Tim Varga

Hey! I know those researchers (Broadbent + Almeyda Zambrano) and that forest! Yay!

Tropical leaf #phenology as a #thermoregulation trait: how changes in crown structure modulate thermal dynamics for two dominant Hawaiian trees Shannon L. J. Bayliss, Eben N. Broadbent, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano and Stephanie Pau nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

This CalMatters @calmatters.org quiz significantly sped up my voting on the CA propositions. The info link at the top of each quiz puts all the info in one place. calmatters.org/california-v...

a field guide to Skarsgårds: if silver fox he be, that's Stellan you see unsettling but hot, Alexander you've got only dread doth you fill, then behold, that is Bill

A new award from the National Science Foundation to support our 4DEE program! The new NSF grant will support evidence-based instructional practices and the development of resources with emphasis on integrating two or more dimensions in ecology education. Read more: https://ow.ly/3jeo50ZXKNQ

Watercolour painting from the 'Leafscape' series, by Jessica Rosemary Shepherd, contemporary ethnobotanical artist #womensart #October

Do you believe that cock and bull story

Jessie Newbery (1864 – 1948) Scottish artist/embroiderer, a hugely important ' Glasgow Girl' as she created the Department of Embroidery at the Glasgow School of Art, establishing needlework as a form of unique artistic design #WomensArt #GlasgowGirls

rest now sister we have the watch. and i’ll see you in ballhalla

🗺️ The California Geological Survey is hiring 2 positions in our GIS and Publications Unit - a GIS and Publications Supervisor and a GIS Specialist! Spread the world!

There are just 6 spaces left on my bird illustration & mental health zoom w'shop this Sat I'll teach you how: 🪶to draw birds using my simple formula 🧠creative activity incl. drawing alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. Open to anyone anywhere: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...

Sophie Woodrow, contemporary ceramics artist who creates unique ceramic figures #womensart

Would like to see every judge who dodged the “Who won in 2020?” question removed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

How much of the tree of life did you eat? Phylodiet scores a meal by phylogenetic diversity: type what you ate and it builds the dated tree of the organisms in it, from ~3,300 edible eukaryotes, back 2 billion years. Last night's dinner, below. 🧵 mjhickerson.github.io/phylodiet/app/phylodiet.html

“I find myself in the middle of translation, of overlapping colonial and anticolonial projects, as well as the learning of new/old languages. The Blind Man and the Loon illuminates the labors of language and the promise of story” A @sprucehen.bsky.social stunner placesjournal.org/article/blin...

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

As if I could ever vote for anything but Fun & Interesting to Lick. #Halite I luv u

🧵New from the @cip.uw.edu election rumor research team. ⤵️⤵️⤵️ The conversations around two incidents in Utah and Texas follow well-worn patterns where false rumors and misleading narratives emerge alongside legitimate criticism of real issues involving election administration.

🚨We're hiring!🚨 Join us as a laboratory technician to work on acquired metabolism, from tree-fungal mutualisms to the evolution of protistan photosynthesis. Apply by Oct. 7 at careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucsb/EMP...

'Landscape with a Geoglyph ll' by contemporary painter Sarah Lees #WomensArt

Seems like impeachable behavior from the chief executive

How do mammals navigate human activity land management? Join us for the next JRBP Lecture featuring Stanford PhD candidate Rodrigo Béllo Carvalho: "Mammals in the Anthropocene: Insights from Long-Term Monitoring at Jasper Ridge." Oct 7, 3:30 PM. Free & open to all jrbp.stanford.edu/events/rodri...

DSA member Nate Adams is challenging District 2’s Charlene Wang in the November election. They're duking it out over who would best stand up for the working class.

The DOJ is intentionally drawing attention to this incident of mail dumping to sow distrust in mail-in voting, suppress votes, & motivate changes to the law to make it harder to vote. If you're amplifying and feeding that frame, even from the other side, you're a pawn in their information operation.

From Anza to AI: 250 Years of San Francisco History at Mission Dolores and the Presidio

Friends! Can I ask you a favour? My 🐦 + 📊 course starts next week. I'm super excited but registration is worryingly low. Can you share this with your weirdo nature + art + code friends? jerthorp.me/learning

The USDA published a proposed rule to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule on August 20. Comment on the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule at https://ow.ly/RFV450ZOVxS before October 6. See more information at https://ow.ly/t84M50ZOVxR

The UN IPCC is looking for an entry-level designer to create charts and infographics. Interesting how they call it "graphic designer" but expect dataviz. 📊

All I ask is for political journalists to get merely as angry about this as they did when Obama tried to move Fox News's seat to the second row in the WH briefing room.

Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706 – 1783), Bavarian painter and engraver known for her still lifes and flowers paintings #womensArt

Seems like a fair amount of high crimes and misdemeanors are being committed by the current fed’l administration every day, and I’d like Congress to do something abt it. If this Congress won’t, let’s vote in one that will in November.

EARTH SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you're looking for how to crush the regime in battleground states and take back Congress, here's the messaging that works. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Temperatures will soar across the Bay Area this week, with 90-degree readings possible in Oakland and even the hottest parts of San Francisco. But the real grueling part of this heat wave will be the overnight temperatures. Temperatures may not drop below 70 degrees Wednesday night. #CAwx

MIT's working group report on AI and education was an interesting read. Noting a few of my takeaways that I may incorporate into my courses. 1. I should be more clear with students about my AI policies for their work *and for my work*, and my reasoning behind these policies #AcademicSky

Prop 13

Yes this is true I am indeed from the PNW. I no longer call it "pop" but potato bug is still in my vernacular mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

New intro to microscopes lesson hook just dropped!