I love my neighborhood. #NOLA

Hello we are back from a holiday weekend and the Office of Management and Budget is still trying to make sure federal grants can be withdrawn at any time, for any reason. There's still time to stop it. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it

‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’

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today in destroying higher ed, the country's second largest export (not for long now!), the largest employer in 10 states, 60 cities, dozens and dozens of counties economic sabotage AND epistemic warfare www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...

Decline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’

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PhD Position at Uppsala University. Sophie Karrenberg’s Lab. the project is about sex chromosome evolution in plants. Come join us! Deadline 22 July. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

The 2026 United States of Science Challenge starts NOW! Each bubble represents classrooms we’ve matched with scientists this year. This a competition to fill bubbles with $10 donations to support @skypeascientist.bsky.social The first region to fill all bubbles wins. 👇🏻 givebutter.com/USS2026

United States of Science 2026

By Skype a Scientist

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How does phenotypic plasticity shape adaptation in the wild? Love and Ferris @jillmlove.bsky.social @ferrisifolius.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Sam Scheiner accepts his @sse-evolution.bsky.social Lifetime Achievement Award by pulling up a slide packed with names of colleagues from his 26 years at NSF, and reminding us to thank federal agency staff and scientists who are still working to support research while going "through hell" #Evol2026

If you’re in Cleveland for #Evolution26 RUN don’t walk to @jillmlove.bsky.social ‘s talk on the genomic basis of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in Mimulus laciniatius!!!! Tomorrow at 5:15pm!!! #Mimuluspropaganda

Jill M. Love, PhD 🏳️‍🌈@jillmlove.bsky.social · 2mo ago

And if you’re going to Evolution, come to my talk to hear about this project’s equally cool (but less finished 🤫) genomic side! “Linking a genomic locus for leaf shape plasticity to natural selection in the wild” - Monday, June 22 @ 5:15 PM - Ecological Genetics II - Room 24

And if you’re going to Evolution, come to my talk to hear about this project’s equally cool (but less finished 🤫) genomic side! “Linking a genomic locus for leaf shape plasticity to natural selection in the wild” - Monday, June 22 @ 5:15 PM - Ecological Genetics II - Room 24

🎉 PUBLISHED!!!! Out now in @newphyt.bsky.social 🎉 We found positive selection on leaf shape plasticity in a Monkeyflower species. This experiment used two big field transplants, greenhouse, AND growth chamber work. It was hard, but awesome. With @ferrisifolius.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Phenotypic plasticity is broadly adaptive across an elevation gradient in the Cutleaf Monkeyflower

Leaf shape plasticity expression is variable in Mimulus laciniatus.

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Well this new is all very bad for US Science. The time for public comment on this horrifying legislation from OMB is now open! Please read and follow the link at the bottom of the article! arstechnica.com/science/2026...

Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.

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We hit 30 observed species today for 2026! Today’s additions included the Texas, leaf cutter bee, cabbage white, and the oblong woolcarder bee. The big ol pot of milkweed is *bringing it*.

Paper accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep an eye out for @jillmlove.bsky.social 's fabulous reciprocal transplant experiment that found selection for phenotypic plasticity coming soon to a New Phytologist near you!!!

Woman's Hilarious Oh My God Freak Out

ALT: Woman's Hilarious Oh My God Freak Out

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NEW PREPRINT: You may recall Joshua trees started flowering fully four months early this year. Was that due to climate change? Well, @colincarlson.bsky.social and I called in Chris Callahan to formally test that hypothesis, and the answer is... it probably wasn't! doi.org/10.64898/202...

Graduation day!!! Katie, you changed my life in the best way. Thank you so much for the mentorship, support, and care you’ve shown me over the years. What a ride! @ferrisifolius.bsky.social ❤️

Today @jillmlove.bsky.social have an amazing talk in her public dissertation defense on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in #Mimulus . Jill, you’ve accomplished so much. I’m so proud of you. #ProudPI #Mimuluspropaganda

Mangled missile fragments purporting to be from the deadly strikes that hit a naval base and elementary school in southern Iran on Feb. 28 bear the markings of an American cruise missile, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

Missile in Deadly Iranian School Strike Appears to Be U.S.-Made, Photos Taken by Iran Show

Iranian state media posted mangled remnants it claims were from the Feb. 28 attack in Minab. An analysis shows they have the markings of a missile made by American manufacturers

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Linking environmental & pollination-related factors to touch-sensitive stigma closure dynamics in #Mazus miquelii New #AJB research by Xiao-Fang Jin, Tian Luo, Chun-Feng Yang & Zhong-Ming Ye doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Mazaceae #pollen #pollination

Such an awesome program supporting undergrad engagement at the annual Botany conference. And I’m so glad BSA figured out how to keep it alive. It’s not too late to apply for #Botany2026 in Tucson (1-5 Aug)!! #plantpeopleFT

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hey Botanical Science Undergrads, the PLANTS Grant deadline is coming up!! This award covers Botany 2026 travel, lodging, meals, mentorship, a conference field trip & a complimentary 3-year BSA membership. Deadline: March 15, 2026 For more information, visit: botany.org/home/awards/...

As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent: 🔹️$6.9 million worth of lobster tails🦞 🔹️$15.1 million for ribeye steak 🥩 🔹️$2 million for Alaskan king crab 🦀 🔹️ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano ✏️ by @newrepublic.com

Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab

The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

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🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics! My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026. We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems. #Postdoc #EcoEvo Pls RT!

🚨 PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology 🌱 We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share! #PlantScience #PlantSciJob

Her research laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System, GPS, a technology that has made getting lost a thing of the past. wapo.st/4c3qzA5

Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.

Without the mathematical model that she helped refine, “the extraordinary positioning, navigation, and timing accuracy of GPS would be impossible to achieve.”

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🌾 We have an open postdoc position in Plant Genomics in our group at HHU Düsseldorf! If you enjoy computational biology, asking big questions, and the satisfaction of code working on the first try, check out schneebergerlab.org/career/ Apply by Mar. 31 | 3-year postdoc | German skills required

Latest work from our group together with @jsharbro.bsky.social This review synthesizes insights into cytonuclear incompatibility in plant hybrids and allopolyploids, highlighting maternal bias, evolutionary consequences, and applications such as cytoplasmic male sterility in seed production.

Causes and Consequences of Cytonuclear Incompatibility in Hybrids of Flowering Plants

Abstract. Hybridization and polyploidization combine divergent nuclear genomes with maternally inherited organelles, often disrupting cytonuclear coadaptat

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Happy Mardi Gras y’all!!!! From the Ferris Lab with 💗

I keep hearing from people all over the country who want to know - how can I help? I put together a step by step list that starts with getting your first whistle and takes you all the way to recruiting your own band of whistlers! www.riotgrrrlrevolution.org/help

Brilliant piece, and a public service to put these foul and upsetting pieces together.

Elizabeth Lopatto@lopatto.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...