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Earthling
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Writer, Poet, Designer • Fan of #PlanetEarth, #gardens, #democracy, #science, #humanrights, the #arts, #conviviality & the #OxfordComma.
Photos are mine/© ~ unless reposts or credited. • Happy to be here!
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Installation: Exploring the #GaiaHypothesis
Scientist/artist Tseo explores the hypothesis —that #PlanetEarth is a #superorganism, a networked, self-regulating system to sustain #life — through biomaterials, #AI-designed proteins, and living #artworks.
arts.mit.edu/connecting-g...
#Arts #Science
Connecting Gaia - Arts at MIT
MIT PhD student Yitong Tseo's exhibition explores the Gaia hypothesis through biomaterials, AI-designed proteins, and living artworks.
arts.mit.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Lovely piece about 19 plants that flower during the winter holidays ~ among them camellias, viburnum, winter heather, Christmas cactus, amaryllis, and clematis "Jingle Bells." bit.ly/Blooms4Holid...
#WinterBlooms #Holidays #Flowers #Plants #WinterGarden #Bloomscrolling #Gardens #QuietJoys #Nature
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Kai Kupferschmidt, a correspondent for #Science magazine, offers #tips for journalists seeking to reduce the presence and harms of falsehoods. "I got into science journalism because I am interested in the truth," he says.
#SciComm #facts #misinformation #journalism
ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/10...
The Lies Have It: Advice for Journalists Approaching Misinformation
Kai Kupferschmidt, KSJ '24, shares actionable tips for journalists seeking to reduce the harm of misinformation.
ksj.mit.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Who benefits from #AI? This free #comicbook adapts Nobel Prize-winning economists’ book on how AI affects #workers. For #SharedProsperity societies must guide #innovation for the #wellbeing of society at large. How? Read on!
mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
#Ideas #Technology #NewBook #GoodJobs
Who benefits from AI? New comic explores technology’s impact on labor | MIT Sloan
Download “Power and Progress: The Mini-Comic!” for free. A new comic book adapts MIT Nobel Prize-winning economists’ work on how AI affects workers and shared prosperity.
mitsloan.mit.edu
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Last night, I watched one of the best nature videos I have ever seen, from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I have been in love with hornbills since I lived in Indonesia and Malaysia and saw them every time I went out in the jungle.

You really owe it to yourself to watch this.
Islands of the Hornbills
YouTube video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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In the Garden | 11 November
The last few plants blooming this week as the temperature is falling: Autumn clematis, veronica, purple sage, and a couple of pansies — along with Satsumas from the market.
#gardens #gardening #fallblooms #fall #quietjoys #planetearth #bloomscrolling
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Fellow #wordnerds, you might enjoy this brilliant, warm, witty Q&A publication by Barbara Wallraff, noted author of the national best-selling book, "Word Court."

The Wordshop: wallraff.substack.com
~ answering your questions on #English usage
#language #words #grammar #langsky #Englishlanguage
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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#Research: During #sleep, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the #brain, washing away waste that builds up during the day. When we're #sleepdeprived, the body attempts to catch-up on the cleansing, which causes dramatically impaired attention.
news.mit.edu/2025/your-br...
#Science #Health
This is your brain without sleep
An MIT study reveals what happens in the brain as lapses of attention occur following sleep deprivation. During these lapses, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain — a process that typi...
news.mit.edu
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#GoodNews from Plant Biology Research
How the humble weed, Arabidopsis thaliana, became a superstar of plant biology. This spindly cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era. Story: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
#Plants #Science #Discovery #Health #Research #ProtectScience #Wow
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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#GoodNews from Research!
MIT researchers show they can use messenger #RNA to activate a pathway and trigger the immune system to attack tumors and destroy them.
news.mit.edu/2025/turning...

#Research #Science #CancerTreatment #Healing #Medicine #Healthcare #ProtectScience #ScienceSavesLives
Turning on an immune pathway in tumors could lead to their destruction
By activating an immune signaling pathway inside cancer cells, MIT researchers found a way to force tumors to produce a molecule that leads to their own destruction.
news.mit.edu
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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In The Garden Today | 2 Nov
Our Amalanchier is in full #fall glory this week. This small tree has many local names: Serviceberry, Juneberry, Saskatoon & Shadbush – the last because its froth of white spring blooms open just when shad swim upriver to spawn. #Trees #QuietJoys #NativePlants #FallColor
A small shrub-like tree, the Amalanchier, whose leaves turn a rich, coral-red color in fall
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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In the Garden Today | 31 Oct
The red pommes on our Redbud Crabapple are at their peak now, looking very festive! As the fruits soften, they become irresistible to birds, at which point, the entire crop can disappear in a week!
#NaturePhotography #Trees #Gardens #Photography #Berries #Birds #Joys
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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"Soft Skills are vital as businesses adopt #AI. MIT research identifies #softskills, such as #empathy, opinion, #creativity, hope, and vision—collectively termed “EPOCH” skills—as essential human capabilities." I would add #ethics and #discernment!
www.forbes.com/sites/lizelt... #tech+humanities
Technical Skills Aren’t Enough—Why Soft Skills Lead To Higher Salaries In The AI Boom
In the AI era, technical skills might not be enough. According to new research, soft skills like empathy, communication, and problem solving are driving career growth.
www.forbes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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In A Neighborhood Garden Today | 30 October
A treat! A bright stand of Grape Leaf anemones and purple Tatarian asters in a south-facing garden on our street.
www.thespruce.com/growing-anem...
#Bloomsky #FallFlowers #Gardens #Peace #QuietJoys #NaturePhotography #Photography #Neighborhood
A stand of white windflowers and purple asters in growing next to a white picket fence on our neighborhood street
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Teens develop #trigonometry proofs for #PythagoreanTheorem ~a problem that has stumped math world for 2,000 yrs. Brava to these two brilliant young women~and to their spectacular school!
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-c...
#mathematics #education #WomenInStem #STEM #blackexcellence #trig #maths #genius
Teens come up with trigonometry proof for Pythagorean Theorem, a problem that stumped math world for centuries
A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.
www.cbsnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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In the Garden Today | 29 Oct
The Swamp #Milkweed seeds are launching on the wind this week! We'll welcome all the plants these seeds will make for our stand of Asclepius Incarnata, beloved of Monarchs, bees, and other #pollinators.
#Photography #Nature #Gardens #QuietJoys #NaturePhotography #Seeds
Milkweed seeds launching on the wind. The seed itself is a ruddy brown and at the tip each has a fan-shaped spray of silky white filaments that enable the seed to be carried away on the wind and dispersed. Ingenious!
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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In The Garden Today | 28 October
A stand of Royal Ferns now turned from summer green to luminous shades of yellow and bronze. This 5' fern is happiest in acidic, moist soil and dappled shade.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmunda...
#Gardens #NaturePhotography #Ferns #Gardening #Photography #Nature
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Feeding Wildlife In Winter: Helping Wildlife Overwinter In Your Garden | Gardening Know How share.google/bbI88zejvbqK...
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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A mature White Ash, Fraxinus americana. Because the wood of the native American ash is hard, resilient & absorbs shock, it has been used for baseball bats, snowshoes, oars, keels of small boats, and garden tool handles. (Photo: Spablab, Flickr) #ILoveTrees #Trees #PlanetEarth #NaturePhotography
A large, mature American Ash tree next to a wooden bench in a grassy meadow; the image shows the lower part of seven huge branches spreading out gracefully from the trunk.
October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Sunset at the Pond | early evening, 24 October
via my husband, from his daily walk! (all rights reserved)
#NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography #Sunset #Clouds #OurBeautifulPlanet #PeacefulMoments #PondLife #decenzaquotidiana
clouds reflecting reds and yellow color tones from the setting sun near a pond surrounded by trees
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Leaf Season Today | 24 October
A large, century-old tree in New England with leaves turning shades of red, yellow, and orange
#trees #fallcolor #ourbeautifulplanet #fallseason #nature #naturephotography #photography #newengland #landscape
A large, century-old tree in New England with leaves turning shades of red, orange, and yellow
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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A major figure in higher ed has some insights + proposals — including ideas on how those in university systems can change education to meet the times and avoid three "icebergs."
www.forbes.com/sites/johnwe...

#HigherEducation #Ideas #Education #Universities #Icebergs #Research #LifelongLearning #AI
Joseph Aoun’s Thoughts On Higher Education In America Today
A major figure in higher ed has some predictions and advice for those in the university system.
www.forbes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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In the Kitchen~1st Pâte Gratin of the fall!
This is my husband's 4-cheese #Mac&Cheese, which includes Gouda, Tillamook Cheddar, a cave-aged Gruyère, and Brebis Pardou. A serving can be topped w/ a touch of #caramelized onion. #Heartwarming on a cool eve!
#ComfortFood #HomeCooking #foodsky #Cooksky
A pan of Mac&Cheese just out of the oven, with a golden brown top
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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In the Garden Today | 20 October
Crabapple pommes nearing ripeness. Soon, many happy birds will descend on this tree for annual feast!

"To Autumn" by John Keats:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/...

#Garden #Photography #QuietJoys #MomentsOfPeace #Poetry #OurBeautifulPlanet #Autumn
October 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A memory from late summer, while reading on a veranda overlooking Ipswich Bay. In difficult times like this, moments of peace and joy, even from small things, do wonders for our well-being and resilience! What keeps your heart strong?
#Peaceful #Places #JoyInTheStruggle #Photography #NaturePhotos
October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM