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@jcschultz.bsky.social

Plant biologist, entomologist, chemical/molecular ecologist, current interest focused on plant galls. Mostly-retired guitarist

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I agree with all of this.

09.08.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The WORST.

06.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#3033 - Cassytha racemosa - Dodder-laurel One of a genus of parasitic plant remarkably similar in appearance to the unrelated Dodder (Cuscuta sp.). The only way to tell them apart with any reliability is to wait until they flower. Less of a.....

drhoz.tumblr.com/post/7909025... One of a genus of parasitic plant remarkably similar in appearance to the unrelated Dodder (Cuscuta sp.). The only way to tell them apart with any reliability is to wait until they flower.

Goodale Sanctuary, West Coolup, WA

05.08.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dinosaur teeth reveal prehistoric air quality was pretty awful, actually Fossilized dinosaur teeth can reveal a lot more than just how these creatures ate and who they were related to – they can also tell us what the air was like in prehistoric times. As it turns out, huma...

πŸ§ͺ Would like to see this compared to ice core sample atmospheric data to get a sense for the accuracy of this method. I.e. as far as I know we have ice core sample data reaching back about 2M years.

newatlas.com/environment/...

05.08.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS Science is characterized by collaboration and cooperation, but also by uncertainty, competition, and inequality. While there has always been some c...

πŸ§ͺ🌾 Fascinating and discouraging report on the growth of false science reports: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

05.08.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This result ("causal link") is not, and cannot, be supported by the strictly correlative study done.

04.08.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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5 ingenious things trees do that human designers can learn from Research on Tasmania’s large old trees has given designers good reason to reflect on the many things about trees that humans don’t value enough. Here’s the top five.

πŸ§ͺ Great #scicomm article about trees, urban design and biomimicry

theconversation.com/5-ingenious-...

04.08.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mesopolyploidy as a taxonomic clade marker for Brassica and relatives (tribe Brassiceae) AbstractBackground and Aims. Whole Genome Duplications (WGD) are rampant in flowering plant genomes. Within Brassicaceae, the genus Brassica (including cro

Our latest pub on #Brassica #Genome #Evolution and the systematics of Tribe Brassiceae (broccoli, cabbages, canola, & more; aka "The dogs of the plant world") led by @shawnkthomas.bsky.social
#PlantScience #Botany #PlantBiology #AgSky #AcademicSky #Crops 🌾🌱πŸ§ͺ
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...

02.08.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting...

🌾πŸ§ͺπŸŒΏπŸŽ“πŸŒ www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hae...

31.07.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So the error isn't yours. Google cannot find that phrase on the planet.

30.07.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think it's "physicist gone wild". I suspect it's "widely", not "wildly"

30.07.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Phasmidae - stick insects -often produce highly-figure eggs that appear to have erils. They don't have erells, but some experts think that some phasmid eggs may escape predators this way. Eggs are widely scattered, perhaps to evade predators.

29.07.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa!

26.07.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This would be cool if true, but I'm not convinced by the results.

26.07.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Claim of Microbe That Survives on Arsenic Is Retracted After 15 Years
Science, a top research journal, said there was no evidence of misconduct by researchers whose finding attracted heavy attention and scrutiny in social media’s early days.πŸ§ͺπŸŒΏπŸŽ“

26.07.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks to @lizneeley.bsky.social Earlier this week, the NIH announced the β€œdisinvitation” of expert reviewers who were about to join advisory councils, in favor of politically-preferred alternates.

19.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🌾πŸ§ͺπŸŒΏπŸŒπŸŽ“πŸ˜±In today's NYT "The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so."

19.07.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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My most recent cost $5,500USD. cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_ful...

18.07.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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@galling.bsky.social Artichoke gall- very pretty! Seen today in Norfolk #galls

29.06.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I believe this is a young gall of the Diplolepis rosae, a wasp which causes a gall known as the Rose Bedeguar gall, Robin's pincushion or Mossy rose gall; seen here on a wild rose
#WildWebsWednesday #RobinsPincushion #BedeguarGallWasp #InsectThursday #Galls

02.07.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Willow redgall : Euura proxima : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3389 : July 2025 : On Salix fragilis leaf

Willow redgall : Euura proxima : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3389 : July 2025 : On Salix fragilis leaf

Willow redgall : Euura proxima : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3389 : July 2025 : On Salix fragilis leaf

Willow redgall : Euura proxima : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3389 : July 2025 : On Salix fragilis leaf

Willow redgall : Euura proxima : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3389 : July 2025 : On Salix fragilis leaf

Willow redgall : Euura proxima : England : VC27 East Norfolk : TM3389 : July 2025 : On Salix fragilis leaf

'Red bean' #galls of #sawfly Euura proxima on leaves of crack willow (Salix fragilis) at Ditchingham, Norfolk, England. Larvae feed on leaf tissue in safety of galls during summer, before pupating in soil when leaves fall in autumn. Adults emerge in spring only to mate and lay eggs in fresh leaves.

05.07.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘πŸ˜‰

11.07.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not familiar with Impact Voice. Googling, I found a couple of sites that don't seem appropriate. Maybe a different name?

10.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's nothing wrong with branding, in fact it's a good idea.

09.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How is this "Plant Biology"???😑

05.07.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

How does this belong in "Plant Biology"????😑

05.07.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How does this belong in "Plant Biology"??????😑

05.07.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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We need to throw the GOP out. They’ve just handed us the playbook.

03.07.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9465    πŸ” 3842    πŸ’¬ 310    πŸ“Œ 145
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When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.

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πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

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