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I was also confused! Missed this life update in the transition to bluesky!

Follow up fun fact: Roses have prickles not thorns, they pop right off because they don't have any vascular tissue, unlike thorns.

Rose stem covered in prickles

Rose stem covered in prickles

Two rose stems covered in prickles on a white background

We've had quite a few samples of roses coming into the lab showing symptoms of Rose Rosette Disease. Symptoms vary by cultivar, but overgrowth of prickles is one of them.

Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight.

The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight. n.pr/4qeQhWS

This rules

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Fundamentally, Republicans are trying to bring forms of slavery back.

This is so good!

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

This joke is in every dang insect ID thread I've ever seen

I figured he was a hymenopteran which is why is middle name is Haploid.

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A poster saying "Wanted: Robber flies, Promachus and Allies. Wanted: freshly caught specimens of Promachus or other large robber flies for DNA extraction. Contact Teagan Mulford at teaganmulford@gmail.com with any questions or leads. Thank you! PC: Steve Collins"

Tired of doom scrolling? Want to help a PhD student out? Check your collection for Promachus (and friends) and I'll be forever indebted! If you need an excuse to get outside and go collecting this weekend, this is it! #Asilidae #Diptera

Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.

And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.

The Northeast Crop Production and Harvest Manual - SARE These two guides—the Northeast Crop Production Manual and the Northeast Harvest Manual—provide in-depth information on the production, harvest and post-harvest handling of dozens of common specialty c...

Two new simple guides to growing and harvesting vegetables (and other specialty crops) for farmers in the Northeast US.

Written by small/mid-sized farmers for farmers and published by NE SARE. Emphasis on organic practices, but useful to anyone.

There's a person on inaturalist identifying Scyphozoa with the username "readyforthisjelly" and that's just... very good.

maybe I'm just an awesome grandpa photographer

A photograph of a scale on a table.

Am I the only field scientist who hates every scale they've ever used??

I want one that can handle abuse, doesn't weigh a ton, doesn't have a masthead to catch the wind, and is precise to 1g and ~10 kg aaaaaaand ideally has a rechargeable battery. Does that exist?

this is very close to being the best selling item ever in the squid shop, and it's not even about a squid

help my bee reach the top lmao

“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork

NBC News: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

Reuters: US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts April 17, 2025

These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.

This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.

Alright I need to use this website for something that this website is actually good at: brainstorming examples of things in a category.

The category is: mechanisms of small-scale information delivery.

Examples:
Fortune cookies
Advent Calendars
Jokes on popsicle sticks

What else is there?

The Texas Senate has passed a bill banning one of most common native trees, the Texas mountain laurel, which grows abundantly wild around Austin and is among the most common landscape trees.

With a heavy heart, I am sharing that I have taken the USDA deferred resignation program. Soon I will go on administrative leave and “retire” later this year.

Brian deserves a job. Super qualified.
Boosting to hopefully get this seen by the right lab

Narrator: "It did not make them rich."

okay i didn't really get the milchick crush talk until the band happened and now I get it.

Four tiles showing a tomato with chlorosis in upper left, a squash with powdery mildew in the upper right, broccoli with necrotic leaves on the lower left, and a pepper leaf with spots and mild chlorosis on the bottom right.

We're hiring a plant pathologist! Looking for someone w/passion for diagnosing vegetable diseases & communicating results to clients. There's lots of other duties & opportunities. I also think it's a great lab 🤔☺️

jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215...

@quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social

This is a disaster and its happening right now. Having spoken with some folks in Congress, this is a message they have not received--they are still back in Indirects and USAID (also important, BTW). Call Congress today unless you want ot lose colleagues one by one till all are gone