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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · 2h

Enjoyed running a chromosome counting workshop for @mossmatters.bsky.social and his students at TTU this weekend. Also enjoyed working with Xanthisma texanum, which has one of the lowest chromosome numbers in plants (2n = 8).
#GunsUp

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · 22h

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · 15d

This #*&*@ thing, which my grandmother called cypress vine, is perhaps the fastest growing species I have even seen.

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · 21d

Purple thumb Thursday- meiotic chromosome count of Iva annua (Sedgwick Co., KS). 34 chromosomes at prophase I, then 17 chromosomes in the haploid cells of anaphase II.

shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · 22d

If you've never seen any of Teri's exquisite cytological work, you should start now.

Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 25d

Hybrid zones in Cardamine (Brassicaceae) reveal the formation of diverse triploid hybrids with evolutionary potential. Cardamine rivularis plays a key role as both a driver and a species at risk.
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social

shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · 26d

This is great to see. I've long admired Harvey's work on Viola, and these UG experiences can sometimes be transformative for students. Certainly were for me.

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thoughtful piece, but this is a "cover your mouth" understatement: "...using an LLM is easier, faster, and cheaper than most previous temptations; but that’s a difference in degree." No previous version of having someone else write for you is in the same galaxy as a free, instant, web-based LLM.

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Sep 9

l'm sure your grad/undergrad students and colleagues are surprised (and sorry) to hear this. I'll genuinely miss you as well. I'll stick around to fight this garbage though.

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Aug 23

Those Democrats tired of getting their teeth knocked down their throats should read this. Those that are fine with that should feel free to ignore it.
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...

Third Way

www.thirdway.org

shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Aug 22

Let me be the (perhaps) the first to promote this job on bsky. BRIT is a super important herbarium run by some of the nicest folks I've met in Botany. I'd love to have another great colleague in this neck of the woods...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...

Research Botanist

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www.paycomonline.net

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Aug 22

Nice photo Chris! Here's one from SW Wisconsin.

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just added to my Vascular Plants vegetative morphology lecture. Thanks Scott!

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Jul 28

Watching Matt play lab dad is honestly one of my favorite parts of Botany. Next year he's gonna need a CDL to drive whatever gigantic bus he takes to Tucson.

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Jul 27

Cash bar?

shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Jul 8

The GOP is about to discover the precise limits of the American work ethic.
www.politico.com/live-updates...

Ag secretary says able-bodied Medicaid recipients should replace immigrant farm workforce

USDA secretary says there’s “no amnesty” from mass deportations for farm labor, but that enforcement should be “strategic.”

www.politico.com

shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Jul 6

I actually think about the map in the upper right (Black population percentage) all the time. I think many people who have never lived in one of these regions would rather not think about it at all.

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Jul 4

You know why.

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shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks BRIT Press for sponsoring our meeting! Hands down some of the nicest people in botany. Make sure to stop by their booth.

shockerbotany.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social · Jun 19

My #McClintockLetters to the editor was published last week in my hometown newspaper- the Hickman Co. (KY) Times. Thanks to @cornellasap.bsky.social‬ for coordinating this effort.