Dave Coulter
@osage2024.bsky.social
Urban horticulture and forestry for (ahem) some time now. Chicago region. Hedgerow aficionado. Readers are Leaders.
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This Fossil Is Rewriting the Story of How Plants Spread across the Planet #fossils #paleontology #paleobotany #lichens #devonian #evolution
This Fossil Is Rewriting the Story of How Plants Spread across the Planet
An artistic reconstruction of Spongiophyton during the Early Devonian in the Paraná Basin in present-day Brazil. J. Lacerda/Bruno Becker-Kerber et al., “The rise of lichens during the colonization of terrestrial environments,” in Science Advances, Vol. 11, No. 44; October 29, 2025 Scientific American Magazine has an interesting story about the spread of terrestrial plants during the Early Devonian Period. A…
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November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This Fossil Is Rewriting the Story of How Plants Spread across the Planet #fossils #paleontology #paleobotany #lichens #devonian #evolution
Remember. Tomorrow.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Remember. Tomorrow.
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On the last day of November here is a festive Robin.
#HolidayRobin
#FestiveDailyRobin
#Birds
#Advent
#Photography
#HolidayRobin
#FestiveDailyRobin
#Birds
#Advent
#Photography
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On the last day of November here is a festive Robin.
#HolidayRobin
#FestiveDailyRobin
#Birds
#Advent
#Photography
#HolidayRobin
#FestiveDailyRobin
#Birds
#Advent
#Photography
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Saturday was the snowiest November day ever recorded in Chicago, according to the National Weather Service. A winter storm dumped over 8 inches of snow on parts of Chicago.
Saturday was snowiest November day in Chicago ever, forecasters say
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November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Saturday was the snowiest November day ever recorded in Chicago, according to the National Weather Service. A winter storm dumped over 8 inches of snow on parts of Chicago.
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#OtD 30 Nov 1930 legendary Irish-born dressmaker and worker-organiser, Mother Jones, died in Maryland, US. Co-founder of the @IWW, she organised for multiple unions and, in 1902, was called dubbed "the most dangerous woman in America" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1930 legendary Irish-born dressmaker and worker-organiser, Mother Jones, died in Maryland, US. Co-founder of the @IWW, she organised for multiple unions and, in 1902, was called dubbed "the most dangerous woman in America" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
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#OtD 30 Nov 1994 Guy Debord, cofounder and intellectual leader of the Situationist International, died by suicide. The SI were a Marxist group centred in France which became highly influential after the May 68 revolt. Learn more in these books: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1994 Guy Debord, cofounder and intellectual leader of the Situationist International, died by suicide. The SI were a Marxist group centred in France which became highly influential after the May 68 revolt. Learn more in these books: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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#OtD 30 Nov 1981 800 people protested against a planned additional runway at Narita airport in Japan. They were met by 4000 riot police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1981 800 people protested against a planned additional runway at Narita airport in Japan. They were met by 4000 riot police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
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Laurentian Landscape
Edwin Holgate
1937
Edwin Holgate
1937
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Laurentian Landscape
Edwin Holgate
1937
Edwin Holgate
1937
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Snow Day
Holly Dyrland
2024
Holly Dyrland
2024
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Snow Day
Holly Dyrland
2024
Holly Dyrland
2024
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Big Snow
Rob Gonsalves
1999
Rob Gonsalves
1999
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Big Snow
Rob Gonsalves
1999
Rob Gonsalves
1999
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Watch out it's December!
#medievalcalendar
BnF NAL 3055; Livre d'Heures de Jean Sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne; 15th century; f.12r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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BnF NAL 3055; Livre d'Heures de Jean Sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne; 15th century; f.12r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Watch out it's December!
#medievalcalendar
BnF NAL 3055; Livre d'Heures de Jean Sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne; 15th century; f.12r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
#medievalcalendar
BnF NAL 3055; Livre d'Heures de Jean Sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne; 15th century; f.12r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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Bundles of wood are needed in December to ward off the cold and to cook.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; c.1260 CE; England, S. E.; f.6v
#MedievalCalendar
BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; c.1260 CE; England, S. E.; f.6v
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Bundles of wood are needed in December to ward off the cold and to cook.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; c.1260 CE; England, S. E.; f.6v
#MedievalCalendar
BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; c.1260 CE; England, S. E.; f.6v
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December is time for hunting.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.12r
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BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.12r
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
December is time for hunting.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.12r
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.12r
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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I understand many of you are wondering if this little chaos demon has destroyed the Christmas tree yet. The answer is no, but while the Christmas tree is up, it has yet to be decorated. This will be the true test of his potential yuletide malevolence.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I understand many of you are wondering if this little chaos demon has destroyed the Christmas tree yet. The answer is no, but while the Christmas tree is up, it has yet to be decorated. This will be the true test of his potential yuletide malevolence.
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Thanksgiving: I'm thankful for the marvelous Tom Waits song "Chicago" — and the fantastic new cover version by Mavis Staples — and for the chance to write about it. www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture...
Maybe Things Will Be Better in Chicago
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives us reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
www.chicagomag.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thanksgiving: I'm thankful for the marvelous Tom Waits song "Chicago" — and the fantastic new cover version by Mavis Staples — and for the chance to write about it. www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture...
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December is a time for preparing food, playing on the ice, and keeping warm.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Add MS 24098; the 'Golf Book'; c. 1540 CE; Bruges; ff.29v, 30r
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BL Add MS 24098; the 'Golf Book'; c. 1540 CE; Bruges; ff.29v, 30r
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
December is a time for preparing food, playing on the ice, and keeping warm.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Add MS 24098; the 'Golf Book'; c. 1540 CE; Bruges; ff.29v, 30r
#MedievalCalendar
BL Add MS 24098; the 'Golf Book'; c. 1540 CE; Bruges; ff.29v, 30r
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December is a time for baking.
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.6v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.6v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
December is a time for baking.
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.6v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
#MedievalCalendar
BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.6v
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
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truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat