Asher 🇨🇦🌿☮️🎗️Ⓥ
@asherpasha.bsky.social
Vegan | Plant Biologist | System/Database Administrator at the BAR at U of T. Follow me for BAR (unofficial), IT (hardware, networking, cybersecurity, etc) and vegan stuff.
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Asher 🇨🇦🌿☮️🎗️Ⓥ
@asherpasha.bsky.social
· Mar 11
Hi all, I am Asher. I am a plant biologist at the Bio-Analytic Resource at U of T, Canada. You may know me from the dead bird app (asherpasha) and Instagram (vegan_asher).
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Debian Linux was officially founded by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. That's 32 years of stable, free, and opensource computing. From a single kernel, it has grown to parent some of the most popular OSes in the world. Happy 32nd birthday to the beloved mother of all distros! 🥰 🍰
August 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Debian Linux was officially founded by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. That's 32 years of stable, free, and opensource computing. From a single kernel, it has grown to parent some of the most popular OSes in the world. Happy 32nd birthday to the beloved mother of all distros! 🥰 🍰
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You know you're an old school Linux user when... you still try to use `ifconfig` and get a "command not found" error, followed by a moment of silent grief 🤬
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
You know you're an old school Linux user when... you still try to use `ifconfig` and get a "command not found" error, followed by a moment of silent grief 🤬
I'm at the CSPB 2025 conference in Halifax, NS, Canada. I'm presenting the BAR poster (P1-98). Please visit if you have any questions.
August 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I'm at the CSPB 2025 conference in Halifax, NS, Canada. I'm presenting the BAR poster (P1-98). Please visit if you have any questions.
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Congrats to Sean Robertson, Asher Pasha, Nick Provart, & Olivia Wilkins on their article "Growth-limiting drought increases sensitivity of Asian rice (Oryza sativa) leaves to heat shock through physiological & spatially distinct transcriptomic responses"!
Read: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
#PlantScience
Read: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
#PlantScience
August 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Congrats to Sean Robertson, Asher Pasha, Nick Provart, & Olivia Wilkins on their article "Growth-limiting drought increases sensitivity of Asian rice (Oryza sativa) leaves to heat shock through physiological & spatially distinct transcriptomic responses"!
Read: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
#PlantScience
Read: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
#PlantScience
Today, the humidex in Toronto was ~40°C (104°F), bright and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. That didn't stop us from marching ~3.6 km on the streets of Toronto. I attended the Toronto Animal Rights March 2025 (and yes, the full march).
July 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Today, the humidex in Toronto was ~40°C (104°F), bright and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. That didn't stop us from marching ~3.6 km on the streets of Toronto. I attended the Toronto Animal Rights March 2025 (and yes, the full march).
BAR ThaleMine has been upgraded to version v5.1.0-20250704. So, we have InterMine software v5.1.0 and data as of 4th July 2025.
Cc: @bar-plantbio.bsky.social
#arabidopsis #plantbio #intermine
Cc: @bar-plantbio.bsky.social
#arabidopsis #plantbio #intermine
July 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
BAR ThaleMine has been upgraded to version v5.1.0-20250704. So, we have InterMine software v5.1.0 and data as of 4th July 2025.
Cc: @bar-plantbio.bsky.social
#arabidopsis #plantbio #intermine
Cc: @bar-plantbio.bsky.social
#arabidopsis #plantbio #intermine
Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦
July 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦
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I am honoured to have received a "Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge" award by NAASC at #icar2025, along with 3 others! Thanks to @asherpasha.bsky.social for tending the BAR and to the many students who have helped in this dissemination over the years, and to you for citing us!
June 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I am honoured to have received a "Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge" award by NAASC at #icar2025, along with 3 others! Thanks to @asherpasha.bsky.social for tending the BAR and to the many students who have helped in this dissemination over the years, and to you for citing us!
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🌿 Big congrats to C-SPIRIT researchers Maria Camalle, Hannah Reish, Anthony Schilmiller & Aleksandra Skirycz (MSU) + team for their new paper on cyclo(His-Pro) in Arabidopsis! 🧪
Turns out this stress-linked molecule isn't just in animals — it helps plants, too. 🌡️❄️🧂
📖 qrco.de/bg10cW
#PlantScience
Turns out this stress-linked molecule isn't just in animals — it helps plants, too. 🌡️❄️🧂
📖 qrco.de/bg10cW
#PlantScience
May 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🌿 Big congrats to C-SPIRIT researchers Maria Camalle, Hannah Reish, Anthony Schilmiller & Aleksandra Skirycz (MSU) + team for their new paper on cyclo(His-Pro) in Arabidopsis! 🧪
Turns out this stress-linked molecule isn't just in animals — it helps plants, too. 🌡️❄️🧂
📖 qrco.de/bg10cW
#PlantScience
Turns out this stress-linked molecule isn't just in animals — it helps plants, too. 🌡️❄️🧂
📖 qrco.de/bg10cW
#PlantScience
Bookmarking / sharing:
Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Bookmarking / sharing:
Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you!
May 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you!
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Second up in our Institutional Feature Series: University of Toronto!
We have three C-SPIRIT members affiliated with @uoft.bsky.social who work to advance our Aims 2 and 3.
🔗 Learn more about our Aims: c-spirit.org/research/
#PlantScience #PlantStress #PlantResilience #InstitutionalFeature
We have three C-SPIRIT members affiliated with @uoft.bsky.social who work to advance our Aims 2 and 3.
🔗 Learn more about our Aims: c-spirit.org/research/
#PlantScience #PlantStress #PlantResilience #InstitutionalFeature
April 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Second up in our Institutional Feature Series: University of Toronto!
We have three C-SPIRIT members affiliated with @uoft.bsky.social who work to advance our Aims 2 and 3.
🔗 Learn more about our Aims: c-spirit.org/research/
#PlantScience #PlantStress #PlantResilience #InstitutionalFeature
We have three C-SPIRIT members affiliated with @uoft.bsky.social who work to advance our Aims 2 and 3.
🔗 Learn more about our Aims: c-spirit.org/research/
#PlantScience #PlantStress #PlantResilience #InstitutionalFeature
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Python's new t-strings: Template strings, also known as t-strings, have been officially accepted as a feature in Python 3.14, which will ship in late 2025. 🎉 I’m excited; t-strings open the door to safer more flexible string processing in Python. davepeck.org/2025/04/11/p...
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Dave Peck's home on the web. Dave is an independent software developer, investor, and civic technologist.
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April 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Python's new t-strings: Template strings, also known as t-strings, have been officially accepted as a feature in Python 3.14, which will ship in late 2025. 🎉 I’m excited; t-strings open the door to safer more flexible string processing in Python. davepeck.org/2025/04/11/p...
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Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach
Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach
The car rental giant attributed the breach to Cleo, whose customers had data stolen by a ransomware gang in 2024.
tcrn.ch
April 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach
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Fortinet FortiSwitch has an "extremely critical" vulnerability (CVE-2024-48887) with a CVSS score of 9.3. An unauthenticated user could exploit it to change the password for an administrative account, gaining administrative privileges on the device. Fortinet has issued an advisory.
Fortinet FortiSwitch "extremely critical" vulnerability
Fortinet has issued an advisory for its Fortinet FortiSwitch product. An unauthenticated user may be able to exploit a vulnerability in the web administration interface to change the password for a...
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April 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Fortinet FortiSwitch has an "extremely critical" vulnerability (CVE-2024-48887) with a CVSS score of 9.3. An unauthenticated user could exploit it to change the password for an administrative account, gaining administrative privileges on the device. Fortinet has issued an advisory.
Good news: Earthling Ed's vegan restaurant is back. I had a 3D-printed vegan steak burger when I was there. It was awesome. Check out the new menu:
#Vegan #London
#Vegan #London
Unity Diner | Featured in Vogue Best Vegan Restaurants in London
Featured in Vogue Best Vegan Restaurants in London. We’re proudly vegan, non-profit + sustainable. “The most amazing vegan burger I have ever tried! The desserts are mind-blowing. Best vegan food in L...
www.unitydiner.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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From May 5, 2025, Outlook will require high-volume email senders (over 5,000 emails daily) to implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Initially, non-compliant emails will go to the junk folder and may eventually be rejected if issues persist.
DMARC is now mandatory if you send emails to Outlook, Live, and Hotmail Email Addresses
Hi all,
FYI :
Mandatory Rule After May 5, 2025 :
For domains sending over 5,000 emails per day, Outlook will require compliance with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.
Non-compliant messages will initially be ...
reddit.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
From May 5, 2025, Outlook will require high-volume email senders (over 5,000 emails daily) to implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Initially, non-compliant emails will go to the junk folder and may eventually be rejected if issues persist.
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PSA to the devs out there, BYOD and Zero Trust are not the same and are neither is dependent on the other.
April 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
PSA to the devs out there, BYOD and Zero Trust are not the same and are neither is dependent on the other.
Story of my life 😭
March 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Story of my life 😭
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Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named #UofT’s 17th president. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres
March 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named #UofT’s 17th president. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres
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With 23andMe filing for bankruptcy -- reach out to your family members who might have ordered these kits to get them to request deletion of their data. And if you signed-up yourself, you should absolutely do the same!
March 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
With 23andMe filing for bankruptcy -- reach out to your family members who might have ordered these kits to get them to request deletion of their data. And if you signed-up yourself, you should absolutely do the same!
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A lot of people in the Souls community have had their discord account hacked today due to the "Can you test this game me and my friends are working on?" social engineering attack. Some large content creators included. Please don't fall for it, too.
March 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A lot of people in the Souls community have had their discord account hacked today due to the "Can you test this game me and my friends are working on?" social engineering attack. Some large content creators included. Please don't fall for it, too.