Eric R. Eaton
@bugeric.bsky.social
Nonfiction author, blogger, insect identifier, ally. Presenter/speaker. #SciComm, entomology, urban nature, human conflict with other species, other humans. Opposed to colonialism, capitalism. Married Progressive in Kansas, USA.
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I don’t think I have any pull, but Dr. McAnulty deserves a genius grant.
Bad Art for Good is TOMORROW!
We've got free beer, pretzels, cheese, and all the art supplies you'll need to create art that can inspire action to make the world better.
Art is great at inspiring people, even if you think you're bad at it
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We've got free beer, pretzels, cheese, and all the art supplies you'll need to create art that can inspire action to make the world better.
Art is great at inspiring people, even if you think you're bad at it
Join us! There's 8 spots left :)
luma.com/w8v2xk5i
Bad Art for Good · Luma
It's been a tough year to be a person with a conscience, huh?
At Bad Art for Good, we're gonna get together and make some art to make things better.
How can…
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November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I don’t think I have any pull, but Dr. McAnulty deserves a genius grant.
I am honored to be presenting for Smithsonian Associates on Thursday, January 8, 2026. Please click the link for ticket information. smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr... #bugsky #insects #entomology
The Art, Joy, and Importance of Observing Insects
Insects are the most abundant animals on the planet, numbering in the quintillions. Oddly enough, they are also the least observed. Naturalist Eric R. Eaton aims to inspire you to watch more bugs and ...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I am honored to be presenting for Smithsonian Associates on Thursday, January 8, 2026. Please click the link for ticket information. smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr... #bugsky #insects #entomology
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Race is not a biological reality, race is a construct. But neither are these colour-blind class-reductionist leftists (Adolph Reed, Walter Benn Michaels) entirely correct either. Race is a practice of power — it *does* something..
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Race is not a biological reality, race is a construct. But neither are these colour-blind class-reductionist leftists (Adolph Reed, Walter Benn Michaels) entirely correct either. Race is a practice of power — it *does* something..
Airports should hire stand up comedians to work at TSA lines:
“Hey, buddy, cargo pants are now considered a carry-on item.
I’m kidding.
I’ll be here all week.
The way this line is moving, so will you.”
“Hey, buddy, cargo pants are now considered a carry-on item.
I’m kidding.
I’ll be here all week.
The way this line is moving, so will you.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Airports should hire stand up comedians to work at TSA lines:
“Hey, buddy, cargo pants are now considered a carry-on item.
I’m kidding.
I’ll be here all week.
The way this line is moving, so will you.”
“Hey, buddy, cargo pants are now considered a carry-on item.
I’m kidding.
I’ll be here all week.
The way this line is moving, so will you.”
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While Irishman Sir Roger Casement was exploring colonial atrocities in the Peruvian Amazon he was also collecting butterflies that are now in the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History. He was later executed in London for treason. Paper just published revue-colligo.fr/index.php/vo...
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
While Irishman Sir Roger Casement was exploring colonial atrocities in the Peruvian Amazon he was also collecting butterflies that are now in the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History. He was later executed in London for treason. Paper just published revue-colligo.fr/index.php/vo...
The people behind Fat Bear Week, and Fat Squirrel Week, are missing the obvious. Don't they know that what we *really* want is "Fat Ass Week." My favorite to win it all would be "Chonky Badonkadonkey." #fatbearweek #humor #comedy
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The people behind Fat Bear Week, and Fat Squirrel Week, are missing the obvious. Don't they know that what we *really* want is "Fat Ass Week." My favorite to win it all would be "Chonky Badonkadonkey." #fatbearweek #humor #comedy
I’m in the kitchen so that our television will survive my partner watching the 60 Minutes interview with the president.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I’m in the kitchen so that our television will survive my partner watching the 60 Minutes interview with the president.
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
Appropriately scathing critique. I have a couple things to add, which I will do in a comment thread.
How to Avoid A Climate Disaster
1. Ignore Bill Gates on climate
2. Repeat #1
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1. Ignore Bill Gates on climate
2. Repeat #1
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Appropriately scathing critique. I have a couple things to add, which I will do in a comment thread.
Informative article. We also don’t figure personal debt into the equation. If we did, I bet nearly half the U.S. population would be in poverty.
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The fact of the matter is that helping people costs money and that is just not popular with corporations that, for all practical purposes, own a vast number of congresspersons.
Get money out of politics and we can move onward and upward
#EndCitizensUnited
The fact of the matter is that helping people costs money and that is just not popular with corporations that, for all practical purposes, own a vast number of congresspersons.
Get money out of politics and we can move onward and upward
#EndCitizensUnited
How the US sets its poverty rate is shocking
It's so horrible, it should actually piss you off
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November 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Informative article. We also don’t figure personal debt into the equation. If we did, I bet nearly half the U.S. population would be in poverty.
The comments, too. 😄
You mean we gotta spend an extra hour in the middle of all this
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The comments, too. 😄
Happy Halloween, and final day of #Arachtober. I found this handsome male crab spider (Xysticus sp.) crawling slowly over our house foundation outside today. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. #bugsky #spiders
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Happy Halloween, and final day of #Arachtober. I found this handsome male crab spider (Xysticus sp.) crawling slowly over our house foundation outside today. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. #bugsky #spiders
I am an author being overwhelmed by emails from people offering their services to promote my new book. This is a brand new problem, and I do not have an agent or publicist to sift through the offers. Help? #writingcommunity #authors
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I am an author being overwhelmed by emails from people offering their services to promote my new book. This is a brand new problem, and I do not have an agent or publicist to sift through the offers. Help? #writingcommunity #authors
My advice to anyone on here would be to follow all the artist accounts that appeal to you. They are a great source of joy and peace.
Oh it’s #portfolioday!
Hi there 👋
I’m an Edinburgh-based illustrator. I love nautical themes, birds and bookish things. I work in Procreate but love a textured analogue feel.
Here’s my website with more info and prints available for purchase spyglassillustration.com
Hi there 👋
I’m an Edinburgh-based illustrator. I love nautical themes, birds and bookish things. I work in Procreate but love a textured analogue feel.
Here’s my website with more info and prints available for purchase spyglassillustration.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
My advice to anyone on here would be to follow all the artist accounts that appeal to you. They are a great source of joy and peace.
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🎃 Trick or Treat? 🎃
⏰ DST ends in the US this weekend. Sleep and circadian science tells us that the biannual time change is harmful for health. Learn more at savestandardtime.com including ways to advocate for permanent ST! @savestandard.bsky.social
⏰ DST ends in the US this weekend. Sleep and circadian science tells us that the biannual time change is harmful for health. Learn more at savestandardtime.com including ways to advocate for permanent ST! @savestandard.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🎃 Trick or Treat? 🎃
⏰ DST ends in the US this weekend. Sleep and circadian science tells us that the biannual time change is harmful for health. Learn more at savestandardtime.com including ways to advocate for permanent ST! @savestandard.bsky.social
⏰ DST ends in the US this weekend. Sleep and circadian science tells us that the biannual time change is harmful for health. Learn more at savestandardtime.com including ways to advocate for permanent ST! @savestandard.bsky.social
The “curated failure” of the American economy is intensifying. This is an important read.
I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.”
I beg to differ. This is curated failure.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/i-know-exa...
I beg to differ. This is curated failure.
jesspiper.substack.com/p/i-know-exa...
I Know Exactly What They Are Doing
Rural foresight
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October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The “curated failure” of the American economy is intensifying. This is an important read.
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Who invented the term “leaf litter” as if leaves are a negative thing?
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Who invented the term “leaf litter” as if leaves are a negative thing?
This is a wonderful expression of appreciation and gratitude. ❤️
October 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is a wonderful expression of appreciation and gratitude. ❤️
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Our new peer-reviewed book, "Living Shorelines for Florida" has been released. Living shorelines are the most sustainable way forward when faced with rising seas levels. We provided background, science, materials, & ideas for shoreline-friendly landscapes above tidal zones. upf.com/book.asp?id=...
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our new peer-reviewed book, "Living Shorelines for Florida" has been released. Living shorelines are the most sustainable way forward when faced with rising seas levels. We provided background, science, materials, & ideas for shoreline-friendly landscapes above tidal zones. upf.com/book.asp?id=...
I’ve been neglecting #Arachtober, but here is a male Dotted Wolf Spider, Rabidosa punctulata, that I spotted around the exterior of the Kansas Wetlands Education Center near Great Bend, Kansas, USA, last Thursday afternoon. Named for black speckling on underside of abdomen. #bugsky #spider
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I’ve been neglecting #Arachtober, but here is a male Dotted Wolf Spider, Rabidosa punctulata, that I spotted around the exterior of the Kansas Wetlands Education Center near Great Bend, Kansas, USA, last Thursday afternoon. Named for black speckling on underside of abdomen. #bugsky #spider
Another wonderful artist working in diverse media.
October 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Another wonderful artist working in diverse media.
Congratulations, Sim!
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Congratulations, Sim!
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Ok what do you think about this. An event called tiny paintings big problems where we make paintings wherein we depict solutions to your problem of choice. Is that fun? Would people go to that? Is this anything?
October 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Ok what do you think about this. An event called tiny paintings big problems where we make paintings wherein we depict solutions to your problem of choice. Is that fun? Would people go to that? Is this anything?
My sentiments, too! I’m late to the party following this gentleman.
I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
My sentiments, too! I’m late to the party following this gentleman.