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.

So thematically, narratively, intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally rich. I guess you could call me a @sueburke.bsky.social stan. Some of my favorite sci-fi ever. Big thanks to the person who first recommended these books to me. #JustRead

Carnivorous plants get what they need from meat, not fungus. botany.one/2025/10/carn...

Deep Dish Reading at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at After-Words Bookstore, 23 E. Illinois St., Chicago, organized by the Speculative Literature Foundation. Featuring Devi Bhaduri, Tina Jens, Philip Janowski, Brendan Detzner, Harold Holt, Katherine Ervin, Winifred Burton, and Sue Burke.

Satire ... until it isn't. replacement.ai

Trade paperback available today! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Cockroaches pollinate this parasite -- proof that the world is weird. botany.one/2025/10/ecce...

🤖 "You don't want a #translation that makes a good guess - which is really all you get from AI - when your money or your life is on the line. You want a #translation that understands the nuances that vary between the languages" feat. @andybenzo.bsky.social cnet.com/tech/service... via @cnet.com

North Side Business Owners Stand Together on Vimeo. Stand up to ICE. vimeo.com/1127301974

This is useful - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Bright wings don't fit into dull environments, and all our lives get more drab. | Butterflies | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I’ll be one of the readers at this month’s Gumbo Fiction Salon, 7 p.m. Monday, October 13, upstairs at the Galway Arms Irish Bar and Restaurant, 2442 N. Clark Street, Chicago. Free Admission. This edition is a special goodbye to Tina Jens, founder of the event, who is moving to New Orleans.

More on #Anthropic: @sfwa.bsky.social has created a special section of the SFWA website devoted to the settlement, with a FAQ, links to resources, & a survey for authors impacted by Anthropic's illegal downloads. Will be regularly updated www.sfwa.org/anthropic-faq/

I can't get over how smart and humane (maybe not the right word due to many characters being nonhuman) this series by @sueburke.bsky.social is. Beautiful stuff. #JustRead

Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of climate change misinformation. Are you surprised? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...