apparently these exist?! a friend has a pair and said they'd help with moth sheet construction

it's 2026, I don't need AI slop or 'self driving' car slop I need a Wallace and Gromitt style food delivery system

yuppp I overslept my alarm. took a sick day, boss is chill, but in a way that makes me suspicious. fed the cats & a few hrs ago, otherwise still horizontal in bed, it's warm and everything hurts less.

loose osseous bodies up to 10 mm ( = 1 cm ) that's about the size of a pea, or a pencil eraser. no wonder I can't sleep. I'm literally grinding my gears.

CT narrative results are in Findings of chronic humeral head avascular necrosis w/ chronic depressed subchondral fracture and remodeling. Severe glenohumeral osteoarthritis w/ bone-on-bone articulation. Loose osseous bodies in the subcoracoid recess and axillary recess measuring up to 10 mm.

I don't need to drink water, cuz I'm Felis margarita

last spring

last summer

the entoquip sheet looks like something I could physically manage. but the price! wishing that my more ables self had built this:

welllll, except the time I forgot to move the rocks/undo some clamps. wild winds and thing nearly ended up in the neighbor's yard.

just under 70° F tonight. I want to set up a moth sheet, but have to figure out how to manage it single-handedly (ha ha).. last version (sheet, clamps, rocks, old swing frame) was pretty good.

thanks to youtube commenters, I've discovered MANY people misunderstood the lyrics to Barbara Ann I was a kid, but the memories are vivid. stereo on w/ 6-disk CD player, set to multi disk shuffle. when the Beach Boys on, we'd jump up and dance around, and sing "bababa babomb Iran!"

"Diversity within species contributes to ecosystem functioning and represents an often-overlooked layer of biodiversity." #Biodiversity - we have so little understanding of what we are trashing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🐻 Compléments de Buffon. t.1. Paris: P. Pourrat Frères, 1838. [Source]

I thought moths with good hair were my fave, but perhaps it's moths with abundant antennae? Orygia vetusta, June 2025 #moths #insects #teammoth #mothsmatter #naturephotography Their larvae are fuzzy colorful critters, I'll have to dig up some photos to post.

Finally asked the neighbors to not leave their yard lights on all night. "Because I like to stargaze, particularly on warm summer nights." Relieved I don't need to get a Hg vapor to try and outgun them. (this is a "before" photo) #entomology #entoquip

"Did you ever think that maybe there’s more to life than being really, really… really ridiculously good looking?" Vestal tiger moth (Spilosoma vestalis) late March 2025. Coastal central CA (this was 🥇 moth @foam.bsky.social!) #lepidoptera #entomology

just under 70° F tonight. I want to set up a moth sheet, but have to figure out how to manage it single-handedly (ha ha).. last version (sheet, clamps, rocks, old swing frame) was pretty good.

if there's one thing I have said, is that the dreams I once had now lay in bed as the four winds blow my wits through the door, it's been the worst day since yesterday

if you see me NO YOU DIDN'T it's shut the fuck up Friday

if you see me NO YOU DIDN'T it's shut the fuck up Friday

had my 1st CT scan today. so fast and quiet compared to an MRI. but where I fall asleep in MRIS, the CT made me queasy?

today's nice #invertebrate Spring has Sprung and the bumbles are LOST in the sauce

the title? meh. the opening graf? magestic. "Every summer, 1,000 virgin queens descend on the Belgian town of Chimay. During the “wedding flight”, a male attaches to the female. His endophallus (penis equivalent) is torn off and he falls to the ground and dies. Mission accomplished."

wondering if I can temporarily lobotomize myself for 24-48 hours to avoid all state of the union discourse

"bee study", oil on mat board, 3 3/4 x 5 1/4", 2026- $200(Cdn) #art #sciart #invertebrates

Share a TV show that raised you.

One of the greatest bollard walks in history. #WorldBollardAssociation

pope is confirmed bsky user

Corolla-sized vermin? putting aside the issue of "vermin".. do you have any idea how big sea lions are? or how big a car is?

things for tomorrow: keyboard that doesn't hurt my R shoulder. switching to a L hand mouse made a huge difference but sometimes I need to write odious long emails for my email job low travel keys? split vertical? some tiny little device that I can hold in my hand, and rest my hand in my lap?

what time zone is my brain in?? I'm supposed to be up for work way too soon..

When you feel personally stuck? The absolute no shit fastest most selfish way to fix it is to help someone else. It gives you the feeling of unsticking something. It floods your brain with what is possible instead of impossibility. Hope, that flighty bitch, can be coaxed into a long visit.

clear wings, shrimp tails, 40/40 no notes!

Every strawberry tells a love story. Not the kind sold in candy, but a story rooted in sacrifice. Farmworkers harvest with care, yet they face low wages and fear. Love means respect. Love means justice. Love means standing with farmworkers. #ValentinesDay #WeFeedYou

But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders. — I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & today I hate them worse than everything so farewell & in a sweet frame of mind, I am, Ever yours, C. Darwin

burped so loud that I woke up & startled both the cat in my lap AND the cat in the other room

It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future. mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...

I love me a good scientist rant, and this one from 2015 is a favorite. #spiders

The answer to "has anyone ever complained about ____ or blamed _____ for things?" is usually yes.

certified goofy dudes that I saw yesterday!

clear wing, shrimp tail, 10/10 no notes

Love apt, memorable species names. Love open access journals. Love native pollinators!

I process a lot of what’s going on around me through insects. Inspired by a good friend I made this drawing of a bombardier beetle spraying acid at ice. Abolish ICE

ACAB includes the cop in your head

🐝 Historia fisica, politica y natural de la isla de Cuba.. Paris: A. Bertrand, 1838-1861.. [Source]

Wing fringe Wednesday? A 0.4mm long female Litus cynipseus wasp of the Mymaridae found 19.11.2025 at Rye Harbour Nature reserve. This is a very commonly found species, but (like most things in the natural realm) it is rather wonderful when you look closely. #UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #RyeHarbour