Mike Kaspari

Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry - Nature Communications Organisms vary in their nitrogen and phosphorus content, shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. This study shows that nitrogen deposition is a consistent global factor associated with plant an...

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🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology.

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doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.

Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.

U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8

May his memory be a blessing.

this places rules and if you're too afraid to visit that's between you and your tiny baby brain

UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.

A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”

Dear New Phytologist
I fully intended to get that review in today but I was recruited in house for a puzzling challenge in astrophysics.

Tomorrow. For sure.

The advantage of youth is the sheer energy one can bring to life’s project. Be dogged, try whatever interests you, invest the time, have patience.

The advantage of age is the diverse toolkit you’ve developed—ever ready for the opportunity when idea meets tool.

Patience is the common denominator.

My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”

Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?

Nancy and Sluggo have found a pair of sunglasses and they are walking side by side with their heads together so they both can wear the sunglasses at the same time.

SUNDAY WITH NANCY AND SLUGGO

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

Peanut butter cookies taste better when stored in 1960s Tupperware from the house you grew up in.

I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.

It only took four of us making a two-minute public comment about the library at the city council meeting for the councilors to restore the funding the mayor’s office had cut.

I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.

Talking With Paul Kedrosky So, about this AI thing ...

Great Krugman interview with Paul Kedrosky on the AI bubble substack.com/inbox/post/1... The bursting will be great fun. Be there!

There are comics that are funny.
There are comics that are relevant.
There are comics that are unforgettable.
C Harvey pulls off the rare hat trick.

incredible writing

The thing that strikes me even more than how objectively terrible that essay is is how readily OU threw the TA under the bus. They were perfectly happy to have her, a grad student, as the only person teaching the course… and now they’re going to sacrifice her to try and buy off the outrage machine.

Republican senator pretends he doesn’t know any senators

"OU Is Doing Higher Education the Right Way" - by Ezra Klein

Why leaky plants are a troublesome climate issue for Earth - The Weather Network A recent study revealed that plants are starting to lose more water under high temperatures. A phenomenon known as 'leaky plants' is increasing because of climate change, potentially converting them f...

Recent study revealed plants are starting to lose more water under high temperatures. Known as "leaky plants," the abnormality is increasing because of #ClimateChange, potentially converting them from carbon sinks to carbon sources @seanmichaletz.bsky.social www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...

@ianmarsden.bsky.social
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Sounds like there’s an…um…story behind this?

Number of SNAP recipients Amazon 2,456 Walmart 2,318 Uber 1,799 DoorDash 1,462 Tempus Unlimited 1,425 Stop & Shop 989 Mass General Brigham 956 Dollar Tree 952 Albertsons Companies, Inc. 896 Bayada Home Health 887

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."

Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

Still true.

Credit where credit is due: Dr. Brian McGill wrote an amazing essay on the topic of “statistical machismo” in Ecology back in 2012.

dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/s...

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Jaguar
Puma
Ocelot
Margay
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Pheidole multispina

When Is It Time to Flee? Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.

This is a really good New Republic article about trans people leaving the country. Do some research about getting visas. Start now. It is harder and slower than you think, and there are no opportunities for asylum right now. It also is entirely doable.

newrepublic.com/article/2036...