Sky and Reflections this morning at Ariel-Foundation Park. And yes that is an old smokestack with a staircase spiraling around it that you can climb and see the view. Worth a visit. #MountVernonOH, #Ariel-FoundationPark,

Ariel-Foundation Park in its full early morning autumn glory- Previously a ruin of industrial glass making factory. Really appreciating those who made into a park today. #CentralOH #MountVernonOH #Ariel-FoundationPark

My son, taking high school physics for the first time explained that "force" were just a way for us to model our understanding, so it was not confusing if normal force did not seem to be pushing up- after all force was just the way we modeled what was going on. #PhilSci #NOS #ScienceEd

Did you know that you can recycle those plastic pots that plants come in at Lowes? Now you do :) My garage just got less full of these.

Nature break. Ohio Bird Sanctuary.

Spring beauty- Lyon Falls is fantastical- Mohican State Park, OH. #Nature #hiking #Ohio #Mohican

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

There is a movement afoot to get the SI unit for momentum (kg m/s) named after her:

Emerging spring phenomena in central OH. Becoming. Light and shadow in water and between trees and ground at Char Mar Park, Lewis Center, OH. Abundant spring flowers in Gambier, OH.

Finding beauty where you can when you don't live near inspiring beach or mountain scenery. Early March in central OH.

There is an SF trope about misunderstood alien fungi that make humans empathetic and connected. Here, efficient resource distributors remind me of Gaia hypothesis. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/s...

First real signs of spring in Ohio. I hope nature can interpret the changing climate correctly!

Winter scene in Ohio.

I've been writing a proposal to study exhibits in science museums for my dissertation. Looks like ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers) no longer has a page exclusively for equity. The page existed from April 2020-Jan 16, 2025 according to the Wayback machine. We are in a new era.

I read this card that came today from a refugee assistance organization as "Wishing you a season of peace and Fight". That seemed appropriate to me.

So my kid's Pearson online school just changed his lesson to NOT read Bury My Heart in Wounded Knee (the day after it had been assigned I might add). Wondering if this is political.

The “skeleton flower” turns transparent when it rains and reverts to white when dry.

my roommate and good friend fell in love with paleontology - due in large part to the PRI.

on top of having millions of fossils in their collection, the PRI is many bio undergrads’ main exposure to natural history museums at Cornell.

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Beautiful Rainbows around 8 am this morning in pink and then blue sky five minutes later in Athens, Ohio. #AthensOH #Rainbows #PinkSky