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David G Haskell

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Writer, biologist 🌻How Flowers Made our World = new book in March 2026 Sounds Wild and Broken 13 Ways to Smell a Tree The Songs of Trees The Forest Unseen

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · Aug 12

Coming in March 2026: Flowers! When flowers appeared, nothing was ever the same. They are the world’s great collaborators and creators. Writing this book transformed how I see life’s history and future. Cooperation, beauty, and illusion transform the world. Can't wait to share these stories

Large pink orchid in center of book cover with text: How Flowers Made Our World. The story of nature's revolutionaries. David George Haskell

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 1d

Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.

Title page of a collection of animal stories by Henry Williamson: TARKA THE OTTER, SALAR THE SALMON, THE EPIC OF BROCK THE BADGER, CHAKCHEK THE PEREGRINE.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 1d

This had me on "ribbit."

Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 2d

🐸💪🏼🇺🇲😁

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 3d

Big night
#birdcast

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 6d

Lost Science: all the brilliant discoveries now no longer possible, at least under this regime. Deeply sad but vitally important coverage from @carlzimmer.com and colleagues @nytimes.com

Curiosity, wonder, and the desire to improve the world through knowledge will not be snuffed out.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 6d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 6d

Take down this horrible post .. a photo that's lying about the situation. Are you trying to stoke civil war or report the actual news?

David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 20d

Join me and Nick Dangerfield, founder of Oda oda.co Saturday morning.
Oda makes paper sculptures/speakers that bring live sound of regenerating Costa Rican forests to our ears. The project provides funding for forest stewardship.
We'll be talking about the joys and brokenness of sound in our worlds

Doors 10:30am, talk 11am
Oda, 295 R 8th St, New York, NY 10009

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 23d

Why on earth is this top headline on your website? Palestinian state was just recognized by major European countries... there are dozens of world-shaking news stories yet you continue to put this one story at the top of your page again and again and again. You are being owned

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 26d

Great article -- this will really open a lot of people's eyes to these amazing creatures and the scientists who study them

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

This is one of the few migratory species. Most stay put. The species known as "wandering glider" goes all over the globe and individuals can sometimes move thousands of miles in their peregrinations

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

Ha! Yes, I'm excited about the book, but even more looking forward to the eruptions of real flowers next spring. "Beautiful mortals of the glowing earth" (J Clare)

David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

Let's be like the dragonflies and try to get the rhythms of the living world into our bones and transmitted across the generations.

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

So, the complete migratory cycle unfolds over three generations and no individual dragonfly gets to experience the whole pulsing exploration of the continent. But they have the seasons and the geography of North America written deep into their physiology and nervous systems. 🧵...

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

When he gets to his southern destination, he'll do the same. Then, a non-migratory autumnal and winter generation will hatch and hang out in the deep south for the winter. It is their offspring that will make the northward journey in the spring. 🧵...

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

He's headed south, guided by internal sense of direction and the shape of the lands and waters. It was his parents that flew north from the Gulf Coast this spring. After making it to New England or Canada they bred then died. 🧵...

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

Somehow, somehow the knowledge of where to go and when to leave is encoded in the genes of the green darner dragonfly.
I found this one, a male judging from his neon blue abdomen, sitting on the concrete outside a store in a strip mall in Atlanta. He likely hatched in a pond in Quebec or NY 🧵...

dragonfly on concrete. green head, bright blue abdomen

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

I'm glad that my (necessarily poor and incomplete) interpretation of forest thoughts and their meanings was useful. Thank you!

David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you!

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

This is an excellent point. In my limited experience the situation is especially bad at conferences where there are a lot of industry and government representatives, many of whom pass on the cost to their employers. I left one conference early after sneaking into my own session without a name tag..

David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 27d

It's unbelievable that he is still in. He's not hiding his incitement of racial violence any more. He also took a chainsaw to the foundational funding and institutions of American science, and did so gleefully even brandishing an actual chainsaw on stage as a demonstration of his destructive power

David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · Sep 14

Wonderful! What a beautiful gathering

David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · Sep 13

Delicious!

David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · Sep 13

Yes, so many varieties! There are also lots of other wild grapes in the south that are inedible to humans but good for birds. For home use, finding a muscadine with a track record of deliciousness is the best strategy. So far, the ones I have planted have not produced edible fruit

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · Sep 13

End-of-summer fruitfulness in the SE US...muscadines.
A more complex flavor than table grapes, more tannic, with layers of cardamom and warm hay. Aroma stronger than taste. Thicker skins to give a good bite, with stout seeds.
What's the gastronomic signal of seasonal transition where you are?

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · Aug 30

Just 3 weeks to submit your opposition to opening roadless areas...

Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · Aug 30

The USDA is giving the public just three weeks to weigh in on a key step of its attempt to scrap the Roadless Rule, which protects almost 59 million acres of forest land from road construction and timber harvesting.

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In - Inside Climate News

The rule protecting remote wilderness areas received 1.6 million public comments when it was developed. People will have just 14 business days to comment on a key part of its rescission.

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