Jane Waters 🏳️⚧️🐜🇵🇸
@lovetheants.bsky.social
I'm not very familiar with William Blake's work but came across this mention of ants (emmet) in a 1789 poem, "A Dream" from his Songs of Innocence
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm not very familiar with William Blake's work but came across this mention of ants (emmet) in a 1789 poem, "A Dream" from his Songs of Innocence
Noticing that abstracts for IUSSI (Freiburg, August '26) are due next month! iussi2026.org
International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Visit the post for more.
iussi2026.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Noticing that abstracts for IUSSI (Freiburg, August '26) are due next month! iussi2026.org
Proponent of Good Faith, by Sue Johnson (Premonition of a Natural History, 1991)
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Proponent of Good Faith, by Sue Johnson (Premonition of a Natural History, 1991)
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Call for papers for the workshop "From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" - March 25 – 26, 2026 Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...
ikss.zrc-sazu.si
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Call for papers for the workshop "From Harm to Hope: Slow Violence, Collective Memory and Everyday Resistance" - March 25 – 26, 2026 Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ikss.zrc-sazu.si/sites/defaul...
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“I know the world I would like to live in. It’s in my head, but I try my best to live it now.”
Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life
One of our most influential and remarkable trans queer elders — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy — has died at the age of 78.
www.autostraddle.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“I know the world I would like to live in. It’s in my head, but I try my best to live it now.”
Tenure track assistant professor of biology position in my department just posted!
www.schooljobs.com/careers/prov...
www.schooljobs.com/careers/prov...
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Tenure track assistant professor of biology position in my department just posted!
www.schooljobs.com/careers/prov...
www.schooljobs.com/careers/prov...
Isn’t she perfect?
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Isn’t she perfect?
When I visited the AMNH for a seminar on Ants and Palestine last Spring, someone on the zoom chat suggested I "stick to the ants"... but they missed the whole point.
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Ants in the City: More important now than ever - Motif
Ants in the City column celebrates one year with Motif. “Stick to ants” he cried, hiding behind a zoom chat rather than showing up to say it to me in […]
motifri.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
When I visited the AMNH for a seminar on Ants and Palestine last Spring, someone on the zoom chat suggested I "stick to the ants"... but they missed the whole point.
motifri.com/ants-in-the-...
motifri.com/ants-in-the-...
Important read! "We must come together to resist attempts to undermine our identities and our work." @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social www.nj.com/opinion/2025...
Trump’s war on diversity is having a devastating impact on critical scientific fields | Opinion
Federal funding cuts to DEI initiatives and hostile policies are creating an environment where innovation is impossible.
www.nj.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Important read! "We must come together to resist attempts to undermine our identities and our work." @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social www.nj.com/opinion/2025...
Starting my second decade as a #trans #womeninSTEM on the faculty at Providence College. We've got ants to study, biology to teach, and barriers to break down!
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motifri.com/ants-in-the-...
August 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Starting my second decade as a #trans #womeninSTEM on the faculty at Providence College. We've got ants to study, biology to teach, and barriers to break down!
motifri.com/ants-in-the-...
motifri.com/ants-in-the-...
Not sure who wants a postcard but look at these gorgeous USPS stamps!
August 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Not sure who wants a postcard but look at these gorgeous USPS stamps!
Fun story about needle ants causing a wicked bit of embarrassing confusion in Massachusetts... www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/e...
Was Bridgewater man stung by invasive Asian needle ant? What an entomologist thinks
"100% on the record this is not a needle ant," Providence College entomologist Jane Waters said of an ant that stung a Bridgewater man.
www.enterprisenews.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Fun story about needle ants causing a wicked bit of embarrassing confusion in Massachusetts... www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/e...
July 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Myrmecina americana ants filmed in #slomo exiting and returning to their nest through a portal they constructed from nest debris #myrmecology
July 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Myrmecina americana ants filmed in #slomo exiting and returning to their nest through a portal they constructed from nest debris #myrmecology
“I really wanted to get stung for you”
Grateful for this quote, and others:
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Grateful for this quote, and others:
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Asian needle ants are going viral for their nasty sting. Meet the colony that lives in Providence.
Asian needle ants, an invasive species making news around the country, were found in Providence in 2015, but there's no sign they ever spread.
www.providencejournal.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“I really wanted to get stung for you”
Grateful for this quote, and others:
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Grateful for this quote, and others:
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
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#pridemonth SICB-
Resources for how to support #trans colleagues :
“1)Create a #Gender-#Inclusive #Environment Research institutional, governmental, local, and other bureaucratic procedures and policies that recognize and support gender transition…”
For the full post:
sicb.org
Resources for how to support #trans colleagues :
“1)Create a #Gender-#Inclusive #Environment Research institutional, governmental, local, and other bureaucratic procedures and policies that recognize and support gender transition…”
For the full post:
sicb.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#pridemonth SICB-
Resources for how to support #trans colleagues :
“1)Create a #Gender-#Inclusive #Environment Research institutional, governmental, local, and other bureaucratic procedures and policies that recognize and support gender transition…”
For the full post:
sicb.org
Resources for how to support #trans colleagues :
“1)Create a #Gender-#Inclusive #Environment Research institutional, governmental, local, and other bureaucratic procedures and policies that recognize and support gender transition…”
For the full post:
sicb.org
This TikTok is probably my favorite, it shows needle ant vibe checks and a queen too! #lovetheants #brachyponera #myrmecology
June 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This TikTok is probably my favorite, it shows needle ant vibe checks and a queen too! #lovetheants #brachyponera #myrmecology
We used to post a lot of needle ant tiktoks… maybe should share a few?
June 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We used to post a lot of needle ant tiktoks… maybe should share a few?
Not sure who needs to hear this but Needle ants (Brachyponera chinensis) can really be quite lovely.
June 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not sure who needs to hear this but Needle ants (Brachyponera chinensis) can really be quite lovely.
@sipappas.bsky.social needle ants are often quite gentle, their stings are pretty mild, this story amplifies unnecessary hype and and should be corrected
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inva...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inva...
June 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@sipappas.bsky.social needle ants are often quite gentle, their stings are pretty mild, this story amplifies unnecessary hype and and should be corrected
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inva...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inva...
Join us for the 26th annual Rhode Island Bioblitz, June 6-7th! www.rinhs.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us for the 26th annual Rhode Island Bioblitz, June 6-7th! www.rinhs.org
Privileged to meet with students and staff at @amnh.org last week and honored to get to speak about how the integrity and future of our biology research programs depends on political activism and the call for a Free Palestine, in our classrooms and across our communities.
May 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Privileged to meet with students and staff at @amnh.org last week and honored to get to speak about how the integrity and future of our biology research programs depends on political activism and the call for a Free Palestine, in our classrooms and across our communities.
Just a slightly belated post about #TDOV #trans visibility from a transfem prof and a nonbinary theoretical anthropologist and flight attendant doing a little exploring in Arizona (ft. @skylerjay.bsky.social)
April 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Just a slightly belated post about #TDOV #trans visibility from a transfem prof and a nonbinary theoretical anthropologist and flight attendant doing a little exploring in Arizona (ft. @skylerjay.bsky.social)
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Thank you so much, SICB, for sharing the resource that @lovetheants.bsky.social and I created & the survey!
March 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thank you so much, SICB, for sharing the resource that @lovetheants.bsky.social and I created & the survey!
“Her relentless determination is proof that there is always a way, so long as you are willing to put the effort into discovering it.”
Kaylee Mulligan reflecting on being inspired by myrmecologist and postdoc Dr. Ioulia Bespalova
Kaylee Mulligan reflecting on being inspired by myrmecologist and postdoc Dr. Ioulia Bespalova
March 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Her relentless determination is proof that there is always a way, so long as you are willing to put the effort into discovering it.”
Kaylee Mulligan reflecting on being inspired by myrmecologist and postdoc Dr. Ioulia Bespalova
Kaylee Mulligan reflecting on being inspired by myrmecologist and postdoc Dr. Ioulia Bespalova