Participated in No Kings 3 in Wooster OH. Great turnout and a lot of young people. Local veteran gave an amazing speech about how DJT doesn’t care about service members- active or not.

Another great turnout for #NoKings peaceful protest in Wooster, OH. Estimated attendance 1500 in a city of 27000 that included students, families, seniors, and all generations. No sign of hating America- just great hope for righting the wrongs of the current administration.

I just watched JD Vance lie that the Trump administration significantly lowered costs on prescription drugs. Then why did my husband get a letter from his Medicare Part D insurer stating that his premium would increase by 120%? Don’t think this admin. policies won’t affect you negatively.

Pushed out by Trump, New Jersey ecologist launches bid for Congress | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Interesting juxtaposition- old tech vs. new in Wooster OH

Ohio governor Mike DeWine bent the knee to Trump and ordered 150 OH National Guard troops to D. C. Many of us in OH were deeply affected by the tragedy of May 4, 1970, when the National Guard killed four unarmed #KentState Univ. students and wounded nine. Another tragedy waiting to happen?

Sherrod Brown is back in the game! www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Megan O’Rourke is an excellent scientist. I worked with Megan on a USAID project in Cambodia to improve pest management and reduce pesticide use in vegetables. I don’t live in NJ07 but I’ll donate to her campaign. We need more scientists like Megan in Congress, especially now!🧪

My name is Megan O’Rourke, and I was born and raised in Jersey. I've dedicated my life to putting nutritious, affordable food on the table and combatting climate change. I won't stand by while Trump undermines NJ families on a daily basis. Today, I launched my campaign to flip NJ-07. Join us!

🌱Common eastern bumblebee 🐝 foraging in basil flowers. Other pollinators love this plant so I left the flowers on. They are actually quite pretty.

🧪Ticks are “nature’s dirty hypodermic needles”. Learn how to prevent being bitten or what to do if you are bitten. bygl.osu.edu/index.php/no...

www.lymedisease.org/is-lyme-narr.... 🧪Finally!

Lovely (to a plant pathologist) Botrytis lesion on a pansy leaf. Botrytis is a common fungus with a broad host range that prefers cool, damp conditions; it’s a weak pathogen and often attacks flowers, which then fall off, providing a “base” for the fungus to infect hardier foliage.

🧪More pollinators! Green metallic sweat bee, leaf cutter bee, western honey bees, and bumblebees visiting our flower and herb container garden. The sweat bee has collected an impressive amount of pollen. All bees were identified by AI thru Google Lens, so may not be accurate. Corrections welcome.

Pollinators like this western honey bee are attracted to my urban flower garden. They also visit basil flowers, which I usually snip off, but this year left them on to encourage these pollinators. 🧪

Participating in a No Kings peaceful protest in Wooster OH (pop. 27000). There are at least 1000 protesters- interesting signs and lots of support from drivers passing through downtown.

An OSU professor describes the damage to science from DOGE’s cuts to NSF🧪 www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

15 years ago I had the pleasure of shaking hands with former President Jimmy Carter on a flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam. Pres. Carter came up one aisle in Economy and back down the other, shaking hands with people before returning to the front. He was so gracious & did not need a flying palace!

Ohio State students, faculty and staff will join the protest 🧪

This is a crisis for science in America 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

https://learndirt.com/community/ 🌼 Remember the days of old-school forums and message boards, before social media ruined everything? We missed that, so we're building one for all you growers to have a cool place to hang out! ✨ 🌱

#HANDSOFF #Cincinnati

Huge turnout today - ~1,000 people for Hands Off protest in Wooster OH ( population 27000)

This will be devastating for agriculture in Ohio and the US. Please call your representatives and demand that they protect agricultural research and our food supply and safety. www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria’s ‘motor,’ preventing it from spreading through the body. READ MORE: www.lymedisease.org/motor-behind... via @CornellNews

I don't want Canada or Greenland… I want PBS, Social Security, and The Smithsonian. CAN YOU SAY THE SAME?! 🤚

99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research. Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts. It will directly impact YOU. #ScienceNOTSilence

With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?

🌱 "Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the field." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

The USDA Agricultural Research Service employs (employed) some of the best and most productive scientists. Many are seconded to land grant universities & work closely with university scientists to make a real difference. These firings and future cuts will hobble agric research in the US.

I’m embarrassed to be an American and especially an Ohioan after yesterday’s ambush of President Zelenskyy. The encounter was obviously staged - Pres T and VP are not particularly good actors.

USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.

Dr. Justine Beaulieu is an excellent Agricultural Scientist who was serving our country evaluating risk for importing plant material into the US. She was illegally fired in Musk's purge just days before giving birth. abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...

USDA scientists terminated from Cereal Disease Lab in St. Paul www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Excellent statement. Thank you @plosbiology.org 🙏 Time to ditch toxic commercial publishers once for all. Make this an opportunity.

Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

Can a microbial community become an evolutionary individual? #CurrOpinMicrobiol by @salazarafra.bsky.social and @saramitri.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looks like botrytis developing on strawberries in a local market. Botrytis (gray mold) is a fungal disease that can affect strawberries in the field, in transit, in storage and in the marketplace. Small brown lesions eventually are covered with a grayish-white mold. I chose not to buy these! 🧪

“We can look to venom, surprisingly, to aid us biomedically," says Dr. Barrett Klein. "For example, bee venom therapy has been used for arthritis, arthralgia, Parkinson’s, ALS, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions.”

NEMATODE MONDAY: Root-knot nematode (RKN) symptoms (galls/knots) on roots of tomato plants. The amount of galling can vary with population density, Meloidogyne species involved and the host. Large numbers of nematodes penetrating roots in close proximity can result in larger galls 🧪

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.

At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years. Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.

So media will fail to inform, or outright misinform, about the nature of the government-imposed financial crisis on universities, and then turn around and tell us voters don't care. Well, how can they care if they don't get accurate information about what is going on?