Man, documenting something while you build it makes it take like 100 times longer! But i finally finished the steps for how to build the latest "Mothbox Pro." Now, when I put them together, it's a breeze! digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...

We're bringing back Open Science Shop + Mothbox meetings in 2026! Interested in manufacturing Mothboxes locally? Then these meetings are perfect for you! New meeting times: 1am and 3pm UTC. @dinalab.bsky.social

Some big diffs between citizen science observations (from iNaturalist) and specimen records (from digitised museum collections) - cit. sci records biased towards large inverts & exotic spp. Great MSc project with recommendations 🌏🧪@nzhymenoptera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fun news! Our post about finding the caterpillar of the White Witch moth (while we were on our big mothbox expedition) is listed on the front page of the @inaturalist.bsky.social recap of posts of the year! www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025?u...

The Open Science Shop is working to develop a distributed manufacturing network of open science hardware. I am excited to share that the Open Science Shop has now documented the steps you can take to become an open science hardware vendor. Check it out here: www.openscienceshop.org/new_vendors/

We’re excited to release the DIGITCORE Toolkit! The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research (DIGITCORE) outlines challenges, problems, and situations experienced in collaborative environmental research. Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org

"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

🎉 @opensciencehw.bsky.social has named @griffey.bsky.social its 1st Executive Director! A leader in 🔓 open infrastructure & the 🔍 research ecosystem, Jason will guide OSHF to build sustainable community-driven systems for #openscience worldwide. opensciencehardware.org/2025/10/oshf... #opensource

I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging! I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org : dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Vampire moths might sound more horror film than natural world, but they’re 100% real! 😱 See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇

🌍 Languages of Life | Línguas da Vida | Bahasa Kehidupan 🗣️🌱 Biodiversity doesn’t speak only English. 🌳🐒 If species cross borders, our words should too. New paper in @ConLetters : why saving life also means using more languages 🔗https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13139

"We are not here to drop the aid and go home and pat ourselves on the back. We are here to establish a humanitarian corridor for states themselves to assume their responsibilities."

very informative, if not very optimistic, piece on Nepal’s upheaval this month, its background and context: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Our entirely localized open source processing scripts for The mothbox now have a cool new UI! JUST SELECT YOUR FOLDERS AND START FINDING COOL BUGS! @briannaljohns.bsky.social even made nice documentation to show you how to do it! digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...

Queer Night Hike! We took the local queer activist group, Salva El Grillo, on a fun nocturnal adventure in the rainforest! Saw so many creatures including: Olingo, caiman, red eyed tree frogs, scorpions, and more!

✨Science Spotlight✨ A Melbourne study shows gardened nature strips attract more insects than lawn - boosting bees, beetles & butterflies 🐝. Providing habitat and resources in urban spaces can make a big difference for biodiversity 🧪🌍 @philippabell.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Testing the MEGA MOTHBEAM. It kicked ass tonight and didn't melt itself! With @briannaljohns.bsky.social

'All paths lead to water' - my newest aerial embroidery, inspired by the grounds of Antony House, Cornwall! I loved the radiating paths through the trees leading to the water edge so here's my take on the landscape... with kayakers! Now available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a...

Hard to read but just one example of the human cost of wildfires - with climate change increasing the number of fires each year. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!

Making super low cost moth attractors with Dinalab crew: @wellreadpanda.bsky.social @briannaljohns.bsky.social

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Interested in building & selling Mothboxes locally? We're starting up a working group of vendors across the globe interested in manufacturing Mothboxes ✨ Join us for our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC! @dinalab.bsky.social www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...

So this is what I needed the "neutral face" author photo for :) I'm pontificating about why big sticky animals are hard to find. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here's a super cool documentary about the Mothbox! Learn about the development and use of this fun #openscience #opensource tool for DIY biodiversity monitoring! youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...

🚨 REMINDER: We're #hiring a new Executive Director! 📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware: opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were... #job #opensource #sciencejob

Have you wanted a mothbox? But didn't have time to build one yourself? We have a rare opportunity of a couple extra moth boxes in the USA that we could potentially ship to people at cost. It's basically $375 in parts plus shipping!

Doing Mothbox surveys in Indonesia during Dinacon led to serendipity where we could quickly see if the mothbox could be used as an undersea monitor for the coral restoration projects. Turns out it's pretty easy to do! youtu.be/-0oF8C5FCJU?...

Happy Gosh Gathering from Dinacon!! 10 years ago @goshcommunity.bsky.social made a goal to make open science hardware ubiquitous by 2025! The time has arrived and we are celebrating #opentools here with 53 people at Dinacon! #openscience #opensource

Fulbright board members are resigning “rather than endorse unprecedented actions that we believe are impermissible under the law, compromise U.S. national interests and integrity, and undermine the mission" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

I think your power users, the ones who consistently contribute high-quality observations or IDs, understand the diff btw the LLM you use now and GenAI, and many of us are VERY wary of the latter. Is it worth making the UX better for casual users at the expense of the ones who are really committed?

“Instead of just offering AI species suggestions of what you saw, we want to offer a why as well.” iNaturalist now has a statement explaining their controversial decision to partner with Google on a limited generative AI tool. www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-...

For #PrideMonth , an updated reading list by @jjinsing.bsky.social via integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/w... List jayjinsing.github.io/ReadingList/ & be sure to read Jay's coauthored ICB work Cross-sexual Transfer Revisited. doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #LGTBQI #Pride

Cool new article from @hacksterio.bsky.social about the Mothbox! www.hackster.io/news/mothbox...

For Fulbright Applicants, a DEI Disqualifier The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kg5Fii

"Tested" is a great and beautifully made, thoughtful podcast miniseries on the history of testing for sex in sports and the way it mostly serves exclude trans women and to harm cis women with natural variation www.newamerica.org/fellows/even...

Doing a quick jungle pcb workshop with @wellreadpanda.bsky.social and @briannaljohns.bsky.social

If you haven't seen it, you are definitely missing out. This series hits so many incredible, imaginative themes, and the world-building is fascinating. I'm so, so sad it was cancelled. Still utterly worth giving the single season a watch.

Know your insect antennae! #insects #bugs #antennae #entomology #education #art #SciArt

We’re so proud to release the Community Data Playbook! Communities around the world collect and use #environmental data, but face barriers in using data to its fullest extent; to unlock the potential benefits of community-generated environmental data, we need better data governance approaches.

After reviewing 251 applications, it’s time to introduce the winners of the WILDLABS Awards 2025! We're honoured to work with @Arm again to support and advance the adoption, scaling, & innovation of #conservationtech. Learn more about the awardees here: wildlabs.net/article/anno...

What a powerful recounting of the tragedy of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina from @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social + team. With hurricane season less than 2 weeks away, are other inland communities prepared for what these storms can bring? www.propublica.org/article/hurr...

Got the first test of basic Mothbox pcb making in hand! Thanks to the amazing open source program @kicad.org !! And other open source plugins, i had these in my hands 48 hours after finishing the design!

How neat! The Mothbox got featured in this cool article about this great rainforest reforestation group we are working with in Panamá! wedgetailventures.substack.com/p/pro-eco-az...

Our new paper led by Rachel Carmenta explodes the myth that poverty drives biodiversity loss - we show that it is wealth that has a disproportionate role 🌍 authors.elsevier.com/c/1l3Im6gsyP...

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Executive at the Humanitarian Technology Trust! The Trust is a new UK Charity supporting open-source technologies that benefit humanity. Our first project the OpenFlexure Microscope. Find out more at httrust.org @openflexure.bsky.social

Today is the launch day for the Humanitarian Technology Trust* - a charity devoted to advancing open-source humanitarian technology through local manufacturing. Please take a look at httrust.org Please also re-post. And, if you can, please donate - link above. --- * I'm chair of the trustees.

BBC News - Charity linked to Prince Harry admits human rights abuses in Congo park www.bbc.com/news/article...

I’m honored to receive the Pulitzer Prize today. I dedicate this success to my family, friends, teachers, and students in Gaza. I’m praying for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and justice. 🍓🍓🍓🍓

Update May 5, 2025: In a win for privacy and encryption, the Florida Legislature ended its regular 2025 session on May 2 without passing SB 868 / HB 743.