José Berkenbrock

O pantanal de Mato Grosso do Sul se transformou em um mar de flores com a florada dos ipês-rosa, fenômeno que ocorre de junho a outubro e marca o início de um espetáculo natural no bioma.

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📝Aléxia Sousa
🎦Reprodução/Renato Rondon/Barra Mansa Pantanal Hostel

Trump's Dictator Protection Program Using tariffs to fight democracy

With everything else going on, I'm not sure people realize that Trump's latest tariff on Brazil took things to a new (lower) level
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-dic...

So the anti-vax organization founded by the current HHS secretary is hosting a dark mirror bullshit clone of the CDC’s website.

No wonder they were in such a hurry to delete the CDC’s data.

University of Saskatchewan basketball team members touching the championship trophy to celebrate their win

CONGRATULATIONS! ⭐️

The #USask Huskie Athletics Women's Basketball team are USPORTS National Champions!

Help us give congratulations to our outstanding student athletes!

#HuskiePride | #PowerOfThePack

The American Medical Association has a youtube page; they are doing daily updates on bird flu and other outbreaks since the CDC isn't allowed to.

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

Women are credited less in science than men - Nature The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.

On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples.

1. Women are credited less in science than men.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Picture of snow accumulation on top of seed pods and leaves on a tree in between building under a light blue sky with sparse clouds.

The snow hangs tight on top of the small seed pods and leaves.

From @bhamlington.bsky.social

I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.

I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/

We’ve got free scanners from coast to coast to coast! It’s a great time to be a fish morphologist

'One-of-a-kind' skull fossil from Brazil reveals bird brain evolution The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But how the avian brain evolved over many millions of years from an ancestral dinosaurian form has long puzzled scientists. That has now changed thanks to a spectacular fossil discovery in Brazil.

'One-of-a-kind' skull fossil from Brazil reveals bird brain evolution

If you haven't gotten your Tdap (tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis) in the last 10 years, get updated! Pertussis can be deadly for infants but even in adults, it can lead to months of poor sleep from coughing and even broken ribs from the intensity of the cough. Protect yourself and others!

Please share broadly! We (Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto) are looking for a new faculty member! Deadline Dec 19. Those working on model organisms and using genomics, computational and systems approaches are strongly encouraged to apply! Reach out w/ Qs!

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

"Photos and stories from your encounters with the natural world. Urban nature is welcome! Suggested topics include tree or plant identification, fungi, wildflowers, wildlife, birds, feathers, stones, and natural features like streams or fields. Limit of one post per day."

Want to join my upcoming Naturalists feed? 'Like' this post. Please share! The more people this invitation reaches, the better.

It seems this will be fun to watch.

@usask.bsky.social #engineering

Nice sight of a Blue Jay checking out the autumn leaves around the Canadian Light Source.

NB: More clearly seen near the end of the video.

#BlueJay #CanadianLightSource #Synchrotron #Saskatoon

Thanks :)

Pumpkin carving outcome from the weekend.