How far do *𝐲𝐨𝐮* have to scroll down to find 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 in this Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy bookfunnel indie book promo? Try it! books.bookfunnel.com/augsff002b/l...

This... Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

I’m a biased plant nerd, but I love the @journalofecology.bsky.social International Biological Flora accounts. Reading them is like meeting a new friend. Hello Eastern Hemlock. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Beta reader opportunity still open! My WIP draft novella is ~35K words) #quickread #readershelpingreaders #indieauthors #sciencefiction #dystopia Please fill out the form to apply. (Don't respond if you are planning to charge or offer 'marketing opportunities')

My books are in a brick-and-mortar bookstore! #SaintLouis #TrueCrime #ScienceFiction Ahead of my Oct 18th book signing, the Saint Louis Galleria @barnesandnoble.com has copies of Elite Memories and Planting Clues available NOW for pickup. stores.barnesandnoble.com/event…

Barrier Islands are important. #erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna. interpnet.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Beta readers needed! *Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*. Apply 👇 forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA... (Unpaid opportunity)

So what are the "1437 likely questionable open-access journals"? I hope I've not published in any of them. 🙁 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Grassland ecologists...take a look at the amazing work of fiber and mixed-media artist Shin-hee Chin. shinheechin.com/grassland/

I'm working on my end-of-summer newsletter. It will have all my latest writing news. 😀🎉✍️📖 Please sign up at davidjgibson.com if you'd like to get a copy of my newsletter. (or DM me directly and I'll add you to the list).

It's still got legs! I'm thrilled to see a recent $0.99 purchase of my short eBook, Juice of Cursed Hebenon. Do you want to know how forensic botany is portrayed in crime fiction, as seen in works by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, NCIS, and CSI? 🕵️‍♂️🔬📖🌱 a.co/d/0G7V5qW

Latest royalties statement from @oxunipress.bsky.social ... Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes is now my best-selling book, edging out Grasses and Grassland Ecology. academic.oup.com/book/43764 #TrueCrime academic.oup.com/book/53887 #Grasslands (not a living income, but enough for coffee.) 🤣

Another great review of Elite Memories has come in! You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Elite… Reviews inspire authors!

There is some discussion about this issue... www.abc.net.au/news/science...

This case continues to surprise. The perp was a #TrueCrime sleuth. I’ll for sure include it in future Planting Clues presentations. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Chilling use of @inaturalist.bsky.social by the perp to locate death cap mushrooms. Should the exact location of toxic fungi be obscured on iNaturalist to avoid this sort of thing?

EM and I enjoyed today the magnificent display of Naturalist Notebooks at @linneansociety.bsky.social in London

Excited to see one of our papers (Johnson et al 2022) included in the @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social blog Key Concepts post on adaptations to variable envs by @natesaunders.bsky.social methodsblog.com/2024/01/17/i...

Publication alert! Heather Hager, @jonathannewman.bsky.social and I have submitted materials (35 chapters) for our massive, co-edited Routledge Handbook of Grasslands. Publication expected January 2026 by Taylor & Francis.

Check out this Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy book promo! There are some wonderful authors with great titles, um, ...including yours truly. books.bookfunnel.com/novsff002b/o...

If you're thinking of picking up a copy of Elite Memories, it's discounted 21% now at Green Orbit through Amazon. 🎉 shorturl.at/M8zKG

Take a look! I have just updated my Elite Memories blog. All the latest news, a shout out to criminallygoodbooksyork, and a call for photos of Elite Memories "in the wild." djgibson2.wixsite.com/gibson/singl...

Ouch! Two desk rejects in the past week. Has anyone ever suffered the ignominy of three in a week?

What's your next indie author read? 📖 I have a suggestion: It's release day! Elite Memories is now available. 🎉🎉🎉 If you like dystopian science-fiction, and dogs, take a look! 🔎 a.co/d/8DwdLke

Here's what uncritical use of AI can do... Always verify any information you get from AI. 🤷‍♂️🔎🔬 “vegetative electron microscopy” theconversation.com/a-weird-phra...

In good company! Check out the latest Indie Release Radar. There are some seriously good books to choose from, including my own Elite Memories! Thanks @glenweatherhead creativewritingwizard.com/2024/11/18/i... Elite Memories link: a.co/d/dNqCvtO

Writing Inspiration. Everyone loves a library! A librarian friend sent me this photo of the book display in the Val Verde County Library, Texas. valverdecounty.texas.gov/181/Library. Does your local library have a copy of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes? I'd love to see some pics.

Inspiration to keep writing... A coworker from before retirement came up to me in the grocery store today, saying he enjoyed my book and learned a lot from it. If you are wondering, he was talking about Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes. Available everywhere. www.amazon.com/dp/019886860X

This tragic fungal poisoning is getting more interesting. The amatoxins in the beef Wellington have been confirmed. Did the accused fake illness to make it all seem accidental? It reminds me of the 1918 Paris Affair Girard (pp. 163-164 in Planting Clues). www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

We are doing great things at my institution! Carnegie R1 and an OCU. news.siu.edu/2025/05/0515...

Dr. Bryan Foster on feral hemp in Illinois. In case you missed it live, here's a link to the video of Bryan Foster's PhD seminar last week. He went on to pass his defense! #hemp www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHfZ...

Did you know we have a new section in Oxford Bibliographies Ecology for Famous Study Sites? First article out is: Meiners, Scott J. (2025). Buell-Small Succession Study (New Jersey). obo in Ecology. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199830060-0258 Suggestions for other sites? tinyurl.com/5xac4yyv

Excellent account of an important, rare plant monitoring program. #CommunityScience #RarePlants news.wttw.com/2025/05/05/i...

We were in our own conclave today. Congratulations, Dr. Bryan Foster on passing your dissertation defense today.

An appreciation of sedges....fascinating... www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2025...

Hot research by Bryan Foster at today’s Southern Illinois #Cannabis Science Center Spring Forum. #Gibsonlab @siucarbondale.bsky.social Population Dynamics of Feral Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in Illinois.

Mushroom poisoning is always a tragedy. Sometimes it's murder. I talk about some cases on pp. 161-164 in my book Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes. How will this case turn out? www.bbc.com/news/article...

🍾🎉 Soft launch announcement! 🍾🎉 Pre-orders for Elite Memories are now live with delivery after the official launch on June 1st. Kindle for now, paperback will be available then as well. Who wants to kick things off and place the first order? www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6YTVR18

They should check the diatom flora in the femur, liver, and lungs to help determine if the victim was drowned in the river or was already dead and dumped. See Figure 10 in my book Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes. #TrueCrime #ForensicBotany

Looking for a #TrueCrime #Botany #Forensics read this weekend? The kindle version is 50% off in the big Amazon sale. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0B8...

Thanks @applvegsci.bsky.social for the recognition of our paper. #Gibsonlab @ecoevo.bsky.social et al. The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains doi.org/10.1111/avsc...

Thank you readers! Planting Clues is climbing the Amazon ranks again. No 4 in botany.

And @ctmccartney.bsky.social !

Anything come to mind @scotlandyardcsi.bsky.social @fungiflowers.bsky.social ? #forensicbotany

Anyone know of any legal cases where #forensicbotany #forensicecology evidence would have been useful? I'm seeking to promote #forensicscience. Eg: Davis v. Ducart 2015 - defendant argued counsel failed to call expert witness to ID leaves on hoodie that placed him at scene with gun found in bush.

New #Gibonlab pre-print. Congratulations Shamim Ahmed! Ahmed, Wood, Gage, @joselemephd.bsky.social, and me. Accumulation of Trigonelline in the Leaves of 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎 L. in Response to Water-Deficit Stress. www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...

I went to check my long-term old-field succession plots today. They look good, but could use some maintenance. We're now working on a paper presenting 27 years of data. Our most recent paper was based upon 22 years of data, so an update is overdue. Li et al., (2020) doi.org/10.1111/jvs....

It's exciting to be making good progress towards publication of my debut novel. I just sent an update email to members of the Elite Memories ARC Team. If you wish to join the team, sign up here: forms.gle/6UhGQGzhewX7...

Neat. All part of Edmund Locard’s “poussière organique” - organic dust that includes all sorts of tiny plants, fungi, and animals important as forensic evidence.

Grab it now. Available free to download until May 13th. Chen et al. A mixed training sample-based spectral unmixing analysis for improving fractional abundance estimation of Detroit landscape endmembers using Landsat images. 𝘜𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 & 𝘜𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kpi55m5d8...