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Lee Dyer

@gusanero

loves family, friends, rock climbing, moths, caterpillars, statistics, math, poetry, music, literature; hates the current US Super-Fascist Regime

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hexapodcast4 with images - Digestion with Lora Richards
hexapodcast4 with images - Digestion with Lora Richards YouTube video by Lee Dyer

The daily news continues on its exponentially bad trajectory. So here is another 24 minute listening diversion for walking, driving, cycling, crawling to work... or to a protest.... Some thoughts about insect midguts with the awesome Lora Richards. Definitely not polished. youtu.be/lAAn6d6x55k?...

11.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hexapodcast3 Diversity With Matt Forister (with images)
Hexapodcast3 Diversity With Matt Forister (with images) YouTube video by Lee Dyer

If you need a break from bad news, our little unpolished hexapodcast about insects is an ok 25 minute listen. youtu.be/0KKGcgw75gQ?...

09.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.02.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

P. clavata did naturally prey on Greta larvae back in the 90s at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica.

15.02.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On this day in 1809, Charles Darwin, author of 'On the Origin of Species', was born

The humble Peppered Moth is one of the best-known examples of evolution by natural selection, Darwin's great discovery, and is often referred to as 'Darwin's moth'. πŸ’‘

#DarwinDay #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

12.02.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Allies Near β€˜Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

One of the mostly hidden and insidious goals of project 2025: speed up climate change to make more money for the oligarchs. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

10.02.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of bad bunny with the word love

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

09.02.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 40686 πŸ” 7477 πŸ’¬ 505 πŸ“Œ 268
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Do contest-related traits evolve faster? A test of the exaggerated evolution hypothesis in a clade of neotropical arachnids Abstract. The exaggerated evolution hypothesis proposes that intrasexual competition accelerates the evolution of contest-related traits. This hypothesis i

Males of Neotropical "daddy-longlegs" (Opiliones) have these elongated legs that they use to threaten territorial enemies, and these evolve faster than other body parts. Cool. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

08.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Illustrated Catalogue and Phylogenetic Relationships of 330 Species of Arctiinae Moth Species from the ChocΓ³ Rainforest in NW Ecuador: Most Species are Undescribed - Neotropical Entomology Tropical rain forests are the most species rich terrestrial habitats on Earth, but their insect diversity is understudied, and it is unclear how many species are already scientifically described. A mo...

Great job Gunnar and colleagues. This is the frustration and beauty of working with tropical diversity, and it is also the tragedy that we are losing so much diversity before observing and describing it. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

05.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

04.02.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 19547 πŸ” 8850 πŸ’¬ 694 πŸ“Œ 716
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In the Irish language, the goldfinch is known as 'lasair choille' (pronounced 'lasser-quilla'), which means...

The Flame of the Forest! πŸ”₯

31.01.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 3100 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 14
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Scholarship established in memory of University professor Jeanne Zeh worked at the University of Nevada, Reno for 22 years and will have a scholarship established in her memory to benefit biology students.

A great way to remember a super colleague. www.unr.edu/nevada-today...

30.01.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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It is impossible to focus on anything else right now while we plummet through new levels of hate, ignorance, lies, and violence. Dante's inferno had an exit...

25.01.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are America. How could you possibly target Native Americans - with ICE Officers - and then imprison us? That is impossible. It's legally impossible to do that. - Chase Iron Eyes

17.01.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 4348 πŸ” 1857 πŸ’¬ 134 πŸ“Œ 117
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Predicting the fate of tropical forests under intensifying heat Intense droughts have caused water stress and elevated mortality for trees in the Amazon, foreshadowing the future of tropical forests as the climate changes.

This is a nice (but grim) summary of the Chambers et al. paper that I was fortunate to work on.... Predicting the fate of tropical forests under intensifying heat www.nature.com/articles/d41...

15.01.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frey: "You know what I don't want [ICE] focusing on? Hunting down a dad that just dropped his kids off at daycare, is about to go work a 12 hour shift who happens to be from Ecuador. That guy makes our city a better place."

14.01.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 19942 πŸ” 4886 πŸ’¬ 413 πŸ“Œ 158
Juniper in the desert with Sierra snow in the background

Juniper in the desert with Sierra snow in the background

I love this juniper. I can find some peace (and cool caterpillars) here.

14.01.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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They say they’re monitoring ICE arrests. Feds say they’re breaking the law. The fatal shooting of RenΓ©e Good last week, as ICE officers and residents faced off on a Minneapolis street here, has brought new attention to ICE monitoring.

"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.

'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...

This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

12.01.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 12309 πŸ” 3861 πŸ’¬ 389 πŸ“Œ 144
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Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewablesβ€”at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

β€œUruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewablesβ€”at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhereβ€”if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

10.01.2026 08:29 πŸ‘ 11019 πŸ” 4505 πŸ’¬ 203 πŸ“Œ 342
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California Poppy
June 11th 2024

08.01.2026 07:23 πŸ‘ 1176 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5

BBC news: Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city... was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who city leaders have said was there as a legal observer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities. πŸ˜₯😑

08.01.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œGod damn them all.”

08.01.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 23338 πŸ” 7737 πŸ’¬ 648 πŸ“Œ 417
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Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus - Birds of the World Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

Adult Collared Aracaris show striking contrast in shades of black, yellow, and maroon and develop deep serrations to the tomiumβ€”the cutting edge of the bill. We’ve expanded the species account with more details on appearance, complete with new multimedia! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

06.01.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fresh hell every day.

08.01.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool.

07.01.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gin

Gin

I recommend this!

07.01.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
near Homer Alaska got to take some pictures of songbirds in conifers - lighting was unreal.  this is a beautiful round black capped chickadee with a white body and black cap and chin - wings and tail were shades of grey.  its sitting on the end of a conifer branch

near Homer Alaska got to take some pictures of songbirds in conifers - lighting was unreal. this is a beautiful round black capped chickadee with a white body and black cap and chin - wings and tail were shades of grey. its sitting on the end of a conifer branch

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite. - black capped chickadees are cuter in Alaska than our california chestnut back chickadees - maybe its being poofed up to stay warm? #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin - this one is lighted like a runway model...

06.01.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Well, this is something.

06.01.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

kinda true... but the plans for exploiting oil are pretty well developed

04.01.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.

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