WaHooWa! Glad you found your spine, UVA. I got nervous there for a minute.

Tonight in gay marriage: *watching a YT video by Hannah Bayles analyzing a Wicked trailer because my wife is obsessed* *Molly explaining who this woman is* Me: Yeah, I know, we've watched videos of her before Molly: Well, I didn't know if you'd remember! Me: Honey, I don't forget cute redheads.

If this had happened twenty years ago or in a Democratic office, the staffer would've been thrown out so hard they bounced.

I know he’s just clapping to startle the lizard down the track, but I REALLY need someone to set this slo-mo to Chariots of Fire. You go, little guy!

NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/ and please spread the word!!!!

Holy crap. This is terrible. The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

When it’s transplant day and you need to make sure your students know not to mix the fresh and the used potting soil. 😁

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

As someone on the training flight path for Fort Belvoir, if y'all could NOT crash a chopper into my house, I'd really appreciate it.

Now accepting proposals for new Research Synthesis Working Groups! Each funded group will present a symposium at the Evolution meeting, collaborate on a publication, and establish a lasting research network. Submit your proposal by January 6: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

I'm the incoming SSE president and am behind this idea -- if you're interested in putting together an app and have questions, pls reach out!

Unsolicited Tick pics

I was living in Tucson during the 2018-2019 shutdown. Decided to check out one of the side borders of East Saguaro National Park. There was a line of pickup trucks along the (cut) fence, filled with digging equipment. And absolutely no one around or authorized to deal with the plant poachers.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Bless her heart, she means well.

Fiction fights fascism. Consider supporting the Kickstarter!!

Some evenings, Kyoshi (the dark one) insists on SINGING THE SONG OF HIS PEOPLE so I’ll let him in the linen closet. And since Molly sleeps during the day and our tiny emotional manipulator knows that, he and his brother get closet time.

This is the opposite scenario: If you pronounce Versailles, Kentucky exactly as it is written—you’re a local.

Missing a reagent today when my undergrads came in, so instead of the plan, I taught them how to do leaf peels to measure guard cells and also showed them how to use the EVOS fluorescence microscope. And anyway, that's how my students learned that the annulus on fern spores is autofluorescent. 😁

Working on a bloödcheëp shirt. I'm proud of those letters.

@restingdinoface.bsky.social Saw this just now, and was curious if you had a take. Do you juvenile therapods would chew on their own tails? Would other dinosaurs? www.instagram.com/reel/DPcWnoN...

Yay, Francine has made it back home!

Deepest condolences to VA Del. @CandiMundonKing on the tragic loss of her daughter. As VA Del. @MichaelWebert says, this is a reminder of""the humanity beneath the fights"... bluevirginia.us/2025/10/mond...

Not sure about the gameplay, but the idea is brilliant.

How Kyoshi feels about his mother having to proofread documents for Congress for no pay this past week:

Dartmouth says no.

When you're proctoring an exam and all of a sudden there is a kerfuffle and then a STOMP. And you go back to investigate and remove the now dead lanternfly...

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I thwarted Kyoshi’s bid for greatness tonight (I moved the folded stack of towels before he could parkour off them onto the bookshelf). He pouted like this for a good hour.

Hema Sane, a botanist who lived without electricity, passed away on September 19th at the age of 85 in Pune, India. She taught botany for over six decades, authored over 30 books on Indian plants, and advocated for ecological consistency, rejecting modern conveniences.

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Bringing these shirts back for the fall, shipping in early November 🫡 squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/bina...

Yes! Absolutely! Take out all the Tree of Heaven, just to be sure!

Honestly? Barring whatever is happening on the CA/OR border, this is a pretty good heuristic for what constitutes "the South". I'd share @statisticurban.bsky.social's actual post here, but so far they've only posted this on the bad place, so screenshot it is!

And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November. Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet

The forests that once sheltered the small town of Roseland are turning brown. Now, many residents are left wondering: Is what was left behind after the Aug. 22 blast safe? If it’s making the trees ill, what about them?

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is Histone H2B! 🧬 Our stem cell lines and plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to reduce the barriers to scientific discovery. 📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social

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/

I'm thrilled to share my newest publication on dayflowers ( #Commelina, #Commelinaceae, #Commelinales). This article has a #SciComm and #PopCulture twist, where we honour @rebeccasugar.bsky.social and #StevenUniverse to highlight the importance of diversity (1/6) t.co/5r7ONgczYU

This is so cool!

Autism isn’t a disease to be cured or even eradicated. It’s a neurotype that results in many of the most beautiful and creative brains to have existed. Autists need systemic support to thrive in a world built for allistics, not the blame and shame that make our lives harder than they need to be.

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

No. No they will not. They will screw up a handful of Nicobar pigeons. That is all.

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Got to see my favorite sign in the world today

When your cats are named Kyoshi, Opal, and Iroh, and your vet's office is staffed by Millennial and Gen-Z nerds. 😆 We found a creative sign in Opal and Kyoshi's discharge paperwork. Dentals went great, and they are drunk, hungry, and home.

“Last night, our mother STOLE all of our food. All kibble--gone. Wet food--vanished. Despite our persistent and vigorous protestations, she thus far cruelly continues to withhold sustenance, muttering some nonsense about ‘dental appointments’. We fear the worst. Please keep us in your thoughts.”

I'm excited to share with you all a conference I'm planning Oct. 10-12: Dialectical Biology Today: Legacies of Richard Lewontin. It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...