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Jennifer Mach (she/they)
@jennifermach.bsky.social
Science writer and editor for Plant Editors (planteditors.com). Based in Chicago.
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NWS Chicago warning of a meteotsunami with 3-ft fluctuations on southern Lake Michigan due to the ongoing 100+ mph winds and pressure rises/falls.
Shelf cloud moving over the loop. Chicago storm.
Heads up Chicago. The storm complex to the west is organizing and gathering steam. Strong to severe winds expected. The front edge is only about 60 miles away from the city #ILwx #ChicagoWX
lone star persimmons, painted by amanda almira newton, 1906
🚨 IDOT Survey 🚨 IDOT is conducting is regular survey of residents. This information is extremely useful for advocates who are pushing the state to prioritize transit, biking, walking, and other choices. It’s closes Tuesday 8/11. illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/public-feedb...
Public feedback requested for IDOT’s annual transportation survey
illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com
This is one of the great things about being an editor—I get to delight in all kinds of discoveries across plant biology, and even a few outside plants!
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾@plantevolution.bsky.social · 3d agoA major advice I try to pass on: science is only worth it if you can delight in the discoveries of others. It’s great to make your own discoveries but they are too few to sustain you over the long haul.
A major advice I try to pass on: science is only worth it if you can delight in the discoveries of others. It’s great to make your own discoveries but they are too few to sustain you over the long haul.
Chicago, this is not just important for the 31st ward! If your alderperson is on the Zoning committee, give them a ring! chicago.councilmatic.org/committee/co...
Jennifer Mach (she/they)@jennifermach.bsky.social · 3d agoGot tapped in by a neighbor to volunteer to help get my alder on board with the Bird-friendly Building Design Ordinance. Anyone else in the 31st interested in calling/writing? news.wttw.com/2026/07/15/c...
Got tapped in by a neighbor to volunteer to help get my alder on board with the Bird-friendly Building Design Ordinance. Anyone else in the 31st interested in calling/writing? news.wttw.com/2026/07/15/c...
Chicago’s Bird-Friendly Building Ordinance Freed From City Council Limbo, Zoning Committee Is Next Hurdle
The bird-friendly ordinance has now been sent to the Zoning Committee for consideration. A hearing is tentatively scheduled for July 21.
news.wttw.com
Chicago history buffs, my neighbor is downsizing and she is looking for a home for these—I guess they were used to print the @chicagotribune.com
Working my way through the audiobook of A Sand County Almanac. Here’s the massive cup plant that volunteered in my front yard in honor of the compass plant he describes in the July chapter.
Jennifer Mach (she/they)@jennifermach.bsky.social · 7d agoListening now and it’s so good!! Thank you for giving me the nudge to give it another go!
Interested in genetics, diversification, and speciation? We're hiring a Research Associate to help with our projects, including the convergent evolution of fruit color. Come and work with us! Feel free to contact me with questions. (Reposts appreciated!) Link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33973
More Chicago wildlife! Stinkhorn fungus in my front yard
Jennifer Mach (she/they)@jennifermach.bsky.social · 4w agoChicago wildlife, spotted a slime mold!
Good morning, everyone. Before you read too many distressing headlines, enjoy this hummingbird resting in my corn after apparently feeding on my black eye pea blooms. 🌱
My first thought with this sort of study is that tree cover is probably correlated with income, which then determines outcomes, but according to the abstract the data were adjusted for "area-level demographics". So, plant a tree, save your neighbors! (Chicago, you can request a tree through 311).
Kimberly Quinn 🇨🇦@kimberlyquinn.bsky.social · 7d ago"Many folks see trees primarily as aesthetic features or amenities, but they should be recognized as part of our public health infrastructure."
I'm sure that working in social media - dealing with people as mass statistical abstractions - is a cognitohazard, the sort of thing that could make anyone a little solipsistic, convinced that everyone else is a kind of stimulus-responding automaton lacking the interiority that you experience. 1/
How you can help: 1. Contact your alderperson and ask them to co-sponsor the Bird-Friendly Building Ordinance. 2. Share this post. Visit the Chicago Collisions Coalition site to send a pre-written letter to your alderperson in under 2 minutes. chicagocollisionscoalition.org?fbclid=IwdGR...
Chicago Collisions Coalition: A New Bird-Friendly Building Law
Chicago residents can ask the city council to prevent bird-window collisions through a new mandatory bird-friendly building design ordinance.
chicagocollisionscoalition.org
Chicago has proven that when we all rally together, we can protect our most vulnerable wildlife. Our dedication to protect our nesting Piping Plovers shows the world what compassionate urban conservation looks like. We’ve proven that protective spirit on the beach, and now let’s take it to the sky!
Happy International Owl Awareness Day! Please enjoy this photograph of ornithologist Herbert Brown (r) with an elf owl, the world’s smallest owl
Thank you to all my fellow "block, don't engage" peeps on here for making this happen!
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · last wk.Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
Join the MSU Plant Resilience Institute to help set up a state-of-the-art fundamental field research program as we dive into a field to lab to field paradigm! Review of applications for this position will begin on August 5th and continue until filled. #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs
MSU Plant Resilience Institute@msupri.bsky.social · 3w agoWe are seeking a field research technician for the Great Lakes Advanced Climate Impact & Experimental Research Center (GLACIER) to coordinate day-to-day field and greenhouse experiments related to plant responses to climate stress! #PlantSciJobs Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/field-r...
Have a look at our latest review where we discuss the current knowledge on carbon transport and metabolism throughout the nodulation process. #PlantScience #Legumes #Rhizibia @psb-vib.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Unraveling carbon dynamics in legume–rhizobia symbioses: toward a single-cell resolution of symbiotic metabolism
This review explores carbon allocation and metabolism during legume nodulation, highlighting single-cell and spatial omics as emerging approaches to study
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Why Atacama Desert biocrusts offer a promising, sustainable biotechnological tool for future space agriculture. By Molina-Montenegro, Reyes, and Atala Read more in our Journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci DOI: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
Biocrusts improve the performance of crop species under simulated space conditions
Atacama Desert biocrusts significantly enhanced germination, survival, stress tolerance and nutritional quality in plants cultivated under simulated exoplanetary conditions. Atacama Desert biocrusts ....
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Patrick McKenzie@patrickmckenzie.bsky.social · last wk.Major #Botany2026 FOMO, but the drive MA->OR starts this week. So, sharing from afar: I’m recruiting grad students for my new lab at OSU! Info: www.mckenzie-lab.org . We're going to have FUN with systematics, speciation genomics, methods, natural history, and more in North Am angiosperms. Reach out!
Alonso, not off to a great start to win my vote... on FB laying out his platform for zoning approvals–– "Community-Driven Zoning and Development (CDZD) is a formalized framework designed to guarantee inclusive, transparent, and democratic decision-making around neighborhood land use."
Jennifer Mach (she/they)@jennifermach.bsky.social · 3w agoI'm seeing on FB that Alonso Zaragoza is running in the 31st. I just want to vote for the one who will collaborate with Ruth Cruz to extend the Hellmont Bike lane past Milwaukee. www.facebook.com/alonsochicago