@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.
Nice photo Chris! Here's one from SW Wisconsin.
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nice photo Chris! Here's one from SW Wisconsin.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In one hour I teach in a room with an exterior door that lacks weather stripping.
January 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In one hour I teach in a room with an exterior door that lacks weather stripping.
I didn't even notice that Latine was an option in the Pew poll, but it looks like even fewer Hispanic people prefer it! I'll stick to the terms (Hispanic and Latino) that it appears that the vast majority of those folks prefer.
December 23, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I didn't even notice that Latine was an option in the Pew poll, but it looks like even fewer Hispanic people prefer it! I'll stick to the terms (Hispanic and Latino) that it appears that the vast majority of those folks prefer.
Maybe a first step would be to stop using terms (Latinx) that are essentially never used by the very people we (white people) think we are "honoring."
December 22, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Maybe a first step would be to stop using terms (Latinx) that are essentially never used by the very people we (white people) think we are "honoring."
My Schnauzer Ernie is the sweetest dog on the planet. Loud ass toddlers can get right up in his face and he's totally calm. At the vet he turns into a bloodthirsty maniac and has to wear a Hannibal Lecter-level muzzle.
November 26, 2024 at 2:42 PM
My Schnauzer Ernie is the sweetest dog on the planet. Loud ass toddlers can get right up in his face and he's totally calm. At the vet he turns into a bloodthirsty maniac and has to wear a Hannibal Lecter-level muzzle.
Plantsgiving motivation- check out this histogram of species diversity by orders, found in our local grocery store. Hat tip-Chris' "grocery store botany" lab. Some non-edible species of course, but if you can't win species diversity why not go for higher-level clades?
November 25, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Plantsgiving motivation- check out this histogram of species diversity by orders, found in our local grocery store. Hat tip-Chris' "grocery store botany" lab. Some non-edible species of course, but if you can't win species diversity why not go for higher-level clades?
5000 stainless beads = 2500 herbarium specimen extractions
November 24, 2024 at 8:20 PM
5000 stainless beads = 2500 herbarium specimen extractions
As we enter the accelerating zeitgeist whirlpool of national terror, here is a photo of an Inuit girl with her puppy.
October 30, 2024 at 12:52 PM
As we enter the accelerating zeitgeist whirlpool of national terror, here is a photo of an Inuit girl with her puppy.
WTF is up with Marsilea vestita's distribution in AR and LA? Is it really just following the Arkansas then Mississippi Rivers? Why isn't it restricted to rivers in other areas? Why isn't it found farther north along the Mississippi? Some sort of crazy collection bias? What am I missing?
October 16, 2024 at 4:15 PM
WTF is up with Marsilea vestita's distribution in AR and LA? Is it really just following the Arkansas then Mississippi Rivers? Why isn't it restricted to rivers in other areas? Why isn't it found farther north along the Mississippi? Some sort of crazy collection bias? What am I missing?
Had my students evaluate native (subsp. americanus) vs. invasive (subsp. australis) Phragmites australis. Looks like invasive stuff in Wichita. Now to genotype KS herbarium material...
October 9, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Had my students evaluate native (subsp. americanus) vs. invasive (subsp. australis) Phragmites australis. Looks like invasive stuff in Wichita. Now to genotype KS herbarium material...
Department is replacing our copier, and the old one is in the hallway unattended. Only one thought comes to mind.
October 3, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Department is replacing our copier, and the old one is in the hallway unattended. Only one thought comes to mind.
I've got a lead for the source of the Hezbollah pagers.
September 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I've got a lead for the source of the Hezbollah pagers.
Sometimes I forget how many Nazi deaths were sealed about 5 miles away from my house here in Wichita.
(B-29 Assembly Line @ Boeing, 1944)
(B-29 Assembly Line @ Boeing, 1944)
August 24, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Sometimes I forget how many Nazi deaths were sealed about 5 miles away from my house here in Wichita.
(B-29 Assembly Line @ Boeing, 1944)
(B-29 Assembly Line @ Boeing, 1944)
If you want to start your weekend happy, here's the online fundraising status for David Dempsey, the treasonous J6 clown who just got 20 years in jail. Turns out attacking countless police officers doesn't make you a pity case. Best of luck with the Federal corrections officers BTW.
August 9, 2024 at 9:50 PM
If you want to start your weekend happy, here's the online fundraising status for David Dempsey, the treasonous J6 clown who just got 20 years in jail. Turns out attacking countless police officers doesn't make you a pity case. Best of luck with the Federal corrections officers BTW.