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Chance O'Reilly @chanceoreilly.bsky.social · 9h

Clowns always offer ordinary people a little luck. 🎪 Take the $5K, then vote for us — the Democrats. 🗳️ Vote here: tinyurl.com/giftZ5k

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Pearse Reynolds 🇮🇪🇪🇺🔶💙 #FBPE @pearsereynolds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Clowns always offer ordinary people a little luck. 🎪 Take the $5K, then vote for us — the Democrats. 🗳️ Vote here: tinyurl.com/giftZ5k

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Great news, Jason! This should increase your ability to influence forest policy.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sorry, but this is not a photo of a real tree. You refer to it in one place as a pedunculate oak, in another as the Angel oak. It is neither. No real oak branches like this.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nice photo of a lovely tree. I need to make more Gambel oak photos. I took this one on the shoulders of Humphreys Peak outside of Flagstaff. I guess I need more western trips.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is one of the most exciting science stories I’ve read in a newspaper in quite some time. I wish @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social all the best in her new position.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Joshua trees are uncommon, with a limited range, and threatened by climate change. Read what scientists are doing to stabilize the species.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well done, Alex. This is important.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This old bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, on the University of Kentucky campus is one of my favorites for its fine form. It predates the existence of the university by several hundred years. Unfortunately, that building behind the tree was filling with people and the parking lot was jammed.

An ancient bur oak in front of a building on the University of Kentucky Campus. Photo by Tom Kimmerer

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That’s great news! I hope you find as much joy in forestry school as I did.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you for this fascinating story, Jason. I haven’t yet seen this issue of Sci Am. I think this story may find a place in my next book.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you Doc. Although I am primarily a tree biologist, I have a botanists interest in other plants, especially their history with humans.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sadly, our grocery stores carry a lot of “bread-like objects.”

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is horrible news. We needed Joe.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Let me recommend David Quammen’s outstanding book The Tangled Tree, which takes a deep look at the changes in biology during Woese’s life.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It is such a shame to see what is being done to the Herald Leader, but I’m glad to be able to read Bill Estep at The Lantern.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When the fruit falls or is ready to fall - comes off the tree when you touch the fruit or shake the tree. These are the most delicious of all tree nuts, so it’s worth taking the time to harvest when ripe.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Good. We mustn’t reward the gutting of what used to be a good newspaper.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Very interesting. I will read the paper in the morning.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is a beautiful and interesting tree. It is a yellow-poplar or tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, in the magnolia family. True poplars, Populus spp. never live this long. I visited this tree many years ago.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thank you, Robin. I appreciate your encouragement.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’m curious whether these people are motivated primarily by a desire to destroy our society or our planet.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Autumn is arriving and trees are preparing for the cold. This is not a simple response of trees to changing weather, but a complex series of physiologic events in trees that begins in early spring. Have a look at Our Trees.

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Trees End Their Season

A complex series of events prepare trees for cold

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

All my kids did non-contact sports - track, swimming, cycling as well as music. All grew into healthy, fit adults. Football is for fools.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Mine is very similar to yours, with NYC and Baltimore predominating. I haven’t lived in those places for many decades, but I guess my language hasn’t changed. You and I could have a nice conversation!

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you want fruit, why not simply plant seedlings?

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This kind of reversion in fruitless cultivars is common.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am very fortunate because, at age 15, I had my first job at Johns Hopkins in the Child Life Program providing nonmedical care - playing, reading, teaching - to children with severe life-long problems. I learned to value and respect each person I meet, regardless of their ability or prospects.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wendell is no longer physically with us, but his writings and his influence on our society will continue. The threats to our planet are severe, but, inspired by Wendell, we will push back and care for our Earth.

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Wendell Will Be With Us

I first encountered Wendell Berry’s writing when I was 19.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is meaningful work. I appreciate your conclusion "In sum, higher concentrations of non-structural carbohydrate, lower δ13C values and higher stem growth rates all point towards higher net carbon assimilation by conifers...," without speculating too broadly. We await the next chapter.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This was the first Nobel Prize, to Lorenz, Tinbergen, and von Frisch, awarded for animal behavior research. I was a biology undergrad then, and this award was a major change in what was deemed important in biology.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

And if you are a biologist, graylags immediately bring to mind Konrad Lorenz, who earned a Nobel Prize for his work with graylags.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is the right choice if you qualify. Most arborists are after maximum revenue from tree "care". I have worked with many arborists and am not a big fan of the business. Consulting arborists, who are probably outside of your. budget, are the most inclined to be honest.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is important work. Thank you for telling us about it.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thrilled to announce that my department - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - at the U of Arizona will likely be hiring for a tenure-track position in "Population and Community Ecology" this fall. Watch this space for more details and official announcements coming soon ... #Ecology #EcologyJobs 🌐🌾🧪

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I don’t know, but be sure to tell us the outcome.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

That seems like an appropriate place for a pawpaw festival.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I hope you are successful. Pawpaw seems to be doing well in many places north of its native range.

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