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Weight for a plumb line in the shape of an Egyptian god, lead 1st - 2nd centuries A.D. Fiesole, Teatro Romano

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Pottery of Daunia 7th-4th centuries B.C.

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The invention of agriculture... With oaks, of course! Andrea Pisano, ca. 1348-1350

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Magnificent Holm oak (Quercus ilex), Giardino Bardini, Florence.

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That should read, I'm not sure that I am persuaded.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Looking at swamp White Oak around the neighborhood today, I'm not sure. I'm persuaded. It would be nice to genotype that individual?

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A hybrid between dwarf chinkapin oak and swamp white oak?! What is the world coming to? Yesterday at magnificent, lovingly-created and curated Starhill Forest Arboretum with owners / founders Guy and Edie Sternberg and colleagues from @mortonarboretum.bsky.social. starhillforest.com/wp1/

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

moon + Mars, Downers Grove this morning.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Killdeer calling outside the Home Depot this evening. Turn up the volume to hear it.

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I don't know what sp (or spp) of empidonax flycatchers they were; but mixed in with them were a couple of palm warblers and quite a number of yellow-rumped warblers... siskins in the treetops... further on, white-throated sparrows in the brush along the trail and black-capped chickadees everywhere.

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A little flurry of empidonax flycatchers were going nuts at the first swale stop-off... strange (for me at least) to see >1 at once. Maybe only 3, but it felt like a flock

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Bizarre! Did we pass on the boardwalk?

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"Talent isn’t enough... Writing is work. Anyone can do this, anyone can learn to do this... I started with people much more talented than me, she said, and they’re dead or in jail or not writing. The difference between myself and them is that I’m writing."

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Annie Dillard and the Writing Life - The Morning News

"If you’re doing your job... You don’t have to tell the reader how to feel. No one likes to be told how to feel about something. And if you doubt that, just go ahead. Try and tell someone how to feel." @alexanderchee.bsky.social on Annie Dillard as teacher: themorningnews.org/annie-dillar...

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Writer aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You and me both, Dave. Here's to a succession of lives, at least one as a deer mouse in a mesic forest in the Driftless Area and one as a grizzly bear in the N. Rockies.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

mushrooms and grass of Parnassus and lovely Carex flava perigynia! and rosette of spatterdock splayed out for all to see, long-legged with insect-eaten blades... an October morning at Ridges Sanctuary, Door Co. WI.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Still one of my favorite opening paragraphs. From Nicholas Barton 2020, "On the completion of speciation". dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

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Reposted by Andrew Hipp

Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Variegated American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), @mortonarboretum.bsky.social East Woods yesterday afternoon.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reading Strata by @laurapoppick.bsky.social is like taking a walk through Earth history with a knowledgeable guide who knows how to tell a great story. I wish I'd had this 30 yrs ago when I was working as a naturalist, but I'm just as grateful to have it now.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One more free public tour today in the @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Herbarium, 2pm, focused on Mesoamerican oaks. Join us if you're around!

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Short's aster (Symphyotrichum shortii) flowering in @mortonarboretum.bsky.social East Woods.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Gandoger published many thousands of names, over 150,000 in Flora Europæ according to some accounts... He described plants in many genera (especially Rosa, in which he published over 16,000 names)..." -- nice article, @roderickcameron.bsky.social! www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/gand...

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Polyphemus moth caterpillar parasitized. @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Ware Field bur oak experiment this morning.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Golden jumping spider traversing a bur oak leaf this afternoon, @mortonarboretum.bsky.social bur oak common garden.

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I know it's a dreadful weed, but you have to admit that buckthorn has lovely cotyledons. @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Bur Oak common garden this evening.

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Learning about Mycobacterium tuberculosis with @downersgrovenorth.bsky.social @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social in AP Biology today, right before talking prairie restoration and experimental design. It's always a joy to teach with you, Mr. Grant.

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We may be seeing the opposite in DG. Lots of rain this summer & oaks are happy. @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social can say better, but my understanding of masting at least around here is pollen (so spring conditions) + fl production (so last year conditions) + resources (so this yr + last year?).

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I was apple 2+ / 2e generation, and I confess I always had mainframe / punchcard envy

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