Avery Russell
@draverbee.bsky.social
#RussellLab studies #bees #behaviour #microbes & #flower #evolution @MissouriState https://therusselllab.net/
| #PUI | #SciComm #DiversityInSTEM #BLM #WomenInSTEM #Humanities | he/him
| #PUI | #SciComm #DiversityInSTEM #BLM #WomenInSTEM #Humanities | he/him
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I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
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I’m a huge fan of @wikipedia.org and just spent about 4 hours uploading a handful of my photos. I hope someone finds them useful. Here’s one of those images. An ant and its funky Cordyceps horn.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I’m a huge fan of @wikipedia.org and just spent about 4 hours uploading a handful of my photos. I hope someone finds them useful. Here’s one of those images. An ant and its funky Cordyceps horn.
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She doesn't know why. I'm getting pretty tired of bluesky moderation without explanation.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare
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Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
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#EntSoc25 Are you neurodivergent (ND), care about someone who is ND, and/or employ ND folks? If so, we invite you to our workshop "Diverg-Ent" on Tuesday from 2-6p! We have EntSoc member panelists of many neurotypes and want to hear from you, and hope to make Entomology a safe science for diversity!
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
#EntSoc25 Are you neurodivergent (ND), care about someone who is ND, and/or employ ND folks? If so, we invite you to our workshop "Diverg-Ent" on Tuesday from 2-6p! We have EntSoc member panelists of many neurotypes and want to hear from you, and hope to make Entomology a safe science for diversity!
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Okay I am getting creative. Snails are everywhere 🐌
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Okay I am getting creative. Snails are everywhere 🐌
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
2350m up in the Alps, under da sea, and in between. Heliciniae indet, Doriprismatica atromarginata, Aplysia californica
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🕷️ Stickers and Patches are HERE!🕷️
We have heard you and we are happy to announce the first Ecology Supplies Merch Line: ✨ 🐜 THE DISPERSERS 🐝 ✨ 1/3
We have heard you and we are happy to announce the first Ecology Supplies Merch Line: ✨ 🐜 THE DISPERSERS 🐝 ✨ 1/3
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🕷️ Stickers and Patches are HERE!🕷️
We have heard you and we are happy to announce the first Ecology Supplies Merch Line: ✨ 🐜 THE DISPERSERS 🐝 ✨ 1/3
We have heard you and we are happy to announce the first Ecology Supplies Merch Line: ✨ 🐜 THE DISPERSERS 🐝 ✨ 1/3
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Ugh this conference has barely started and the entomologists are already trashing the place
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ugh this conference has barely started and the entomologists are already trashing the place
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For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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4 years of #invertober #SciArt goobers
you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year
#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year
#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
4 years of #invertober #SciArt goobers
you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year
#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year
#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
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I'm heading off to EntSoc and here's my take on navigating your first scientific conference. Hope to see lots of you there!
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-... #EntSoc25 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-... #EntSoc25 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm heading off to EntSoc and here's my take on navigating your first scientific conference. Hope to see lots of you there!
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-... #EntSoc25 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-... #EntSoc25 🧪
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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What could Elon Musk’s $1 trillion compensation package fund if it were returned to the people?
www.instagram.com/p/DQxKWX-E4L...
www.instagram.com/p/DQxKWX-E4L...
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What could Elon Musk’s $1 trillion compensation package fund if it were returned to the people?
www.instagram.com/p/DQxKWX-E4L...
www.instagram.com/p/DQxKWX-E4L...
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Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
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Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
James Watson in his own words
“Some anti-Semitism is justified” “Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them” “Japan should be bombed for d…
liorpachter.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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If you really want to see the nature of AI, look at what people use it for. Here, it's to justify denying people interpreters in courtrooms.
Powerful people routinely use AI to make life harder for people who don’t have as much power, particularly low-income folks, immigrants, and communities of color. Here, we see right-wing Wisconsin legislators using AI to justify racist “English-only” policies. 1/
Wisconsin lawmakers push to make English state's official language
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) -- Wisconsin lawmakers are moving forward with legislation that would designate English as the state's official language, a move that could place Wisconsin among more than 30
www.news8000.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you really want to see the nature of AI, look at what people use it for. Here, it's to justify denying people interpreters in courtrooms.
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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🎷Get up and get down for higher ed 🎷
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎷Get up and get down for higher ed 🎷
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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A week after the arXiv was forced to tighten down on submissions because of overwhelming volumes of AI slop, bioRxiv is throwing the doors wide open.
disappointed that @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social is implicitly endorsing the use of LLMs to replace scientific thought
@richardsever.bsky.social this is a short-sighted move and a net negative for science
@richardsever.bsky.social this is a short-sighted move and a net negative for science
IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A week after the arXiv was forced to tighten down on submissions because of overwhelming volumes of AI slop, bioRxiv is throwing the doors wide open.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.
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Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social