Eric Peterson

Poster with text that says "Mosses of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco" featuring many small pictures of mosses with identifications on a black background.

A woman in a lab coat works on the Picturae project at the Cal Academy, handling plant specimens.

Did somebody say moss merch? 👀🌱

You can win this poster by Ricardo Kriebel celebrating all things moss! All you have to do is join our Plants to Pixels project to help transcribe specimen labels. Learn more here: bit.ly/3zKk8AE

One of the worst things you can do is stop moving. If you feel like you can make the leap,then leap!

Grootbos? I love the place just for its name!

Stunning!

Weaverville Bally

Declaration of Independence: A Transcription Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling a...

“let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
-Declaration of Independence
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

Once again onto the peak!

Lots of stuff fits this!

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

And honestly,I don't remember exactly what I said most of the time. bsky.app/profile/tyed...

Although I recognize that the correlation on bluesky is less strongly negative than on zuckerbook.

The probability that a shared meme will continue to be shared is indirectly proportional to the intelligence of the humor, so I doubt this one will go far.

Well, when bird flu hits, those of us who use our brains will have better chances and maybe we will see a little evolution toward better brain function.

Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar) dbh about 2m, trunk split in 3 by lightning long ago, yet still alive!

this is basically all human civilisation

A very rare species in the Pacific southwest!

Best words to hear: "thank you". Much better than "good job", as it both implies a good job and shows that you made something better for someone else. (Ok, "I love you" from the right person might be better sometimes.)

My family seems to think headphones are an indicator that they need to talk to you at least once every 20 seconds.

Does fact-checking work? What the science says Meta’s planned shift away from third-party fact-checking on Facebook in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.

Yes it does. Though in my experience, directly pointing it out gets people defensive, whereas simply laying out the real facts catches more attention.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

some ways to generate electricity

A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons

B) use sunlight to make electrons

Adjacent?

Sad how we are treated (medically) in this country, especially as we age

Is that color right? I've never seen Amandinea punctata with a yellow color!

Bemusement on a writing guide... It suggests, "Verbs are the fuel of writing. They give your sentences power and direction."

Shouldn't that be "Verbs fuel your writing. They direct and empower your sentences."?

No FEMA aid for Trinity residents, United Way donates Although Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance for individuals impacted by the Carr fire in Shasta County has been approved, the aid has not been approved for Trinity County residents.

The economic impacts to a relatively wealthy area are getting a lot more attention than when a poor community is impacted. Trinity County is California's lowest income county yet often goes ignored. www.trinityjournal.com/news/local/a...

Electric should be underground.

Quite a flock!

Friend of the day! Northern pygmy owl.

That is so cool!

I have no doubt they will.