Jeremy "abiding in the fields" Yoder 🌲⭐️🐑🌙🌟🌲
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Evolutionary biologist, runner, writer, gay. Not necessarily in that order. LAX and SEA
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Don't ask “when is it coevolution?”—ask “how?”
Abstract. Coevolution has come to be widely understood as specific, simultaneous, reciprocal adaptation by pairs of interacting species. This strict-sense
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It's in print! My opinionated dive into the definition of "coevolution" is officially out in the December issue of @journal-evo.bsky.social
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A ring-billed gull — Larus delawarensis, second winter, I think — at Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary outside New Haven, Connecticut🌿🪶
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December 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A ring-billed gull — Larus delawarensis, second winter, I think — at Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary outside New Haven, Connecticut🌿🪶
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the president is not popular. the civil society-based opposition is very real. the vibes and stories out there are not appreciably different than 2018; it’s the media environment that has decidedly shifted/balkanized.
“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..”
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December 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the president is not popular. the civil society-based opposition is very real. the vibes and stories out there are not appreciably different than 2018; it’s the media environment that has decidedly shifted/balkanized.
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Norwegian Christmas Tree Dressed for the Boxing Day Party, drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1934.
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Norwegian Christmas Tree Dressed for the Boxing Day Party, drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1934.
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Congrats @jeffgroh.bsky.social et al. Some avocado trees open female-phase flowers in the morning & then male in afternoon. Others show complementary pattern (m->f), to synchronize pollination of two types. Jeff show this to be a >45Mya polymorphism at a transcription factor across 100s of species.
Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.695989v1
December 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Congrats @jeffgroh.bsky.social et al. Some avocado trees open female-phase flowers in the morning & then male in afternoon. Others show complementary pattern (m->f), to synchronize pollination of two types. Jeff show this to be a >45Mya polymorphism at a transcription factor across 100s of species.
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Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
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when u lose a brain cell after a sneeze
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
when u lose a brain cell after a sneeze
Happy/holy day
December 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Happy/holy day
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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What I learned from 8 hours of shirtless men competing to star in a Hallmark movie
“Finding Mr. Christmas,” Hallmark Channel’s reality show to cast the male romantic lead in a Christmas movie, is TV for women about men making TV for women.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
top ten ledes of the year www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Finally, NOAA SPC has indicated for rare third day in a row that risk of severe thunderstorms continues along CA coast as well as Sac. Valley. Additional strong wind gusts & torrential downpours in squall lines is greatest risk, but brief tornadic spin-ups remain possible. #CAwx
December 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Finally, NOAA SPC has indicated for rare third day in a row that risk of severe thunderstorms continues along CA coast as well as Sac. Valley. Additional strong wind gusts & torrential downpours in squall lines is greatest risk, but brief tornadic spin-ups remain possible. #CAwx
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In fact, NOAA WPC has characterized today's flash flood risk in SoCal as "moderate" (level 3 of 4). This still indicates notably elevated risk; although flash flooding would be more isolated today vs Wed, it could be just as serious especially given now saturated soils.
December 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In fact, NOAA WPC has characterized today's flash flood risk in SoCal as "moderate" (level 3 of 4). This still indicates notably elevated risk; although flash flooding would be more isolated today vs Wed, it could be just as serious especially given now saturated soils.
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Although atmospheric river portion of CA storm has ended, a much colder & unstable/sheared airmass will continue to bring Intermittent waves of strong to severe t-storms--w/widespread strong wind gusts, scattered flash flood/isolated tornado potential, plus heavy mtn snow. #CAwx
December 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Although atmospheric river portion of CA storm has ended, a much colder & unstable/sheared airmass will continue to bring Intermittent waves of strong to severe t-storms--w/widespread strong wind gusts, scattered flash flood/isolated tornado potential, plus heavy mtn snow. #CAwx
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Merychippus to all who celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Merychippus to all who celebrate!
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💯 THIS is the best thing written since David Sedaris took that fateful job at Macy's.
December 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
💯 THIS is the best thing written since David Sedaris took that fateful job at Macy's.
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Never give up, never surrender! Galaxy Quest was released 26 years ago today.
NSEA Protector, NTE-3120, filming model by ILM (NTE for Not The Enterprise 🤭)
NSEA Protector, NTE-3120, filming model by ILM (NTE for Not The Enterprise 🤭)
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Never give up, never surrender! Galaxy Quest was released 26 years ago today.
NSEA Protector, NTE-3120, filming model by ILM (NTE for Not The Enterprise 🤭)
NSEA Protector, NTE-3120, filming model by ILM (NTE for Not The Enterprise 🤭)
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I sold my bird feeder to buy my wife a binocular strap, but she sold her binoculars to buy me some bird seed 😤
December 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I sold my bird feeder to buy my wife a binocular strap, but she sold her binoculars to buy me some bird seed 😤
American robin, Turdus migratorius, in downtown New Haven, Connecticut last month 🌿🪶
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December 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
American robin, Turdus migratorius, in downtown New Haven, Connecticut last month 🌿🪶
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The things she knew, let her forget again—
The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,
The gaping shepherds, and the queer old men
Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold.
The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,
The gaping shepherds, and the queer old men
Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold.
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The things she knew, let her forget again—
The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,
The gaping shepherds, and the queer old men
Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold.
The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,
The gaping shepherds, and the queer old men
Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold.
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a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
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This makes me want to revisit my Bombadil/Santa theory.
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This makes me want to revisit my Bombadil/Santa theory.
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
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JOSEPH: No room? We booked ahead!
INNKEEPER: Sorry sir we have no record of that.
JOSEPH: This is unacceptable.
INNKEEPER: Perhaps you’d like to speak to our manger?
JOSEPH: Absolutely. Wait what why’d you say it like that
INNKEEPER: Sorry sir we have no record of that.
JOSEPH: This is unacceptable.
INNKEEPER: Perhaps you’d like to speak to our manger?
JOSEPH: Absolutely. Wait what why’d you say it like that
December 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
JOSEPH: No room? We booked ahead!
INNKEEPER: Sorry sir we have no record of that.
JOSEPH: This is unacceptable.
INNKEEPER: Perhaps you’d like to speak to our manger?
JOSEPH: Absolutely. Wait what why’d you say it like that
INNKEEPER: Sorry sir we have no record of that.
JOSEPH: This is unacceptable.
INNKEEPER: Perhaps you’d like to speak to our manger?
JOSEPH: Absolutely. Wait what why’d you say it like that
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From @veroiriart.bsky.social !! 🎉 🎉🎉
A widely-used class of herbicides can disrupt initiation of the legume-rhizobia nitrogen fixation symbiosis— but rhizobia strains vary in their susceptibility to that disruption
Can the right partner mitigate harm? Rhizobial strains vary in their mediation of herbicide stress in a plant-rhizobia mutualism
Pesticide presence in the rhizosphere—the area surrounding plant roots—can disrupt beneficial plant-microbe symbioses, such as those between leguminous pla
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December 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
From @veroiriart.bsky.social !! 🎉 🎉🎉
A widely-used class of herbicides can disrupt initiation of the legume-rhizobia nitrogen fixation symbiosis— but rhizobia strains vary in their susceptibility to that disruption
Can the right partner mitigate harm? Rhizobial strains vary in their mediation of herbicide stress in a plant-rhizobia mutualism
Pesticide presence in the rhizosphere—the area surrounding plant roots—can disrupt beneficial plant-microbe symbioses, such as those between leguminous pla
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December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A widely-used class of herbicides can disrupt initiation of the legume-rhizobia nitrogen fixation symbiosis— but rhizobia strains vary in their susceptibility to that disruption