Hortus Praefectus

The current president of Syria is an imposition of the United States. His history sound like a CIA project. Bashar al Assad was not a saint, but he was eloquent.

Any port during the storm.

Be an ocean, not a pond, embrace your depth, ignore their limits.

Jimmy Fallon On The Future Of Late Night And Being A Super Marketer As late-night television declines, The Tonight Show host is preparing for tomorrow by building an entertainment empire based on his irrepressible joy. With the launch of his new marketing competition show, On Brand, he’s getting down to business.

As late-night television declines, The Tonight Show host is preparing for tomorrow by building an entertainment empire based on his irrepressible joy. With the launch of his new marketing competition show, On Brand, he’s getting down to business.

Greta Thunberg said she is “not scared of Israel” as she sailed with an international aid flotilla toward Gaza, calling the voyage a last resort to show “there is still some humanity left.” #gretathun... TikTok video by Reuters

“I’m not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.” - Greta Thunberg, an autistic person who, even as a teenager, showed more courage, empathy, and humanity than all the genocidal neurotypical “leaders” running the US government.

Moto-moto Madagascar

Matisyahu...one day

Feuerdorn mit unscharfem Hintergrund.

Guten Morgen, es ist endlich Freitag. Wir haben momentan 14° aber es sollten heute 27 werden und die Prognose für das Wochenende ist auch nicht schlecht. 👍

Crossing hemispheres in Kenya, half of me in the north, half in the south, balancing on the middle line of the world. 💁‍♂️🤓🌍🇰🇪

Be careful over here there are people putting Charlie’s name on an account and then putting people on the block list as a Marxist . I wish these Republicans understand what a Marxist is and realize we don’t have that in the United States. .

Royal Society to reconsider expelling Elon Musk - Research Professional News Violent rhetoric in address to anti-immigration rally pushes science academy to reassess billionaire’s fellowship

Royal Society's governing council will meet on 1 October to consider expelling Elon Musk.

Adrian Smith, its president, taking a new stance in light of Musk address to far-right rally in London last week.

@francesjones.bsky.social with the latest.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

The Orchid Tree of Life poster visually summarizes the main findings of our study, ‘The origin and speciation of orchids’ (Pérez-Escobar et al., 2024). Designed as a science communication tool, the infographic aims to share the core messages of our research with a broad audience – highlighting the evolutionary history, global significance and conservation challenges facing orchids today. The poster is freely available for download at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27021472.v2.

Big congrats to Kew scientist Dr Oscar A. Pérez Escobar. He’s profiled by New Phytologist, covering his journey and research on orchid evolution and comparative genomics.🧪
Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70484
#KewScience #Orchids

Japan sets new record with nearly 100,000 people aged over 100 The number of Japanese centenarians rose to 99,763 in September, with women making up 88% of the total.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Charlie Kirk: “God’s perfect law says gays should be stoned to death.”

Liberals: “This is an honorable man who did politics the right way. Through debate, not calls to violence.”

Plants repress ROS1 expression to attenuate heat-induced transposon burst - Nature Plants Plants suppress the DNA demethylase ROS1 under heat stress to limit transposon activation, preventing genome instability. This conserved mechanism balances stress adaptation with genome protection.

Here’s an interesting new paper on ROS1, an enzyme that removes DNA methylation and that is POSITIVELY controlled by DNA methylation.
It’s repression during heat stress 🥵🌱 is crucial to suppress transposon mobility! 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Introduction to Machine Learning - PR Stats Introduction to Machine Learning (IMLR04) is a five-day live online course that teaches practical machine learning using R. Designed for applied researchers and data analysts, the course covers both s...

Crack the code of machine learning — even if you’re new to it.

R + Python demos for ecologists & life scientists

Taught by Dr. Niamh Mimnagh

6–10 Oct 2025 | Live online

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www.prstats.org/course/intro...
#MachineLearning #RStats #Python #Bioinformatics

A sweeping view from a rocky hillside looking over a vast, green valley at sunrise. Rolling grassy hills stretch into the distance, framed by steep cliffs on the left and scattered tussock grasses and shrubs in the foreground. A river glimmers through the valley below.

JOB: Help lead the science shaping the future of biodiversity.

We’re looking for a Senior Research Leader with expertise in modelling, statistics & remote sensing to turn cutting-edge data into lasting impact for landscapes, biodiversity & natural capital.
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🗓 Closes 28 Sept

As a climate person, I'm wary of the narrative that's taking hold in the UK that Reform are almost unbeatable already. The demoralisation/inevitability playbook is very fossil fuel company- feels dangerously close to it here, especially given that the world will look very different in 4 years.

OK maybe the same should go for dogs and pets in general.

The one change that worked: I sobered up – and started to listen to what my body was telling me After years of partying, I realised the exhaustion and anxiety weren’t worth it, and turned my back on Friday night Fomo. I still enjoy the dancefloor, but I always know when to leave

The one change that worked: I sobered up – and started to listen to what my body was telling me

Why is it destructive to believe that children are their parents' property?

Ahoooooooo warewolves of london ahooooooo

I believe I met God on a train today. He was disguised as a Greek who emigrated to Germany. [God is always happy]. He advised me not to drink beer, saying water has allowed him to live looong. I asked him, "Are you married?"
He said, "No."
Why not?
He said, "He has not found the one."

Vol 76 | Issue 12 | 2025 Journal of Experimental Botany Cover image: The strikingly glaucous appearance of the mature leaves in the cycad species Encephalartos horridus is attributed to structural coloration. The bluish mature leaves are shown in the background, while the newly emerged leaves in the foreground have yet to acquire the coloration, as the necessary conditions for its appearance have not yet been met. See Nobusawa et al., pp. 3577—3592.

📣 NEW ISSUE 📣

🌵 Issue 12 of 2025 is out now 🌵

✨ COVER: The strikingly glaucous appearance of mature leaves in the cycad Encephalartos horridus is attributed to structural coloration (Nobusawa et al.) 🌵

🔗 Read the full issue: academic.oup.com/jxb...

🧪 #PlantScience
@sebiology.bsky.social

Americas

Final year PhD students, I know you’re desperately trying to finish experiments/revisions/submissions/write a thesis & just survive - but please spare a few minutes to apply to your dream postdoc labs.

It easily takes A YEAR from first contact, even if everything goes to plan on both sides.

Though I am not into this sort of research, this was interesting to read.