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Evolutionary Biologist, interested in plant-insect interactions, plant evolutionary response to climate change, and the synergy between spatial and phenological isolation on population structure and speciation.
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We see what they’re doing. They’re baiting us, trying to provoke violence to justify a crackdown. Don’t give them the footage they want. Every broken window becomes propaganda in their hands. Stay sharp. Stay united. We’re here to fight for justice, not feed their narrative.

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Climate change triggers cascading feedbacks: heat expands mosquito range, biodiversity loss erodes control, pesticides poison what’s left. It’s one crisis unraveling everything, loop by loop. www.yahoo.com/news/health-...

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Invasion success among insects is unevenly distributed and strongly influenced by both taxonomic identity and trophic group, with herbivorous Hemiptera and Thysanoptera notably over-represented among non-native species. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...

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It's still May, and Manitoba & Saskatchewan have declared states of emergency due to wildfires. Great explainer here from @thenarwhal.ca 👇 Manitoba is at the epicentre of the 2025 wildfire season. Why here? Why now?: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-wil...

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holy shit

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Who else wants the networks to hire Fr. Guido Sarducci at chief conclave correspondent?

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Right?

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"A report by economists at American University in Washington DC estimates that a 50% reduction in federal science funding would reduce the US gross domestic product by approximately 7.6%." Science is an amazing engine of economic activity and progress for the US ... or at least it was.

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"We are experiencing an unprecedented volume of calls" Since you have gone to the trouble to record a message for exactly this scenario, this seems unlikely to be true.

submitted 58 days ago • 5 comments

One pathogen does not an epidemic make: A review of interacting contagions, diseases, beliefs, and stories arxiv.org/abs/2504.15053

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Trump 2.0 as a tv comedy? Ya gotta watch this !!! www.facebook.com/share/v/16Lj...

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New pre-print on herbaceous model systems that have been used to study responses to climate change ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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Collins: Do you think someone should be fired over this? Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..

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What happened to Little Marco?

submitted 114 days ago • 2787 comments

Eight months ago, I packed up my life and moved across the country for a job with USDA. After seven years of study and training, I was excited to use the skills I had developed—and excited to serve my country in a way that mattered—protecting our nation’s food crops from insect pests. (1)

submitted 124 days ago • 13 comments

Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.

submitted 134 days ago • 755 comments

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

submitted 136 days ago • 9 comments

A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...

submitted 137 days ago • 1249 comments

Pitch for a new spy movie: a CIA agent spends years getting close to a terrorist suspect then just before he gets the crucial piece of evidence he’s fired and replaced with a teenager who doesn’t speak any foreign languages but does have a lot of followers on X. Everybody dies.

submitted 138 days ago • 391 comments