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She/Her i πŸ–€ bugs, salamanders, evolution, & ecology MSc Biology Western NC // Cherokee Land

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Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.

Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment

The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV

www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...

18.11.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1521    πŸ” 713    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 58
My linocut print highlights the Drosophila fruit fly model organism with a hand-printed ring of 5 of the different eye colour genetic mutations on lovely handmade Japanese washi paper with flecks of bark inclusions.

My linocut print highlights the Drosophila fruit fly model organism with a hand-printed ring of 5 of the different eye colour genetic mutations on lovely handmade Japanese washi paper with flecks of bark inclusions.

Apparently it’s #FlyDay or #DrosophilaDay in honour of the day Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly or vinegar fly line w1118 (the first variant with the white eyes) was isolated, so enjoy some drosophila #sciart! This print highlights the model organism with a ring of 5 of the different 🧡πŸ§ͺ

18.11.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Jupiter says trans rights

11.11.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1600    πŸ” 565    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1
Two relistic digital ant illustrations, featuring a queen as well as several  different worker type ants from the two species: Messor barbarus & Lasius flavus

Reference from photos by John Hennequin and Eduard F. Niga

Two relistic digital ant illustrations, featuring a queen as well as several different worker type ants from the two species: Messor barbarus & Lasius flavus Reference from photos by John Hennequin and Eduard F. Niga

Two relistic digital ant illustrations, featuring a queen as well as several  different worker type ants from the two species: Messor barbarus & Lasius flavus

Reference from photos by John Hennequin and Eduard F. Niga

Two relistic digital ant illustrations, featuring a queen as well as several different worker type ants from the two species: Messor barbarus & Lasius flavus Reference from photos by John Hennequin and Eduard F. Niga

Two relistic digital ant illustrations, featuring a queen as well as several  different worker type ants from the two species: Messor barbarus & Lasius flavus

Reference from photos by John Hennequin and Eduard F. Niga

Two relistic digital ant illustrations, featuring a queen as well as several different worker type ants from the two species: Messor barbarus & Lasius flavus Reference from photos by John Hennequin and Eduard F. Niga

Messor barbarus & Lasius flavus [2024]
#throwbackthursday

I can't remember if I shared these here? D:

Two commissioned ant illustrations, featuring a queen as well as several worker type ants from two different species.

I used the amazing photos by John Hennequin and Eduard F. Niga for reference!

13.11.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters

13.11.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3710    πŸ” 608    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 29
Balrog roaring while being on fire. He's a big ol fire guy.

Balrog roaring while being on fire. He's a big ol fire guy.

Uh oh, you scrolled too far, too greedily, too deep: you have encountered a balrog.

12.11.2025 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 601    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 12

Following California condors tagged with
GPS transmitters, researchers have tracked their expanison in 2025 from the Central Coast to the East Bay and near Santa Barbara.
Condor GPS activity in 2025

Sources: Ventana Wildlife Society, heat map provided by Evan McWreath/VWS
PAI/BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

Following California condors tagged with GPS transmitters, researchers have tracked their expanison in 2025 from the Central Coast to the East Bay and near Santa Barbara. Condor GPS activity in 2025 Sources: Ventana Wildlife Society, heat map provided by Evan McWreath/VWS PAI/BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

California condor range expanding into the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, further south into Santa Barbara County too. πŸͺΆ www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/20/f...

22.10.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 450    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 25
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Some ant architects design a colony to cut the risk of disease. Humans, take note! One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new study shows how they do it.

Even ants are better at public health than Americans. πŸ§ͺ www.npr.org/sections/goa...

22.10.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

22.10.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 17509    πŸ” 5776    πŸ’¬ 367    πŸ“Œ 242

Looking forward to the congressional hearings in which Republicans demand that the president of an Ivy League school resign over this.

15.10.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1016    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
A ceramic black underglaze wolf sculpture posed as though it's leaping or running. It has it's head arched back and a crescent moon sculpture on it's back. There are sgraffito markings all along it's body including a crescent moon on the chest and a California Poppy done with a yellow underglaze.

A ceramic black underglaze wolf sculpture posed as though it's leaping or running. It has it's head arched back and a crescent moon sculpture on it's back. There are sgraffito markings all along it's body including a crescent moon on the chest and a California Poppy done with a yellow underglaze.

Running Moon Wolf Totem πŸΊπŸŒ™βœ¨

I have a new piece available with Every Day Original ( @everydayoriginal.bsky.social )!

Purchase here:
everydayoriginal.com/product/runn...

#art #SciArt

14.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
the congressional building in washington DC, with the well known central dome/tower and stairs

the congressional building in washington DC, with the well known central dome/tower and stairs

slightly different picture of the building with a spirit halloween banner added to it

slightly different picture of the building with a spirit halloween banner added to it

september 30 ... october 1

01.10.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2794    πŸ” 742    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 13

Yay! I regretted not ordering one last time. Looking forward to ordering one or a few!

30.09.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

best of luck!!!

02.09.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

adding myself to the national do not call registry dramatically decreased my spam calls and now i'm happy to just report the few spammers who still call

02.09.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Government Staffing Cuts Have Fueled an Ant-Smuggling Boom β€œIt’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. β€œThey realize the US market is a gold mine.”

β€œIt’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. β€œThey realize the US market is a gold mine.” www.wired.com/story/usda-a...

20.08.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 17

Your posts with Masuke brighten my day! This dog is so adorable πŸ’œ

03.07.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thom Tillis and Tommy Tuberville sound like characters in a children’s book about a piece of farming equipment and a root vegetable going on a friendship adventure

29.06.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 274    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

I just preordered! I cant wait- your art is beautiful! I have several of your prints and they always get compliments.

27.06.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is bear and pronounced yawnuh

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is bear and pronounced yawnuh

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

The origin of Bear. Long ago there was a famine period that hit one clan of Cherokee called the

27.06.2025 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

Wow I didn't know this! I used to get bitten all the time by the larvae when working on field crops in NC. That's really interesting and now I am less mad at them πŸ˜†

26.06.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I read this and thought it had to be rage-bait. Horrible

26.06.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

evolution is FASCINATING

26.06.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love goofy titles for journal articles

26.06.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Three Spider-Man’s pointing at each other. They are labeled: race science, transphobia, and biological determinism

Three Spider-Man’s pointing at each other. They are labeled: race science, transphobia, and biological determinism

anyways hope this helps

26.06.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 355    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

24.06.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 40645    πŸ” 14934    πŸ’¬ 1630    πŸ“Œ 599

You should come to Asheville NC at some point!! 😊

24.06.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a beautiful blue, green and red wasp standing on a leaf

a beautiful blue, green and red wasp standing on a leaf

The emerald cockroach wasp can mind-control cockroaches by injecting venom into the roach's "brain"/nervous system. The roach then becomes docile and allows the wasp to lead it to a tomb, lay eggs in it, and seal the tomb until the wasp larva hatch and begin to eat the roach alive!

23.06.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A hatchling condor on a white towel. it has downy feathers and it's head skin is kinda wrinkly

A hatchling condor on a white towel. it has downy feathers and it's head skin is kinda wrinkly

With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of:

TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!

19.06.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 24291    πŸ” 3124    πŸ’¬ 454    πŸ“Œ 239
Photo of SK in a forest in Pennsylvania, wearing a tie dyed field shirt from the 2017 grassland bird Konza Crew and holding a large sparrow that is black on one side of the body and brown on the other.

Photo of SK in a forest in Pennsylvania, wearing a tie dyed field shirt from the 2017 grassland bird Konza Crew and holding a large sparrow that is black on one side of the body and brown on the other.

Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird!

Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful β€οΈπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

22.01.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7385    πŸ” 1015    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 38

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