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hufbauer.bsky.social
@hufbauer.bsky.social
evolutionary ecologist, entomologist since 1999, director of Colorado State University Ecology graduate program (GDPE), PI of NSF Advance grant, mom to 11 vertebrates (two human) and more plants
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Wow my kid is rocking HS. I'm so impressed. 3 A+s and two As.
May 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Minor victory of the day. I fixed our vacuum cleaner.
April 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I can hardly wait!
attn please, here is some further Murderbot footage to enjoy incl the definitely best little moment in All Systems Red
Murderbot — An Inside Look | Apple TV+
YouTube video by Apple TV
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April 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
the "handshake" service for advertising and hiring student hourly positions remains as nonfunctional as ever. just sayin'
April 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm bribing myself to get through a few tasks.
April 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Post-teaching puddle
April 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ok, time to prep (more!) for the week to come.
April 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Instead I'll tell you what's cute: the dog grabbing a toy and running at a squirrel squeaking it like crazy. If squeaks could kill! Lol.
April 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I kinda miss my anonymous bird site account. I liked having a place to complain about things, apparently!
April 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Comic sans is alive and well.
April 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just spent 5 hours grading a short essay exam in Canvas. I apparently missed that even when the answer shows as graded in canvas the grade isn't saved unless you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click update.
March 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
16 just asked to watch episode IV w me.
Thank you social media feeds for making this happen! (A rare statement indeed.)
March 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
How much chocolate is too much chocolate?
March 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Seattle!
February 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Reposted
BTW - what an amazing group of US federal, university, and industry scientists working together to help protect our forests! @hufbauer.bsky.social @sandyliebhold.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted
We already knew that the phylogenetic distance between an insect’s native and non-native hosts was a key predictor of impact on insects that specialize on conifers…

doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

…or specialize on hardwoods…
doi.org/10.1007/s105...

…but what about generalists?…
Evolutionary history predicts high‐impact invasions by herbivorous insects
This research is the first to empirically support historically assumed hypotheses about the importance of evolutionary history as a major driver of impact of non-native herbivorous insects. We discov...
doi.org
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Our new paper(!) developed a comprehensive model to predict which non-native insects will have high impact on trees after arrival… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What Is a Specialist? Quantifying Host Breadth Enables Impact Prediction for Invasive Herbivores
Herbivores are commonly classified as host specialists or generalists for various purposes, yet the definitions of these terms, and their intermediates, are often imprecise and ambiguous. We quantifi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just initiated monthly donations to the ACLU
February 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I'm so sad and mad for our country and the world right now.
February 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I actually miss digital measures.
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
interfolio is helping me understand the book I'm reading on Buddhism. Yes, life is suffering. And I just have to keep going to achieve enlightenment. And annual evaluation.
February 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I just found more coffee in my thermos. #smallvictories
February 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gorgeous day out in celebration of 20 yrs married.
February 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So much entirely up in the air.
January 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM