@botanyrules
@botanyrules.bsky.social
Conservation. Botany. California, especially northern. Prof. Emerita at CSU Chico. Oh yeah, and misogyny, particularly in academia.
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How do journalists get records from government agencies through @freedom.press public records requests? Is that something anyone can access?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
How do journalists get records from government agencies through @freedom.press public records requests? Is that something anyone can access?
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Master’s thesis: 'Optimising Farmland Biodiversity Monitoring with a Virtual Ecologist Modelling Approach'.
Do you know someone studying ecology, with good programming/modelling skills? Or a programmer interested in ecology? Please share with them!
recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/32...
Do you know someone studying ecology, with good programming/modelling skills? Or a programmer interested in ecology? Please share with them!
recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/32...
Master’s thesis: Optimising Farmland Biodiversity Monitoring with a Virtual Ecologist Modelling Approach
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November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Master’s thesis: 'Optimising Farmland Biodiversity Monitoring with a Virtual Ecologist Modelling Approach'.
Do you know someone studying ecology, with good programming/modelling skills? Or a programmer interested in ecology? Please share with them!
recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/32...
Do you know someone studying ecology, with good programming/modelling skills? Or a programmer interested in ecology? Please share with them!
recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/32...
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What do people usually get wrong about plants? “That plants are useless, boring and they do not play an important part in the survival of the planet. Plants are smart and social, without them there is no life...” (8/9)
September 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
What do people usually get wrong about plants? “That plants are useless, boring and they do not play an important part in the survival of the planet. Plants are smart and social, without them there is no life...” (8/9)
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We found #evolution of increased #plasticity in clonality in our #MOPGA study of 55 native and 63 invasive populations of the global #invasiveplant #knotweed from 3 continents @newphyt.bsky.social @GlobalEcologyBiogeography 🌐
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bossdorf.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bossdorf.bsky.social
General‐purpose genotypes and evolution of higher plasticity in clonality underlie knotweed invasion
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February 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We found #evolution of increased #plasticity in clonality in our #MOPGA study of 55 native and 63 invasive populations of the global #invasiveplant #knotweed from 3 continents @newphyt.bsky.social @GlobalEcologyBiogeography 🌐
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bossdorf.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bossdorf.bsky.social
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I really don't think this news has made sufficient shock waves.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
Breaking news: NASA announced today it will eliminate its Office of the Chief Scientist, along with offices advising the agency on technology, strategy, and coordinating its diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. scim.ag/3Ft8Xza
NASA to eliminate chief scientist position
Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction
scim.ag
March 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I really don't think this news has made sufficient shock waves.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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Latitudinal clines in the phenology of floral display associated with adaptive #evolution during a biological invasion
New #AJB research by Mia Akbar, Dale Moskoff, Spencer Barrett & @colauttilab.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience #globalchange
New #AJB research by Mia Akbar, Dale Moskoff, Spencer Barrett & @colauttilab.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience #globalchange
March 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Latitudinal clines in the phenology of floral display associated with adaptive #evolution during a biological invasion
New #AJB research by Mia Akbar, Dale Moskoff, Spencer Barrett & @colauttilab.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience #globalchange
New #AJB research by Mia Akbar, Dale Moskoff, Spencer Barrett & @colauttilab.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience #globalchange
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The freeze of $1.2 million in federal grants has paused the work of Borderlands Restoration Network, which maintains a wildlife preserve, provides seeds for wildfire recovery and restores watersheds
From @insideclimatenews.org
From @insideclimatenews.org
In Southern Arizona’s Sky Islands, Trump administration’s funding freeze stalls crucial conservation work - AZ Luminaria
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. PATAGONIA — “Lo...
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March 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The freeze of $1.2 million in federal grants has paused the work of Borderlands Restoration Network, which maintains a wildlife preserve, provides seeds for wildfire recovery and restores watersheds
From @insideclimatenews.org
From @insideclimatenews.org
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Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
February 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
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The first-ever National Nature Assessment—which was based on significant public feedback and strove to reveal how nature loss influences climate change and impacts humanity—may still see the light of day after the Trump administration abruptly ended the ambitious project.
arstechnica.com/tech...
arstechnica.com/tech...
After Trump killed a report on nature, researchers push ahead with release
Major report was designed to answer the public’s biggest questions on nature.
arstechnica.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The first-ever National Nature Assessment—which was based on significant public feedback and strove to reveal how nature loss influences climate change and impacts humanity—may still see the light of day after the Trump administration abruptly ended the ambitious project.
arstechnica.com/tech...
arstechnica.com/tech...
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🧪 @ucsusa.bsky.social also has great resources and toolkits for scientists and researchers 🚨
www.ucsusa.org/resources/re...
www.ucsusa.org/resources/re...
February 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🧪 @ucsusa.bsky.social also has great resources and toolkits for scientists and researchers 🚨
www.ucsusa.org/resources/re...
www.ucsusa.org/resources/re...
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The Trump administration is actively pro-pollution. Full stop.
Thousands of EPA projects across the country have been frozen out of their bank accounts for over a week – that means they are furloughing staff and stopping work to support clean air, clean water, and environmental cleanup. Follow along for some examples of the #FundingFreeze…
February 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Trump administration is actively pro-pollution. Full stop.
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USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.
February 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.
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The Oath of Office taken by me and my colleagues at the NSF -
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; …”
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; …”
January 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Oath of Office taken by me and my colleagues at the NSF -
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; …”
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; …”
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As part of the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022, Congress mandated that the National Science Foundation appointed a diversity officer to broaden participation in science. Trump had the post eliminated. www.science.org/content/arti... 9/12
Trump’s shutdown of federal diversity office at NSF breaks law that created it
CHIPS and Science Act established position to broaden participation in science
www.science.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
As part of the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022, Congress mandated that the National Science Foundation appointed a diversity officer to broaden participation in science. Trump had the post eliminated. www.science.org/content/arti... 9/12
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I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔
January 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔
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Gotta say I’m digging the #Botany2025 logo. Grateful to everyone who found us a new conference venue so quickly after the planned 1 fell through! @loristrong.bsky.social @hcacanindin.bsky.social Melanie, at al. #iamabotanist #botany #plantfam
The Botany 2025 symposia & colloquia have been announced & workshop submissions are reopened until Feb 1. Check out the latest details: mailchi.mp/botany.org/botany2025.
We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!
#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!
#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
January 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Gotta say I’m digging the #Botany2025 logo. Grateful to everyone who found us a new conference venue so quickly after the planned 1 fell through! @loristrong.bsky.social @hcacanindin.bsky.social Melanie, at al. #iamabotanist #botany #plantfam
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this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?
For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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Photos & bar codes can’t do this! Herbarium collections can be used in ways the collectors never imagined. This is why natural history collections are still relevant in the 21st century. #botany 🌾🧪
🪻New data from old samples: a near-infrared spectroscopy-based resurvey study uncovers long-term functional #plant trait responses to eutrophication during the 20th century using #herbarium samples besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nitrogen content of herbarium specimens from arable fields and mesic meadows reflect the intensifying agricultural management during the 20th century
Plant communities of agricultural habitats in Central Europe are directly impacted by management intensification. Using spectroscopic methods, leaf functional trait data were non-destructively derive...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Photos & bar codes can’t do this! Herbarium collections can be used in ways the collectors never imagined. This is why natural history collections are still relevant in the 21st century. #botany 🌾🧪
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The Botany 2025 symposia & colloquia have been announced & workshop submissions are reopened until Feb 1. Check out the latest details: mailchi.mp/botany.org/botany2025.
We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!
#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!
#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
January 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Botany 2025 symposia & colloquia have been announced & workshop submissions are reopened until Feb 1. Check out the latest details: mailchi.mp/botany.org/botany2025.
We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!
#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!
#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
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I will keep beating this drum, loudly:
FEMA is one of those government services.
Think about what you will do if a disaster happens in your area and federal aid arrives seriously degraded, or not at all.
The GOP is already threatening California with that fate.
FEMA is one of those government services.
Think about what you will do if a disaster happens in your area and federal aid arrives seriously degraded, or not at all.
The GOP is already threatening California with that fate.
Not to be alarmist, but please be prepared for many gov services to vanish or be horribly downgraded in the months to come. While continuing to push national and local electeds to hold the line, think about non-gov groups that are supporting folks in your community and consider how to support them.
January 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I will keep beating this drum, loudly:
FEMA is one of those government services.
Think about what you will do if a disaster happens in your area and federal aid arrives seriously degraded, or not at all.
The GOP is already threatening California with that fate.
FEMA is one of those government services.
Think about what you will do if a disaster happens in your area and federal aid arrives seriously degraded, or not at all.
The GOP is already threatening California with that fate.
Anyone else notice the incorrect number of sepals on the (presumably) Papaver somniferum in Wicked? #botany #botanyinfilm
December 24, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Anyone else notice the incorrect number of sepals on the (presumably) Papaver somniferum in Wicked? #botany #botanyinfilm
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Clean air is a human right.
Clean water is a human right.
Living on a habitable planet is a human right.
Clean water is a human right.
Living on a habitable planet is a human right.
November 26, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Clean air is a human right.
Clean water is a human right.
Living on a habitable planet is a human right.
Clean water is a human right.
Living on a habitable planet is a human right.