Reminder: pls don't quote dunk or respond to professional trolls. They literally monetize any interaction - very happily engaging in online fights for attention, which = money. So when you respond to them, you're giving them money. Don't give money to trolls. Just report and block.

U of Minnesota has named a new School of Nursing scholarship after Alex Pretti.

After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

America went after Iran without asking the country that knows Shaheds best. Scarborough’s point was simple: if Trump’s team hated Zelenskyy and Ukraine less, they could have asked Ukraine how to stop Iranian drones. Ignoring Ukraine is not strategy. It is contempt..

Guess we'll be needing to clean house in 2.5 years. This is unprofessional, embarrassing, and frankly offensive to everyone who has previously received an NSF grant.

Theo Von and Joe Rogan aren’t the keenest minds in the class. But they finally have arrived at the same place as the rest.

This is an unforgivable betrayal. 😡

Now don't embarrass me you lot! I did not put in my years as a much admired, angelic, golden curled, crisply starched alter boy in both the church *and* convent of Ballinrobe Co Mayo only for you not to know that Mass is not celebrated on Good Friday and instead there is the Good Friday Liturgy 👼

♻️ Nutritional and physiological limitations shape the radiation-use efficiency response to legume proportion in C4 grass–legume mixtures by Nicolas Caram and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

In wartime. “Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down & take immediate retirement…One of the sources said Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth's vision for the Army.” www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

'Senior Army officers reacted with anger...to the news of General George’s dismissal' The reason for the dismissal? Gen. Randy George disagreed with Hegseth blocking the promotions of 2 women and 2 black Army officers. Arguably the more consequential firing today. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

there are so many things i hate about the fascist project, but administration officials making up increasingly absurd lies about the amazing mind of Donald Trump is way up there

Second, Hegseth was "pulled by his District of Columbia National Guard unit from guarding Joe Biden’s January 2021 inauguration" after he was flagged by unit members as being a potential "insider threat." It effectively ended his military career.

Every Democrat should refuse to vote to confirm any Trump appointee, on the grounds that Trump is an insurrectionist against the United States, and therefore is not a legitimate president, and therefore is incapable of appointing anyone to anything.

🦈 Rare picture of a shark stepping on a Lego. #MadeMeSmile 🤭

🍃 New article in @aobp.bsky.social finds that pigments and plant architecture allow Rhododendron minus seedlings to cope with contrasting light conditions. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Fancy a permanent lectureship in ecology at a great little uni in Aotearoa New Zealand? We have TWO roles available as part of our Joint Institute programme with Huazhong Agriculture University in Wuhan, China; 16 weeks teaching there, the rest at LU. careers.lincoln.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...

Come join us! We're recruiting 3 new academic posts in the School of Biology, University of Leeds, closing 23/04/26. Assoc Prof Plant Science tinyurl.com/4x48jc78 Assoc Prof Animal Biology tinyurl.com/2s4sk85s Lecturer in Ecology, Zoology, Biodiversity or Ecosystem Management: tinyurl.com/39dwp47j

Please, don't write cover letters with AI when applying to jobs. Selection committees see so many of them in a short time window and artificial constructions become too evident. I prefer an honest cover letter with grammar errors, made with effort, rather than a fake one.

A fundamental principle of scientific method is axiomatic construction of new principles on the collective framework of prior expertise. Hallucinated references are not typos, they are fabricated evidence, which is unambiguous academic fraud. Negligence is not an excuse. 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/d415...

My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently." Microsoft: LOL

🌲Two open postdocs positions in ecosystem fluxes with @cirad.bsky.social The positions - one focusing on carbon allocation, the other on water use efficiency - are based in Montpellier, France. Deadline for applications is 13th April 2026. Read more: www.icos-cp.eu/about/opport...

♻️ Young apple tree development under agroforestry radiative conditions: a multi-scale morphological and architectural dataset by Francesco Reyes and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Job opening! Asst/Assoc Prof (TT) in Forest Ecology at McGill University in Canada. mcusercontent.com/1319f832ffab...

In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.

This is excellent, and essential reading for every scientist and, especially, trainee scientiat.

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

You might forward this story to every Marine you know.

“While I will soon appear once more upon the earthly realm, My sole focus during this Second Coming will be various woodworking projects and not the establishment of a messianic kingdom,” said Christ, the Light of the World

Banging on this that batteries met up to 44% of demand on the CA grid yesterday, roughly equivalent to 6 hoover dams. Cheap batteries are powering the grid. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicola...

Guard cell photorespiration controls stomata behavior and development nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/4KHTHN...

Hold up people. We might (read: might) in store for a strong El Niño this year. The likely has certainly increased recently. But by no means is 2026 “the strongest El Niño ever predicted”.

Exciting research environment in a great team and a lovely working space

New Hampshire is hard to figure in so many ways, but this essay from Jennifer Berkshire helps explain a shocking Democratic victory in a very affluent lakeside community. Hint: local schools are the key 🗳️ educationwars.substack.com/p/what-it-ta...

A must read article here + follow link to johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...

lmfao blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompi...

Excellent article! Speaking as a breast cancer survivor, every fuckbrained idiot in town will turn up and try to tell you crap like eating a frozen lemon every day will cure you. Cut these assholes off. Get to a cancer center and do what they tell you. Science works.

🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring plant–soil feedbacks during biological invasions. A greenhouse experiment shows how soil conditioning by the invader Oncosiphon pilulifer affects native plant growth and mycorrhizal colonization. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qt68 #PlantScience

A bill passed the Senate last night 100-0 to fund TSA, the Coast Guard and FEMA. If Speaker Johnson called it for a vote it would pass easily. But he won’t do that. Because Trump has ordered him to keep TSA shut down and keep the chaos. Pure incompetence.

While the situation is grim at NIH, it's closer to catastrophic at NSF. They're just not able to move any money out the door. It appears OMB has them on lockdown. www.science.org/content/arti....

White European settlers didn’t “discover” anything in the Americas. Indigenous Peoples have been living here for 1000s of years. These billboards are just plain wrong

Too bad she can’t do anything about it

Just spotted! - the rare and elusive tenure track position. This one in forest conservation genetics in my department - Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State. Help spread the word! jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/178...

Hi America, The best time to remove your president was quite a long time ago. However, the good news is that the next best time is NOW. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Wow, this is the most intriguing title I've seen this year. It's an interesting paper too!

Da Vinci’s mischief: xylem conduits in the stems of woody plants do not furcate Alemán-Sancheschúlz et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Do folks know Einstein spoke at the 1946 National Urban League Convention? “There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.” - Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born 147 yrs ago #BOTD Einstein corresponded with W.E.B. Du Bois while still in Germany. After fleeing to the U.S: "As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all citizens before the law prevail."