Andrew Hipp
@andrewlhipp.bsky.social
Plant systematist, herbarium director, ASPT president, naturalist, in the Chicago suburbs; posts reflect my views, not my employer's.
2024 book: Oak Origins... check it out:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html
2024 book: Oak Origins... check it out:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html
Reposted by Andrew Hipp
How long until this is used as basis to censor discussing climate change in the classroom, now that the president has declared climate change a hoax?
“This is about as big as it gets,” President Trump said at the White House as a smiling Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the EPA, stood by. “We are officially terminating the so-called ‘endangerment finding,’ a disastrous Obama-era policy..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
How long until this is used as basis to censor discussing climate change in the classroom, now that the president has declared climate change a hoax?
“This is about as big as it gets,” President Trump said at the White House as a smiling Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the EPA, stood by. “We are officially terminating the so-called ‘endangerment finding,’ a disastrous Obama-era policy..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:22 AM
“This is about as big as it gets,” President Trump said at the White House as a smiling Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the EPA, stood by. “We are officially terminating the so-called ‘endangerment finding,’ a disastrous Obama-era policy..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Reposted by Andrew Hipp
I am seeking a postdoc to join my group at UCLA -- ideally the candidate would have some experience in either population genetics or microbes/microbiome (computational background needed). We have a range of projects and are happy to tailer to your interests. Please dm/email me if interested.
February 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I am seeking a postdoc to join my group at UCLA -- ideally the candidate would have some experience in either population genetics or microbes/microbiome (computational background needed). We have a range of projects and are happy to tailer to your interests. Please dm/email me if interested.
"... the trees are innumerable / Marumbi, taraṭī, and hivara / hiṅgaṇa, pācunda, and bābara / ṭākaḷī, and vehaṅkaḷī are abundant... Such is this thorny forest / it is highly frightening / this forest is empty / peacocks scream here"
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Utilizing traditional literature to triangulate the ecological history of a tropical savanna
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
"... the trees are innumerable / Marumbi, taraṭī, and hivara / hiṅgaṇa, pācunda, and bābara / ṭākaḷī, and vehaṅkaḷī are abundant... Such is this thorny forest / it is highly frightening / this forest is empty / peacocks scream here"
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
To listen to and tell a rush of stories is a method... Its research object is contaminated diversity; its unit of analysis is the indeterminate encounter. To learn anything we must revitalize arts of noticing and include ethnography and natural history.
- Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World
- Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World
February 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
To listen to and tell a rush of stories is a method... Its research object is contaminated diversity; its unit of analysis is the indeterminate encounter. To learn anything we must revitalize arts of noticing and include ethnography and natural history.
- Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World
- Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World
20 minutes post-sunrise, Roosevelt stop this morning.
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
20 minutes post-sunrise, Roosevelt stop this morning.
The Morton Arboretum Herbarium website is live!
Check it out... and more importantly, come visit us for great collections of:
* Lichens!
* Bryophytes!
* Vascular plants of Chicago!
* Oaks!
* Sedges!
... and so much more. We look forward to meeting you.
mortonarb.org/science/herb...
Check it out... and more importantly, come visit us for great collections of:
* Lichens!
* Bryophytes!
* Vascular plants of Chicago!
* Oaks!
* Sedges!
... and so much more. We look forward to meeting you.
mortonarb.org/science/herb...
The Morton Arboretum Herbarium | The Morton Arboretum
The Morton Arboretum’s Herbarium houses the most complete collection of dried plants of the rich and diverse flora of the Chicago region.
mortonarb.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The Morton Arboretum Herbarium website is live!
Check it out... and more importantly, come visit us for great collections of:
* Lichens!
* Bryophytes!
* Vascular plants of Chicago!
* Oaks!
* Sedges!
... and so much more. We look forward to meeting you.
mortonarb.org/science/herb...
Check it out... and more importantly, come visit us for great collections of:
* Lichens!
* Bryophytes!
* Vascular plants of Chicago!
* Oaks!
* Sedges!
... and so much more. We look forward to meeting you.
mortonarb.org/science/herb...
Join the next lecture in @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinar series “Taxonomy: What is it good for?”
Dr. Susan Pell, U.S. Botanic Garden: “Taxonomy in Public Gardens: Engaging People and Conserving Plants” Friday, March 6, 12pm ET.
Register & please share!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dr. Susan Pell, U.S. Botanic Garden: “Taxonomy in Public Gardens: Engaging People and Conserving Plants” Friday, March 6, 12pm ET.
Register & please share!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Join the next lecture in @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinar series “Taxonomy: What is it good for?”
Dr. Susan Pell, U.S. Botanic Garden: “Taxonomy in Public Gardens: Engaging People and Conserving Plants” Friday, March 6, 12pm ET.
Register & please share!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Dr. Susan Pell, U.S. Botanic Garden: “Taxonomy in Public Gardens: Engaging People and Conserving Plants” Friday, March 6, 12pm ET.
Register & please share!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Andrew Hipp
We're excited to be recruiting an NSF funded postdoc to work in the Villanea lab at CU Boulder. We're specifically interested in candidates who want to work at the intersection of population genetics, ancient DNA, and computer modeling. Please RT
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
PostDoctoral Associate
jobs.colorado.edu
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
We're excited to be recruiting an NSF funded postdoc to work in the Villanea lab at CU Boulder. We're specifically interested in candidates who want to work at the intersection of population genetics, ancient DNA, and computer modeling. Please RT
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Budbreak on prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati), Lyman Woods yesterday morning.
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Budbreak on prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati), Lyman Woods yesterday morning.
Afternoon visit from an opossum.
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Afternoon visit from an opossum.
I'll be talking about oaks this Thursday, 7pm at the Lisle Public Library. It's a free public event, with a lot of oak photos and oak stories... join us if you can!
Registration info below: lisle.librarycalendar.com/event/chicag...
Registration info below: lisle.librarycalendar.com/event/chicag...
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I'll be talking about oaks this Thursday, 7pm at the Lisle Public Library. It's a free public event, with a lot of oak photos and oak stories... join us if you can!
Registration info below: lisle.librarycalendar.com/event/chicag...
Registration info below: lisle.librarycalendar.com/event/chicag...
"You can't pretend this isn't happening," Maisy said. I couldn't, and I don't. Nor do I pretend that all of us being together doesn't fill me with joy. I understand that joy is inappropriate these days, and still we feel what we feel.
- Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
- Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"You can't pretend this isn't happening," Maisy said. I couldn't, and I don't. Nor do I pretend that all of us being together doesn't fill me with joy. I understand that joy is inappropriate these days, and still we feel what we feel.
- Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
- Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
Tree bark of Lyman Woods this morning: black cherry, cottonwood, hackberry, white oak with Aleurodiscus oakesii fungal caps.
February 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Tree bark of Lyman Woods this morning: black cherry, cottonwood, hackberry, white oak with Aleurodiscus oakesii fungal caps.
Looking Southeast over Lacey Creek, Lyman Woods this afternoon.
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Looking Southeast over Lacey Creek, Lyman Woods this afternoon.
Tulip tree sunset @mortonarboretum.bsky.social this evening
February 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Tulip tree sunset @mortonarboretum.bsky.social this evening
Lovely Quercus rugosa. North of Oaxaca, 10 Oct 2025.
February 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Lovely Quercus rugosa. North of Oaxaca, 10 Oct 2025.
I love this specimen from the Field Museum insect collection: Gray's leaf insect, Pulchriphyllium bioculatum.
February 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I love this specimen from the Field Museum insect collection: Gray's leaf insect, Pulchriphyllium bioculatum.
Reposted by Andrew Hipp
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
An accidental Arisaema, in the Field Museum herbarium yesterday.
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
An accidental Arisaema, in the Field Museum herbarium yesterday.
"I'm neither a tsadik nor a bodhisattva", I said.
"No," said Roland, with a queerly emphastic note in his voice, "definitely not. What I said was that you can strive to become one."
- David Bentley Hart, Roland in Moonlight, p. 235
"No," said Roland, with a queerly emphastic note in his voice, "definitely not. What I said was that you can strive to become one."
- David Bentley Hart, Roland in Moonlight, p. 235
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 AM
"I'm neither a tsadik nor a bodhisattva", I said.
"No," said Roland, with a queerly emphastic note in his voice, "definitely not. What I said was that you can strive to become one."
- David Bentley Hart, Roland in Moonlight, p. 235
"No," said Roland, with a queerly emphastic note in his voice, "definitely not. What I said was that you can strive to become one."
- David Bentley Hart, Roland in Moonlight, p. 235