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Even toward the end of his life... [Shostakovich] reportedly asked the string players whether a particular passage was too difficult to play---to which the violist Fyodor Druzhinin responded, "You should write whatever you want; our business is to play it." - Wendy Lesser, Music for Silenced Voices

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Vole (Microtus) tracks, I believe. Maple Grove Forest Preserve this morning.

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Scale buds in the snow this morning, Maple Grove Forest Preserve (DuPage Co., IL). Refuse from feeding squirrels?

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Unfortunately, I was one of the thousands of new USDA scientists let go yesterday. It was an absolute honor to work there. If anyone in the southeastern Michigan area knows of a role that might match my background, I would really appreciate it. Thank you for your support!

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Today's extract from Serving the Reich. What makes it worse is that I don't even need to add any explanatory comment, do I?

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"... at least 20 to 40 mother trees... & 100 acorns per tree covers the genetic diversity of the seeds of a crop well... as many mother trees as possible" Practical guidance from @christian-rellstab.bsky.social : optimizing acorn collection for genetic diversity. www.waldwissen.net/de/waldwirts...

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Praxis-Empfehlungen: Wie sammle ich Eicheln, damit die genetische Vielalt des Saatguts möglichst hoch ist? Resultate aus dem @wslresearch.bsky.social SeedOpt Projekt. Anwendbar auf viele andere Hauptbaumarten. Jetzt auf @waldwissen.bsky.social www.waldwissen.net/de/waldwirts...

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The most recent lecture I gave on Oak Origins at The Morton Arboretum was really nicely recorded and is available for free online. This is the fullest and cleanest version of the lecture I've given to date, with some new info. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share. vimeo.com/1057955943

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Reminded as I walked through the Field Museum this morning of the years when by 3 yr old son would race to this coelacanth as though it were an old friend. Those museum years when he was young were a huge piece of who he is today. We have to keep fighting for accessible, inclusive museums.

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"bryophyte curator" 🤩 also, hell yeah, this is awesome Throwing in the word moss to get this on the moss feed.

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Our bryophyte curator (Wayne Lampa, MOR) went through his collections a few years ago and painstakingly rehydrated and photographed every one of them, redried them, refiled them. You can see them all on the portal: bryophyteportal.org/portal/collections/list.php?collector=lampa&comingFrom=newsearch

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Just giving a tour to some visitors and remembered this pandemic project: a Quarantine Public Library zine answering the question, What is an Herbarium? Print, fold, cut, and you have a little book! Free to share. www.quarantinepubliclibrary.com/what-is-an-h... (@barbarathiers.bsky.social!)

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Tannic drips in snow beneath the eastern white oaks this morning, The Morton Arboretum.

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Mouse trails, one over the snow, one beneath. Morton Arboretum this morning.

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Frozen shoreline, crabapples on the left side, row of swamp white oaks in the background, in front of a bur oak / white oak knoll. Beyond them: the east woods. Beneath the water: aquatic buttercup and bristly sedge waiting for the thaw; turtles resting. Morton Arboretum this past weekend.

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The kindest review I've ever received, from my friend and colleague M. Socorro González Elizondo. If you're listening, Socorro: thank you! Pp. 14--15 below: online.fliphtml5.com/gwffw/bebv/#...

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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Interesting. Highly complementary to our paper (unfortunately not cited) published three years ago in Peer Community Journal, in which we reanalyzed the same oak data using the same software for somatic mutation detection. peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

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A sobering article. As someone who has used roundup in plant community restoration and management, I was struck by these panels particularly.

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This bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa 'Eckman') is 24 years old, but barely taller than I am. It's a dwarf cultivar discovered in Barrington, Illinois, here grafted at the Morton Arboretum. By contrast, wild-type bur oaks we planted from seed at the Arb have grown to more than 10 feet tall in only 4 yrs.

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How are others helping their mentees during this time? My own career has been so positively impacted by NSF funding and DEI initiatives, so this news — along with everything else — is devastating. 😢 I’m trying to figure out the best ways to support our undergrads during these uncertain times…

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Conservation genomics study of island oak by @alaynamead.bsky.social investigates conserving existing diversity, ecosystems, or species across its range. Finding: Climate change likely makes conservation of existing populations inadequate. Transplant preadapted genotypes. doi.org/10.1111/eva....

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"... [if] people become familiar and interested with things outdoors, they will be conservationists.... Anyone who really knows the things and the adventures involved in them and the record that they leave will be, will take care of them." May T. Watts, 1969 studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/nat...

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Still a day to submit an abstract! Deadline 15 February 2025 EMBO workshop on High Elevation Plant Adaptation in a Changing Climate 🌍🧪🌱 #climate #plants meetings.embo.org/event/25-pla...

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Tonight. For one night only (till next time) I’m with @juleshoward.bsky.social on stage at the @niscifest.bsky.social talking about the Sex Lives of Insects Did you know some spp of earwigs have a spare penis in case one breaks? #NISF2025 nisciencefestival.com/events/late-...

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I am in Cairo, where I have been visiting with health organizations, including WHO and other partners of USAID. Trump and Musk say lifesaving assistance is not affected by the shutdown of USAID and support to WHO. I can tell you that is 100% false. #SaveAID www.instagram.com/share/_ogGRd...

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By virtue of stripes, big eyes, and actual tail feathers, the scarecrow captures something of what a raptor is like for a parakeet... We can know something of what it is like to be a parakeet, and we know this by the effects that our guesses at how parakeets think can have on them. - Eduardo Kohn

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My last talk on the book in the Chicago region for the time being: public lecture at The Morton Arboretum this saturday, 10:30 to noon, with reduced pricing for educators, students, and need-based tickets. I hope you can join us! mortonarb.org/explore/acti...

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