Leonie Moyle

@speciationlab.bsky.social

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Into evolution, genetics, reproduction. Immigrant (actual, and from the bird site). She/her.

a view of the grey sky, through the silhouette of bare branches. one silhouette has tufted ears.
quokkas!!
a blurry dance floor of international women (and men) dancing
"The Beagle sailed round Chatham Island, and anchored in several bays. One night I slept on a part of the island, where black truncated cones were extraordinarily numerous: from one small eminence I counted sixty of them, all surmounted by craters more or less perfect. The greater number consisted merely of a ring of red scoriae or slags, cemented together: and their height above the plain of lava was not more than from fifty to a hundred feet: none had been very lately active. The entire surface of this part of the island seems to have been permeated, like a sieve, by the subterranean vapours: here and there the lava, whilst soft, has been blown into great bubbles; and in other parts, the tops of caverns similarly formed have fallen in, leaving circular pits with steep sides. From the regular form of the many craters, they gave to the country and artificial appearance, which vividly reminded me of those parts of Staffordshire, where the great iron-foundries are most numerous."
"Nothing could be less inviting than the first appearance. A broken field of black basaltic lava, thrown into the most rugged waves, and crossed by great fissures, is everywhere covered by stunted, sun-burnt brushwood, which shows little signs of life. The dry and parched surface, being heated by the noon-day sun, gave to the air a close and sultry feeling, like that from a stove: we fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly. Although I diligently tried to collect as many plants as possible, I succeeded in getting very few; and such wretched-looking little weeds would have better become an arctic than an equatorial Flora."
art deco facade of the Babylon Kino. The marquee reads: metropolis live babylon orchester berlin
snow falls through a metal helix of stairs
Fireworks explode over an amsterdam skyline
a glowing canal under golden lights and a night sky
a crescent moon hangs over its faint reflection in a Berlin lake
two bright bowls of trifle, with fresh red currants, in front of our Christmas tree
Christmas morning: a black cat sits expectantly next to wrapped gifts, under a decorated Christmas tree.
a bright gold christmas star glows in the foreground, with a lit cathedral and riesenrad in the dusk behind
a Ferris wheel turns above the Alexanderplatz weihnachtsmarkt
one fox kit stalks it’s sibling, on the banks of Herthasee in Grunewald Berlin
a 'Mamdani'-inspired sign that says “ORIGINS for the species” in yellow font on blue
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.
The beam from a lighthouse sweeps a dark sea and wispy clouds, with distant stars behind
a bright helles in a branded stein, on a red beergarden table
three american football commentators sit at a table. their fashion sense is wildly diverse.
A snail, with glowing rose-rust shell, makes it’s way across a green stone
hundreds of kites in a blue sky
dozens of kites soar in a blue sky, over thousands of people
an imaginary underwing moth perches on the painted leg of Venus
a woman’s face emerges from a graffiti’ed door
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.
the heads of four bronze horses (greened by chemistry) peer from the top edge of the Brandenberg Gate. the sky behind is bright blue.
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
Signs reads, in part: “DANGER, strong currents, deep water, and submerged boulders…. People have died here.
blue ocean with distant people, like dark seals, in the surf.
stars in a dark blue-green night sky, over distant lights
kangaroo, gently airborne above yellowed grass
hundred of stars sprinkled against a faint milky blue night sky
three figures on a beach. one is a distant head in the waves. the beach is streaked with retreating surf. a two-peaked island appears on the horizon.
a fabulous chunky spider, with black and yellow horizontal stripes and shiny spikes, hangs on her web
the previous image, but zoomed in closer the center. the silhouetted shapes in center are more clearly hanging animals.
a jumble of trunks and leaves in silhouette. in the distant middle are dense shapes hanging upside down. one has a distinctly foxy profile.
a small hole in the beach is surrounded by a display of dozens of tiny sand balls
a spiral, poop-like structure sits on a glossy beach. similar structures are in the distance. the sky is bright blue with clouds.
brush turkey (bright red head, yellow scarf, black body) pretending to be one of the famed but ultimately elusive cassowaries of FNQ…
strangler fig and victim, looking from the forest floor up into the canopy
a vast shallow silvery tide washes in front of a dark promontory in the distance
a “water scorpion” stumbles across the sand, clearly not in its element
sitting on sand: a large black insect with long grasping forelegs and a long needle-like siphon projecting from the tip of its abdomen. a true bug, definitely not a scorpion.
a sailboat in the distance, under a bright sun
two cups of steamed-milk coffee, in clean black cups, with leaf-decorated foam
Screencap says: Postmating prezygotic affairs: evolution of the reproductive transcriptome among 8 tomato species with diverse mating systems Sunday June 22, 10:15-10:30AM Part of: Reproductive Biology I Olympia 1 Presenter: Timothy Biewer-Heisler
Slide reads: "Patterns, causes, and consequences of flowering phenology shifts in North American Viola", Evolution meeting, Caroline Edwards
two signs are on a wall. The one above says ‘Rausher-fest’. The one below says ‘Mimulus meeting’.
a crowd of people march down a city street. police cars block side streets.
a distant helicopter hovers over a glassy building, against a blue sky
Zoe holds a freshly popped bottle of bubbly
a printable poster with text that reads: "Save the National Science Foundation. NSF supports foundational science research—biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, computing, engineering, math. NSF funded research drives innovations in biotechnology, public health, electronics, manufacturing, and advanced computing. American innovation and education is being dismantled by political appointees. Save Our Science. www.nsf.gov/focus-areas www.saveNSF.com"
a freshly baked (still warm!) banana bread. the note on top reads “Leonie, Thanks for everything! Have some Banana Bread, -Alex :)”
Screenshot of the Wikipedia page for: "Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974"
a blended drink in a glass on a kitchen counter. it looks like an ordinary smoothie, but isn’t.
a cheery understory plant with bright red 5-petaled flowers
red cocktail. berry & lemon. gold table.
a bright red, maroon, and yellow speckled crab, on coastal rocks