Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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Hey Botany! Come see my talk investigating whether polyploids have different patterns of flower evolution than diploids on Weds at 8:15am in San Xavier. Over 100 undergrads participated in this research! :) #PUIFTW #Botany2026 #PlantPeopleFTW

Next in the @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social Taxonomist Day in the Life series: Flashback to my recent attempt to relocate the original collection site of the Australian bush tomato Solanum dioicum for the 1st time in 120 yrs. More in my #botany2026 talk on Mon. at 3:00 in the Side-Quest Colloquium.

I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com

Wohoo! Yes, postdocs at #Botany2026, please come to the Postdocs in Botany affinity group on Monday from noon to 1:30pm. Arizona Grand Ballroom… @botanist-brooke.bsky.social and I will see you all there! :)

Chris Martine | Plant People FTW@martinebotany.bsky.social · 3d ago

And 9% are postdocs. That's 96 amazing peeps at #Botany2026 who could turn up for Monday's Postdocs in Botany affinity group social in the Arizona Grand Ballroom. #plantpeopleFTW

Prepped for the semester? Want to think through some ideas? Let us help!

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology@sicb.bsky.social · 6d ago

#SICB Members! The #Education Council of SICB is hosting a #workshop to get your course into gear! Dana Orbach Amanda Chicoli Ph.D. @billryerson.bsky.social & Stephen Ferguson will be featured. Simply sign up at: tinyurl.com/sicbedcouncil1 #academia #professors #scientists #biologists

Shut down the Taylor Diarrhea Farms!

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d ago

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

A deadline definitely wrote this

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 4d ago

In praise of deadlines ft.trib.al/zxHdceU | opinion

Sod it. Here’s a quick explainer on why using generative AI as a science communicator is a bad idea and will destroy your credibility! In short: It makes stuff up and lies, and that makes you untrustworthy by proxy. In long: 1/6

Emi Thomas 🦤🏳️‍🌈@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social · 5d ago

So. A thing you like just implemented generative AI

Started painting some crabs in Procreate. 🦀 #SciArt

Are you at #Botany2026 & have an idea for a special issue of Apps in Plant Sciences or Am Journal of Botany? Talk to Theresa Culley or Amy McPherson or Beth Parada or Sean Graham or Briana Gross! Especially if you are a "junior" scientist looking to make an impact! bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Welcome to the publications of the Botanical Society of America. Our mission is to publish and support the Society in promoting botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.

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#Botany2026 is nearly here! We have a great lineup of talks and posters from our lab! Check out the image for times & people!)! Can't wait to experience my first Botany!! @jentomology.bsky.social

I put a call out for mural walls yesterday and I got a lot of VERY good walls for projects of a variety of scales. Unfortunately I have only sold enough shirts this summer to cover 2 of those walls. This means more people need to buy shirts. Thems the breaks. More shirts more art. SquidFacts.Net

I'm back! Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪  July 31 (Year 2, Week 31) - student visas, asylum cases & ICE surge at airports - "Golden Age" & Vanderbilt reports - kangaroo courts, grant terminations & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Year 2, Week 31

Jul 11-31, 2026 – the abracadabra of it all

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I've created a starter pack of #fern researchers! I am sure there are more of us, suggestions welcome 💚 go.bsky.app/UqHk9kT

At #Botany2026, I was hoping to start recruiting for my lab group. If you are interested in polyploidy and population genetics, please reach out.

Come see what I’ve been up to for the last year! Excited to showcase the trials and tribulations of my work on the ecophysiology and genomics of bromeliads 🍍

Karolina Heyduk@kheyduk.bsky.social · last wk.

As you're making your itinerary on the #Botany2026 app, check out some of these lab presentations!!!

Wanna hear about introgression and pollination syndromes? Boy, do I have a talk for you! I'll be presenting my last dissertation chapter in the Cooley Award session on Monday, 8:45am in room Tucson C-D! #botany2026

I will be presenting at #botany2026 during the Development & Structure Part 2 session at 4:30 PM local time in San Luis 1. I will be talking about sex systems in the capitulum and the models we are using to approach questions on the links between floret sex, location, and symmetry! (1/2)

I can't make it to #Botany2026 this year, but I don't want to miss out on all the cool plant science being presented. I've made a starter pack to follow along from home (and to find more great botanists to follow year-round). Reply here to be added! go.bsky.app/HdDpDrW

Vought is still at it. Despite the thousands of comments submitted opposing his OMB grants rule, he quietly submitted changes to the policy and procedures guide for NSF grants that would implement those same unpopular changes. Send a comment and write your MOC 👇 @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2w ago

Register for the webinars to learn about the key NSF changes, analyze the implications, draft strong public comments, and identify target messaging for the Hill: zurl.co/TRIP1 And, leave your public comment: zurl.co/QVxp5

Blue milkweed beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus) on dogbane. It was a warm day, but a sprinkle of rain from a brief afternoon thunderstorm cooled things off, plus gave the beetle a few droplets for decoration. (Montana) #BugSky 🌿🐙📷

Heading to Botany 2026? Join @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social in a special lecture by Diné botanist Dr. Arnold Clifford as he presents the story of the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium (CMH), the Navajo Nation's largest herbarium. Monday, August 3, 7:00-9:00 PM details at: mailchi.mp/f7208188714a...

#Botany2026 is almost here! The Bulbous Lab will be there in full force (see image for times and locations of our talks)! Can’t wait to see everyone and hear about all the awesome botanical science going on!

#Botany2026 is nearly here! We have a great lineup of talks and posters from our lab! Check out the image for times & people!)! Can't wait to experience my first Botany!! @jentomology.bsky.social

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Oil beetle larvae smell like flowers to manipulate bees and sneak into their nests

For the first time, a research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, has demonstrated that insects can mimic floral scents to mani...

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New higher ed job alert: tenure-track Molecular Biologist in the Biology Dept at Bucknell University. Come be a part of our PUI teacher-scholar tradition! Application review begins 29 Sep 2026. 1/2 #STEMeducation #undergradresearch #higheredjobs bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Excited to share that our paper on Horizontal Gene Transfer is now out in its final form in @gigascience.bsky.social! 🥳 By analysing 163 high-quality ant genomes, we show that HGT from bacteria is widespread across the ants and likely has adaptive functions! doi.org/10.1093/giga... 🐜📸: Alex Wild

EEB Mentor Match is now open! But apps due soon (8/17). Mentees: get help applying for grad school or fellowships in ecology & evolution. Mentors: senior grads, post-docs, or faculty in these fields willing to give advice Org by Diversity Cmte of @asn-amnat.bsky.social Pls share! eebmentormatch.com

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