New paper with Neal Evenhuis: ICZN Case 3903 – Removal of homonymy between Psilini Fallén, 1812 (Hymenoptera) and Psilidae Walker, 1853 (Diptera) by emending the former to Psilusini. Comments encouraged. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Image Psilus fuscipennis Wikimedia commons public domain.

Nice to have numbers on this! I can very much second the statement "mapping Earth's biodiversity is far from over".

Looking at the many boxes of Ugandan wasps on the table in front of me right now, mostly with species new to science, it feels as if we've barely started.

Foundations: please step up and take over the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). This is an absolutely essential scanned archive of all of the old journals and books from the 1500s to about 1920. Has been indispensable for my research.
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...

New True Facts! Insect Waterbenders!
youtu.be/H5bZ4Vk2u7M?...

Hey look #species #taxonomists, cheer up, naming things is hard even in the tech world- mcyoung.xyz/2025/04/14/t....

Many frustrations resonate, but the fact that they do suggests maybe we're not so bad off after all.

Yes! Re-invent wheels! tobloef.com/blog/wheel-r...

@bsky.app Can we please have a modicum of intelligence built into blocking functionality? If you see me blocking, routinely, accounts that follow thousands of people, and their posts are all political, clearly indicating bots (in my mind), can I just block this profile en-masse?

Looking through some old work for content for a presentation I'm reminded how much I appreciated having the freedom to explore visualizations during my PhD. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but one thing seems certain- it emerges in spaces where one is free.

This years TaxonWorks Together is solidifying. We're excited to announce a series of conversations (together.taxonworks.org#Schedule) with guests on #biodiversityinformatics topics that spark our thinking.

Do reach out if you're interested in contributing, from lightning talk to demo, let's talk!

Natural history collections, like the PERC, are the closest thing we have to a time machine! purdueag.exposure.co/perc

Episode 3 (imaging): Don't just sort. Also image, from multiple perspectives! Insect levitation with ultrasound: capturing 360° views to automate measurements and create 3D models. More here: www.techrxiv.org/users/813834...

FYI we are looking for a new CONSERVATOR at the Carnegie Museum(s)! Come battle museum pests and bring me the weird bugs you find in our stuff. Starts at $65-75k which you can actually live on pretty comfortably around here. us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...

So this is the first stab at figuring out the size/technique,etc. I’ll start fixing the bees to the acrylic pane tomorrow. I think I’ll have to work larger and I might need more than one species of bee. Also want to make them 3D. This is a portrait of Bill Anderson, CEO of Bayer AG, killer of bees.

Why do we think Blue Sky will be different than other social media sites? I can easily see the same ugly dynamics play out as they start adding advertising and subscriptions. We who use these platforms should form alliances that have conditions attached to our participation.

True Facts: How a new species gets a name! youtu.be/yn7kUDRVcVM?...

OMG @zefrank.bsky.social (best favourite animal who makes the world happy) just did a video on Taxonomy: www.youtube.com/@zefrank... and the one before he did on Parasitoid wasps with help from Matt Buffington (you lucky bastard), we did our Masters together. The Universe *is* aligning.

Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) data is now on AWS blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2024/11/bhl-... This is timely given the recent problems experienced by @archive.org

@bsk.app I see what you did here. Starter packs lets users ontologize/classify content in a simple way with obvious immediate benefits for them, and more subtle ones for you.

Every #taxonomist in the world is coming for you, such things are what they live for.

#biodiversity #species