Butterfly Blues
@choving.bsky.social
Wildlife ecologist, adaptation scientist, complex adaptive systems modeler, Cassandra-type prophet (apparently), avid gardener and hiker. Personal account; views are my own.
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Butterfly Blues
@choving.bsky.social
· Jun 9
Starter packs compilations are like personal home book shelves. An expression of one's interests, personality, what I read, what I find important. I hope these help you find great content. More in the comments. 1/: go.bsky.app/FNYZ61y
Not just water governance. My bosses want science based on old, simple, well-established methods. Novelty might get you published, but it also might mean the results are less likely to impact policy or practice outside academia.
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Not just water governance. My bosses want science based on old, simple, well-established methods. Novelty might get you published, but it also might mean the results are less likely to impact policy or practice outside academia.
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this is such a classic villain quote
Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
this is such a classic villain quote
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This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
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We do NOT have 8 maids-a-milking but we do have a linguist who could probably tell us why it's 'a-milking' - Sean Wren from @taranhunt.bsky.social 's THE KYSTROM CHRONICLES!
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We do NOT have 8 maids-a-milking but we do have a linguist who could probably tell us why it's 'a-milking' - Sean Wren from @taranhunt.bsky.social 's THE KYSTROM CHRONICLES!
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I feel this is probably quite important information. You wouldn't want to get it wrong.
December 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I feel this is probably quite important information. You wouldn't want to get it wrong.
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've waited 3 years to make this post
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You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
Knives Out rickroll
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Knives Out rickroll
AI is about as accurate as someone who sounds smart because they are good at improv that sounds like it could be true. But because truth is often stranger than fiction, that person is often wrong. Like this type of person, the system is rewarded by popularity, not accuracy.
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
AI is about as accurate as someone who sounds smart because they are good at improv that sounds like it could be true. But because truth is often stranger than fiction, that person is often wrong. Like this type of person, the system is rewarded by popularity, not accuracy.
Perhaps this dates me, but I remember listening to that show when I was a graduate student.
"What our panel from 25 years ago did not predict is the attack on science by those who oppose vaccinations, climate deniers, conspiracy theorists and opponents to clean energy production."
25 years ago, we imagined what science would be like in 2025. What we got right — and wrong | CBC Radio
On October 14, 2000, we aired our 25th anniversary show, where we imagined what science would look like in the distant year 2025. Now, we look back and see how our predictions fared.
www.cbc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Perhaps this dates me, but I remember listening to that show when I was a graduate student.
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My entire existence has been summed up in a t-shirt . . .
December 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My entire existence has been summed up in a t-shirt . . .
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To my office, practising arithmetique alone and making an end of last night’s book with great content, and so home to supper and to bed.
December 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
To my office, practising arithmetique alone and making an end of last night’s book with great content, and so home to supper and to bed.
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Merry Holidays and Happy #InverteFest !!
Hope everyone is having a tentalicious time today ✨🐙
#inverts 🦐🐞
Hope everyone is having a tentalicious time today ✨🐙
#inverts 🦐🐞
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Merry Holidays and Happy #InverteFest !!
Hope everyone is having a tentalicious time today ✨🐙
#inverts 🦐🐞
Hope everyone is having a tentalicious time today ✨🐙
#inverts 🦐🐞
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Day 25 of my 2025 Favorites: the most festive of boys
Phidippus cardinalis. Just a lovely little velvet ant mimic lad. That red is so striking in the sandy scrub. ❤️
#EmotionalSupportSpood #InverteFest
Merry Whatever-The-Hell-You're-Doing-Today Day to you all
Phidippus cardinalis. Just a lovely little velvet ant mimic lad. That red is so striking in the sandy scrub. ❤️
#EmotionalSupportSpood #InverteFest
Merry Whatever-The-Hell-You're-Doing-Today Day to you all
December 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Day 25 of my 2025 Favorites: the most festive of boys
Phidippus cardinalis. Just a lovely little velvet ant mimic lad. That red is so striking in the sandy scrub. ❤️
#EmotionalSupportSpood #InverteFest
Merry Whatever-The-Hell-You're-Doing-Today Day to you all
Phidippus cardinalis. Just a lovely little velvet ant mimic lad. That red is so striking in the sandy scrub. ❤️
#EmotionalSupportSpood #InverteFest
Merry Whatever-The-Hell-You're-Doing-Today Day to you all
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December 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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There is an unfortunate error in this newly published @globalchangebio.bsky.social paper.
The caption for this image reads "upper panel with dragon icon symbolising all tetrapod" but this is incorrect. That is either a wyvern (with two wings and two legs) or it is not a tetrapod (6 limbs).
The caption for this image reads "upper panel with dragon icon symbolising all tetrapod" but this is incorrect. That is either a wyvern (with two wings and two legs) or it is not a tetrapod (6 limbs).
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There is an unfortunate error in this newly published @globalchangebio.bsky.social paper.
The caption for this image reads "upper panel with dragon icon symbolising all tetrapod" but this is incorrect. That is either a wyvern (with two wings and two legs) or it is not a tetrapod (6 limbs).
The caption for this image reads "upper panel with dragon icon symbolising all tetrapod" but this is incorrect. That is either a wyvern (with two wings and two legs) or it is not a tetrapod (6 limbs).
As in South Africa, also in Michigan. I have had these same arguments in favor of savanna preservation and restoration over tree planting in what were incorrectly classified as "understocked forests."
"Bond’s work leaves behind an inconvenient lesson for an era of climate urgency: that speed is not a substitute for understanding, and that good intentions, applied without care, can erase ancient worlds as efficiently as neglect." A beautiful tribute to William Bond. Forever missed by many.
William Bond, defender of grasslands
In recent years, one of the loudest ideas in environmental policy has been that trees are the planet’s universal remedy. Plant enough of them, in enough places, and carbon will be soaked up, water wil...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
As in South Africa, also in Michigan. I have had these same arguments in favor of savanna preservation and restoration over tree planting in what were incorrectly classified as "understocked forests."
Long thread on energy policy, and well worth the 49 posts.
47. As Amory Lovins has said for years, no one wants a lump of coal, or a barrel of oil. All we want is a hot shower and a cold beer. And if we can get that heat and light and chilling without paying for (or burning) fuel, we're all happier... with one notable exception.
December 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Long thread on energy policy, and well worth the 49 posts.
There is a west Michigan vs east Michigan rivalry, an MSU vs UM rivalry. On both counts, I enjoy laughing at Ann Arbor. This is priceless. The comments.
I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
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414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 - 3 beds/3.5 baths
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December 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
There is a west Michigan vs east Michigan rivalry, an MSU vs UM rivalry. On both counts, I enjoy laughing at Ann Arbor. This is priceless. The comments.
Am I going to comfort watch The Big Short? No, I am not. Do I find much needed comfort in that last line of the essay? Yes, yes, I do.
Tonight, the December Comfort Watch is The Big Short: a tale of a few people seeing an imminent global economic collapse that anyone could have seen coming, but didn't, mostly because they didn't want to.
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/19/t...
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Nineteen: The Big Short
There was, to be clear, nothing very comforting at all about the 2008 global economic crisis. It was a deeply messed-up time, and even if one was not in danger of losing one’s home in the mes…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Am I going to comfort watch The Big Short? No, I am not. Do I find much needed comfort in that last line of the essay? Yes, yes, I do.
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Cooperation is a universal feature of complex systems, from the origins of life and microbiomes to societies. What universal patterns can be found in these systems? Here's our new @pnas.org paper. @jordipinero.bsky.social @artemyte.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
December 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Cooperation is a universal feature of complex systems, from the origins of life and microbiomes to societies. What universal patterns can be found in these systems? Here's our new @pnas.org paper. @jordipinero.bsky.social @artemyte.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Me, submerged headfirst in Brie: Shu’ up, ’s medishinal.
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I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
High-fat cheese, cream linked to lower risk of dementia: Study
People who regularly ate higher-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of dementia over 25 years, while low-fat dairy and other dairy foods showed no clear association.
abcnews.go.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Me, submerged headfirst in Brie: Shu’ up, ’s medishinal.
Going with number 3 movie for that year. Looks like 2026 will be another year of doomscrolling... or maybe another re-watch of the Loki 2 series.
December 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Going with number 3 movie for that year. Looks like 2026 will be another year of doomscrolling... or maybe another re-watch of the Loki 2 series.
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Join us on this #BugBanterPodcast, to hear from two incredible artists behind the studio Ink Dwell, Jane Kim & Thayer Walker, about how they use their art to connect people with conservation! 🦋🖌️
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/w...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRB0...
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/w...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRB0...
Walls That Speak: Inspiring Conservation Through Art | Bug Banter Podcast
When science and art meet they create a nexus where inspiration and education combine to create impactful outcomes. From illustrated ID guides to building-sized murals, art has been interwoven into sc...
xerces.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Join us on this #BugBanterPodcast, to hear from two incredible artists behind the studio Ink Dwell, Jane Kim & Thayer Walker, about how they use their art to connect people with conservation! 🦋🖌️
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/w...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRB0...
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/w...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRB0...