David G Haskell

Thank you, Marc!

How Flowers Made Our World by David George Haskell: 9780593834961 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books An exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today We live on a floral planet, yet flowers don’t get the credit...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775876...

Thank you, @nytimes.com for featuring How Flowers Made our World
Pre-orders are open if you want to get yours hot off the press.
Huge thank you, too, to the great team @vikingbooks.bsky.social whose work causes the book to germinate and bloom.

Vanguard confirmed a $29.5 million settlement on Thursday with a coalition of Republican-led states that had accused the financial giant of conspiring with BlackRock and State Street to drive the coal industry out of business. The agreement blocks Vanguard from supporting efforts to fight climate change. Vanguard agreed not to advocate that any company it invests in "take any particular course of conduct to reduce carbon emissions." It also vowed not to join climate-action networks, such as Principles for Responsible Investment, which is supported by the United Nations and bills itself as "the world's catalyst of responsible investment."

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Republican Attorneys General sued Vanguard—in reality the world’s biggest holder of coal equity—for supposedly conspiring to drive the coal industry out of business

And RAGA won.

Vanguard has signed an agreement that “blocks [it] from supporting efforts to fight climate change.”

WTAF

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Yeah but as a gesture of religious prostration in front of the self-appointed deity, it will pay off handsomely for bezos, at least in the short term. Then, we can hope for karma

Just showed up I think. Great to see them come back

Rusty blackbird habitat, thanks to recently arrived beavers. Legacy Park, Decatur GA.
Rusty blackbirds have declined 75% since the 1960s. They absolutely love the wet woods and mud at the edge of beaver ponds.

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

Dino juice. Climbing back into the family tree of flowering plants at the supermarket

Cyclamen: they carry the memory of home (N Africa, E Mediterranean). Bloom in wet season, retreat into tuber in summer. Also: bury your kiddies

Interesting. For bisexual flowers, aroma and visual display is usually most prominent when pollen is shed, for example in magnolias

Perfume, plant sex, human gender. Can we stop boxing both flowers and ourselves into narrow imaginary spaces?

That's a great one. I love it when "weedy" species surprise us with sensory delights

"Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command"

Oh, that sounds wonderful!

Flower sex, human gender, and opening symbolic possibilities. With awesome aromas 🌿👃🌹

Had a lot of fun this morning recording the preface and afterword of How Flowers Made our World. I hope that the gesticulations will come through in audio 😂 The marvelous Cassandra Campbell will record the main parts of the book. Pre-orders are open, and the book is published on March 24th 🌻

Congratulations!

TACO sticking in your craw? Wash it down with French wine. Something mapley for dessert.

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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Flower aromas use beauty to interweave plants, insects, and humans. There's more than enough hard stuff in life, especially now, so let's accept the flowers' invitations when we can 💚💔 Wishing everyone a few moments of interconnected beauty this weekend, wherever you are. #breadandjusticeandroses

The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.

The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.

One collision and the whale is dead.

We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

Holding book at PDX

Heading home from #SICB2026 and super stoked to disappear into my new preview copy of @dghaskell.bsky.social’s How Flowers Made Our World. Hells yeah they did. #iamabotanist

So honored to have my wildflower essay in @emergencemagazine.bsky.social published alongside @science-irl.bsky.social's amazing photography