attended a workshop by the ucsc library special collection dept and got to touch this ~4000 year old cuneiform tablet??!!!

got to do some destructive sampling from a rare taxa today!

pickleweed pals #greenhouse

this past weekend we hosted a volunteer session at the herbarium where we had ~35 attendees, and got 231 specimens mounted in just 3.5 hours! couldn’t be more thankful for a great community!!

mounting today at the #herbarium 😁

today’s monotonous task was sorting stems

what kills me about this is that LLM ppl will always say "oh yeah i know it messes up and you should double check it" but then also in the same breath tell you use should use it for your academic research and lit review. NO!!!!! why isn't it being error-riddled enough to stop this?

estuaries are at risk!!!! NOAA cuts result in complete elimination of funding for the NERRS system— this is the organization I do my research with. They’re SO SO IMPORTANT!!!!! please sign this letter of support and call your reps

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

beauty can be everywhere! even in the tiniest sidewalk cracks. This is Spergularia rubra, a flower that persists even in the pavement :)

what even is an herbarium?

an herbarium is effectively a collection of plant corpses, ones that are dried and stored to last for years and years!

they can give us a snapshot into what plants existed in the past!

attached is a photo of a specimen from 1910!!!!

heard a talk on Friday emphasizing the importance of science communication on social media. so here I am. scientist on social media.

I'm going to try to share some stuff from my work at the UCSC campus herbarium! It's lots of fun and we see some cool stuff.
#Botany #Herbaria