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Neil Pederson
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I study old-growth forests and climate change from trees to regions and seasons to centuries. A colleague termed it RetroEcology - https://broadleafpapers.wordpress.com/

Love music in 3/4, 6/8, 5/4, 11, & other offbeat signatures (no real pun intended) .. more

Environmental science 60%
Geography 19%
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.

Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

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A federal judge ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming.
A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com

Mirrors the grand conclusion of Vonnegut's novel, Galapagos

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My friend from HS makes ice cream/recipes for a living and posted for Black History Month about how pecans were first domesticated by an enslaved man and the technique for mass pollination of vanilla was developed by an enslaved man and someone was this mad about it!!!
Sweet Lo’s Homemade Ice Cream 🍦 (@sweetlosicecream) on Threads
Some Bozo hated my Butter Pecan origin story so much, he bought my French Vanilla Bean recipe and sent me a note via the website saying “White Power.” With the email he provided from his purchase, I f...
www.threads.com

Despite it all, our little town of Maynard, MA (Sunday, as you might have heard, it will be Mayenard), is growing our tree canopy. And, our diverse, climate forward downtown tree plantings are officially an arboretum

arbnet.org/morton-regis...
Downtown Arboretum of Maynard, MA - ArbNet
The Downtown Arboretum of Maynard is a community-based and volunteer-managed arboretum adorning the town’s public street scapes, civic spaces, and nearby municipal properties. Supported collaborativel...
arbnet.org
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

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🧪🔭⚛️ PhD studentships at Newcastle in physics and astronomy. This is a really nice department and the students I met there seemed happy!

www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
FindAPhD : PhD Studentship in Astrophysics at Newcastle University at Newcastle University
Apply for a PhD: PhD Studentship in Astrophysics at Newcastle University at Newcastle University
www.findaphd.com

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Register for the Smithsonian's National Botanical Symposium, “American Botany: 250 years of Discovery” 29 May '26. I'll be speaking on American oaks, w/ several greats: @barbarathiers.bsky.social, Caroline Strömberg, Wes Knapp, & Rose Bear Don't Walk.

Join us!

naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...
Heads are going to explode 💥

Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.

All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot

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Can climate action power a new era of prosperity?

The short answer is, yes, a low-carbon growth can actually help economies expand faster, reduce poverty, and connect households to reliable, affordable power.

👉Find out how: go.wri.org/26-stw

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Ed Smith is another black gaming pioneer nobody ever talks about. He created the legendary and advanced, but sadly failed, APF MP1000 and Imagination Machine. The man doesn't even have a Wikipedia page nor am I sure if he's still alive. www.herinteractive.com/her-news/bla...
Shifting prairie-forest ecotone over the course of the holocene.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lead (Pb) in archived hair in Salt Lake City.

"Lead (Pb) in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans since the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency "

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.

Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.

“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
www.huffpost.com
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com

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For those of you who asked me how to get a signed copy of The Edge of Space-Time, here's how:

news.chanda.science/archive/how-...
How to get a signed copy of The Edge of Space-Time
Preordering from Loyalty Bookstore Supports the Community!
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A great landscape to study ecology as summer intern.

This is a beautiful and rich landscape with some pockets of old growth.

What fascinated me was seeing the transition of forest as Beech Leaf Disease descimates the forest. Sad, but ecologically fascinating
Paid Summer Internships...
Join us for a summer of ecological research at the Holden Arboretum.
Opportunities in restoration ecology, population ecology, plant ecophysiology, forest health, and more.
On-site housing available at low cost.
lnkd.in/gjWUznhj
Several BSA award deadlines are coming up fast in February, including $10,000 dissertation awards, grad student research awards, and public policy awards.

Our new BSA Member Toolkit video shows you how to apply, step by step:
youtu.be/vRZdmrb-cFs?...

Apply today!
www.botany.org/home/awards.html 🌱
Paid Summer Internships...
Join us for a summer of ecological research at the Holden Arboretum.
Opportunities in restoration ecology, population ecology, plant ecophysiology, forest health, and more.
On-site housing available at low cost.
lnkd.in/gjWUznhj
Maine Senator Susan Collins said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed her that ICE will end the immigration enforcement surge in the state.
ICE ending Maine surge, Senator Collins says - The Boston Globe
Collins said in a statement that she had pushed Noem and other Trump administration officials to have ICE “reconsider its approach to immigration enforcement in the state.”
trib.al

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🌲𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓!

A new study shows that in Italian black pine forests, moderate thinning best balances wood production with key ecosystem services like carbon storage, soil protection & recreational value.

Read more👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...?
Enhancing ecosystem service provision through the silvicultural management of European black pine stands from afforestation and reforestation in Italy - Journal of Forestry Research
Afforestation and reforestation, when aligned with site-specific ecological and socioeconomic conditions, can enhance ecosystem functions and services (ESs). In the Mediterranean, European black pine ...
link.springer.com

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“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once.” — @adamserwer.bsky.social
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
This is a critical point from Sen Chris Murphy: If Dems fold on ICE now, it could be a disaster in the midterms.

"The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t."

Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff:

newrepublic.com/article/2057...
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Led by Roel Brienen, our paper in @natcomms.nature.com "Contrasting pathways to tree longevity in gymnosperms and angiosperms" is finally out and formatted.

Other bluesky folks contributing to the paper were @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social and @rmtrr.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Contrasting pathways to tree longevity in gymnosperms and angiosperms - Nature Communications
Tree longevity is thought to increase in harsh environments, but global evidence of drivers is lacking. Here, the authors find two different pathways for tree longevity: slow growth in resource limite...
www.nature.com
Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”