Luiza Teixeira-Costa
@l-teixeiracosta.bsky.social
Botanist interested in plant-plant and plant-human relationships; museum, garden, and library collections; climate change and cities.
Brazilian. She/Ela
https://www.luizateixeira-costa.com/
📚 🌱 🌈
Brazilian. She/Ela
https://www.luizateixeira-costa.com/
📚 🌱 🌈
The explanation is simple: most of us, lactose intolerants, simply do not care about the effects of a bit of milk when a favorite food/drink is involved. Life without cheese and ice cream is just not worth it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The explanation is simple: most of us, lactose intolerants, simply do not care about the effects of a bit of milk when a favorite food/drink is involved. Life without cheese and ice cream is just not worth it.
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What's worse than one demogorgon?? TWO DEMOGORGONS!!!
This one was not beaten by Steve & Dustin, but instead drawn by Frederik Miquel (1864), published in 'Choix de plantes rares ou nouvelles, cultivees et dessinees dans le Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'.
#StrangerThings #Demogorgon
This one was not beaten by Steve & Dustin, but instead drawn by Frederik Miquel (1864), published in 'Choix de plantes rares ou nouvelles, cultivees et dessinees dans le Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'.
#StrangerThings #Demogorgon
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What's worse than one demogorgon?? TWO DEMOGORGONS!!!
This one was not beaten by Steve & Dustin, but instead drawn by Frederik Miquel (1864), published in 'Choix de plantes rares ou nouvelles, cultivees et dessinees dans le Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'.
#StrangerThings #Demogorgon
This one was not beaten by Steve & Dustin, but instead drawn by Frederik Miquel (1864), published in 'Choix de plantes rares ou nouvelles, cultivees et dessinees dans le Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'.
#StrangerThings #Demogorgon
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Why is biodiversity collapsing globally, but thriving on Indigenous lands? 🌱🧪
Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer points to a striking pattern in global biodiversity reports: Indigenous territories are defying the widespread ecological decline.
Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer points to a striking pattern in global biodiversity reports: Indigenous territories are defying the widespread ecological decline.
Biodiversity in Indigenous Homelands
YouTube video by Museum of Science
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Why is biodiversity collapsing globally, but thriving on Indigenous lands? 🌱🧪
Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer points to a striking pattern in global biodiversity reports: Indigenous territories are defying the widespread ecological decline.
Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer points to a striking pattern in global biodiversity reports: Indigenous territories are defying the widespread ecological decline.
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You've seen "men would rather dismantle the Federal Government than go to therapy"
now get ready for
"Men would rather ask ChatGPT what you want for Christmas than just asking you for a list of what you want for Christmas"
now get ready for
"Men would rather ask ChatGPT what you want for Christmas than just asking you for a list of what you want for Christmas"
Don’t know what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Just ask ChatGPT
Don’t know what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Just ask ChatGPT
Santa has a new little helper. But can an AI-powered shopping assistant really master the subtle art of gift giving?
Some people love buying Christmas presents. Polly Arrowsmith starts making a note of what her friends and family like, then hunts for…
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You've seen "men would rather dismantle the Federal Government than go to therapy"
now get ready for
"Men would rather ask ChatGPT what you want for Christmas than just asking you for a list of what you want for Christmas"
now get ready for
"Men would rather ask ChatGPT what you want for Christmas than just asking you for a list of what you want for Christmas"
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The RHS Plant Collector Archive is a unique collection of papers associated with the 12 plant collectors and their journeys. For the first time they are now fully catalogued, digitised, and free for everyone to access #skystorians #gardenhistory #nineteenthcentury
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
RHS Plant Collector Archive - 19th century papers
collections.rhs.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The RHS Plant Collector Archive is a unique collection of papers associated with the 12 plant collectors and their journeys. For the first time they are now fully catalogued, digitised, and free for everyone to access #skystorians #gardenhistory #nineteenthcentury
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
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New Post: Rain brings surprising shifts for desert mistletoes and their animal visitors www.parasiticplants.org/2025/11/rain...
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New Post: Rain brings surprising shifts for desert mistletoes and their animal visitors www.parasiticplants.org/2025/11/rain...
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Risotto is not work. It is meditation, followed by self care.
My issue with risotto is 40 minutes of work gone in a couple of minutes ! I do love it though this looks v good . Dried mushroom so flavourful
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Risotto is not work. It is meditation, followed by self care.
🚨 I'm excited to share that my new publication is now available at @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social 📃 Building on numerous publications and on my own recent research, I discuss several ways in which #GlobalChange 🌎🌍🌏 affects the physiology of #ParasiticPlants 🌱
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
Strange Plants And The Weirding Climate: Parasitic Plant Physiology Under Climate Change
Abstract. Parasitic flowering plants are often seen as keystone species due to the broad influence they exert on communities worldwide. Positive and negati
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 I'm excited to share that my new publication is now available at @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social 📃 Building on numerous publications and on my own recent research, I discuss several ways in which #GlobalChange 🌎🌍🌏 affects the physiology of #ParasiticPlants 🌱
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
Fellow (digital) book worms: which e-reader do you recommend?
I'm looking for a device in which I can read both ebooks and PDFs, while also being able to highlight sections of the text. Something that doesn't push the user into a subscription model (e.g., Kindle) would also be great.
Thanks :)
I'm looking for a device in which I can read both ebooks and PDFs, while also being able to highlight sections of the text. Something that doesn't push the user into a subscription model (e.g., Kindle) would also be great.
Thanks :)
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Fellow (digital) book worms: which e-reader do you recommend?
I'm looking for a device in which I can read both ebooks and PDFs, while also being able to highlight sections of the text. Something that doesn't push the user into a subscription model (e.g., Kindle) would also be great.
Thanks :)
I'm looking for a device in which I can read both ebooks and PDFs, while also being able to highlight sections of the text. Something that doesn't push the user into a subscription model (e.g., Kindle) would also be great.
Thanks :)
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'Saguaro Dusk' by contemporary US Impressionist style painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
'Saguaro Dusk' by contemporary US Impressionist style painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt
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Australian printmaking artist Rachel Newling, 'Oriental lillies' hand coloured linocut #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Australian printmaking artist Rachel Newling, 'Oriental lillies' hand coloured linocut #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Scientists are turning to tree rings from ancient coffins to glean novel insights into our past.
Beyond withered corpses and grave goods, the buried woods reveal unparalleled details about historic temperatures, droughts, and floods.
#Dendrochronology #Paleoclimatology
New at @science.org 🧪🏺
Beyond withered corpses and grave goods, the buried woods reveal unparalleled details about historic temperatures, droughts, and floods.
#Dendrochronology #Paleoclimatology
New at @science.org 🧪🏺
Tree rings from ancient coffins offer clues to Earth’s past
Wood from gravesites can help reconstruct historic temperatures, floods, and droughts
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Scientists are turning to tree rings from ancient coffins to glean novel insights into our past.
Beyond withered corpses and grave goods, the buried woods reveal unparalleled details about historic temperatures, droughts, and floods.
#Dendrochronology #Paleoclimatology
New at @science.org 🧪🏺
Beyond withered corpses and grave goods, the buried woods reveal unparalleled details about historic temperatures, droughts, and floods.
#Dendrochronology #Paleoclimatology
New at @science.org 🧪🏺
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não custa lembrar que “a maior operação contra o crime organizado da história do Rio” foi a CPI das milícias conduzida pelo Freixo que prendeu 236 criminosos com provas e sem tiros
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
não custa lembrar que “a maior operação contra o crime organizado da história do Rio” foi a CPI das milícias conduzida pelo Freixo que prendeu 236 criminosos com provas e sem tiros
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of #microbiology known for his improvements to microscope tech. 🧪🐡 #histsci He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade #microscopes, he was first to observe 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of #microbiology known for his improvements to microscope tech. 🧪🐡 #histsci He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade #microscopes, he was first to observe 🧵
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What do mistletoe and gibbons have in common? Both are featured in the coming week on Our Trees, mistletoe on Sunday, gibbons on Tuesday. Please join us then!
Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)
Our Trees will feature mistletoe on Sunday and gibbons on Tuesday.
Sunday Tree is about an important holiday plant, mistletoe. Mistletoe is common in the south, but we only notice it when the leaves ...
substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What do mistletoe and gibbons have in common? Both are featured in the coming week on Our Trees, mistletoe on Sunday, gibbons on Tuesday. Please join us then!
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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Contemporary Brazilian Illustrator and artist Anna Cunha #womensart
October 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Contemporary Brazilian Illustrator and artist Anna Cunha #womensart
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Orobanche cooperi is another holoparasitic Orobanchaceae from southwestern North America. Isn’t it fantastic? A bad-ass beauty! #parasite #Orobanchaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
October 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Orobanche cooperi is another holoparasitic Orobanchaceae from southwestern North America. Isn’t it fantastic? A bad-ass beauty! #parasite #Orobanchaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.
UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance
by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…
moneyontheleft.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.
I'm writing a research proposal on invasive species and while googling some word synonyms, I came across a disturbing question listed under "People also ask". The question is "how do you say 'immigrant' in a nice way?" 🫠
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I'm writing a research proposal on invasive species and while googling some word synonyms, I came across a disturbing question listed under "People also ask". The question is "how do you say 'immigrant' in a nice way?" 🫠
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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I've been working on a book proposal and alternating between "this is meaningful" and "this is pointless," and a friend recently shared this quote that she stumble on in a Goodreads review: "Every book is a grand gesture of optimism on the part of both the reader and writer." Keep creating, friends.
October 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I've been working on a book proposal and alternating between "this is meaningful" and "this is pointless," and a friend recently shared this quote that she stumble on in a Goodreads review: "Every book is a grand gesture of optimism on the part of both the reader and writer." Keep creating, friends.
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Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.
October 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.
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Brazil's CERRADO: 2M km² savannah with 12,000+ plant species (45% endemic). Called "upside-down forest" - roots reach 20m deep, storing 60% of biomass underground. Fire-adapted biodiversity hotspot. 50% destroyed, only 3% protected. One of Earth's most threatened ecosystems. Science🧪
October 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Brazil's CERRADO: 2M km² savannah with 12,000+ plant species (45% endemic). Called "upside-down forest" - roots reach 20m deep, storing 60% of biomass underground. Fire-adapted biodiversity hotspot. 50% destroyed, only 3% protected. One of Earth's most threatened ecosystems. Science🧪