I am coining a new word based on a typo I made.

"Identifiction" when Genbank gives you a completely bogus molecular ID with a high sequence identity score.

These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

Leaked memos show John Roberts circumvented procedure to rule against Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Also—very smart of lib justices to leak in order to undermine the Court itself. Like what Gingrich did to Congress, but against the bad branch this time.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

A bee with a foxy orangey brown thorax resting on a leaf.

Maybe an Orange-tailed mining bee, seen in Ely this week. 📷 #photography

Yay

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

"Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@despinahh.bsky.social

A wonderful article pointing out issues with pushing DNA primacy when looking at human population history.

Thanks @kstsosie.bsky.social !

Definitely incorporating this into my existing social justice unit next time I offer my population genetics class.

Looking forward to reading this. Thanks for sharing info about it!

Screenshot of a PDF of the published article. Title: "The tie that binds us? Challenging the primacy of DNA in kinship studies and re-centring community in defining human connections across time"

DNA is not the same as kinship.

Our perspective paper argues that treating genetics as the ultimate proof of identity or family can:

• erase community-defined relationships
• reinforce Western biases
• and even cause real harm in policy + research

Special Issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Awesome finds! I'm always a little sad that the golden tortoise changes color with moisture so doesn't stay gold when pinned.

Best of skill

Authors all men?

Or the same day on campus.
Enjoy the conference!

Khan wants us to marvel that after a reading an assignment, Khanmigo may engage a student by asking "What is your opinion of this essay?" I can testify that this is not an effective way to engage students in a learning experience because this is what I was doing in my earliest days as a TA in graduate school when I knew nothing and had no experience with teaching. My students would look back at me, blank-faced until one of them had mercy on me, raising their hand and saying, "Uhh, it was alright."

OMG too real biblioracle.substack.com/p/an-unserio...

Best of luck and skill.

A closeup of a rather featureless black beetle on an evening primrose.

The same rather featureless black beetle on an evening primrose, pulled back to show foliage.

A third shot of the by-now familiar rather featureless black beetle on that same evening primrose.

Hey, do I have any beetle peeps here?* @americanbeetles.bsky.social maybe? This wee little guy was feeding on the stem of an evening primrose.

*I am fully aware of iNaturalist and BugGuide and have posted, thank you. Nor do I require any “That’s Steve!”

I felt that when when I first saw a blapharcerid.

The short story or the novel into which it was expanded.

That is, to me, so scary.

This is why those with tenure have a moral obligation to be mouthpieces for those wothout.

Gorgeous photos!!

Congrats!!

According to them this is AI slop and they have never been walked since they were born. Nor fed, nor ...

At least that was how all my dogs ever portrayed it.

Always said I was the departmental commode

Wish someone would explain that to our university system admin.

Come here to say that too. You should be very proud. Insects should be very scared.

No matter what you think about him, notice that Orban conceded the elections without a scandal (or inciting riot), as soon as it was clear he lost the vote. May that be a lesson to others.

I wouldn't be able to afford to step out; not paid enough to have any cushion, even after 19 years.

One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro