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mattparr.bsky.social
@mattparr.bsky.social
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humanities book editor, amateur naturalist, he-him-his (royal "we" occasionally) 🌈🌻, ex-NYC now living in Philly

https://www.inaturalist.org/people/440756
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7364-3563

"Each of us is a front."
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Dec 31, 2022
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sure send email
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Я русский, я иду до конца
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Я русский, я иду до конца
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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this one blew my mind the other day, they only live in a small area of Querétaro state in Mexico. Taxonomically confusing, and lemon yellow!
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Ceres nelsoni
Ceres nelsoni from 76354 San Juan de los Durán, Qro., México on October 4, 2025 at 01:37 AM by Alejandro Calzada Arciniega
www.inaturalist.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:1...
Grant Union For Ever Collapsible Paper Lantern, ca. 1868
Digitized content from the collections of Cornell University Library
digital.library.cornell.edu
October 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:1...
Harrison-Morton Portrait Paper Balloon Lantern, ca. 1888
Digitized content from the collections of Cornell University Library
digital.library.cornell.edu
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Leaf litter sampling is impressively hardcore. Have always thought oh I should learn how to do that someday. IDing based on those all those tiny tiny teeth is another thing entirely!
September 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Check this one out if you haven't. My jaw dropped when the paper reveals how many specimens were involved...
www.sci.muni.cz/botany/nekol...
September 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM