The league better remove this ref or I am writing the most unhinged email to the NWSL I promise you #BAYvCHI

The U.S. government requires visa applicants to make all of their social media accounts fully public or risk being denied entry. This is straight out of 1984. Your right to privacy doesn’t just disappear at the border for millions of people, it disappears before they ever set foot here.

Excited to share our new preprint! We explore how experimental context influences immune responses triggered by elf18 and flg22 in Arabidopsis. Huge thanks to @gittacoaker.bsky.social for her guidance and support, and to Hanxu Sha for her help on this project. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

About last night’s scrambling from gun fire at White House reporters dinner .. Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) makes a critical point on CNN: “This is happening in schools across the country.. the kids have no resources to process their trauma”

I really do not know how to put into words how absolutely idiotic and terrible this would be.

Joining the Coaker lab is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Come join us (but only if you like fun and love a good lab environment) !!

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

What I think many Americans don't quite grasp is how quickly the Iran conflict could spiral into a humanitarian crisis for many parts of the world. @newhumanitarian.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/photo-featur...

yeah im bummed about sora. bummed i sora bunch of stupid fake videos

inaugural game red for Boston feels about right

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:

ICE in Minnesota: They tear gas protestors detained on the ground. They murdered Renee Good They kidnapped a 5 year old and used him as bait; kidnapped 2 year old They beat and murdered a VA nurse Then ICE leaders went on TV and lied about it Ultimate gaslighting

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: "I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including the decision to bring charges against President Trump. Our investigation developed proof beyond reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity... No one should be above the law".

Party upset with Real ID Act over privacy concerns and because it would lead to a national ID card warns citizenry to be prepared to identify themselves via national ID card.

the only thing that could make me feel better right now is finding out Aaron Rodgers’ wifi is an AI bot 🤞

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And we're bombing innocent people (again).

@charisramsing.bsky.social gave a great seminar on Clavibacter for UC Davis’ Plant Pathology Department today. New insights into tomato colonization and effector recognition. #MPMI

The booing of downed players is getting so egregious I’m starting to root for Gotham. We do not boo injured players!! #NWSL #GothamFC #KCBABY

The NWSL has 99 problems, but a trans player ain’t one. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Updating my LEGO White House

Wow. www.usda.gov

We firmly believe firing comedians is not a sign of a healthy democracy. In some countries, they even elect them to defend against ambitious fascists. — PM Tuxley II

I’m honored to share the illustration accompanying our receptor engineering paper in Nature Plants. Created by the talented Phoebe Sinner from the Coaker lab, this artwork elegantly highlights how natural diversity contributes to differences in receptor specificity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover

Missing my fellow Coakerites today! I tried to recreate my favorite MPMI 2023 photo but this time it’s just me 😢. Another reminder of the impact politics has on science and that many incredible academics working in the US aren’t here this year. #2025ISMPMI

We’re waiting with baited breath to see what @natplants.nature.com has to say about the alarm during @tolgaboz.bsky.social ‘s great plenary #2025ISMPMI @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social

Science is cool but reunions will always be my favorite part of conferences. So, so lovely seeing my former colleagues from my masters @phimresearch.bsky.social Team CIME 4ever 🍄‍🟫🌾 #2025ISMPMI #ouiouibaguette

Did Nuria’s talk get you excited about wilt diseases? Are you in love with lignin? Calling all vascular pathogen fanatics to P-38 in session 1 (presenting Tuesday!). Hear all about how Clavibacter uses CAZymes to break free of xylem vessels and how plants might detect this damage! #2025ISMPMI

Everyone is acting like US scientists will just go get science jobs elsewhere and sure some will but there are not anywhere close to enough science jobs elsewhere. The end result of this will be much, much, much less science, not science happening in different places.

NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%. #NASADidThat

It’s hard to put into words how bad things are/are getting in the U.S. but on a personal note I just realized in be in Europe for #2025ISMPMI during the Euros and that’s pretty awesome.

This this this. There is value in pointing out the specifics but we have to save express interest in saving all of it. A patchwork of funding just what ppl are most passionate about would be a dysfunctional mess

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

I went to two supermarkets today and noticed a drastic decline in the amount of fresh produce. Maybe due to reliance on immigrants to pick crops & them hiding in fear. Look at the resources devoted to squashing protests, raiding buildings and a military parade- but not helping the general population

How is it not ABSURDLY injurious to our interests as a nation to cut…. math and physics funding?

I do hate that we leave out USDA in these. I know it’s about congressional committee oversight of “science”, but ag research within and external to the USDA is also critical and already underfunded compared to other science. Key food security, animal and plant health, environmental outcomes, etc

According to a 2021 report, the University of California system: • generated $82B in economic activity in California • supported 529K jobs in the state • generated $21 in economic output for every $1 received Public divestment from higher ed makes no sense, even in the narrowest economic terms.

If you zoom in the text says “growing America”. This administration is certainly NOT growing Agricultural science in the US. USDA grants are frozen since January with no new competitive awards being issued. Furthermore, USDA is also facing a massive reduction in force in the next week or two.

Weber: I'm glad you're addressing us instead of speaking to the camera. … AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here..

No surprise that Chicago Pope was able to make it through all the arguments and petty feuds of Conclave voting. He's got a lot of experience with Italian beef.

I’ve decided I’m okay with an American pope if he brings deep dish to the Vatican

The “brain drain” will be a primarily domestic phenomenon, w/ STEM-trained people moving into non-STEM occupations. There are not remotely enough STEM jobs abroad for our *millions* scientists, and even if there were, moving is hard, expensive & dependent on multiple intersecting privileges.

NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States. Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab. Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. My story for @propublica.org

Not only is there no capacity to absorb huge cuts to US science, these countires are ignoring the excess capacity they already have. If there is one thing there is no shortage of anywhere there is any science funding, it is is scientists.

🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...