Holy COW. Text analysis of comments on the OMB rule: overwhelming opposition, overwhelmingly not form letters. (But 9 in 10 comments supporting the rule ARE form responses, LOL) Whatever happens next, folks have stepped up.

I've had a blast volunteering with Skype-a-scientist the past few years! Highly recommend!

Just added a couple more job apps (thanks Rachel and Arun!) but if you've gotten a job in industry, academia (R1, PUI, whatever!) in the last 5 years or so, please consider submitting your job app materials to help other folks! github.com/RILAB/statem...

Found a (damaged) luna moth in the field today. Was a first for me, but a very cool experience!

📖 Published📖 Robust estimation of key leaf traits from reflectance spectroscopy of herbarium specimens 🧪 🌏️ 🍃

Botany friends: cool job alert. We're searching for a new Director for the UC & Jepson Herbaria here at UC Berkeley. Share with nice people. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05405 🌿🌺🌵

Have you ever wondered why there's such a lack of ectomycorrhizal-affiliated tree seedlings under mountain laurel thickets? Read all about it! This is also my first first-author publication 🥳 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

We’re recruiting a PhD student for fall 2027 And to help spread the word, we now have a handy dandy flyer that you can print and share!

📣 Recruiting PhD student Medeiros Lab Holden Arboretum Case Western Reserve University Scenic Northeast Ohio Start Fall 2027 Projects in rhododendron physiology & chemistry & spectral phenotyping tools for application in horticulture and conservation Deadline Dec 2026 DM me if interested 🧪🍁🌿🪴🌎

When fieldwork gets hot, it's always nice to swing by the swimming hole on the way out. The midsummer vibes when the rhododendrons are in bloom are immaculate. #bloomscrolling #rhodendron

I moved away 13 years ago and have never been so homesick as I am now.

Science peeps, particularly trainees: When reviewing grants, it really, really helps if you have a Google Scholar page, an ORCID account, or a website that makes getting information about you, easy. Some sort of web presence. I'm begging you. Make it easier for study sections to give you money.

Region Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperatures are in record territory, approaching 3 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 mean, an anomaly that has never happened before in recorded history. The Climate 8-ball says: "four!"

Holy shit y'all. Holding back tears because a major grant of mine actually got funded in this climate. And I didn't have to sell out to AI to get it done. This is surreal! #NewPI #Funded

Nostalgia Content xkcd.com/3256/

Got a nice demo last week on newly designed probe to measure leaf spectral reflectance on herbarium specimens. Should I get in on the hottest new thing in herbaria???!! (Just need to find the $$$)

Here's an exciting new publication from my research group! We analyzed long-term demographic data from two forests in the Cumberland Plateau and found that species composition changes align with tree mycorrhizal association www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Love seeing this. There are also so many genuinely showy native plants - you don’t have to choose between garden aesthetics and supporting biodiversity and climate resilience.

I have just learned the theme of the next lego league challenge is biodiversity. I am going to need... idk, 1000 scientists who study biodiversity to sign up for fall semester (not now of course, it's only May).

Guys is it bad that the National Science Foundation has been offline since last night?

TIL that mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia, native to the woods of the US east coast) has that weird inverted-umbrella shape to the flowers because they hold pockets of pollen under tension and LAUCH them at bees! Up to eight miles an hour! 🧪

Please share with your trainees (will be useful for both undergrads and grad students!)

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ATTENTION. This is NOT a 2024 repost. We are hiring NOW and the deadline for applying is fast approaching.

🌱 We’re hiring in Plant Biology at Penn State! The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.

We’re hiring! We invite applications for an Ecological Statistician to join our team. Work at the interface of cutting-edge biodiversity science and statistics. DL 27 May @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social @rececochange.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Sexual differences in phenological sensitivity of dioecious plants Wu et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CKFPMB...

solastalgia | noun | sadness or melancholy due to environmental loss

A landmark study following 15+ years of collaboration by researchers at the Arboretum, @duke-university.bsky.social, @harvard.edu, and partners in Mexico published this week on @pnas.org. It reveals what made the mountains of Mexico and Central America a hotspot for oak biodiversity: arb.eco/4tVWclh

Apropos of nothing (or maybe because my dog is getting old), please enjoy one of my favorite videos on the internet: youtu.be/BcXhOvmlsMM Many days I want to give up on the internet, and especially social media, but it's content like this that keeps me from doing so

For about a year I’ve been getting advice to just write grants that are fundamentally dishonest - use buzzwords like AI, spin work whether you want to do it or not, try to hide the climate change - and I finally sat down to spend one day doing it today and it made me physically sick 😌

One more day for #Botany2026 early registration rates!!!! Get on it.

I’m sorry but it is so fucking god damn annoying and humiliating and did I mention annoying that I cannot write a fucking NSF CAREER proposal about fucking god damn climate change, the thing I study

📰Published📰Hotspots on cold mountains: hot flowers as pollinator refuges in mountain ecosystems⛰️ buff.ly/hN4jSFd 🧪🌍️

Please spread this widely!

Birthday hike for my wife today means an excuse for us (me) to go look at the late spring bloomers. Little Stony Falls Trail in southern VA. #bloomscrolling #spring #wildflowers

So a few months back, based on an interview I did when I was in Korea in 2023, someone from the South Korean government reached out saying they were awarding my grandfather Benjamin W Lee for "overseas Korean of the month" and asking if I'd be willing to accept a plaque on his behalf. 1/...

That time of year again! If you'd like an example of job apps in academia or industry, here's a good resource. If you got a job in industry or academia in the last few years, please consider adding yours! github.com/RILAB/statem...

Early snowmelt accelerates budbreak, but that's not the whole story...🍁🌎 Read more here: https://ow.ly/lHEx50YJYcl ✒️Kunishima and Yoshimura 📷 https://ow.ly/1kQb50YJYcb #Phenology #ClimateImpact #Spring

Excited to celebrate tenure and promotion, and the research mentoring award! 😁✌️"How do you have time working with so many students?" "Thanks to my husband!"😉 Of course also the great support from my colleagues, department and NKU!

It's very important not to confuse phenology with phrenology. The former being the socially acceptable area of study looking at seasonal plant and animal traits, the latter being racist as fuck.

I am hiring a new postdoc to work on an ecosystem modeling project with colleagues in hydrology, computer science, and the social sciences, including @mojisadegh.bsky.social If you want to do impactful work to understand the forest-water relationship, apply: www.hurteaulab.org/blog/ecosyst...

More awards through GRFP this year! Yay!! Quick back of envelope comparison of awards by category to 2024 (skipping 2025 b/c it was weird): Life sci: 486/2599 18.5% ('26) 499/2036 25% ('24) ☹️ Eng: 914/2599 35% ('26) 532/2036 26% ('24) Comp sci: 261/2599 10% ('26) 151/2036 7% ('24) 🧪

One of the most terrifying graphs you'll see today

Submitted a big grant application last week, so celebrating with a weekend trip to Asheville. Some of the ephemerals are done flowering at the NC Arboretum, but plenty of #spring #wildflowers left! #WildflowerHour #IAmABotanist

I'm a data scientist @ourworldindata.org and I need help from a botanist or someone local to Kyoto, Japan! 🌸 We present one of the world’s longest climate records: 1,200 years of peak cherry blossom dates in Kyoto. The researcher who maintained it, Prof. Yasuyuki Aono, sadly passed away last year.

futurism.com/artificial-i... Reposting this filter that turns google ai summary off. Has been life changing for me.

My students and I also led a wildflower tour today for @wildonesnatives.bsky.social Appalachian Highlands. Many ephemerals were done flowering, but Trillium rugelii was just starting up. Also saw a juvenile great horned owl!