The aphids under the leaf seem oblivious to the predatory lacewing larva on the other side, picking them off one by one. Photo from a couple weeks ago, in my native plant garden.

she’s in oakland, someone tell interpol

Striped cuckoo (Tapera naevia) chicks utilize specialized, cryptic plumage that mimics the texture and color of pinecones for camouflage. #birds

Long before the headlines, the building blocks of a potential hantavirus treatment and vaccine were already taking shape in Chile until a lack of resources, and the subsequent onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, stopped them in their tracks

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...

I wish stories like these would emphasize when important advances are funded by NIH, as this study was. NIH is now politicized and weakened by the Trump regime, putting advances like these at risk.

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

Calling all neuroscience postdocs! Come and share your work with the London neuroscience community. No CVs, publication records or recommendation letters needed. Learn more about SWC’s Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series and apply by 30 June: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...

reading about people taking ivermectin for hantavirus and the stories are really heartworming

I resisted integrating Canvas into my courses for a long time but students asked for it because all of their profs were doing it. I didn’t like the idea of a corporate product mediating the relationship between me and my students, and I always wondered what happens if they declare bankruptcy.

Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Job doing what even Randall Munroe of XKCD thought was a huge issue years ago. Some things in tech get better! 🦆🦃🦢🦉🐦‍⬛🦩🦚🦅

Hi! I'm a farmer! This NYT article is sweet, saccharine bullshit. Farmers knew Trump was going to hurt our business. Because he already did a trade war in his 1st term. I even did a video on why so many farmers support Trump, WHILE knowing he'd hurt our farms.

New neighbor. I shall call her Owlanis Morissette.

Got up early in hopes of catching this photo before work this morning. There's only a few days each year where it's cool enough in the morning to make this shot possible. Thankfully, today was one of those days! #wildlife #birds

Why do our visual systems have “shortcut” connections (V1-V4)? What do they add beyond the classic hierarchical (V1-V2-V3-V4) pathway? 

The lab’s latest study takes activity flow modeling to the next level to answer this question, led by @alextzalav.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n

Mods are asleep, post celebratory pig pics

Under a corrupt authoritarian regime, "public-private partnerships" meant that private companies give money to public officials in exchange for private property rights over public funds, public lands, and public goods. Otherwise known as "bribery", but potato, potahto.

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

Excited to read this preprint by Yi Zuo's lab, using 2p imaging to track spine growth following psilocybin. Many similarities with our findings. The new study crucially also tested dose dependence and dived deep into spine characteristics like clustering. 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I did some research to try and figure out when my death date would be if there had been no treatment for my cancer. I don't know why I assumed it would be some date in the future, but, in fact, I passed the middle of the "no treatment survival" bell curve more than a year ago. Thanks chemo.

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

was once New Amsterdam.

After months, I was finally able to combine both my hurricane landfall and return period datasets for the U.S. into one massive infographic. I absolutely love this. What an insane map to look at!

if cats could drive they’d be like “yes of course i will let you merge” and then as soon as you did they’d attack your car

Morning! xx

Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids https://theonion.com/once-adventurous-salmon-can-t-believe-she-ended-up-movi-1825827223/

Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like today if the charismatic actor who decided to go into politics had been Gregory Peck instead of Ronald Reagan.

This ant species is Pseudomyrmex boopis, which should be pronounced "BOOOOOOOP-is!" while bopping someone's nose, but taxonomists tell me to sit down and stop giggling and say "boo-OH-piss" like a grownup. So pronounce it however you want, I guess.

I was just talking to a friend today about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - new books every month, totally for free, for kids ages 1-5. My son was part of the program - this is a copy of the letter that came with his last book, right after his 5th birthday.

Artemis II today.

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

Ok the next shirt design is EITHER going to be a lightning bug or bioluminescent deep sea creature. I have not decided which... But regardless its gonna be glow in the dark I'll tell you that much.

Marco Rubio in 2023

Evolution is an empirical fact! It's observable & measurable. The Theory of Evolution explains how & why it occurs. We observe evolution happening (fact) & the theory of evolution provides the mechanisms (natural selection, genetic drift, etc.) that drive it. evolution.berkeley.edu/evolution-101/

Crime in the United States has dropped immensely in the last 35 years

Best I can reckon, this would be the most people ever assembled on Boston Common in its 392 years? Would be the papal visit in '79, the last No Kings in '25, then today. drone shot pulled from CNN #NoKings

No Kings in Utqiaġvik (Barrow) Alaska!

Feed the bees so they can feed the wees Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold | ScienceDaily share.google/3sYJ1ADc8TsJ...

My quote of the day There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles! John Hancock

Dem leadership should be telling everyone that this is the talking point.

Open postdoc position in my lab at Cornell, conducting comparative and experimental studies on transcriptomic responses to diet and toxins, utilizing the milkweed-insect community. Background in molecular bio & herbivory desired. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31867

Seven-word death punch

When movies were shot on physical film, the film was measured in feet. This is why any recorded thing is now called ‘footage.'

i do not "organize my files", i do not "put things in separate folders", i PUT EVERYTHING IN DOWNLOADS! and if i can't find it, i LOST IT!

Eat shit, lol, and long live The Onion.

🚨Last week to apply for a 3 year postdoc with me and @dominikdeffner.bsky.social, embedded in theadaptivemind-excellencecluster.de Focus is on developing innovative experiments and computational models to understand social & cultural learning. Deadline is March 30th 👉 hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni...