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danielallensolomon.bsky.social
@danielallensolomon.bsky.social
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Mammal, anthropologist, natural historian, descendent of settler peoples in North America. Teaching anthropology and gender studies to the community college students of the SF Bay Area. www.danielallensolomon.com
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Tooth from a teeny little Dakotaraptor (a little dromaeosaur), probably. From a dig site worked by the Glenrock Paleon and the Morrison Natural History Museum.
A small, brown curved fossil tooth with serrations on the inside, and fluting along the side. It sits between the creases of the photographer's palm.
July 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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From Makoshika State Park, Glendive, Montana. Doppelgangers.
A node of black earth is ringed by a slightly larger node of yellow soil. Both are nearly circular, and, together, they have emerged from dried grey mud, which forms their background. A hole in the ground, which appears to be an ant nest. Around the inside of the hole's rim are light orange soldiers and workers. Within the hole are black, winged drones. The ground around the nest entrance is pebbly.
July 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Anise swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) on fennel at the Albany Bulb. Revealed to us by Randonautica.
A cute, squishy, green caterpillar munching on fennel. The caterpillar has black stripes with orange knobs in the stripes. In this picture, the caterpillar is looking into the camera lens, and their body is out of focus. A cute, squishy, green caterpillar munching on fennel. The caterpillar has black stripes with orange knobs in the stripes. The camera is looking down on the body of the caterpillar, showing their length (an inch and a half).
July 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Palpatophora utiliformis. I know this is an extremely common, cosmopolitan species, but you have to start somewhere. #occlupanids #HORG @occlupanid.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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You're doom-scrolling, and you come across a stupid, fascist comment or post. You feel the need to correct wrongness on the Internet. STOP! Don't argue. Don't elevate the propaganda bots! Don't elevate paid posters! Post or comment this, and then walk away:
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Young Enteridium slime mold (probably).
A smooth yellow globe, only about 2.5 centimeters across, attached to the cornflake-textured bark of a redwood tree.
April 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Xylocopa
A large carpenter bee. The abdomen and had are covered in black fur. The face between the eyes is yellow. The thorax is yellow and furry. The eyes are bluish grey with multiple black spots. This is a stout bee, but not a round as a bumble bee. He has two short, multi- jointed antenna. The wings are folded and are amber gold. He is looking at the camera.
March 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Ophion
A close-up of a wasp on a lampshade. The wasp is a silhouette on the bright background of the lampshade. It has a long abdomen connected to the thorax by a thin waist. From its thorax, there are six long legs. It has two long antennae, which are swept backwards at the ends.
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Tremella or somesuch.
A fungus with a jelly-like consistency. It is bright yellow. A cup-shaped structure can be discerned from the mass of wavy, jelly folds. It has emerged from a piece of wood in the forest floor.
February 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Bought a microscope! Just practicing with the free fly leg that came in the box. Cat secretions and fungi spores coming soon!
The uppermost joint of a fly's leg, demonstrating the tiny hairs, the pores in its exoskeleton, and the severed joint.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Nice job, buddy!
A large mushroom has emerged from pine needles and duff. The robust cap is red with white spots, and the stipe is white.
January 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A sliver of morning light, projected through nearby blinds, shining through the baubles hanging from a lamp shade. Everything else is dark The lamp shade glows orange.
January 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Lucky is very patient.
A black kitten grasps the tail of an adult cat with grey fur. The kitten has a crazed look on his face.
January 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Only my second grisette of this meager foraging season.
A stately get mushroom has appeared from the Redwood needles. The cap is brown-grey and darker towards the center. The cap is split from age into three pieces. Its stipe is brown with subtle brown fuzz. The same mushroom laying on a pine plank indoors. The full height of its stipe is apparent now-- it is about a foot tall. At the bottom of the stipe, it is enveloped by a white sac with orange bruises.
January 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Baby cat thinks big cat is so cool.
A black kitten lounges on the back of a couch and glances towards his elder, much larger companion, who is grey and white.
January 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Sun worshipers.
Sunlight leaks through the leaves of Geranium and other ground cover plants that have turned to face the sun. The plants seem to glow green.
January 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Thoroughly deliquesced and detumesced, and will kill ya.
Withered nondescript mushrooms that grew from a log.
January 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Something decorative from Foothill College.
An oak, eye-shaped indentation in a rock. The opening is rimmed with white mineral deposits, with an additional one ring of red. The indentation is filled with water, which itself has been stained red by the leaves that have gathered therein.
January 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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You're perfect. I'm going to eat you.
The bottom of a white, fan-shaped oyster mushroom, revealing gills that radiate from the stem.
November 24, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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New Phaeolus in the neighborhood.
A large, lumpy, yellow fungus with soft textures, growing from the duff of a redwood forest.
November 18, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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From @amberskyealcock
Pencil drawing of a greyhound with a weeping third eye.
November 8, 2024 at 6:49 PM