Land Grant University: Escaped cow runs straight for the main library. #Illinois

From Trump on down to the folks causing the most issues in my community organizing circle right now. Squeegee guys, all. Just fuck off and get out of our lives, we are not obligated to deal with your shit, stop being a bully and acting like we should be grateful for your presence

Clearly an important read…it was delivered 10 min after a tornado warning ended. Thanks USPS. @lollardfish.bsky.social

(Cool to see how this movie had different meanings for me at different stages of my life. Currently, pure nostalgia.) Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

Being an Arsenal fan ages you.

Celebrate the good news. Americans treasure the species that are our natural heritage. ESA administration has found ways over time to reduce the cost of protecting them. Tearing down the ESA would be disastrous

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

If you look closely and watch the Goldeneye's eye, you can see his nictitating membrane (or third eyelid) doing its work a couple of times before the duck dives into the water. Video is slowed down so that you can see things more clearly. #wildlife #birds

The front page of the Star Tribune on April 22, 2016, following the passing of Prince.

Alright, so after many many drafts, my NEPC education “policy review” covering Year I of Trump II is out. A “Not great, Bob!” gif might have served as well. I end up arguing that doing the life-giving work of good education requires intensely local effort in a newly obvious kind of way.

Feeling the #Entomology art in New Orleans.

Ohhhh tomorrow you can listen to Lee Davies and myself talking flies and fungi with Sue Perkins & Sara Pascoe Nature Table - Tuesday April 14th - 6.30pm on BBC Radio 4 🪰🍄 Much fun was had recording this 😎 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

A grad student (Univ of Illinois UC) was kind enough to take the time to answer some questions about a new study out of Penn State. Then that news outlet (ScienceNews) turns around and puts her quote RIGHT NEXT to an absolutely AWFUL AI-video. In the student's words: "it's booty cheeks & cringe".

If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...

I have very similar experiences, except the Nobel prize bit, and such feelings of sadness and dread. “I looked to this country as a beacon all those years ago, and I made the affirmative decision to create a life for myself here.”

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Can we throw them a parade? We should throw a parade.

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

It would be so cool if a whale also showed up to this welcome-home party. #artemis 🐳

As the Integrity crew splashed down TO THE MINUTE of their estimated arrival and hit the BULLSEYE, this is a reminder that Katherine Johnson was an absolute genius. My God. #NASA #ArtemisII

Most immigrants to the US work extremely hard. Trying to perform at expected levels or better… …for YEARS after first arrival. This is my experience. So I really don’t understand why a rich person w/out a “real” job can’t practice a 5min written speech 20 times so words are pronounced correctly 🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s a beautiful day to paint some bugs

Expect inspiring talks from leading voices in #InsectScience - It’s a rare chance to hear directly from those shaping the direction of entomology globally. 💡 Early bird registration is open - lock in your place while rates are at their lowest! Check out our keynote speakers 🔽

these things existing at all sticks it to fascists!

I was so moved when watching live, didn't even know the story behind the name. It was just clear that this man was overcome, and that his friends were sharing his pain & wanted to give support. Such a basic human emotion. True feelings shared at the greatest distance from "all that they hold dear"

Chicago is ready for the Men’s Final Four! I-L-L

Happy birthday #entomologist & scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)! 🧪👩🏼‍🔬🐡🦋 #histsci Her stepdad Jacob Marrel & students trained her as an artist. She began painting insects & plants by 13. She wrote, “I spent my time investigating insects. [...] I realized that other caterpillars 🧵

The Illini Football team is hard at work helping to make Final Four shirts.

Hey, museum educators 📣! APPLY to this awesome job in the Education Department at Museum of the Rockies: jobs.montana.edu/postings/50937

It's 3pm slump time, so how about something to perk you up? Did you know fleas have complete metamorphosis? This is a larval cat flea. @dradriansmith.bsky.social's filming and rearing story will definitely bring you to alertness 😀 (1/2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bsG...

TRUMP RUINED BAD TASTE John Waters at #NoKings in Provincetown (Pic via petermarietoto on X)

Always skeet “protesting” insects. (+ my fav so far) #nokings #chicago

🌤 Lentekriebels in de natuur: drie ooievaars 'vechten' voor hun plekje op het nest. Luid geklepper en een soort gevechtshouding was het gevolg. Prachtig om dit voor mijn lens te krijgen, met in de achtergrond de wolkentop van een hagelbui. Bijzonder moment gisteren! 📸

This Illinois team is locked in. Disciplined. Fundamentals on point with two hands on the chair at all times. You can tell how much Keaton Wagler enjoys the game. Iowa better study this film.

Just a guy out walking his turtles.

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Thing I learned today: Seal Lice vector seal heart worms! I don't know of another louse species that vectors a nematode. Do any other entofriends? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The universe is a glorious, stunningly beautiful place, and it’s offensive & gross when people produce or share fake space imagery. There’s a video floating around on here pretending to be the night sky viewed from Mars. It’s extremely fake, has been polluting the internet for years. Don’t share it

Great talk. Almost feeling brave enough as a nontenured noncitizen PI mentoring international students to dive back in. Will focus on framing positive sci stories first. (I swear I saw 30+ bald eagles the day before!) Thanks @laurahelmuth.bsky.social for visiting and sharing “new to me” resources.

Some great reads on @sciam.bsky.social 's Best Nonfiction book list. www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

A new paper suggests that grant terminations from the NIH over the past year may have further punctured the so-called "leaky pipeline" because women were more impacted by grant terminations than men www.statnews.com/2026/03/23/n...

Really excellent paper on the genetics of caterpillar butt ornaments journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

🦠 Vector-Borne Disease Epidemiology for Educators Join Penn State Extension and VectorED Network for a professional development webinar designed to strengthen your understanding of vector-borne diseases and how to communicate risk effectively.

a fun fact that I will never tire of is that the brits cooked up the idea of a “vote of no confidence“ specifically to ditch the govt that lost the war against the US colonies, which is why our constitutional tradition doesn’t benefit from their innovation

Wow! Great shot of an ant having a blast. Wheeeeeee! 😉 🐜

Really happy that a moth made it to the cover of @nature.com! Thanks to my co-author Gunnar Brehm for this great photo 📸 Find our study on thermal limits in this week's issue: www.nature.com/nature/volum... @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

10:10

Let’s go #scicomm peeps.

Astronomer Caroline Herschel was born #OTD in 1750. She discovered and catalogued a wealth of comets, stars, and nebulae. Along with Mary Somerville, she was the first woman elected to the Royal Astronomical Society. 🧪🔭👩‍🔬 Image: Artist's impression of a young Caroline Herschel. Lisa Rosowsky / CfA