Contest open until March 31. Theme: Metamorphosis. No fee. parsec-sff.org/short-story-...

Hugo Nominations are open! For first time in my life I have an elegible short story: Proxima One translated by @sueburke.bsky.social is eligible if you enjoyed it... all votes are wellcome 😉 clarkesworldmagazine.com/reuven_05_25/

The beetles then latch onto the bee, hitch a ride to its nest, and eat the eggs in the nest. Nature is horrible. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

I hesitate to post this because if Trump finds out, he'll have the trees cut down. people.com/beronda-mont...

How to survive when the going gets tough: Keep all your options open. botany.one/2026/01/anyt...

Last Fridays poetry open mic tonight, January 30, 8 p.m. at Esquina event space, 4602 N. Western Ave., Chicago. See you there!

Sad news. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

I highly recommend this, and you can enter a giveaway at Goodreads. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Clarkesworld 2025 finalists to vote!! If you enjoyed it you can vote for my short story “Proxima One” translated by @sueburke.bsky.social a story about a bunch of silico beings seeking for inteligent life across the galaxy. "We yearn, we hope". "We collaborate. Exist. Persist. But we are alone"

Touch grass, and it touches back. www.vice.com/en/article/p...

A few good things happened in 2025 | Kew www.kew.org/read-and-wat...

This is probably a good metaphor for human invasion. botany.one/2026/01/when...

Latin names are accurate, unambiguous, and weird. That's why there's a genus named "Hebejeebie." For real. | Scientist Sees Squirrel scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/l...

The Speculative Literature Foundation will host a Deep Dish reading at the store at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 1373 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. Come, enjoy the performances, and buy a book. I’ll be one of the readers.

You might need this. Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

"Checking the output is not sufficient as humans are notoriously poor at checking automated processes while the overhead of checking bullshit is often the same or even higher than creating the underlying content." This is true in all sorts of contexts beyond teaching and computer science.

Plants can move - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTlj...

A brief history of what happened to cheap paperbacks: NPR www.npr.org/2025/12/28/n...

Ep. 557 - How to Help Fireflies — In Defense of Plants www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025...

Plants can't adapt to sudden global warming, especially not as fast as it's happening now. theconversation.com/56-million-y...

The Word of the Year for Spain's FundéuRAE is "arancel" or "tariff." You can guess why. youtu.be/MEZDVSg3YXA?...

Garden Cleanup for Pollinators: Trim Perennial Stems in Their First Winter | NC State Extension Publications content.ces.ncsu.edu/garden-clean...

The Future - No Kings Day - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc6X...

Kids, if you like horror stories, consider a career in biology. www.mentalfloss.com/animals/inse...

You look yummy. newatlas.com/biology/rare...

Weeds are good. botany.one/2025/12/butt...

Spores in space! – Space Botany spacebotany.uk/blog/moss-su...

Botany is a very old science. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

Don't underestimate moss. news.wttw.com/2025/11/25/c...

Life on other planets seems more possible. www.seti.org/news/this-mi...

Source of sauce. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15490...

A tree is a strategy, and plants are always scheming. | Eukaryote Writes Blog eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021/05/02/t...

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

Last Fridays Poetry open mic Friday, November 28, 8 p.m., at Esquina, 4602 N. Western Ave., Chicago. You’re invited! It’s a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. I’ll be reading from “Liquid Sand/Arena líquida,” a book of poetry by Jorge Valés Diáz Vélez, which I helped translate.

I could have written this, too. | Whatever whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...

Language Access Cards you can present in settings like hospitals and courtrooms to request assistance in your language. American Translators Association (ATA) www.atanet.org/client-assis...

Trees are horrible, bugs are horrible, caterpillars are the worst and they die horribly, too, toward the end of the article -- until they don't! botany.one/2025/11/tree...

Do you know the names of your bosses? plantcuttings.uk/2025/11/07/t...

You've probably never heard of Arabidopsis thaliana, but it has made your life better. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people. Left unchecked their mandate will grow." aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Never trust plants. botany.one/2025/10/bait...

Vetnamese mossy tree frog Theloderma corticale

Liquid Sand/Arena Líquida marks a major moment for Mexican poetry in translation, the first substantial bilingual selection of work by Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélez, translated by Sue Burke and Christian Law-Palacín. @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation

But you knew this. www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guide...

My translation of the short story “Trees at Night” by Ramiro Sanchiz is at Clarkesworld Magazine. A hospital librarian befriends a young patient. They’re not on Earth, but they don’t know where they are or when. clarkesworldmagazine.com/sanchiz_11_25/

What truth and art can do. writerunboxed.com/2025/10/31/l...

Just as the panda became a symbol for wildlife conservation, monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation, a reminder that biodiversity isn’t only about animals. theconversation.com/famous-monke...

Halloween is especially scary in Chicago this year. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/h...

Do you trust your houseplants? | Monstrum - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Kw...

Protesting, canvassing, patrolling schools, delivering groceries... are just some of the ways we can help our communities be safer places for everyone in Chicago.