Daniel R Williams
@danraywill.bsky.social
Plant domestication etc
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NPR is killing it with the truth: “In a world that craves stability, Trump brings the chaos”
4 takeaways from the week: In a world that craves stability, Trump brings the chaos — NPR
President Trump’s trade war sent global markets reeling this week. How Trump has handled tariffs shows the farthest thing from stability and predictability. A look at this and three other takeaways.
apple.news
April 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NPR is killing it with the truth: “In a world that craves stability, Trump brings the chaos”
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
propub.li
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Athens Ohio showed up for democracy !
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Athens Ohio showed up for democracy !
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#handsoff our students. this is not ok www.abc10.com/article/news...
Visas revoked for 12 UC Davis students and graduates, university says
Chancellor Gary S. May says the federal government provided no explanation for the terminated visas.
www.abc10.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
#handsoff our students. this is not ok www.abc10.com/article/news...
I loved going to Young’s Dairy as a kid. More flavors of ice cream than you could ever hope to try
Not @TheOnion: Easter Eggs Are So Expensive Americans Are Dyeing Potatoes www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/d... With costs high and supplies short, people are getting creative with Easter egg traditions.
Easter Eggs Are So Expensive Americans Are Dyeing Potatoes
With costs high and supplies short, people are getting creative with Easter egg traditions.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I loved going to Young’s Dairy as a kid. More flavors of ice cream than you could ever hope to try
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The World Health Organization will slash its budget for 2026-27 by more than a fifth after the US withdrew, and other nations reduced, its funding.
WHO reportedly plans to cut back the scale of its projects and workforce to tackle a funding gap of nearly $600m this year
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
WHO reportedly plans to cut back the scale of its projects and workforce to tackle a funding gap of nearly $600m this year
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
April 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The World Health Organization will slash its budget for 2026-27 by more than a fifth after the US withdrew, and other nations reduced, its funding.
WHO reportedly plans to cut back the scale of its projects and workforce to tackle a funding gap of nearly $600m this year
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
WHO reportedly plans to cut back the scale of its projects and workforce to tackle a funding gap of nearly $600m this year
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.
www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...
The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.
www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...
April 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A picture is worth a thousand words.
The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.
www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...
The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.
www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...
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American scientists have long worked abroad, but recruitment efforts are increasing due to cuts by the Trump administration.
Countries boost recruitment of American scientists amid cuts to scientific funding
American scientists have long worked abroad, but recruitment efforts are increasing due to cuts by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org
March 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
American scientists have long worked abroad, but recruitment efforts are increasing due to cuts by the Trump administration.
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PhD student opening: understanding of the relationships between assimilate supply, metabolism and seed architecture at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/career/jo...
#PlantSciJobs #genetics #metabolomics #crops
www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/career/jo...
#PlantSciJobs #genetics #metabolomics #crops
March 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
PhD student opening: understanding of the relationships between assimilate supply, metabolism and seed architecture at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/career/jo...
#PlantSciJobs #genetics #metabolomics #crops
www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/career/jo...
#PlantSciJobs #genetics #metabolomics #crops
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I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Code sharing in ecology and evolution increases citation rates but remains uncommon
Biologists increasingly rely on computer code to collect and analyze their data, reinforcing the importance of published code for transparency, reproducibility, training, and a basis for further work...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Perennials + polyculture = powerful possibilities. 🌻
Danforth Center Member @ajmiller4233.bsky.social is collaborating on a grant led by @universityofkansas.bsky.social
to explore how planting long-lived, multi-species crops could combat plant pathogens.
Learn more ⤵️
Danforth Center Member @ajmiller4233.bsky.social is collaborating on a grant led by @universityofkansas.bsky.social
to explore how planting long-lived, multi-species crops could combat plant pathogens.
Learn more ⤵️
$2.5M grant will support nature-based study of pathogen resistance in perennial crop systems
Plant pathogens — microorganisms and other disease-causing agents — can wreak havoc on agricultural
news.agropages.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Perennials + polyculture = powerful possibilities. 🌻
Danforth Center Member @ajmiller4233.bsky.social is collaborating on a grant led by @universityofkansas.bsky.social
to explore how planting long-lived, multi-species crops could combat plant pathogens.
Learn more ⤵️
Danforth Center Member @ajmiller4233.bsky.social is collaborating on a grant led by @universityofkansas.bsky.social
to explore how planting long-lived, multi-species crops could combat plant pathogens.
Learn more ⤵️
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The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
March 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
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High rubber yields were supported by high planting density, longer growing season, and late harvest in a single season. The study also investigated bulk seed production in a greenhouse environment for the first time.
#HortScience doi.org/10.21273/HOR...
#plantscience
#HortScience doi.org/10.21273/HOR...
#plantscience
March 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
High rubber yields were supported by high planting density, longer growing season, and late harvest in a single season. The study also investigated bulk seed production in a greenhouse environment for the first time.
#HortScience doi.org/10.21273/HOR...
#plantscience
#HortScience doi.org/10.21273/HOR...
#plantscience
Never thought I’d have to make plans for what to do if my husband’s visa is cancelled and he’s denied entry to the country we live in.
I’d be afraid to travel here too.
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I’d be afraid to travel here too.
apple.news/AHL4Vn2feQji...
Some European countries and Canada issue advisories for travelers to the U.S. — NPR
The advisories come after some citizens from European countries and Canada have been detained and deported by immigration officials while traveling to the United States.
apple.news
March 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Never thought I’d have to make plans for what to do if my husband’s visa is cancelled and he’s denied entry to the country we live in.
I’d be afraid to travel here too.
apple.news/AHL4Vn2feQji...
I’d be afraid to travel here too.
apple.news/AHL4Vn2feQji...
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Generations of dedicated public servants have, unseen by the general public, done all kinds of extraordinary things that benefit all of us—like preserving the genetic diversity of crop species that sustain humanity.
Musk is blindly slashing it all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
Musk is blindly slashing it all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Generations of dedicated public servants have, unseen by the general public, done all kinds of extraordinary things that benefit all of us—like preserving the genetic diversity of crop species that sustain humanity.
Musk is blindly slashing it all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
Musk is blindly slashing it all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
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Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important.
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important.
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
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“the N.P.G.S. budget is shoestring and its staffing minimal…And yet, with a trivial investment of 0.000008 percent of the federal budget, N.P.G.S. scientists quietly enable and safeguard our food system, worth around $1.5 trillion. Talk about return on investment.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds?
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“the N.P.G.S. budget is shoestring and its staffing minimal…And yet, with a trivial investment of 0.000008 percent of the federal budget, N.P.G.S. scientists quietly enable and safeguard our food system, worth around $1.5 trillion. Talk about return on investment.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
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Researchers discovered that different photoreceptors control distinct regions of a seedling’s stem. The team’s findings could inform crop innovation, making plants more resilient & improving agricultural success.
buff.ly/3WYchZ1#Plan... #Science #Plants #Crops #Plants #Agriculture
buff.ly/3WYchZ1#Plan... #Science #Plants #Crops #Plants #Agriculture
March 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Researchers discovered that different photoreceptors control distinct regions of a seedling’s stem. The team’s findings could inform crop innovation, making plants more resilient & improving agricultural success.
buff.ly/3WYchZ1#Plan... #Science #Plants #Crops #Plants #Agriculture
buff.ly/3WYchZ1#Plan... #Science #Plants #Crops #Plants #Agriculture
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The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort
The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
www.npr.org
March 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
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"The memo suggests that (...) HHS has directed NIH to quickly terminate 945 specific grants—only some of which are in South Africa. Multiple researchers have told Science that their grants related to LGBT health inside the United States were also terminated today."
Nine hundred and forty-five.
Nine hundred and forty-five.
“Orchestrated assault”: New tsunami of NIH grant cuts hits South Africa hard
Agency moves to terminate nearly 1000 awards, including programs involving “DEI”
www.science.org
March 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"The memo suggests that (...) HHS has directed NIH to quickly terminate 945 specific grants—only some of which are in South Africa. Multiple researchers have told Science that their grants related to LGBT health inside the United States were also terminated today."
Nine hundred and forty-five.
Nine hundred and forty-five.
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Coretta Scott King was a staunch advocate to end the death penalty, both before and after her husband Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered.
Coretta’s words ring truer than ever today as we fight against President Trump’s plans to expand the use of capital punishment.
Coretta’s words ring truer than ever today as we fight against President Trump’s plans to expand the use of capital punishment.
February 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Coretta Scott King was a staunch advocate to end the death penalty, both before and after her husband Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered.
Coretta’s words ring truer than ever today as we fight against President Trump’s plans to expand the use of capital punishment.
Coretta’s words ring truer than ever today as we fight against President Trump’s plans to expand the use of capital punishment.
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Pitt to pause PhD admissions, following Vanderbilt and USC, because of uncertainty of NIH funding to academic universities.
Who will teach and train US scientists for pharma and biotech? Should we import them from countries that do?
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
Who will teach and train US scientists for pharma and biotech? Should we import them from countries that do?
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Pitt to pause PhD admissions, following Vanderbilt and USC, because of uncertainty of NIH funding to academic universities.
Who will teach and train US scientists for pharma and biotech? Should we import them from countries that do?
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
Who will teach and train US scientists for pharma and biotech? Should we import them from countries that do?
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
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We are HIRING! Join us as a Data Scientist or Postdoc working on geospatial (UAV/satellite) analysis and PlantCV development. See details in the job ads.
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Data Scientist I - Phenotyping/Data Science
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www.paycomonline.net
February 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We are HIRING! Join us as a Data Scientist or Postdoc working on geospatial (UAV/satellite) analysis and PlantCV development. See details in the job ads.
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
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📣 TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 📣
On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️
#sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025
On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️
#sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025
February 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📣 TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 📣
On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️
#sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025
On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️
#sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025
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NIH + NSF scientists affected by today's layoffs: C&EN is working on understanding what expertise the government lost today. Give me a ring? (Signal: Laurel_Oldach.07)
February 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NIH + NSF scientists affected by today's layoffs: C&EN is working on understanding what expertise the government lost today. Give me a ring? (Signal: Laurel_Oldach.07)