Bob Ricklefs RIP. One of the giants of ecology. His textbooks were the gateway to the field for many students. His papers were invariably thoughtful, well-argued and provocative, even those I disagreed with. 🌏🧪🌐
There’s something so bizarre and depressing about a news story that flattens the president’s connection to/friendship with the worst sex criminal in history to a public relations crisis management tick-tock — Epstein existing only as a polling concern and as backdrop for infighting between idiots
“I would therefore urge that people be introduced to, say, equation (3) early in their mathematical education. This equation can be studied phenomenologically by iterating it on a calculator. Or even by hand.”
I know we will hit mainland once and maybe the Hog Hammock store, but groceries all packed for a week of 3 folks on Sapelo and hit $10/person/day and it seems like living large. We agreed on food and that will make the car to dock to ferry to dock to truck to housing easier!
That includes a lot of field gear and collecting stuff. May the bivalves be good to us!