithead who ran them over.
www.wowt.com/2026/02/04/s...
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about 24 hours ago
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So now we all just give our money to Trump? That's the plan?
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1 day ago
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Karen K. Ho
1 day ago
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women ā and interactions with them ā through the lens of sex
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Tree farms are farms, not forests.
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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel
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You know that trope in tv where everything looks great for the protagonist and then the bottom falls out? I got those vibes for these parasitic beetles! They have food, they have shelter, they have protection. What they do not have is freedom. š§Ŗ
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Beetles steal the scent of ants to secretly live among them
The catch? Once they enter the any colony, the beetles can never leave.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beetles-trick-ants-scent
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Sir Ian McKellen bellows at Trumpies that They Shall Not Pass.
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1 day ago
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Is the point of the National Prayer Breakfast that people sit around praying that the President shuts up?
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ashley fairbanks
1 day ago
gooooood morning! I have rents between $1018 and $2030 available for adoption today. Let's keep on keeping people out of eviction court! You can dm me on signal asiniiwiikwe.72 if you would like to pay someone's rent.
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A gallery of ant plants, and plant ants.
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Ants and Plants - Alex Wild
Images of interactions among ants and plants, two of the most dominant terrestrial organisms.
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Natural-History/Ants-and-Plants
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Reo Eveleth
1 day ago
Window seat, always and forever.
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The Onion
2 months ago
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTONāStressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. āWeāre cal...
https://theonion.com/crypto-leaders-call-for-infusion-of-20-million-dopes-to-1850544377/
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If I owned a bar thereād be free drinks with every DHS mugshot.
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2 days ago
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A Texas leafcutter ant, Atta texana, hauls spring Prunus buds along a tree branch on her way back to the nest.
3 months ago
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sara m. b. simon
2 days ago
quick, someone help, we've got a vegetable situation
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Screwworm imported from Argentina, caught at border inspection in Florida. The interception isn't itself cause for alarm and shows the government is still functioning. Still, it's a demonstration of propagule pressure, and the re-establishment of screwworm here is likely a matter of when, not if.
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2 days ago
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An Ectatomma tuberculatum ant tends to Guayaquila gracilicornis treehoppers in a Colombian cloud forest. Minca, Colombia.
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Luanne TifĆ” Platter
2 days ago
You will not believe what this is about.
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A&M is now contending with the inevitable first amendment lawsuits stemming from their recent censorship splurge. I hope McCoul prevails.
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Fired after gender lesson, former professor sues Texas A&M
Melissa McCoul, arguing she was fired to appease political critics, is seeking to get her job back and other restitution.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/texas-am-mccoul-lawsuit-gender-identity/
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Texas Observer
2 days ago
"We have no way of reconciling what these cases will do to water supplies." New from Miranda Williamson: The worldās largest artificial intelligence data center complex is being built in Amarillo, and itās almost seven times the size of Central Park.
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The Texas AI Boom is Outpacing Water Regulations
Each data center can ādrinkā as much as an entire community. Yet, Texas does not require these tech firms to disclose projected or actual water consumption.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-ai-data-centers-water-usage-regulation/
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45 year old dude with a MAGA hat.
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2 days ago
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Mieke Roth š„
2 days ago
There are train tracks right next to the concentration camp. Read this thread.
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I do wonder how a national newspaper would go if it didn't impose unethical dark money propaganda on top of their legitimate news. People weren't willing to support Post reporting if it also helped boost climate denial and human rights violations.
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Michael E. Mann
2 days ago
And like clockwork, just days after climate denier Bjorn Lomborg was exposed in the Epstein Files, Jeff Bezos's Washington Post publishes Lomborg op-ed downplaying the climate threat:
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Maybe ProPublica should add a sports desk. "Pro" they'd call it. With coverage and commentary of live games, coupled with financial reporting on the tax shelters used by team owners.
2 days ago
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Few things make more sense than that fraud Deepak Chopra being creepy in the E files.
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amanda moore š¢
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Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage Iāve read.
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Yeah, but I bet these ants will still tell their kids to stop complaining, when they were young they had to walk uphill the long way to the food source and that's just how it was.
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Path minimization during solitary foraging in Aphaenogaster senilis ants
Path minimization, the process of minimizing travel distance to enhance foraging efficiency, has been widely studied across diverse species, ranging fā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347225003884
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This is one of several archetypes we recruit to volunteer in the UT insect collection.
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Itās fucking 2026 and Iām spending my fucking time crowdfunding for people the fucking government has fucking disappeared because fuck all this. This is for a friend of a friend:
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Donate to Help Samuel Bautista Diaz Stay with His Family, organized by Alexandra Beall
Samuel Bautista Diaz has been a trusted contractor and friend in our co⦠Alexandra Beall needs your support for Help Samuel Bautista Diaz Stay with His Family
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The Austin market has a lot more wealth floating around that can be directed to Abbott's private school grift. Which is what this is really about. Any excuse to wreck the public schools and direct the money upwards and away.
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TEA warns of state takeovers for āencouragingā student protests
The state education agency issued guidance to districts after Gov. Greg Abbott directed its commissioner to investigate the student protests of killings by federal agents.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/texas-education-agency-student-walkouts-guidance/
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
2 days ago
An infant in New Mexico has just died from listeria. Public health officials think it is because the mother drank raw milk during pregnancy. I can imagine this familyās pain. Please, please donāt drink raw milk. It is of no benefit whatsoever.
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New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria
While the New Mexico Department of Health said it can't pinpoint the baby's exact cause of death, officials believe it could have been linked to the mother's drinking raw milk during pregnancy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-mexico-warns-consuming-raw-milk-newborn-dies-listeria-rcna257252
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
2 days ago
One of my academia-related takeaways from the Epstein business is that a lot of people who are chasing money arenāt doing it to facilitate more and better research, theyāre chasing money so they can avoid doing more work and enter powerful circles to be celebrated for what theyāve already done.
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The new rule is everything you post about Stancil henceforth is wrong and you lose the argument automatically. Pro-Stancil, or Anti-Stancil, it does not matter. Youāre wrong. Thatās the rule. Iām doing this as a public service because itās gone on too long, you all look stupid. Itās embarrassing.
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Itās fucking 2026 and Iām spending my fucking time crowdfunding for people the fucking government has fucking disappeared because fuck all this. This is for a friend of a friend:
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Donate to Help Samuel Bautista Diaz Stay with His Family, organized by Alexandra Beall
Samuel Bautista Diaz has been a trusted contractor and friend in our co⦠Alexandra Beall needs your support for Help Samuel Bautista Diaz Stay with His Family
https://gofund.me/d023e90e1
3 days ago
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The Onion
3 days ago
Reptile Handler At Birthday Party Ruthlessly Heckled By 6-Year-Old For Showing Amphibian
https://theonion.com/reptile-handler-at-birthday-party-ruthlessly-heckled-by-6-year-old-for-showing-amphibian/
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Greg Abbott wants to arrest children who protest and close schools that tolerate free expression.
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'It's about time': Abbott cheers arrests of student ICE protesters
The Texas governor threatened funding for schools allowing protests.
https://www.chron.com/news/article/abbott-students-ice-protests-21331474.php
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One of our local Chagas disease vectors, Triatoma indictiva. Texas. Cool looking bug, not much risk in casual encounters like this, but you won't want to live in rustic or outdoor housing for longer periods of time where these are common.
3 days ago
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Kristin Wyatt
3 days ago
Eastern Towhee
#birds
#snow
#photography
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