Image of a bearded, bald, and morose Charles Darwin, with his famous quote “I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything”

Happy birthday, Chuck.

Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it

Large oil beetle (Meloe sp.) on concrete with my thumb for scale.

Perhaps the largest oil beetle with which I've crossed paths. Must be absolutely bursting at the sclerites with blister-causing cantharidin. Luckily for me, we got along amiably, and I avoided exposure.

twilight princess posting? in this economy??

Scientific publications are also on there. You should check your name if you've authored any of those.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

NSF’s grant cuts fall heaviest on scientists from underrepresented groups Projects to broaden participation were cut disproportionately—and were often led by Black scientists, women, and those with disabilities

Last hired first fired is still true. In science and elsewhere. www.science.org/content/arti...
#DEI #science #womenandminoritiesinscience #disabilityrights #NationalScienceFoundation

Scorpionfly on leaf.

Scorpionfly (genus Panorpa). Finger Lakes Trail, Ithaca, NY.

giant mayfly on my pinky finger

Rejoice, for the giant mayflies have emerged.