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Abigail Cahill
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Marine biologist studying inverts, larvae, connectivity. Based in the Great Lakes, i.e. not at all marine. Intrepid knitter, academia, France. |she/her|
YOU ARE SOMETHING BUT NOT NOTHING
February 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
We're all crying over here
February 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Not me crying already today!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Important news here for the Figure Skating + Higher Ed Discourse crossover* contingent.

*no pun intended, I swear.
EXTENSION GRANTED

Just a short time ago Canadian figure skater Maddie Schizas with the updated we were all waiting for.

Her prof has granted her an extension on her assignment. I’ll ask about the exact response tonight after she skates.
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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With alt-text.

Maddie Schizas is a delight.
February 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This almost made me cry before she even took her opening pose.
idk if it's just that the boards are too wide here and she couldn't reach, but the coach not doing her usual thumps on kaori's back before she skates off and kaori thumping her own back made me sad #MilanoCortina2026
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Get to know a KBS research lab! This week we're highlighting the members of the Kozakiewicz Lab. Check out what postdoc Luisa M. Diele-Viegas studies and why.
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
My unpopular opinion is that I am really, really digging this Great Lakes winter, bringing us snowy intro to ecology and a towhee!
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like

margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum

define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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The invasive spotted lanternfly is a prodigious producer of honeydew, a sweet, sticky substance that attracts such a variety of arthropods that it may rearrange local food webs. A new study finds arthropods in 35 families feeding on SLF honeydew, including ants, wasps, katydids, and more.
Sugar Rush: Spotted Lanternfly Honeydew Attracts Variety of Fellow Insects
The invasive spotted lanternfly's copious production of honeydew may rearrange local food webs, with arthropods in at least 35 taxonomic families feeding on it, per a new study.
entomologytoday.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Away we go, again.
a close up of a man wearing a helmet and a sword .
Alt: a close up of a man wearing a helmet and a sword .
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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How to get into nature.
January 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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🎉 It's official: When Trees Testify pub day!!! 🎉

Available wherever books are sold.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

@henryholtbooks.bsky.social
@macmillanpubusa.bsky.social
When Trees Testify
This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stor...
us.macmillan.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines.

The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.

But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.

Get 'em at SquidFacts.net
January 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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“What does an Ice Princess mean to you, and are you one?” Followed by complete and utter chaos.
#PrevagenUSChamps
January 10, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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No words. Just tears. Love these three so much. 🥹😭🩷 #PrevagenUSChamps
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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THANK YOU AMBER
THANK YOU ALYSA
THANK YOU ISABEAU
THANK YOU BRADIE
THANK YOU SARAH
#PrevagenUSChamps
bit.ly/3Z5zGsc
2026 US Championships play-by-play/results: Women's free skate — Rocker Skating - Figure Skating Analysis by Jackie Wong
Live stream and play-by-play of the women’s free skate at 2026 US Figure Skating Championships
bit.ly
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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Starting to make things can be hard. Once you start it's easier to build off what you make.

Make connections.
Make projects that amplify necessary information.
Make your friends do the things you know we all need to be doing lol.

I know it's hard & scary but shake off the horror & do something.
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Here I am hanging out at the airport on the way home from #sicb2026. This was SICB meeting number fifteen (15!) for me and I wish we had some sort of card to get punched each year. I had a great science & teaching meeting and can't wait to see everyone in Pittsburgh in 2027.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Really excited about this news! We had a lot fun and I'm wearing my newly-won FHL sweatshirt for today's last #sicb2026 talks
Time to celebrate! The @sicb-diz.bsky.social auction at the #SICB2026 meeting raised $4790 for student and postdoctoral support!!!! This will be the basis for the John and Vickey Pearse Fund being established by DIZ! Thanks to @kmkocot.bsky.social for being our exuberant auctioneer and all donors!!!
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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On this final day of #SICB2026, we want to thank everyone who has taken part in our PUI Action Group events! It's been a blast connecting with all of you. If you want to learn more about the PUI Action Group, check out our website: sicb.org/committees/p...
Primarily Undergraduate Institution Action Group - SICB
sicb.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Learning new stuff about how animals are reacting to a changing planet this morning at #SICB2026
January 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Consider this my annual check-in for #knittersofSICB.
#sicb2026
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM