It's Mystery Map Monday! Which MD breeding #bird matches this Breeding Bird Atlas 3 map that has observations documented in over 300 blocks & yet experienced a 32.8% decline in total blocks from the previous breeding bird atlas? Put your guess below & check back tomorrow (next post) for answer!

Many years ago, I was a NSF graduate fellow. When I started my NSF funded research, hardly anyone was interested in the process we were studying. Now there are hundreds of papers on this process, and it usefulness in agriculture. Thank you NSF for believing in vegetative phase change! #WithoutNSF

Advice and instructions to enhance your group's presence at the next rally. postcivilized.substack.com/p/going-to-a...

Stand Out! postcivilized.substack.com/p/stand-out

Sharing post number five from Erika Poethig about how to actively defend our democracy by paying attention to professional ethics (based on Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny). postcivilized.substack.com/p/remember-p...

Sharing a new Substack post by @erikapoethig.bsky.social with @johannapoethig.bsky.social on how to put Timothy Snyder's fourth lesson from On Tyranny into action. postcivilized.substack.com/p/take-respo...

I'm following the instructions that @erikapoethig.bsky.social is spending dedicated time researching and framing for those of us who want to take a stand against what Trump and his co-bullies are doing to the U.S. and the world. postcivilized.substack.com/p/toning-the...

Call Secretary Rubio's office to object to corrupt purchase of Tesla Cyber Trucks. Here's a script and instructions: postcivilized.substack.com/p/call-secre...

If you want to know what is happening to your money, watch what Senator Warren does. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Ezra Klein is my go-to columnist/podcaster at the NYT for perspective that nearly always makes sense and usually calms me down, like today's piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...