Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.

Asparaguuus. As-par-a-gus.

The GRFP was already brutally competitive and underfunded given the talent applying.

To me, this is a clear snapshot of the reality we face, as we try to play the game without acknowledging how much the game has changed.

My company Silvec may have developed a treatment for Citrus Greening, a disease decimating citrus trees worldwide. Field trials supposed to start this year but funded USDA grant being held up. Who benefits from this? Not terminal Florida citrus industry. When is this madness going to end?

JD Vance is so nauseatingly unlikeable that he’s literally dragging down the AfD’s approval rating

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.

The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.

It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

Vance visiting Dachau and then meeting w the AfD and urging German politicians to welcome them into government is a "gotta hear both sides" for the ages.

Just a reminder that Germany was the center of scientific progress until the Nazis suppressed, drove away, or killed all the non-Nazi scientists.

“This isn’t just hippie-dippy stuff,” said Aaron Pape, who raises cattle, pigs and poultry on 300 acres in Wisconsin. “This is affecting mainstream farmers.”

Many people from the #USDA were terminated yesterday/today. A place where agricultural research is done to support agricultural production. Scientists, research assistants, custodians.

This is unacceptable.

#PlantPathology #PlantScience #USDA-ARS #AttackOnScience

Good people doing good work in communities around the country are being fired randomly. These people were hired in competitive searches to do important jobs.

The stupidity of this is astronomical.

Congratulations to Naomi Huntley and Samantha Seibel, the selected participants for the 2025 summer internship program with @qiagen.bsky.social ! 🎉🥼🇩🇪

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Housing policies in the US (eg redlining) made it more difficult for Black Americans to generate wealth through home ownership. This has bothered me. I ran across a curated list of GoFundMe accounts for Black homeowners who lost their homes in the LA fires

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New Glassman lab paper led by my former PhD student Fabi! Some of you may remember the Stirling Ultracold freezer saga of 2020. Well, we made lemonade out of lemons! If this happens to you don’t rush to throw everything away. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

The #2 most viewed article belongs to Penn State students and their lessons learned as #summerinterns.

The article features OHMC graduate students Ashley Ohstrom and @jamiespychalla.bsky.social and their experiences as interns at @qiagen.bsky.social!

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Pinning the EcoEvo job board so I’ll no longer have a reason to revisit the blue bird website.

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