Donald Luke Opitz

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Our latest issue of Endeavour is out! The open access cover story offers a compelling demonstration of the power of open source intelligence techniques for recovering “hidden” historical figures in science. Check it out! ⁦⁦@Els_SocialScien⁩ sciencedirect.com/journal/endeav…

About last summer! It was fun and educational to join entomological friends to discuss past and present lepidoptery by women during “Insect Week.” Here’s the just-released recording! #insectweek #butterflyconservation #womeninscience youtu.be/xgpV3Sn0uNI

Endeavour, an ⁦@Els_SocialScien⁩ journal, is pleased to offer a month’s free promotional access to issue 42(2) in recognition of #hss24 and the centenary of @hssonline - check it out! 🪅 sciencedirect.com/journal/endeav…

Excited for our forthcoming issue of Endeavour! On a somber note, I felt compelled to write on care and scholarship in times of war for the editorial: authors.elsevier.com/a/1juT%7EabuHs…

Call for abstracts open! @ISHPSSB

Revision to the ‘Small Heath’ id: more likely a Meadow Brown!

A hike from Whittingehame to Traprain Law, with visits from the Garden Grass Veneer, Ringlet, Small Heath & Red Admiral, inspire my imagination of naturalist Alice Balfour’s mothing here a century ago and appreciation for today’s lepidopterists who record here today #MothsMatter

I’ve caught the bug! Moth trapping and recording fun with a local expert who follows in the footsteps of Alice Balfour #mothsmatter

Join us on 29th June to celebrate the past, present and future of Women in Entomology at a fascinating panel discussion with @AshWhiffin @kattyponder @dlopitz as part of @insectweek book here: nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-ev… #WomenInSTEM

INSECT WEEK at @NtlMuseumsScot Join us! We're celebrating the amazing world of MOTHS and the important contribuions from women entomologists of the past, present & future. Including hands-on fun, a live panel discussion, moth trapping and more! Details: nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-ev…

We're hosting an exciting selection of events next month for @InsectWeek 2024! Come and join us to celebrate the 'Little things that run the word'... 🐛🦋 ➡️ nms.ac.uk/InsectWeek #MothsMatter #InsectWeek

Excited to be with ⁦@AshWhiffin⁩ ⁦@kattyponder⁩ to highlight women lepidopterists during Insect Week! With support of ⁦@NtlMuseumsScot⁩ ⁦@savebutterflies⁩ ⁦@BSHSOutreach Love cross-disciplinary collaborations!⁩ Join us! nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-ev…

Endeavour’s latest issue is out! Featuring the guest-edited collection, Specialists with spirit: Re-enchanting the vocation of science sciencedirect.com/journal/endeav…

Latest in the Women, Gender & Sexuality Topical Collection of Journal of the History of Biology: a fine paper on Havelock Ellis’s post-Darwinian sexology by ⁦⁦@TheOneDrJ⁩ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@ProfTyndall "Louisa and I have renewed our marriage contract for a thousand years. She wished to make it a million, but I thought it just possible that I might be tired of her at the end of a thousand, so refused to extend the time." (Tyndall to Hirst, 18 July 1878)

It's 148 years since I married Louisa, and my 35th wedding anniversary today!

Excited to share that I'm joining the editorial board of the history & philosophy of science journal Endeavour as Associate Editor. I'm thrilled to be working with @dlopitz and Claudia Cristalli. (1/2)

Endeavour’s latest is out, featuring the groundbreaking collection on “Calculating Couples” skillfully guest-edited by David E. Dunning and Brigette Stenhouse (@FidgeyB) sciencedirect.com/journal/endeav…

Intoxicating perspective on science historiography in the pub by @NathanProbably just published in Endeavour doi.org/10.1016/j.ende…

@NathanProbably @sarahmpicks @Feanan Congratulations Nathan on a fine piece! Lovely to work with you. There’s a book to be written here 😉

Obviously a massive thanks to the whole host of people involved in making it real. Particularly to @sarahmpicks who encouraged the initial idea, @Feanan for a lot of discussion, and @dlopitz for getting it across the finishing line. There's many more but I can't find on twitter.

Latest paper is out and its not on fungi! Instead its all about #Wetherspoons and history. 🍻 How history is communicated and understood is important. Spoons has an interesting take on history that I think has wider implications... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #spoons #histsci