David G Haskell
@dghaskell.bsky.social
Writer, biologist
🌻How Flowers Made our World = new book in March 2026. Pre-orders now open!
Sounds Wild and Broken
13 Ways to Smell a Tree
The Songs of Trees
The Forest Unseen
🌻How Flowers Made our World = new book in March 2026. Pre-orders now open!
Sounds Wild and Broken
13 Ways to Smell a Tree
The Songs of Trees
The Forest Unseen
Pinned
David G Haskell
@dghaskell.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Coming in March 2026: Flowers! When flowers appeared, nothing was ever the same. They are the world’s great collaborators and creators. Writing this book transformed how I see life’s history and future. Cooperation, beauty, and illusion transform the world. Can't wait to share these stories
Rusty blackbird habitat, thanks to recently arrived beavers. Legacy Park, Decatur GA.
Rusty blackbirds have declined 75% since the 1960s. They absolutely love the wet woods and mud at the edge of beaver ponds.
Rusty blackbirds have declined 75% since the 1960s. They absolutely love the wet woods and mud at the edge of beaver ponds.
February 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Rusty blackbird habitat, thanks to recently arrived beavers. Legacy Park, Decatur GA.
Rusty blackbirds have declined 75% since the 1960s. They absolutely love the wet woods and mud at the edge of beaver ponds.
Rusty blackbirds have declined 75% since the 1960s. They absolutely love the wet woods and mud at the edge of beaver ponds.
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another year of us not running a super bowl ad
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
another year of us not running a super bowl ad
Dino juice. Climbing back into the family tree of flowering plants at the supermarket
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Dino juice. Climbing back into the family tree of flowering plants at the supermarket
Cyclamen: they carry the memory of home (N Africa, E Mediterranean). Bloom in wet season, retreat into tuber in summer. Also: bury your kiddies
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Cyclamen: they carry the memory of home (N Africa, E Mediterranean). Bloom in wet season, retreat into tuber in summer. Also: bury your kiddies
Perfume, plant sex, human gender. Can we stop boxing both flowers and ourselves into narrow imaginary spaces?
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Perfume, plant sex, human gender. Can we stop boxing both flowers and ourselves into narrow imaginary spaces?
"Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command"
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command"
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
"Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command"
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command"
Flower sex, human gender, and opening symbolic possibilities. With awesome aromas 🌿👃🌹
January 28, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Flower sex, human gender, and opening symbolic possibilities. With awesome aromas 🌿👃🌹
Had a lot of fun this morning recording the preface and afterword of How Flowers Made our World. I hope that the gesticulations will come through in audio 😂 The marvelous Cassandra Campbell will record the main parts of the book. Pre-orders are open, and the book is published on March 24th 🌻
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Had a lot of fun this morning recording the preface and afterword of How Flowers Made our World. I hope that the gesticulations will come through in audio 😂 The marvelous Cassandra Campbell will record the main parts of the book. Pre-orders are open, and the book is published on March 24th 🌻
TACO sticking in your craw? Wash it down with French wine. Something mapley for dessert.
January 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
TACO sticking in your craw? Wash it down with French wine. Something mapley for dessert.
Reposted by David G Haskell
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Flower aromas use beauty to interweave plants, insects, and humans. There's more than enough hard stuff in life, especially now, so let's accept the flowers' invitations when we can 💚💔 Wishing everyone a few moments of interconnected beauty this weekend, wherever you are. #breadandjusticeandroses
January 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Flower aromas use beauty to interweave plants, insects, and humans. There's more than enough hard stuff in life, especially now, so let's accept the flowers' invitations when we can 💚💔 Wishing everyone a few moments of interconnected beauty this weekend, wherever you are. #breadandjusticeandroses
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The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
Reposted by David G Haskell
Heading home from #SICB2026 and super stoked to disappear into my new preview copy of @dghaskell.bsky.social’s How Flowers Made Our World. Hells yeah they did. #iamabotanist
January 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Heading home from #SICB2026 and super stoked to disappear into my new preview copy of @dghaskell.bsky.social’s How Flowers Made Our World. Hells yeah they did. #iamabotanist
So honored to have my wildflower essay in @emergencemagazine.bsky.social published alongside @science-irl.bsky.social's amazing photography
My columbine flower photos were published in @emergencemagazine.bsky.social to accompany a truly wonderful wildflower essay by @dghaskell.bsky.social 🌸 His writing on columbines made me misty-eyed at my PhD plants all over again 🥹 soso honored to be included!
#scicomm #sciart
#scicomm #sciart
December 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So honored to have my wildflower essay in @emergencemagazine.bsky.social published alongside @science-irl.bsky.social's amazing photography
Faux News tells us to buy plastic trees to make room for data centers. Here's another take:
"Midwinter tree aromas connect us not only to memory but also to the language of trees."
"expand the bounds of ritual and celebration to include the trees and the living Earth"
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/o...
"Midwinter tree aromas connect us not only to memory but also to the language of trees."
"expand the bounds of ritual and celebration to include the trees and the living Earth"
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/o...
Opinion | The Most Wonderful Smelling Time of the Year (Published 2018)
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Faux News tells us to buy plastic trees to make room for data centers. Here's another take:
"Midwinter tree aromas connect us not only to memory but also to the language of trees."
"expand the bounds of ritual and celebration to include the trees and the living Earth"
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/o...
"Midwinter tree aromas connect us not only to memory but also to the language of trees."
"expand the bounds of ritual and celebration to include the trees and the living Earth"
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/o...
Reposted by David G Haskell
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
One last sunbathing session before the big chill hits
Green anole in Atlanta this afternoon
Headed to 18 deg F tomorrow night. Time to dig
Green anole in Atlanta this afternoon
Headed to 18 deg F tomorrow night. Time to dig
December 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
One last sunbathing session before the big chill hits
Green anole in Atlanta this afternoon
Headed to 18 deg F tomorrow night. Time to dig
Green anole in Atlanta this afternoon
Headed to 18 deg F tomorrow night. Time to dig
"lobbyist and public relations officer" for Facebook and "VP for Global Affairs and Communications" continues his work on behalf poor, ailing AI, an industry currently being victimized by...checks notes...artists
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"lobbyist and public relations officer" for Facebook and "VP for Global Affairs and Communications" continues his work on behalf poor, ailing AI, an industry currently being victimized by...checks notes...artists
If you need a little digital reconnection to the pulse of the living Earth, here are about 200 sandhill cranes winging south over Atlanta this afternoon. Their voices have echoed across this continent for at least 5 million years. Hopefully 5 million more
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If you need a little digital reconnection to the pulse of the living Earth, here are about 200 sandhill cranes winging south over Atlanta this afternoon. Their voices have echoed across this continent for at least 5 million years. Hopefully 5 million more
Dismissing AI video lies as "just" another part of the internet goes against the evidence (deepfakes can be persuasive and damaging), and weakens attempts to keep faked video out of important campaigns. Here in GA, AI video lies (not cute "memes") are being deployed in critical senate race.
New from me - how AI-generated political videos have become just another part of social media, used to entertain, outrage and monitize attention
theconversation.com/ai-generated...
theconversation.com/ai-generated...
AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving
Don’t discount the threat of AI political videos fooling people, but for now, they’re mostly about bolstering group identity and cashing in on viral content.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Dismissing AI video lies as "just" another part of the internet goes against the evidence (deepfakes can be persuasive and damaging), and weakens attempts to keep faked video out of important campaigns. Here in GA, AI video lies (not cute "memes") are being deployed in critical senate race.
Continuing their appeasement and enabling of the regime, Apple launches wax-tablet-and-stylus iPhone. Musk goes on podcast to discuss manliness of papyrus
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Continuing their appeasement and enabling of the regime, Apple launches wax-tablet-and-stylus iPhone. Musk goes on podcast to discuss manliness of papyrus
6000 years ago, ancestors in Central Asia had the great idea of collaborating with these wild mustards. In the millennia that followed, people all over Asia, North Africa, and Europe worked with the plants to create a marvelous diversity of delicious forms. Thank you ancestors, thank you Brassica!
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
6000 years ago, ancestors in Central Asia had the great idea of collaborating with these wild mustards. In the millennia that followed, people all over Asia, North Africa, and Europe worked with the plants to create a marvelous diversity of delicious forms. Thank you ancestors, thank you Brassica!
Poinsettias are amazing plants. Their name, though? Problematic.
Joel Poinsett was an enslaver and, as Secretary of War, directed the Trail of Tears
In Nahuatl language of C America and S Mexico, the plant's home, the name is Cuetlaxōchitl, pronounced kwe-tla-SHO-cheetl
Joel Poinsett was an enslaver and, as Secretary of War, directed the Trail of Tears
In Nahuatl language of C America and S Mexico, the plant's home, the name is Cuetlaxōchitl, pronounced kwe-tla-SHO-cheetl
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Poinsettias are amazing plants. Their name, though? Problematic.
Joel Poinsett was an enslaver and, as Secretary of War, directed the Trail of Tears
In Nahuatl language of C America and S Mexico, the plant's home, the name is Cuetlaxōchitl, pronounced kwe-tla-SHO-cheetl
Joel Poinsett was an enslaver and, as Secretary of War, directed the Trail of Tears
In Nahuatl language of C America and S Mexico, the plant's home, the name is Cuetlaxōchitl, pronounced kwe-tla-SHO-cheetl
According to @nytimes.com fishes and moths are "obscure species"
Moths: 160,000 species
Fishes: 33,000 species
Mammals: not quite 6,500 species
🤯
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
Moths: 160,000 species
Fishes: 33,000 species
Mammals: not quite 6,500 species
🤯
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
Liverwort or Moss? Horny Toad or Fence Lizard? Niche Field Guides Can Tell You.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
According to @nytimes.com fishes and moths are "obscure species"
Moths: 160,000 species
Fishes: 33,000 species
Mammals: not quite 6,500 species
🤯
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
Moths: 160,000 species
Fishes: 33,000 species
Mammals: not quite 6,500 species
🤯
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM