Sue Burke
@sueburke.bsky.social
Writer. https://sueburke.site/
Spores in space! – Space Botany spacebotany.uk/blog/moss-su...
Moss Survives Space, Media Loses Plot - Space Botany
Moss spores survived 9 months outside the International Space Station - the latest in a short line of amazingly tough organisms.
spacebotany.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Spores in space! – Space Botany spacebotany.uk/blog/moss-su...
Botany is a very old science. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
Were ancient canoes found in Lake Mendota made of bioengineered wood?
The term "bioengineering" was coined in the 20th century, but ancient Ho-Chunk were likely practicing it for thousands of years.
www.jsonline.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Botany is a very old science. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
Don't underestimate moss. news.wttw.com/2025/11/25/c...
CSI: Moss Edition. Field Museum Researchers Say This Basic Plant Is a Valuable but Underused Forensic Tool
Detectives are using all kinds of gizmos and gadgets to solve crimes these days, but they're overlooking the lowest of low-tech clues: moss. A Field Museum researcher wants to change that.
news.wttw.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Don't underestimate moss. news.wttw.com/2025/11/25/c...
Life on other planets seems more possible. www.seti.org/news/this-mi...
This Microbe Breathes Two Ways! The Bacteria That Challenge Biochemistry
www.seti.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Life on other planets seems more possible. www.seti.org/news/this-mi...
Source of sauce. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15490...
Cranberry Country, Wisconsin
The tart berry and state fruit brings a red pop to holiday feasts—and to satellite images of Midwestern marshlands.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Source of sauce. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15490...
A tree is a strategy, and plants are always scheming. | Eukaryote Writes Blog eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021/05/02/t...
There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)
Dendronization – Evolving into a tree-like morphology. (In the style of “carcinization”.) From ‘dendro’, the ancient Greek root for tree.
eukaryotewritesblog.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A tree is a strategy, and plants are always scheming. | Eukaryote Writes Blog eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021/05/02/t...
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
Last Fridays Poetry open mic Friday, November 28, 8 p.m., at Esquina, 4602 N. Western Ave., Chicago.
You’re invited! It’s a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. I’ll be reading from “Liquid Sand/Arena líquida,” a book of poetry by Jorge Valés Diáz Vélez, which I helped translate.
You’re invited! It’s a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. I’ll be reading from “Liquid Sand/Arena líquida,” a book of poetry by Jorge Valés Diáz Vélez, which I helped translate.
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Last Fridays Poetry open mic Friday, November 28, 8 p.m., at Esquina, 4602 N. Western Ave., Chicago.
You’re invited! It’s a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. I’ll be reading from “Liquid Sand/Arena líquida,” a book of poetry by Jorge Valés Diáz Vélez, which I helped translate.
You’re invited! It’s a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. I’ll be reading from “Liquid Sand/Arena líquida,” a book of poetry by Jorge Valés Diáz Vélez, which I helped translate.
I could have written this, too. | Whatever whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money
If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I could have written this, too. | Whatever whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
Language Access Cards you can present in settings like hospitals and courtrooms to request assistance in your language. American Translators Association (ATA) www.atanet.org/client-assis...
Know Your Rights to Language Access - American Translators Association (ATA)
You have the right to get the services and information you need in a language you understand. ATA can help!
www.atanet.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Language Access Cards you can present in settings like hospitals and courtrooms to request assistance in your language. American Translators Association (ATA) www.atanet.org/client-assis...
Trees are horrible, bugs are horrible, caterpillars are the worst and they die horribly, too, toward the end of the article -- until they don't! botany.one/2025/11/tree...
Trees Vs. Bugs: Novel Twists in A Timeless Plant Drama
The ancient evolutionary struggle between plants and insect herbivores never fails to surprise us. Science proven, watch it yourself!
botany.one
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Trees are horrible, bugs are horrible, caterpillars are the worst and they die horribly, too, toward the end of the article -- until they don't! botany.one/2025/11/tree...
Do you know the names of your bosses? plantcuttings.uk/2025/11/07/t...
The domestication of people by plants…
Robert N. Spengler III’s “Nature’s greatest success” challenges the traditional view of agriculture’s origins, arguing that domestication was not a conscious act by humans b…
plantcuttings.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Do you know the names of your bosses? plantcuttings.uk/2025/11/07/t...
You've probably never heard of Arabidopsis thaliana, but it has made your life better. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
You've probably never heard of Arabidopsis thaliana, but it has made your life better. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people. Left unchecked their mandate will grow." aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people. Left unchecked their mandate will grow." aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Never trust plants. botany.one/2025/10/bait...
Bait and switch: sweet Nepenthes nectar is toxic to the ants it lures
Pitcher plants prove, lethally, that there's no such thing as a free lunch.
botany.one
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Never trust plants. botany.one/2025/10/bait...
Reposted by Sue Burke
Vetnamese mossy tree frog Theloderma corticale
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Vetnamese mossy tree frog Theloderma corticale
Reposted by Sue Burke
Liquid Sand/Arena Líquida marks a major moment for Mexican poetry in translation, the first substantial bilingual selection of work by Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélez, translated by Sue Burke and Christian Law-Palacín.
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Liquid Sand/Arena Líquida marks a major moment for Mexican poetry in translation, the first substantial bilingual selection of work by Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélez, translated by Sue Burke and Christian Law-Palacín.
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation
But you knew this. www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guide...
Health Benefits of Houseplants
Houseplants that boost your mood, help you breathe easier, and keep away dust? Find out which indoor foliage can deliver health benefits.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
But you knew this. www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guide...
My translation of the short story “Trees at Night” by Ramiro Sanchiz is at Clarkesworld Magazine. A hospital librarian befriends a young patient. They’re not on Earth, but they don’t know where they are or when. clarkesworldmagazine.com/sanchiz_11_25/
Trees at Night by Ramiro Sanchiz, translated by Sue Burke
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My translation of the short story “Trees at Night” by Ramiro Sanchiz is at Clarkesworld Magazine. A hospital librarian befriends a young patient. They’re not on Earth, but they don’t know where they are or when. clarkesworldmagazine.com/sanchiz_11_25/
What truth and art can do. writerunboxed.com/2025/10/31/l...
Lies, Slogans, and Blasphemous Grift
I recognize my handwriting on the flyleaf of Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. At the top, I had written “Summer 2017” and below a long note on Goya and Napole…
writerunboxed.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
What truth and art can do. writerunboxed.com/2025/10/31/l...
Just as the panda became a symbol for wildlife conservation, monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation, a reminder that biodiversity isn’t only about animals. theconversation.com/famous-monke...
Famous monkey-face ‘Dracula’ orchids are vanishing in the wild
How the threatened monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation.
theconversation.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Just as the panda became a symbol for wildlife conservation, monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation, a reminder that biodiversity isn’t only about animals. theconversation.com/famous-monke...
Halloween is especially scary in Chicago this year. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/h...
How Chicagoans Are Helping Kids Have A Safe — And ICE-Free — Halloween This Year
Neighbors are organizing indoor trick-or-treat events, candy drives and candy dropoffs to protect vulnerable families. Two Logan Square blocks that attract thousands of trick-or-treaters may shut down...
blockclubchicago.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Halloween is especially scary in Chicago this year. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/h...
Do you trust your houseplants? | Monstrum - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Kw...
Monster Plants and the Humans who Invent Them | Monstrum
YouTube video by Storied
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October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Do you trust your houseplants? | Monstrum - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Kw...
Protesting, canvassing, patrolling schools, delivering groceries... are just some of the ways we can help our communities be safer places for everyone in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Protesting, canvassing, patrolling schools, delivering groceries... are just some of the ways we can help our communities be safer places for everyone in Chicago.
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So thematically, narratively, intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally rich. I guess you could call me a @sueburke.bsky.social stan. Some of my favorite sci-fi ever. Big thanks to the person who first recommended these books to me. #JustRead
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So thematically, narratively, intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally rich. I guess you could call me a @sueburke.bsky.social stan. Some of my favorite sci-fi ever. Big thanks to the person who first recommended these books to me. #JustRead