Digital Naturalism Laboratories
@dinalab.bsky.social
A jungle makerspace for field biology in Gamboa, Panamá. www.dinalab.net
We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
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The Mothbox is a low cost DIY insect monitor
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io
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/
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If you want to see the Motbox in action, check out this really beautiful documentary about it!
#entsoc25
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
( shot by @musingsofjoe.bsky.social and made possible with funding by @wildlabs.bsky.social )
#entsoc25
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
( shot by @musingsofjoe.bsky.social and made possible with funding by @wildlabs.bsky.social )
Mothbox - Wildlabs Award 2024
YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you want to see the Motbox in action, check out this really beautiful documentary about it!
#entsoc25
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
( shot by @musingsofjoe.bsky.social and made possible with funding by @wildlabs.bsky.social )
#entsoc25
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
( shot by @musingsofjoe.bsky.social and made possible with funding by @wildlabs.bsky.social )
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"Would you like to see some bugs?" The answer is always yes! Barrett Klein shows my colleague Jess some of his collection as we headed to the Oregon Convention Center for Day 2 of #EntSoc25
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Would you like to see some bugs?" The answer is always yes! Barrett Klein shows my colleague Jess some of his collection as we headed to the Oregon Convention Center for Day 2 of #EntSoc25
If you want to see the Motbox in action, check out this really beautiful documentary about it!
#entsoc25
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
( shot by @musingsofjoe.bsky.social and made possible with funding by @wildlabs.bsky.social )
#entsoc25
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
( shot by @musingsofjoe.bsky.social and made possible with funding by @wildlabs.bsky.social )
Mothbox - Wildlabs Award 2024
YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you want to see the Motbox in action, check out this really beautiful documentary about it!
#entsoc25
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
( shot by @musingsofjoe.bsky.social and made possible with funding by @wildlabs.bsky.social )
#entsoc25
youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
( shot by @musingsofjoe.bsky.social and made possible with funding by @wildlabs.bsky.social )
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🐀Male and female rats like to be tickled differently - males prefer rougher play.
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🐀Male and female rats like to be tickled differently - males prefer rougher play.
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
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If you are curious about the Mothbox, I'm around #entsoc2025 talking about #openscience hardware!
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you are curious about the Mothbox, I'm around #entsoc2025 talking about #openscience hardware!
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I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in České Budějovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring
Opening for a postdoctoral position in my lab
We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. Project Ove…
www.dannyhaelewaters.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in České Budějovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring
Kind of like if at a primatology conference conversations went like:
"you hear about the project where the apes can solve video puzzles at higher frame rates than humans?"
"Yeah! And also if you're trying to slaughter them en masse, it's better to kill adults with hot temps, but freeze babies!"
"you hear about the project where the apes can solve video puzzles at higher frame rates than humans?"
"Yeah! And also if you're trying to slaughter them en masse, it's better to kill adults with hot temps, but freeze babies!"
Entomology conferences + Human-Computer Interaction conferences are the only ones i know where it's just taken as normal that while 75% of the researchers love their subjects (bugs/humans), a solid 25% of the people's work is in exterminating them as efficiently as possible (pest control, military).
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Kind of like if at a primatology conference conversations went like:
"you hear about the project where the apes can solve video puzzles at higher frame rates than humans?"
"Yeah! And also if you're trying to slaughter them en masse, it's better to kill adults with hot temps, but freeze babies!"
"you hear about the project where the apes can solve video puzzles at higher frame rates than humans?"
"Yeah! And also if you're trying to slaughter them en masse, it's better to kill adults with hot temps, but freeze babies!"
Entomology conferences + Human-Computer Interaction conferences are the only ones i know where it's just taken as normal that while 75% of the researchers love their subjects (bugs/humans), a solid 25% of the people's work is in exterminating them as efficiently as possible (pest control, military).
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Entomology conferences + Human-Computer Interaction conferences are the only ones i know where it's just taken as normal that while 75% of the researchers love their subjects (bugs/humans), a solid 25% of the people's work is in exterminating them as efficiently as possible (pest control, military).
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i do not care about "the future of the democratic party" as discussed by professional-class bozos who cannot see beyond their next client. i care about not living under a military occupation that is disappearing my neighbors
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
i do not care about "the future of the democratic party" as discussed by professional-class bozos who cannot see beyond their next client. i care about not living under a military occupation that is disappearing my neighbors
If you are curious about the Mothbox, I'm around #entsoc2025 talking about #openscience hardware!
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you are curious about the Mothbox, I'm around #entsoc2025 talking about #openscience hardware!
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And now for something completely different: #EntSoc25 Entomologists! Please contribute to the iNaturalist collection of pubic lice! It's mostly from the EU at the moment. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/395978-...
Crab Louse (Pthirus pubis)
The crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually is found in the person's pubic hair. Althoug...
www.inaturalist.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And now for something completely different: #EntSoc25 Entomologists! Please contribute to the iNaturalist collection of pubic lice! It's mostly from the EU at the moment. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/395978-...
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Air Passenger Emission Footprints by Travel Class for a Flight from Singapore (SIN) to Zurich (ZRH)
bit.ly/SIN-ZRH
McFall, F. et al. (2025). Aviation passenger carbon footprint calculator. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 855.
bit.ly/SIN-ZRH
McFall, F. et al. (2025). Aviation passenger carbon footprint calculator. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 855.
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Air Passenger Emission Footprints by Travel Class for a Flight from Singapore (SIN) to Zurich (ZRH)
bit.ly/SIN-ZRH
McFall, F. et al. (2025). Aviation passenger carbon footprint calculator. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 855.
bit.ly/SIN-ZRH
McFall, F. et al. (2025). Aviation passenger carbon footprint calculator. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 855.
Giant companies love pushing AI, because it allows them to do stuff like plow cars into people, or make them commit suicide, or illegally wrongfully arrest people, and then they never face any consequences.
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Giant companies love pushing AI, because it allows them to do stuff like plow cars into people, or make them commit suicide, or illegally wrongfully arrest people, and then they never face any consequences.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
For folks new to Portland for #entsoc25, a quick public transit tip:
The buses will just accept a tap from any old credit card! You just hop on and go! They even keep track of your transfers if you use the same card!
So rock that #publictransit!
The buses will just accept a tap from any old credit card! You just hop on and go! They even keep track of your transfers if you use the same card!
So rock that #publictransit!
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
For folks new to Portland for #entsoc25, a quick public transit tip:
The buses will just accept a tap from any old credit card! You just hop on and go! They even keep track of your transfers if you use the same card!
So rock that #publictransit!
The buses will just accept a tap from any old credit card! You just hop on and go! They even keep track of your transfers if you use the same card!
So rock that #publictransit!
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Ugh this conference has barely started and the entomologists are already trashing the place
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ugh this conference has barely started and the entomologists are already trashing the place
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🎤 GroupGets.com/usbmoth 🎤We’ve just received a new shipment of USB AudioMoth microphones! These devices feature the same audio front-end as the standard AudioMoth 1.2.0 models but do not need batteries.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🎤 GroupGets.com/usbmoth 🎤We’ve just received a new shipment of USB AudioMoth microphones! These devices feature the same audio front-end as the standard AudioMoth 1.2.0 models but do not need batteries.
We had such an amazing Dinacon this past june and july! Check out @pte.bsky.social 's awesome reporting on some of it!
I am so grateful to have been part of the month long Digital Naturalisms Conference in Desa Les, Bali, Indonesia.
View my stories and reflections of Dinacon 2025 here, with links to underwater photos and more:
paulate.notion.site/Stories-and-...
View my stories and reflections of Dinacon 2025 here, with links to underwater photos and more:
paulate.notion.site/Stories-and-...
Stories and reflections from Digital Naturalisms Conference 2025 | Notion
Thanks
paulate.notion.site
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We had such an amazing Dinacon this past june and july! Check out @pte.bsky.social 's awesome reporting on some of it!
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🔋🐝💾Hello! Im lee. I make: zines about electronics, fancy alligator clips, hardware stickers, and custom fidget rings. You may remember me from organizing such conferences as @oshwassociation.bsky.social, @dinacon.bsky.social and more. I run a lil non profit called Radio Snack and am an artist.
November 19, 2024 at 1:56 AM
🔋🐝💾Hello! Im lee. I make: zines about electronics, fancy alligator clips, hardware stickers, and custom fidget rings. You may remember me from organizing such conferences as @oshwassociation.bsky.social, @dinacon.bsky.social and more. I run a lil non profit called Radio Snack and am an artist.
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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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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...