Tom Buckley
@tombuckleylab.bsky.social
Dad, husband, plant ecophysiologist (UC Davis), cyclist. Californian, Virginian, Utahn, Canberran, New South Welshman, Tasmanian, and deifier of wombats.
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Stage 1: “It’s unsinkable.”
Stage 2: “Ukraine doesn’t have the means to sink it.”
Stage 3: “It’s sinking.”
Stage 4: “It sank, but it was a storm.”
Stage 5: “Ukraine should pay us for sinking it.”
Stage 2: “Ukraine doesn’t have the means to sink it.”
Stage 3: “It’s sinking.”
Stage 4: “It sank, but it was a storm.”
Stage 5: “Ukraine should pay us for sinking it.”
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Stage 1: “It’s unsinkable.”
Stage 2: “Ukraine doesn’t have the means to sink it.”
Stage 3: “It’s sinking.”
Stage 4: “It sank, but it was a storm.”
Stage 5: “Ukraine should pay us for sinking it.”
Stage 2: “Ukraine doesn’t have the means to sink it.”
Stage 3: “It’s sinking.”
Stage 4: “It sank, but it was a storm.”
Stage 5: “Ukraine should pay us for sinking it.”
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In the last 24 hours, we have learned that the regime's secret police claim powers to enter homes without a warrant, thus ignoring the Bill of Rights, and that the regime arrested and deported students for their Constitutionally protected speech.
There is no ambiguity about what is going on here.
There is no ambiguity about what is going on here.
We are so far past the Rubicon that it isn't worth having a discussion anymore as to whether Trump is acting as an authoritarian. The only question is whether we have the strength and courage to get back to the other side.
January 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
In the last 24 hours, we have learned that the regime's secret police claim powers to enter homes without a warrant, thus ignoring the Bill of Rights, and that the regime arrested and deported students for their Constitutionally protected speech.
There is no ambiguity about what is going on here.
There is no ambiguity about what is going on here.
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I suppose in the future what's happening now may become known as "The Battle of Minneapolis," but I think--hope--it's historic precisely because it's not that. Fascism wants a fight. Instead, Minneapolis's main response is mutual aid. Struggle, in a deeper sense of the term than fascism can imagine.
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I suppose in the future what's happening now may become known as "The Battle of Minneapolis," but I think--hope--it's historic precisely because it's not that. Fascism wants a fight. Instead, Minneapolis's main response is mutual aid. Struggle, in a deeper sense of the term than fascism can imagine.
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🌱 From Agricultural and Forest Meteorology: Accounting for vertical and seasonal Vcmax variation improves soybean gross primary productivity (GPP) modeling, reducing bias in both 1D and 3D canopy simulations. (Brian N. Bailey)
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January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
🌱 From Agricultural and Forest Meteorology: Accounting for vertical and seasonal Vcmax variation improves soybean gross primary productivity (GPP) modeling, reducing bias in both 1D and 3D canopy simulations. (Brian N. Bailey)
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#PlantScience #Modeling
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#PlantScience #Modeling
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I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
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“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
January 23, 2026 at 2:41 AM
no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
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“Cyclists take up so much room” says man from 4 metre wide Emotional Support Vehicle
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January 23, 2026 at 5:00 AM
“Cyclists take up so much room” says man from 4 metre wide Emotional Support Vehicle
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How could I not share?
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 AM
How could I not share?
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Hello world! I am excited to announce my lab is open at the University of Utah in the Department of Biochemistry. We are looking for scientists at all levels interested in studying host-virus interactions in both bacteria and animals. Come join us in beautiful Utah! (photo is 10 steps from lab)
January 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Hello world! I am excited to announce my lab is open at the University of Utah in the Department of Biochemistry. We are looking for scientists at all levels interested in studying host-virus interactions in both bacteria and animals. Come join us in beautiful Utah! (photo is 10 steps from lab)
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This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
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Trump’s stream-of-consciousness brain droppings ought to be called what they are: the bitter and bigoted ramblings of a seemingly mentally deteriorating, elderly narcissist.
Opinion | Stop sanewashing Donald Trump’s incoherent ramblings
It's well past time to call Trump’s stream-of-consciousness monologues exactly what they are.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Trump’s stream-of-consciousness brain droppings ought to be called what they are: the bitter and bigoted ramblings of a seemingly mentally deteriorating, elderly narcissist.
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This is a despicable lie. What an utter disgrace he is. 🤬
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
This is a despicable lie. What an utter disgrace he is. 🤬
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Economic benefits?
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Economic benefits?
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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It's genuinely astonishing to me the number of people willing to claim with a straight face that this word association tshotchke that didn't exist a few years ago is absolutely necessary for the conduct of science.
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It's genuinely astonishing to me the number of people willing to claim with a straight face that this word association tshotchke that didn't exist a few years ago is absolutely necessary for the conduct of science.
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“When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.”
- attributed to John Major
- attributed to John Major
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 7:19 PM
“When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.”
- attributed to John Major
- attributed to John Major
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Job alert🚨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. 🌱Reposts are appreciated!
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January 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Job alert🚨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. 🌱Reposts are appreciated!
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With these people, every accusation is an admission of guilt.
The "organized chaos agents, paid agitators" who are not from Minnesota, are working for ICE.
The "organized chaos agents, paid agitators" who are not from Minnesota, are working for ICE.
Emmer: "The people you're seeing in these videos, the vast majority of them I do not believe are from Minnesota. These are organized chaos agents, paid agitators. The vast majority of Minnesotans that are talking to me appreciate that law enforcement has arrived, and they are happy they're there."
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
With these people, every accusation is an admission of guilt.
The "organized chaos agents, paid agitators" who are not from Minnesota, are working for ICE.
The "organized chaos agents, paid agitators" who are not from Minnesota, are working for ICE.
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457 British troops.
You evil, senile bastard.
You evil, senile bastard.
January 22, 2026 at 1:35 PM
457 British troops.
You evil, senile bastard.
You evil, senile bastard.
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Orin is probably the preeminent fourth amendment scholar in the United States. He is also extremely professional. This is the way he says "I wish a bitch would try"
This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
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I would like to see that argument.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Orin is probably the preeminent fourth amendment scholar in the United States. He is also extremely professional. This is the way he says "I wish a bitch would try"
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Ty Cobb: “This is a man who is demented… I don’t think there’s anybody outside the boundaries of the United States who believes for a second that Trump is sane at this stage of the game.”
via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social
via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Ty Cobb: “This is a man who is demented… I don’t think there’s anybody outside the boundaries of the United States who believes for a second that Trump is sane at this stage of the game.”
via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social
via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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January 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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♻️ Introduction to special issue: floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing world by Xavier Picó and co-authors
Full #openaccess
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#PlantScience
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#PlantScience
Introduction to special issue: floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing world
This note introduces the collection of papers of the special issue entitled ‘Floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing wo
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January 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
♻️ Introduction to special issue: floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing world by Xavier Picó and co-authors
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...
#PlantScience
Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp...
#PlantScience