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@dendromecon27.bsky.social
Research Ecologist. Mostly I just want to plant native plants everywhere 🌺🌲🌴🌼🌿🌱🌳 🥄She/her
Pinned
Blew off office work today to go help with a post-Davis Fire reseeding volunteer effort in Davis Creek Park organized by the park and Nevada Div of Wildlife/Forestry. Hopefully we get some precip to help all those grasses, forbs and shrubs come up!
I’m watching Frankenstein on Netflix and all I can think is that these incel dudes want this one woman and all she wants is to study insects.
“You’re the monster” says the creature to Victor Frankenstein. But really the monster is the patriarchy.
“You’re the monster” says the creature to Victor Frankenstein. But really the monster is the patriarchy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I’m watching Frankenstein on Netflix and all I can think is that these incel dudes want this one woman and all she wants is to study insects.
“You’re the monster” says the creature to Victor Frankenstein. But really the monster is the patriarchy.
“You’re the monster” says the creature to Victor Frankenstein. But really the monster is the patriarchy.
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Because many struggle with math…
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Because many struggle with math…
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SCIENCE, BITCHES!
Save the honeycreepers! Conservation groups are releasing male mosquitoes that have a strain of naturally occurring bacteria (Wolbachia) that causes non-viable eggs when they mate. Over time, with repeated releases, the wild mosquito populations should decline.
www.cnn.com/science/hawa...
www.cnn.com/science/hawa...
Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. Here’s why | CNN
Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by releasing more mosquitoes.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
SCIENCE, BITCHES!
Save the honeycreepers! Conservation groups are releasing male mosquitoes that have a strain of naturally occurring bacteria (Wolbachia) that causes non-viable eggs when they mate. Over time, with repeated releases, the wild mosquito populations should decline.
www.cnn.com/science/hawa...
www.cnn.com/science/hawa...
Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. Here’s why | CNN
Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by releasing more mosquitoes.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Save the honeycreepers! Conservation groups are releasing male mosquitoes that have a strain of naturally occurring bacteria (Wolbachia) that causes non-viable eggs when they mate. Over time, with repeated releases, the wild mosquito populations should decline.
www.cnn.com/science/hawa...
www.cnn.com/science/hawa...
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#TheLensNola🔍 The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch at Louisiana Tech University.
✍Hannah Richter, Sierra Magazine
Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/IPaDPcj
#louisianatechuniversity #ecologist #federalgrant
✍Hannah Richter, Sierra Magazine
Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/IPaDPcj
#louisianatechuniversity #ecologist #federalgrant
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#TheLensNola🔍 The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch at Louisiana Tech University.
✍Hannah Richter, Sierra Magazine
Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/IPaDPcj
#louisianatechuniversity #ecologist #federalgrant
✍Hannah Richter, Sierra Magazine
Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/IPaDPcj
#louisianatechuniversity #ecologist #federalgrant
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This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
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Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
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Quite a headline.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Quite a headline.
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Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
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Are we winning yet?
CNN: "A brand new report is out showing layoff announcements hit their highest level for October in over 20 years. It's painting a picture of a job market that is really hurting. US-based employers announced 150,074 job cuts in October, more than any October since 2003."
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Are we winning yet?
I mean, not so very long ago, there was this liberal woman who literally “had a plan for that”.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I mean, not so very long ago, there was this liberal woman who literally “had a plan for that”.
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I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
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Still one of the most amazing photos I've ever seen - aerial view of Central Park in Manhattan, #NewYorkCity.
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Still one of the most amazing photos I've ever seen - aerial view of Central Park in Manhattan, #NewYorkCity.
same question but for resources management and conservation
Like yeah, I know, it's uncool and cringe to be idealistic and believe in a mission and swear an oath. You're supposed to believe that everyone in government is corrupt and broken and inept.
Which begs the question, so how do you convince the people to put government in charge of health care?
Which begs the question, so how do you convince the people to put government in charge of health care?
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
same question but for resources management and conservation
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The fact that a lot of leftists despise Parks and Rec - one of the best and most sympathetic depictions of non-cop government in modern media - is a symptom of the fact that a lot of the left has no idea how to actually implement the policy proposals they want to enact.
The reason 30 Rock succeeds years later while parks and rec has aged like a toilet full of milk, is that 30 Rock doesnt shy away from portraying Liz Lemon as an obvious villian with a victim/hero complex, whereas Leslie Knope was played just a straight hero character, even tho she is a neolib shill
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The fact that a lot of leftists despise Parks and Rec - one of the best and most sympathetic depictions of non-cop government in modern media - is a symptom of the fact that a lot of the left has no idea how to actually implement the policy proposals they want to enact.
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Democratic women have made history tonight:
Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.
I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉
Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.
I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Democratic women have made history tonight:
Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.
I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉
Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.
I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉
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I normally am a cheerful optimist, but I am just at a loss about what to even say to young scientists right now. Devastating overview of the cuts: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I normally am a cheerful optimist, but I am just at a loss about what to even say to young scientists right now. Devastating overview of the cuts: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Our health insurance is going up by a third this year, even though we’ve never received any of the subsidies that are expiring. More expensive insurance for poor people means more expensive insurance for all people.
Whelp, it’s official. In 2026 with a marketplace plan, our family of 4 will spend $23,381 for the year on premiums alone. This doesn’t cover the adults’ teeth and eyes. GREAT COUNTRY GREAT SYSTEM!
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our health insurance is going up by a third this year, even though we’ve never received any of the subsidies that are expiring. More expensive insurance for poor people means more expensive insurance for all people.
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USAID pulled out of Sudan in July. A loss of over a billion in humanitarian assistance. Now this.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
USAID pulled out of Sudan in July. A loss of over a billion in humanitarian assistance. Now this.
Elon Musk is NOT pro science. His passion project was stripping scientists from the federal government. Not to mention gutting money to study science at NSF, NIH, while simultaneously attacking universities.
Like if you’re both anti the American political/media establishment and pro-science I could see how you’d end up there.
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Elon Musk is NOT pro science. His passion project was stripping scientists from the federal government. Not to mention gutting money to study science at NSF, NIH, while simultaneously attacking universities.