Eileen, a Botanist
@eileenplants.bsky.social
PhD student at St Louis University. Union yes!
I know I need to check the news when I start seeing vaguely-worded, despairing posts on my social media timelines.
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I know I need to check the news when I start seeing vaguely-worded, despairing posts on my social media timelines.
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Dear stomach: I know you spent the last 2 weeks with free access to cookies & other treats during waking hours. I swear you are not starving just because I'm back to eating regular meals. Please calm down!
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Dear stomach: I know you spent the last 2 weeks with free access to cookies & other treats during waking hours. I swear you are not starving just because I'm back to eating regular meals. Please calm down!
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Never before seen footage‼️
Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
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#tornado #weather
Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
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#tornado #weather
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Never before seen footage‼️
Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
@myradar.bsky.social
#tornado #weather
Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year.
@myradar.bsky.social
#tornado #weather
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This seems unnecessary
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
This seems unnecessary
Heading home after a long holiday break to visit my parents. Made possible not because of institutional policy but because my personal supervisor is okay with it. Every grad worker should be able to take a break like this! #SLUUnion
December 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Heading home after a long holiday break to visit my parents. Made possible not because of institutional policy but because my personal supervisor is okay with it. Every grad worker should be able to take a break like this! #SLUUnion
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I believe this meme speaks for most in healthcare, science, public health, global health, research, and anyone wanted a return to precedented times.
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I believe this meme speaks for most in healthcare, science, public health, global health, research, and anyone wanted a return to precedented times.
Various people around the world have been doing horrific evil things every day this year but it feels like a LOT has been packed into the last 48 hours.
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Various people around the world have been doing horrific evil things every day this year but it feels like a LOT has been packed into the last 48 hours.
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No Kings - St. Louis
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
No Kings - St. Louis
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A few moments from the poster session at #Botany2025!
July 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A few moments from the poster session at #Botany2025!
Listening to a friend of mine casually describe how she uses a machine with a PLASMA TORCH in it to figure out element concentration in leaves... Wow??? 🧨 #Botany2025
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Listening to a friend of mine casually describe how she uses a machine with a PLASMA TORCH in it to figure out element concentration in leaves... Wow??? 🧨 #Botany2025
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People tell me I’m nuts when I say this but it is true and happening. The sooner we all accept it and keep our guard up about it the better.
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
July 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
People tell me I’m nuts when I say this but it is true and happening. The sooner we all accept it and keep our guard up about it the better.
lrt: Up until the start of May, SLU agreed that we all deserve 12 months of pay. At the end they didn't. Did we not R1 hard enough for them?
July 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
lrt: Up until the start of May, SLU agreed that we all deserve 12 months of pay. At the end they didn't. Did we not R1 hard enough for them?
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🧵UAW Region 4 members of GWSLUU (Graduate Workers of Saint Louis University Union) and its bargaining committee participated in a second contract bargaining session with SLU yesterday.
July 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧵UAW Region 4 members of GWSLUU (Graduate Workers of Saint Louis University Union) and its bargaining committee participated in a second contract bargaining session with SLU yesterday.
Today's news is making me think of something I heard a professor say recently about how they do all the bad shit on weekends and Mondays to try and demoralize good people as they go into the week.
April 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Today's news is making me think of something I heard a professor say recently about how they do all the bad shit on weekends and Mondays to try and demoralize good people as they go into the week.
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THIS SATURDAY at 12pm at Kiener Plaza, join us to say HANDS OFF 🫳🏾🚫 our students! Education not deportation! Prosperity not punishment! Science not silence!
April 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
THIS SATURDAY at 12pm at Kiener Plaza, join us to say HANDS OFF 🫳🏾🚫 our students! Education not deportation! Prosperity not punishment! Science not silence!
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One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
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Come join the nationwide movement to Kill The Cuts this Tuesday, April 8, 3–5 PM at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis.
See you there!
See you there!
April 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Come join the nationwide movement to Kill The Cuts this Tuesday, April 8, 3–5 PM at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis.
See you there!
See you there!
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With age, I am understanding things I never understood when I was younger.
ONE of those things, is the value of doing Fucking Anything™.
Taking ANY action, inspires other people to take action. This ripple effect is more powerful than the original Anything™ you do.
ONE of those things, is the value of doing Fucking Anything™.
Taking ANY action, inspires other people to take action. This ripple effect is more powerful than the original Anything™ you do.
April 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
With age, I am understanding things I never understood when I was younger.
ONE of those things, is the value of doing Fucking Anything™.
Taking ANY action, inspires other people to take action. This ripple effect is more powerful than the original Anything™ you do.
ONE of those things, is the value of doing Fucking Anything™.
Taking ANY action, inspires other people to take action. This ripple effect is more powerful than the original Anything™ you do.
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France raises a fascinating hypothetical point: what if the law still exists even if people might get mad at you
March 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
France raises a fascinating hypothetical point: what if the law still exists even if people might get mad at you
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Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. 🧪
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Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
This Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and we need to encourage our best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of res...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. 🧪
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Lmao I just called my useless Senators' offices and for a moment I was excited to get through to a real person and not an answering machine, but they weren't even pretending to listen. 🫠 In case I needed more proof that his "I value hearing from my constituents" VM message was a total lie.
March 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Lmao I just called my useless Senators' offices and for a moment I was excited to get through to a real person and not an answering machine, but they weren't even pretending to listen. 🫠 In case I needed more proof that his "I value hearing from my constituents" VM message was a total lie.
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What this administration is teaching Universities is that even if you comply - punish students for protests, ban masks, remove DEI from websites and classes - they will still defund you and try to break you apart. Basically, there is no point in complying.
School Bully Shocks Nerds With Further Lunch-Money Demands
March 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What this administration is teaching Universities is that even if you comply - punish students for protests, ban masks, remove DEI from websites and classes - they will still defund you and try to break you apart. Basically, there is no point in complying.
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99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research.
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
March 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research.
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
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SESAME STREET WORKERS ARE UNIONIZING!!! ✊
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
March 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
SESAME STREET WORKERS ARE UNIONIZING!!! ✊
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
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I thought it would be cool to take a #microCT scan of romanesco broccoli that came in my meal kit this week, and I was not disappointed! What a stunningly beautiful vegetable 🤯 The scan was taken with our Rigaku HX130 (@rigakucorporation.bsky.social) here at Beckman (@beckmanillinois.bsky.social)
March 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I thought it would be cool to take a #microCT scan of romanesco broccoli that came in my meal kit this week, and I was not disappointed! What a stunningly beautiful vegetable 🤯 The scan was taken with our Rigaku HX130 (@rigakucorporation.bsky.social) here at Beckman (@beckmanillinois.bsky.social)