Digital Naturalism Laboratories
@dinalab.bsky.social
A jungle makerspace for field biology in Gamboa, Panamá. www.dinalab.net
We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
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The Mothbox is a low cost DIY insect monitor
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io
Hiya folks! For new people here's the big project we have been working on in Panamá!
The Mothbox!
It's a fully #opensource insect camera trap with loads of documentation to build the whole thing yourself from off the shelf parts!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/
The Mothbox!
It's a fully #opensource insect camera trap with loads of documentation to build the whole thing yourself from off the shelf parts!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/
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#FrogFriday > BlackFriday - Here's a male Uakari Poison Frog (Ranitomeya uakarii) hauling two of its tadpoles to a location with permanent water, where they can continue development. Rainforest in the Rio Tahuayo drainage north of Iquitos, Peru. #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
#FrogFriday > BlackFriday - Here's a male Uakari Poison Frog (Ranitomeya uakarii) hauling two of its tadpoles to a location with permanent water, where they can continue development. Rainforest in the Rio Tahuayo drainage north of Iquitos, Peru. #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Complete dissolution of border patrol and ICE, followed by criminal trials aimed at removing these monsters from society, followed by redistribution of agents’ personal assets as reparations to victims, followed by a denazification process to prevent the cancer from taking hold again.
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Complete dissolution of border patrol and ICE, followed by criminal trials aimed at removing these monsters from society, followed by redistribution of agents’ personal assets as reparations to victims, followed by a denazification process to prevent the cancer from taking hold again.
This is like a visualization of how garbage academic publishing in for profit journals with unpaid reviewers is in general
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is like a visualization of how garbage academic publishing in for profit journals with unpaid reviewers is in general
As people in the USA gather with their families, remember there are others celebrating too but they have jobs like
-locking children in cages
-hiding information about pedophiles
-Defending the robots that tell people to kill themselves
And u know their families hate these pieces of shit too
-locking children in cages
-hiding information about pedophiles
-Defending the robots that tell people to kill themselves
And u know their families hate these pieces of shit too
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
As people in the USA gather with their families, remember there are others celebrating too but they have jobs like
-locking children in cages
-hiding information about pedophiles
-Defending the robots that tell people to kill themselves
And u know their families hate these pieces of shit too
-locking children in cages
-hiding information about pedophiles
-Defending the robots that tell people to kill themselves
And u know their families hate these pieces of shit too
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Interested in open, reliable & transparent science in ecology & evolution?
Become a member of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology @sortee.bsky.social!
Membership is open to all and it's optional to join at no cost 👉 sortee.org/join/
Become a member of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology @sortee.bsky.social!
Membership is open to all and it's optional to join at no cost 👉 sortee.org/join/
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Interested in open, reliable & transparent science in ecology & evolution?
Become a member of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology @sortee.bsky.social!
Membership is open to all and it's optional to join at no cost 👉 sortee.org/join/
Become a member of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology @sortee.bsky.social!
Membership is open to all and it's optional to join at no cost 👉 sortee.org/join/
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My new zine is about pointers. What is the point!? This is another topic I've found confusing when explained to me but easy once its presented differently. Why are people always repeating the same phrases and not explaining them? Lets explore pointers! Drop your fav pointer facts / questions here.
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My new zine is about pointers. What is the point!? This is another topic I've found confusing when explained to me but easy once its presented differently. Why are people always repeating the same phrases and not explaining them? Lets explore pointers! Drop your fav pointer facts / questions here.
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New study confirms that short wavelength light (UV & blue) attracts the most nocturnal insects & that intensity increases attraction for all colours. Longer wavelength & lower intensity outdoor lights should reduce biodiversity impacts resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #teammoth 🌍
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New study confirms that short wavelength light (UV & blue) attracts the most nocturnal insects & that intensity increases attraction for all colours. Longer wavelength & lower intensity outdoor lights should reduce biodiversity impacts resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #teammoth 🌍
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Our elites are so misanthropic they would rather give rights to a box of wires than actual humans.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Our elites are so misanthropic they would rather give rights to a box of wires than actual humans.
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Sweet Remote SciComm JOB! with @xercessociety.bsky.social
Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sweet Remote SciComm JOB! with @xercessociety.bsky.social
For instance, it'd be like if some group got a grant to give out 100k to make tools.
And then they gave us 100k to work on the Mothbox, but said, "oh actually we will only give you the grant money we are supposed to give you, if you have your friends and family send us 10k first"
And then they gave us 100k to work on the Mothbox, but said, "oh actually we will only give you the grant money we are supposed to give you, if you have your friends and family send us 10k first"
There're some orgs that get grant money to give to people to make open source tools and they give the money to people and are great!
But there's some that make recipients raise extra money of which the grant giving org gets a cut, and oh boy, that feels SCAMMY!
But there's some that make recipients raise extra money of which the grant giving org gets a cut, and oh boy, that feels SCAMMY!
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For instance, it'd be like if some group got a grant to give out 100k to make tools.
And then they gave us 100k to work on the Mothbox, but said, "oh actually we will only give you the grant money we are supposed to give you, if you have your friends and family send us 10k first"
And then they gave us 100k to work on the Mothbox, but said, "oh actually we will only give you the grant money we are supposed to give you, if you have your friends and family send us 10k first"
There're some orgs that get grant money to give to people to make open source tools and they give the money to people and are great!
But there's some that make recipients raise extra money of which the grant giving org gets a cut, and oh boy, that feels SCAMMY!
But there's some that make recipients raise extra money of which the grant giving org gets a cut, and oh boy, that feels SCAMMY!
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There're some orgs that get grant money to give to people to make open source tools and they give the money to people and are great!
But there's some that make recipients raise extra money of which the grant giving org gets a cut, and oh boy, that feels SCAMMY!
But there's some that make recipients raise extra money of which the grant giving org gets a cut, and oh boy, that feels SCAMMY!
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SOS!! Share far and wide! The US Patent Office is working to make bad patents untouchable and that’s a problem for open source hardware! Read through EFF statement and get your comments in ASAP to help prevent this www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
www.eff.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
SOS!! Share far and wide! The US Patent Office is working to make bad patents untouchable and that’s a problem for open source hardware! Read through EFF statement and get your comments in ASAP to help prevent this www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Excited to have our photo featured on the special issue of Evolutionary Ecology (Morphological responses to climate change)! Read it here:
doi.org/10.1007/s106...
Here is Ryan Taylor's beautiful cover photo of túngara frogs making a nest!
@springer.springernature.com
@evoecology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s106...
Here is Ryan Taylor's beautiful cover photo of túngara frogs making a nest!
@springer.springernature.com
@evoecology.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Excited to have our photo featured on the special issue of Evolutionary Ecology (Morphological responses to climate change)! Read it here:
doi.org/10.1007/s106...
Here is Ryan Taylor's beautiful cover photo of túngara frogs making a nest!
@springer.springernature.com
@evoecology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s106...
Here is Ryan Taylor's beautiful cover photo of túngara frogs making a nest!
@springer.springernature.com
@evoecology.bsky.social
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LISTEN UP MOTHER FUCKER - dashare.zone ADMIN
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
LISTEN UP MOTHER FUCKER - dashare.zone ADMIN
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!!!!CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
!!!!CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
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Bus stop spacing distribution in New York City, Toronto, and Prague.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Bus stop spacing distribution in New York City, Toronto, and Prague.
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
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Come closer, Baron…
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Come closer, Baron…
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JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
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Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
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It's the third thursday of the month....Which means it's live stream day! Join us around 1pm EST to hear about three newly certified open source hardware projects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Tt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Tt...
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's the third thursday of the month....Which means it's live stream day! Join us around 1pm EST to hear about three newly certified open source hardware projects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Tt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Tt...
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This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Scientists are partly to blame by not learning to effectively communicate in lay language on modern communication channels. That information void is then ripe for disinformation to fill.
Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.
Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
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In my capacity as your friendly neighbourhood blind person, I approve of this message.
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In my capacity as your friendly neighbourhood blind person, I approve of this message.