The tree of life as understood by Ernst Hackel 1874. Notice where "man" is? This is anthropocentricity. Where are plants? Humans tend to interpret things along lines that are familiar to us. There's the trap. Similarities are not relatedness.

This should be the headlines of every news source. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...

#biomimicry #bioinspired "It marks a departure from assembly-centric manufacturing methods toward a growth-oriented model, wherein nature’s principles serve as the guiding force behind design innovation." advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

This is pretty good. “Do your own research” sounds empowering. Until you remember how much expertise it actually takes to understand research. www.linkedin.com/in/blakeeber...

It’s really hard to defend industry academic collaborations with meta as earnest, if they’re internally burying evidence of harm. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Yikes. (via @steverattner.bsky.social)

We are delighted to announce Thomas Reviews, a new format for impact at the intersection of plants, people and the planet. The three inaugural Reviews have been published in Plants, People, Planet today! Read the Editorial 👇 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PlantScience #ThomasReview

The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story Thomas Review by @anneosbourn.bsky.social 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Societal Impact Statement also available in French and Spanish. @johninnescentre.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🧵1/5

“Therefore, we have to face it: we are inevitably trapped in our own anthropocentrism.” Peter Nick in Understanding otherness—the anthropocentrism trap. The debate on plant intelligence. link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

Interview with Suzanne Simard. (for tomorrow's listening) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

There are 20 species of Salvia that are used as dan shen in China. Only one of them is taught in acupuncture schools here in North America.

truth & reconciliation committee. There has been no national process of truth and reconciliation for the history of forced sterilization. What do you think justice could look like? nativenewsonline.net/health/stole...

Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....

Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough. Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...

Not bad. Took 4 months to germinate just one seed, but I now have a lot of seeds. Totally a greenhouse plant. Brought it in for the winter. I'm sure the aphids will be thankfull. 😬 Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) in the parsley family of all things!

I just ordered 4 mulberry trees for next Spring. Crazy, I know. But the other 3 they shipped all survived and did just fine this summer. Special variety: Trader Mulberry from NorthDakota! www.montanafruittrees.com/products/tra...

Or hypericin is not St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum). www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2025...

Cocaine is not coca. Just like caffeine is not coffee. Or salidroside is not Rhodiola rosea. Or berberine is not Berberis aristata. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers." We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.

My Naturopath suggested this for better sleep. But it's so much more. Easy to put into a smoothie. Just be careful of quality and avoid gummies which are prone to degradation. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

Duh. They finally wake up now? *facepalm

Good reminder.

Very little blue to be found on this #BlueSkyMonday but the grey on grey adds some mystery and drama to start the week. #Montana #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

Can you tell? I'm cleaning up my desktop and filing papers. Is that a weird thing? 🤪

Clinical trials are really important. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cool paper! www.researchgate.net/profile/Shan...

Put this title in Google Scholar to get the paper: Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau #Indigenous #harvesting #foraging

"Camas has been used by Northwest communities for millennia. The oldest known use of camas dates to our study area, where one feature dated to approximately 8000 BP, contained hundreds of charred camas bulbs (Cheatham, 1988)." Scales of plant stewardship in the precontact Pacific Northwest, USA.

"The herb’s potent anti-aging capacity is deeply rooted in its power to neutralize inflammaging—the persistent, low-level inflammation and unchecked oxidative damage that are now understood to be primary drivers of the aging process" link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

Lifestyle Medicine for Obesity in the Era of Highly Effective Anti-Obesity Treatment. "Obesity is a complex chronic disease, the prevalence of which is increasing rapidly globally. It currently affects approximately 40% of US adults... 😳😳😳

I am so sick of doctors and hospitals. No worries. I'm fine. It's all the relatives. Argh. Doctors are just drug pushers.

You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before

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“The Montana Plan,” as local organizers have dubbed it, is moving toward the state’s 2026 ballot as a constitutional initiative. Its language leaves no doubt: Montanans want corporations out of their politics, and they intend to make that decision stick." www.usatoday.com/story/opini...

Robert Reich says Montana may have found the legal off-ramp from Citizens United. States can simply deny corporations the power to spend in politics. It’s a bold move from a deep-red state that might just save democracy.

I love walks in the morning light. #morning #canada #fall

In the last 30 years, Montana has ranked in the top five states for suicide rates across all age groups.

Still not snowing yet here but it's coming. Gallatin River, Montana

The West’s vanishing porcupines Scientists are racing to figure out why porcupines are disappearing from their former stomping grounds.

#plants #history #botany #art 🌱 Salix alba - Common Willow Common to temperate N Hemisphere. One of the original sources of the #medicine Salicin which is NOT Aspirin. Aspirin was synthesised from Salicin (extracted from Meadowsweet) by Bayer c1897. Salicin ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicin

📷 Now: Mount Washburn NE 📍 Yellowstone National Park 🤖 @yellowstone.mtbot.info 📣 #mtwx #montana

Lily Gladstone's documentary "Bring Them Home" explores buffalo restoration on Montana's Blackfeet Reservation, airing Monday on Cascade PBS. #k5evening www.king5.com/mobile/artic...

Montana’s unofficial motto is “the last best place,” so when a measure introduced in Congress proposed selling off public lands, it sparked fierce backlash from Montanans. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.

And now, a moment of timeline cleansing Zen for your timeline. Courtesy the Jocko River in Western Montana

Still awesomely amazing

"This is not nostalgia. This is a blueprint for a stronger, more complex medical approach that is based on evidence." tribespress.com/product/upro...

What happens if you stop taking it? The cost of Ozempic varies significantly depending on insurance, with a list price around $998 to $1,000 per month without insurance. ro.co/weight-loss/...

"GLP-1 medications are further advancing FIM, illuminating the promise and limits of pharmacologic approaches to obesity and metabolic disease. Their high cost, frequent side effects, and low long-term adherence with weight regain...