Marianne Denton
@mariannedenton.bsky.social
past life of limnology and aquatic ecology |
living a technicolor life in a B&W world |
naturalist • explorer • observer |
defender of democracy |
always a scientist |
living a technicolor life in a B&W world |
naturalist • explorer • observer |
defender of democracy |
always a scientist |
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Welcome new friends and friends I haven’t seen in awhile~
If you’re sharing this BlueSky space with me you’ll be seeing a lot of mountain & desert adventures, the wonders of the cosmos, and lots of invertebrate creatures. 💜💙💚
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If you’re sharing this BlueSky space with me you’ll be seeing a lot of mountain & desert adventures, the wonders of the cosmos, and lots of invertebrate creatures. 💜💙💚
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Hi friends,
Many of you know me, some it’s the first time meeting.
Here’s an introduction from last month when BlueSky has a multitude of new accounts. It’s a decent overview of my social media interactions & goals.
TL;DR: daily natural wonders, always punch a nazi, good faith engagement.
Many of you know me, some it’s the first time meeting.
Here’s an introduction from last month when BlueSky has a multitude of new accounts. It’s a decent overview of my social media interactions & goals.
TL;DR: daily natural wonders, always punch a nazi, good faith engagement.
Earthstars - what a lovely informal name.
Genus Astraeus
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Genus Astraeus
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November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Earthstars - what a lovely informal name.
Genus Astraeus
🌿
Genus Astraeus
🌿
This is fantastic! It reminds me of my curiosities when exploring an astrobio phd.
I’ve always told folks– everything scientists can imagine possible about life out there is only because of what we know about life on Earth. AND! We don’t even know how it started here!
And I think that’s beautiful.
I’ve always told folks– everything scientists can imagine possible about life out there is only because of what we know about life on Earth. AND! We don’t even know how it started here!
And I think that’s beautiful.
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is fantastic! It reminds me of my curiosities when exploring an astrobio phd.
I’ve always told folks– everything scientists can imagine possible about life out there is only because of what we know about life on Earth. AND! We don’t even know how it started here!
And I think that’s beautiful.
I’ve always told folks– everything scientists can imagine possible about life out there is only because of what we know about life on Earth. AND! We don’t even know how it started here!
And I think that’s beautiful.
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When I was a public health educator I was often invited to give STI prevention talks at senior centers. There is nothing more humbling than talking about sex and demonstrating how to use a condom with folks who could be my grandparents!
Moment of silence for all the freaky senior citizens out there
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
When I was a public health educator I was often invited to give STI prevention talks at senior centers. There is nothing more humbling than talking about sex and demonstrating how to use a condom with folks who could be my grandparents!
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I was worried about this spider that was hanging out in the same place on my door for a few days. Turns out it was working on molting! It stayed for a few more days recovering, then left.
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I was worried about this spider that was hanging out in the same place on my door for a few days. Turns out it was working on molting! It stayed for a few more days recovering, then left.
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what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
Two views of Orion from last Saturday morning.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Two views of Orion from last Saturday morning.
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Female Hooded Merganser
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Female Hooded Merganser
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SciAm in 1989:Here's a big article about some cool new stuff in epigenetics. Pay attention, we're going to go fast.
SciAm now: What kind of pie?
SciAm now: What kind of pie?
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
SciAm in 1989:Here's a big article about some cool new stuff in epigenetics. Pay attention, we're going to go fast.
SciAm now: What kind of pie?
SciAm now: What kind of pie?
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Took a detour on my way home from the city today to look for snowy owls and lucked into one just before sunset. They're such beautiful birds. #birds 🌿
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Took a detour on my way home from the city today to look for snowy owls and lucked into one just before sunset. They're such beautiful birds. #birds 🌿
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Floof Lump 🖤
Short days makes after dark walks, and looking for Hamataliwa grisea in the trees, usually spotted because they like to dangle by a thread under twigs. It's one of my favorite things, still, even though I have hundreds of shots of these spiders over the years.
#EmotionalSupportSpood
Short days makes after dark walks, and looking for Hamataliwa grisea in the trees, usually spotted because they like to dangle by a thread under twigs. It's one of my favorite things, still, even though I have hundreds of shots of these spiders over the years.
#EmotionalSupportSpood
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Floof Lump 🖤
Short days makes after dark walks, and looking for Hamataliwa grisea in the trees, usually spotted because they like to dangle by a thread under twigs. It's one of my favorite things, still, even though I have hundreds of shots of these spiders over the years.
#EmotionalSupportSpood
Short days makes after dark walks, and looking for Hamataliwa grisea in the trees, usually spotted because they like to dangle by a thread under twigs. It's one of my favorite things, still, even though I have hundreds of shots of these spiders over the years.
#EmotionalSupportSpood
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I am giving a CalFire webinar tomorrow, Nov 25, at 3pm PDT on our work on Eastern Sierra post-fire forest regeneration, tree-shrub relationships, and cheatgrass invasion in the region (cue hissing noise). Register here!
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
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November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I am giving a CalFire webinar tomorrow, Nov 25, at 3pm PDT on our work on Eastern Sierra post-fire forest regeneration, tree-shrub relationships, and cheatgrass invasion in the region (cue hissing noise). Register here!
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
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SIRENS!! Sound up!! I never understood.
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
SIRENS!! Sound up!! I never understood.
…it’s so very lonely, you’re 5,000 light years from home…
The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443 of Sh2-248). A galactic supernova remnant maybe ≈35,000 years old.
The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443 of Sh2-248). A galactic supernova remnant maybe ≈35,000 years old.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
…it’s so very lonely, you’re 5,000 light years from home…
The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443 of Sh2-248). A galactic supernova remnant maybe ≈35,000 years old.
The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443 of Sh2-248). A galactic supernova remnant maybe ≈35,000 years old.
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Just a murderous fungus having taken over a wasp and compelled it to die in a place advantageous to finding more victims. With its tiny spores floating off through the air in hopes of just one landing on an exoskeleton.. nothing in the rainforest wants anything to do with this little scene here…
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just a murderous fungus having taken over a wasp and compelled it to die in a place advantageous to finding more victims. With its tiny spores floating off through the air in hopes of just one landing on an exoskeleton.. nothing in the rainforest wants anything to do with this little scene here…
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Young #coatimundi caught on #cameratrap. Galiuro Mountains, a rare Sky Island in the #SonoranDesert.
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Young #coatimundi caught on #cameratrap. Galiuro Mountains, a rare Sky Island in the #SonoranDesert.
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One thing photos don't capture is the awesome immensity of these structures filling the sky, bridging the boundary between Earth and space.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
One thing photos don't capture is the awesome immensity of these structures filling the sky, bridging the boundary between Earth and space.
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Time to get your public comments in on the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule that would strip protections for countless wetlands and streams.
Trout unlimited has a tool on their page that will automatically send your message to the EPA as well as your representatives:
www.tu.org/conservation...
Trout unlimited has a tool on their page that will automatically send your message to the EPA as well as your representatives:
www.tu.org/conservation...
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Time to get your public comments in on the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule that would strip protections for countless wetlands and streams.
Trout unlimited has a tool on their page that will automatically send your message to the EPA as well as your representatives:
www.tu.org/conservation...
Trout unlimited has a tool on their page that will automatically send your message to the EPA as well as your representatives:
www.tu.org/conservation...
This Chinatown Mural was so big, so beautiful that the pano pic doesn’t capture the entirety of its grandeur.
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This Chinatown Mural was so big, so beautiful that the pano pic doesn’t capture the entirety of its grandeur.
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My sincere belief that we probably should all dress a little nicer while traveling is superseded by my sincere belief that we should mind our own business.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My sincere belief that we probably should all dress a little nicer while traveling is superseded by my sincere belief that we should mind our own business.
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive but adjust to the object & you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. … Be water, my friend.
~Bruce Lee
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. … Be water, my friend.
~Bruce Lee
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive but adjust to the object & you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. … Be water, my friend.
~Bruce Lee
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. … Be water, my friend.
~Bruce Lee
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One of my most favorite places in the world is Montaña de Oro state park (California). This is slightly morbid, but I don’t know, it speaks to my heart, when I do pass on, I can’t think of a better place to have my ashes scattered, it’s always given me peace.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
One of my most favorite places in the world is Montaña de Oro state park (California). This is slightly morbid, but I don’t know, it speaks to my heart, when I do pass on, I can’t think of a better place to have my ashes scattered, it’s always given me peace.
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I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥