@shockerbotany.bsky.social
husband, botanist, Kentuckian, addictive personality, secretly likes Jackass and toilet humor
Mixed feelings today about starting my Gen Bio II lectures on natural selection dressed as Jim Jones.
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Mixed feelings today about starting my Gen Bio II lectures on natural selection dressed as Jim Jones.
Enjoyed running a chromosome counting workshop for @mossmatters.bsky.social and his students at TTU this weekend. Also enjoyed working with Xanthisma texanum, which has one of the lowest chromosome numbers in plants (2n = 8).
#GunsUp
#GunsUp
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Enjoyed running a chromosome counting workshop for @mossmatters.bsky.social and his students at TTU this weekend. Also enjoyed working with Xanthisma texanum, which has one of the lowest chromosome numbers in plants (2n = 8).
#GunsUp
#GunsUp
Purple thumb Thursday- meiotic chromosome count of Iva annua (Sedgwick Co., KS). 34 chromosomes at prophase I, then 17 chromosomes in the haploid cells of anaphase II.
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Purple thumb Thursday- meiotic chromosome count of Iva annua (Sedgwick Co., KS). 34 chromosomes at prophase I, then 17 chromosomes in the haploid cells of anaphase II.
If you've never seen any of Teri's exquisite cytological work, you should start now.
Hybrid zones in Cardamine (Brassicaceae) reveal the formation of diverse triploid hybrids with evolutionary potential. Cardamine rivularis plays a key role as both a driver and a species at risk.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you've never seen any of Teri's exquisite cytological work, you should start now.
Those Democrats tired of getting their teeth knocked down their throats should read this. Those that are fine with that should feel free to ignore it.
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...
Third Way
www.thirdway.org
August 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Those Democrats tired of getting their teeth knocked down their throats should read this. Those that are fine with that should feel free to ignore it.
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...
www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-...
Let me be the (perhaps) the first to promote this job on bsky. BRIT is a super important herbarium run by some of the nicest folks I've met in Botany. I'd love to have another great colleague in this neck of the woods...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
Research Botanist
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www.paycomonline.net
August 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let me be the (perhaps) the first to promote this job on bsky. BRIT is a super important herbarium run by some of the nicest folks I've met in Botany. I'd love to have another great colleague in this neck of the woods...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
The GOP is about to discover the precise limits of the American work ethic.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Ag secretary says able-bodied Medicaid recipients should replace immigrant farm workforce
USDA secretary says there’s “no amnesty” from mass deportations for farm labor, but that enforcement should be “strategic.”
www.politico.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The GOP is about to discover the precise limits of the American work ethic.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
My #McClintockLetters to the editor was published last week in my hometown newspaper- the Hickman Co. (KY) Times. Thanks to @cornellasap.bsky.social for coordinating this effort.
June 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My #McClintockLetters to the editor was published last week in my hometown newspaper- the Hickman Co. (KY) Times. Thanks to @cornellasap.bsky.social for coordinating this effort.
Somewhere LBJ is smiling watching MAGA Republicans realize they can't touch Medicaid without feeling 100,000 volts.
June 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Somewhere LBJ is smiling watching MAGA Republicans realize they can't touch Medicaid without feeling 100,000 volts.
Everyone eventually ends up where they belong.
www.rferl.org/a/russia-sno...
www.rferl.org/a/russia-sno...
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Is Now A Registered Russian Taxpayer, RFE/RL Finds
Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency whistleblower who has lived in Russia since his revelations rocked the US intelligence community in 2013, has a taxpayer identification number, S...
www.rferl.org
June 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Everyone eventually ends up where they belong.
www.rferl.org/a/russia-sno...
www.rferl.org/a/russia-sno...
Besides the gross AI angle here, there's an uncomfortable geographic component to this story. Best of luck getting anyone to talk about that.
May 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Besides the gross AI angle here, there's an uncomfortable geographic component to this story. Best of luck getting anyone to talk about that.
A comprehensive yet remarkably concise review of the systematics of Brassicaceae. Bonus- written by the mustard godfather and perhaps the nicest person in botany, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz.
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: The Brassicaceae then and now: Advancements in the past three decades, a review
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
May 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A comprehensive yet remarkably concise review of the systematics of Brassicaceae. Bonus- written by the mustard godfather and perhaps the nicest person in botany, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz.
Instead of pulling out the hacksaw to add it to the voucher, I think @sutherlandbl.bsky.social probably wants the large Claytonia virginica tuber on the left for cultivation. Didn't know they got this large- FNA says up to 20cm! Sumner Co., KS.
April 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Instead of pulling out the hacksaw to add it to the voucher, I think @sutherlandbl.bsky.social probably wants the large Claytonia virginica tuber on the left for cultivation. Didn't know they got this large- FNA says up to 20cm! Sumner Co., KS.
Many of my fellow faculty appear surprised at the speed with which universities have capitulated. Consider that the only layer between us and the federal government consists of ladder-climbing admins and university lawyers.
March 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Many of my fellow faculty appear surprised at the speed with which universities have capitulated. Consider that the only layer between us and the federal government consists of ladder-climbing admins and university lawyers.
See Harpo's post below. I've not met Arnold Clifford, but have seen many many of his specimens. He's more or less legendary in SW botanical circles. His collection on the Navajo Nation needs our help to get into a secure, permanent building.
Urgent support needed for a leaking roof of the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium! Digital Donations can be made through Venmo to @ShawnaB3- with the note "Carrizo Mountain Herbarium Urgent Support"
March 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
See Harpo's post below. I've not met Arnold Clifford, but have seen many many of his specimens. He's more or less legendary in SW botanical circles. His collection on the Navajo Nation needs our help to get into a secure, permanent building.
My latest picture of "Snowball," the piebald fox squirrel on WSU campus.
February 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My latest picture of "Snowball," the piebald fox squirrel on WSU campus.
One of the saddest and perverse legacies of communism is its failure to build a tolerant society, despite this being a central goal. This is the map of the winners of each of Germany's constituencies yesterday. Blue is the AfD, and yes that is the former East Germany.
February 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
One of the saddest and perverse legacies of communism is its failure to build a tolerant society, despite this being a central goal. This is the map of the winners of each of Germany's constituencies yesterday. Blue is the AfD, and yes that is the former East Germany.
Extremely important advice for anyone who wants us (blue America) to govern again anytime soon. There are _many_ phrases we use that cause most Americans to immediately stop listening.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Andy Beshear: Democrats need to talk ‘like real human beings’ to win elections
The Kentucky governor said his party wasn’t using ‘normal language’ in an interview during POLITICO’s Governors Summit.
www.politico.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Extremely important advice for anyone who wants us (blue America) to govern again anytime soon. There are _many_ phrases we use that cause most Americans to immediately stop listening.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Been posted many times before, but simply too good (or bad) not to post again.
February 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Been posted many times before, but simply too good (or bad) not to post again.
Another headline that absolutely no one could have seen coming. The stupidity here is honestly breathtaking.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
After Trump’s remarks on Gaza, some in Dearborn, Michigan ‘think we screwed up.’
Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza was met with outrage in Dearborn, Michigan, an Arab American enclave.
www.politico.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Another headline that absolutely no one could have seen coming. The stupidity here is honestly breathtaking.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Is this Science writer trolling, really naive, or perhaps just stoned? If this shit wasn't cringe enough, now they have a special AI category where no actual PhD need be completed.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Science’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest is open again!
This year’s competition has a special category on artificial intelligence research or quantum science—no Ph.D. needed
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Is this Science writer trolling, really naive, or perhaps just stoned? If this shit wasn't cringe enough, now they have a special AI category where no actual PhD need be completed.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
This is what losing sounds like. There are things we can do that make winning (and governing) more likely. But it might mean acknowledging that the issues that get us (highly educated, largely secular/urban/wealthy/white) worked up are waaayyy down the list for most Americans.
January 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is what losing sounds like. There are things we can do that make winning (and governing) more likely. But it might mean acknowledging that the issues that get us (highly educated, largely secular/urban/wealthy/white) worked up are waaayyy down the list for most Americans.
I hate to promote charismatic megafauna, but this is pretty awesome. Happy hunting my feline friends.
www.rferl.org/a/elk-snow-l...
www.rferl.org/a/elk-snow-l...
Food For Snow Leopards: Mountain Elk Reintroduced In Kyrgyzstan
Activists in a nature reserve in central Kyrgyzstan have reintroduced elk in a bid to restore the local ecosystem and preserve snow leopards, who traditionally feed on the elk. Thirty elk from the Alt...
www.rferl.org
January 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I hate to promote charismatic megafauna, but this is pretty awesome. Happy hunting my feline friends.
www.rferl.org/a/elk-snow-l...
www.rferl.org/a/elk-snow-l...
This thread went a very different way than I expected. Seems frighteningly clear that people aren't ready to talk about how this many people in this dry an area is never going to turn out well.
January 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This thread went a very different way than I expected. Seems frighteningly clear that people aren't ready to talk about how this many people in this dry an area is never going to turn out well.