Lars Willighagen

I think I found it! www.geograph.org.uk/photoset/NH7...

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Standing tall together: Peatland vascular plants facilitate Sphagnum moss microtopography To preserve the heterogenic and diverse nature of peatland ecosystems, a well-functioning plant community is imperative. In intact peat bogs, such com…

Paper alert!

PhD student Yvet Telgenkamp and colleagues measured Sphagnum carpet subsidence in a long-term vascular plant removal experiment at Store Mosse National Park in Sweden. They found that vascular plants provide scaffolding for Sphagnum moss.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Did budget cuts play a role? No. In this particular case, we have seen absolutely nothing to suggest that current staffing or budget issues within NOAA and the NWS played any role at all in this event. Anyone using this event to claim that is being dishonest. There are many places you can go with expressing thoughts on the current and proposed cuts. We've been very vocal about them here. But this is not the right event for those takes. In fact, weather balloon launches played a vital role in forecast messaging on Thursday night as the event was beginning to unfold. If you want to go that route, use this event as a symbol of the value NOAA and NWS bring to society, understanding that as horrific as this is, yes, it could always have been even worse.

A useful deep dive on the forecasts here. theeyewall.substack.com/p/making-sen...

Wonderful!

In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.

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5 male Lasioglossum male mining bees roosting on buttercup seed heads.

7 male Lassioglossum males roosting on stems of and seedheads on buttercup plants.

A patch of unmown lawn in a garden in Shrewsbury, UK. A roost of up to 18 males has built up here today - 29 June 2025.

Absolutely superb! I have a roost of Lasioglossum cf calceatum males in my garden. Maximum count so far 18. It's warm so thet are skittish and photographing them is hard. They have been building in numbers since about 16:30 hrs. This is just the best! Will give regular updates as it happens.

Diamond-shaped yellow bug with brown stripes on a metal pole.

Round brown bug with a light brown abdomen, on grass seeds.

Brown bug nymph with red and black stripes.

Brownish black bug with vague brown markings on a white net.

While sweeping I also found the aforementioned Aelia acuminata, nymphs of Eurygaster testudinaria, both associated with grasses, and nymphs and adults of the seed bug Peritrechus geniculatus.

Closeup of a small brown bug with lighter dots and a central line, and a wide, flat face. On a white net.

Closeup of a small brown bug with lighter dots and a central line, and a wide, flat face. On a white net.

Found a species of shield bug I hadn't seen before, Neottiglossa pusilla! Related to Aelia and also found on grasses.

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or Phyllocnistis xenia, depending on the species of poplar? bladmineerders.nl/host-plants/...

In Amsterdam for #dhbenelux2025 and got the privilege.to catch up in person with #cdli lead dev @larswillighagen.bsky.social 😁

Well at least one shorter duh

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YouTube video by Rick Astley Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)

Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.

The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...

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I think I can make it one char shorter?

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A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …

A press release is out about the Biodiversity Heritage Library. From 1 January 2026 the Smithsonian will no longer host the administrative functions of BHL. BHL is looking for a new home. For further information see blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
#ILoveBHL #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary

The Biden Official Who Doesn’t Oppose Trump’s Student Deportations Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for “opening the door” to the Trump Administration’s professed campaign to tackle antisemitism.

really brutal chotinering right here www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

6,486 signatures to go. Let's get it done.

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Microbial photosynthesis mitigates carbon loss from northern peatlands under warming - Nature Climate Change The authors use experimental and modelling approaches to understand the response of microbial photosynthesis to peatland warming. They show that warming amplifies microbial photosynthesis, which could...

Our colleague Bjorn Robroek co-authored a recently published study in Nature Climate Change discussing the role of photosynthetic microbes in peatland carbon dynamics. 🦠

Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

holy shit www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

me looking for that one snakefly on my bedroom window as if that's its natural habitat