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The Many Moods of March tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/t...
The Many Moods of March
“March is the month of expectation… .” —Emily Dickinson ***** Welcome to spring in the Midwest; thunderstorms and snowstorms, 80-degree days and below-freezing nights. After…
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March 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Applications for SCIENCE IRL grants are due *tomorrow*!!

Send us your swinging-for-the-fences scicomm that
- Reaches science disinterested people
- Does not require your audience to come to you
- Effectively hooks people with science
- Gives people ACTION they can take
sarahmackattack.bsky.social Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jan 14
I am extremely excited to announce that for the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!!

Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground!

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SCIENCE IRL: Community SciComm mini-grant
Skype a Scientist is offering $300-1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science messa...
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February 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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sassymetischick.bsky.social
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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chasesolidago.bsky.social
Native prairie plant valentines for your friday

I originally made these for www.plantlovestories.com ages ago!
darlin youre a shooting star honey, youre irresistable youre golden to me i carex about you a bunch
February 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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saocousins.bsky.social
Still a day to submit an abstract! Deadline 15 February 2025
EMBO workshop on High Elevation Plant Adaptation in a Changing Climate 🌍🧪🌱 #climate #plants
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February 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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karensnatureart.bsky.social
Happy Valentines Day!
#ArtYear #insects
Watercolor and ink painting of a heart-shaped mass of Texas bluebonnets with a Red Admiral butterfly feeding on the flowers.
February 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Margot Lee Shetterly’s book "Hidden Figures" inspired a movie & an Act of Congress to award Congressional Gold Medals to the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. Here's 1 side of Dorothy Vaughan's medal. About its design: www.emilydamstra.com/dorothy-vaug...
#BlackHistoryMonth
Image of the reverse side of Dorothy Vaughan's Congressional Gold Medal. The design shows Ms. Vaughan standing in front of two magnetic tape units— components of a mainframe computer—instructing two women, who are seated and taking notes. Although I don’t know if she ever actually stood up in front of a mainframe instructing others, I felt that showing her as an instructor w/ people literally looking up to her was a good way to symbolize her inspirational leadership qualities. She was someone whose colleagues looked up to her in the metaphorical sense. Below, three inscriptions highlight important aspects of Dorothy’s career: Fortran expert; Scout Launch Program; and Supervisor, West Area Computers. In the background of the design, a sun symbolizes enlightenment, and also suggests that Ms. Vaughan was beacon for others, leading the way for African American women—and indeed, all women—at NACA and NASA. Inscribed in the center of the sun are Dorothy’s compelling words: “I changed what I could, and what I couldn’t I endured.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM