Dan Shepherd

The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?

More than 130,000 government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book burning.” A group of librarians and archivists are fighting back.

Systema Naturae, a double page spread chart, tightly packed with names of animal species. It is split into Quadrapedia, Aves, Amphibia, Pieces, Insecta and Vermes.

It is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay today! A big day for Carl Linnaeus, who we happen to care about (just a little.)
100 years before Darwin's evolutionary theory was published, Linnaeus was classifying animals based on shared traits. He created #SystemaNaturae in 1735, and we still use it to this day!

"Illustration of various palm tree tribes, each represented by a stylized tree with unique foliage patterns. The Phoeniceae tribe is highlighted as having the richest foliage.

#TidyTuesday week 11 - Palm trees. Visualized the max no of leaves per tribe using #rstats and edited in #figma
#DataViz

TPC Sawgrass (@tpcsawgrass.bsky.social) Bluesky page for TPC Sawgrass. Home of THE PLAYERS. Instagram: tpcsawgrass Fan page

Respect the tree or a bogey is in your future 🌳 💪 100 year old Live Oak is the star 💫 this weekend at TPC Sawgrass for the Players Championship.
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How the 2026 World Cup is tackling its turf problem with the ‘most micromanaged grass in the world’ The quest to solve the 2026 World Cup's turf problem has led to a high-stakes experiment, with the solution set to debut at next week's CONCACAF Nations League matches at SoFI Stadium.

Inside the search for solutions to a 2026 World Cup problem: turf.

A feature on the still-evolving plan to put "hybrid" grass in roofed NFL stadiums, and ensure the pitches aren't "a disaster" like some at Copa América were...

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In the early hours of March 14th, 2025, a total lunar eclipse will be visible across the entire continent.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/dE5ukWH

🌻🌷Happy National Plant A Flower Day🌷🌺

Thx 🙏 Kathleen

I just watched it last night and was a bit caught off guard at the flow of tears I had after the final scenes. 😮 😭 🙏 thank you for the beautiful storytelling 💚

Thrilled to that my “Is Your Air Safe? - Global Air Quality” #dataviz has been long listed for the Information is Beautiful Awards 2024, Places, Space, & Environment Category 🗺️✨
#tableau #airpollution #IIB #datafam

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🔥 we love this record in our house too!

“At the Start of Every Disaster Movie there’s a Scientist being Ignored!” @standupforscience.bsky.social

Horticulturalists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts? President Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire.

This one hits close to home. Rachel was one of the collections managers for a nat'l germplasm repository in Winters, CA where I've done a lot of my research. Invaluable resource that that will take a big hit from this www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

I wish I were surprised by this. 😔

In Altadena, a fight to save the trees that survived the fire The Eaton fire destroyed much of Altadena. Now, residents are fighting to save the trees that survived.

🌳 pretty typical after a natural disaster to rush to clear all perceived “obstacles to progress” despite homeowners pleas 🌳
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Utilising Spent Tea Leaves Powder as Functional Ingredient to Enhance the Quality of Non-Gluten Shortbread Cookies The increasing prevalence of gluten-related disorders has led to higher consumer demand for convenient, gluten-free bakery products with health-promoting properties. In this study, non-gluten shortbre...

Just learned about the power of Spent Tea Leaves Powder (STLP) to enhance gluten free baked goods. 🍪💪

Interstices | The Hidden Histories of Women in Botany Discover Gem Toes-Crichton's unique artist's book & the many ways art and science can engage people with plants, history, and photography.

Join us as we unearth hidden stories in botany...

On Wednesday 5 March, 12:30 - 13:15, @gemblina.bsky.social will give a free talk exploring the overlooked contributions of women in plant science through photography, illustration and rare archives.

Book your spot here: bit.ly/3QEeKEE

Most Powerful Neutrino Ever Is Detected In the Mediterranean A neutrino with a record-breaking level of energy was picked up by a detector in the Mediterranean Sea.

A neutrino with a record-breaking level of energy was picked up by a detector in the Mediterranean Sea.

‘Common Side Effects’ And The Race To Save Invisible Fungi A “mycology thriller” imagines a hidden healing mushroom. In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.

The new animated series “Common Side Effects” is a mycology thriller—a fictional story about a rogue mushroom researcher who finds a ‘shroom that can heal any injury or disease.

In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.

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That was the nudge I needed too. A new Backer, proudly repping Sounders in SoCal 💙💚🌴