Ooooh looky, Slime Mold has a protogé: tower-building worms.
https://eladelantado.com/news/worms-form-living-towers-superorganism/

#slimemoldfanclub

SprinterWing is the best season in California.
#mosstodon

@mathowie Let the extraction<>extortion games begin. Oh, wait, they are well in play.

@mathowie I get that it's icky, but private equityesque ownership of successful digital products is no joke. It's a slash-and-burn strategy and is deadly.

Slime mold takes on the stars! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/slime-mold-helps-to-map-the-universes-tendrils-of-dark-matter/ #slimemoldfanclub

Slime mold helps in the quest to cure malaria. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051917 #slimemoldfanclub

Last week was International Nature Journaling Week and it was so fun. The results are weird, even for me. Which makes it especially fun. Thanks to the organizing team, and the inspiring beings I spent time with: avocado pit, zinnia, potato, spider plant, wind poppy pod, eucalyptus leaf, soil. I have much to learn about making things in a pie.

Hooray for Slime Mold Trains! #slimemoldfanclub https://streets.mn/2024/06/03/stories-from-those-aboard-the-borealis/

Poet laureate of the slime molds, thank you Lauren Moseley. #slimemoldfanclub https://electricliterature.com/two-poems-by-lauren-moseley/

@gretared I'm IN.

Oh hai Bay Area nature peeps & geeks! The Foster Museum in Palo Alto is hosting my Nature Journal workshop series again, and it's gonna be so fun. You should totally come. (Attend all 3 or come a la carte!) https://www.thefoster.org/join-our-program-natural-journaling-with-kate-rutter

@gretared I want to reach out and dry my face on that towel. 👏

Well, Slime Mold has an algorithm. Sigh...is there no end to the extraction? Is there joint ownership for the IP? Will part of all revenues be allocated to slime mold habitat protection? Why do we take nature's magic and make it into a human-serving acronym? #slimemoldfanclub #feelingirritable https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61412-9

Yay for scientist Tanya Latty and her work with Slime Mold! #slimemoldfanclub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXt1Nc7BehA

Yep. Slime molds are smart. #slimemoldfanclub
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/explorations-of-the-mind/202403/what-primitive-ancient-animals-can-teach-us-about-being-human

Well, it's happened: Investors have discovered the power of slime mold. Not sure how I feel about extractive capitalism using such a beloved being. https://acquirersmultiple.com/2024/02/investing-lessons-from-slime-molds/ #slimemoldfanclub

Yessss slime mold; nice to see you at the queerness in nature show! #slimemoldfanclub https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-01-29/in-auburn-artists-show-the-ways-queerness-and-nature-intersect

Happy World Soil Day! It's one of the most important events of the year!
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Take time today to...
~ Thank the Soil beneath your feet
~ Appreciate the life that Soil supports
~ Commit to preserving local Soil
~ Support work to restore degraded Soil
~ Celebrate the life, beauty, and wonder of Soil
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From a talk given by John Fike during an Alameda County Master Gardener session

Slime mold has been to the moon, but now it's informing our exploration of whole galaxies, too... https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01443 #slimemoldfanclub

Attention word lovers! Join me for this upcoming event:
* Lyricism in Line: A Nature Journal Lab for writers - Hosted by Writing the Wild.

Friday, November 3
10am-11:30am PDT, on Zoom

In this lab, we'll use simple drawing prompts and observational linework to explore natural forms and to evoke vivid vocabulary in our writing. By (literally) drawing out our impressions of natural phenomena, we'll connect with the energy and lyricism of natural subjects.

Register at http://WritingtheWild.org/labs