jessamine finch
@seedystudies.bsky.social
Seed ecologist and seed banker 🫘 🌱 | she/her 🏳️🌈 | ATL street peach 🚲 | ecology section program director @botsocamerica.bsky.social | views my own
📣 Are you passionate about plants and storytelling? The Atlanta Botanical Garden is seeking a Conservation Communications Technician.
📱 requires experience creating social media content for an org
📆 Jan./Feb. 2026 start
⌛ part-time, temp
💸 $22/hr
recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
📱 requires experience creating social media content for an org
📆 Jan./Feb. 2026 start
⌛ part-time, temp
💸 $22/hr
recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc - Conservation Communications Technician
Are you passionate about plants and storytelling? The Atlanta Botanical Garden is seeking a creative Conservation Communications Technician to support the Southeastern Center for Conservation in bring...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
📣 Are you passionate about plants and storytelling? The Atlanta Botanical Garden is seeking a Conservation Communications Technician.
📱 requires experience creating social media content for an org
📆 Jan./Feb. 2026 start
⌛ part-time, temp
💸 $22/hr
recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
📱 requires experience creating social media content for an org
📆 Jan./Feb. 2026 start
⌛ part-time, temp
💸 $22/hr
recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
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'Capitalism also depends on domestic labour' by See Red Womens Workshop, feminist silk-screen poster collective, UK (1970s-90s) #womensart #Monday
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
'Capitalism also depends on domestic labour' by See Red Womens Workshop, feminist silk-screen poster collective, UK (1970s-90s) #womensart #Monday
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#Chemodiversity is an important driver for plant–arthropod interactions 🌿 🪲 🐝. For more info check out this very impressive work by RU members Lina Ojeda-Prieto, @robinheinennl.bsky.social binheinennl.bsky.social and Wolfgang W. Weisser together with Eliecer L. Moreno doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Intraspecific plant chemodiversity at plot level has contrasting effects on arthropod functional groups
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#Chemodiversity is an important driver for plant–arthropod interactions 🌿 🪲 🐝. For more info check out this very impressive work by RU members Lina Ojeda-Prieto, @robinheinennl.bsky.social binheinennl.bsky.social and Wolfgang W. Weisser together with Eliecer L. Moreno doi.org/10.1111/1365...
📣 The Center for Plant Conservation seeks an experienced scientist and leader to join their team as Director of Science and Conservation!
🎓 Related phd, experience may sub
🌟 7+y leadership
👩💻 Remote
💸 $100-115k
📆 Open till filled, Nov. 28 for priority consideration
saveplants.org/employment-o...
🎓 Related phd, experience may sub
🌟 7+y leadership
👩💻 Remote
💸 $100-115k
📆 Open till filled, Nov. 28 for priority consideration
saveplants.org/employment-o...
Work With Us - Center for Plant Conservation
Join the CPC's National Office team and help us further our mission to save rare and imperiled plants species.
saveplants.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📣 The Center for Plant Conservation seeks an experienced scientist and leader to join their team as Director of Science and Conservation!
🎓 Related phd, experience may sub
🌟 7+y leadership
👩💻 Remote
💸 $100-115k
📆 Open till filled, Nov. 28 for priority consideration
saveplants.org/employment-o...
🎓 Related phd, experience may sub
🌟 7+y leadership
👩💻 Remote
💸 $100-115k
📆 Open till filled, Nov. 28 for priority consideration
saveplants.org/employment-o...
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On Nov 12th, 6pm Eastern, join us for a talk by Georgia Silvera Seamans entitled "Black New Yorkers' Arboreal Legacy!" It's sure to be a fascinating historical dive. Join us in person or virtually via zoom! Details & registration here www.torreybotanical.org/lecture-sche...
🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history
🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history
Upcoming Lectures
www.torreybotanical.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
On Nov 12th, 6pm Eastern, join us for a talk by Georgia Silvera Seamans entitled "Black New Yorkers' Arboreal Legacy!" It's sure to be a fascinating historical dive. Join us in person or virtually via zoom! Details & registration here www.torreybotanical.org/lecture-sche...
🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history
🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history
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We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.
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Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
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Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.
It makes me SO PROUD that the entire Native Plant Trust herbarium collection is now available on CNH. This would not have happened without the amazing work of my former colleagues Fitz Dettmer and Kate Wellspring. Together we can unlock the power of small herbaria! 🌿
neherbaria.org/portal/colle...
neherbaria.org/portal/colle...
CNH Portal Native Plant Trust (Formerly New England Wild Flower Society) herbarium
neherbaria.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It makes me SO PROUD that the entire Native Plant Trust herbarium collection is now available on CNH. This would not have happened without the amazing work of my former colleagues Fitz Dettmer and Kate Wellspring. Together we can unlock the power of small herbaria! 🌿
neherbaria.org/portal/colle...
neherbaria.org/portal/colle...
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Friday 11/7 at 5:30, join NEBS to hear a talk by Dr. Chris Martine! Dr. Martine is a David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics and Research and Director of the Manning Herbarium at Bucknell University AND President-Elect of the Botanical Society of America. For details and to register: rhodora.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Friday 11/7 at 5:30, join NEBS to hear a talk by Dr. Chris Martine! Dr. Martine is a David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics and Research and Director of the Manning Herbarium at Bucknell University AND President-Elect of the Botanical Society of America. For details and to register: rhodora.org
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The Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row and the DoD has confirmed nearly $11 billion in fraud in just 7 years. But the concern is the poorest Americans abusing the average $342 monthly alotment. foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row and the DoD has confirmed nearly $11 billion in fraud in just 7 years. But the concern is the poorest Americans abusing the average $342 monthly alotment. foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...
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What looked like a hearing organ on a tiny stinkbug’s leg turned out to be something far stranger: a fungal nursery that mother bugs use to coat their newly laid eggs in protective symbiotic hyphae, shielding their offspring from parasitic wasps.
Learn more in Science: https://scim.ag/4nDrDNm
Learn more in Science: https://scim.ag/4nDrDNm
![(A) An adult female in the field on Sicyos angulatus. (B) Back view of an adult female reared on cucumber, whose hindleg organs are covered with fungal hyphae (arrowheads). (C) Magnified image of the hindleg organ. (D to L) Morphology of hind tibia of adult male [(D) to (F)], immature adult female [(G) to (I)], and mature adult female [(J) to (L)]. [(D), (G), and (I)] Brightfield images. [(E), (H), and (K)] Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. [(F), (I), and (L)] Magnified SEM images. (M to O) Peculiar behavior of egg-laying adult female. After laying each egg (M), the female rhythmically scratches the hyphae-covered hindleg organ with tarsal claws of the opposite hindleg (N) and then rubs the egg surface with the claws in a skillful manner (O). Also see movie S1. (P to R) Egg mass covered with fungal hyphae at 0-day (P), 3-day (Q), and 10-day (R) intervals after oviposition. Reddish color of 10-day eggs reflects the body color of developing nymphs inside.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vqgovau5gkirnk3ss5qwjdmz/bafkreiatozcclrv3q5pr2susooiojtvkwr6kwnd22hwxh3ijzh7lpi276q@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What looked like a hearing organ on a tiny stinkbug’s leg turned out to be something far stranger: a fungal nursery that mother bugs use to coat their newly laid eggs in protective symbiotic hyphae, shielding their offspring from parasitic wasps.
Learn more in Science: https://scim.ag/4nDrDNm
Learn more in Science: https://scim.ag/4nDrDNm
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Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
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do folks have any idea how much cops cost?!
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
do folks have any idea how much cops cost?!
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
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I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.
Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.
Feels like so many of our convos are revolving about how voters respond to what politicians are doing, or what parties’ positions on issues are, without much actual empirical sense of what they actually know about those topics.
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.
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🌿 PhD Opportunity: Healing and Harm 🌍
How do invasive species & climate change impact medicinal plants? What does that mean for conservation in one of South Africa’s most biodiverse regions?
👇 More info below
How do invasive species & climate change impact medicinal plants? What does that mean for conservation in one of South Africa’s most biodiverse regions?
👇 More info below
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🌿 PhD Opportunity: Healing and Harm 🌍
How do invasive species & climate change impact medicinal plants? What does that mean for conservation in one of South Africa’s most biodiverse regions?
👇 More info below
How do invasive species & climate change impact medicinal plants? What does that mean for conservation in one of South Africa’s most biodiverse regions?
👇 More info below
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Serpentine Milkweed (Asclepias solanoana) is a rare, endemic California plant which grows in Serpentine #rock barrens.💚
Serpentine/Serpentinite info. here...
www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Pages/Pu...
#AlphabetChallenge #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🌱
Serpentine/Serpentinite info. here...
www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Pages/Pu...
#AlphabetChallenge #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🌱
October 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Serpentine Milkweed (Asclepias solanoana) is a rare, endemic California plant which grows in Serpentine #rock barrens.💚
Serpentine/Serpentinite info. here...
www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Pages/Pu...
#AlphabetChallenge #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🌱
Serpentine/Serpentinite info. here...
www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Pages/Pu...
#AlphabetChallenge #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #NaturePhotos 📷🌱
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Yes, solutions for nature are also solutions for health!
This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yes, solutions for nature are also solutions for health!
This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
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Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
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To ensure its survival, researchers developed a seed conservation protocol for long-term storage in germplasm banks, an important step toward securing its genetic diversity for the future. 🌾(7/8)
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
To ensure its survival, researchers developed a seed conservation protocol for long-term storage in germplasm banks, an important step toward securing its genetic diversity for the future. 🌾(7/8)
New Samara just dropped celebrating 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership!
Check it out here: www.kew.org/science/our-...
👀 pg. 25 for Atlanta Botanical Garden 🍑🫘
Check it out here: www.kew.org/science/our-...
👀 pg. 25 for Atlanta Botanical Garden 🍑🫘
Samara
The newsletter of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP).
www.kew.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New Samara just dropped celebrating 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership!
Check it out here: www.kew.org/science/our-...
👀 pg. 25 for Atlanta Botanical Garden 🍑🫘
Check it out here: www.kew.org/science/our-...
👀 pg. 25 for Atlanta Botanical Garden 🍑🫘
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While we found no correlation between seed dormancy-breaking temperatures and fatty acid composition, our research showed that fatty acid composition was distinct in different seed tissue types and shaped by habitat!
Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/aob/... 🌱 (2/2)
Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/aob/... 🌱 (2/2)
Seed fatty acid composition and physical dormancy in fire-prone ecosystems
AbstractBackground and Aims. The maintenance of seed banks and timing of germination are fundamental to ensuring population persistence. Physical dormancy
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
While we found no correlation between seed dormancy-breaking temperatures and fatty acid composition, our research showed that fatty acid composition was distinct in different seed tissue types and shaped by habitat!
Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/aob/... 🌱 (2/2)
Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1093/aob/... 🌱 (2/2)
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As you may have noticed, white supremacists want to stop the influx of hardworking young people (aka immigration) while somehow forcing white women to have lots more babies to compensate, but they refuse to make having kids more affordable and less arduous an experience.
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
As you may have noticed, white supremacists want to stop the influx of hardworking young people (aka immigration) while somehow forcing white women to have lots more babies to compensate, but they refuse to make having kids more affordable and less arduous an experience.