Green Labs Shared Equipment Coordinator – CU Boulder. Interested in #ecology, #conservation, #restoration, and #sustainability. Background in #biochemistry and the #evolutionary genetics of #plants. I dabble in #ScientificProgramming and #ComputationalModeling. I love #nature. #Photography, #hiking, #running, #cycling, #reading, #writing, #sewing, #botanizing, #herping, and #learning. I believe social justice should be woven into the practice of science. Opinions my own.
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Last Notes npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Woodland pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea) in the mid-elevation (~8500ft) montane forest of the #Colorado Front Range. July 2026. A very interesting plant. Believe it or not, it's in the blueberry family Ericaceae. It is a parasite of fungi and photosynthetic plants. Widespread in North America. #Botany #Plants #Bloomscrolling npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler A Snowshoe Hare bounces away from the edge of a trail in the #Colorado Front Range. June, 2026. #FootpathFriday #Wildlife #Photography #TrailRunning npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Messing around looking at the surface of various tissues from the corolla and calex from flowers of my Sage plant. 1) petal cells on the corolla surface, 2) pigmented (anthocyanins no doubt) cells on the outer calex surface, 3) a glandular trichome on the corolla surface, 4) petal cells with and without pigments along the interface between purple and white stripes on the interior of the corolla. Taken with an old compound scope and a pixel phone camera. #Botany #Microscopy #Photography #Science npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler As an Oregonian, a biologist, and someone with a deep and unwavering love for the old growth forests of the PNW, I implore you to submit a personalized public comment opposing this short-sighted rule change at the BLM. Loss of what remains of Oregon's old growth forests would be an irreversible tragedy. #Conservation #Forests #Oregon #Biodiversity npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler #SilentSunday #Bloomscrolling #Pollinators #Wyoming #bee npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler #SilentSunday #Utah npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler #ScenerySaturday A creek flows through Red Lodge, MT. August, 2016. #Landscape #Photography npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler What percentage of the LLM training data surrounding nuclear war is made up by the Terminator franchise and War Games? 😆 So depressing. SciFi authors always envision these grandiose stories about hyper-intelligent AIs turning on humanity, but the reality is SO MUCH DUMBER. Feels more like the kind of tech apocalypse from Cat's Cradle than the one from Terminator. npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler https://ecoevo.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/606/772/875/769/393/original/f969c6bb6ead6765.jpg npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler In my opinion, any one of the major issues with LLMs (environmental, ethical, economic, functionality) is severe enough to be completely disqualifying. We shouldn't be using these things *at all*. There is no responsible usage. All they are is a tool for the corporate capture of the human spirit. It's painful for me to see universities and other organizations promoting their use. #education #science npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler One of the bleakest I've read recently. A tragedy on a global scale. Economic growth without boundaries is destroying the natural world at a rate that is hard to fathom. #ecology #biodiversity npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Interesting. Maybe there's a mutual benefit in terms of safety or something (or at least a benefit for the skink)! npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Thanks! I'm really curious. npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Super cool! npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler "Why, hello fellow snakes!" npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Something I've never understood about the Christian story, about which I'm genuinely curious how people think. Narratively, it seems that there were no stakes for Jesus. He's an immortal demigod, who *knows* that he is. So, all the "sacrifice" he makes rings hollow, because he is aware all along that he'll just go to heaven or be resurrected or some such supernatural thing. Now, if he "didn't know* what he was, that would seem to be a much more compelling narrative. #religion #philosophy npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Woke up thinking of some other options. Assuming you wanted chants that specifically reference masks... Clearly I am not a great lyricist. lol npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Agreed! Might be hard to make it lyrical enough for a chant. I just love the quote! haha npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler Perhaps you can paraphrase V for Vendetta somehow? npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler It was an eerie looking day on the way up to Mallory cave near Boulder, Colorado yesterday. #silentsunday #nature #landscapephotography npub15y8l8qg6tqz8yw0k7z8twdmx2yz42lhsdxhtpfrxg37xdwwmn9ts3r32ru Lucas C. Wheeler I guess the darkness in "Democracy Dies in Darkness" was due to being buried under a giant pile of cash.
