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@dendromecon27.bsky.social
Research Ecologist. Mostly I just want to plant native plants everywhere 🌺🌲🌴🌼🌿🌱🌳 🥄She/her
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Blew off office work today to go help with a post-Davis Fire reseeding volunteer effort in Davis Creek Park organized by the park and Nevada Div of Wildlife/Forestry. Hopefully we get some precip to help all those grasses, forbs and shrubs come up!
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The National Park Service is introducing a digital annual pass that charges foreign visitors $170 more than United States residents across the federal recreation system.
National parks announce ‘America-first’ upcharges for foreign visitors
The National Park Service's new America-first pricing policy will see foreign visitors pay more to access popular national parks, including Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The National Park Service is introducing a digital annual pass that charges foreign visitors $170 more than United States residents across the federal recreation system.
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"You’ve been obsessively trying to prepare for it, but who knows what will actually happen."
Thanksgiving or Perimenopause?
1. There’s a turkey neck situation. 2. Is it four thousand degrees in the kitchen, or is it just you? 3. You love your family, but you also wish th...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"You’ve been obsessively trying to prepare for it, but who knows what will actually happen."
I am giving a CalFire webinar tomorrow, Nov 25, at 3pm PDT on our work on Eastern Sierra post-fire forest regeneration, tree-shrub relationships, and cheatgrass invasion in the region (cue hissing noise). Register here!
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
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November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I am giving a CalFire webinar tomorrow, Nov 25, at 3pm PDT on our work on Eastern Sierra post-fire forest regeneration, tree-shrub relationships, and cheatgrass invasion in the region (cue hissing noise). Register here!
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d08db5...
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"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
got the Stone Roses on repeat today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zE0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zE0...
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
got the Stone Roses on repeat today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zE0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zE0...
Viable seeds can survive high-severity fire in the crowns of non-serotinous conifers, offering some hope for tree regen in novel fire regimes. I would tag 1st author Derek Young but I do not think he is on BlueSky!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Viable seeds can survive high-severity fire in the crowns of non-serotinous conifers, offering some hope for tree regen in novel fire regimes. I would tag 1st author Derek Young but I do not think he is on BlueSky!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Understanding bird diversity in seasonally dry tropical forests: The role of landscape anthropization and chronic disturbance | www.sciencedirect.co... | Forest Ecology and Management | #ornithology 🪶
Understanding bird diversity in seasonally dry tropical forests: The role of landscape anthropization and chronic disturbance
Understanding how species respond to human-induced habitat modification is essential for effective conservation and management. Among these modificati…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Understanding bird diversity in seasonally dry tropical forests: The role of landscape anthropization and chronic disturbance | www.sciencedirect.co... | Forest Ecology and Management | #ornithology 🪶
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Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Music videos are more popular than ever, yet MTV continues its sad, slow decline.
Boy, what a generational marker MTV is. Impossible to explain what a big deal it was for Gen Xers.
Boy, what a generational marker MTV is. Impossible to explain what a big deal it was for Gen Xers.
The Fast Rise, Long Decline, and Agonizing Downfall of the MTV Empire
The audience for music videos is bigger than ever — even as MTV keeps killing itself off.
www.rollingstone.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Music videos are more popular than ever, yet MTV continues its sad, slow decline.
Boy, what a generational marker MTV is. Impossible to explain what a big deal it was for Gen Xers.
Boy, what a generational marker MTV is. Impossible to explain what a big deal it was for Gen Xers.
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This comment was posted on a letter to the editor about bike lanes.
"no one with a disability, injury, age related changes, or small children is going to not use a car. Those groups all need clear streets and access to good parking close to their destination. "
Don't be this person! /1
"no one with a disability, injury, age related changes, or small children is going to not use a car. Those groups all need clear streets and access to good parking close to their destination. "
Don't be this person! /1
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This comment was posted on a letter to the editor about bike lanes.
"no one with a disability, injury, age related changes, or small children is going to not use a car. Those groups all need clear streets and access to good parking close to their destination. "
Don't be this person! /1
"no one with a disability, injury, age related changes, or small children is going to not use a car. Those groups all need clear streets and access to good parking close to their destination. "
Don't be this person! /1
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My latest for @science.org: A remarkable set of high-resolution climate model runs, computed over 900 (!) days of supercomputing time, are revealing how warming-induced changes to Earth's wind patterns due can prime huge spikes in extreme rainfall.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet, turbulent future
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My latest for @science.org: A remarkable set of high-resolution climate model runs, computed over 900 (!) days of supercomputing time, are revealing how warming-induced changes to Earth's wind patterns due can prime huge spikes in extreme rainfall.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
Elon Musk has always been a conservation nightmare. Everything he touches is toxic, literally and figuratively.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K for illegal dumping toxic waster into Las Vegas drinking water supply. Musk continues to ignore all safety standards
www.ktnv.com/news/boring-...
www.ktnv.com/news/boring-...
Boring Company fined nearly $500K for illegal dumping in Las Vegas
The Clark County Water Reclamation District has fined The Boring Company for discharging drilling fluids/spoils into the District's Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
www.ktnv.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Elon Musk has always been a conservation nightmare. Everything he touches is toxic, literally and figuratively.
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New sign for today’s #teslatakedown action 2 PM at Decatur Tesla.
Find an event near you: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Find an event near you: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New sign for today’s #teslatakedown action 2 PM at Decatur Tesla.
Find an event near you: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Find an event near you: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
Federal science
1. is better when its work force is diverse and
2. is worth saving.
1. is better when its work force is diverse and
2. is worth saving.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Federal science
1. is better when its work force is diverse and
2. is worth saving.
1. is better when its work force is diverse and
2. is worth saving.
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“These aren’t accidents, these are results.”
Chilling and accurate. This line will stick with me.
Chilling and accurate. This line will stick with me.
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“These aren’t accidents, these are results.”
Chilling and accurate. This line will stick with me.
Chilling and accurate. This line will stick with me.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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"On the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad." @amierjeski.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"On the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad." @amierjeski.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Behold the atmospheric river rolling into California today.. a firehose of moisture wrapped into the rotation of an extratropical cyclone. 🌀🌧️🌧️🌧️
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Behold the atmospheric river rolling into California today.. a firehose of moisture wrapped into the rotation of an extratropical cyclone. 🌀🌧️🌧️🌧️
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Stuck in the US as a postdoc due to the current political nightmare? Consider to join us in Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social #plantscience
If you know postdocs in the US whose work is restricted or becoming difficult, there are new fellowship possibilities in the south of Germany. Please, forward this information to them:
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Our lab in Freiburg can also serve as a host — happy to discuss options.
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Our lab in Freiburg can also serve as a host — happy to discuss options.
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Stuck in the US as a postdoc due to the current political nightmare? Consider to join us in Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social #plantscience
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Black and Latino homeowners receive lower appraisals than white homeowners for comparable properties, a disparity that blocks access to mortgages and refinancing, and widens the racial wealth gap.
Black and Latino homeowners in Philly face discrimination when appraisers assess their properties
An unbiased appraisal is key to ensuring that homebuyers and those seeking to refinance a mortgage can do so under fair and equal conditions.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Black and Latino homeowners receive lower appraisals than white homeowners for comparable properties, a disparity that blocks access to mortgages and refinancing, and widens the racial wealth gap.
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This is an Eastern Cape giant cycad. This specimen at Kew Gardens is the world's oldest potted plant* & it is older than the United States.
I found this oddly comforting? Certain systems seem deeply entrenched & unchangeable but in reality there are houseplants that have been around longer.🧪🌿
I found this oddly comforting? Certain systems seem deeply entrenched & unchangeable but in reality there are houseplants that have been around longer.🧪🌿
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is an Eastern Cape giant cycad. This specimen at Kew Gardens is the world's oldest potted plant* & it is older than the United States.
I found this oddly comforting? Certain systems seem deeply entrenched & unchangeable but in reality there are houseplants that have been around longer.🧪🌿
I found this oddly comforting? Certain systems seem deeply entrenched & unchangeable but in reality there are houseplants that have been around longer.🧪🌿