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I do horticultural science and take photos of bugs. If I mess up, please call me on it! @peterlcoffey on Instagram

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I was also confused! Missed this life update in the transition to bluesky!

23.10.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Follow up fun fact: Roses have prickles not thorns, they pop right off because they don't have any vascular tissue, unlike thorns.

23.10.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rose stem covered in prickles

Rose stem covered in prickles

Rose stem covered in prickles

Rose stem covered in prickles

Two rose stems covered in prickles on a white background

Two rose stems covered in prickles on a white background

We've had quite a few samples of roses coming into the lab showing symptoms of Rose Rosette Disease. Symptoms vary by cultivar, but overgrowth of prickles is one of them.

23.10.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight.

The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight. n.pr/4qeQhWS

22.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 17

This rules

22.10.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ATTENTION: The deadline to submit talks for this session is tomorrow! Please DM me for the link if you would like to submit a presentation for consideration.

Thanks and please share!

09.10.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fundamentally, Republicans are trying to bring forms of slavery back.

08.10.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so good!

08.10.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 β€” outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.comπŸ‘‡

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

07.10.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 12

This joke is in every dang insect ID thread I've ever seen

29.09.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I figured he was a hymenopteran which is why is middle name is Haploid.

25.09.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're still looking for presentations!
Please share 😊

24.09.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A poster saying "Wanted: Robber flies, Promachus and Allies. Wanted: freshly caught specimens of Promachus or other large robber flies for DNA extraction. Contact Teagan Mulford at teaganmulford@gmail.com with any questions or leads. Thank you! PC: Steve Collins"

A poster saying "Wanted: Robber flies, Promachus and Allies. Wanted: freshly caught specimens of Promachus or other large robber flies for DNA extraction. Contact Teagan Mulford at teaganmulford@gmail.com with any questions or leads. Thank you! PC: Steve Collins"

Tired of doom scrolling? Want to help a PhD student out? Check your collection for Promachus (and friends) and I'll be forever indebted! If you need an excuse to get outside and go collecting this weekend, this is it! #Asilidae #Diptera

18.09.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.

And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.

12.09.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5886    πŸ” 1361    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 36
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The Northeast Crop Production and Harvest Manual - SARE These two guidesβ€”the Northeast Crop Production Manual and the Northeast Harvest Manualβ€”provide in-depth information on the production, harvest and post-harvest handling of dozens of common specialty c...

Two new simple guides to growing and harvesting vegetables (and other specialty crops) for farmers in the Northeast US.

Written by small/mid-sized farmers for farmers and published by NE SARE. Emphasis on organic practices, but useful to anyone.

12.09.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a person on inaturalist identifying Scyphozoa with the username "readyforthisjelly" and that's just... very good.

16.07.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

maybe I'm just an awesome grandpa photographer

02.07.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A photograph of a scale on a table.

A photograph of a scale on a table.

Am I the only field scientist who hates every scale they've ever used??

I want one that can handle abuse, doesn't weigh a ton, doesn't have a masthead to catch the wind, and is precise to 1g and ~10 kg aaaaaaand ideally has a rechargeable battery. Does that exist?

29.05.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is very close to being the best selling item ever in the squid shop, and it's not even about a squid

help my bee reach the top lmao

28.05.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI asked ChatGPT-β€œ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork

09.05.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3909    πŸ” 1194    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 16
NBC News: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

NBC News: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

Reuters: US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
April 17, 2025

Reuters: US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts April 17, 2025

These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.

This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.

17.04.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11971    πŸ” 5290    πŸ’¬ 285    πŸ“Œ 413

Alright I need to use this website for something that this website is actually good at: brainstorming examples of things in a category.

The category is: mechanisms of small-scale information delivery.

Examples:
Fortune cookies
Advent Calendars
Jokes on popsicle sticks

What else is there?

17.04.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 305    πŸ“Œ 7

The Texas Senate has passed a bill banning one of most common native trees, the Texas mountain laurel, which grows abundantly wild around Austin and is among the most common landscape trees.

10.04.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 343    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 10

With a heavy heart, I am sharing that I have taken the USDA deferred resignation program. Soon I will go on administrative leave and β€œretire” later this year.

08.04.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

Brian deserves a job. Super qualified.
Boosting to hopefully get this seen by the right lab

08.04.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Narrator: "It did not make them rich."

03.04.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14059    πŸ” 3654    πŸ’¬ 236    πŸ“Œ 112

okay i didn't really get the milchick crush talk until the band happened and now I get it.

26.03.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Four tiles showing a tomato with chlorosis in upper left, a squash with powdery mildew in the upper right, broccoli with necrotic leaves on the lower left, and a pepper leaf with spots and mild chlorosis on the bottom right.

Four tiles showing a tomato with chlorosis in upper left, a squash with powdery mildew in the upper right, broccoli with necrotic leaves on the lower left, and a pepper leaf with spots and mild chlorosis on the bottom right.

We're hiring a plant pathologist! Looking for someone w/passion for diagnosing vegetable diseases & communicating results to clients. There's lots of other duties & opportunities. I also think it's a great lab πŸ€”β˜ΊοΈ

jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215...

@quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social

24.03.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

This is a disaster and its happening right now. Having spoken with some folks in Congress, this is a message they have not received--they are still back in Indirects and USAID (also important, BTW). Call Congress today unless you want ot lose colleagues one by one till all are gone

24.03.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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