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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 1h

oh, I don't know that one either. One more for the reading list!

Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 2h

Might have to track down a copy of this! Theft, lies and butterflies: the Englishman who stole thousands of specimens from our museums theconversation.com/theft-lies-a...

Theft, lies and butterflies: the Englishman who stole thousands of specimens from our museums

In his rollicking scientific true-crime book, The Butterfly Thief, Walter Marsh delves into the dark side of museum collection histories – and one bizarre heist.

theconversation.com

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · 22h

Registration is now open for the ESBC 2025 (Nov 21st – 22nd, Univ. of Fraser Valley Abbotsford). The conference theme this year is "Better together: celebrating partnerships from micro to macro". For details and to register please visit our meeting page - entsocbc.ca/meetings/

Attendees of the 2024 ESBC meeting seated in a conference room watching one of many scientific presentations.

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 1d

Being a (decent) scientist means having a high-quality BS sensor. Just sayin...

Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 1d

The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

futurism.com

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 2d

HWA in The Muskokas

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 3d

🇨🇦🤦‍♂️

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 5d

That's what happens when you accept the low-bid contract from the satellite company.

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 5d

What a neat paper. At our lab we would give kids spruce budworm larvae in artificial diet cups to take home and rear.

Dr Manu Saunders @manusaunders.bsky.social · 5d

Rearing insects in class is an excellent science education tool, but using non-native insects can lead to ethical and environmental issues. Native insects should be prioritised! Great paper exploring this overlooked issue #RESInsectConsDiv 🌏🧪
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Native insect species should be selected for classroom rearings

Rearing insects in the school classroom can build positive attitudes towards insects among schoolchildren, which is becoming increasingly important as insect populations decline. Identified frequent...

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Manu Saunders @manusaunders.bsky.social · 5d

Rearing insects in class is an excellent science education tool, but using non-native insects can lead to ethical and environmental issues. Native insects should be prioritised! Great paper exploring this overlooked issue #RESInsectConsDiv 🌏🧪
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Native insect species should be selected for classroom rearings

Rearing insects in the school classroom can build positive attitudes towards insects among schoolchildren, which is becoming increasingly important as insect populations decline. Identified frequent...

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 5d

Saskatchewan

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 5d

BRB off to cheese off my genetics friends

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Antonia 🦋🐞 @antoniag.bsky.social · 5d

🧪@romtoronto.bsky.social is hiring, yay! 🐦,🌱curators in our Deparment of Natural History. Come work with us! royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO... royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...

Curator of Plants & Sustainability - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page

Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.

royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com

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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 5d

🔥 New fire paper out - Fire regime changes in Canada: an update. Overall, the big-picture trends remain consistent: annual area burned, the annual number and size of large fires are still increasing, but the total number of fires for all sizes continue to decline.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

Fire regime changes in Canada: an update

Given the recent rise in extreme fires, we present an update to a previous Canadian wildfire trend analysis (1959-2015) with nine additional years of data (2016-2024), an improved area burned dataset,...

cdnsciencepub.com

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 6d

Most (all?) of my research collaborations over the past 15 y have come from social media. I'm not where I am now without it.

Oh, and I once got to trade posts with the guy who wrote/directed the Usual Suspects. We have the same name and a friend tagged him by accident. That was cool.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 6d

It's been a while since we added a new country to EAB's roster, but I think this ups the count to 5 - Canada, US, Russia, Ukraine and now Belarus.

journal.asu.ru/biol/article...

The Emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) invaded Belarus | Acta Biologica Sibirica

Acta Biologica Sibirica

journal.asu.ru

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 6d

That's pretty cool Charlyn. I need that, but for my office door ;-)

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CG Partridge @partridgecg.bsky.social · 6d

Just a small thing we do in the lab to help students indicate how much mental space they need that day.

www.gvsu.edu/ours/faculty...

Color-Coded Bracelet System Enhances Focus and Communication in a Molecular Ecology Lab - Posts - OURS Faculty Resources - Grand Valley State University

The Partridge Ecology Lab implemented a simple color-coded bracelet system to help lab members nonverbally signal their need for focus during sensitive environmental DNA analyses, reducing distraction...

www.gvsu.edu

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 6d

It seems like more PhD's these days end up in careers outside academia, I've often wondered if we should call Academia the alternative career path.

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · Sep 3

➡️REGISTRATION OPEN for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers'

❓The conference is for NPPOs and academia.

🌲The focus is the protection of European forests against quarantine forest pests.

🔗See more www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 11d

Through a four-month fellowship in South Carolina, a scientist from the isle of Jersey learned from local experts, built professional collaborations, and gained in-depth experience that will advance invasive species response efforts on both sides of the Atlantic. entomologytoday.org/2025/10/03/b...

Bridging Borders to Battle Invasive Species: Reflections on an International Fellowship in the U.S.

Through a fellowship in South Carolina, a scientist from Jersey learned from experts, built collaborations that will advance invasive species response on both sides of the Atlantic.

entomologytoday.org

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 7d

Lol. I was not prepared for the number of suits I saw at my first ESA meeting (or the US military recruiters, but that's a different story).

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 8d

Describe your Blue sky account in a single image

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 8d

Entomologists conference: American PI: Canadian PI; European PI

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Derek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 9d

I started a list for scientists and others interested in leaf litter fauna, please share and let me know if you want to be added! Do you love a good hand lens, soil sieves, and Berlese funnels? Perhaps this is the place for you.

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 9d

Today felt weird and then I realized it's because for the first time in 5 years I'm not spending a Sunday at a @canentomologist.bsky.social Board meeting. Hope everyone there is having fun!