Maria (⌐■_■)
@thatecologist.bsky.social
PhD student studying mycorrhizal-mediated PSF and mesophication
I <3 ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
Currently reading: Statistical Rethinking by Richard McElreath
I <3 ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
Currently reading: Statistical Rethinking by Richard McElreath
COP30 takeaways so far: I'm much more hopeful after attending a full day of this. I've heard about so many adaptation and mitigation measures in so many countries that I feel like we can really come together as humans and make the necessary changes to not only save, but lift up vulnerable people
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
COP30 takeaways so far: I'm much more hopeful after attending a full day of this. I've heard about so many adaptation and mitigation measures in so many countries that I feel like we can really come together as humans and make the necessary changes to not only save, but lift up vulnerable people
I left Nashville on Sunday and will be arriving at COP30 today. Many thanks to the LATAM agent who helped us, no thanks to the Republican party who caused these problems in the first place.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I left Nashville on Sunday and will be arriving at COP30 today. Many thanks to the LATAM agent who helped us, no thanks to the Republican party who caused these problems in the first place.
If you're wondering how air travel is right now, it's actually terrible.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you're wondering how air travel is right now, it's actually terrible.
I miss the time when public places weren't polluted with the noise of random people watching facebook/instagram/tiktok videos without headphones. Bring back decorum.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I miss the time when public places weren't polluted with the noise of random people watching facebook/instagram/tiktok videos without headphones. Bring back decorum.
In Ecuador we have walk-in government clinics where you can just get in line, tell them you need a specific vaccine, show ID, and receive it immediately. It's that easy. Why is getting a typhoid vaccine such a production in the US?? There's no place you can just walk in and get one.
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In Ecuador we have walk-in government clinics where you can just get in line, tell them you need a specific vaccine, show ID, and receive it immediately. It's that easy. Why is getting a typhoid vaccine such a production in the US?? There's no place you can just walk in and get one.
Just remembered that in elementary school we were sent out with catalogs to fundraise in the community. Do schools still do that? In retrospect maybe kids shouldn't have to become door-to-door salesmen to have updated textbooks.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just remembered that in elementary school we were sent out with catalogs to fundraise in the community. Do schools still do that? In retrospect maybe kids shouldn't have to become door-to-door salesmen to have updated textbooks.
At this point I think the USPS is lying to me. You're telling me this package was in Nashville (destination) for 8 days until I submitted a missing mail request and it's now been in Dehlongea, Atlanta, Greenville, Laurens NC, and Charlotte in the past week? They're just putting in random cities
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
At this point I think the USPS is lying to me. You're telling me this package was in Nashville (destination) for 8 days until I submitted a missing mail request and it's now been in Dehlongea, Atlanta, Greenville, Laurens NC, and Charlotte in the past week? They're just putting in random cities
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
Dean of academics: "We can't cover tuition because the USDA doesn't allow it for non-citizens"
Me and the four other US citizens in the program:
Me and the four other US citizens in the program:
a cartoon chicken with big eyes is being held by a person in a red shirt .
ALT: a cartoon chicken with big eyes is being held by a person in a red shirt .
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November 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Dean of academics: "We can't cover tuition because the USDA doesn't allow it for non-citizens"
Me and the four other US citizens in the program:
Me and the four other US citizens in the program:
How do I put "Mentally I'm swimming through thick mud" on my GRA evaluation without upsetting anyone?
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
How do I put "Mentally I'm swimming through thick mud" on my GRA evaluation without upsetting anyone?
It's almost time for the mystery mandatory meeting between all of the PhD students and the dean. What will he yell about this time? Will he threaten to fire all of us for a second time this semester? Or tell us to stop complaining about stipends not keeping up with rent, insurance, and groceries?
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's almost time for the mystery mandatory meeting between all of the PhD students and the dean. What will he yell about this time? Will he threaten to fire all of us for a second time this semester? Or tell us to stop complaining about stipends not keeping up with rent, insurance, and groceries?
So according to USPS my package was in Georgia yesterday, in Tennessee and out for delivery this morning, and is now back in Georgia. Surely this system can be improved
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So according to USPS my package was in Georgia yesterday, in Tennessee and out for delivery this morning, and is now back in Georgia. Surely this system can be improved
It's 56 F in my lab today and we have a mycorrhizal colonization training so I'm going to freeze until at least 12:30 😭 Why can't facilities turn off the AC???
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It's 56 F in my lab today and we have a mycorrhizal colonization training so I'm going to freeze until at least 12:30 😭 Why can't facilities turn off the AC???
Vision boarding, I really like the chanted psalm 135 but is it too strong for a wedding entrance? Maybe it would be better for communion. The venue I'm going for is a baroque chapel, all candlelit. Let me know your thoughts, song recording here: youtu.be/6vBg9nS9m_8?...
O Give Thanks Unto The Lord - Byzantine Chant Psalm 117
YouTube video by Al Orthodoxiya
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Vision boarding, I really like the chanted psalm 135 but is it too strong for a wedding entrance? Maybe it would be better for communion. The venue I'm going for is a baroque chapel, all candlelit. Let me know your thoughts, song recording here: youtu.be/6vBg9nS9m_8?...
Slightly concerned that my classmate (worships the biotech industry, loves to play devil's advocate, thinks he's *so* much smarter than other PhD students and professors) is petitioning for research ethics to be removed as a coursework requirement.
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Slightly concerned that my classmate (worships the biotech industry, loves to play devil's advocate, thinks he's *so* much smarter than other PhD students and professors) is petitioning for research ethics to be removed as a coursework requirement.
I now know three people that have dropped out of MS or PhD programs in my department because they weren't able to make ends meet on the stipend anymore. Two of them had an emergency happen and had to go get better paying jobs to pay medical bills. Universal healthcare would help a lot of students.
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I now know three people that have dropped out of MS or PhD programs in my department because they weren't able to make ends meet on the stipend anymore. Two of them had an emergency happen and had to go get better paying jobs to pay medical bills. Universal healthcare would help a lot of students.
*Apologizing to team A because I've been working on projects B and C*
*Apologizing to team B because I've been working on projects and C*
*Apologizing to team C because I've been working on projects A and B*
*Apologizing to team B because I've been working on projects and C*
*Apologizing to team C because I've been working on projects A and B*
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
*Apologizing to team A because I've been working on projects B and C*
*Apologizing to team B because I've been working on projects and C*
*Apologizing to team C because I've been working on projects A and B*
*Apologizing to team B because I've been working on projects and C*
*Apologizing to team C because I've been working on projects A and B*
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I hate when PhD student influencer posts come up because what do you mean your life looks like that? You just jump out of bed and get ready without feeling the weight of too many responsibilities? Every time I shower or eat I feel like I'm procrastinating the multiple projects that are all urgent
a cat is laying on its back on the floor with the words me today below it .
ALT: a cat is laying on its back on the floor with the words me today below it .
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October 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I hate when PhD student influencer posts come up because what do you mean your life looks like that? You just jump out of bed and get ready without feeling the weight of too many responsibilities? Every time I shower or eat I feel like I'm procrastinating the multiple projects that are all urgent
The business cards came in! I'm gonna network up a storm at COP30 😎
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The business cards came in! I'm gonna network up a storm at COP30 😎
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democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.
Proud to say I've managed to shoehorn Kernza into yet another class presentation
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Proud to say I've managed to shoehorn Kernza into yet another class presentation
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Today in 1949, A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold was first published.
That book had an enormous impact on how I think about land and helped create the idea of a “land ethic.”
That book had an enormous impact on how I think about land and helped create the idea of a “land ethic.”
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today in 1949, A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold was first published.
That book had an enormous impact on how I think about land and helped create the idea of a “land ethic.”
That book had an enormous impact on how I think about land and helped create the idea of a “land ethic.”
Making good slides takes so long, I hope literally anyone in the class appreciates the design and narrative
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Making good slides takes so long, I hope literally anyone in the class appreciates the design and narrative
Someone broke into my dad's car this weekend and stole nothing, not even a bound copy of my thesis. If only they had read "Hardwood Regeneration in Kalmia latifolia Thickets", maybe they would leave the criminal life and become plant-soil feedback researchers instead 😞
October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Someone broke into my dad's car this weekend and stole nothing, not even a bound copy of my thesis. If only they had read "Hardwood Regeneration in Kalmia latifolia Thickets", maybe they would leave the criminal life and become plant-soil feedback researchers instead 😞