Dr J R Davis
Science, art, humanity
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisChocolate Tube Slime Mold, exploding onion edition. Newfoundland, Canada. #myxomycete #fungifriends Photo covers about 4cm, left to right.
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisSir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisLet’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.
- No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Serious question: Who writes Trump's tweets? He is known to do little reading or writing, and his speech is very often disorganized. How do relatively well-written tweets appear on his account at night when his cognitive faculties are likely to be less than their best?
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisFavorite review: “It is the most terrifying horror movie I have seen since Eraserhead. The tension! Will the table setting be symmetrical? If the fork is out of alignment, will the simulation crash?”
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisSeptember 9th 2024 Hydrangea
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisAmid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift. It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.
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- Reposted by Dr J R DavisMinneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisThe Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisBrandishing is a legal term that means to display all or part of a firearm, or otherwise make its presence known to another person to intimidate them, regardless of whether it's directly visible to that person. Given the video, that's not what Alex Pretti was doing when he was shot & killed.
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- Reposted by Dr J R DavisThis is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
- A YouTube link for those looking for it. No words. youtu.be/btqHDhO4h10?...
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisA joke for the history buffs.
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisUp this week: Proteaceae. Flowers are 4-merous, stamens fused to the uniseriate perianth, 1 carpel with a long style & pollen presentation. This Gondwanaland family is found throughout the S. Hemisphere but is most diverse in Australia. 📷: Leucospermum sp/cv. #Proteaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisWorth every second
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisBlackeyed Susan July 21st 2024
- And, as silent as peat lying where the spade of Seamus Heaney’s grandfather laid it on the earth’s moist grass. A nexus of beauty, a net that draws us up from from the icy depths to light.
- Seamus Heaney couldn’t put it better.
- Baaa…d puns.
- Reposted by Dr J R Davis"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit. If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
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- www.instagram.com/reel/DSmX_KP... Maybe one needs to leave the US for Denmark like Professor Stoermer to see The Framers of the Constitution for who they were and what they intended, so that we can make just and lasting change in American society.
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisA robin on Christmas Eve #birds #photography
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- Reposted by Dr J R DavisA rare wild teapot. Or a Cladonia lichen:) Teapot (or lichen) is about 1.5cm high. Northwest Territories, Canada #lichen #fungi #fungifrienda #teapot
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisThis. It can happen to anyone. That’s where we are.
- Reposted by Dr J R DavisMpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."
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- Reposted by Dr J R DavisFrank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
- Reposted by Dr J R Davis“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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- Reposted by Dr J R DavisGreat culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
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- Reposted by Dr J R DavisEnding my #FluorescenceFriday with this beautiful avian retina image depicting the beautiful stratification in the avian eyes. This is where complexity meets art. #retina #avian #bird #plexiformlayer
