Dr Susannah Lydon
@susieoftraken.bsky.social
Palaeobotany | Scicomm | Associate Prof in Plant Science, Nottingham, UK | Vogon poet | Views my own | She/her
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Huge congratulations @jeremywyman.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social for publishing the results of your masters thesis @annbot.bsky.social
The work includes a new reconstruction of the Carboniferous isoetalean Oxroadia by the brilliant @palaeojules.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
The work includes a new reconstruction of the Carboniferous isoetalean Oxroadia by the brilliant @palaeojules.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Huge congratulations @jeremywyman.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social for publishing the results of your masters thesis @annbot.bsky.social
The work includes a new reconstruction of the Carboniferous isoetalean Oxroadia by the brilliant @palaeojules.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
The work includes a new reconstruction of the Carboniferous isoetalean Oxroadia by the brilliant @palaeojules.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
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Old colour footage of the Dinos is quite rare, and also an important asset.
This film was made during one of the “Iguanodons look they have goggly eyes due to excessive white paint” periods..
This film was made during one of the “Iguanodons look they have goggly eyes due to excessive white paint” periods..
The Crystal Palace dinosaurs should be a veteran centre back pairing, but are in fact amazing Victorian sculptures.
There's good news about the Crystal Palace dinosaurs
Crystal Palace Park is undergoing a multi-million-pound regeneration project, reports News Shopper , which is particularly good news for its...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Old colour footage of the Dinos is quite rare, and also an important asset.
This film was made during one of the “Iguanodons look they have goggly eyes due to excessive white paint” periods..
This film was made during one of the “Iguanodons look they have goggly eyes due to excessive white paint” periods..
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"The Babel fish," said The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy quietly, "is small, yellow and leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe."
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"The Babel fish," said The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy quietly, "is small, yellow and leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe."
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Morning Bluesky.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Morning Bluesky.
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Some moss sporophytes have teeth. Some have two rows of teeth!
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Some moss sporophytes have teeth. Some have two rows of teeth!
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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Autumnal beauty in the Cambridge Botanical Gardens
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Autumnal beauty in the Cambridge Botanical Gardens
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A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Alimchandani et al. @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Alimchandani et al. @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Alimchandani et al. @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Alimchandani et al. @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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It's here! Joel and I discuss Fall Out, the to-this-day still gobsmacking final episode of the ultimate cult TV show, The Prisoner. The bones is yours, my daddy.
OUT NOW! ON THE BROKEN VEIL CHANNEL
NEW EPISODE!
Discomfort Blanket is not a number. It is a free podcast.
(Well, a free podcast if you support the Broken Veil channel on Patreon for as little as a couple of quid...)
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
NEW EPISODE!
Discomfort Blanket is not a number. It is a free podcast.
(Well, a free podcast if you support the Broken Veil channel on Patreon for as little as a couple of quid...)
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's here! Joel and I discuss Fall Out, the to-this-day still gobsmacking final episode of the ultimate cult TV show, The Prisoner. The bones is yours, my daddy.
Links to petitions for the suspended courses in Biosciences, University of Nottingham:
Plant Biology c.org/d8PQr9Rd9Z
Food Science & Nutrition c.org/Tp7gQBgYwD
Agriculture c.org/CDkdk95LxZ
Microbiology c.org/YXLh57RZyy
Plant Biology c.org/d8PQr9Rd9Z
Food Science & Nutrition c.org/Tp7gQBgYwD
Agriculture c.org/CDkdk95LxZ
Microbiology c.org/YXLh57RZyy
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Links to petitions for the suspended courses in Biosciences, University of Nottingham:
Plant Biology c.org/d8PQr9Rd9Z
Food Science & Nutrition c.org/Tp7gQBgYwD
Agriculture c.org/CDkdk95LxZ
Microbiology c.org/YXLh57RZyy
Plant Biology c.org/d8PQr9Rd9Z
Food Science & Nutrition c.org/Tp7gQBgYwD
Agriculture c.org/CDkdk95LxZ
Microbiology c.org/YXLh57RZyy
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Something interesting. I first saw this in a teaching greenhouse, but now confirmed in my lab light shelves! In long days (16L8D), my Kalanchoe grew clones (first pic). In short days (8L16D), no clones. Short day grown plants also lack anthocyanin (red patches under the leaf). #PlantScience
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Something interesting. I first saw this in a teaching greenhouse, but now confirmed in my lab light shelves! In long days (16L8D), my Kalanchoe grew clones (first pic). In short days (8L16D), no clones. Short day grown plants also lack anthocyanin (red patches under the leaf). #PlantScience
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I haven't posted much in a while because, probably unsurprisingly, my PhD has kept me busy! But I was just using this drawing of Wielandiella angustifolia from last year, and I realised that I've never shared a close-up showing all the details of the leaves! So anyway, enjoy! #paleobotany #paleoart
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I haven't posted much in a while because, probably unsurprisingly, my PhD has kept me busy! But I was just using this drawing of Wielandiella angustifolia from last year, and I realised that I've never shared a close-up showing all the details of the leaves! So anyway, enjoy! #paleobotany #paleoart
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Fully-funded #PhDproject at Earlham Institute in collaboration with @ibers.bsky.social, understanding genome regulation in hybrid Miscanthus for #sustainable #biomass production.
Join our supportive PhD and postdoctoral community!
#Genomics #Bioenergy
Join our supportive PhD and postdoctoral community!
#Genomics #Bioenergy
4-year NRPDTP PhD at Earlham Institute
Application deadline: 02 December 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fully-funded #PhDproject at Earlham Institute in collaboration with @ibers.bsky.social, understanding genome regulation in hybrid Miscanthus for #sustainable #biomass production.
Join our supportive PhD and postdoctoral community!
#Genomics #Bioenergy
Join our supportive PhD and postdoctoral community!
#Genomics #Bioenergy
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Few Plant science programmes are left in the UK and they are critical to train the next generation.
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Few Plant science programmes are left in the UK and they are critical to train the next generation.
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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In trouble for the radical belief that if I have to buy something that is essential for my job then my employer should reimburse me for it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In trouble for the radical belief that if I have to buy something that is essential for my job then my employer should reimburse me for it.
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There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
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What looks like a Ogham stone (rune-stone) is actually a fossilized mud bubble/Septarian nodule.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
What looks like a Ogham stone (rune-stone) is actually a fossilized mud bubble/Septarian nodule.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
Sign the Petition
Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
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Cypress knees!
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Cypress knees!
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As today is #MolluscMonday and the 173rd anniversary of the death of Sussex palaeontologist Gideon Mantell, here's the Cretaceous ammonite Mantelliceras mantelli described (as Ammonites mantelli) by James Sowerby in his Mineral Conchology in 1814 from a specimen from Lewes sent to him by Mantell.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
As today is #MolluscMonday and the 173rd anniversary of the death of Sussex palaeontologist Gideon Mantell, here's the Cretaceous ammonite Mantelliceras mantelli described (as Ammonites mantelli) by James Sowerby in his Mineral Conchology in 1814 from a specimen from Lewes sent to him by Mantell.
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Really stupid decision.
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝🌿🌳🍅🍞🥦Botanical University Challenge to inspire the next generation of botanists.
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Really stupid decision.
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This is exactly what the country needs in the upcoming decades as climate change really starts to decimate agriculture worldwide, fewer experts on plants. We are in the age of stupidity.
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝🌿🌳🍅🍞🥦Botanical University Challenge to inspire the next generation of botanists.
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This is exactly what the country needs in the upcoming decades as climate change really starts to decimate agriculture worldwide, fewer experts on plants. We are in the age of stupidity.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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🔎 The Geopark and our partners are looking for 2 researchers to join exciting projects, funded by the Collaboratory Research Hub:
🌳 PhD on nature & wellbeing
🦖 Research Placement on public understanding of fossils
🌐 Deadline approaching! More info here: www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...
🌳 PhD on nature & wellbeing
🦖 Research Placement on public understanding of fossils
🌐 Deadline approaching! More info here: www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🔎 The Geopark and our partners are looking for 2 researchers to join exciting projects, funded by the Collaboratory Research Hub:
🌳 PhD on nature & wellbeing
🦖 Research Placement on public understanding of fossils
🌐 Deadline approaching! More info here: www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...
🌳 PhD on nature & wellbeing
🦖 Research Placement on public understanding of fossils
🌐 Deadline approaching! More info here: www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...