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Direct quote from a Politico article about Biden's Stephanopoulos interview: "The president was at the apparent upper range of his contemporaneous speaking abilities — inarticulate but not incoherent — ..." This is not a drill people.

Hell or high water this is what Mo and I will be doing on our first night in Mexico City.

Dave Weisrock (KY) is hiring a postdoc. Lemurs, newts and more. This is a 100% guaranteed terrific experience. I've known Diamond Dave for 24 yrs and he's a genuinely good dude and imaginative scientist. And central KY is a really cool place to live. Please repost. ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/535...

Post-Doctoral Scholar in Biologyukjobs.uky.edu The Weisrock Lab of the Biology Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky is looking for a full-time postdoc to join the lab and work on research related to ongoing ph...

In about 37 hours we're gonna find out if SNL writers are true to their craft.

As a lifelong Democrat, it pains me to say how much I wish this article wasn't behind a pay wall at 10:50pm.

Given the title, I naively thought the authors considered plants. I was of course wrong.

If this is a section on the website of the journal you're considering publishing in/reviewing for, maybe think twice. #theladydothprotesttoomuch

Meiotic chromosome squash day 3! Toxicodendron radicans, Sedgwick Co., KS; 2n = 30

Meiotic chromosome squash day 2! Bouteloua dactyloides, Torrance Co., NM; 2n = 60 (30 pairs) (hexaploid)

Meiotic chromosome squash day! Polymnia canadensis, Logan Co., AR. 2n = 30 (diploid)

Herbarium label fanatics quiz... What are the two US counties that have diacritic symbols in their names?

Apparently the clowns at Guinness World Records have a pretty limited view of what "blossoming plants" are. Pando would like a word.

This might be the most unimaginative Latin name ever. Who the fuck is going to stop these zoologists? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...

Electrophorus electricus - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

As a Duke postdoc alum (and herbarium user), many many thanks to the folks that did this! academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Duke's herbarium merits continued enhancement, not dissolutionacademic.oup.com Natural history collections form the foundation of a comprehensive biodiversity infrastructure that supports research on the natural world. Like libraries,

Guess who just alllllmost dropped and broke a 500 ml bottle of beta-mercap.

Are the gray squirrels in/around Lubbock TX recently introduced or naturally disjunct? I have a hunch.

This is easily the worst closed captioning I've ever seen. Side note- how could the Empire make the second death start so goddamn easy to destroy? www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPZi...

This guy's right. Not about everything, but much of it. NPR is still the best news around, but listening now requires an eye roll about every two minutes. Before you drag me, just read it. www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor...

I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.www.thefp.com Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.

A May 24 grad in our department is looking for grad schools. He's bright, did very well in my coding class, and is fluent in Spanish. His interests are in evo/eco questions in aquatics (especially fish). I'd appreciate any suggestions of potential advisors!

Ornithology folks- why are some bird niches super crowed and others almost empty? Another way of saying this is why are there like 40 goddamn shorebirds in Kansas but only one roadrunner?

The state of Kansas has "quarantined" Callery pear starting Jan 1 2027. It will be illegal to move P. calleryensis into KS or between locations within KS. Good news, but too late I'm afraid. www.kwch.com/2024/03/19/t...

New Duke Dept. of Biology logo...

Thoughts?

My friend and postdoc advisor Kathleen Pryer just wrote a tribute to pteridologist Nathalie Nagalingum for this month's American Fern Journal. Whether you knew Nathalie or not, it's worth a read. Message me If you don't have access to the pdf. bioone.org/journals/ame...

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