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Dr. Daniel Hayden
@drhayden.bsky.social
PhD in plant pathologist, so that technically makes me a plant doctor. Husband and father.
Comanche, Pawnee, Muscogee
Pinned
S-tier plant books:
Anatomy of Seed Plants by Katherine Esau
The Ecology of Intercropping by John Vandermeer
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Carbon credits perpetuate colonial land relations. They often represent pollution created by Global North nations deposited on to land in the Globak South, and Indigenous communities rarely have a say in governance nor benefit from them financially.

🌎 🧪 #geosky

www.briefecology.com/p/colonizing...
Colonizing With Carbon Credits
How tree growth links carbon emissions to imperial capitalism
www.briefecology.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Okay, this is hilarious! @tomgauld.bsky.social ⚒️🧪 #geology
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I'm fascinated by this study of lactucin-rich lettuce extract for sleep. "Lettuce opium" was used in Europe as a sedative and painkiller. In this study, improvements in sleep time and wake-after-sleep were big enough to make a noticeable difference. 🧪

examine.com/refer/d2ldrm...
July 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Update! — Mesquite 4.01 released, fixing a few small and one substantive bug (for details see response post). New: NINJA (for neighbour joining), new merge taxa options, node spots, Google Earth mapping. www.mesquiteproject.org 🧪 #evolbio
@bembidion.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Repost of today’s astonishing artifact since the image didn’t come through earlier. 🧪🏺
Penguin Vessel: 1,600-year-old Nazca depiction of a cold-water Humboldt penguin that lives in tropical Peru
A rare penguin-shaped pot reveals the Nazca's interest in depicting the wildlife around them.
www.livescience.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I’ve noticed there has been a general decline in national competitive fellowships open to various fields of study. In my grad school experience (which ended after 5 years this May) the Ford Fellowship ended and now the GRFP has greatly shifted towards a more specific research area. 🧪
In June, the NSF announced it would award 500 extra Graduate Research Fellowships this year, bringing the total to 1,500 — still a sharp cut from the 2,000 awarded in 2024.

However, not a single NSF GRFP in June was awarded to someone studying in the life sciences.

www.science.org/content/arti...
Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum
Students in the life sciences are shut out of latest cohort of 500 fellows
www.science.org
June 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
In @jafscd.bsky.social , we outline a research framework that can guide collaborative efforts between agriculture/natural sciences researchers and Indigenous peoples with the goal of understanding the science of Indigenous cropping systems: doi.org/10.5304/jafs... 🧪
A framework to guide future farming research with Indigenous communities | Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
doi.org
February 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
S-tier plant books:
Anatomy of Seed Plants by Katherine Esau
The Ecology of Intercropping by John Vandermeer
February 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM