Don Yee

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Father, Husband, Prof. ~ Community & Population Ecologist ~BCE~ #mosquitoes #urbanecology #dytiscids #entomology~ All around Science Enthusiast ~ posts are my own

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Every picture of JD Vance looks like the guy secretly reporting everyone for their lawn being too high in the HOA.

Every picture of JD Vance looks like his reaction shot after being exposed on “To Catch a Predator”

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Every picture of JD Vance looks like his reaction shot after being exposed on “To Catch a Predator”

Every picture of JD Vance looks like his mugshot after he was arrested for throwing a beer can at the peewee football referee

I present my most meta joke ever.

It's been a few years since discovering a yellow jacket nest in my back yard while raking. Today it was while weed wacking!Some stings the pain is already gone, others are still raised and very sore. I admire these wasps as a wonder of evolution but would not mind never interacting with them again!

If you think you know this story or have not heard about it give it a read. undark.org/2024/06/12/b...

A Biologist, a Blog, and a Mosquito Control Disputeundark.org The mosquito control market is full of dubious claims. A scientist’s critique of one product demonstrates the stakes.

@blackmudpuppy.bsky.social You know anything about uromastyxs? Ours has had several "seizures" (mouth open, thrashing about, gets spaced out for a while) and I have no idea why.

New one for me. Student will need to be absent for awhile so they can GIVE BIRTH!

Where do you keep yours? 🧪

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Editor seeking peer reviewers for a MS on mutation rate evolution. I will be grateful for volunteers!

Sometimes you witness a miracle

No so gentle reminder. As an editor I see a lot of papers, some that are poorly written, lack proper format, and in general are sloppy, but somehow carry MULTIPLE authors. This tells me either a) co-authors are not reading them, or b) they don't care. THIS. IS. UNACCEPTABLE.🧪

Ah the joys of living in the south where your neighbors have their lawn service out to start cutting in mid-February.

My kid got this shot from her window at school. 🐈‍⬛❤️🐈‍⬛

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Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter. Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪 www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...

Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it!www.southernfriedscience.com The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…

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Since this place is open, all I can say is, block early, block fast, screenshot Nazi/troll accounts to warn others, and do NOT engage. Do not QT bad actors. Their accounts will die/wither and they will leave. Defend your queer/trans skeeps with every last ounce.

Learned about the Aedes subgenus Mucidus from Larry Reeves at the Florida Medical Entomology lab who said they look "moldy". Looked up the meaning and I'm dying.🧪

Reading two papers from my grad students today makes me proud. Like how did I get so lucky to have students like this?

It's weird that my dentist offers botox.

Journals that do not include line numbers or don't require it of authors are doing reviewers a massive disservice. Like come on it's 2024!

It Friday so here's a noir looking Aedes albopictus larvae resting near a leaf. 🦟

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I bought myself a wearable Art to celebrate a work achievement, it just got here today, and I am SO ridiculously happy with. I may never take it off.

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Some fossils make you go WHOA at first sight and this is one of them: an ancient grasshopper nest with 50 intact eggs. It's the first fossil grasshopper nest ever found! Discovered at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, it offers a peek at insect reproduction 29 million years ago 🧪

29 million-year-old grasshopper nest found intact with eggs, study says | CNNwww.cnn.com Scientists discovered a fossilized grasshopper egg pod filled with eggs that could be unlike anything paleontologists had ever seen before, according to a new study.

Cat hot dog.

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MEDIA REQUEST: I am looking to speak with an outdoor educator who focuses on taking kids who normally don’t experience nature into wilderness settings. Whysharksmatter at gmail

🧪starting off 2024 on a good note. Paper accepted!

Amazing what you can learn from old films. "Five Million Miles to Earth" (1967).

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I am *thrilled* to finally announce that our department is hiring an Evolutionary Biologist. We are esp looking genetic/genomic expertise, and those who can help us build a more equitable biology community at UCSB. Please apply by Jan 15! recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02635 #unicornjob

Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biologyrecruit.ap.ucsb.edu University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

Family game night!!