Alex Wild
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Alex Wild
@alexwild.bsky.social
· Jul 9
The thing about entomology is, there are always weirder bugs than anything you could imagine on your own.
Here's Cysteodemus wislizeni, a blister beetle from west Texas.
Here's Cysteodemus wislizeni, a blister beetle from west Texas.
On Thantsgiving, the ants eat too much.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
On Thantsgiving, the ants eat too much.
What time do y’all do the Big Meal today? We’re a 3:00ish family.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What time do y’all do the Big Meal today? We’re a 3:00ish family.
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Our Thanksgivingfest started with family arriving last weekend and has been plowing through barbecue and bars and restaurants all week. At this point all I can handle for tomorrow's feast is a small stick of celery and a tonic water.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Our Thanksgivingfest started with family arriving last weekend and has been plowing through barbecue and bars and restaurants all week. At this point all I can handle for tomorrow's feast is a small stick of celery and a tonic water.
I'm seeing fewer copyright infringements on the internet these days, now that the scammy channels that used to scrape content for their schlop are all serving gen AI crap.
Hardly anything on Youtube is even real. It's just bizarre.
Hardly anything on Youtube is even real. It's just bizarre.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm seeing fewer copyright infringements on the internet these days, now that the scammy channels that used to scrape content for their schlop are all serving gen AI crap.
Hardly anything on Youtube is even real. It's just bizarre.
Hardly anything on Youtube is even real. It's just bizarre.
Turns out Bluesky is a brain era.
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Turns out Bluesky is a brain era.
Our elites are so misanthropic they would rather give rights to a box of wires than actual humans.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Our elites are so misanthropic they would rather give rights to a box of wires than actual humans.
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits.
The three spirits.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits.
The three spirits.
War with Venezuela will more likely lead to regime change in the United States.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
War with Venezuela will more likely lead to regime change in the United States.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Uh… I… I just want to make it clear that while I live in Texas I am not involved in whatever this is
Humans can easily spread the virus between animals.
Texas equine community on high alert over horse herpes outbreak
Humans can easily spread the virus between animals.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Uh… I… I just want to make it clear that while I live in Texas I am not involved in whatever this is
Up close with a pygmy mole cricket, Neotridactylus apicalis. Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station, Texas.
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Up close with a pygmy mole cricket, Neotridactylus apicalis. Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station, Texas.
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This is a real species of crab. No genAI required
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is a real species of crab. No genAI required
The genus name for American harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex, means "bearded ant", and it refers to a basket of hairs on the underside of the head that helps these desert ants carry dry sand.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The genus name for American harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex, means "bearded ant", and it refers to a basket of hairs on the underside of the head that helps these desert ants carry dry sand.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
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Blind cave spiders~
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Blind cave spiders~
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits.
That Mitchell and Webb Look remains in my mind the best comedy sketch series.
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
That Mitchell and Webb Look remains in my mind the best comedy sketch series.
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Broad-tipped katydid, Texas.
September 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Broad-tipped katydid, Texas.
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Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
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Which presidential portrait are you getting yourself photographed in front of on your White House visit? (For me LBJ obviously)
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Which presidential portrait are you getting yourself photographed in front of on your White House visit? (For me LBJ obviously)
A preview of the future of Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Tucson.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A preview of the future of Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Tucson.
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FYI, comments on this new attempt to gut the Endangered Species Act are due by December 22, 2025. The short version is: potential economic impacts will override scientific data; that includes development construction, drilling, etc. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS or the Service), propose to amend portions of our regulations for section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act or ESA). Specifically, we...
www.federalregister.gov
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
FYI, comments on this new attempt to gut the Endangered Species Act are due by December 22, 2025. The short version is: potential economic impacts will override scientific data; that includes development construction, drilling, etc. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Parasites can only persist, in the long term, on a healthy population of hosts. The parasitic Republican cancer is collapsing the U.S. social and economic system that allowed it to proliferate in the first place.
A scam and hate-based economy goes nowhere. What comes next?
A scam and hate-based economy goes nowhere. What comes next?
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Parasites can only persist, in the long term, on a healthy population of hosts. The parasitic Republican cancer is collapsing the U.S. social and economic system that allowed it to proliferate in the first place.
A scam and hate-based economy goes nowhere. What comes next?
A scam and hate-based economy goes nowhere. What comes next?
More decades-long studies like this, please! Science crammed into short grant cycles misses important patterns.
“After the first burn, the net productivity of those plots was really low and the controls looked a lot better,” said John Battles @natureatcal.bsky.social and @ucanr.edu. “But by the third burn, the patterns had switched.” ucanr.edu/blog/green-b...
Prescribed burning helps store forest carbon in big, fire-resistant trees | Green Blog
A two decade long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests’ long-term ability to store carbon whil...
ucanr.edu
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
More decades-long studies like this, please! Science crammed into short grant cycles misses important patterns.