i feel like a lot of people are dissociating and not reacting to the threat of nuclear war with an appropriate level of alarm?

Every single Democrat in the House and Senate needs to be saying this today. Every single one.

Call them.

*war crime

President Trump threatened to obliterate every power station and bridge in a country of 90 million people on Tuesday night in prime time and basically no one is bothering to even ask him how that is not a “war” that would require authorization from Congress under Article I of the Constitution.

"’We have the president of the United States basically declaring its intent to commit war crimes,’ Khardori said … adding that they resemble statements that could later surface in legal proceedings.”

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The trees are full of Cedar Waxwings 💛🤎❤️
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Happy First Day of Spring

Deep till with glaciofluvial sand layers in a road cut, trees on top

Old growth forest, boulder bed stream alluvial fan

Living but rotten-heart old growth cedar with gnarly burl

Podzolic soil exposure under root wad with successive charcoal and eluviated layers and a mushroom growing out of one because the whole thing is packed with microscopic layers of mycelium

No water? No forests.
No soil? No forests.
No fungi? No forests.

So hot the cats have melted.

Looking forward to the end of this unseasonal Bay Area heat wave.

🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!

My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.

We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.

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Anyway, on this International Women’s Day, thinking of the millions of women and girls in Iran, Lebanon, and Palestine enduring bombardment, displacement, and the destruction of schools, hospitals, and homes. Their lives, safety, and futures deserve the same urgency and solidarity as any others.

The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill her—and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?

Going through the motions of living a normal life these days is hella hard. Trying to finish projects and wrap things up and meet deadlines. Trying to apply for jobs. But what even? Today I bought more herbs for the garden and repotted some houseplants. Cat took in some sun.

Our old refrigerator crapped out 2 weeks ago. Was turning everything to ice. Fruits glace anyone? 🍋❄️ Finally got a new refrigerator today. So nice to not be living out of a cooler and the office mini fridge anymore. Also glad to have found one that didn’t come with an app. 🙄

Coffee bags, one is Tom of Finland with a Tom of Finland image on it. The other is Moomin with a Moomin leaning on a blueberry. More details: in the photograph of two "Art Roast" coffee bags on the shelf of a store with prices in euros. One of the bags is large and black and says HEAVY DUTY dark roast coffee beans, exclusive blend by Robert [I can't read it, it's in script]. The other is blue and says Blueberry coffee.

ah yes, the two genders

"AI will cure cancer"

No bro, it is fully on cancer's side

May this double dose of flame wielding Yang energy bring about positive change.
Happy Chinese New Year! 🧧
(Pi the cat as watercolor assistant)

This seems like a great moment to talk about the importance of science communication!

Science communication matters because it connects scientific research with people, giving folks information they need to make informed decisions about everything from health to hazards.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Microbes are awesome
Even when they're in poo

#microValentines

I absolutely love that place. Such an experience! Beautiful pics!

Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

Using racist, dehumanizing rhetoric that compares people of color to animals and prey is literally this administration’s bread and butter. They call ICE operations “catch of the day” and post AI alligator bait cartoons straight from the Jim Crow era. And that’s just the official departments

Mornings are hard.
Brought to you by a Thursday morning gremlin.

A fallen bit of lichen (Ramalina farinacea) from the canopy provides shelter and nourishment for an aggregation of moss mites (Oribatid: Brachypylina). It is as if the fallen lichen is bedecked with tiny jewels. 💎

The Mayor of Portland, OR after ICE shot tear gas into a crowd

“To those who..work for ICE: Resign..Through your use of violence and..trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame. [G]o home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children”

People all over Portland, Oregon were impacted by the chemical warfare deployed by the feds tonight. Here’s a thread of some Portlanders experiences who weren’t even at the protest:

It might only be the first of February, but the birds are already building. This little pair of bushtits (Psaltriparus minimus) are bringing in regular deliveries of lichen & fluff to line & camouflage their nest in the silk tassel tree (Garrya elliptica).