Eric Peterson
@mycobiont.bsky.social
Ecologist, backpacker, and Dad with never ending household projects.
Science Coordinator for the Trinity River Restoration Program
Research Associate with California Academy of Sciences
ORCID:0000-0001-9501-3872
Science Coordinator for the Trinity River Restoration Program
Research Associate with California Academy of Sciences
ORCID:0000-0001-9501-3872
Reposted by Eric Peterson
Did somebody say moss merch? 👀🌱
You can win this poster by Ricardo Kriebel celebrating all things moss! All you have to do is join our Plants to Pixels project to help transcribe specimen labels. Learn more here: bit.ly/3zKk8AE
You can win this poster by Ricardo Kriebel celebrating all things moss! All you have to do is join our Plants to Pixels project to help transcribe specimen labels. Learn more here: bit.ly/3zKk8AE
July 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Did somebody say moss merch? 👀🌱
You can win this poster by Ricardo Kriebel celebrating all things moss! All you have to do is join our Plants to Pixels project to help transcribe specimen labels. Learn more here: bit.ly/3zKk8AE
You can win this poster by Ricardo Kriebel celebrating all things moss! All you have to do is join our Plants to Pixels project to help transcribe specimen labels. Learn more here: bit.ly/3zKk8AE
“let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
-Declaration of Independence
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
-Declaration of Independence
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling a...
www.archives.gov
July 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
-Declaration of Independence
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
-Declaration of Independence
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Once again onto the peak!
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Once again onto the peak!
Lots of stuff fits this!
June 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Lots of stuff fits this!
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
And honestly,I don't remember exactly what I said most of the time. bsky.app/profile/tyed...
June 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
And honestly,I don't remember exactly what I said most of the time. bsky.app/profile/tyed...
The probability that a shared meme will continue to be shared is indirectly proportional to the intelligence of the humor, so I doubt this one will go far.
February 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The probability that a shared meme will continue to be shared is indirectly proportional to the intelligence of the humor, so I doubt this one will go far.
Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar) dbh about 2m, trunk split in 3 by lightning long ago, yet still alive!
January 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Calocedrus decurrens (incense cedar) dbh about 2m, trunk split in 3 by lightning long ago, yet still alive!
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this is basically all human civilisation
January 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
this is basically all human civilisation
Best words to hear: "thank you". Much better than "good job", as it both implies a good job and shows that you made something better for someone else. (Ok, "I love you" from the right person might be better sometimes.)
January 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Best words to hear: "thank you". Much better than "good job", as it both implies a good job and shows that you made something better for someone else. (Ok, "I love you" from the right person might be better sometimes.)
Yes it does. Though in my experience, directly pointing it out gets people defensive, whereas simply laying out the real facts catches more attention.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Does fact-checking work? What the science says
Meta’s planned shift away from third-party fact-checking on Facebook in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.
www.nature.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yes it does. Though in my experience, directly pointing it out gets people defensive, whereas simply laying out the real facts catches more attention.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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some ways to generate electricity
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
January 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
some ways to generate electricity
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
Bemusement on a writing guide... It suggests, "Verbs are the fuel of writing. They give your sentences power and direction."
Shouldn't that be "Verbs fuel your writing. They direct and empower your sentences."?
Shouldn't that be "Verbs fuel your writing. They direct and empower your sentences."?
January 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Bemusement on a writing guide... It suggests, "Verbs are the fuel of writing. They give your sentences power and direction."
Shouldn't that be "Verbs fuel your writing. They direct and empower your sentences."?
Shouldn't that be "Verbs fuel your writing. They direct and empower your sentences."?
Friend of the day! Northern pygmy owl.
January 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Friend of the day! Northern pygmy owl.
Nice one Jesse! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/lic...
What Lichen Tell Us About Ecology, Air Quality, And More
Ira is joined on stage by experts in Portland, Oregon, to talk about the amazing world of lichen and their role in a changing climate.
www.sciencefriday.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Nice one Jesse! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/lic...
Idea on how to get America to go metric:
instill measurement envy... After all, yards are essentially meters, only about 3 inches short!
instill measurement envy... After all, yards are essentially meters, only about 3 inches short!
December 21, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Idea on how to get America to go metric:
instill measurement envy... After all, yards are essentially meters, only about 3 inches short!
instill measurement envy... After all, yards are essentially meters, only about 3 inches short!
Not old gum on the sidewalk... Rather the lichen Aspicilia calcarea, and nicely showing a dispersal distribution.
November 28, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Not old gum on the sidewalk... Rather the lichen Aspicilia calcarea, and nicely showing a dispersal distribution.
Calcium glaucellum (a rather small lichen).
Actually I'm just getting my feed on BlueSky started and testing things out.
flic.kr/p/2oki9EB
#science #mycology #fungi #lichen
Actually I'm just getting my feed on BlueSky started and testing things out.
flic.kr/p/2oki9EB
#science #mycology #fungi #lichen
Calicium glaucellum
EBP#5272, 10x objective
flic.kr
November 27, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Calcium glaucellum (a rather small lichen).
Actually I'm just getting my feed on BlueSky started and testing things out.
flic.kr/p/2oki9EB
#science #mycology #fungi #lichen
Actually I'm just getting my feed on BlueSky started and testing things out.
flic.kr/p/2oki9EB
#science #mycology #fungi #lichen
Someone needs to tell the BlueSky algorithms that an interest in 'science' is more than astronomy photos.
November 27, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Someone needs to tell the BlueSky algorithms that an interest in 'science' is more than astronomy photos.