Tina Gray Teague, PhD

I cast my ballot today!

How China’s universities joined the global elite Investment by Beijing has transformed the country’s institutions despite lingering questions about research quality and intellectual freedom

“The damage being done to the research enterprise across our top US universities stands in marked contrast to the systematic efforts in China to support major scientific initiatives”
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Mine in this week’s @newyorker.com

You know who really has a good vantage on what universities can and should be? Faculty. Not always the organizational structure and operation, because that's not the job, But what it takes to educate? Yep. Yet the overwhelming media coverage is by and about ppl w very little to no experience.

New group aims to keep PBS programming in Arkansas - Arkansas Times Friends of Arkansas PBS, a newly formed, citizen-led group that hopes to preserve programming from the national Public Broadcasting Service in Arkansas, is hosting its first talk on Thursday.

Friends of Arkansas PBS, a newly formed, citizen-led group that hopes to preserve programming from the national Public Broadcasting Service in Arkansas, is hosting its first talk on Thursday. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Butterfly Valentine, 1959
Ink, watercolor and collage on paper
9 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches
Hallmark Art Collection

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Death by Fungus - Alex Wild Among the most spectacular threats faced by insects are pathogenic, insect-killing fungi. Some of the more specialized fungal species invade the brains of their hosts, altering the insects' behaviors ...

Death by Fungus: a photo gallery.

Entomologist here, and I strongly support comparing all things good to the knees of bees!

When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us YouTube video by PBS Eons

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Screwworm imported from Argentina, caught at border inspection in Florida. The interception isn't itself cause for alarm and shows the government is still functioning.

Still, it's a demonstration of propagule pressure, and the re-establishment of screwworm here is likely a matter of when, not if.

Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration as New World screwworm continues to inch closer to the border | Houston Public Media The preemptive declaration will establish a joint Texas New World Screwworm Response Team.

Texas is officially a disaster.

I’m so 💔 sorry

Texas A&M’s Melting Point: Five presidents in five years. High-profile firings and cancellations. Crackdowns on dissent. Inside state leaders’ efforts to remake one of our finest institutions.
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Both will tolerate for a little while

One is a snow dog and one is not

Jonesburrrrrr

Arkansas roads today—Blue snow and purple/red ice

Arkansas drivers aren’t accustomed to such challenges. It’s best to stay home and feed the birds

Coccinellidae - Alex Wild A gallery of ladybird beetles.

A gallery of ladybird beetles:

Don’t apply to grad school as a robot, people. Your goal is to stand out, and gen-AI makes you look generic.

As Arizona groundwater disappears, an agricultural giant agrees to use less Agriculture has been free to use Arizona's groundwater, but as water levels drop, the state may have hit a turning point.

Update: One of Arizona’s largest farming businesses has agreed to leave some croplands dry and pay $11 million to help residents whose wells have gone dry. @azagmayes.bsky.social says the legal settlement came after a year of ‘hard-fought’ negotiations. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Screwworm is getting closer.

Cotton flower with clouded plant bugs

Lots of January flower posts today…. Here’s mine taken back in July

Happy New Year combo
-Football, collards, peas, and cornbread

here’s hoping 2026 is just one year

*Pablo ☑️

His mum was picked up by an artist who cared for her and the 7 puppies!

We adopted Panlo Picasso.

Puppy lying down with his paw in his food bowl

Got a rescue pup last month. He's always hungry, and he loves to lounge at his food bowl.

Not too bad 😌