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The American military should not be used against the American people—period. Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts every single one of us in harm's way. Add your name to the petition to protect our communities NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/dc...

When life is rough, there is nothing better than bounding with your kitty….

Have been painting the cross walk in rainbow colors in our city, Arlington, with a lot of kids tonight to celebrate PRIDE month! That was fun 🌈

Science’s secret is that it is not subject to authority, because there are no authorities in science and to make discoveries scientists treat each other as intellectual peers.

What do authoritarian regimes do usually? Start putting pressure on the press, threatening to seek revenge , to avoid opposition and any provocative text or cartoon that would not fall in line. it seems to work quite well these days and it is sad to see the Washington poste caving as well …

Trump is the third US president to pardon insurrectionists. Pardons by the previous two - Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873 - were followed by years of violent racism and the rise of the KKK. Joseph Patrick Kelly @cofcharleston.bsky.social; David Cason @uofnorthdakota.bsky.social

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We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come! @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Happy #caturday and #valentine from Yoda

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Gosh, I remember when we had an actual president instead of a loudmouth bully who won't take responsibility for his actions.

The French Senate shuts down the 🇫🇷 “organic” propaganda machine. That’s some good news. It spreads lies claiming that “organic” products are GMO free.

Today marks the beginning of a dark four years for our country, but we refuse to surrender. You shouldn't either.

What an evening! It was wonderful to be with so many colleagues and friends who contributed to sequence the wheat genome and believed in it when many thought it was impossible . One of the most transforming scientific and human adventure I was privileged to be part of. Thank you all !!!

Always a thrill to meet and listen to the early career scientists who are dedicated to make a difference through their research on wheat. Way to go Delfi! Keep the good work going 🌾🤩

Heading to San Diego for the Plant and Animal Genome conference. Looking forward to learn about the latest advances in science, meet with colleagues and friends! Big celebrations this year!! 20 years of the IWGSC (wheatgenome.org) and 25 years of women in genomics (womeningenomics.org). Stay tuned

Happy new Year from Yoda…

What do GWAS and rare variant burden tests discover, and why? Do these studies find the most IMPORTANT genes? If not, how DO they rank genes? Here we present a surprising result: these studies actually test for SPECIFICITY! A 🧵on what this means... (🧪🧬) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Interesting read @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social ‪ The world’s first GE tomato is expected to impact the development trend of GE crops worldwide. GE technology is democratizing the rapid development of crops, contributing to sustainable global food production. doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

Last chance to apply for our www.rothamsted.ac.uk/studentship/... PhD project, where your data will help develop rapid and effective strategies to control unmanageable seed-dispersed weed populations Apply samis.bath.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd... before midnight 11th December 2024 @rothamsted.bsky.social

Do you think your memories are reliable? Science suggests our brain's tendency to misremember might be its secret superpower. False memories are not a flaw in the system at all. 🧪 suzitravis.substack.com/p/false-memo...

@emnegs.bsky.social great to see you here Emily!!! 🤩

I am looking forward to give a talk at the phytobiomes conference to provide insights on how at Inari we embrace the idea of integration at many levels, to deal with the complexity of improving crops to better perform in their environment with less use of natural resources. phytobiomesconference.org

Love it! It seems we are now playing “the empire strikes back”. I want to think that we will once again defeat the Empire and save the republic! Let’s all become Jedis with Yoda …( my cat who is thinking about the next move on this picture 😻)

Be like Mark Hamill.

It is about time!!! I was in Zurich about 30 years ago when Professor Potrykus started to develop it to save children…

This is Yoda… #proofofcat Working on mastering the force! Btw, I am a childless cat lady 😻🌈💙

I needed this today. You may too.

Awesome!

We did it once we can do it again

Just joined bluesky out of X for a breeze of fresh air and moving away from authoritarians. Here is what I left people with on X, and am happy to share here from one of our founding father . A timely reminder…