Prince Dead at 57 Prince, the prolific and iconic rock, pop and funk superstar, has died at age 57.

10 years. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Did you confirm that PO is still there? Lots of loss and turnover :(

Broadening our writing, and mentoring, BASE One thing that sometimes comes as a surprise to folks as they learn to write, and even more as they learn to mentor writers, is that the technical part of writing is only one piece of the challenge…

Here's a way to us Helen Sword's "Writing BASE" exercise to think differently (and better, I think!) about mentoring students in writing.

Mentoring writing is really hard! Finding ways to make it easier (and better) is worth a bunch of thought.

Registration for the American Malacological Society meeting in Syracuse, NY this summer is live! hope to see you there! ams.wildapricot.org/AMS-2026-Reg...

This immediately turned into “Young Ascidians” by David Bowie and it made my morning better.

In my Teaching in Higher Ed class, today was assessment. I actually said "every assignment you give them is an assignment you have to grade."

No Work, No School, No Shopping: May Day Training Call · Indivisible This May Day, we’re calling for a day of No Work, No School, No Shopping. We're flexing our economic power as workers, students, and everyday people to send a clear message to Trump: we will not do...

Find out how you can participate in the nationwide day of economic disruption on May 1 and learn more about the strategy behind economic noncooperation at the upcoming May Day training call.

Work to protect the lands you love, and those that protect and research those lands.

On another note: in hindsight some tea leaves were in plain sight for us here, hm?

Are there union funds that can be donated to?

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A photo of a wetland scene featuring various labeled wildlife species standing near water, including an American Alligator, Great Blue Heron, Wood Stork, Roseate Spoonbills, Black Vultures, Great Egret, and a Limpkin against a green, forested background.

I hiked out to a sinkhole that hosts hundreds of alligators and stumbled across a rather surreal surprise: a grand gathering of #Birds.

Keep your eyes peeled in Tennessee for vultures sporting jewelry My friend Erik Almy spotted and photographed the black vulture above near Watts Bar Dam recently. Some people refer to vultures as buzzards, but no matter what

If you're in the Southeastern US or nearby, keep an eye out for one of these 600 wing-tagged vultures. Email sightings to Scott Rush at scott.rush@msstate.edu. Every observation helps. I talked to Scott for a story on black vultures a few years ago. #birds #vultures

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Anderson (BS 2026), Peyton (BS 2024, MS 2025) and Ivy (BS 2020) have all been wonderful folks to have in the lab and in the marsh! Here they are next to Anderson's poster presentation a year and a half ago.

SUPER pleased to finally have this published with THREE former lab students #musselmonday link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Now somebody needs the three skeets in a row we are on a roll - but I’m on my phone

The politicisation of climate change over time in one graph.

To be fair I would also drink on the job if I had to deal with Trump every day

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Due to underwhelming demand, I uploaded the complete 1954 EATOMIC SECRETS cookbook from Sandia Base. Bon appétit! archive.org/details/sand...

Ivy now has her Certified Associate in Project Management www.linkedin.com/in/ivyfrancis, Peyton is working to get more pubs out of her MS and is now at Discover Science Center www.linkedin.com/in/peyton-wh... and Anderson will be my MS student this coming year :)

Anderson (BS 2026), Peyton (BS 2024, MS 2025) and Ivy (BS 2020) have all been wonderful folks to have in the lab and in the marsh! Here they are next to Anderson's poster presentation a year and a half ago.

SUPER pleased to finally have this published with THREE former lab students #musselmonday link.springer.com/article/10.1...

IF YOU BUILD A BIKE LANE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANOTHER BIKE LANE THEN YOU DIDN'T BUILD A BIKE LANE

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If you missed "The Story of the GLRI" webinar, you can now view the recording at this link: buff.ly/DPLoWhg #GreatLakes

Forest Firings: Trump Admin Aims to “Break the Forest Service,” Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake The Trump administration in late March announced an extensive reorganization of the Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of public lands across 43 states, the ...

“The intent here is obvious. It’s to hollow out this agency and hand it to the resource extraction industry and prepare it for, potentially, the eventual transfer of our public lands to states.”

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”

A group of ~50 young people gathers around three leaders on a hill overlooking blue waters of Yellow Bay of Flathead Lake.

@umflbs.bsky.social is welcoming students from the area to the station for the annual Mussel Walk to raise awareness of invasive species, especially the risk of zebra/quagga mussels to keep the lake mussel-free. Read about previous events:
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smooth plough shell (Bullia rhodostoma) smooth plough shell from Eden, Western Cape, South Africa on March 17, 2026 at 09:11 AM by mary-hunter

wow. wotta shot! Jellyfish being devoured from outside in by these plough shells (Bullia sp.)South Africa #molluscmonday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

It's notable that Sen. Ossoff is pressing this attack in a tight re-election fight in a purple state. The rest of the party needs to pay attention.

Two friends in front of Tabor Falls

A wee Desmognathus

Tiny plant under waterfall

Crossing MF Broad River

New routine is watering our outdoor plants - coneflowers, blueberries, salvia, serviceberrues, herbs etc - with morning coffee. Can barely remember rain in the southeast. Yesterday’s ride was gorgeous but choked by dust and pollen.

Georgia Supreme Court challengers vow to take on corporate power Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin say the state’s highest court doesn’t serve the people’s interest

Flipping these two State Supreme Court seats in Georgia next month will be a crucial first step towards flipping the entire court and putting the state on the right path.

Georgia, please vote for both @jenjordanga.bsky.social and Miracle Rankin on May 19th.

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