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Professor passionate about student success & team science #firstgen #Brassica enthusiast walking Dogs of the Plant World #Agriculture #Food #HigherEd #EduSky #Agsky #SciComm & more #Soil #Crop #Science ; opinions mine

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Ancient Plants Used Infrared Radiation to Attract Their Pollinators - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Long before flowers painted the planet in brilliant colors, some of Earthโ€™s earliest plants were glowingโ€”not with pigment, but with heat. A new study from the lab of [โ€ฆ]

Ancient Plants Used Infrared Radiation to Attract Their Pollinators #research ๐Ÿง  ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿงฌ #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social @science.org

11.12.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Map showing current temperatures in California (from PivotalWeather.com). It depicts balmy and even record warmth in the mountains and hills, as well as SoCal, with temperatures into the 70s and 80s in these areas, but very chilly temperatures in the Central Valley remaining in the low 40s under a dense fog layer.

Map showing current temperatures in California (from PivotalWeather.com). It depicts balmy and even record warmth in the mountains and hills, as well as SoCal, with temperatures into the 70s and 80s in these areas, but very chilly temperatures in the Central Valley remaining in the low 40s under a dense fog layer.

Central California is currently experiencing one of the most remarkable temperature inversions I've ever seen in this part of the world. The Central Valley remains miserably damp & chilly under dense fog layer, but it's balmily warm & sunny just 2,000ft up nearby mountain slopes!

11.12.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 251    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

This is criminal. One reason black lung is becoming worse is that as thick Appalachian coal seams are mined out, the remaining seams are thin. The result? More silica-rich sandstone and siltstone must be removed to get the coal. More silica dust + weakened protections โ‰  loving coal miners.

11.12.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hugely important though because we thought this era was about geo-political competition, but these guys do not care about national self-interest so this neo-royalism or emergent network of personalist authoritarians may be as if not more important than US v China or US v Russia.

11.12.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It conveys a sort of hereditary aristocracy with that word, which raises the question about succession and whether these are phenomena that outlive the charismatic actors who brought them into being. When Trump leaves or dies, does the mantle get passed to his son or can he g(r)ift it to Vance?

11.12.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries

29.11.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1235    ๐Ÿ” 378    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Applications for TBS #grants are currently open - we have grants for undergrads and grad students alike to fund #research and costs associated with training, workshops and symposia! Applications are due by Jan 15 - apply here: www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/

๐Ÿงช๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ„๐ŸŒพ #botany

11.12.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Trump DOJ Sues Colorado and Hawaii in Latest Attempt to Seize Voter Data Read more here.

๐ŸšจBREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Colorado and Hawaii Thursday in the latest lawsuits by the administration seeking to force states to hand over their unredacted voter rolls. DOJ has now sued 16 states over access to their voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

11.12.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 752    ๐Ÿ” 321    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Note: Trump's plummeting rating on the economy has pierced the crucial Darwin Threshhold...the point at which his approval rating on handling the economy (31 percent) is actually lower than the number of Americans who do not believe in evolution (33-37 percent), the once solid core of Trump support.

11.12.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 886    ๐Ÿ” 287    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
Tweet from a user sarcastically calling Trump the โ€œPresident of the United States of America,โ€ with an American flag emoji. Below is a TV screenshot showing Donald Trump next to a graphic titled โ€œTrumpโ€™s Attacks on Women Reporters,โ€ listing several dates with insults he used, including โ€œQuiet, piggy,โ€ โ€œInsubordinate,โ€ โ€œUgly,โ€ โ€œAre you stupid?,โ€ โ€œStupid and nasty,โ€ and โ€œObnoxious and terrible.โ€

Tweet from a user sarcastically calling Trump the โ€œPresident of the United States of America,โ€ with an American flag emoji. Below is a TV screenshot showing Donald Trump next to a graphic titled โ€œTrumpโ€™s Attacks on Women Reporters,โ€ listing several dates with insults he used, including โ€œQuiet, piggy,โ€ โ€œInsubordinate,โ€ โ€œUgly,โ€ โ€œAre you stupid?,โ€ โ€œStupid and nasty,โ€ and โ€œObnoxious and terrible.โ€

We need to teach our young men about misogyny so they don't think it's okay to become like him.

11.12.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2357    ๐Ÿ” 467    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
Screenshot from an article of the Financial Post. The headline reads: Canada launches billion dollar plan to recruit top researchers.

Screenshot from an article of the Financial Post. The headline reads: Canada launches billion dollar plan to recruit top researchers.

Canadaโ€™s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology โ€” and become an innovation powerhouse.

11.12.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1230    ๐Ÿ” 303    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 107    ๐Ÿ“Œ 73
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This is the moment when more than 30 million Americans received affordable healthcare in 2010.

Today, Republicans have voted to make healthcare UNAFFORDABLE for more than 40 million.

The #RepublicanHealthCareFailure and greed will cost thousands of lives.

Vote and make Trump a lame duck in 2026.

11.12.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 362    ๐Ÿ” 189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
Trump and Putin laugh as they hold hands

Trump and Putin laugh as they hold hands

The Trump regime is pushing for Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Italy to leave European Union, this is the latest ploy by MAGA to weaken support for Ukraine and help Russia. Trump's inner circle is hoping to plunder Ukraine's territories and dissolve the EU for financial gain.

11.12.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 504    ๐Ÿ” 267    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." ๐Ÿ˜ณ

11.12.2025 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1891    ๐Ÿ” 798    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99    ๐Ÿ“Œ 86
Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027.
 
With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.

Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027. With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.

Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027.

With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.

11.12.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1134    ๐Ÿ” 461    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and Americaโ€™s Black Botanical Legacy Science, Wisdom, History, and Americaโ€™s Black Botanical Legacy

I'm so excited to have preordered @berondam.bsky.social's new book, "When Trees Testify," available in UK from Feb 16.
Beronda's "Lessons From Plants" is brilliant:thoughtful, caring, engaging (as is she).
X-mas idea: preorder for pals & send a card with a note!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/when...

10.12.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tenure Track Professorship (W1 with Tenure Track to W3) in โ€œMolecular Biology" (f/m/d) - Heidelberg job with Universitรคt Heidelberg | 12850668 The Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and the Faculty of Biosciences invite applications for a ย  Tenure Track Professors...

Please RTโ€ผ๏ธ #TenureTrack position @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de one of the best #proteostasis research centres in the world. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

10.12.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Ending the year with fantastic news! Our project "Taming and ancient guest: Autophagy in mitochondrial quality control" got funded by the #FWF.

Soooo in 2026 our first PhD student will be joining our small but mighty #team ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŒฑ

#NewPI #autophagy @bokuvienna.bsky.social www.fwf.ac.at/forschungsra...

10.12.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Profile Spotlight: Dr. Crispus Mbaluto is a Senior Research Officer, at the School Life Sciences, University of Essex, UK. Head to our website to learn more about how the spirit of โ€œwhy not give it a tryโ€ has propelled Crispus throughout his career.https://buff.ly/TtIxUya

11.12.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with glasses says i collect them as a hobby in front of a wooden wall ALT: a man with glasses says i collect them as a hobby in front of a wooden wall

#HeardToday #LabMeeting

โ€œThatโ€™s just stamp collecting.โ€

โ€ฆAnd what exactly is wrong with stamp collecting?

11.12.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s @cosheidelberg.bsky.social seminar is on ๐Ÿƒ given by @hildenelissen.bsky.social from @psb-vib.bsky.social Really cool work all the way from mechanistic science to translation!!!

11.12.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats to all authors!

11.12.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A delightful #PlantScience read and one of my favorites among the nonfiction books I read this year. #BookSky

11.12.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A nonprofit group has developed a cheaper, faster way for farmers to assess soils UK-based international non-profit organisation, the Earth Rover Programme, which currently operates in Colombia, Kenya and the UK, has globally launched its โ€œsoilsmologyโ€ initiative, to allow even poor farmers to be able to assess their soils accurately, and in a non-invasive...

A nonprofit group has developed a cheaper, faster way for farmers to assess soils
->Engineering News | #Soil | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

08.12.2025 07:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข EGU26 abstract submission is still open! ๐ŸŒฑ

Share your soil science research at EGU 2026! With 14 outstanding SSS sessions, you'll find the perfect fit for your work.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Deadline: 15 January 2026, 13h CET
๐Ÿ“Location: Vienna, 3-8 May 2026
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.egu26.eu/pg/SSS

#SoilScience #EGU #EGUSSS #abstract

08.12.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#biodiversity #biodiversity loss #climate #climate change #desertification #GEO #UNEP

09.12.2025 09:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฝ HARVRESt project update!

Weโ€™ve just completed the maize harvest in our barleyโ†’maize double-cropping trial.

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰https://bit.ly/4rFPizI

#Digestate #CircularAgriculture #SoilHealth

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10.12.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DGโ€™s Soil Nutrient Roadmap (SNR), with CSIR and Ghana's Ministry of Food and Agriculture, recently brought experts in Accra to refine the Soil Nutrient Roadmap. The Roadmap turns complex data into policy-ready insights to guide targeting, planning, and investment.

#SoilHealth #FoodSecurity

10.12.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒฑ New #EU #Soil Mission project #MultiSoil launched in #Finland
EUโ€™s MultiSoil project advances sustainable farming by testing practices that restore soil, enhance biodiversity and reduce chemicals across Europe, providing tools for healthier, resilient soils.
Project Website: www.multisoil.eu

11.12.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Root tissue chemistry influences the formation and composition of new mineral-associated organic matter Interest in managing soil organic matter through plant inputs is increasing, but the role of plant litter chemistry in organic matter cycling is stillโ€ฆ

Out now in Soil Biology and Biochemistry: we used a fine grained accounting of root tissue composition to explore #soil organic matter dynamics. Broadly, our findings align with the expectation that more degradable tissues -> more MAOM. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

11.12.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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