Karolina Heyduk
@kheyduk.bsky.social
Assistant Prof UConn EEB | CAM photosynthesis keeps me up at night | made of cookies | She/her. Views my own.
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees
The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.
www.cpr.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
The lack of bio panels on the NSF events page is disheartening: www.nsf.gov/events/propo...
See prior coverage: www.science.org/content/arti...
Weird that many non-bio panels continue to exist?
See prior coverage: www.science.org/content/arti...
Weird that many non-bio panels continue to exist?
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The lack of bio panels on the NSF events page is disheartening: www.nsf.gov/events/propo...
See prior coverage: www.science.org/content/arti...
Weird that many non-bio panels continue to exist?
See prior coverage: www.science.org/content/arti...
Weird that many non-bio panels continue to exist?
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🌿 Applications are open for the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Awards (GSRAs), including the J. S. Karling and AJ Harris awards.
BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards.
Deadline: February 16, 2026.
Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...
BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards.
Deadline: February 16, 2026.
Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
🌿 Applications are open for the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Awards (GSRAs), including the J. S. Karling and AJ Harris awards.
BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards.
Deadline: February 16, 2026.
Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...
BSA supports graduate student research in botanical science with these $1,500 awards.
Deadline: February 16, 2026.
Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...
Til they have a weaker solution of the eye dilation liquid that they can use for us blue-eyed freaks who remain looking like a panicked cat for hours.
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Til they have a weaker solution of the eye dilation liquid that they can use for us blue-eyed freaks who remain looking like a panicked cat for hours.
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🏵 Check out the latest #AJB Synthesis article, by Haley Branch! 🏵
The sleeping giant needs coffee: Overlooked areas for integrating plant #ecophysiology & evolutionary biology
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #evolution
The sleeping giant needs coffee: Overlooked areas for integrating plant #ecophysiology & evolutionary biology
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #evolution
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
🏵 Check out the latest #AJB Synthesis article, by Haley Branch! 🏵
The sleeping giant needs coffee: Overlooked areas for integrating plant #ecophysiology & evolutionary biology
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #evolution
The sleeping giant needs coffee: Overlooked areas for integrating plant #ecophysiology & evolutionary biology
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #evolution
Monday is off to a real Monday start I see.
February 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Monday is off to a real Monday start I see.
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PBS kids is sending me
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
PBS kids is sending me
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Two days after Trump posts a racist video, he now attacks Bad Bunny: "Nobody understands a word this guy is saying."
He adds: "There is nothing inspirational about this mess."
FYI: The billboard behind Bad Bunny read: "The only thing more powerful than hate is love." #SuperBowl
He adds: "There is nothing inspirational about this mess."
FYI: The billboard behind Bad Bunny read: "The only thing more powerful than hate is love." #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Two days after Trump posts a racist video, he now attacks Bad Bunny: "Nobody understands a word this guy is saying."
He adds: "There is nothing inspirational about this mess."
FYI: The billboard behind Bad Bunny read: "The only thing more powerful than hate is love." #SuperBowl
He adds: "There is nothing inspirational about this mess."
FYI: The billboard behind Bad Bunny read: "The only thing more powerful than hate is love." #SuperBowl
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My parents didn’t have power for three months and my mom drank water out of a jug that she filled from a stream and my dad ate breadfruit that fell off his trees and they’re white and have money
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
My parents didn’t have power for three months and my mom drank water out of a jug that she filled from a stream and my dad ate breadfruit that fell off his trees and they’re white and have money
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There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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If you were hoping for some sort of overt political statement: see the literal plantation Benito created to perform in.
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
If you were hoping for some sort of overt political statement: see the literal plantation Benito created to perform in.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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Bad Bunny has more rushing yards than either team so far
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Bad Bunny has more rushing yards than either team so far
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It's music video-level production (the camera work alone!), and yet somehow they're filming it live.
If this doesn't win an Emmy...
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
It's music video-level production (the camera work alone!), and yet somehow they're filming it live.
Why am I crying at the Redfin ad
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Why am I crying at the Redfin ad
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New paper by my lab! PhD student @fallonmeng.bsky.social set out to use whole genome sequencing of Spotted Lanternfly from China & the US to better understand the invasion... and discovered that adapting to the city may be the key to their invasive success!
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
February 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
New paper by my lab! PhD student @fallonmeng.bsky.social set out to use whole genome sequencing of Spotted Lanternfly from China & the US to better understand the invasion... and discovered that adapting to the city may be the key to their invasive success!
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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Racism
250 years of what???
February 8, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Racism
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Do you work in agriculture and want to learn about pollinators? Join us this spring for the Pollinator Steward Certification workshop! We'll have great presentations and a chance to network with other Illinoisans in ag. Go register at www.pollinator.org/wingspan/ats... to secure your spot! 🐝 🌻
February 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Do you work in agriculture and want to learn about pollinators? Join us this spring for the Pollinator Steward Certification workshop! We'll have great presentations and a chance to network with other Illinoisans in ag. Go register at www.pollinator.org/wingspan/ats... to secure your spot! 🐝 🌻
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Why should we fight to fund the NSF and NIH when they steal public money to give to their cronies? The review process is no longer fair and we can't pretend it is under this regime.
Many students said they were careful to avoid "banned words" in their GRFP applications, but in some cases it was unavoidable. Now they're wondering if these words led to their RWR notifications.
“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” one Redditor wrote. “Insane.”
“My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” one Redditor wrote. “Insane.”
Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...
February 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Why should we fight to fund the NSF and NIH when they steal public money to give to their cronies? The review process is no longer fair and we can't pretend it is under this regime.
Wait so is work cancelled so we can watch the olympics or?
February 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Wait so is work cancelled so we can watch the olympics or?
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If the Super Bowl isn’t your cup of tea, our tenth-annual photo collection of superb owls just might be. Take a look at these magnificent birds via The Atlantic Photo:
Superb Owl Sunday X
A special Sunday event: our tenth-annual photo collection celebrating these magnificent birds of prey. If you have some time before the big game (or are skipping the event entirely), we invite you to have a look.
bit.ly
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If the Super Bowl isn’t your cup of tea, our tenth-annual photo collection of superb owls just might be. Take a look at these magnificent birds via The Atlantic Photo:
Dunno who needs to know this, but you can fit 10' (1/2" diameter) PVC pipes in a Subaru forester. You're welcome.
February 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Dunno who needs to know this, but you can fit 10' (1/2" diameter) PVC pipes in a Subaru forester. You're welcome.