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jpmantis.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. at Colby College. Neuro-enthusiast and Entomo-wanabee. Insects, neuroethology, motor control, movement
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 100 days ago • 1153 comments

This tiny monument appeared in my driveway today. The crows or the squirrels may have invented religion.

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

I have finally grabbed the brass ring: I have earned tenure. Thank you to my colleagues at Colby College and around the world for your support and compassion. I love you all, and I pledge to use my position to pay your kindness forward.

submitted 134 days ago • 2 comments

I made a physical model of the Survivor Bias Airplane. Now with a frame and a home on my office wall.

submitted 379 days ago • 0 comments

@washingtonpost.com I would like to take over #SquirrelWeek now that John Kelly has retired

submitted 433 days ago • 1 comment

The oVert specimen digitization project has wrapped up. Here is a summary of accomplishments and goals for the next push to make museum specimens more useful. Explicit mention of #SciArt 🧪🐡 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

submitted 441 days ago • 1 comment

Here's @franzanth.bsky.social's reconstruction of Mieridduryn, one of the unique Welsh fossils held in NMW. Even though I published on it, I still haven't seen it in person, and might never be able to if these cuts happen 😡🧪 Help stop them: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

submitted 442 days ago • 0 comments

The new chaotropic solvent arrived from Sigma-Eldritch. (from Reddit.com/r/labrats)

submitted 443 days ago • 16 comments

Given the way things are going I think we should all delete our social media accounts and go back to the original communication method: secreting chemicals into the ooze that surrounds us and blindly extending protuberances in search of the chemicals others have left.

submitted 448 days ago • 0 comments

In case anyone is curious who checked into my insect hotels during the 2023 season, here are pics. #invertebrates 🌿https://colinpurrington.com/2024/01/sorting-through-guests-at-my-insect-hotels/

submitted 450 days ago • 0 comments

The Biden-Harris administration has been by far the best in terms of climate change, endangered species conservation, and science-based environmental management decisions. It’s not close. As a conservation policy scientist, I’d be strongly supporting them even if Trump wasn’t the alternative. 🧪🌎

submitted 499 days ago • 12 comments

This anecdote is by Michael Tager, who shared it on Twitter back when people argued about whether punching Richard Spencer was okay (it was; it is always morally correct to meet nazism w violence and exclusion bc its guiding principle is one of extreme violence and its proponents deserve no respect)

submitted 451 days ago • 2 comments

Conservatives have long hosted two approaches to sexuality in their coalition: Heritage, evangelical-style sexual Puritanism, and Trumpish, “barstool”-style boorish sexual entitlement. Some people think these are hard to reconcile, but the central aim of both is the domination and control of women.

submitted 453 days ago • 47 comments

compare to this NBC story, which actually is just a straightforward description of the facts as the NYT brass says it’s supposed to be

submitted 454 days ago • 17 comments

Good advice. If I read that on a CV, I'd see it as "I'm going to burn out"

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If you see this, post a robot

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