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🌻 The Week in Botany April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023
I was surprised earlier this week when I was told how close the Easter break was. I still thought it was a month away. If I’d realised it was as close as it...
🌻 The Week in Botany March 27, 2023
March 27, 2023
The French version of the site is now live at https://fr.botany.one/. I plan to launch another language this week, but I’m waiting to see what comes out on...
🌻 The Week in Botany March 20, 2023
March 20, 2023
You might remember a while back we had some translations for blog posts available, and wondered what happened to them. The translation management system...
🌻 The Week in Botany March 13, 2023
March 13, 2023
It’s an unusual week, this week, as I’ve reached the end of it fairly satisfied. The website redesign is done and live. From your point of view, the...
🌻 The Week in Botany March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023
It’s a very rapidly put-together issue this week as I’ve spent most of the weekend driving. The result is there’s no careers section this week. It would be...
🌻 The Week in Botany February 27, 2023
February 27, 2023
Working on these emails gets later and later. This week the oven went with a bang. I had planned to listen to practice and qualifying for the E-prix, while...
🌻 The Week in Botany February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023
It’s a busy time in the Annals of Botany office at the moment. The deadline for articles for a special issue: African Flora in a Changing World – Integrating...
🌻 The Week in Botany February 13, 2023
February 13, 2023
I hope you’re well. The scanning for Twitter and Mastodon both seem to be working still, so there’s another collection of the stories you’re sharing. The...
🌻The Week in Botany February 6, 2023
February 7, 2023
Sorry for the delay this week. I’d gone to Wales to see my parents and set this up to come out on schedule. I hadn’t noticed that the email hadn’t come out...
🌻 The Week in Botany January 30, 2023
January 30, 2023
The painkillers are working, so instead of a cat shuffling with one lame leg, I now have a cat galloping on three legs. He needs a lot of supervision,...
🌻 The Week in Botany January 23, 2023
January 23, 2023
Here’s another collection of the stories you’re sharing on Twitter and Mastodon this week. I’m still behind with the Careers section of the newsletter, but...
🌻 The Week in Botany January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023
There’s a plan among some Chinese scientists to use parasitic plants to control invasive species. It’s an interesting idea, but leaves a lot of questions....
🌻 The Week in Botany January 9, 2023
January 9, 2023
This week’s newsletter has been put together at the last minute as I’ve been away most of the week. I should be back at my desk mid-morning tomorrow. There’s...
🎄 The Week in Botany December 19, 2022
December 19, 2022
It’s the last Week in Botany of the year, as I plan to be off work for Christmas week. There’s fewer jobs in the careers section than I’d like. I could...
🌻 The Week in Botany December 12, 2022
December 12, 2022
I’ve been making notes during the week of the jobs and PhD positions I’ve spotted and adding them to the website. It’s made putting together the Careers...
🌻 The Week in Botany December 5, 2022
December 5, 2022
It’s taken longer than usual to compile this week’s newsletter. This is partly due to bronchitis, which has kept me from sleeping. Additionally, every time I...
🌻 The Week in Botany November 28, 2022
November 28, 2022
A new design went live at Botany One this week. The plan is that you can read the shorter posts from the homepage rather than clicking through. There are...
🌻 The Week in Botany November 21, 2022
November 21, 2022
Welcome to the first email sent via Substack. It’s not as friendly for me to use as Revue was, so if you’re not happy with it you have my sympathy, and...
🌻 TWiB November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022
This week has mainly been spent programming to prepare for a post-Twitter future. Things are falling into place, and we should have something ready by...
🌻 TWiB November 7, 2022
November 7, 2022
For my week off we had more stories out than usual. I've been using my time off to experiment with sharing to Mastodon and Tumblr. Every time I needed to...
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