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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Aug 15

Vietnamese and other peoples of Southeast Asia have naming conventions very much different from those in the Anglosphere. For us, writing our names overseas is a big headache. Let me first explain Vietnamese names, then I'll touch on names in other cultures.

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 3d

I am teaching a course on ancient trees and tree rings at the NY Botanical Garden on Sunday, October 26th and Sunday, November 2nd.

We will learn about past environments, the amazing lives of trees, and what old trees tend to look like.

Sign up at this link: www.enrole.com/nybg/jsp/ses...

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 15d

Nice article talking about our new NSF-funded radiocarbon and stable isotope facility (The TIME Lab - Tree-Ring Innovations in Mass Spectrometry of Earth Systems) in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona! science.arizona.edu/news/univers...

University of Arizona opens groundbreaking TIME Lab to link past and present

Run by a team of distinguished researchers, the lab aims to “date the undateable,” linking natural events like eruptions or droughts to human history. With a focus on student training and public outre...

science.arizona.edu

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 14d

This is so cool!

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Town and Country Planning Association @thetcpa.bsky.social · 19d

Today is #WorldCarFreeDay.

Too many neighbourhoods & cities are designed around cars, & prioritise vehicle movement on our streets. This blog explores how changing & reducing how we use cars can bring a huge range of benefits for people & the planet.

www.tcpa.org.uk/low-traffic-...

Low traffic neighbourhoods: anti-car or pro-people? - Town and Country Planning Association

Gemma Hyde picks apart the idea that Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are 'anti-car'.

www.tcpa.org.uk

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Scott Robeson @indianaclimate.bsky.social · 21d

Here's a gofundme to help out Josh Bregy, who recently was fired from his tenure-track job at Clemson

Donate to Defend Academic Freedom: Help Dr. Bregy, organized by Steven Lam

My name is Steven Lam, and I am a proud alumnus of Clemson University. It breaks my… Steven Lam needs your support for Defend Academic Freedom: Help Dr. Bregy

www.gofundme.com

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Aug 19

It's the sound of 3 of us coring trees!

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Aug 6

Here are some useful tips 😊 youtu.be/FHvnq7uBoM8?...

Bingo 3000 🧡 🤖 | FULL BLUEY MINISODE | Bluey

YouTube video by Bluey - Official Channel

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jul 9

😂

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jul 9

Great idea actually!

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jul 9

Why are increment borers so expensive? The 20" chainsaw on the left is $419 but the 20" increment borer on the right is $613 😔

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jul 1

Looks awesome!

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jun 21

Just how massive are trees in the Pacific Northwest? Here's a stump at Forks Timber Museum!

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jun 19

So cool, thanks!

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jun 18

Beautiful! Which species are those trees?

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:

- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue

Working title: Love is Double-Blind

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jun 14

Yes! This is the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park.

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jun 13

Can you hear the dendrochronologists in their natural habitat? 🧪

#dendro

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · Jun 5

Put my #rstats skills to good use today: I helped my student fix their code that took 3 minutes to process 1 month of data but now only takes 110 milliseconds to process 1 year of data. I'm happy with little things like that :)

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · Jun 4

How it started, How it’s going (Judd et al. 2024 now in the Smithsonian, @leafwax.bsky.social !) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · May 27

Varying climate signals embedded in latewood blue intensity along an elevational gradient: A multi-species case study from the Great Basin, Nevada, USA www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Varying climate signals embedded in latewood blue intensity along an elevational gradient: A multi-species case study from the Great Basin, Nevada, USA

As blue intensity (BI) methods are increasingly employed to generate temperature-sensitive tree-ring records around the globe, the influence of intra-…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · May 24

Nice! Barrelhouse?

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · May 20

Celtis occidentalis. It's a cool tree! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtis_...

Celtis occidentalis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · May 20

We don't know yet, but we'll find out!

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · May 20

I haven't tried the fruit yet. I'm curious!

Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · May 20

Oh that would be awesome! Thanks Justin.