Norm Douglas
@ringstem.bsky.social
Botanist and evolutionary biologist at the Large Alligator-themed University. Personal account.
I always wanted to pretend to be an architect…
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I always wanted to pretend to be an architect…
Actual botanists don't feel like they need to lie to their neighbors about their jobs.
“Minneapolis ICE shooter told longtime neighbor he was a botanist,” @people.com reports.
"He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did," she said.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
"He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did," she said.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
Minneapolis ICE Shooter Told Longtime Neighbor He Was a Botanist: 'I Had No Idea He Was an ICE Agent' (Exclusive)
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, once told neighbors he was a botanist, a woman who lives nearby tells PEOPLE. 'I had no idea he was an ICE agent,' she...
people.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Actual botanists don't feel like they need to lie to their neighbors about their jobs.
Odontonema tubaeforme?
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Odontonema tubaeforme?
Anisophyllea is a great example this, though I don’t think it pulls off the illusion of compound leaves quite as successfully!
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Anisophyllea is a great example this, though I don’t think it pulls off the illusion of compound leaves quite as successfully!
Outside of Phyllanthaceae, what else has phyllanthoid branching?
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Outside of Phyllanthaceae, what else has phyllanthoid branching?
Reposted by Norm Douglas
This is probably a minor thing to fixate on in the whole mess of nonsense that was Jurassic World: Rebirth, but I can't get over the Dunkleosteus head pulled up by fisherman in the beginning. Where the hell did inGen or whoever get its DNA from? 🧵 1/
July 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is probably a minor thing to fixate on in the whole mess of nonsense that was Jurassic World: Rebirth, but I can't get over the Dunkleosteus head pulled up by fisherman in the beginning. Where the hell did inGen or whoever get its DNA from? 🧵 1/
Those are completely bizarre. I had no idea they turned into pads with wax fingers.
October 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Those are completely bizarre. I had no idea they turned into pads with wax fingers.
Same.
I also try to indoctrinate them into holding their hand lenses up close to their eyeballs, instead of holding them at arm’s length.
I also try to indoctrinate them into holding their hand lenses up close to their eyeballs, instead of holding them at arm’s length.
September 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Same.
I also try to indoctrinate them into holding their hand lenses up close to their eyeballs, instead of holding them at arm’s length.
I also try to indoctrinate them into holding their hand lenses up close to their eyeballs, instead of holding them at arm’s length.
Rays on Ray Day, right?
(That's a wild pattern BTW, messes with my brain)
(That's a wild pattern BTW, messes with my brain)
September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Rays on Ray Day, right?
(That's a wild pattern BTW, messes with my brain)
(That's a wild pattern BTW, messes with my brain)
Ask Winfield Joad.
September 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ask Winfield Joad.
Did you see it here in Gainesville? We saw a bunch at Selby Garden in Sarasota last month. Cycad feeders…
August 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Did you see it here in Gainesville? We saw a bunch at Selby Garden in Sarasota last month. Cycad feeders…
We must all hang together or we will all hang separately.
In which a Yale prof calls for jettisoning humanities to make way for science-only universities.
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities
Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?
thedispatch.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We must all hang together or we will all hang separately.
Thunderstorm got me trapped in my little greenhouse with two dogs and a beer.
July 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Thunderstorm got me trapped in my little greenhouse with two dogs and a beer.
Now $5,900. That’s 3X the growth of median household income.
June 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Now $5,900. That’s 3X the growth of median household income.
University of Arizona was ~$950 per semester in-state when I started in ‘91.
June 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
University of Arizona was ~$950 per semester in-state when I started in ‘91.
Atala, Eumaeus atala, at Selby Botanical Garden in Sarasota. Larvae feed on cycads!
June 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Atala, Eumaeus atala, at Selby Botanical Garden in Sarasota. Larvae feed on cycads!
Reposted by Norm Douglas
"If you don't know anything, you don't have a problem."
Measuring biodiversity and ecosystem health is crucial to knowing how rapidly decline is taking place and if anything we are doing is helping to mitigate our impact. If this passes, we will be flying blindly into oblivion.
Measuring biodiversity and ecosystem health is crucial to knowing how rapidly decline is taking place and if anything we are doing is helping to mitigate our impact. If this passes, we will be flying blindly into oblivion.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) leads federal research on species & ecosystems and houses the Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
OMB spokesperson to NPR: EMA is "obviously irrelevant to science and is exactly the kind of waste President Trump ran on rooting out of the federal government."
OMB spokesperson to NPR: EMA is "obviously irrelevant to science and is exactly the kind of waste President Trump ran on rooting out of the federal government."
This federal program helps track America's ecosystems. Trump's budget would gut it
Buried in the Trump administration's proposed 2026 budget is the near elimination of something called the Ecosystems Mission Area. It's a program that monitors living things and the health of the land...
www.npr.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"If you don't know anything, you don't have a problem."
Measuring biodiversity and ecosystem health is crucial to knowing how rapidly decline is taking place and if anything we are doing is helping to mitigate our impact. If this passes, we will be flying blindly into oblivion.
Measuring biodiversity and ecosystem health is crucial to knowing how rapidly decline is taking place and if anything we are doing is helping to mitigate our impact. If this passes, we will be flying blindly into oblivion.
As a Norm, this is officially the end of an era.
"It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear."
RIP, George Wendt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXED...
RIP, George Wendt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXED...
Cheers | Every Time Norm Peterson Enters the Bar
YouTube video by Peacock
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May 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
As a Norm, this is officially the end of an era.
I love this account.
The crevalle jacks were really booking it today 🐟🐟🐟💨💨💨 #jackcrevalle #jack #school #bookingit #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf #keybiscaynecommunityfoundation
May 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I love this account.
That’s neat.
Adult Lego has taken the world by storm, from Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night to Harry Potter sets and the increasingly popular Lego botanical collections. There seems to be a Lego set for everyone. Now there may be a special Cape Floral Kingdom set joining the collection.
FYNBOS INSPIRATION: Bricks nation — Cape Floral Kingdom reimagined in Lego by local designer
www.dailymaverick.co.za
May 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
That’s neat.
this is the way
I've used tenbluelinks.org to great success
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
this is the way