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Kevin Keegan

@mothpotato.bsky.social

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I study moths so YOU don't have to. Lepidopterist at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A. All opinions are my own.

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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · Mar 3

One of the boxes of moths I brought to Lund University when I crossed the pond back in 2015 at the beginning of my PhD to work with @lepphylo.bsky.social to generate the first DNA data I would use for my PhD. These things were all classified together at the time. The DNA told us that was VERY WRONG.

A box with 100+ moths on insect pins with their data labels also on the pins. The moths are all sorts of sizes, shapes, and colors.

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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 2d

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language

www.python.org

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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 7d

Hahaha so good

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Trash Night Video @trashnightvideo.bsky.social · 9d

yyYello. Captain speaking.
Our course to Parva Planum? Still on-schedule.
As we exit Tharsis—seats on the right side?—lovely view of Olympus Mons. Just out the window.
A reminder. The in-flight film? Tomorrow night—7:30PM—via www.twitch.tv/trashnightvi.... A can't-miss.
Belts on for the snack cart.

trashnightvideo - Twitch

TRASH NIGHT is a monthly film series concerned with VHS hell and forgotten-media bricolage. Traditionally held as a group event at the Brattle Theatre in the greater Boston area, TRASH NIGHT has

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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 10d

Folks demanding political / ideological purity fail to see that this is no longer a movement belonging to the left / liberals. This is an opposition against fascism. By definition it must be big tent. Failure to grasp this: see divided oppositions in Eastern Europe as your failed examples.

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 10d

Rust
Lakeview, OH

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 11d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 11d

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 11d

Happy No Kings day, y'all. Get out there and join a protest!

youtube.com/watch?v=qv6O...

George Washington- [Brad Neely]

YouTube video by DuckDuckCamel1996

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 12d

If Shohei Ohtani can hit three home runs while pitching six shutout innings, you can spend a couple of hours marching for democracy.

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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 11d

Gross

Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 12d

I think they were saying "GEORRRRGGEEE"

Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 12d

Gross

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AAUP @aaup.org · 14d

See you in the streets on Oct 18 for the #NoKings rally against authoritarianism! ✊

We encourage all AAUP members and chapters to tag us in your photos & videos: we want to boost your displays of solidarity and peaceful protest!

Use the hashtags #NoKings #DefendHigherEd #NoKingsAAUP

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April Wright @wrightam.bsky.social · 14d

Long suspected this may be true - some characters pulling double duty and resolving clades in different parts of the tree. Good to see it bear out in simulation.

Alessio Capobianco @acapomorphic.bsky.social · 14d

One intriguing empirical application of these findings is that, for more than 50 taxa, characters that change multiple times independently across the tree (homoplastic characters) improve tree reconstruction compared to characters that change only once (synapomorphies and autapomorphies).

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Jay Keche G. @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social · 15d

If anyone is looking to do a postdoc on plant-insect interactions in the Sonoran Desert, I would love to sponsor one of these fellowship applications: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

I have a bunch of project ideas ready-to-go, but I'm also happy to support independent projects as well!

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 15d

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Justin Vellucci @jvthetrib.bsky.social · 15d

65 years later, they still show up.

Every Oct. 13, @pirates.com fans gather at #ForbesField to relive the moment — Mazeroski’s walk-off in Game 7, 1960.

Hot dogs. Radios. Jerseys. Tears.

Because in #Pittsburgh, baseball history still matters. @triblive.bsky.social

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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 16d

Lol absolutely

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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 17d

Spookiest decoration at the "Zoo Goes Boo" event at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids? Giant model of parasitoid wasps hatching from cocoons affixed to their caterpillar host.

Large model of a green caterpillar, the back of which is covered by dozens of white cocoons. Wasps can be seen emerging from some of the cocoons.

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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 28d

Looks like maybe a Catocala with white and black hindwings

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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · 28d

an amazing Habronattus jumping spider known only from a single spring in the bottom of an impossibly isolated and lonely desert valley

jumping spider with large central eyes, a white diamond sitting directly between the central eyes, all surrounded by a striking red mask which flows to the sides of the face, itself expanded laterally

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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 29d

Lolololol

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Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 29d

maybe next time

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29d

HILL DISTRICT SAYS NO KINGS! 🚫👑

Sunday, October 5th at 12:30.
Freedom Corner -- Centre and Crawford

Event by Indivisible Black Neighborhoods United, Indivisible Pittsburgh, B-PEP, and 1Hood Power.

www.mobilize.us/indivisiblep...

HILL DISTRICT SAYS NO KINGS! October 5th at 12:30. Freedom Corner -- Centre and Crawford, Pittsburgh. Event by Indivisible Black Neighborhoods United, Indivisible Pittsburgh, B-PEP, and 1Hood Power.

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