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Heather Bruce
@arthropodlegs.bsky.social
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Professor @ University of British Columbia 🇨🇦.
I use arthropod outgrowths as a model to understand evolution over half a billion years. #EvoDevo

1st gen student from low income family, community college grad, neurodivergent.

Everything's homologous lol
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Heather Bruce @arthropodlegs.bsky.social · Jan 30
My latest preprint! Will be in Arthropod Struct & Dev't journal.

Fine dissections of CRISPR phenotypes for
Dll, Sp6-9, dac, Exd, & hth
in the crustacean Parhyale for ALL APPENDAGES:

labrum, antennae, mouthparts, thoracic, biramous, and telson.

🧵

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Black Bat flower (Tacca chantrieri)

#PalacesAndGardens #BotanicalWonders
#NightmareNov #unnatural #ExceptItIs
#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #surprise #EastCoastKin
The unique and startling flowers and fruits of the black bat flower
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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grahamfluster.bsky.social
This controller stand has an augmented rumble feature

#Cats
#CatsOfBluesky
A person rests a gaming controller on a cat's back.
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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mheltru21.bsky.social
#naturelovers #damselfly
dogofthedesert.bsky.social Dogofthedesert @dogofthedesert.bsky.social · 10h
This late in the fall, it's always interesting to see which insects are toughing it out. This female American rubyspot damselfly (Hetaerina americana), for example. Photo taken in the Rio Grande Bosque in Albuquerque on November 12, 2025.

#nature #naturephotography #damselfly
A damselfly rests on a twig, with blurred-out twigs and leaves behind it. It's clasping the twig with four of its legs. The body as a whole is dominated by streaks of dark brown and light cream. The wings are clear, with white pterostigmata and a reddish blush towards their bases.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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lex5thfloor.bsky.social
Space cats!
#digitalart #Cat #space #alien
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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patcat13.bsky.social
#cats

I wantz them all!

😍

Damn reality! No room or money for them all….

😖
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
arthropodlegs.bsky.social
How a mediocre white man mistook one lucky break for genius

www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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vertphtalo.bsky.social
«Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.»
– Albert Camus
#photography #bluesky
#nature #fall #autumn
#trees #lake #forest
#GetOutside #BeGrateful
#Europe #Belgium
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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www.reddit.com/r/insects/s/...
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
arthropodlegs.bsky.social
Didn’t know he had passed recently, I loved Graham Green in Dances with Wolves. The movie had its issues but it changed my life seeing it as a little kid, and Graham Green’s performance was a big part of that.
Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves actor, dies aged 73
The trailblazing Canadian First Nations actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award, died in Toronto after a long illness
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3

📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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Interior view of the building showing massive stone columns with detailed carvings and colorful hieroglyphs as well as the ceiling. The columns are shaped like lotus or papyrus plants and are closely spaced, supporting a decorated ceiling. 📷 Daniel von Recklinghausen
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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experimentarchaeol.bsky.social
A traditional Irish ghost turnip for Halloween #OicheShamhna #Samhain #Halloween #thinveilbetweentheworlds #NaSídhe
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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LeafScrolling

#leafscrolling #autumn #nature #photography
A close-up, low-angle view of a carpet of fallen autumn leaves. The image is dominated by several large, star-shaped leaves that are vividly colored in the warm hues of the season. The colors transition dramatically, featuring bright red and deep crimson at the edges and centers, fading into rich yellow and golden orange.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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vulcanizedfiver.bsky.social
#cats #Winter #SnowArt
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Krampus march in Austria. Way scarier than Santa Claus!
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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#photo #photography #photographers #art #picture #artwork #artists #designers #design #pics #photos #funny #cute #cats #memes
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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#Caturday
A comparison of an illustration from the middle ages depicting cats standing, walking, and performing anthropomorphic tasks, to a modern day photo of a cat sprawled out, doing nothing. The comparison is unfavorable toward cats of the current generation.
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Plovers at the water's edge in Rehoboth Beach.

#visitrehoboth #rehobothbeach #delaware #visitdelaware #travel #gaytravel #gaytraveler #gaytraveling #lgbttravel #vacation #worldtravel #nature #birds #birdphotography #outdoors #wildlife #wildlifephotography
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Comfy sea lion uses boat bumper as a pillow
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Red deer sound. Thought it would be like the weird whistling sound that elks make, but sounds more like loud burps

youtube.com/shorts/9bGuM...
This 'roar' can be heard up to two miles away! 🦌 #RedDeer #Antlers #Shorts
YouTube video by BBC Earth
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Good morning Blueskyers. Wishing you all a wonderful #CaturdayEve
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Lars Lerin b.1954. Swedish painter.

"At Home" undated. Watercolour.

#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt #cat #catlover #caturday
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Super cool rap from Zohran Mamdani about his super cool Nani
Madhur Jaffrey Is A BADASS Nani
YouTube video by Brut India
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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theonion.com
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
Evolution out here making a giraffe-moose.
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Feb 25
Sivatherium is an extinct giraffid & at a *possible* 1400 kg (3,000 lb), among the heaviest ruminants ever to exist.

They thrived in Africa & Eurasia during the Miocene (7 MYA) & died out ~1 MYA.

There's evidence that archaic humans hunted and ate them, which could be part of why they disappeared.
A Sivatherium next to a human silhouette. The Sivatherium looks like an okapi or short-necked giraffe, with leopard-spots and lines on the legs, a long tail that ends in a bushy flyswatter, and ossicones that look like moose horns. A very stocky body is typical of ruminants, who need the digestive space.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM