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Looking to acquire portable soil temp/moisture and pH probes for our fieldwork

Figured I'd ask if anyone had suggestions or strong feelings about what to get!

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@sgradywelsh.bsky.social (lab manager) would greatly appreciate any input!

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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.

Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.

Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...

When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America Scotland’s largest city reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland, or Montreal do a double take.

“In May 2025, Scotland’s largest city [Glasgow] reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland or Montreal do a double take: during the morning rush hour, there were more bicycles than cars traveling along Victoria Road, a major artery…” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A quick explainer on Montreal’s election:

The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.

Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.

Everyone deserves joy. And it's pretty ironic for the capitalist class to complain that Gen-Z is finding what joy they can afford--given how little they're paid and how much debt they've been forced to carry--in a store-bought pastry or coffee cup.

What a great audience! A treat for me to talk in my hometown.

Yes, and this kind of public communication is a skill that can be learned and practiced!

Scientists have so many misconceptions around communication (that some people are just ‘naturally’ good presenters. Or that if you *are* a good presenter your work must just be easier/simpler, etc).

Great advice in this thread! I’ve enjoyed winter biking in Montreal so much more than I thought I would.

Lots of good advice here already! If your hands get cold easily, invest in bar mitts - such a game changer! A winter helmet and ski goggles are also great.

Also, it’s not all or nothing. Biking some days is better than not at all. You don’t *have* to bike on the really awful weather days.

It pains me to see adaptation used to undermine mitigation, but also to see it painted as a "false solution."

Adaptation is harm reduction for climate impacts that can no longer be avoided. Climate justice demands it. AND it has limits, becoming less effective and more costly as warming proceeds.

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Tall grass prairie used to cover a million square km in North America. Today, a small fraction of one percent of that remains. These remnant patches in my hometown are some of the last remaining in ON

People overlook Windsor (a city of cars and industry), but the nature here is truly incredible.

Beautiful day for a walk in the prairie. Gorgeous tallgrass prairie remnant in Windsor’s Ojibway park

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In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.

“In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office.” — @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com

Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, urban pollution, urban noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.

My friend @katharinehayhoe.com is 1 of top climate scientists in the world. She knows climate changes naturally too. Geez. BTW, grass grows naturally but when we fertilize the lawn, it grows differently. Trees fall naturally in the forest. That doesn't make a chainsaw a hoax. It

Asking researchers to be mindful of their citational practices isn't a threat to academic freedom, and it isn't censorship. It's good academic practice

Yesterday, I heard doctors speak who had recently been on the ground in Gaza with Doctors Without Borders.

They shared videos and photos.

It was…crushing. I can’t find the words to tell you how harrowing and devastating their testimony was.

They, and their Palestinian colleagues, are heroes.

It’s amazing how many cities in Canada and the US only started building protected bike lanes in the 2010s.

So much of what we’re fighting over is relatively new. No surprise people still don’t really understand it yet.

An upright bicycle with a large front basket, in front of a front stoop and a flower pot

Cruising through the suburbs on my mom’s ride this week.

There is no environmental justice without social justice. We need a just earth.

It takes 30 days to grow a radish. Also 2/3 of the country is already in or entering winter.

Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.

We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵‍💫

If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Speaker Series 2025 Events will be hosted January – December, 2025, on the last Wednesday of every month, 12:00 – 14:00 pm ET. Presented over Zoom. After each talk, we will continue the discussions in an i…

Wishing you could hear me talk instead of reading posts one by one? Here's your chance! I'll be giving a free, online talk next Wednesday from 12-1pm EST for the Microbes and Social Equity working group! I will discuss our microbiome work & my HEU* work

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worth noting this is the exact approach you get a lot of flak from other scientists for trying

One thing to reflect on today is the joy, happiness, and absurdity that people had in the midst of a large scale national protest. Yes, protests are performative (of course they are!) but communal expressions of joy and excitement sustain movements.

We cannot miss that important historical lesson.

Tropical plant with bright green leaves and a large pink and purple feathery flower

Long fuzzy pink flower

Large pink tropical flower

Large red and white tropical flowers, slightly reminiscent in shape to a pineapple

Did we sneak away from family to go look at a lot of cool plants? …maybe🤷🏻‍♀️