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Brittany Sutherland Jan 5, 2023

Hi, plant folks! I have a question:

I'm teaching a plant diversity course this spring. Because we don't have a Botany course here, I'm trying to split the difference and heavily cover botanical basics in the first half before I start surveying groups.

The nutshell is that I have about six weeks to cover the Angiosperms. I can cover everything terribly or a subset well.

Therefore: What are your MUST KNOW Angiosperm groups for U.S. based students, mostly Ecology majors? Please opine and boost!

Brittany Sutherland Jan 5, 2023

Graham Coop Jan 5, 2023

Personally I agree with Coyne and Dawkins complaints about the article critiquing the language of fitness and adaptation...oh wait...sorry I was reading a Lewontin article

Brittany Sutherland Jan 5, 2023

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Graham Coop Jan 5, 2023

It's very fair to wonder about how much of our field's language & the way we think has been shaped by the history of eugenics & ableism. Such conversations will be uncomfortable and that's good.

Brittany Sutherland Jan 4, 2023

Oh thank Dog, my course evaluations came back positive!

I was worried because the last couple of labs were trash fires.

Time to finish prepping for Plantapalooza this spring!

Brittany Sutherland Jan 2, 2023

Kai Ryssdal Jan 2, 2023

RT @BerkouwerS
PSA for North Americans (because airlines *hate* sharing this info):

If you are flying from the EU to the Americas, even with a US airline, you are entitled to EUR 600 (!) compensation if your flight is delayed by 3+ hours. Send this form to the airline:
https://transport.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/eu_complaint_form_en.pdf

Brittany Sutherland Dec 31, 2022

Prof Dynarski Dec 31, 2022

Walkabout in Boston on New Year’s Eve

Stopped in the gorgeous Boston Public Library

I love this Sargent Madonna

Mary is usually portrayed as sad and wistful

Here she looks more like a badass superhero

Brittany Sutherland Dec 29, 2022

Joe Fabisevich

Dec 29, 2022

When you’re three months into that side project you said would take a weekend.

Brittany Sutherland Dec 29, 2022

Mike Barker Dec 29, 2022

@jby I haven't been there in a while and don't have the app anymore, but just tried to go there in the browser and I get an error screen. Interesting to see how long it stays down.

Brittany Sutherland Dec 29, 2022

The Guardian UK Dec 29, 2022

Twitter users report global outage with many unable to log into website or app - The technical failure comes after mass layoffs at the tech firm following its takeover by Elon MuskTwitter users have reported a massive global outage with many unable to access the website and its features.According to Downdetected.com, which tracks site... #twitter #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/29/twitter-users-report-global-outage-with-many-unable-to-log-into-website-or-app

Twitter outage: Elon Musk says ‘works for me’ as users report problems with website

The technical failure comes after mass layoffs at the tech firm following its takeover by Elon Musk

The Guardian

Brittany Sutherland Dec 26, 2022

Carl T. Bergstrom Dec 25, 2022

For the holiday, a thread on how to befriend crows.

Befriending crows is a wonderful thing.

I have many crow friends at home and at work. They bring joy at unexpected moments and can rescue a miserable day even without shaking down the dust of snow that Robert Frost described.

This thread is an updated version of one I posted at the bird site in July 2019.

#birding #birdwatching #birds #urbanbirding #crows #corvids #crow #corvid #crowfriends