Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!

Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.latimes.com/business/sto...

So good. Be sure to check out his big cat illustrations, too.

Yet another wonderful artist.

Last night I delivered a presentation on spiders to members of the Topeka Audubon Society, in Topeka, Kansas, USA. It was not recorded, but I will be repeating this, virtually, early next year. Next up is Heartland Book Festival in Kansas City this Saturday.

This is one of the more common sand wasps in urban and suburban areas.

bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/10/what... #JaneGoodall #blogpost

I am just being made aware of this. Can’t we have just *one* nice thing?

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

This is a great account with original content, featuring a sharp wit that pulls no punches.

Always happy to celebrate fellow nonfiction authors. Congratulations, Rachel!

I just “discovered” another wonderful artist on here. Please look at their account, you will want to follow them, too.

The selfie mode on my iPhone 14 comes in handy for reaching concealed spiders like this Lattice Orbweaver, Araneus thaddeus. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, October 1, 2025. #Arachtober #spider #spiders #bugsky

Woody Guthrie was wrong.... senseofmisplaced.blogspot.com/2025/10/nach... #blogpost #senseofplace #home

It's that time of year again: #arachtober! I will try to celebrate as many days as I can. This spider is a Woodlouse Hunter, Dysdera crocata. She has long jaws and only 6 eyes (most spiders have 8). Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, April 28, 2025. #bugsky #spiders

I was already worried about Greta Thunberg (I still am), and then I learned Dr. Jane Goodall passed away. Not sure if I can deal.

Another scorpion wannabe moth. This one is substantially larger than the one I posted yesterday, and in a different family. Genus Eulithis, in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, September 30, 2025.

Friends, meet Loren Mayshark. You may know or remember him from Twitter/X. I love that he also posts mini biographies of famous writers on their birthdays.

Do we boycott YouTube now, for settling the lawsuit? The multimillion dollar settlement will fund the White House ballroom, in part? Seriously?

What a moth! Eggplant Leafroller, Lineodes integra. On our backyard fence. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, September 29, 2025. It’s facing north, abdomen curled back to nearly reach its face. Totally convincing of a wisp of dry grass.

"Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic." Carl Sagan, Cosmos

This! It is not “choice,” it is REDUNDANCY.

“To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight,” E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)

I am finally living the life of an author! Thank you for your support....https://bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/09/book-festivals-royalties-and-other.html #booksky #author #blogpost

Feeding swarm of darner dragonflies over our house earlier this evening. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. #bugsky #dragonflies #insects

Q: What do you get if you cross a mood ring with a pronoun pin? A: My latest design at canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4376... Please share!

Alien: Earth is a pretty obvious metaphor for our current reality, but it is done well and I highly recommend it.

Disappointed to not be on either list? Ask yourself if you are a social media professional, have a staff that posts, are a public figure, post almost exclusively about politics…. You get the picture. Oh, do you even have a minimum of 8K followers? Keep at it anyway!

This is genius on many levels.

Hilarious. I had to watch it twice because I was laughing so hard that I missed some of the clips. 😄

Definitely worth the read if you are a writer.

Spotted this enormous caterpillar of a Polyphemus Moth today, during the two week bioblitz at the Linda Hall Library arboretum in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. #bugsky #caterpillar #insects

Hm-m-m, might have to try Tumblr.

The See Through Canoe account is number one for wildlife watching ethics for videos like this. Also, why is no one else even addressing outdoor ethics?

Good point!

How's *your* health? #blogpost #healthcare

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

I will have a table at this event, on Saturday, October 11. I will be selling books, but am also happy to sign previously purchased books. Hope to see you in Kansas City! #bookfestival

This is damn near as infuriating as the Heritage Foundation. Geez.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

I would highly recommend elevating Denali’s following.

Obscure Bird Grasshopper gracing our backyard today in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. Please consider following me for more insect photos, as I always forget hashtags. Thanks! #bugsky #grasshoppers #insects #entomology

A thread-waisted wasp, Eremnophila aureonotata, perched on leaves of White Snakeroot in our backyard last Friday, September 5, on an overcast afternoon. Likely sleeping, and easily approached. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.

Somewhere in the pile of logs at the base of our backyard brush pile, we have a nest of American Bumble Bee, Bombus pensylvanicus. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.

This is incredibly insightful and powerful writing by Anne Helen Petersen. Twelve out of ten. We are on the brink of deciding we need (and deserve) a *collaborative* economy of linked small and individual businesses (IMO).

Awesome video by my better half!

Another uncommon butterfly on the Eupatorium flowers in our backyard. Summer Azure most likely. The last one I saw was in June of 2021. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. September 4, 2025.

Love those artists who share their process, helping other artists better their craft.

This needs to be fixed IMMEDIATELY.

An excellent, critical essay. Please circulate.