Lena Struwe
@drgentian.bsky.social
Scientist, botanist, artmaker, microscopist, photographer, nature nerd, knitter & writer, iNatter, cares deeply about the rights of Earth's human and non-human inhabitants. (Views my own and I block AI content)
This is very funny, even more so when you realize that it shows 15 yards between 40 and 50 yards, etc. :) So, next question, was it intentionally math-challenging or was it AI who can't count in images?
Football-Themed Napkins At Super Bowl Party Too Nonabsorbent, Painful To Use On Mouth https://theonion.com/football-themed-napkins-at-super-bowl-party-too-nonabsorbent-painful-to-use-on-mouth/
February 9, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This is very funny, even more so when you realize that it shows 15 yards between 40 and 50 yards, etc. :) So, next question, was it intentionally math-challenging or was it AI who can't count in images?
Exciting new undergraduate research opportunities here at Carnegie Museum in Botany! Applications due March 1. drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNy...
February 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I think the world needs some flowers today, for so many reasons. Soothing, exciting, interesting…any reason. Rudbeckia hirta, in New Jersey, USA, last summer. #botany #gardening #flowers #nature #photography
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I think the world needs some flowers today, for so many reasons. Soothing, exciting, interesting…any reason. Rudbeckia hirta, in New Jersey, USA, last summer. #botany #gardening #flowers #nature #photography
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Please don’t make jokes about Trump and Epstein.
The survivors are still waiting for justice.
They were children who experienced unspeakable horrors and abuse.
They’ve been ignored, gaslit, threatened and re-traumatized.
It’s not a joke and every predator must be punished.
The survivors are still waiting for justice.
They were children who experienced unspeakable horrors and abuse.
They’ve been ignored, gaslit, threatened and re-traumatized.
It’s not a joke and every predator must be punished.
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Please don’t make jokes about Trump and Epstein.
The survivors are still waiting for justice.
They were children who experienced unspeakable horrors and abuse.
They’ve been ignored, gaslit, threatened and re-traumatized.
It’s not a joke and every predator must be punished.
The survivors are still waiting for justice.
They were children who experienced unspeakable horrors and abuse.
They’ve been ignored, gaslit, threatened and re-traumatized.
It’s not a joke and every predator must be punished.
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Pretti Good reason for a national strike.
#NationalStrike
#NationalStrike
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Pretti Good reason for a national strike.
#NationalStrike
#NationalStrike
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"I felt an enormous compassion for her in that experience."
"I felt an enormous compassion for her in that experience."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
'She makes her way down the hall, composing herself, the weight of a cup in her palm.'
'She makes her way down the hall, composing herself, the weight of a cup in her palm.'
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
‘Even though there were no visible gates a risk still existed.’
‘Even though there were no visible gates a risk still existed.’
January 22, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"I felt an enormous compassion for her in that experience."
"I felt an enormous compassion for her in that experience."
Tiny living green beings, all around us. This miniature world is so gorgeous. The leaves of this #moss from the base of a tree trunk are not even 0.5 mm long. I am still trying to ID it to species. #bryology #nature #moss-streak2026 #iNaturalist #microscopy
January 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Tiny living green beings, all around us. This miniature world is so gorgeous. The leaves of this #moss from the base of a tree trunk are not even 0.5 mm long. I am still trying to ID it to species. #bryology #nature #moss-streak2026 #iNaturalist #microscopy
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Paris Paloma performs the song that has become a cultural anthem for women's rights as well as a social media phenomenon.
youtu.be/4hyaYHqUSiY?...
youtu.be/4hyaYHqUSiY?...
"Labour" - Paris Paloma with the Resistance Revival Chorus (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Paris Paloma performs the song that has become a cultural anthem for women's rights as well as a social media phenomenon.
youtu.be/4hyaYHqUSiY?...
youtu.be/4hyaYHqUSiY?...
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I know it’s exhausting. I know you’re sick to death of Trump. I am, too. But as he revealed yesterday, there is no limit to what Trump will do to assert his power. Your activism, courage, and attention are needed now more than ever. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-looting
Sunday thought: Even worse
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I know it’s exhausting. I know you’re sick to death of Trump. I am, too. But as he revealed yesterday, there is no limit to what Trump will do to assert his power. Your activism, courage, and attention are needed now more than ever. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-looting
I had to share these just because they are so cool-looking. #liverworts
Look at the fancy pants (spore capsule coverings) on these Mannia sp #liverworts! Northwest Territories, Canada. #bryophyte #botany #fungifriends
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I had to share these just because they are so cool-looking. #liverworts
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Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
This is also so true for #biodiversity natural history collections. We are digitizing but there are so much left to do! 23 million invertebrate specimens at #AMNH in NYC, for example. And the paper archives, old taxonomic work, indexing to it all. Maps, drawings. Treasure troves not online.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is also so true for #biodiversity natural history collections. We are digitizing but there are so much left to do! 23 million invertebrate specimens at #AMNH in NYC, for example. And the paper archives, old taxonomic work, indexing to it all. Maps, drawings. Treasure troves not online.
Solstice on Sweden’s West Coast today, finally the light is turning. A calm Atlantic sea, water mirroring clouds and light in Skärhamn in Bohuslän, Sweden. Own photo.
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Solstice on Sweden’s West Coast today, finally the light is turning. A calm Atlantic sea, water mirroring clouds and light in Skärhamn in Bohuslän, Sweden. Own photo.
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Frasera is a genus of 15 spp in N. America. In 2024, a 19-year-old plant of F. caroliniensis growing in the NC Bot. Garden bloomed for the first & last time. This species is monocarpic (it flowers & dies). The peculiar greenish flowers have nectaries on the petals. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Frasera is a genus of 15 spp in N. America. In 2024, a 19-year-old plant of F. caroliniensis growing in the NC Bot. Garden bloomed for the first & last time. This species is monocarpic (it flowers & dies). The peculiar greenish flowers have nectaries on the petals. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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The species of Sabatia (21 spp; 📷: S. angularis) are some of the prettiest wildflowers in the eastern US, Mexico & the Antilles. The similar-looking Zeltnera (27 spp; 📷: Z. venusta) occurs in western N. America but has a much wider distribution (to S. Amer.) #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The species of Sabatia (21 spp; 📷: S. angularis) are some of the prettiest wildflowers in the eastern US, Mexico & the Antilles. The similar-looking Zeltnera (27 spp; 📷: Z. venusta) occurs in western N. America but has a much wider distribution (to S. Amer.) #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
A reminder that breakfast can be good and beautiful and fun. :) Philadelphia, years ago, a table from above. #diner #food #photography #orange
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A reminder that breakfast can be good and beautiful and fun. :) Philadelphia, years ago, a table from above. #diner #food #photography #orange
This photo is over 20 years old, but I think this street in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, might still look nearly the same. Timeless. That particular color of turquoise makes me so happy. I think the trees are tamarisk (Tamarix sp.), feel free to correct me :) #blue #color #NM #streetview #tree
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This photo is over 20 years old, but I think this street in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, might still look nearly the same. Timeless. That particular color of turquoise makes me so happy. I think the trees are tamarisk (Tamarix sp.), feel free to correct me :) #blue #color #NM #streetview #tree
Good thread about scientific illustrations, and the current oversimplification in images. When you look in the microscope, the reality you see rarely matches the drawn textbook images.
The hidden danger of Biorender
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good thread about scientific illustrations, and the current oversimplification in images. When you look in the microscope, the reality you see rarely matches the drawn textbook images.
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Show your science pride this season with our newly released phylogenetic holiday cards! These 5x7 cards can be purchased individually or in sets of 5.
🧬 🎄 🧬
#phylogenetics #science #evolution #biology #biologist
🧬 🎄 🧬
#phylogenetics #science #evolution #biology #biologist
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Show your science pride this season with our newly released phylogenetic holiday cards! These 5x7 cards can be purchased individually or in sets of 5.
🧬 🎄 🧬
#phylogenetics #science #evolution #biology #biologist
🧬 🎄 🧬
#phylogenetics #science #evolution #biology #biologist
This is a great poem - if you can, I suggest you take a moment to read this article and poem. #Thanksgiving #NativeAmerican #poetry
This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healing. https://to.pbs.org/3hJeiqq
This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healing
When Allison Adelle Hedge Coke wrote her poem “America, I Sing Back,” she considered each word a note in a larger song about the nation. “I thought about America singing. That’s why this poem is a song -- a voice calling for reclamation.”
to.pbs.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is a great poem - if you can, I suggest you take a moment to read this article and poem. #Thanksgiving #NativeAmerican #poetry
Fascinating #medieval paintings in the well-preserved Härkeberga Church in Uppland, #Sweden, attributed to Albertus Pictor (1400s). Images from events in the bible are interspersed with stylistic flowers and garlands and patterns. Looking up at these is like time travel. #arthistory #history
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fascinating #medieval paintings in the well-preserved Härkeberga Church in Uppland, #Sweden, attributed to Albertus Pictor (1400s). Images from events in the bible are interspersed with stylistic flowers and garlands and patterns. Looking up at these is like time travel. #arthistory #history
Embarrassing choice of cover, AI-based and scientifically so wrong.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Embarrassing choice of cover, AI-based and scientifically so wrong.
I cancelled my NYTimes subscription today, this is the last drop in the bucket. Seriously, whose bad decision was it to publish this anti-woman, anti-justice, and anti-equality piece? Feminism means equal rights and respect for all. "Conservative feminism" is fake, doesn't exist. Disrespectful, NYT!
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I cancelled my NYTimes subscription today, this is the last drop in the bucket. Seriously, whose bad decision was it to publish this anti-woman, anti-justice, and anti-equality piece? Feminism means equal rights and respect for all. "Conservative feminism" is fake, doesn't exist. Disrespectful, NYT!
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952