Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him)
@nigronia.bsky.social
Stream ecologist and entomologist at SUNY Oneonta.
#PUI #macroinverts #insects
#PUI #macroinverts #insects
I admit, I haven't been on science direct lately, but WTAF?!?! This is NOT the direction we should be going. LLMs are not intelligent and trust in science is already really low.
It's bad enough we still have so many misIDed taxa in GenBank being used as a basis for molecular ID.
It's bad enough we still have so many misIDed taxa in GenBank being used as a basis for molecular ID.
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I admit, I haven't been on science direct lately, but WTAF?!?! This is NOT the direction we should be going. LLMs are not intelligent and trust in science is already really low.
It's bad enough we still have so many misIDed taxa in GenBank being used as a basis for molecular ID.
It's bad enough we still have so many misIDed taxa in GenBank being used as a basis for molecular ID.
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A beautiful 0.22mm long female Megaphragma noyesi parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 29.7.2025 in the old meadow at Great Dixter.
Very pleased with the detail in this picture, probably the best one of this species thus far.
#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
Very pleased with the detail in this picture, probably the best one of this species thus far.
#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A beautiful 0.22mm long female Megaphragma noyesi parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 29.7.2025 in the old meadow at Great Dixter.
Very pleased with the detail in this picture, probably the best one of this species thus far.
#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
Very pleased with the detail in this picture, probably the best one of this species thus far.
#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Part of the problem is that many of these same higher ed leaders fell for the smear campaign, hook, line, and sinker. It’s hard to lead a mission-driven organization when you don’t believe in the mission and think your employees are your enemies.
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Part of the problem is that many of these same higher ed leaders fell for the smear campaign, hook, line, and sinker. It’s hard to lead a mission-driven organization when you don’t believe in the mission and think your employees are your enemies.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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Listen…If y’all want to talk honesty, then let’s be honest about all of it.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Listen…If y’all want to talk honesty, then let’s be honest about all of it.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
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a cool thing that happened is ppl destroyed a remnant prairie at Rockford Airport. While the rusty-patch bumblebee foraged there, there was no proof it *nested* there. So 💥
Publications only had proof they nested in forests
This paper would have saved the prairie
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Publications only had proof they nested in forests
This paper would have saved the prairie
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Prairie and edge habitats provide valuable nesting resources for bumble bees (Bombus) in the midwestern U.S - Apidologie
Bumble bees use three main habitats to complete their life cycle: foraging habitat, overwintering habitat, and nesting habitat. Overall, the majority of bumble bee research has focused on the foraging...
link.springer.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
a cool thing that happened is ppl destroyed a remnant prairie at Rockford Airport. While the rusty-patch bumblebee foraged there, there was no proof it *nested* there. So 💥
Publications only had proof they nested in forests
This paper would have saved the prairie
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Publications only had proof they nested in forests
This paper would have saved the prairie
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I’ve been thinking about this a lot and I keep coming back to Sara Ahmed’s book “Complaint!”, in which she demonstrates how people who criticize institutional problems are made by those institutions into The Problem. You can see this dynamic in the way voters who object to policy are told to shut up
“You can’t be mad at Democrats for not fighting because they’re the only thing we have to fight fascism” is an interesting political philosophy that I would like to unpack, not in the sense of giving it further examination, but in the sense of throwing it out the back window.
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’ve been thinking about this a lot and I keep coming back to Sara Ahmed’s book “Complaint!”, in which she demonstrates how people who criticize institutional problems are made by those institutions into The Problem. You can see this dynamic in the way voters who object to policy are told to shut up
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If you ever see a mantis, spider, or other predatory bug with prey (like this mantis with a bee), look closer and you may spot tiny jackal flies, aka freeloader flies (family Milichiidae), gleaning food while carefully avoiding becoming part of the meal themselves. (Two are visible here). #Bugsky 🐙🌿
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you ever see a mantis, spider, or other predatory bug with prey (like this mantis with a bee), look closer and you may spot tiny jackal flies, aka freeloader flies (family Milichiidae), gleaning food while carefully avoiding becoming part of the meal themselves. (Two are visible here). #Bugsky 🐙🌿
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In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
I want to make sure I got this straight...
On the anniversary of the Berlin wall falling, Dems caved to fascism without helping the people.
On the anniversary of the Berlin wall falling, Dems caved to fascism without helping the people.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I want to make sure I got this straight...
On the anniversary of the Berlin wall falling, Dems caved to fascism without helping the people.
On the anniversary of the Berlin wall falling, Dems caved to fascism without helping the people.
I think I am having a mid-career crisis. What's the equivalent of buying a Ferrari or whatever? Took my first sabbatical (after 14 years) too recently to take another.
I mean this is my last year as Department Chair (9 of my 19 years here), so maybe that counts.
I mean this is my last year as Department Chair (9 of my 19 years here), so maybe that counts.
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I think I am having a mid-career crisis. What's the equivalent of buying a Ferrari or whatever? Took my first sabbatical (after 14 years) too recently to take another.
I mean this is my last year as Department Chair (9 of my 19 years here), so maybe that counts.
I mean this is my last year as Department Chair (9 of my 19 years here), so maybe that counts.
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“[Mamdani’s] presence wasn’t performative. It was pastoral. In a city that so often divides its grief by identity, he crossed the invisible line and simply showed up.”
i love this forward.com/opinion/7805...
i love this forward.com/opinion/7805...
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“[Mamdani’s] presence wasn’t performative. It was pastoral. In a city that so often divides its grief by identity, he crossed the invisible line and simply showed up.”
i love this forward.com/opinion/7805...
i love this forward.com/opinion/7805...
Even as a YT 50 year old man I still get nervous and weird about people seeing me buy certain items. What items? No, not tampons or pads.
Shabbat candles. We are back to where I'm uncomfortable with random townies knowing I'm Jewish.
How to get non-jews to understand how that feels...
Shabbat candles. We are back to where I'm uncomfortable with random townies knowing I'm Jewish.
How to get non-jews to understand how that feels...
October 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Even as a YT 50 year old man I still get nervous and weird about people seeing me buy certain items. What items? No, not tampons or pads.
Shabbat candles. We are back to where I'm uncomfortable with random townies knowing I'm Jewish.
How to get non-jews to understand how that feels...
Shabbat candles. We are back to where I'm uncomfortable with random townies knowing I'm Jewish.
How to get non-jews to understand how that feels...
Find myself wondering how many dystopian authors look at the world right now and are having the English teacher vibe of "they totally missed the whole point of the story".
October 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Find myself wondering how many dystopian authors look at the world right now and are having the English teacher vibe of "they totally missed the whole point of the story".
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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My latest — I wrote about Cuomo’s vile racist speed run in the final days of the mayoral campaign, with gross comments on a right wing radio show, an AI video best suited for 4chan, and his weaponization of white and Jewish grievance to beat the would-be first Muslim Mayor of NYC:
Cuomo goes full gutter racist down the stretch
A deranged AI video and radio comments aimed at Mamdani show his truest colors yet.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My latest — I wrote about Cuomo’s vile racist speed run in the final days of the mayoral campaign, with gross comments on a right wing radio show, an AI video best suited for 4chan, and his weaponization of white and Jewish grievance to beat the would-be first Muslim Mayor of NYC:
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They are building camps.
Secret police are abducting people off the streets.
Opposition party politicians are being assassinated and arrested.
Intellectuals are being purged from universities.
Vast wealth is being illegally diverted to regime affiliates.
This is what it looks like.
Secret police are abducting people off the streets.
Opposition party politicians are being assassinated and arrested.
Intellectuals are being purged from universities.
Vast wealth is being illegally diverted to regime affiliates.
This is what it looks like.
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
They are building camps.
Secret police are abducting people off the streets.
Opposition party politicians are being assassinated and arrested.
Intellectuals are being purged from universities.
Vast wealth is being illegally diverted to regime affiliates.
This is what it looks like.
Secret police are abducting people off the streets.
Opposition party politicians are being assassinated and arrested.
Intellectuals are being purged from universities.
Vast wealth is being illegally diverted to regime affiliates.
This is what it looks like.
Congress getting paid during the shutdown means they have no urgency to resolve issues.
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congress getting paid during the shutdown means they have no urgency to resolve issues.
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New York State Police say the man was arrested after they received word from the FBI that that he made "threats to kill a member of Congress." n.pr/4qrsgw6
Pardoned Capitol rioter arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries
New York State Police say the man was arrested after they received word from the FBI that that he made "threats to kill a member of Congress."
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
New York State Police say the man was arrested after they received word from the FBI that that he made "threats to kill a member of Congress." n.pr/4qrsgw6
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The hype is real. Join me for my paper watch party this week 😂
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The hype is real. Join me for my paper watch party this week 😂
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So let me get this straight…
Republicans call Democrats violent, terrorist, lawless, and so much more, but we aren’t the ones constantly wreaking havoc on this country.
Just today, a man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol was arrested for threatening to kill Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
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Republicans call Democrats violent, terrorist, lawless, and so much more, but we aren’t the ones constantly wreaking havoc on this country.
Just today, a man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol was arrested for threatening to kill Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
(1/2)
October 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
So let me get this straight…
Republicans call Democrats violent, terrorist, lawless, and so much more, but we aren’t the ones constantly wreaking havoc on this country.
Just today, a man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol was arrested for threatening to kill Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
(1/2)
Republicans call Democrats violent, terrorist, lawless, and so much more, but we aren’t the ones constantly wreaking havoc on this country.
Just today, a man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol was arrested for threatening to kill Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
(1/2)