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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 6d

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Gift article. Solid tribute to Dr. Goodall. Nicely written summary of her career and life. What an amazing woman she was and a highly productive innovative scientist who changed the lives of so many.

Jane Goodall, primatologist and friend to chimpanzees, dies at 91

She used her global fame to draw attention to the plight of dwindling chimpanzee populations and, more broadly, to the perils of environmental destruction.

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 9d

Multi-Trophic interactions leading to reproductive success. Pretty cool! Plants rule!

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10d

Meal Team Six is on it

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 10d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 11d

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 11d

Former military personnel were seen trading in automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.

Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands

Military personnel were seen trading in automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · 26d

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 12d

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 12d

Funny, clever, and. On brand for @rosemarymosco.com

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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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 14d

I’m no medical expert like RFK Jr. But I urge all pregnant women not to take whatever Trump’s mom took.

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 12d

ICE deporting a 73-year-old grandmother from India who has been in the US 34 years. The level of cruelty & inhumanity is difficult to comprehend. And this from an administration that is filled with and regularly courts voters who claim to be Christians.
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‘Not even allowed to say goodbye to her family’: Punjabi grandmother deported from US after 34 years

Advocacy groups called the deportation of Harjit Kaur "inhumane," and said that "it is about the systemic cruelty inflicted on immigrant families".

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16d

Similar here: By official stats, my audience here 1/2 size of Xitter after 15 yrs. But I think it represents more actual people (vs bots, trolls, scammers, 'Lovely Ladies waiting for you,' Musk himself, etc)

And beyond question far more engaged in actual response, discussion, etc. vs raw vitriol.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18d

This just isn’t true. My audience is bigger here than it was after 15 year in twitter, and, for mostly better, they are real people, not bots and sock puppets. Do I wish this place was bigger and more ideologically/tinalky diverse, yes. But also we are not fueling Musk.

Shadi Hamid @shadihamid.bsky.social · 20d

One of the biggest mistakes left-of-center pundits and influencers made was decamping to Bluesky. They made themselves irrelevant, shrunk their audiences, and dramatically lessened the positive impact they could have on our public debate at the precise time we needed it most.

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 14d

Disgusting and disrespectful.

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15d

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 14d

This looks like an excellent study. The Open access paper is linked in this article. Highlighted concerns about fish, but this issue affects aquatic plants in both lakes and rivers, something I've been quite concerned about in Massachusetts. #botany
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U.S. rivers are experiencing unprecedented and unexpectedly intense warming

A new analysis is the first in-depth study of riverine heat waves, which are worsening as the planet warms due to climate change

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 16d

We love our Passport too. Great shows like Magpie Murders, Ken Burns, New Scan Cook, Rick Steves...

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 16d

I would say yes to both warming up and drying out. Once a vulture leaves its perch it rarely flaps its wings, so they have to be in perfect shape before they take off. They also wait for the ground to warm up so that there's rising air they use to lift them up. I have a friend with a pet vulture.

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Jessamine Finch, PhD @seedystudies.bsky.social · 17d

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📨 applications close Oct. 15
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Spread the word about this really special program!

Pivot to Plants: Training Program for Plant and Data Science | Danforth Plant Science Center

The Pivot2Plants Fellows Program is a 1-year training program for people interested in pivoting to a career in plant science or data science but have limited research experience.

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 17d

Clever bird cartoon.

Cartoon single frame of a person looking at their car windshield which has large white musical notation on it with the speaking bubble of the person saying" darn songbirds"

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18d

Actually, when only 97% of the stories about a person who is 100% bad are bad, it means someone is the media isn’t doing their job.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Trump: "When 97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech."

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 19d

This thread is a delight.

Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 19d

#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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Playmobil figure kitted out as prehistoric iceman Ötzi.

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 18d

#cats

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 19d

From mincingmockingbird.com

Painting of a bird's head with the caption saying "I poop on fascists"

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 21d

Jimmy Kimmel should have stuck to acceptable comments, like suggesting that homeless people be executed

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 19d

I agree. I always try to keep my identifications number twice as high as my observations number. In New England, we have an organized ID-a-thon once a year for plants. I focus on an uncommon species & only work on that for an hour or 2 as you can develop quick responses & see common errors.

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 19d

No kidding! I've had observers really riled up when i chose orange before I really understood the difference between those two. Now I always choose green, no one seems to get upset. I've learned some observers only post in order to track their own observations,not caring much about accuracy.

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Dr Wernerehl @drwernerehl.bsky.social · 19d

No kidding. But we were warned 40 years ago by this brilliant book and many others: "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business" share.google/OoqQZk6RUSOW...

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Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 20d

Bear Bridges, cottonwood corridors, and Bear Smart towns - charities, indigenous communities, and town councils and residents taking the lead to connect up landscapes for bears, breaking down people's fear and grizzlies' genetic isolation. Definitely #GoodGreenNews, Montana! 🐻

Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 20d

With federal protections for grizzlies under threat, grizzly bears in the Intermountain West will need more local support. In Montana, a growing cohort of residents is doing just that—helping communities in bear country coexist while making it easier for bears to traverse the landscape. 🌎

Montanans Are Making Space for Grizzlies

Wildlife corridors and conflict prevention help keep bears safe

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