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@embloom.bsky.social
Amateur/student naturalist based in the Bay Area, posting about ecology, invertebrates, and everything related. I also like sci-fi, art, and roller coasters. 🪲🎢✨🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Photos, art, and opinions mine unless otherwise credited.
Photos, art, and opinions mine unless otherwise credited.
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This is INSANE. Energy Star is a VOLUNTARY program that manufacturers love. It has paid back its modest costs hundreds of times over since its inception, and it helps customers find the best energy savings options without a fuss. Shameful.
Trump’s plan to end the Energy Star program is a blow to American families and businesses everywhere. This program has saved $500 billion in energy costs over the past 30 years. Energy efficiency isn’t just an environmental solution—it’s an economic one.
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Trump administration plans to end Energy Star program for home appliances
Since 1992, the popular Energy Star program has helped American families and businesses save more than $500 billion in energy costs.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is INSANE. Energy Star is a VOLUNTARY program that manufacturers love. It has paid back its modest costs hundreds of times over since its inception, and it helps customers find the best energy savings options without a fuss. Shameful.
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SMALL-HEADED FLY SMALL-HEADED FLY 👀
Maybe Pterodontia sp? I'd never seen any small-headed flies before, and there's only 3 Florida sightings in the family on iNaturalist. Absolutely bizarre chonky creature. Basically no head. Evolution can't keep getting away with this.
🌿 🪰 #InverteFest
Maybe Pterodontia sp? I'd never seen any small-headed flies before, and there's only 3 Florida sightings in the family on iNaturalist. Absolutely bizarre chonky creature. Basically no head. Evolution can't keep getting away with this.
🌿 🪰 #InverteFest
April 29, 2024 at 4:48 AM
SMALL-HEADED FLY SMALL-HEADED FLY 👀
Maybe Pterodontia sp? I'd never seen any small-headed flies before, and there's only 3 Florida sightings in the family on iNaturalist. Absolutely bizarre chonky creature. Basically no head. Evolution can't keep getting away with this.
🌿 🪰 #InverteFest
Maybe Pterodontia sp? I'd never seen any small-headed flies before, and there's only 3 Florida sightings in the family on iNaturalist. Absolutely bizarre chonky creature. Basically no head. Evolution can't keep getting away with this.
🌿 🪰 #InverteFest
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If you care about the NSF and science, now is the time to make your voice heard!
The evolution tri-societies are running a Week of Action for NSF! We MUST make some noise -join us!!
@sse-evolution.bsky.social members will see the below email in their inbox today, spread the word!
Pls RT!
The evolution tri-societies are running a Week of Action for NSF! We MUST make some noise -join us!!
@sse-evolution.bsky.social members will see the below email in their inbox today, spread the word!
Pls RT!
May 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If you care about the NSF and science, now is the time to make your voice heard!
The evolution tri-societies are running a Week of Action for NSF! We MUST make some noise -join us!!
@sse-evolution.bsky.social members will see the below email in their inbox today, spread the word!
Pls RT!
The evolution tri-societies are running a Week of Action for NSF! We MUST make some noise -join us!!
@sse-evolution.bsky.social members will see the below email in their inbox today, spread the word!
Pls RT!
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Please enjoy my latest “ask a marine biologist” column for SCUBA diving magazine
www.scubadiving.com/are-blobfish... 
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www.scubadiving.com/are-blobfish... 
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Are Blobfish Real? What to Know About This Odd-Looking Creature
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May 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Please enjoy my latest “ask a marine biologist” column for SCUBA diving magazine
www.scubadiving.com/are-blobfish... 
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www.scubadiving.com/are-blobfish... 
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If you are a person who cares about the future of science in the US, please take actions this week to #SaveNSF. @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social are leading a week of action - here is a Media Support Tool from the societies docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🧑🔬🧬🖥️🦑
May 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If you are a person who cares about the future of science in the US, please take actions this week to #SaveNSF. @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social are leading a week of action - here is a Media Support Tool from the societies docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🧑🔬🧬🖥️🦑
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Support an awesome author doing a tour hit with chaos?
I have spent three years working on The Intermediaries—a #transgender #history of #science (LGBTQ fight NAZIS). And now that it’s about to launch… everything is going wrong. And I’m getting real sad. So I’m gonna throw this here life buoy out to my #trans friends and my #book friends: help?
May 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Support an awesome author doing a tour hit with chaos?
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Back to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦♀️
HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.
Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.
Tell ur friends 😅
HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.
Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.
Tell ur friends 😅
May 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Back to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦♀️
HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.
Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.
Tell ur friends 😅
HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.
Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.
Tell ur friends 😅
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A male yellowtail parrotfish flares up his mohawk and shows off to the other boys whose town this is 💪🦜🐟💛 #yellowtailparrotfish #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #mohawk #donteatparrotfish #mohawk #flare #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity
May 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A male yellowtail parrotfish flares up his mohawk and shows off to the other boys whose town this is 💪🦜🐟💛 #yellowtailparrotfish #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #mohawk #donteatparrotfish #mohawk #flare #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity
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Annual reminder about ice thickness for safety.
November 30, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Annual reminder about ice thickness for safety.
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I published a book! Wild Pride: A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom.
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#WildPride
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#WildPride
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Wild Pride: A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom
Buy Wild Pride: A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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November 27, 2024 at 11:51 PM
I published a book! Wild Pride: A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom.
1/5
#WildPride
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#WildPride
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Once again, the validity of Indigenous oral stories is reinforced www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Study finds Indigenous people in B.C. cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions | CBC News
A new study indicates Indigenous peoples in B.C. have been cultivating the beaked hazelnut for thousands of years, challenging assumptions that pre-colonial Indigenous people were only hunter-gatherers.
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November 29, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Once again, the validity of Indigenous oral stories is reinforced www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Frontiers | Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunt, kill and consume the largest fish on Earth, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) https://buff.ly/4gaWL3q
Frontiers | Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunt, kill and consume the largest fish on Earth, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the apex predator in global oceans, and as such they are afforded access to prey species at all trophic levels and sizes. Du...
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November 29, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Frontiers | Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunt, kill and consume the largest fish on Earth, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) https://buff.ly/4gaWL3q
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Cane toads continue moving south along Australia's east coast and reach Woodford Island, near Grafton NSW.
"Cane toads are more than just a nuisance — they represent an ecological disaster marching south through the Clarence electorate"
#wildoz #tcz 🌿🌏🐸
Cane toads continue moving south along Australia's east coast and reach Woodford Island, near Grafton NSW.
"Cane toads are more than just a nuisance — they represent an ecological disaster marching south through the Clarence electorate"
#wildoz #tcz 🌿🌏🐸
November 27, 2024 at 11:06 PM
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Cane toads continue moving south along Australia's east coast and reach Woodford Island, near Grafton NSW.
"Cane toads are more than just a nuisance — they represent an ecological disaster marching south through the Clarence electorate"
#wildoz #tcz 🌿🌏🐸
Cane toads continue moving south along Australia's east coast and reach Woodford Island, near Grafton NSW.
"Cane toads are more than just a nuisance — they represent an ecological disaster marching south through the Clarence electorate"
#wildoz #tcz 🌿🌏🐸
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Light(n)ing the Way.
![A colorful supercell thunderstorm hovers directly over the road ahead. A lightning bolt strikes right over the road - its light reflects off of the wet pavement, illuminating the foreground, and reveals details in the cloud structure. On the left of the storm is a clear blue night sky full of stars. [P.S. to my storm chaser friends from Twitter...I am sorry. You already saw enough of this storm, but I am still getting through them here. Just mute 'Ada' or me].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:acm2yz57z6weqbdbw5lpluu3/bafkreibhiv4neyzfqp332dtait3gw4e6jblp5ddf7cufw6wtenjnvpdcdm@jpeg)
November 27, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Light(n)ing the Way.
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Skip Black Friday and celebrate #SecondhandSunday this year instead.
Support local resellers, keep pre-loved items out of the landfill, and find the perfect secondhand gifts for your friends and family this holiday season. ➡️ simplifytheholidays.org/secondhand-g...
Support local resellers, keep pre-loved items out of the landfill, and find the perfect secondhand gifts for your friends and family this holiday season. ➡️ simplifytheholidays.org/secondhand-g...
November 27, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Skip Black Friday and celebrate #SecondhandSunday this year instead.
Support local resellers, keep pre-loved items out of the landfill, and find the perfect secondhand gifts for your friends and family this holiday season. ➡️ simplifytheholidays.org/secondhand-g...
Support local resellers, keep pre-loved items out of the landfill, and find the perfect secondhand gifts for your friends and family this holiday season. ➡️ simplifytheholidays.org/secondhand-g...
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You are not prepared to look at the sling-jaw wrasse's mouth
This week I’m giving thanks for the Sling-Jaw Wrasse, and it’s amazing jaw #biomechanics!
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November 27, 2024 at 4:10 PM
You are not prepared to look at the sling-jaw wrasse's mouth
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Never a bad time to post about the most awesomest exception to this rule
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Big Baby, Little Mother: Tsetse Flies Are Exceptions to the Juvenile Small Size Principle
Imagine a mother giving birth to a baby that weighs as much as she does. This is an impossibility for most of the animal kingdom. An exception exists in a group of insects, like blood-feeding tsetse ...
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November 26, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Never a bad time to post about the most awesomest exception to this rule
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Funded Masters in Biology (Fish, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species) Opportunity! Please Share! Come join my lab at Salisbury U to study impacts of invasive Blue Catfish on native freshwater mussels & anadromous fishes (threatened river herring, striped bass, etc) in the Chesapeake Bay🐟🐙🧪🐠#SciComm
November 26, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Funded Masters in Biology (Fish, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species) Opportunity! Please Share! Come join my lab at Salisbury U to study impacts of invasive Blue Catfish on native freshwater mussels & anadromous fishes (threatened river herring, striped bass, etc) in the Chesapeake Bay🐟🐙🧪🐠#SciComm
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Want to get some shark research experience?
Bonefish Tarpon Trust (BTT) is looking for two post-baccalaureate research assistants in the Florida Keys to help study gamefish depredation.
More info: www.bonefishtarpontrust.org/wp-content/u...
#shark #sharks #sharkresearch #science
Bonefish Tarpon Trust (BTT) is looking for two post-baccalaureate research assistants in the Florida Keys to help study gamefish depredation.
More info: www.bonefishtarpontrust.org/wp-content/u...
#shark #sharks #sharkresearch #science
www.bonefishtarpontrust.org
November 26, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Want to get some shark research experience?
Bonefish Tarpon Trust (BTT) is looking for two post-baccalaureate research assistants in the Florida Keys to help study gamefish depredation.
More info: www.bonefishtarpontrust.org/wp-content/u...
#shark #sharks #sharkresearch #science
Bonefish Tarpon Trust (BTT) is looking for two post-baccalaureate research assistants in the Florida Keys to help study gamefish depredation.
More info: www.bonefishtarpontrust.org/wp-content/u...
#shark #sharks #sharkresearch #science
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Ever wonder why shiny beetles aren’t immediately a predator’s lunch? 🪲🕷️ This study suggests shininess jumbles predators’ visual tracking!
On moving shiny targets, predator jumping spiders’ attacks were twice as variable and struck a zone two target-widths wider, compared to non-shiny targets 😎
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On moving shiny targets, predator jumping spiders’ attacks were twice as variable and struck a zone two target-widths wider, compared to non-shiny targets 😎
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Why are so many bugs shiny? New experiments with jumping spiders suggest the bling is visually confusing! Story also includes disco balls and Harry Styles. For Reasons 😆🧪 pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/a-b...
A bit of bling helps insects dazzle their predators
Beyond just looking stunning, shininess may help insects confuse predators to avoid being eaten, finds a University of Melbourne study
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
November 26, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Ever wonder why shiny beetles aren’t immediately a predator’s lunch? 🪲🕷️ This study suggests shininess jumbles predators’ visual tracking!
On moving shiny targets, predator jumping spiders’ attacks were twice as variable and struck a zone two target-widths wider, compared to non-shiny targets 😎
🧪🌏
On moving shiny targets, predator jumping spiders’ attacks were twice as variable and struck a zone two target-widths wider, compared to non-shiny targets 😎
🧪🌏
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New paper is out:
Disentangling mechanisms by which microplastic films affect plant-soil systems: physical effects of particles can override toxic effects of additives
#microplastics #soil
enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Disentangling mechanisms by which microplastic films affect plant-soil systems: physical effects of particles can override toxic effects of additives
#microplastics #soil
enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Disentangling mechanisms by which microplastic films affect plant-soil systems: physical effects of particles can override toxic effects of additives - Environmental Sciences Europe
Background Microplastics, polymer-based particles < 5 mm, affect plant–soil systems positively or negatively, suggesting there are different modes of action. Microplastics, as particles, have physical...
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November 23, 2024 at 12:23 PM
New paper is out:
Disentangling mechanisms by which microplastic films affect plant-soil systems: physical effects of particles can override toxic effects of additives
#microplastics #soil
enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Disentangling mechanisms by which microplastic films affect plant-soil systems: physical effects of particles can override toxic effects of additives
#microplastics #soil
enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2024-25
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November 26, 2024 at 1:48 PM
📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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These new Life Magnified USPS stamps are really cool!
November 26, 2024 at 11:10 PM
These new Life Magnified USPS stamps are really cool!