Mike Kaspari
@mikekaspari.bsky.social
I’m a college professor immersed in #teaching and #ecology. I visit lots of ecosystems, combine observations and simple experiments, and look for generalities. I #garden, #cook, play #music and #read to round things out.
C’ville represents.
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
C’ville represents.
Funny, given the institutions I’ve built my life around
nature
science
academia
the arts
humanism
that I’ll likely be spending the rest of my life in one big rear-guard action defending all of them.
nature
science
academia
the arts
humanism
that I’ll likely be spending the rest of my life in one big rear-guard action defending all of them.
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Funny, given the institutions I’ve built my life around
nature
science
academia
the arts
humanism
that I’ll likely be spending the rest of my life in one big rear-guard action defending all of them.
nature
science
academia
the arts
humanism
that I’ll likely be spending the rest of my life in one big rear-guard action defending all of them.
Dear PNAS
Big fan. Why do you insist on the fastest reviewer turnaround times for especially important results?
Wouldn’t you want to be, you know, *super careful* with those manuscripts in particular?
Your friend and colleague,
Mike
Big fan. Why do you insist on the fastest reviewer turnaround times for especially important results?
Wouldn’t you want to be, you know, *super careful* with those manuscripts in particular?
Your friend and colleague,
Mike
November 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Dear PNAS
Big fan. Why do you insist on the fastest reviewer turnaround times for especially important results?
Wouldn’t you want to be, you know, *super careful* with those manuscripts in particular?
Your friend and colleague,
Mike
Big fan. Why do you insist on the fastest reviewer turnaround times for especially important results?
Wouldn’t you want to be, you know, *super careful* with those manuscripts in particular?
Your friend and colleague,
Mike
Entomologists have got it all over Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Entomologists have got it all over Halloween.
Could part of the glory of artists like Picasso be that they connect to us at a fundamental neurological level?
Does Picasso create images in chunks that challenge our brains to make novel emotional and logical connections, not unlike psychedilics?
From The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
Does Picasso create images in chunks that challenge our brains to make novel emotional and logical connections, not unlike psychedilics?
From The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Could part of the glory of artists like Picasso be that they connect to us at a fundamental neurological level?
Does Picasso create images in chunks that challenge our brains to make novel emotional and logical connections, not unlike psychedilics?
From The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
Does Picasso create images in chunks that challenge our brains to make novel emotional and logical connections, not unlike psychedilics?
From The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
There are a lot of near-dead Republicans looking for something to do right now.
Mitch has found his niche.
Mitch has found his niche.
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There are a lot of near-dead Republicans looking for something to do right now.
Mitch has found his niche.
Mitch has found his niche.
Quiz time!
Why is this fish perhaps the most loathed fish in all of entomology?
Why is this fish perhaps the most loathed fish in all of entomology?
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Quiz time!
Why is this fish perhaps the most loathed fish in all of entomology?
Why is this fish perhaps the most loathed fish in all of entomology?
Celebrate your sunsets.
October 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Celebrate your sunsets.
Beats the heck out of doomscrolling.
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Beats the heck out of doomscrolling.
Myrtle Beach checking in
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Myrtle Beach checking in
October 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If you want to reboot your brain, and who doesn’t?, I highly recommend this film.
October 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you want to reboot your brain, and who doesn’t?, I highly recommend this film.
How can an artist and an entomologist having just moved east to C’ville VA prepare for Halloween?
To be continued.
To be continued.
October 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
How can an artist and an entomologist having just moved east to C’ville VA prepare for Halloween?
To be continued.
To be continued.
Apple Screensaver of SoCal Temblar Range.
Can anyone explain the ecology of the plant distribution here or point to a good resource?
Can anyone explain the ecology of the plant distribution here or point to a good resource?
October 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Apple Screensaver of SoCal Temblar Range.
Can anyone explain the ecology of the plant distribution here or point to a good resource?
Can anyone explain the ecology of the plant distribution here or point to a good resource?
Wow. In the early 80s the same exchange happened in a university seminar room, but in this case the subject was “Clippy”.
October 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Wow. In the early 80s the same exchange happened in a university seminar room, but in this case the subject was “Clippy”.
This one wins my personal internet award for the day.
October 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This one wins my personal internet award for the day.
Keep an eye out for driver ants (Dorylus). They like to be fed by hand as well.
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Keep an eye out for driver ants (Dorylus). They like to be fed by hand as well.
The bond between dog and owner is one of the most sacred on gawd’s green Earth.
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The bond between dog and owner is one of the most sacred on gawd’s green Earth.
The promised sheep dog competition has thus far been remarkably sheep dog free.
October 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The promised sheep dog competition has thus far been remarkably sheep dog free.
Oooh, we are gonna have the best porch display for Halloween…
October 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Oooh, we are gonna have the best porch display for Halloween…
My response to PNAS (which I love):
“14 days to submit a review! Is this submission so time sensitive—and so vital to the future of the US and Earth—that you ask, as a prerequisite of my volunteering time as a reviewer, to get it done in two weeks?”
Below is the NAS’s own raison d’etre.
“14 days to submit a review! Is this submission so time sensitive—and so vital to the future of the US and Earth—that you ask, as a prerequisite of my volunteering time as a reviewer, to get it done in two weeks?”
Below is the NAS’s own raison d’etre.
October 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My response to PNAS (which I love):
“14 days to submit a review! Is this submission so time sensitive—and so vital to the future of the US and Earth—that you ask, as a prerequisite of my volunteering time as a reviewer, to get it done in two weeks?”
Below is the NAS’s own raison d’etre.
“14 days to submit a review! Is this submission so time sensitive—and so vital to the future of the US and Earth—that you ask, as a prerequisite of my volunteering time as a reviewer, to get it done in two weeks?”
Below is the NAS’s own raison d’etre.
Our peer review system for scientific publishing
-we pay to publish our MSs
-pay to read other’s MSs
-and donate our time to review MSs
is bad enough without passive aggressive review reminders, touting the “quality” journal’s rapid turnaround time and asking why you are setting back science.
-we pay to publish our MSs
-pay to read other’s MSs
-and donate our time to review MSs
is bad enough without passive aggressive review reminders, touting the “quality” journal’s rapid turnaround time and asking why you are setting back science.
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Our peer review system for scientific publishing
-we pay to publish our MSs
-pay to read other’s MSs
-and donate our time to review MSs
is bad enough without passive aggressive review reminders, touting the “quality” journal’s rapid turnaround time and asking why you are setting back science.
-we pay to publish our MSs
-pay to read other’s MSs
-and donate our time to review MSs
is bad enough without passive aggressive review reminders, touting the “quality” journal’s rapid turnaround time and asking why you are setting back science.
Not junk food.
Croutons.
Avant-garde croutons.
Croutons.
Avant-garde croutons.
September 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Not junk food.
Croutons.
Avant-garde croutons.
Croutons.
Avant-garde croutons.