You know you're in the piedmont when: Serpentinite train station, mica schist train station
Conopholis americana enjoyer
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Allegheny Plateau. Power adjunct/slagheap ghoul/leaf drawer. Forest herbs, land-use history, spatial & temporal pattern https://dukkhacrust.bandcamp.com/album/dukkha https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WYbRgRsAAAAJ&hl=en
“Universities denounced themselves as complicit in systemic racism.” Well yes, my university for example held the charred bones of Black children killed by Philadelphia police and at least one faculty member was using them to teach forensics so yes, gosh, there was some necessary self-denouncing
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 7d agofinally reading the Atlantic piece on “Woke 1” and it’s interesting how even in their attempt to list the movement’s sins they struggle to identify anything significant
📣Atlanta Botanical Garden is hiring a Field Biologist! Come be my colleague🌿 🎓 Bach. req'd, master's pref'd 🥾 2 years of post-degree fieldwork req'd 🏵️ familiarity with SE US flora & nat. communities 🗺️ proficient in ArcGIS #botanyjobs #conservationjobs recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc - Field Biologist
The Field Biologist will be part of the Conservation & Research Department team within the Southeastern Center for Conservation at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. They will work under the direction ...
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This song makes me think about being in grad school and all the Secret Side Jobs we had that we weren't supposed to have 😆😆😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x99m...
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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀)@yyachung.bsky.social · last wk.New paper by grad student Jordan Argrett on the role of hemiparasitic Castilleja in plant community diversity! He surveyed over 400 plots across multiple sites, spp, and growing seasons. With gorgeous hand-drawn illustrations by an REU coauthor! 🌍🌱🌿 bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
In an alternate universe I might've been able to get a full-time teaching job in some desolate college town. Get a couple grants. Do some service. Maybe get a promotion. Probably die young from despair. Every day I'm thankful I gave up on that.
Fun workplace injury: crushed my finger with a tent weight a couple hours ago and the pain and swelling are just getting worse 😩
Portland artichoke, Walville Japanese Cemetery near the ghost town
What's up Bluesky. I kinda can't believe it but I played a show at Black Water last night??!!
Nelumbomaxxing!! Lan Su is one of my favorite gardens and I go to a lot of gardens
New banners for Concatenate Fest: the rose and the briar. Allegheny Plateau hedgerow magic ✨
What's up #ESA2026! Into industrial wastes and primary succession? Have we got a talk for you! Plants with refined taste: Plant community composition on abandoned slag heaps is directly affected by slope-aspect and angle of incline. Restoration Ecology late-breaking poster session, Thursday 7/30
Yr goblin bro is stressed about checking her gear on her flight tomorrow 😩
In an alternate version of life I would be on the way to Salt Lake City for ESA today and I can be a little sad about that, as a treat
Hard Body Cold Cuts EBM, postpunk, techno and much more tomorrow night!
The Dungeon Synth BBQ decor at Polish Hell is so gooooood also here is a peek at the 2 new banners I made for our summer outing
A while back somebody asked me if living in a polluted, decrepit industrial town was more depressing or artistically inspiring and I was like nah man it sucks?
Here are two articles I assign in Appalachian Studies about air pollution in West Virginia. It's a familiar story, all over the country. www.propublica.org/article/how-...
How Black Communities Become “Sacrifice Zones” for Industrial Air Pollution
One of the most dangerous chemical plants in America sits in one of West Virginia’s only majority-Black communities. For decades, residents of Institute have raised alarms about air pollution. They sa...
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Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · 4w agoA lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
Unofficial release party: Wednesday 7/22 at Polish Hell with Heavy Smoker and Skallar. Come out if you're in the area.
Conopholis americana enjoyer@skunkcabbages.bsky.social · 2mo agoOI HUMIES. Behold me gobbo treasure! We's got records! Order one from Hope Or Apathy or trade with us directly at a show. We accepts fine fleshrooms, big knives, and fungus beer
Toiling. I don't usually work the weekend markets but Bloomfield was a great time today! 🥬🥒🥦💐🌻
Semi-related but back in like 97 I walked by a book display at the store that included a book called "Bisexuality in the Ancient World" and my mother was so disgusted by it she turned it upside down so the title wasn't visible
shawn@mulchy.bsky.social · last mo.on this day in 1995, scientists discovered bisexuality. happy 31st birthday to all my fellow bs
These microgrants have been designed to have a super simple application process (brief personal statement, bio, writing sample!), because we want to give you money, we don't want to make you jump through hoops. Be queer, write about plants and get $$$!!!
ALOCASIA@alocasiamag.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne month to apply! ALOCASIA is now open for applications for the 2026 ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers! Two recipients will receive $500 each to help incubate their future creative endeavors. Deadline: July 31st, 2026. More: alocasia.org/alocasias-mi...
It's 88 degrees in my living room, don't love that
Bad air quality got the whole TL in its Mon Valley era
Fellow no-AC baddies: I'm here to report that adding a second fan upstairs on exhaust mode really did make my house comfier!
Playing one (1) Pittsburgh show next week with one of my fav current bands, it's gonna be a Hot Girl Show come out!!
My weekly Work Selfie...we had a limited run of jerky this week in two flavors!
