Steve
@stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
Ants, fossils, beer. Drone mapping & GIS. Science PhD. Bambu Labs P1S. He/him, will also respond to “Oi you!”. AuADHD - if I seem over familiar in posts etc. that is probably why. 🇬🇧🇪🇺
I was lucky. When my PSA was high, the MRI and biopsy showed no sign of cancer. I was treated for an enlarged prostate, now fully recovered with no side effects.
My friend is symptomless. A PSA test has just detected his very aggressive prostate cancer.
Test!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My friend is symptomless. A PSA test has just detected his very aggressive prostate cancer.
Test!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Expert panel advises against prostate cancer screening for most men in UK
Charities express ‘deep disappointment’ as government advisers find harms of screening all men would outweigh benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I was lucky. When my PSA was high, the MRI and biopsy showed no sign of cancer. I was treated for an enlarged prostate, now fully recovered with no side effects.
My friend is symptomless. A PSA test has just detected his very aggressive prostate cancer.
Test!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My friend is symptomless. A PSA test has just detected his very aggressive prostate cancer.
Test!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Mornin’.
Spend a minute or so with this little dude.
You’ll be better for it.
No bullshit.
No pretence.
No ego.
No lies.
No violence.
No AI.
No scams.
No sides.
A robin taking a bath.
Pure.
Simple.
Beautiful.
Nature.
Something we can all agree on?
#nature
#robin
#WorldBeeSanctuary
#saturday
Spend a minute or so with this little dude.
You’ll be better for it.
No bullshit.
No pretence.
No ego.
No lies.
No violence.
No AI.
No scams.
No sides.
A robin taking a bath.
Pure.
Simple.
Beautiful.
Nature.
Something we can all agree on?
#nature
#robin
#WorldBeeSanctuary
#saturday
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Mornin’.
Spend a minute or so with this little dude.
You’ll be better for it.
No bullshit.
No pretence.
No ego.
No lies.
No violence.
No AI.
No scams.
No sides.
A robin taking a bath.
Pure.
Simple.
Beautiful.
Nature.
Something we can all agree on?
#nature
#robin
#WorldBeeSanctuary
#saturday
Spend a minute or so with this little dude.
You’ll be better for it.
No bullshit.
No pretence.
No ego.
No lies.
No violence.
No AI.
No scams.
No sides.
A robin taking a bath.
Pure.
Simple.
Beautiful.
Nature.
Something we can all agree on?
#nature
#robin
#WorldBeeSanctuary
#saturday
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
* Formica sanguinea - a wood ant in the UK
* Myrmica schencki - a UK Nationally Scarce ant which has distinctive bell-shaped scapes
* Asian hornet - France (Brittany and Normandy)
* Long-eared hedgehog - Iraq
* Eurasian lynx - Turkey
* Formica sanguinea - a wood ant in the UK
* Myrmica schencki - a UK Nationally Scarce ant which has distinctive bell-shaped scapes
* Asian hornet - France (Brittany and Normandy)
* Long-eared hedgehog - Iraq
* Eurasian lynx - Turkey
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Small-clawed otter
Clouded leopard
Bear Cuscus
Leatherback turtle
Orangutan
Small-clawed otter
Clouded leopard
Bear Cuscus
Leatherback turtle
Orangutan
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
* Formica sanguinea - a wood ant in the UK
* Myrmica schencki - a UK Nationally Scarce ant which has distinctive bell-shaped scapes
* Asian hornet - France (Brittany and Normandy)
* Long-eared hedgehog - Iraq
* Eurasian lynx - Turkey
* Formica sanguinea - a wood ant in the UK
* Myrmica schencki - a UK Nationally Scarce ant which has distinctive bell-shaped scapes
* Asian hornet - France (Brittany and Normandy)
* Long-eared hedgehog - Iraq
* Eurasian lynx - Turkey
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Presenting for #FossilFriday this bizarre 1.4 billion year old monstrosity. At first I thought the string of eggs was #Fungus contamination, but Raman data say no, it's kerogen with the correct thermal maturity*! Deets in alt text. Fossil is about 200 microns across. #Geology #Paleontology 1/2
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Presenting for #FossilFriday this bizarre 1.4 billion year old monstrosity. At first I thought the string of eggs was #Fungus contamination, but Raman data say no, it's kerogen with the correct thermal maturity*! Deets in alt text. Fossil is about 200 microns across. #Geology #Paleontology 1/2
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Yes, we really that stupid that we allow vested fossil fuel lobbyists, agents and other bad actors free access to COP....another dismal failure
mailchi.mp/nature/anthr...
mailchi.mp/nature/anthr...
COP30: no mention of fossil fuels in final agreement, but multilateralism clings to life
mailchi.mp
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yes, we really that stupid that we allow vested fossil fuel lobbyists, agents and other bad actors free access to COP....another dismal failure
mailchi.mp/nature/anthr...
mailchi.mp/nature/anthr...
Two new species of myrmicine #ants from Vietnam. Subterranean but they do have small eyes.
#NewSpecies
New ant from #vietnam just nipped us:
Carebara bifida
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CBDF3CBD-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez....
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #CarebaraBifida
#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #formicidae #myrmecology #ants
New ant from #vietnam just nipped us:
Carebara bifida
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CBDF3CBD-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez....
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #CarebaraBifida
#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #formicidae #myrmecology #ants
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Two new species of myrmicine #ants from Vietnam. Subterranean but they do have small eyes.
The majestic Hercules beetle!
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 🍂 The year's been rough, but there were many things to be thankful for. Family, friends, BUGS!
Meet Titan the Eastern Hercules beetle. Someone was kind enough to send him for me to keep & take much needed pics. Then I handed him off to the students who are now caring for him ☺️
Meet Titan the Eastern Hercules beetle. Someone was kind enough to send him for me to keep & take much needed pics. Then I handed him off to the students who are now caring for him ☺️
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The majestic Hercules beetle!
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On Thantsgiving, the ants eat too much.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
On Thantsgiving, the ants eat too much.
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On a brighter note, I thought you'd like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHk7...
The Curse of The Leafblower
YouTube video by Fairyland Trust
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
On a brighter note, I thought you'd like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHk7...
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Mind-bogglingly detailed recordings from virtually every neuron in the higher olfactory centres of the Drosophila brain reveal how innate odour values (= nice/nasty) are encoded by different processes (also, attractive pheromones share the nice process). www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Distinct circuit motifs evaluate opposing innate values of odors
Innate hedonic values of odors are computed in the Drosophila higher olfactory area,
the lateral horn, where distinct neurons represent opposing values in a graded manner.
Representations of negative ...
www.cell.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Mind-bogglingly detailed recordings from virtually every neuron in the higher olfactory centres of the Drosophila brain reveal how innate odour values (= nice/nasty) are encoded by different processes (also, attractive pheromones share the nice process). www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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It's cold in the UK (and other parts of the world ;))
So lets turn our thoughts to next summer & the return of FLY SCHOOL - yes the most amazing Dipterological training experience in the Costa Rican Forest (with canopy access) is BACK
Can't wait @dipteracourse.bsky.social
So lets turn our thoughts to next summer & the return of FLY SCHOOL - yes the most amazing Dipterological training experience in the Costa Rican Forest (with canopy access) is BACK
Can't wait @dipteracourse.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It's cold in the UK (and other parts of the world ;))
So lets turn our thoughts to next summer & the return of FLY SCHOOL - yes the most amazing Dipterological training experience in the Costa Rican Forest (with canopy access) is BACK
Can't wait @dipteracourse.bsky.social
So lets turn our thoughts to next summer & the return of FLY SCHOOL - yes the most amazing Dipterological training experience in the Costa Rican Forest (with canopy access) is BACK
Can't wait @dipteracourse.bsky.social
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If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/ELI_8KkwJm0
The Natural Capital of Wasps. Seirian Sumner
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/ELI_8KkwJm0
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“Each parasitic queen… made her way close to the current queen, drenching her in a spray that sparked a revolution among the workers, who attacked until the queen was dead.”
www.sciencenews.org/article/para...
🧪 🐜 🐙
www.sciencenews.org/article/para...
🧪 🐜 🐙
This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide
Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.
www.sciencenews.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“Each parasitic queen… made her way close to the current queen, drenching her in a spray that sparked a revolution among the workers, who attacked until the queen was dead.”
www.sciencenews.org/article/para...
🧪 🐜 🐙
www.sciencenews.org/article/para...
🧪 🐜 🐙
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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These wood ants are edge specialists... but not all edges are equal. Jacob Podesta used a decade of population expansion data to show that wood ants spread more quickly along certain edges, depending on the edge orientation. Currently available open access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
These wood ants are edge specialists... but not all edges are equal. Jacob Podesta used a decade of population expansion data to show that wood ants spread more quickly along certain edges, depending on the edge orientation. Currently available open access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Up close with a pygmy mole cricket, Neotridactylus apicalis. Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station, Texas.
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Up close with a pygmy mole cricket, Neotridactylus apicalis. Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station, Texas.
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Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens…
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Exciting new episode today is SPIKY, featuring our first ever guest the incredible @flygirlnhm.bsky.social. Spoiler alert - there may be some flies! m.youtube.com/watch?v=8si6...
Our first guest brings a powderpuff with wings | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep14
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens…
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
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The genus name for American harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex, means "bearded ant", and it refers to a basket of hairs on the underside of the head that helps these desert ants carry dry sand.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The genus name for American harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex, means "bearded ant", and it refers to a basket of hairs on the underside of the head that helps these desert ants carry dry sand.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
Happy 75th birthday to Wisdom 🎂
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy 75th birthday to Wisdom 🎂
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The Government makes a lot of money from this grubby and miserably cancerous industry...
Gambling - an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals and communities.
How much suffering (and NHS costs) could be saved, how much #PublicHealth improved, if no advertising at all?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How much suffering (and NHS costs) could be saved, how much #PublicHealth improved, if no advertising at all?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinos
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Government makes a lot of money from this grubby and miserably cancerous industry...
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Lookie lookie! What’s this? Only the fantastic LNHS journal, The London Naturalist!
‘How can I get one?’ I hear you ask.
Join our lovely society - only £20/year. Then you get this, The London Bird Review and our quarterly newsletter! Join now! www.lnhs.org.uk/index.php/jo...
#NaturalHistory
‘How can I get one?’ I hear you ask.
Join our lovely society - only £20/year. Then you get this, The London Bird Review and our quarterly newsletter! Join now! www.lnhs.org.uk/index.php/jo...
#NaturalHistory
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Lookie lookie! What’s this? Only the fantastic LNHS journal, The London Naturalist!
‘How can I get one?’ I hear you ask.
Join our lovely society - only £20/year. Then you get this, The London Bird Review and our quarterly newsletter! Join now! www.lnhs.org.uk/index.php/jo...
#NaturalHistory
‘How can I get one?’ I hear you ask.
Join our lovely society - only £20/year. Then you get this, The London Bird Review and our quarterly newsletter! Join now! www.lnhs.org.uk/index.php/jo...
#NaturalHistory
It sounds like #COP30 has descended into a farce.
Fossil fuel countries demanding that fossil fuels not be mentioned.
Fossil fuel countries demanding that fossil fuels not be mentioned.
a cartoon of a penguin sitting on a dumpster fire
Alt: a cartoon of a penguin sitting on a dumpster fire
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It sounds like #COP30 has descended into a farce.
Fossil fuel countries demanding that fossil fuels not be mentioned.
Fossil fuel countries demanding that fossil fuels not be mentioned.
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PhD position - How jumping spiders see
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
PhD position - How jumping spiders see
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
So many wonderful fossils at the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social but who can ignore the allure of fossils collected by Darwin on his travels on HMS Beagle.
#Darwin
#HMSBeagle
#Fossils
#Evolution
#Darwin
#HMSBeagle
#Fossils
#Evolution
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So many wonderful fossils at the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social but who can ignore the allure of fossils collected by Darwin on his travels on HMS Beagle.
#Darwin
#HMSBeagle
#Fossils
#Evolution
#Darwin
#HMSBeagle
#Fossils
#Evolution