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Ainsley S

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I hope you like pictures of bugs

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this article definitely predates chatGPT, I think it was just a well-meaning botanist of some kind. Definitely not a coleopterist, I can tell you that much

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damn, some harsh language in this UIUC extension post extension.illinois.edu/blogs/garden...

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Dr. Headbutt (she/her) šŸŒˆšŸ§Ŗ's avatar Dr. Headbutt (she/her) šŸŒˆšŸ§Ŗ @nicoleackermans.bsky.social
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I am co-author on a new paper about dinosaur headbutting! Did Pachycephalosaurus headbutt like bighorn sheep? What is headbutting? Why a dome?
Read our paper to find out!
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...

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Also: - Furious grass veneer moths - All of them - Absolutely livid - Imagine their tiny rawrs

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but why are they wearing fancy little ribbons like pies in the county fair baking competition

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(there was only one that was just a cicada nymph, thatā€™s a p good record)

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Itā€™s also one of very few sci-fi shows Iā€™ve seen where the alien designs look actually alien, not just earth creatures in different colors

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Oh man, seconded! This show rules, the main character is: the concept of symbiosis

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc)'s avatar Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.bsky.social
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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

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#InsertAnInvert2024 NEW VELVET WORM SPECIES!!!

Oroperipatus tiputini is from Ecuador and has unique morphology! šŸ˜šŸ§Ŗ

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Omg Iā€™ve been thinking about the sociological implications of Bananas and his criminal ways since my kid was 4

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Corey Brickley Illustration's avatar Corey Brickley Illustration @coreybrickley.bsky.social
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Okay so to be clear we are destroying power grids, the livelihoods of actual humans beings, and communication/research infrastructure for the sake of an algorithm that converts stolen data into unreliable stolen data and consistently loses millions of dollars. Just to be clear

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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Scaphinotus angusticollis & passengers. this is a big snail-eating ground beetle, lovely resident of the PNW

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WE ALREADY HAVE THAT, IT'S CALLED AN ABSTRACT AND THERE'S ONE ON EVERY PAPER this is just a cheating-on-college-assignments tool

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Someday I will teach an intro ent class again and on that day I will use AI-generated "artwork" to test the students on beetle morphology

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Oh I love a car review that includes tidepool photos. I remember the folks coming back from weekend getaways with a souvenir ā€œkalaloch rock,ā€ wonder if they still sell those

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Is this something any old rando can sign up for? Desperately interested in learning R but also v old and busy.

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Thought we had a Nomada situation but in fact we are a teensy wasp

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Gerry Canavan's avatar Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social
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attn scholarly organizations, this is now considered best practice

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