Bri Johns
@briannaljohns.bsky.social
PhD Student in the Global Change Ecology Lab at Monash University | Former Fulbright Student Researcher + SEEKCommons fellow working on The Mothbox project | Wildlabs Open Source Solutions group manager | she/they
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@briannaljohns.bsky.social
· Aug 13
Join the Mothbox Working Group for our first meeting!
We're kicking off the Mothbox Working Group with our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC.
www.openscienceshop.org
Interested in building & selling Mothboxes locally? We're starting up a working group of vendors across the globe interested in manufacturing Mothboxes ✨ Join us for our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC! @dinalab.bsky.social
www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
The Open Science Shop is working to develop a distributed manufacturing network of open science hardware. I am excited to share that the Open Science Shop has now documented the steps you can take to become an open science hardware vendor. Check it out here: www.openscienceshop.org/new_vendors/
New Vendor Information
Information and resources for new Open Science Shop vendors
www.openscienceshop.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Open Science Shop is working to develop a distributed manufacturing network of open science hardware. I am excited to share that the Open Science Shop has now documented the steps you can take to become an open science hardware vendor. Check it out here: www.openscienceshop.org/new_vendors/
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We’re excited to release the DIGITCORE Toolkit! The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research (DIGITCORE) outlines challenges, problems, and situations experienced in collaborative environmental research.
Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org
Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We’re excited to release the DIGITCORE Toolkit! The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research (DIGITCORE) outlines challenges, problems, and situations experienced in collaborative environmental research.
Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org
Access the toolkit at digitcore.openenvironmentaldata.org
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"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
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🎉 @opensciencehw.bsky.social has named @griffey.bsky.social its 1st Executive Director! A leader in 🔓 open infrastructure & the 🔍 research ecosystem, Jason will guide OSHF to build sustainable community-driven systems for #openscience worldwide.
opensciencehardware.org/2025/10/oshf...
#opensource
opensciencehardware.org/2025/10/oshf...
#opensource
opensciencehardware.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🎉 @opensciencehw.bsky.social has named @griffey.bsky.social its 1st Executive Director! A leader in 🔓 open infrastructure & the 🔍 research ecosystem, Jason will guide OSHF to build sustainable community-driven systems for #openscience worldwide.
opensciencehardware.org/2025/10/oshf...
#opensource
opensciencehardware.org/2025/10/oshf...
#opensource
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I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging!
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging!
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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Vampire moths might sound more horror film than natural world, but they’re 100% real! 😱
See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Vampire moths might sound more horror film than natural world, but they’re 100% real! 😱
See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
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🌍 Languages of Life | Línguas da Vida | Bahasa Kehidupan 🗣️🌱
Biodiversity doesn’t speak only English. 🌳🐒
If species cross borders, our words should too.
New paper in @ConLetters : why saving life also means using more languages
🔗https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13139
Biodiversity doesn’t speak only English. 🌳🐒
If species cross borders, our words should too.
New paper in @ConLetters : why saving life also means using more languages
🔗https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13139
September 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🌍 Languages of Life | Línguas da Vida | Bahasa Kehidupan 🗣️🌱
Biodiversity doesn’t speak only English. 🌳🐒
If species cross borders, our words should too.
New paper in @ConLetters : why saving life also means using more languages
🔗https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13139
Biodiversity doesn’t speak only English. 🌳🐒
If species cross borders, our words should too.
New paper in @ConLetters : why saving life also means using more languages
🔗https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13139
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"We are not here to drop the aid and go home and pat ourselves on the back. We are here to establish a humanitarian corridor for states themselves to assume their responsibilities."
Italy, Spain Deploy Naval Ships After Drones Repeatedly Attack Gaza-Bound Flotilla
Spain and Italy are sending naval vessels to protect the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla after activists said drones repeatedly attacked their boats near Greece on Wednesday. Activists said the most ...
www.democracynow.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"We are not here to drop the aid and go home and pat ourselves on the back. We are here to establish a humanitarian corridor for states themselves to assume their responsibilities."
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very informative, if not very optimistic, piece on Nepal’s upheaval this month, its background and context:
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Nepal’s Violent Gen Z Uprising
Fed up with élite corruption and widening inequality, a youth-led movement toppled the government in forty-eight hours. Now what?
www.newyorker.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
very informative, if not very optimistic, piece on Nepal’s upheaval this month, its background and context:
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Our entirely localized open source processing scripts for The mothbox now have a cool new UI!
JUST SELECT YOUR FOLDERS AND START FINDING COOL BUGS!
@briannaljohns.bsky.social even made nice documentation to show you how to do it!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
JUST SELECT YOUR FOLDERS AND START FINDING COOL BUGS!
@briannaljohns.bsky.social even made nice documentation to show you how to do it!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
Start UI
Open Source Low Cost DIY Nocturnal Insect Monitoring
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io
September 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Our entirely localized open source processing scripts for The mothbox now have a cool new UI!
JUST SELECT YOUR FOLDERS AND START FINDING COOL BUGS!
@briannaljohns.bsky.social even made nice documentation to show you how to do it!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
JUST SELECT YOUR FOLDERS AND START FINDING COOL BUGS!
@briannaljohns.bsky.social even made nice documentation to show you how to do it!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
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Queer Night Hike!
We took the local queer activist group, Salva El Grillo, on a fun nocturnal adventure in the rainforest!
Saw so many creatures including: Olingo, caiman, red eyed tree frogs, scorpions, and more!
We took the local queer activist group, Salva El Grillo, on a fun nocturnal adventure in the rainforest!
Saw so many creatures including: Olingo, caiman, red eyed tree frogs, scorpions, and more!
September 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Queer Night Hike!
We took the local queer activist group, Salva El Grillo, on a fun nocturnal adventure in the rainforest!
Saw so many creatures including: Olingo, caiman, red eyed tree frogs, scorpions, and more!
We took the local queer activist group, Salva El Grillo, on a fun nocturnal adventure in the rainforest!
Saw so many creatures including: Olingo, caiman, red eyed tree frogs, scorpions, and more!
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✨Science Spotlight✨ A Melbourne study shows gardened nature strips attract more insects than lawn - boosting bees, beetles & butterflies 🐝. Providing habitat and resources in urban spaces can make a big difference for biodiversity 🧪🌍
@philippabell.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@philippabell.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
✨Science Spotlight✨ A Melbourne study shows gardened nature strips attract more insects than lawn - boosting bees, beetles & butterflies 🐝. Providing habitat and resources in urban spaces can make a big difference for biodiversity 🧪🌍
@philippabell.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@philippabell.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Testing the MEGA MOTHBEAM. It kicked ass tonight and didn't melt itself!
With @briannaljohns.bsky.social
With @briannaljohns.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Testing the MEGA MOTHBEAM. It kicked ass tonight and didn't melt itself!
With @briannaljohns.bsky.social
With @briannaljohns.bsky.social
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'All paths lead to water' - my newest aerial embroidery, inspired by the grounds of Antony House, Cornwall! I loved the radiating paths through the trees leading to the water edge so here's my take on the landscape... with kayakers! Now available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a...
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
'All paths lead to water' - my newest aerial embroidery, inspired by the grounds of Antony House, Cornwall! I loved the radiating paths through the trees leading to the water edge so here's my take on the landscape... with kayakers! Now available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a...
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Hard to read but just one example of the human cost of wildfires - with climate change increasing the number of fires each year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hard to read but just one example of the human cost of wildfires - with climate change increasing the number of fires each year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
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So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!
Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!
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Making super low cost moth attractors with Dinalab crew: @wellreadpanda.bsky.social @briannaljohns.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Making super low cost moth attractors with Dinalab crew: @wellreadpanda.bsky.social @briannaljohns.bsky.social
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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
Interested in building & selling Mothboxes locally? We're starting up a working group of vendors across the globe interested in manufacturing Mothboxes ✨ Join us for our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC! @dinalab.bsky.social
www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
Join the Mothbox Working Group for our first meeting!
We're kicking off the Mothbox Working Group with our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC.
www.openscienceshop.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Interested in building & selling Mothboxes locally? We're starting up a working group of vendors across the globe interested in manufacturing Mothboxes ✨ Join us for our first meeting on August 28th at 14:00 UTC! @dinalab.bsky.social
www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
www.openscienceshop.org/join-the-mot...
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So this is what I needed the "neutral face" author photo for :) I'm pontificating about why big sticky animals are hard to find. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A huge stick insect has been discovered in Australia. Here’s why that’s important | Gwen Pearson
Yes, they can be hard to spot – but this find in Australia highlights how little we know about creatures crucial to our ecosystem, writes entomologist Gwen Pearson
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So this is what I needed the "neutral face" author photo for :) I'm pontificating about why big sticky animals are hard to find. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here's a super cool documentary about the Mothbox!
Learn about the development and use of this fun #openscience #opensource tool for DIY biodiversity monitoring!
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
Learn about the development and use of this fun #openscience #opensource tool for DIY biodiversity monitoring!
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
Mothbox - Wildlabs Award 2024
YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Here's a super cool documentary about the Mothbox!
Learn about the development and use of this fun #openscience #opensource tool for DIY biodiversity monitoring!
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
Learn about the development and use of this fun #openscience #opensource tool for DIY biodiversity monitoring!
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
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🚨 REMINDER: We're #hiring a new Executive Director!
📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k
Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware:
opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were...
#job #opensource #sciencejob
📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k
Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware:
opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were...
#job #opensource #sciencejob
We’re hiring: Executive Director - Open Science Hardware Foundation
Job Summary The Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF) is a U.S.-based 501c3 not-for-profit organization working to foster enabling ecosystem for open-source development of scientific instruments, eq...
opensciencehardware.org
July 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🚨 REMINDER: We're #hiring a new Executive Director!
📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k
Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware:
opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were...
#job #opensource #sciencejob
📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k
Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware:
opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were...
#job #opensource #sciencejob
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Have you wanted a mothbox? But didn't have time to build one yourself? We have a rare opportunity of a couple extra moth boxes in the USA that we could potentially ship to people at cost.
It's basically $375 in parts plus shipping!
It's basically $375 in parts plus shipping!
Hiya folks! For new people here's the big project we have been working on in Panamá!
The Mothbox!
It's a fully #opensource insect camera trap with loads of documentation to build the whole thing yourself from off the shelf parts!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/
The Mothbox!
It's a fully #opensource insect camera trap with loads of documentation to build the whole thing yourself from off the shelf parts!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/
Home
The Mothbox is a low cost DIY insect monitor
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io
July 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Have you wanted a mothbox? But didn't have time to build one yourself? We have a rare opportunity of a couple extra moth boxes in the USA that we could potentially ship to people at cost.
It's basically $375 in parts plus shipping!
It's basically $375 in parts plus shipping!
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Doing Mothbox surveys in Indonesia during Dinacon led to serendipity where we could quickly see if the mothbox could be used as an undersea monitor for the coral restoration projects. Turns out it's pretty easy to do! youtu.be/-0oF8C5FCJU?...
Mothbox Undersea Tests
YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Doing Mothbox surveys in Indonesia during Dinacon led to serendipity where we could quickly see if the mothbox could be used as an undersea monitor for the coral restoration projects. Turns out it's pretty easy to do! youtu.be/-0oF8C5FCJU?...
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Happy Gosh Gathering from Dinacon!! 10 years ago @goshcommunity.bsky.social made a goal to make open science hardware ubiquitous by 2025!
The time has arrived and we are celebrating #opentools here with 53 people at Dinacon!
#openscience #opensource
The time has arrived and we are celebrating #opentools here with 53 people at Dinacon!
#openscience #opensource
July 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy Gosh Gathering from Dinacon!! 10 years ago @goshcommunity.bsky.social made a goal to make open science hardware ubiquitous by 2025!
The time has arrived and we are celebrating #opentools here with 53 people at Dinacon!
#openscience #opensource
The time has arrived and we are celebrating #opentools here with 53 people at Dinacon!
#openscience #opensource