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Marie

@mariekung.bsky.social

Academic background: history, poli sci, education. Working with tech and data. Current interests: ecology, gardening. But curious and interested in pretty much everything.

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Dan Cassino@dancassino.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Voters in those races are looking for electability, and voting to get more moderate candidates. In race where it’s not expected to be close (NJ-11, the race to succeed Coleman), primary voters are picking more progressive candidates like Mejia or Hamawy.

👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻@oldenoughtosay.com · 4mo ago

I’m sorry but if you aren’t sure of a citation, whether what it means or that it exists… why are you citing it. why are you referring to something you haven’t read or don’t understand? that defeats the entire bloody point

Dr. Holly Walters@manigarm.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.
🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾@chaseprairie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Yesterday I taught a class and American Meadows came up. A guy rather directly asked "Why do you hate American Meadows? They're great" and I was able to *literally* pull up a spreadsheet breaking down how their mixes are misleading, consistently non-native, and reliably contain invasive spp.

A snippet of a spreadsheet documenting species in an American Meadows Midwest mix, showing recorded incidences of species in the area, documentation on invasive qualities, how often its found outside gardens, and a qualitative judgement on if its "safe" or not
Marie@mariekung.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Celebrating David Attenborough's 100 by sharing some backyard wildlife. The baby rabbits nesting in the compost area have opened their eyes. Estimating at about 13 days old. I think there are at least three but they are quite squirmy right now.

Close up of a rabbit nest established in a compost pile. One rabbit head is identifiable, with brown fur and one eye, one ear showing. Two other rabbits are only curled up plump bodies along side.
🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾@chaseprairie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Tiny bees of early spring! I'm slowly getting better at Tiny Bee ID & did a little rundown of the genera of bees you're likely to see. Dime, bumble, & honeybee for scale. granted, this species range is for March/April & it is now May so I'm running behind, but bit by bit, I'm building up resources!

Types of native spring bees of eastern north America - TO SCALE! In the background is a time, and faded out silhouettes of bumblebee and honeybee for scale Smallest to largest Ceratina - shiny, metallic, low to the ground, and a blue-ish color. Minimal visible hair Lasioglossum - shiny and metallic, silvery-gray with some hair, especially in bands on abdomen Osmia - ROTUND, round with a pollen belly. This one happens to be hairy and gray, but there's a wide variety out there Colletes - black bug with a fuzzy fur coat and abdominal banding. Heart-shaped face Andrena - black bug with a fuzzy fur coat and minimal abdominal banding. Square-rectangular face Nomada - earthtone tiny "wasp" sometimes REALLY tiny
Greg Jenner (Historian)@gregjenner.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Speaking as a historian, just wanna add that we are almost certainly going to receive an Era Name that none of us wants or expects

Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I’m fucking horrified that folk 100s of years from now are going to refer to this period as the Trumpian Age or some shit and I’m gonna be lumped in with all the dumb extremist dicks. Solidarity with dead people from the 19th century who thought empire was for arseholes and now get called Victorians

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 7mo ago

It's almost time for Ramadan, as Muslims tonight peered to the crescent moon to see if the month of Ramadan starts tonight or the day after. As with every year, I'm starting this thread so that people can ask questions, and learn about Ramadan from one person's perspective of it.

Paper and Ink@paperandink.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#librarytalk My goal in 2026 is for everyone to reset the algorithm for books that are rich in literary value so they aren't on the weed list. Go to the library and check out your favorite child book The Borrowers, Little House on the Prairie, The Diary of Anne Frank, Narnia.. our algorithms matter.

Andrew Hipp@andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

At the outset of the year, I am restarting a project I started and then stopped last year. Among my notes from last year, a list of reasons not to start counterbalanced by reasons to do it. It's January again, and again the ayes have it. Sharing in case the list is helpful to you. Happy 2026!

Perhaps the world doesn’t need another book about plants, just about plants, about how they work and where they live, what they do, who they are. Perhaps the world doesn’t need a book about the forest and its inhabitants, a book about fungi and mosses and lichens, butterflies and devouring caterpillars, slime molds, mites and ticks and spiders. Or perhaps I’m just not the person to write it. The great risk is that I’ll spend hours on this thing that I could have spent doing some other good in the world. It could be that this is not the good I am here to do. How great a risk is that? What won’t I get done in writing this? I will spend time not working on the house; but I am not good at that and would not be likely to spend the extra time doing that anyways. There might be letters unwritten. But writing seems to beget writing, so maybe I won’t fall any farther behind by starting another book than I would by not starting another book. There will be hours not spent exploring the woods, which I dearly love. But I will be writing about the hours I spent doing so, and invariably I’ll have questions that pull me back out there. Especially if I cue this to the seasons over the coming year, I may be able to make this book work in my favor, helping me to see more clearly and more precisely. I will see less of my family. I’ll be less available during some of the interstitial times, when meals are going on the table, and there are chores to do or things to chat about. This will be both because of the writing itself and because of the headspace occupied by the writing. But I think not that much, and my family don’t need me as much as they did when the boys were younger. And this is part of what Rachel and I connect about. I may write fewer articles and grant proposals. This stuff spills into my home life, and so time spent on this book will be at least some time spent not on those things. But I will wake up every day with a project I care about. I will go into the day...