Stuart McDaniel

If he did vanquish that opener I would love him even more!

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

This is a great thread on feeding yourself

Reposting again because according to Reddit threads, another round of RWR emails went out today.

Prob 20% of my feed used to be academics stressed about writing, but 100% of them would endorse this sentiment.

They just don’t get it - they’re trying to replace the part of our job we like the *most*.

If they could make an AI tool to vibe-complete travel, reimbursement, and annual reporting paperwork they would make a fucking FORTUNE

“At NSF, the net reduction of 205 STEM Ph.D.s between 1 January and 30 November constituted 40% of its total pre-Trump Ph.D. workforce of 517, by far the largest percentage at any agency. STEM Ph.D.s also make up a larger percentage of the total workforce at NSF than at any other agency…”.

NSF building on Eisenhower Av. HUD now owns.

Destroying the NSF mural in the foyer. Of the Eisenhower building.

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.

The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.

We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

Assistant professor in botany job description for University of Northern British Columbia

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This whole thread on the enormous influence of the wellness industry is eye opening, but the links to eugenics really struck a chord with me

Puparazzi?

We Have 3,500 Plant Collections But Isolation Holds Them Back Behind every plant label in a botanic garden lies a hidden data crisis, one that could determine which species survive the twenty-first century.

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Cool thread on the early evolution of land plant vascular tissue

You can be forgiven when you overlook moss as a clue to solve a crime. Over the last 150 years researchers found only elven in the scientific literature reported cases. But these tiny plants can give you important clues about where somebody or somewhat has been. 🧵1/5
Image credit: Field Museum

I scrolled straight to the end to find Florida

Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt

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Those mandarins are gorgeous! Like many here, our tree has greening. I keep thinking each year will be the last, but the ugly fruit still makes good juice

Hector and Harold enjoying some Christmas Eve grapes and lettuce

Mushrooms, lichen, and moss growing on the side of a tree.

There are some magic little lands out there in the world.

That’s amazing!

This exercise has some great questions to ask students in class that expose some very common misconceptions

In intro bio I briefly go over all 4 forces in one class, usually w eye color of the students as example alleles. Next class I talk about mating systems and HWE. I usually use playing cards w black/red alleles as a worked example, with a round of random “mating” which works pretty well.

This is a pretty digestible assessment of where EVs are great and their future in the US

Great thread on ret-conning obamas energy strategy and data on fossil fuel economics over the past two decades

The one that works for me:
- a million seconds is ~11.5 days
- a billion seconds is ~31.7 years
- a trillion seconds is ~31,700 years
Big difference

Bryology this!

Friends, I hardly ever get to post this…

Bryophyte faculty job!!!

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