Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure

@GottaLaff@gottalaff.bsky.social · 2d ago

ABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"

🌱 From Nature Communications: Hybrid vigor in maize may arise partly from master regulatory genes coordinating the activity of hundreds of other genes. (Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra) ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience #PlantBiology #Genetics

The incomplete dominance of gene expression controlled by Trans-eQTL hotspots contributes to heterosis in maize - Nature Communications

This study shows that maize hybrids exhibit increased transcriptome activity than inbred parents in an incomplete dominance manner, contributing to hybrid vigor. This increase is primarily regulated b...

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Travel grant for students and #EMCR funded by Australian Mountain Research Facility (AMRF) and @tern-aus.bsky.social. Application is a video documenting how you use AMRF-supported data. Apply by 15 Sep 2026. docs.google.com/forms/d/1Vkz...

Summer cadet program by the Australian Mountain Research Facility (AMRF) + @tern-aus.bsky.social aimed at Australian undergrads/recent grads. Partially paid. Great for students testing out if research is for them. Approx. six positions open. Apply by 31 Aug 2026. docs.google.com/forms/d/1waw...

Top-up scholarship for Australian #PhD students working with plant #genomics, #dendrochronology, or #InsectEcology, with a focus on snow gum dieback. Advert coming soon; feel free to reach out to Adrienne Nicotra or Matt Brookhouse ahead of time if you're interested.

every woman has wondered whether her dad would take her side or some man's. many of them have learned the answer and often it's not the answer that you'd assume would be the bare minimum expectation for a father

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d ago

Should the congressman who is credibly accused of beating and throwing scalding water at your own daughter run for re-election? “I don’t know,” says GOP Senator Bernie Moreno www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...

In May, California generated more than half its electricity from the sun—in what is believed to be a global first. It’s the first time a large-scale power system is known to have surpassed 50% #solar for an entire month. California also made more power from solar than from natural gas in Jan-May.

California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record

New batteries to store solar electricity and low demand in May both contributed to high percentage of electricity that came from solar.

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A new poll shared exclusively with Strength In Numbers finds independent candidate Seth Bodnar polling 6 points ahead of Republican Kurt Alme in a hypothetical one-on-one for Montana's Senate race, but the Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead trailing by 8. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-07-28...

To defeat Republicans, Democrats should stand down in places independents are more likely to win

An exclusive poll shared first with Strength In Numbers shows Independent Seth Bodnar in Montana runs ahead of the Democrat in a hypothetical Senate horse-race

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Heyyy we're up to 5005 signatures!!! Y'all are awesome! Please do keep on signing and sharing!

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 4d ago

Then sign the petition calling for a moratorium on "A.i." in the NYC public schools! Let's put this thing over 5000 signatures today, huh? Just 28 to go!!! actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

I am pleased to announce that we are inviting applications for a Lead Laboratory Coordinator at the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Review of applications will begin on September 15, 2026. For details and to apply, visit arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

We should never even HAVE homeless vets. Ever. They are being failed at all levels by the US Gov't that promised to take care of them for giving part (or sometimes all) of their lives in service to our country.

@pnwpirate.bsky.social · 5d ago

@doczombie.bsky.social PPD bravely arrests a mentally ill veteran doing nothing to no one:

Jeanne Gibson, beloved “Rosie the Riveter,” passed away on July 29, 2026 at 100. Gibson became a welder at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, helping build destroyers for the Allied war effort during WWII. Gibson helped pave the way for millions of women who stepped into critical wartime roles.

I received a very nice and inspiring letter from the Dean of Science for teaching (Plant Development in Spring 2026 semester). Among all the tasks, I always felt least confident in teaching. The teaching evaluation and this letter were helpful for me to be confident. I will keep doing my BEST!

Morning. ☕️

Considering Burgum sold his soul for literally nothing in return, it’s more than fitting for this administration to throw him under the bus.

Eric Geller@ericjgeller.com · 5d ago

"'Had [the Interior Department] been forthcoming with the information clearly in its possession, the government would not have sought a grand jury indictment,' the filing said." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

As a Christian raised in a deeply Evangelical area, I feel comfortable saying that the purpose of this is not to convert but to try to confirm their persecution complex. I’ve seen Christians do things like this for my whole life and what they want more than anything isn’t a theological discussion…

imagine being so evil you get this whole Senate to agree on something

Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 6d ago

U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Opposing Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

It turns out insurance companies believe in climate change whether you do or not

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6d ago

MIAMI'S COST OF LIVING SURPASSES NYC FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

Some big news for my lab, and for forests too, I hope! Very excited to join Michigan State in the Plant Resilience Institute, Departments of Forestry and Plant Biology, next fall. Lots of work ahead studying plant #necrodiversity and #WhatKillsTrees with so many new (& continuing) colleagues!

MSU Plant Resilience Institute@msupri.bsky.social · last wk.

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is pleased to welcome internationally recognized plant ecophysiologist William Hammond (@wmhammond.bsky.social) to its faculty! #PlantScience 🌳 Read the full announcement: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

♻️ Nutritional and physiological limitations shape the radiation-use efficiency response to legume proportion in C4 grass–legume mixtures by Nicolas Caram and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

I believe there is no greater generational constant in USA than the high profile snake oil salesman. I bet historians can document trajectory changes in USA purely based on phenomena & gold rushes engineered by snake oil salesmen. ‘I invented a genie’ guy may be their crowning achievement though.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

literally impeach him just for this

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 7d ago

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

I mean, this is more or less the system we actually have in practice. It's just a polite fiction that the rich don't have vastly greater representation.

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?

I was searching for a public domain clip of the wildfires in France for a livestream earlier today, and this is what AI autocorrect on a Google Video search defaulted to. I was actually unable get Google to un-default to "aerial views of french fries" after several attempts:

Rand Paul swiftly moved from wet markets to "natural immunity". Rambling. Quoting Martin Kulldorff. Time to post one of my favorite xkcd drawings xkcd.com/2557/ ▫️42/ #faucihearing

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

Check out the amazing talks and posters from my lab at #Botany2026 #ecophys