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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9d

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

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Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! @martinebotany.bsky.social · 11d

IMO paying close attention to species and simply describing what they do is a worthwhile endeavor unto itself.

Guessing I am not alone.

#iamabotanist #iamanaturalist #PUI #biodiversity

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The inherent values of observation and description: A case study in the spiny solanums of Australia

Click on the article title to read more.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 11d

Could it be Trosa? Just guessing.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 12d

Not sure what field you are in, but in botany we are often asked for images. I also agree that all images should be approved by the authors if used to promote their paper.

Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 12d

Got it and thanks for the explanation. But don’t you think the journals could figure out how to post an image that is actually related to the topic of the article they link to? Images can create a lot of extra interest and knowledge.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 12d

Fascinating study! But that image below is not a fall webworm (an insect larvae), is it a spider? Crab? Still, maybe we are all evolutionary specialists when it comes to food, and other things :) #entomology #evolution #ecology #competition #nature

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 12d

Highly generalised feeding by insect herbivores is often seen as a paradox. One possibility is that generalist species are really just made up of lots of hidden specialists. In this case generalism goes all the way down. 🧪🌏

Anything you can eat, I can eat better: Evidence of generalism from species to individual level in an insect herbivore

Most insect herbivores specialize on a few host plants; however, there are a minority of highly generalized species capable of feeding on hundreds of hosts. Generalism could emerge as a property of t...

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 12d

The solicitation was just posted -
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 13d

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 14d

I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.

A three-panel comic. The first panel is a scrap from a dictionary that says crypsis, noun: patterning or coloration that allows a bird to remain concealed by blending in to its environment. In panel 2, labeled effective crypsis, an american bittern blends in with a marsh full of tall plants. In panel 2, labeled ineffective crypsis, an american bittern fails to blend in among some short plants, next to a wet floor sign, and behind a stop sign.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · 20d

The ivy-leaved morning glory has fruits that look like something out of… the seashore, medieval fashion fur hats, or rose buds… Right? Seen in New Jersey, USA.

Photo of climbing plant with two capsules surrounded by long-tipped, very hairy sepals. A green metal pole on the side.

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GBIF Morpho 🦋 @gbifmorpho.bsky.social · Sep 8

New paper by @drgentian.bsky.social in @newphyt.bsky.social using @gbif.org mediated data:

The collector practices that shape spatial, temporal, and taxonomic bias in herbaria 🇺🇸

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70297

The collector practices that shape spatial, temporal, and taxonomic bias in herbaria

Natural history collections (NHCs) are essential for studying biodiversity. Although spatial, temporal, and taxonomic biases in NHCs affect analyses, the influence of collector practices on biases r...

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Sep 8

I printed one out and left it on the kitchen table for a gathering at my house today - first thing someone said was 'oh, is this by Sarah, the cool one, in Philly? I know of her too!', and then others started to read it. 8 guests and 8 read it, I think. Success! Congratulations!

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Sep 8

Love your Black and White photos. I am @Vilseskogen on Flickr, lots of photos there from 10+ years ago (yes, I have a big backlog to upload from far travels and local trips, nature and culture).

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is gold. Thank you.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Sep 5

ALRIGHT! Version 1 of the fall zine is ready for ya.

For your reading enjoyment, Everything Sucks!

Full Zine (for digital reading) here: drive.google.com/file/d/1cYXF...

Print-and-fold version coming soon, I need to test print it first and can't do that right now lol

A raccoon and possum yell on the cover of a zine. the title is "everything sucks" and the racoon and possum yell "let's do something!" and between them it says "a zine by sarahmackattack"

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hi Karolina - I have a short talk about that that I can share with you, from summer 2024 and with many examples from botany. E-mail me at Rutgers University.

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Oregon State University Botany and Plant Pathology @osubpp.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!

We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is hiring a Directory of the Herbarium

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Jul 30

Looks like this was filmed at #Gotland in the Baltic Sea, Sweden. Not sure what seaweed that they harvest there though, Ulva intestinalis? A green #algae?

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 30

Motherfucking wind farms…

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Jul 29

The AAUP-AFT union at Rutgers University has a similar logo, more info here:

rutgersaaup.org/our-logo-the...

Our Logo: The Story of the Pencil-Fist - Rutgers AAUP-AFT

The Rutgers AAUP-AFT logo at the top of this page—known around our office as the “pencil-fist”—has been adopted by other higher education unions and organizations around the country. But where …

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Jul 23

Wow, lovely photo - how long was that exposure of the lightning light streak?

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 21

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history, over the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution.

100 years after evolution went on trial, the Scopes case still reverberates

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history, over the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Jul 9

But, on the other hand, thinking about plants as friends, fellas, fellows…. I like that! Maybe we should adopt it. ‘Here are some weedy fellas I let live this year in my garden’ etc?

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Jul 9

I wonder who wrote that. Definitely needs an edit change to ‘species’ or ‘plants’.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 4

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

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Lena Struwe @drgentian.bsky.social · Jul 1

Yes, looks like European beech (bok in Swedish)

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