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Leonie Moyle
@speciationlab.bsky.social
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Into evolution, genetics, reproduction. Immigrant (actual, and from the bird site). She/her.
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January 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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January 2, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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amsterdam, NYE 2025
a glowing canal under golden lights and a night sky
January 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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christmas moon over koenigssee
a crescent moon hangs over its faint reflection in a Berlin lake
December 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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christmas trifle 2025
two bright bowls of trifle, with fresh red currants, in front of our Christmas tree
December 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Weihnachtsmorgen, Berlin
Christmas morning: a black cat sits expectantly next to wrapped gifts, under a decorated Christmas tree.
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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winter solstice, Potsdam
a bright gold christmas star glows in the foreground, with a lit cathedral and riesenrad in the dusk behind
December 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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riesenrad, Berlin
a Ferris wheel turns above the Alexanderplatz weihnachtsmarkt
December 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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twin fox kits, grunewald berlin
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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a 'Mamdani'-inspired sign that says “ORIGINS for the species” in yellow font on blue
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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low tide, Roscoff Brittany
two bright rowboats rest on the bottom of an empty port. there are boats of other sizes in the distance, all sitting on the sand.
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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night view from Roscoff, Brittany
The beam from a lighthouse sweeps a dark sea and wispy clouds, with distant stars behind
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Samstag, Berlin
a bright helles in a branded stein, on a red beergarden table
October 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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dominance, epistasis, pleiotropy
three american football commentators sit at a table. their fashion sense is wildly diverse.
October 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Berlin snail, Berlin
A snail, with glowing rose-rust shell, makes it’s way across a green stone
October 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Berlin sky
hundreds of kites in a blue sky
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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kites over Berlin,
tempelhofer feld
dozens of kites soar in a blue sky, over thousands of people
September 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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renaissance moth
(Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
an imaginary underwing moth perches on the painted leg of Venus
September 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Kreuzberg, Berlin
a woman’s face emerges from a graffiti’ed door A distant bridge arches over a canal of green water, lined with trees. two figures appear below a square with tall buildings. The tallest has graffiti tags on its green balconies. Pigeons perch above a brick arch, and the blue sky through it.
September 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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first eight days in #Berlin
a graffiti’ed wall (*the* wall) extends off into the distance. The closest painted image shows a bearded man (possibly a communist icon) whose t-shirt reads (in English): I told you how to change the world. pink flowers sprout at the edge of a small calm lake; a Villa appears in the distant background Delicious colorful cakes, by the dozen, in a glass shop display a cheery orange aperol spritz on the homey green-checked table cloth of a Biergarten
August 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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blue sky over Berlin
the heads of four bronze horses (greened by chemistry) peer from the top edge of the Brandenberg Gate. the sky behind is bright blue.
August 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Still looking for some fun science at #Botany2025 today? Check out the evolving reproductive transcriptomes in labbie Timothy’s talk @11:15am in Smoketree AB…
Title slide of a talk which reads: "Postmating prezygotic affairs: evolution of the reproductive transcriptome among 8 tomato species with diverse mating systems" Timothy Biewer-Heisler, Matthew Gibson, Jacob Jiles, and Leonie Moyle
July 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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australian warning signs
Signs reads, in part: “DANGER, strong currents, deep water, and submerged boulders…. People have died here. Signs reads, in part: WARNING, these are tropical waters where presence of dangerous jellyfish is possible…. Persons entering these waters do so at their own risk.” Sign reads, in part: Do not touch or eat wild mushrooms… consumption may be fatal…” Sign reads: Falling rocks
July 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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bronte beach surfers, sydney
blue ocean with distant people, like dark seals, in the surf.
July 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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sky over bengello beach
stars in a dark blue-green night sky, over distant lights
July 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM