Donald E. Matthieu III

Are the optics bad here? Should judge have ordered jury 2 only consume soup for lunch & no sandwich? "The jury, which feasted on sandwiches for lunch Thursday, according 2 a person familiar with jury lunches, deliberated the charges 4 several hours Wednesday & Thursday before delivering the verdict"

lol. I think you meant to say tortilla law.

Well, the verdict has been rendered. The jury decided that the prosecutors threw them a bologna sandwich of charges and declined to find the defendant guilty of alleged footlong felonies. There was no meat in the prosecutors' sandwich accusations. It was only a tomato sandwich.

Article Quote: "The jury — which feasted on sandwiches for lunch Thursday, according to a person familiar with jury lunches—deliberated the charges for several hours Wednesday and Thursday before delivering the verdict." May I suggest a conspiracy theory that these sandwiches corrupted the jury? lol

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

Ladies & gentlemen of the jury: don't let the fact that the sandwich had turkey on it distract you from the fact that beef, or the having of beef, is the core issue in this case. The sandwich thrower might have had beef but really the officer did not. In the absence of beef the charges cannot stand

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If TCE is still a concern in the USA (but becoming less of a concern, as compared to PFAS), imagine where else TCE could be a huge concern, like for instance China. This alibaba link is to purchase a solvent degreaser that is the kind of equipment that would use TCE. www.alibaba.com/product-deta...

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TCE is still a concern in the USA. "Epidemiologic studies suggest that occupational exposure to TCE and TCE-contaminated drinking water may increase the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD)." TCE has been banned for sale and use in the USA, but other places have not. www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

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Hydrology Paper of the Day @abhilashsingh.bsky.social suggested by @mlearthsciences.bsky.social on obtaining subsurface soil moisture from surface soil moisture observations: conditional generative modeling in the context of Fickian diffusion, and a reverse diffusion process from a neural network.

@efsa.europa.eu just released a literature review of >1,700 publications reporting #microplastics occurrence in food contact materials. Unfortunately, methodological shortcomings and inadequate reporting prevents reliable exposure estimation.

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Evidence keeps accumulating for the environmental toxin exposure link to Parkinson's disease, beyond pesticides. Today on trichloroethylene (TCE), used in dry cleaning
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Please repost:

What are the current costs of kit-based RNA extractions per sample? Qiagen quoted my grad student a "discount" that came to $10/sample. That seemed /way/ too high

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The war zone in Portland is out of control.

I get it. I am trying to find the energy to post more. :)

Portland doing as Portland does

he Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis is seeking applications for a fulltime, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Mycology, with a focus on plant pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi and fungal-like organisms (e.g., oomycetes). We are looking for a highly motivated and creative scientist with a strong background in mycology and/or the biology of fungi and fungal-like organisms that interact with plants. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a world-class, externally funded research program that integrates both fundamental and applied aspects of fungal biology within the context of plant pathology. We welcome applicants pursuing a wide range of research topics related to plant-associated fungi, including but not limited to mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis or symbiosis with plants, population genomics and evolution of fungal plant pathogens, plant-associated fungal microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions, and/or one health approaches to fungal diseases and antifungal resistance. Applicants working in other relevant research areas involving pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi or fungal-like organisms that affect plant health are also encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have significant opportunities for collaboration with faculty in plant pathology, microbiology, genomics, and agricultural sciences, and to contribute to addressing issues of importance to California’s agricultural and natural ecosystems. The appointee primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upperdivision lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society, a general education class for non-majors. Additional graduate and undergraduate teaching responsibilities may be assigned based on departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise. The department offers modern instructional facilities, including a newly renovated teaching laboratory.

Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist

Applications due Dec 1

Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

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"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

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Jesus. You think it can’t get any worse, then you read these stories. US citizens and legal residents illegally arrested and held for days. **Native Americans** getting detained and held for days because ICE agents are too stupid/racist to know about tribal IDs.

Advice: download PDFs of any documents you might need from government websites. The NIFA website went offline during the government shutdown during my PhD

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Image d'un téléphone sur lequel se trouve le logo et le nom de Bluesky. En arrière-plan, un papillon blanc sur fond bleu

Suite à la migration de scientifiques et d'universitaires de X, Bluesky est devenue une l'une des alternatives.

Afin d'évaluer sa viabilité/pertinence pour la communication scientifique, cette étude présente une analyse à grande échelle de la diffusion d'articles scientifiques sur Bluesky.

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China's astounding ability to build and deploy renewables, batteries, and EVs is perhaps the brightest spark in the global fight against climate change.

But @yixiansun.bsky.social and I ask what would it really take for China to lead www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/07/2...

Article quote: "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter." .... seems totally logical to me.

Do you want to help us by doing some citizen science?

We launched the SoilPlastic app to help us track plastic sightings in soils, and we hope to tell a story about the extent of plastic waste in our soils.

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