Emilio M Bruna
@brunalab.bsky.social
Professor of Tropical Ecology & Latin American Studies @UF. Past-Pres of @theATBC, AAAS Fellow. Thunderbird, Triton, Aggie. #TeamHeliconia. Views mine, not UF’s.
I know it’s the least offensive thing they’ve done today but are you FUCKING kidding me.
January 24, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I know it’s the least offensive thing they’ve done today but are you FUCKING kidding me.
Breakfast of champions with Jennifer Powers at the Hi-Lo Diner. Homemade Glazed donut topped with pulled pork, black beans, and a perfectly fried egg. Bloody Mary with a miller chaser to drink.
January 17, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Breakfast of champions with Jennifer Powers at the Hi-Lo Diner. Homemade Glazed donut topped with pulled pork, black beans, and a perfectly fried egg. Bloody Mary with a miller chaser to drink.
“Hahaha lets imagine what science would be like with Trump in charge he would make us all use Systat and try to ban Bayesians hahahaha isnt that funny”
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
“Hahaha lets imagine what science would be like with Trump in charge he would make us all use Systat and try to ban Bayesians hahahaha isnt that funny”
if these goons had any brains they would use the best distraction device found on earth but instead they use military munitions which is part of the reason they are so loathed. The rest of the reason is everything else they do.
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 AM
if these goons had any brains they would use the best distraction device found on earth but instead they use military munitions which is part of the reason they are so loathed. The rest of the reason is everything else they do.
That earthquake you feel is Orwell rolling in his grave.
January 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
That earthquake you feel is Orwell rolling in his grave.
Was name-checked by @petersagal.bsky.social as his “favorite NPR scold ever”.
December 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Was name-checked by @petersagal.bsky.social as his “favorite NPR scold ever”.
Laís was a *baller* for the Gators.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Laís was a *baller* for the Gators.
In retrospect it shouldn’t be a surprise that Rufo pivoted so quickly from “I am the scourge of the intellectual elite” to “I will be your palatable stephen miller by using the language of the intellectually elite”. It’s where the attention (and money) are.
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In retrospect it shouldn’t be a surprise that Rufo pivoted so quickly from “I am the scourge of the intellectual elite” to “I will be your palatable stephen miller by using the language of the intellectually elite”. It’s where the attention (and money) are.
Another example of shitty AI tools imposed on us by university admins making life more complicated. The expensive software bought by university to create the portfolios we are required to use for tenure / promotion / annual eval portfolios includes our "research keywords". Fine, except...
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Another example of shitty AI tools imposed on us by university admins making life more complicated. The expensive software bought by university to create the portfolios we are required to use for tenure / promotion / annual eval portfolios includes our "research keywords". Fine, except...
One thing we know about the US overthrowing Latin American governments is that it always works out super-well with zero unintended negative consequences.
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
One thing we know about the US overthrowing Latin American governments is that it always works out super-well with zero unintended negative consequences.
And in case you needed a better example:
October 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
And in case you needed a better example:
This guy is such a pretentious, pseudo-intellectual douche. The number of “sensitive 14 yr old boys” who imagine this is exactly zero.
September 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This guy is such a pretentious, pseudo-intellectual douche. The number of “sensitive 14 yr old boys” who imagine this is exactly zero.
Remember when the idea of trump as a faculty member bullying other scientist was funny hahahaha good times
September 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Remember when the idea of trump as a faculty member bullying other scientist was funny hahahaha good times
“UF supports the First Amendment right to free speech and embraces our university as a place where people are able and encouraged to exchange differing viewpoints or express their feelings through peaceful protest.“
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September 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“UF supports the First Amendment right to free speech and embraces our university as a place where people are able and encouraged to exchange differing viewpoints or express their feelings through peaceful protest.“
(statements.ufl.edu/statements/2...)
(statements.ufl.edu/statements/2...)
If you’re at UF, you know the Norman Hall tunnels have been where students paint rainbows in response to the state’s ban on rainbow crosswalks. The rainbows have been defaced & repainted several times. Painting this memorial here instead of the more visible 34th street wall is definitely a choice.
September 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you’re at UF, you know the Norman Hall tunnels have been where students paint rainbows in response to the state’s ban on rainbow crosswalks. The rainbows have been defaced & repainted several times. Painting this memorial here instead of the more visible 34th street wall is definitely a choice.
But it should be 2x by a German speaker because I’m going to confess that I just google translated and removed the spaces.
Someone should code up a german-word-o-maker
Someone should code up a german-word-o-maker
September 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
But it should be 2x by a German speaker because I’m going to confess that I just google translated and removed the spaces.
Someone should code up a german-word-o-maker
Someone should code up a german-word-o-maker
Holy smokes The Economist has come out swinging.
August 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Holy smokes The Economist has come out swinging.
I humbly submit for your consideration Dan Janzen (1978) in Biotropica (for context to see the acknowledgments)
August 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I humbly submit for your consideration Dan Janzen (1978) in Biotropica (for context to see the acknowledgments)
“I don’t know how to facilitate a workshop therefore liberals are to blame for Chris Rufo” by David Brooks in the @nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“I don’t know how to facilitate a workshop therefore liberals are to blame for Chris Rufo” by David Brooks in the @nytimes.com
I miss Captain Holt every day.
August 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I miss Captain Holt every day.
No opinion on Erend but a suggestion for the boredom - my kid dual-enrolled in college classes his senior yr of HS and he took one in portrait photography. His final project was portraits of game characters. Play for hours for your Art and then claim to be one of those polymath yale profs
August 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
No opinion on Erend but a suggestion for the boredom - my kid dual-enrolled in college classes his senior yr of HS and he took one in portrait photography. His final project was portraits of game characters. Play for hours for your Art and then claim to be one of those polymath yale profs
Maybe chatGPT renamed the state to reflect it being the home of the legendary Chihuahua x Cthulhu hybrid.
August 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Maybe chatGPT renamed the state to reflect it being the home of the legendary Chihuahua x Cthulhu hybrid.
It takes a special kind of entitlement to argue that white male candidates for faculty positions in philosophy are victims of discrimination when ~75% of philosophy faculty are men and over 80% are white.
July 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It takes a special kind of entitlement to argue that white male candidates for faculty positions in philosophy are victims of discrimination when ~75% of philosophy faculty are men and over 80% are white.