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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 9d

A fossil from about 66 million years ago reveals a species of dinosaur that is new to science, with claws that would have ripped through its prey's flesh

Dinosaur found with a crocodile in its jaws named as new species

A fossil from about 66 million years ago reveals a species of dinosaur that is new to science, with claws that would have ripped through its prey's flesh

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George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · 19d

Hahahaa this is excellent!!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20d

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 29d

xkcd absolutely nailing what it's like to be an entomologist. xkcd.com/3140 Except for "horrifying", read "fascinating". Entomologists are hard to horrify. About bugs, anyway.

Biology Department

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Vanessa Penna Goncalves (she/her) @vanspidergirl.bsky.social · Aug 28

✨ It’s published! ✨

🕷️ Social spiders have bigger brains… but only in the right places! Our new study shows that in social huntsman spiders, regions for memory & vision processing are proportionally larger, supporting group living.

Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Volumetric Comparison of Overall Brain and Neuropil Size Between Social and Non‐social Spiders: Exploring the Social Brain Hypothesis

Brain size may be influenced by the cognitive demands of sociality (social brain hypothesis). We used microCT to compare CNS and brain volumes in social versus solitary huntsman and crab spiders. Soc...

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George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trying to use #StrainSeeker and the website seems down - anyone have any news about this? 🧪
#Microbiology #bacteria #academicsky

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Australian Entomological Society @austentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Nominations closing soon!

AES | Call for Director Nominations

The Board of The Australian Entomological Society (AES) is calling for nominations from eligible Members of AES for the vacant positions of Member Elected Director.

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George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · Jun 16

I like to interrupt people speaking with "Contradictory..." And then just walk away

George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · Jun 16

Yes, adverbs. Autocorrect got me!

George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · Jun 16

I'm reviewing my fifth manuscript for the year, and I've decided that scientists overuse conjunctive verbs, and it annoys me SO much.
Additionally, stop it.
#AcademicSky

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George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · Jun 13

I feel like I should win an award for how many times I've attached the wrong file when I'm replying all.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · Jun 4

You too should have to think of Big Dick Bigfoot whenever someone mentions ChatGPT

Spookboy 💀🦈 @poopoobanoonoos.bsky.social · Jun 3

What the fuck kind of stupid arguement is this?
A typical Farm also uses up more power than a 20ft neon sign of Bigfoot with an erection; the difference is that one is necessary for food supply, and the other is a big stupid fucking waste of power and resources JUST LIKE CHAT GPT!

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · May 29

Shame on you, @albomp.bsky.social & Senator Watt, shame.

"If the old power plant damaged the art then contemporary industrial emissions will be damaging the rock art at least five times faster."

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How the North West Shelf expansion risks further damage to Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art

Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old. The North West Shelf extension places them at risk.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · May 23

NSW floods: death toll rises to four after man’s body found in car as intense rain moves south

Severe weather warning for areas further south as 48,000 stranded and water levels at their highest for 100 years * Australia news live: latest politics updates * NSW floods map: record-breaking rain in charts and maps * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The death toll in the New South Wales flood disaster has risen to four after a man’s body was found in a car in flood waters near Coffs Harbour on Friday morning. Police said a passing driver saw a vehicle that had run off the Orara Way at Nana Glen about 30km from Coffs Harbour. Officers found the body of a man, believed to be in his 70s, inside. Police said he appeared to be the only occupant of the vehicle. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · May 16

This made me irrationally mad 😅

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Ash G. (the G is for Ghost) @kilomonster.art · May 7

Trans men’s insight on this is so fucking valuable in understanding the nuances of what’s going on with men. We need to be amplifying them, and hopefully cis men can realize what is actually the source of their loneliness.

Dan Xinemesis 💀 @danximenes.bsky.social · May 6

This and

A series of tumblrs post by user 'skaldish':
"Still bothered by the US cultural idea that men can only be non-romantically intimate with one another in war-like or competitive circumstances.
skaldish Follow
I'm pretty quiet about the fact I'm a transman usually, but holy shitl need to tell you about the culture shock I'm going through because it's blindsiding me.
There's a huge sense of social isolation that comes with being perceived as male, because now people are subconsciously treating me as a potential predator. All strangers, no matter their gender, keep their guard up around me.
It made me realize that there is no inherent camaraderie in male socialization as there is in female socialization-unless, of course, it's in very specific environments. And the fact I don't amnbiently experience this mutual kinship in basic exchanges anymore is an insanely lonely feeling.
You know how badly this would have fucked my mind up if I had grown up with this?

It is 4:30am and I'm mourning the loss of a privilege I didn't even know I had.
skaldish

Anyway, I'm going to figure out how to navigate this. Don't know how yet, but I'm gonna."

Quote Repost of user 'azaloset' by 'Skaldish':
"If you figure it out, can you share your insights? This is a fundamental as to why im in the closet"
Answer:
"Absolutely, because it's an extremely sticky issue.

Frankly, this is something I would've never understood without living the experience.
It's now blatantly clear to me that most cis men probably experience chronic emotional malnutrition. They're deprived of social connection just enough for it to seriously fuck with their psyches, but not enough for them to realize that it's happening and what's causing it.
It's like they're starving, but don't know this because they've always been served 3 meals...except those meals have never been big enough.
This deprivation comes from all sides of aisle, by the way.
In the case of women: When I'm out in public and interact with women, all of them come off as incredibly aloof, cold, and mirthless. I have never experienced this before even though I know exactly what this composure is—the armor that keeps away creepy-ass men.
As someone who used to wear it myself, I know this armor is 100% impersonal. Nobody likes wearing it, and I can say with absolute certainty that women would dump the armor in favor of unconditional companionship with men if doing this didn't run the risk of actual assault. (Trust me when I say women aren't just being needlessly guarded.)

(cont.)

Continuation of the post on the previous image:
"But I only have a complete understanding of this context because I've experienced female socialization. If I hadn't, I would've thought this coldness was a conspiracy against me devised by roughly half of the human population. Even now, with all that I know about navigating the world as a woman, I'm failing to convince my monkey-brain that this armor isn't social rejection.

And as for male socialization? Again, it seems taboo for a man to be platonically intimate with men for reasons I have yet to fully understand, but I think it boils down to a) the fact society teaches boys that it's not okay to be soft with each other, and b) garden-variety homophobia. Our media only shows men being intimate with one another when they're teamed up against a dire situation, and I'd bet real money it's a huge reason why men gravitate toward activities that simulate being teamed up against an opposing force.
But men are not machines of war. Yes, testosterone absolutely
gives you Dumb Bastard Brain, but that just makes you want to skateboard a wagon down a hill or duct-tape your friend to the wall, not kill someone.
The human species looks so much colder standing from this side.
I can see how men might convince themselves that their feelings of emotional desperation is personal weakness as opposed to a symptom they're all experiencing from White Imperialism. Because this human connection, this frith, is as essential for our wellbeing as water is.
So sick. How sick. I want to destroy this garbage.
#this is a certain perspective you gain from having crossed the gender barrier"

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · May 6

Good morning, Bluesky.

The “inside you there are two wolves” meme, with one wolf labeled “I have the most amazing idea for a new project“ and the other wolf labeled “I need to take a vacation soon or I will literally explode.“

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · May 6

New #RSOS paper investigating chemical defences and visual signals in a wasp #moth. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @hannahmrowland.bsky.social @amatageorgeii.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · Apr 28

#LiteratureNotice Zhang et al. A #NewSpecies of the genus Anoplophora Hope, 1839 ( #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae, #Lamiinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #LonghornBeetles

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George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you!! 🥰🥰🥳🥳

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · Apr 23

Complex signals, complex defences: there’s more to defences than meets the eye. New from @amatageorgeii.bsky.social &
@liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social @mpic.de

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

#aposematism #chemecol

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George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · Apr 23

New paper alert! 🎉
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts

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George Binns @amatageorgeii.bsky.social · Apr 23

Beat me to it!! 🎉

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Apr 18

A sign of how far right the Republican party has moved. The first Earth Day in 1970 was supported by then president Richard Nixon (a Republican) who also signed the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other key pieces of environmental legislation.

Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · Apr 18

White House officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some enviro nonprofits of tax-exempt status for Earth Day, by @jendlouhy.bsky.social & @akshatrathi.bsky.social

🎁 Gift Link: Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups

White House officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some environmental nonprofits of their tax-exempt status, setting up a possible Earth Day strike against organizations seen as sta...

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · Apr 17

Crowded room.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

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