Shakira🧛♀️🦇
@shakiguani.bsky.social
She/her | Mom | P.Rican in Slovenia | bi-ologist 🐬🕷
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Access to abortion is a European value of solidarity.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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It was a tough ADHD/ASD parenting day. I just wish the world met us with the same understanding and compassion that we pour into our children
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It was a tough ADHD/ASD parenting day. I just wish the world met us with the same understanding and compassion that we pour into our children
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Always here for a giant spider web story www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.
www.livescience.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Always here for a giant spider web story www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
Mamdani visiting Puerto Rico first, eating mofongo, and saying "Puerto Rico no se vende" (Puerto Rico is not for sale) was not in my bingo card for 2025
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Mamdani visiting Puerto Rico first, eating mofongo, and saying "Puerto Rico no se vende" (Puerto Rico is not for sale) was not in my bingo card for 2025
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Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
The last two days have brought good news in the political sphere from both sides of the pond 🥰
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The last two days have brought good news in the political sphere from both sides of the pond 🥰
Como diría Liliana Felipe: Se fue a la mierda el viejo de mierda!
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Como diría Liliana Felipe: Se fue a la mierda el viejo de mierda!
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Happy Halloween!! Another fun but exhausting #Arachtober.
Tropical Orbweaver (Eriophora ravilla)
#Halloween #Spider #stereography #HappyHalloween
Tropical Orbweaver (Eriophora ravilla)
#Halloween #Spider #stereography #HappyHalloween
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Happy Halloween!! Another fun but exhausting #Arachtober.
Tropical Orbweaver (Eriophora ravilla)
#Halloween #Spider #stereography #HappyHalloween
Tropical Orbweaver (Eriophora ravilla)
#Halloween #Spider #stereography #HappyHalloween
For Halloween I dressed up as my severe vitamin D deficiency
a black and white photo of a vampire standing in an archway .
Alt: a black and white photo of a vampire standing in an archway turning on the lights
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
For Halloween I dressed up as my severe vitamin D deficiency
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This one is for the Children of Time fans (scale should be about right)! Enjoy this jumping spider (Pancorius sp.) Jack-O'-lantern!! Thanks to @nickybay.bsky.social for the reference image (www.flickr.com/photos/nicka...).
#halloween #jackolantern #arachtober #jumpingspiders #salticidae
#halloween #jackolantern #arachtober #jumpingspiders #salticidae
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This one is for the Children of Time fans (scale should be about right)! Enjoy this jumping spider (Pancorius sp.) Jack-O'-lantern!! Thanks to @nickybay.bsky.social for the reference image (www.flickr.com/photos/nicka...).
#halloween #jackolantern #arachtober #jumpingspiders #salticidae
#halloween #jackolantern #arachtober #jumpingspiders #salticidae
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"I have no responsibility for your disappoint" is my new life philosophy
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"I have no responsibility for your disappoint" is my new life philosophy
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Here are some places to donate $$ to help. In south FL, there are places to donate provisions.
1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6
1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here are some places to donate $$ to help. In south FL, there are places to donate provisions.
1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6
1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6
Florence pls stop tugging at my heartstrings
Florence + The Machine - Sympathy Magic (Official Video)
YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Florence pls stop tugging at my heartstrings
It's fascinating how when the immune system is overactive it also sucks at focusing on fighting what it has to fight.
So relatable
So relatable
October 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's fascinating how when the immune system is overactive it also sucks at focusing on fighting what it has to fight.
So relatable
So relatable
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A reminder to all scientists & data viz people 🧪:
It's Spooky Science Time.
Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
It's Spooky Science Time.
Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A reminder to all scientists & data viz people 🧪:
It's Spooky Science Time.
Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
It's Spooky Science Time.
Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
@matjazgregoric.bsky.social in 2011: You know what's easier (logistically) than dolphin research? Spider research!
Me: *does PhD on spiders, but later goes back to working with dolphins*
Matjaž in 2025: You know what's easier than dolphin research?...
Me: *does PhD on spiders, but later goes back to working with dolphins*
Matjaž in 2025: You know what's easier than dolphin research?...
October 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@matjazgregoric.bsky.social in 2011: You know what's easier (logistically) than dolphin research? Spider research!
Me: *does PhD on spiders, but later goes back to working with dolphins*
Matjaž in 2025: You know what's easier than dolphin research?...
Me: *does PhD on spiders, but later goes back to working with dolphins*
Matjaž in 2025: You know what's easier than dolphin research?...
I'll be gooooone 🎶
October 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'll be gooooone 🎶
A pair of golden orb weavers from S. Africa (Trichonephila inaurata) mating back in 2016.
#Arachtober
#Arachtober
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A pair of golden orb weavers from S. Africa (Trichonephila inaurata) mating back in 2016.
#Arachtober
#Arachtober
One of the benefits of WFH is that, when I have to revise dolphin calf photos, I can squeal in peace
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
One of the benefits of WFH is that, when I have to revise dolphin calf photos, I can squeal in peace
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I work in an incredibly niche field and every paper I publish builds on the ones before. There is absolutely nothing wrong with citing yourself and I never understood this critique, either.
Not to pick on Per, but I’ve never understood the snark about “self citation”.
If, as an academic, you aren’t creating an inter-related body of work that builds towards some larger understanding of a problem, what even is the point?
If, as an academic, you aren’t creating an inter-related body of work that builds towards some larger understanding of a problem, what even is the point?
The true academic method: overthink, underdeliver, cite yourself.
October 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I work in an incredibly niche field and every paper I publish builds on the ones before. There is absolutely nothing wrong with citing yourself and I never understood this critique, either.
It's funny when your culture's social dance becomes famous worldwide and someone from Slovenia ends up teaching you that salsa can be danced "on one" or "on two". I had no idea 🙈
October 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's funny when your culture's social dance becomes famous worldwide and someone from Slovenia ends up teaching you that salsa can be danced "on one" or "on two". I had no idea 🙈
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#Arachtober 12 - Small Grass Lynx #Spider with huge egg sac. Lynx spiders guard their eggs but I wonder why it was at the end of a leaf. Lynxes don't carry their egg sac, but some will move them if necessary. Looks like Oxyopes acleistus, I think. South Texas USA #macrophotography #naturephotography
October 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
#Arachtober 12 - Small Grass Lynx #Spider with huge egg sac. Lynx spiders guard their eggs but I wonder why it was at the end of a leaf. Lynxes don't carry their egg sac, but some will move them if necessary. Looks like Oxyopes acleistus, I think. South Texas USA #macrophotography #naturephotography
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for adhd awareness month they should take all the executive function away from people without adhd and distribute it evenly among us
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
for adhd awareness month they should take all the executive function away from people without adhd and distribute it evenly among us
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Here is your Saturday Spider. It's a twig spider (maybe Ariamnes sp.?) in Madagascar, at night in the forest; it has captured another spider, which is the soccer-ball thing near its fangs. About 1 inch long. (I've shared this elsewhere before, but I think not here. Sorry, if so.) #Arachtober 🐙🌿
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Here is your Saturday Spider. It's a twig spider (maybe Ariamnes sp.?) in Madagascar, at night in the forest; it has captured another spider, which is the soccer-ball thing near its fangs. About 1 inch long. (I've shared this elsewhere before, but I think not here. Sorry, if so.) #Arachtober 🐙🌿