I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

Happy Halloween please enjoy this rollercoaster of a story about my fave skeleton at the @harvardmuseums.bsky.social #scicomm 🧪

The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.

The deadline to apply to the Assistant Curator in Mycology or Cryptogamic Botany position we are advertising at NBYG is THIS Friday! Happy to chat about my experience at NYBG and the cool science going on here. Come be our colleague!! jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8I...

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social. We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵‍💫 If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

We're hiring! Please spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and apply to join us here in Athens, GA! 🪴 #PlantBiology #SyntheticBiology #PlantScience #AcademicJobs #UGA

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach: Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. … America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

Friday Flower 006: Aquilegia 🌸🦋 Columbines vary in stamen number, making them a powerful model for how floral whorls expand. Darwin marveled at their long nectar spurs, which co-evolve with hawkmoth tongues to reward pollinators that brush the stamens ✨

let me share a little story about a remarkable wasp that I encountered yesterday in our local deserts I stumbled across her, and scrambled to get a few crappy photos .... but then realized that she had a burrow, perhaps a better photo op was possible ?? here she is at her burrow entrance.

🌿Pivot to Plants: Training Program for Plant and Data Science 👩‍🔬 📨 applications close Oct. 15 🌎 1y program in St. Louis 📆 Cohort 2 runs Jan. - Dec. '26 💸 $37k stipend 🎓 associate or bachelor’s req'd www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/edu... Spread the word about this really special program!

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

and a retired meteorologist shall lead us

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You. (My story of some surprising evo-devo!) nyti.ms/42Cg8xH

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

Whenever I see cactus blooms, I tickle them. 💅🏻🌸 Thigmonastic stamens - rapid, touch induced movement for pollination. #plantjoy #iamabotanist

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

The Crimson, scooping every news outlet not run by undergraduates working in between classes, gets into how court orders mandating return of research funding have been flaunted, and makes a clear case for contempt proceedings against DOGE officials. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.

kinda impossible to separate the aesthetics of GenAI slop and the current wave of american christofascism at this point

Boosted! Thank you @massgovernor.bsky.social for kicking ass & making COVID boosters available asap!

Gotta say seeing governors competing to one up each other to see who can make vaccines most accessible is a refreshing change.

My department is hiring a Plant-Fungal Assist Prof!! As the newest #NewPI here, don't get me started on how wonderful my colleagues, how smooth my onboarding has been, how supportive the school and the department are, how nice my brand new lab is, and how convenient living in Champaign Urbana is!

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: “No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics…He’s getting his information from somewhere”

Embyophytes what’s up #iamabotanist

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - August 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download here drive.google.com/file/d/19wfG... #Art #SciArt

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Herein lies the rub: “By inappropriately applying shared decision-making principles to a scenario where robust evidence strongly supports vaccination, the CDC abandons the clinician’s professional responsibility to offer clear, directive guidance when warranted.”

“My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece & lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him & his legacy proud. The nation’s health security is at risk & is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.” Dr. Daskalakis, CDC immunization director

No, you're not ineligible for the vaccine. Let me introduce you to the concept of lying.

If you are a researcher whose lab uses FlyBase, consider a tax-deductible personal contribution. A lot of $100 contributions would help bridge the gap until we can set up a user fee system, and even $10 donations send the folks there the message we're behind them. Please share

Just a perfect chonky Azalea sphinx moth for #InverteFest

It's the MOST wonderful time of the year! Watch all the rattlesnake mamas and pups, live online, at RattleCam.org

🧪 BREAKING: In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court allows NIH to re-terminate grants pending a full ruling. It's complicated though. Not a clear full win for Trump. And if you have terminations or active grants at ANY OTHER AGENCY -- NSF, EPA, etc. -- this concerns you too. 🧵 Let's break it down

🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

Does your organization put on conferences or events? If so, check out the ROOT & SHOOT paper on inclusive conference practices that has just been published in eLife. html version: elifesciences.org/articles/106... pdf version: elifesciences.org/articles/106...

A very rare & yet-to-be-classified species of deep-water #anglerfish in its larval stage. Anyone care to lend me their sub so I can go searching for an adult lying on the seafloor at 2500m deep?😁 #deepseafish #larvalfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

Important www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

🚨🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 14! WE ARE LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN TO IMPEACH AND REMOVE BOBBY “The Quack” JR. 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆SIGN AND SHARE OUR PETITION: www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm... We will hand deliver to Congress in Sept! #31doa #imoeachthequack #signandshare

Jay Bhattacharya, an economist who has never practiced medicine and doesn’t conduct biomedical research, thinks that you and your loved ones dying from diseases that could have been cured is worth it cause antivaxxers are nicer to him on social media than people who know how anything works

I will never lose my sense of awe for the miracles that public health and medicine bestow.

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 13! WRITE UP WEDNESDAY! Our team on the hill learned that "Contact Me" forms on congress people's websites are very underutilized. WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT… 🔗 Instructions and scripts here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #31Days

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

Re-upping, because the deadline is fast approaching: review begins Aug. 15th! Global change ecology is defined BROADLY and I'm on the SC and happy to answer any questions. Please apply!!!!