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speciationlab.bsky.social
Leonie Moyle
@speciationlab.bsky.social
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Into evolution, genetics, reproduction. Immigrant (actual, and from the bird site). She/her.
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a 'Mamdani'-inspired sign that says “ORIGINS for the species” in yellow font on blue
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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low tide, Roscoff Brittany
two bright rowboats rest on the bottom of an empty port. there are boats of other sizes in the distance, all sitting on the sand.
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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night view from Roscoff, Brittany
The beam from a lighthouse sweeps a dark sea and wispy clouds, with distant stars behind
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Samstag, Berlin
a bright helles in a branded stein, on a red beergarden table
October 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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dominance, epistasis, pleiotropy
three american football commentators sit at a table. their fashion sense is wildly diverse.
October 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Berlin snail, Berlin
A snail, with glowing rose-rust shell, makes it’s way across a green stone
October 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Berlin sky
hundreds of kites in a blue sky
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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kites over Berlin,
tempelhofer feld
dozens of kites soar in a blue sky, over thousands of people
September 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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renaissance moth
(Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
an imaginary underwing moth perches on the painted leg of Venus
September 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Kreuzberg, Berlin
a woman’s face emerges from a graffiti’ed door A distant bridge arches over a canal of green water, lined with trees. two figures appear below a square with tall buildings. The tallest has graffiti tags on its green balconies. Pigeons perch above a brick arch, and the blue sky through it.
September 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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first eight days in #Berlin
a graffiti’ed wall (*the* wall) extends off into the distance. The closest painted image shows a bearded man (possibly a communist icon) whose t-shirt reads (in English): I told you how to change the world. pink flowers sprout at the edge of a small calm lake; a Villa appears in the distant background Delicious colorful cakes, by the dozen, in a glass shop display a cheery orange aperol spritz on the homey green-checked table cloth of a Biergarten
August 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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blue sky over Berlin
the heads of four bronze horses (greened by chemistry) peer from the top edge of the Brandenberg Gate. the sky behind is bright blue.
August 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Still looking for some fun science at #Botany2025 today? Check out the evolving reproductive transcriptomes in labbie Timothy’s talk @11:15am in Smoketree AB…
Title slide of a talk which reads: "Postmating prezygotic affairs: evolution of the reproductive transcriptome among 8 tomato species with diverse mating systems" Timothy Biewer-Heisler, Matthew Gibson, Jacob Jiles, and Leonie Moyle
July 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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australian warning signs
Signs reads, in part: “DANGER, strong currents, deep water, and submerged boulders…. People have died here. Signs reads, in part: WARNING, these are tropical waters where presence of dangerous jellyfish is possible…. Persons entering these waters do so at their own risk.” Sign reads, in part: Do not touch or eat wild mushrooms… consumption may be fatal…” Sign reads: Falling rocks
July 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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bronte beach surfers, sydney
blue ocean with distant people, like dark seals, in the surf.
July 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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sky over bengello beach
stars in a dark blue-green night sky, over distant lights
July 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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flying, lounging
kangaroo, gently airborne above yellowed grass a dozen or more grazing kangaroos, in silhouette
July 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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milky way, southern hemisphere
hundred of stars sprinkled against a faint milky blue night sky
July 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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ellis beach, queensland
three figures on a beach. one is a distant head in the waves. the beach is streaked with retreating surf. a two-peaked island appears on the horizon.
July 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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orb weavers (spiny, and giant), queensland
a fabulous chunky spider, with black and yellow horizontal stripes and shiny spikes, hangs on her web a huge dark spider hangs in profile, with long slim dark legs. her wingspan is at least 10cm.
July 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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the previous image, but zoomed in closer the center. the silhouetted shapes in center are more clearly hanging animals. closer still, the middle shape has a gentle fox face and a slight ear.
July 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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flying-foxes, far north queensland
a jumble of trunks and leaves in silhouette. in the distant middle are dense shapes hanging upside down. one has a distinctly foxy profile.
July 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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sand bubbler crab art
a small hole in the beach is surrounded by a display of dozens of tiny sand balls
July 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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polychaete sand art, FNQ
a spiral, poop-like structure sits on a glossy beach. similar structures are in the distance. the sky is bright blue with clouds.
July 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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not a cassowary
brush turkey (bright red head, yellow scarf, black body) pretending to be one of the famed but ultimately elusive cassowaries of FNQ…
July 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM