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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀)
@yyachung.bsky.social
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Ecologist studying plants and microbes. Incidental musician. She/her.
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davidlowry.bsky.social
This feels straight out of an intense dream about our switchgrass diversity panel experiments.
simifresh.bsky.social simi @simifresh.bsky.social · 4d
the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
Dear Ms. Wolfe, Petitioner-Appellee Rümeysa Öztürk submits this Rule 28(j) letter to advise the Court that on January 29, 2026, the immigration court held that the Department of Homeland Security had not met its burden of proving removability, and the immigration court thereby terminated removal proceedings against Ms. Öztürk.' This development underscores the dangers of the government's interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the government's view, it could punitively detain any noncitizen in retaliation for her speech for many months, so long as it simultaneously institutes removal proceedings—no matter how unmeritorious—all without any federal court review of the lawfulness of detention at any time. To be clear, the termination of Ms. Öztürk's removal proceedings does not moot her habeas case. (By contrast, as Ms. Öztürk has argued, this appeal is moot. Br. 18-20.) Without habeas jurisdiction and the bail order that is currently in place, any government appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals would again subject Ms. Öztürk to re-detention. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.6(a). For that reason, she continues to suffer the threat of continuing "now-or-never" First and Fifth Amendment harms. Br. in Opp. 55-57.
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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librarycongress.bsky.social
Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
🌿 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/...
Promotional graphic for the Botanical Society of America Graduate Student Research Awards. A collage of smiling graduate students doing field and lab work appears on the left. On the right, text reads: “BSA Graduate Student Research Awards. Applications Now Open! $1,500 Research Awards. Deadline: February 16, 2026.” A QR code and the URL botany.org/home/awards.html appear at the bottom.
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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yyachung.bsky.social
I'm hiring postdoc in my lab to work on temporal dynamics of sorghum root microbiome assembly! This position is funded by the Moore Foundation through UGA, and would be perfect for someone finishing up their PhD this spring. Details here: chunglab.franklinresearch.uga.edu/join-lab
Photo from our summer lab lunch! 12 people sitting at brightly painted picnic tables with yellow umbrellas outside Cali n' Titos.
January 19, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Collema subflaccidum, our Tree Jelly lichen, on a rock with moss after reanimation with a little water today 🌿
Blackish jelly-like lichen lobes amidst moss. Along the Greenman Trail this morning.
February 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

YOU RUIN THE PUBLICATION, DRIVE OFF ALL THE SUBSCRIBERS, DO HIS DIRTY WORK, AND ONLY *THEN* LEAVE?????
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social
Humans: we like dumplings, bbq, and telling people about neat animals we saw in the woods one time.
February 7, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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neorsd.org
millions will stream sunday’s super bowl without seeing this ad.
February 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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neorsd.org
another year of us not running a super bowl ad
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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drstarbird.bsky.social
I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond!

www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...
February 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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josephtumber.bsky.social
The Tumber-Dávila Lab, Dartmouth College Dept. of Environmental Science, is seeking a full-time lab manager/research assistant to contribute to research on belowground ecosystems response to global change.

COME JOIN US! 🧪🌳🌲🌎

searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/84449
Research Assistant I
Full-time Research Assistant for the Tumber-Dávila lab. The RA’s duties (outlined in detail in the Key accountabilities) include: 1) lab management, 2) field work and research travel, 3) lab work and ...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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mycorrhizaims.bsky.social
🌱 IMS Early Career Researcher Travel Award 🍄

Congrats to Ningkang Sun 🇨🇳
🏆 Asia awardee

Supported by The New Phytologist Foundation @newphyt.bsky.social

This award supports her attendance at #ICOM2026, where she will give an oral presentation

#Mycorrhiza
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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mycorrhizaims.bsky.social
🌱 IMS Early Career Researcher Travel Award 🍄

Congrats to Beatrice M. Bock USA
🏆 North America awardee

Supported by The New Phytologist Foundation @newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports her participation with oral presentation at #ICOM2026

#Mycorrhiza
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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nicolasgaltier.bsky.social
Happy to hare that the preprint I was advertising below has been published by the Journal of Evolutionary Biology:

academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

Thanks @jevbio.bsky.social for supporting responsible publishing!
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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crevicedwelling.bsky.social
reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like

margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum

define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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noamross.net
NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up

Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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motherjones.com
The judge wrote of ICE actions: “Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”
In scathing ruling, federal judge orders release of Liam Ramos from detention
Judge Fred Biery said federal agents were “traumatizing children.”
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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icom2026.bsky.social
🚨NEW AWARDS🚨
🌾Supported by the Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment and the Global Initiative of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment

🍄Low-Income Delegate Registration Awards for #ICOM2026

🏅Student (2) and ECRs (1)

⌛Deadline: February 14
📝Application form and info 👉 icom2026.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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sse-evolution.bsky.social
Today is the last day to apply for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2026 in Cleveland, Ohio in June! Funds can cover registration, transportation, food, and lodging. A budget template is available on the website. @evolmtg.bsky.social www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
Society for the Study of Evolution
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January 30, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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fukamit.bsky.social
Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution position available in Biology Department at Stanford University. Apply by April 1, 2026. (Photo by Rick Morris)
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606
January 30, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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napaaqtuk.bsky.social
A number of our students got the following comment back on a rejection for the NSF GFRP. They are in an eligible STEM field. Is this something people in other places are getting too? Is it a quirk or targeted?
January 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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kheyduk.bsky.social
Grad student in lab just had their GRFP returned without review. But their proposal is not on ag/crops/health. What gives?? 😡
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM